vaterland

since she only made 3 round trips, the first starting May 14, this is either her 2nd or 3rd departure back to Germany. When war broke out she ran for New York and was interred until seized by the US.

SS Leviathan, originally built as the Vaterland, was an ocean liner which regularly crossed the North Atlantic from 1914 to 1934. The second of three sister ships built for Germany's Hamburg America Line for their transatlantic passenger service, she sailed as the Vaterland for less than a year before her early career was halted by the start of World War I. In 1917, she was seized by the U.S. government and renamed Leviathan. She would become known by this name for the majority of her career, both as a troopship during World War I and later as the flagship of the United States Lines. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Leviathan

"SS Leviathan, originally built as the Vaterland, was an ocean liner which regularly crossed the North Atlantic from 1914 to 1934. The second of three sister ships built for Germany's Hamburg America Line for their transatlantic passenger service, she sailed as the Vaterland for less than a year before her early career was halted by the start of World War I. In 1917, she was seized by the U.S. government and renamed Leviathan. She would become known by this name for the majority of her career, both as a troopship during World War I and later as the flagship of the United States Lines."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Leviathan

Similar photo at hoboken.pastperfectonline.com/photo/770697A8-6BFC-4ED6-9D...

Thanks Richard Norton and Art Siegel, we'll update our catalog record.

perhaps on her first arrival to NY, 05-14-1914 maiden voyage from Cuxhaven to New York. Note her bow ornamentation which is missing in the photo shortly after this in the stream

Another Bain/LOC photo of Vaterland:

"On her arrival in New York City, May 21 [1914], over 40 tugs were required to dock the steamer, on account of the tide and interference by a tug and tow." The New International Year Book. 1915.

Giant Ocean Liner Vaterland Gets Away from 50 Tugboats The Day. Thursday Afternoon. May 21, 1914