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- Postcard, "SS Leviathan," Postmarked September 1929 - The SS <em>Leviathan</em> first set sail in 1913 as the German passenger ship SS <em>Vaterland</em>. In 1917, it was seized by the U.S. Navy as a troop carrier, and at the end of World War I, transformed into a transatlantic luxury liner. From 1923-1934, the <em>Leviathan</em> sailed as a commercial tourist ship, with an opulent "Pompeian" swimming pool and a Ritz-Carlton restaurant.
- September 22, 1929
- Collections - Artifact
Postcard, "SS Leviathan," Postmarked September 1929
The SS Leviathan first set sail in 1913 as the German passenger ship SS Vaterland. In 1917, it was seized by the U.S. Navy as a troop carrier, and at the end of World War I, transformed into a transatlantic luxury liner. From 1923-1934, the Leviathan sailed as a commercial tourist ship, with an opulent "Pompeian" swimming pool and a Ritz-Carlton restaurant.