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Photo # NH 51336:  Men waiting to disembark from USS Leviathan, at Hoboken, N.J., 16 December 1918

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-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --

USS Leviathan (ID # 1326), 1917-1919 --
On Board and Close Up Views (Part I: Ship's Exterior, Page 1)


This page features exterior views taken on board or close up to USS Leviathan, and provides links to other on board and close up views of that ship.

For more on board and close up views of USS Leviathan, see:

  • USS Leviathan (ID # 1326) -- On Board and Close Up Views (Part I-A: Ship's Exterior, page 2);
  • USS Leviathan (ID # 1326) -- On Board and Close Up Views (Part II: Ship's Interior);
  • USS Leviathan (ID # 1326) -- On Board and Close Up Views (Part III: Officers and Crew);
  • USS Leviathan (ID # 1326) -- On Board and Close Up Views (Part IV: Crew Activities);
  • USS Leviathan (ID # 1326) -- On Board and Close Up Views (Part V: Passengers); and
  • USS Leviathan (ID # 1326) -- On Board and Close Up Views (Part VI: Ship's Armament).

    For more images concerning this ship, see:

  • USS Leviathan (ID # 1326), 1917-1919.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: NH 51336

    USS Leviathan
    (ID # 1326)

    Returning from France with nearly nine thousand men on board, including about four thousand Sailors who had been on duty in the war zone. Photo shows scene on the deck of the ship, at its pier in Hoboken, New Jersey, with the men eagerly waiting the word to disembark, 16 December 1918.
    Note heavily riveted hull sides, six-inch gun, cargo boom and life rafts.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 117KB; 740 x 585 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 103160

    USS Leviathan
    (ID # 1326)

    Troops and Sailors relaxing on the ship's foredeck, while she was en route from the United States to France in 1918.
    Some of the Soldiers in the center are holding trumpets.
    Note collapsible life boats stowed atop the deckhouse, cowl and windsail ventilators, capstans and bitts, and camouflage paint on the face of Leviathan's bridge.

    Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 110KB; 740 x 585 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 91522

    USS Leviathan
    (ID # 1326)

    View on the ship's forecastle, looking aft, circa 1919.
    Photographed by Frederick J. Weber, Jamaica, New York.
    Note: anchor chain; bell (with the ship's original name, Vaterland); and rigging foundations. Sign on bulkhead in right center reads: " Keep deck clean - Pick up trash and put it in waste cans - Do not spit on deck".

    Collection of William N. Johnson. Courtesy of PO3c Chris E. Donley, USN, 1980.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 114KB; 740 x 565 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 105967

    USS Leviathan
    (ID # 1326)

    Chain of the ship's bow anchor, photographed looking forward on her fore deck, circa 1918-1919.

    Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2008.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 110KB; 535 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 105520

    USS Leviathan
    (ID # 1326)

    View looking down on the bow from her foremast, circa 1918-1919.
    The original image is printed on postcard ("AZO")stock.
    Note the ship's bow bulwark, anchor chain, capstans, mooring fittings and working platforms for her forward six-inch guns.

    Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2008.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image size: 104KB; 450 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 105105

    USS Leviathan
    (ID # 1326)

    View looking aft from the ship's foremast, 1919.
    Note awning frames erected on the upper deckhouse top, the forward smokestack, lifeboats and life rafts.
    The original image is printed on postcard ("AZO") stock.

    Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2007.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image size: 93KB; 460 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 103173

    USS Leviathan
    (ID # 1326)

    At Hoboken, New Jersey, circa 1917-1918.
    Note the very tall ventilators on the ship in the foreground, which may be the S.S. Suwanee.
    The original image is printed on postal card ("AZO") stock.

    Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C. - USS President Lincoln Collection.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 66KB; 740 x 455 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 103199

    USS Leviathan
    (ID # 1326)

    Halftone reproduction of a photograph of the ship's superstructure, taken from her port bridge wing, looking aft, in 1919.
    This image, photographed by Paul Thompson, was published in 1919 by the National Specialties Company of New York City, as one of ten photographs in a "Souvenir Folder" of views concerning USS Leviathan.

    Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2005.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 86KB; 740 x 520 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 104692

    USS Leviathan
    (ID # 1326)

    Halftone reproduction of a photograph looking aft along the port side of the ships' boat deck, circa 1919.
    Note life boats stacked two high, and coal barge alongside with a mechanical coal loader.
    This image was published in 1919 as one of ten photographs in a "Souvenir Folder" of views concerning USS Leviathan.

    Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 107KB; 740 x 510 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 53775

    USS Northern Pacific
    (1918-1919)

    At Brest, France, during the latter half of 1918.
    Photographed from on board USS Leviathan (ID # 1326).

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 65KB; 740 x 525 pixels

    Note:
    This photograph was originally identified as showing USS Great Northern. However, the ship's camouflage scheme is that of her sister, USS Northern Pacific. See Photo # NH 53775-A for a cropped version, emphasizing the ship.

     
    Photo #: NH 51329

    USS Leviathan
    (ID # 1326)

    Troops and Sailors crowd the ship's superstructure and after smokestack, while she was at Brest, France, 2 May 1918.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 61KB; 740 x 555 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 105106

    USS Leviathan
    (ID # 1326)

    View looking forward from the ship's mainmast, 1919.
    Note the ship's after smokestack, with a large pipe extending aft from it, what appear to be ventilation blowers and ducts on the upper superstructure deck, men resting on a bench in the lower left, and a man on a platform near the top of the smokestack.
    The original image is printed on postcard ("AZO") stock.

    Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2007.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image size: 66KB; 450 x 765 pixels

     

    For more on board and close up views of USS Leviathan, see:

  • USS Leviathan (ID # 1326) -- On Board and Close Up Views (Part I-A: Ship's Exterior, page 2);
  • USS Leviathan (ID # 1326) -- On Board and Close Up Views (Part II: Ship's Interior);
  • USS Leviathan (ID # 1326) -- On Board and Close Up Views (Part III: Officers and Crew);
  • USS Leviathan (ID # 1326) -- On Board and Close Up Views (Part IV: Crew Activities);
  • USS Leviathan (ID # 1326) -- On Board and Close Up Views (Part V: Passengers); and
  • USS Leviathan (ID # 1326) -- On Board and Close Up Views (Part VI: Ship's Armament).

    For other images concerning this ship, see:

  • USS Leviathan (ID # 1326), 1917-1919.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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    Page made 30 October 2005
    New image added 10 November 2008