Object Details
Description
This book was compiled by Giles C. Stedman, who joined the Leviathan's in 1927 as first officer and served aboard until 1934.
The ocean liner Leviathan was built as the Vaterland for Germany's Hamburg-American Line in 1914. During World War I the American government seized the ship and operated it as a troopship. After a complete reconditioning at Newport News, Virginia, in 1922-23, the Leviathan became the flagship of the new United States Lines, which operated it for the U.S. Shipping Board until 1929. Subsequently sold into private hands, the ship ran until 1934. Laid up as a result of high operating costs and low Depression-era patronage, the Leviathan was sold to Scottish shipbreakers in 1938 and dismantled.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Frank O. Braynard, Sea Cliff, New York
date made
late 1920s
used date
1927-1934
ID Number
1991.0856.36
catalog number
1991.0856.36
accession number
1991.0856
Object Name
Notebook, Navigating Officer
Measurements
overall: 8 1/2 in x 2 5/8 in; 21.59 cm x 6.6675 cm
Associated Place
United States: New York
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1102366