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<h3>Ship Name and Designation History</h3>
This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during
its lifetime.
The list is in chronological order.

<ol>Transport<br/>
Built 1913 as German Passenger Liner VATERLAND<br/>
Launched April 3 1913 - Completed April 29 1914<br/><br/>
<li>'''VATERLAND''' (Passenger Liner)</li>
Operated by Hamburg America Line of Germany<br/>
Seized April 6 1917 in Hoboken NJ by U.S. Government upon its entry into WWI<br/>
Transferred to U.S. Navy June 1917 and converted to a troopship<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS VATERLAND ID-1326'''</li>
Commissioned July 25 1917<br/>
Renamed September 6 1917<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS LEVIATHAN ID-1326'''</li>
Decommissioned October 29 1919<br/>
Transferred to United States Shipping Board (USSB)<br/><br/>
<li>'''LEVIATHAN''' (Passenger Liner)</li>
Laid up in Hoboken until 1922 then refurbished<br/>
Operated by United States Lines from 1923 to 1934<br/>
United States Lines was part of USSB until March 1929 then sold to private interests<br/><br/>
Sold December 10 1937 to a British firm for scrap
</ol>
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<h3>Naval Covers</h3>
This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the
ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each name of the ship (for
example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same
ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner).
Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't
take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date
range for covers on that page.
<ol>
<li>[[USS_LEVIATHAN_ID-1326_Covers_Page_1 |Leviathan Covers Page 1 ]]     (1917-27)</li>
</ol>
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<h3>Postmarks</h3>
This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a
separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. Within each set,
the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one
postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of
earliest known usage.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an
image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN
THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
<br/> <br/>
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the
existing example.



<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><th align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Postmark Type<br/>---<br/>Killer Bar Text
</th><th align="center" valign="center" width="100">
Date From<br/>to<br/>Date To</th>
<th align="center" width="350">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Postmark Image</th>
<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Cover Image</th>
</tr></table>




<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type<br/>2rz
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
c1917
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:JonBurdett leviathan tt1326 1917 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JonBurdett leviathan tt1326 1917.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
Note:

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<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type 2rz
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
c1917<br/>(no date)
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:JohnGermann_Leviathan_TT1326_c1917_1a_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JohnGermann_Leviathan_TT1326_c1917_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
A souvenir folder complete with 9 photographs of the ship, exterior and interior.




<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
U.S. SEAPOST Duplex<br/><br/>S.S. LEVIATHAN
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1927-03-04
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:JonBurdett leviathan tt1326 19270304 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JonBurdett leviathan tt1326 19270304.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
As S.S. LEVIATHAN (Merchant Service)




<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
New York NY<br/>GPO Duplex<br/><br/>S.S. LEVIATHAN
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1927-07-31
</td><td align="center" width="350">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Leviathan_19270731_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Leviathan_19270731_1_Back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
S.S. LEVIATHAN (Merchant Service). First Airmail, Steamer to Shore.

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<h3>Other Information</h3>
LEVIATHAN was the largest ship in the U.S. Merchant Fleet until the completion of S.S. United States in 1952<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - Something unusually large for its kind...Used to describe a ship or whale<br/>
Also the monsterous sea creature of The Book of Job in The Bible




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