The Leviathan was built as the Vaterland for Germany’s Hamburg-American Line. The ship had crossed the Atlantic only seven times when war broke out in Europe in 1914. She was laid up for safekeeping ...

The Engine Department operated and maintained the Leviathan’s complex mechanical plant, which not only propelled the ship, but provided electricity and steam for the ship’s vast ventilation, ...

Held at the Hilton Hotel, the annual reception-tableau-dinner-dance of the Mystic Club set social sail aboard the SS Leviathan, the luxurious flagship of the United States Lines on Oct. 14, 1926 ...