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De SS Vaterland was een passagiersschip dat dienstdeed van 1914 tot en met 1937. Het deed een jaar dienst bij de Duitse rederij Hamburg-America Line, maar was in de haven van New York toen de Eerste Wereldoorlog uitbrak. Het schip werd geïnterneerd en later in gebruik genomen om Amerikaanse soldaten naar het Europese front te vervoeren. Na de oorlog kwam het in handen van de Amerikaanse rederij . O SS Leviathan foi um navio de passageiros operado pela United States Lines. Foi originalmente construído na Alemanha pelos estaleiros da Blohm & Voss para a Hamburg-Amerika Linie sob o nome de SS Vaterland, sendo a segunda embarcação da Classe Imperador de transatlânticos depois do SS Imperator e antes do SS Bismarck. Sua construção começou em abril de 1911 e ele foi lançado ao mar dois anos depois, fazendo sua viagem inaugural em maio de 1914. O Vaterland completou apenas sete travessias até o começo da Primeira Guerra Mundial em agosto, tendo recebido ordens da Alemanha de permanecer nos Estados Unidos longe da zona de conflito. SS Leviathan, awalnya dibangun sebagai Vaterland, adalah sebuah kapal laut yang secara teratur menyeberangi Atlantik Utara dari tahun 1914 hingga 1934. Yang kedua dari tiga kapal dibangun untuk Germany's Hamburg America Line untuk layanan penumpang transatlantik mereka, ia berlayar sebagai Vaterland kurang dari satu tahun sebelum awal karier nya dihentikan oleh awal Perang Dunia I. Bobot kapal ini sebesar 54.282 gross ton dengan panjang 950 ft (289,6 m), kecepatan 26 knot (30 mph) dan kapasitas penumpang 1.165 sebagai konfigurasi awal, dan 14.000 sebagai transportasi pasukan. Persenjataan: Der Transatlantikliner Vaterland wurde 1914 für die deutsche Reederei HAPAG in Hamburg als zweiter Dampfer der Imperator-Klasse in Fahrt gebracht. Das bei Kriegsbeginn in den USA befindliche Schiff lag bis zum Kriegseintritt der USA in New York still, wurde dann beschlagnahmt und von 1917 bis 1919 unter dem Namen Leviathan als Truppentransporter eingesetzt. Nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg den USA als Reparationsleistung zugesprochen, kam die Leviathan von 1923 bis 1934 in den Dienst der United States Lines. El SS Leviathan (originalmente SS Vaterland) fue un transatlántico alemán construido en los astilleros Blohm & Voss de Hamburgo, y operado por la empresa naviera Hamburg America Line (HAPAG) a partir de 1913. Fue el segundo de una serie de tres buques hermanos conocida como la clase Imperator, concebida a comienzos de la década de 1910 por Albert Ballin para dominar el servicio de pasajeros en la ruta comercial del Atlántico norte. Sus buques hermanos eran el SS Imperator y el SS Bismarck.​ SS Leviathan was a German Ocean liner launched on 3 April 1913 and began service in 1914 as the transatlantic ocean liner Vaterland [ˈfaːtʰɐˌlantʰ] for Germany's Hamburg America Line. The ship, second of three running mates and then the largest passenger ship in the World, made its first voyage to New York arriving on 21 May 1914 under the command of a Commodore and four Captains of the German Naval Reserve to celebrations featuring German and American officials at the line's Hoboken facilities. Le Vaterland, plus tard rebaptisé Leviathan, est un paquebot transatlantique allemand puis américain, construit par les chantiers Blohm & Voss pour la compagnie maritime Hamburg America Line. C'est le deuxième navire d'une série de trois paquebots, avec l’Imperator et le Bismarck. Левиафан (SS Leviathan) — второй трансатлантический лайнер класса «Император», первоначально построенный как немецкий лайнер «Фатерлaнд» (SS Vaterland). Второй из трёх лайнеров построенных немецкой компанией HAPAG для пассажирских перевозок, но менее чем через год его карьера была остановлена началом Первой мировой войны. В 1917 году он был захвачен США и переименован в «Левиафан». La SS Leviathan (inizialmente chiamato Vaterland) fu un transatlantico tedesco.
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1919-10-29
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July 1917
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*World War I Navy service: * 8 × 6-inch guns * 2 × 1-pounder gun * 2 × machine gun
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Blohm+Voss, Hamburg
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* 1,965 as originally fitted out * 14,000 as a troop transport
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Sold into civilian service Seized by the United States Sold for scrap in 1938, broken up after 1946 at Rosyth
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1911
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1913-04-03
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Leviathan Vaterland
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dbr:Leviathan German for "Fatherland"
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Commissioned as a troopship in World War I
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1933 0001-04-06
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Der Transatlantikliner Vaterland wurde 1914 für die deutsche Reederei HAPAG in Hamburg als zweiter Dampfer der Imperator-Klasse in Fahrt gebracht. Das bei Kriegsbeginn in den USA befindliche Schiff lag bis zum Kriegseintritt der USA in New York still, wurde dann beschlagnahmt und von 1917 bis 1919 unter dem Namen Leviathan als Truppentransporter eingesetzt. Nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg den USA als Reparationsleistung zugesprochen, kam die Leviathan von 1923 bis 1934 in den Dienst der United States Lines. Die Vaterland ist bis heute das größte jemals unter deutscher Flagge gefahrene Passagierschiff und zugleich das größte mit Kohlefeuerung betriebene Dampfschiff der Geschichte. El SS Leviathan (originalmente SS Vaterland) fue un transatlántico alemán construido en los astilleros Blohm & Voss de Hamburgo, y operado por la empresa naviera Hamburg America Line (HAPAG) a partir de 1913. Fue el segundo de una serie de tres buques hermanos conocida como la clase Imperator, concebida a comienzos de la década de 1910 por Albert Ballin para dominar el servicio de pasajeros en la ruta comercial del Atlántico norte. Sus buques hermanos eran el SS Imperator y el SS Bismarck.​ Navegó bajo el nombre de Vaterland durante algo menos de un año, antes de que su carrera se viera interrumpida por el comienzo de la Primera Guerra Mundial. Entonces el buque fue internado en Estados Unidos, e incautado por el gobierno norteamericano con la entrada en guerra de dicho país en 1917. Rebautizado como Leviathan, sirvió como buque de transporte de tropas hasta el final de la contienda, y posteriormente de nuevo como buque de pasajeros comercial, siendo el buque insignia de la compañía United States Lines. El Leviathan permaneció en servicio en la línea del Atlántico norte hasta 1934. Sin embargo, su carrera resultó a la postre un desastre financiero. Fue retirado del servicio y permaneció en dicha condición hasta su desguace en 1938. Le Vaterland, plus tard rebaptisé Leviathan, est un paquebot transatlantique allemand puis américain, construit par les chantiers Blohm & Voss pour la compagnie maritime Hamburg America Line. C'est le deuxième navire d'une série de trois paquebots, avec l’Imperator et le Bismarck. Lorsque la Première Guerre mondiale éclate en 1914, le Vaterland est immobilisé aux États-Unis, et finalement saisi lors de leur entrée en guerre. Renommé SS Leviathan, il sert de transport de troupes de 1917 à 1919, puis reprend du service comme transatlantique pour la compagnie United States Lines. Jusqu'à sa démolition en 1938, sa carrière se révèle être un désastre financier. SS Leviathan, awalnya dibangun sebagai Vaterland, adalah sebuah kapal laut yang secara teratur menyeberangi Atlantik Utara dari tahun 1914 hingga 1934. Yang kedua dari tiga kapal dibangun untuk Germany's Hamburg America Line untuk layanan penumpang transatlantik mereka, ia berlayar sebagai Vaterland kurang dari satu tahun sebelum awal karier nya dihentikan oleh awal Perang Dunia I. Pada tahun 1917, ia ditangkap oleh pemerintah AS dan berganti nama Leviathan. Dia menjadi dikenal dengan nama ini pada sebagian besar kariernya, baik sebagai pengangkut tentara selama Perang Dunia I dan kemudian sebagai unggulan dari United States Lines. Bobot kapal ini sebesar 54.282 gross ton dengan panjang 950 ft (289,6 m), kecepatan 26 knot (30 mph) dan kapasitas penumpang 1.165 sebagai konfigurasi awal, dan 14.000 sebagai transportasi pasukan. Persenjataan: * 8 × 6 in * 2 × 1-pounder gun * 2 × machine gun O SS Leviathan foi um navio de passageiros operado pela United States Lines. Foi originalmente construído na Alemanha pelos estaleiros da Blohm & Voss para a Hamburg-Amerika Linie sob o nome de SS Vaterland, sendo a segunda embarcação da Classe Imperador de transatlânticos depois do SS Imperator e antes do SS Bismarck. Sua construção começou em abril de 1911 e ele foi lançado ao mar dois anos depois, fazendo sua viagem inaugural em maio de 1914. O Vaterland completou apenas sete travessias até o começo da Primeira Guerra Mundial em agosto, tendo recebido ordens da Alemanha de permanecer nos Estados Unidos longe da zona de conflito. O Vaterland permaneceu em um limbo pelos três anos seguintes até ser tomado pelos Estados Unidos em abril de 1917, sendo convertido em um navio de transporte de tropas sob o nome USS Leviathan. A embarcação realizou dezenove viagens para a Europa sob essa função e transportou mais de cem mil soldados. Ao final do conflito, seus irmãos Imperator e Bismarck foram entregues, respectivamente, para as britânicas Cunard Line e White Star Line, porém o destino do Leviathan permaneceu inicialmente incerto. O navio ficou atracado em Hoboken até 1921, quando foi decidido que seria transformado na capitânia da recém estabelecida United States Lines. Ele foi levado para os estaleiros da Newport News Shipbuilding e passou por um grande processo de conversão, liderado pelo arquiteto William Francis Gibbs, para que pudesse retornar ao serviço comercial. O Leviathan realizou sua viagem inaugural pela United States Lines em julho de 1923, ganhando popularidade especialmente com passageiros norte-americanos. A Grande Depressão afetou muito sua rentabilidade e o navio foi retirado de serviço em 1932, retornando apenas brevemente em 1934 para mais quatro viagens até ser aposentado de vez. O Leviathan permaneceu inutilizado até dezembro de 1937, quando foi vendido como sucata e desmontado no ano seguinte. La SS Leviathan (inizialmente chiamato Vaterland) fu un transatlantico tedesco. De SS Vaterland was een passagiersschip dat dienstdeed van 1914 tot en met 1937. Het deed een jaar dienst bij de Duitse rederij Hamburg-America Line, maar was in de haven van New York toen de Eerste Wereldoorlog uitbrak. Het schip werd geïnterneerd en later in gebruik genomen om Amerikaanse soldaten naar het Europese front te vervoeren. Na de oorlog kwam het in handen van de Amerikaanse rederij . Левиафан (SS Leviathan) — второй трансатлантический лайнер класса «Император», первоначально построенный как немецкий лайнер «Фатерлaнд» (SS Vaterland). Второй из трёх лайнеров построенных немецкой компанией HAPAG для пассажирских перевозок, но менее чем через год его карьера была остановлена началом Первой мировой войны. В 1917 году он был захвачен США и переименован в «Левиафан». SS Leviathan was a German Ocean liner launched on 3 April 1913 and began service in 1914 as the transatlantic ocean liner Vaterland [ˈfaːtʰɐˌlantʰ] for Germany's Hamburg America Line. The ship, second of three running mates and then the largest passenger ship in the World, made its first voyage to New York arriving on 21 May 1914 under the command of a Commodore and four Captains of the German Naval Reserve to celebrations featuring German and American officials at the line's Hoboken facilities. The ship was designed to carry 4,050 passengers with most in third or fourth class. Those among the 700 first class and 600 second class passengers traveled in considerable luxury. The main public rooms took advantage of an unusual arrangement of the routing from boiler to stack along the sides rather than center to feature long and unbroken access from a replica of the New York Ritz-Carlton Restaurant main dining room forward to the lounge and ball room aft. Vaterland served on the route for less than a year before being laid up at the line's piers in the neutral United States due to the start of World War I and risk of seizure by the Allies at sea. With U.S. entry into the war in 1917 Vaterland and the German line's Hoboken facility were seized by the US government. The ship was placed under the control of the United States Shipping Board and in July 1917 to the Navy for completion of repairs and conversion to a troop ship. In July 1917 the ship was commissioned as the USS Vaterland and on 6 September 1917 renamed Leviathan and assigned to the Cruiser and Transport Force. The ship's first troop transport voyage departed New York on 17 December 1917 with 7,250 troops. At Liverpool, England the ship spent fifty days in drydock, where her size was shown to be a problem, and troop capacity was expanded to 8,200. Further trips were destined for Brest, France and troop capacity was incrementally increased to 10,500 by summer of 1918 and with double bunking to 14,000. The ship's speed allowed transit without escort and often Leviathan and the fast ships Great Northern and Northern Pacific made the transit in company without escort. In the war the ship made ten round trips transporting more than 119,000 troops to Europe. That process was reversed after the war with the ship's last voyage with returning troops arriving on 8 September 1919. The ship was decommissioned and turned over to the Shipping Board 29 October 1919 remaining laid up at Hoboken until April 1922. At the end of the war there was a surplus of ships and a large number of Shipping Board sponsored companies. Leviathan was not only competing against that surplus but from lack of information such as blueprints, from Germany so that new ones had to be created by actual measurement of the ship. The ship was also caught up in controversies regarding the company originally agreeing to operate the ship.In April 1922 $8,000,000 in funding made it possible to move the ship to News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia, for a complete refurbishing and overhaul including all wiring and plumbing being replaced and conversion from coal to oil as fuel. Interior decorations, though much was kept were modernized with 1920s style. In June 1923 the ship was returned to the Shipping Board with an increase in gross tonnage leading to advertisement as the largest and fastest liner, a claim that was challenged by both the British Cunard and the White Star lines. The United States Lines was contracted to operate the ship for a minimum of five Atlantic voyages per year. Though popular in the U.S. market high costs and inability to sell alcohol during Prohibition in which all U.S. registered ships were "dry" so that many sought foreign shipping. Even with the ship eventually being allowed to serve "medicinal" alcohol when outside U.S. waters the Great Depression drove the line to demand either subsidies or that the Shipping Board take the ship back. In June 1933 Leviathan was laid up at Hoboken. The Shipping Board required the ship to go into operation but losses were high. The 1936 high season for the Atlantic saw a loss of $143,000 on the first trip and by the required fifth voyage the ship was at half capacity. The line paid the Shipping Board $500,000 to retire the ship with a continued requirement to keep it in running condition. In the entire operating period as a U.S. liner the ship never made a profit. British Metal Industries Ltd. bought Leviathan in 1937 with the ship arriving at Rosyth, Scotland, on 14 February for scrapping. The size of the vessel and start of World War II delayed final scrapping until 1946.
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