Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-04-11
LEVIATHAN CARRIES ONE-EIGHTH OF
A.E.F. TO FRENCH BATTLEFIELDS

greatest engineer afloat, for by some
changes he suggested in her machln-
cry he reduced her coal consumption
from three hundred tons a day and
increased her speed by one and nall
knots an hour.
Description of Leviathan.
To-day a number of our Y. M. Z.
A. party made a tour Of the ship and
came back enthused but much be-
grimed, and with uniforms much the
worse for wear in their passage
through the Mackenny Mayler. A
further description of the ship would
be of interest.
an all she carried 110,591 of the
troops we sent to France. Built as
she was by the German government
to be a transport for the imperial
government when they should be-
gin their program of world con-
quest, she has proven the means
more than any ship af1oat Of carrying
to the front the hosts which have
forever defeated their program. of
conquest.
"The Leviathan is $50 feet long
and of $4,000 tons, and has been
driven by her 10000 horsepower tur-
hour, though, it is claimed she has
never been forced to her highest
speed. The Germans never could
send her faster than 90 knots. She
is manned entirely by the navy. None
but enlisted men are on her from
her 95 cooks, % bakers and II stew
ards to her host of engineers, fire
men and gunners, marines, blue
Jackets and a staff of doctors to
man her; thoroughly equipped, 145-
bed hospital, large enough to care
for any of the largest hospitals in
New York.
Interior Altered
'"The interior arrangement of the
ship has been so changed that It
would be difficult to recognize her.
Most of the magnificent fittings
have been removed and stored and
the space they occupied employed
for more practical purposes, but the
shippers room and imperial suite
remains and is occupied on the trip
by Secretary and Mrs. Daniels. We,
DR.. Wilmer and I, were entertained
by the secretary there this after
noon, and Mrs. Daniels told us that
the cost of the suite for a single
passage when the Hamburg line OPP
Grated her was $4,000. The suite
consisted of a dining room, sun par
lor, two large bedrooms with pri-
as spacious as a city residence.
There is a complete telephone sys-
tenn with nearly thousand connec-
| lions. The ship carries six-inch
guns and two guns for throwing
depth bombs.
1.-THE Leviathan was the prize
above all others sought by the sub
ed purse Of $4,000 to the crew
that could sink her. but despite at
| lacks and thrilling fights, she has
| made her trips unscathed and has
not lost a passenger. She could not
be conveyed as she is too fast for
anything but destroyeHs and for
| them in rough weather. Something
| of her colossal size may be gath
cred from the fact that should. she
be placed on end she would tower
| 399 feet above the Washington
monument, which is 555 feet high
and would look down upon the Wool.
worth building, SO feet below her, as
she is 954 feet long, while the Wool
worth building, the highest in the
world, is only about 904 feet. Only
three docks in the world can hold
her-Hoboken, Glasgow and Ham
| burg. She draws Al feet of water
and can only enter and leave New
| York harbor at high tide as only
| then is Ambrose channel deep enough
for her to navigate. She cannot as
cend East River, not only because
it is not deep enough but also be-
| cause her tunnels are six feet above
| the floor of Brooklyn bridge. The
New Mexico, our largest battleship
with her steel m3sts, can pass be-
meath the bridge.
THE Acquitania requires only
three tugs to dock her, the Leviathan
from IL to 10, and she can only be
| put into her slip at Hoboken at
slack tide, otherwise the current
would carry her past her pier, for
she stretches about two-fifths across
| the river.
"Ier chief trouble is that hel
height makes her list badly in a
heavy gale, when not carrying full
ballast, as her bridge is 81 feet from
the water line