Ship Model, <i>Leviathan</i>
date: label: date made
content: ca 1914
label: used date
content: 1914-1938
notes: label: Description
content: The ocean liner <i>Leviathan</i> was built as the <i>Vaterland</i> for Germany's Hamburg-American Line in 1914. This model was likely built around then. 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. This model came to the Smithsonian from the New York City offices of the United States Lines in 1952.
place: label: Associated Place
content: United States: New York
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content: Work and Industry: Maritime
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content: America on the Move
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content: Transportation
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content: Ship Models
label: Exhibition
content: America On The Move
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of United States Lines Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TR.314250
label: catalog number
content: 314250
label: accession number
content: 196508
objectType: label: Object Name
content: "Leviathan"
label: Object Name
content: model, "Leviathan"
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (part material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (part material)
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content: paper (part material)
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content: wire (part material)
label: Physical Description
content: thread (part material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 108 in; x 274.32 cm