Object Details
- Description
- This plaque from the ocean liner Leviathan probably marked the chief engineer’s cabin or sitting room.
- The ocean liner Leviathan was built as the Vaterland for Germany's Hamburg-American Line in 1914. 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.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- 1923
- used date
- 1923-1938
- Credit Line
- Gift of Frank O. Braynard, Sea Cliff, New York
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 8 7/8 in x 1 3/8 in; 22.5425 cm x 3.4925 cm
- Object Name
- Plaque
