History of the U.S.S. Leviathan

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Author

U.S.S. Leviathan History Committee

Title

History of the U.S.S. Leviathan, cruiser and transport forces, United States Atlantic fleet Compiled from the ship's log and data gathered by the history committee on board the ship

Credits

Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

D501: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: World War I (1914-1918)

Subject

World War, 1914-1918 -- Naval operations, American

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 59699

Release Date

June 7, 2019

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.HISTORY OF THE U.S.S. LEVIATHAN
2. 2.“LEVIATHAN”
3. 3.FOREWORD
4. 4.DEDICATION TO SECRETARY DANIELS
5. 5.PREFACE BY SECRETARY DANIELS
6. 6.Roster of Officers — CAPTAINS — EXECUTIVE OFFICERS — NAVIGATORS — GUNNERY OFFICERS — FIRST LIEUTENANTS — SENIOR ENGINEER OFFICER — COMMUNICATION OFFICERS — SENIOR MEDICAL OFFICERS — SENIOR SUPPLY OFFICERS — WATCH AND DIVISION OFFICERS — ENGINEERING OFFICERS — MEDICAL OFFICERS — SUPPLY OFFICERS — CHAPLAIN — SPECIAL DUTY — WARRANT OFFICERS — SHIP’S HISTORY COMMITTEE
7. 7.Executive Order
8. 8.Part I The United States Takes Over the German Merchant Ship, “Vaterland” — REPAIRING THE “VATERLAND” — Organization and Trial Trip — Seizure of the “Vaterland” by the United States — Description of the Vaterland and General Data — A German Account of the Seizure — Damage Done to Ship Before Seizure — Named “Leviathan” — The Crew—Ship’s Organization — The Trial Trip — Anxious Hours — Catching Shark
9. 9.Part II Running The War Zone — FIRST VOYAGE TO LIVERPOOL — The Outer Guard — Liverpool — High Seas — Second Trip to Liverpool — German Prisoners — Third Trip Overseas — Precautions Taken — Brest — Fourth Overseas Trip — “Carlton” Torpedoed — Engagement with Submarine — Second Submarine Fight — The Sunset Prayer at Sea — Fifth Trip Overseas — Sixth Trip Eastbound — McGonigle — Seventh Voyage Overseas — Eighth Overseas Voyage — Ninth Overseas Trip — Burial of the Dead — Tenth Overseas Trip — Christmas Aboard the Leviathan—1918
10. 10.Part III Reports of Officers and Department Chiefs — Notes on Handling the U. S. S. “Leviathan” — New York Harbor — Docking and Undocking — Drydocking the U. S. S. “Leviathan” in Gladstone Dock, Liverpool, England — The Liverpool Drydock — Blocks and Beds — Entering the Dock — The Bridge — The Deck Force — Embarkation and Debarkation of Troops — Rules Observed — Debarkations — Abandon Ship Drill — The Gunnery Department — Gunnery Officers — Assistant Gunnery Officers — Ship’s Gunners — Armament and Equipment — Depth Charges — Machine Guns — Range Finders — Ammunition — Gun Drills — Gun Watches — Lookouts — Personnel — Target Practice — Score — Score — Score — Submarine Attacks — The Electric Plant — Lighting, Ventilation and Interior Communication — Tracing the Lighting Circuit — Ventilation — Interior Communication — Steering Engine Data — The Black Gang — Radio Data — The Engineering Department — Gland Steam Turbine Supply — The Medical Department — The Influenza Epidemic — Course of the Epidemic — Horrors of War — Pneumonia — Deaths — Hospital Corps — Commissary Department — Feeding the Troops — Horseshoer Thinks Cooking Easy — German Secret Service Interested — Storage — World’s Feeding Record — Who Said Pie? — Improvements — The Supply Department — Sales Division
11. 11.Part IV — Some Passengers Carried — Roster of Officers (Alphabetically) — Nurses — Roster of Crew — Additional Roster of Crew — Gun Crew of the U. S. S. Leviathan — Gun No. 1 — Gun No. 2 — Gun No. 3 — Gun No. 4 — Gun No. 5 — Gun No. 6 — 6-Inch Gun No. 7 — 6-Inch Gun No. 8 — 1-Pounder Gun No. 1 — 1-Pounder Gun No. 2 — “Y” Gun No. 1 — “Y” Gun No. 2 — Machine Gun No. 1 — Machine Gun No. 2 — Range Finders — Comparison of the Fifteen Leading Transports — Daily Routine in Port — Daily Routine at Sea — The U. S. S. Leviathan — U. S. S. LEVIATHAN STATISTICS OF NUMBERS CARRIED Up To and Including 14th Trip — List of Sick and Wounded Carried by Leviathan — NOTES

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