[Gutenberg 59699] • 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 by Committee, U.S.S. Leviathan History -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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HISTORY OF THE U.S.S. LEVIATHAN “LEVIATHAN” FOREWORD DEDICATION TO SECRETARY DANIELS PREFACE BY SECRETARY DANIELS 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

Executive Order 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

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

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

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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