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History of the U.S.S. Leviathan

by U.S.S. Leviathan History Committee

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  1. 1Epigraph
  2. 2Foreword
  3. 3Dedication to Secretary Daniels — Preface by Secretary Daniels
  4. 4Roster of Officers
  5. 5Captains
  6. 6Executive Officers · Navigators · Gunnery Officers · First Lieutena…
  7. 7Senior Supply Officers
  8. 8Watch and Division Officers
  9. 9Engineering Officers
  10. 10Medical Officers
  11. 11Supply Officers
  12. 12Chaplain · Special Duty — Warrant Officers
  13. 13Ship’s History Committee
  14. 14Executive Order
  15. 15Part I — The United States Takes Over the German Merchant Ship, “Va…
  16. 16Seizure of the “Vaterland” by the United States
  17. 17Description of the Vaterland and General Data
  18. 18A German Account of the Seizure
  19. 19Damage Done to Ship Before Seizure
  20. 20Named “Leviathan”
  21. 21The Crew — Ship’s Organization
  22. 22The Trial Trip
  23. 23Anxious Hours
  24. 24Catching Shark
  25. 25Part II — Running the War Zone
  26. 26The Outer Guard
  27. 27Liverpool
  28. 28High Seas
  29. 29Second Trip to Liverpool
  30. 30German Prisoners
  31. 31Third Trip Overseas
  32. 32Precautions Taken
  33. 33Brest
  34. 34Fourth Overseas Trip
  35. 35“Carlton” Torpedoed
  36. 36Engagement With Submarine
  37. 37Second Submarine Fight
  38. 38Fifth Trip Overseas
  39. 39Sixth Trip Eastbound
  40. 40McGonigle
  41. 41Seventh Voyage Overseas
  42. 42Eighth Overseas Voyage
  43. 43Ninth Overseas Trip
  44. 44Burial of the Dead
  45. 45Tenth Overseas Trip
  46. 46Christmas Aboard the Leviathan — 1918
  47. 47Part III — Reports of Officers and Department Chiefs
  48. 48New York Harbor
  49. 49Docking and Undocking
  50. 50Drydocking the U. S. S. “Leviathan” in Gladstone Dock, Liverpool, E…
  51. 51The Liverpool Drydock
  52. 52Blocks and Beds
  53. 53Entering the Dock
  54. 54The Bridge
  55. 55The Deck Force
  56. 56Embarkation and Debarkation of Troops
  57. 57Rules Observed
  58. 58Debarkations
  59. 59Abandon Ship Drill
  60. 60The Gunnery Department
  61. 61Armament and Equipment
  62. 62Depth Charges
  63. 63Machine Guns
  64. 64Range Finders
  65. 65Ammunition
  66. 66Gun Drills
  67. 67Gun Watches
  68. 68Lookouts
  69. 69Personnel
  70. 70Target Practice
  71. 71Score
  72. 72Score
  73. 73Score — Submarine Attacks
  74. 74The Electric Plant
  75. 75Lighting, Ventilation and Interior Communication
  76. 76Tracing the Lighting Circuit
  77. 77Ventilation
  78. 78Interior Communication
  79. 79Steering Engine Data
  80. 80The Black Gang
  81. 81Radio Data
  82. 82The Engineering Department
  83. 83Gland Steam Turbine Supply
  84. 84The Medical Department
  85. 85The Influenza Epidemic
  86. 86Course of the Epidemic
  87. 87Horrors of War
  88. 88Pneumonia
  89. 89Deaths
  90. 90Hospital Corps
  91. 91Commissary Department
  92. 92Horseshoer Thinks Cooking Easy
  93. 93German Secret Service Interested
  94. 94Storage
  95. 95World’s Feeding Record
  96. 96Who Said Pie?
  97. 97Improvements
  98. 98The Supply Department
  99. 99Sales Division
  100. 100Part IV — Some Passengers Carried
  101. 101Roster of Crew
  102. 102Additional Roster of Crew
  103. 103Gun Crew of the U. S. S. Leviathan
  104. 104Comparison of the Fifteen Leading Transports
  105. 105Daily Routine in Port
  106. 106Daily Routine at Sea
  107. 107The U. S. S. Leviathan
  108. 108U. S. S. Leviathan — Statistics of Numbers Carried — Up to and Incl…
  109. 109List of Sick and Wounded Carried by Leviathan

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