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SS Leviathan Pin

National Museum of American History

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Description
A souvenir pin from the ocean liner Leviathan, sporting the house flag adopted by the new owners of the United States Lines in late 1931.
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
Credit Line
Gift of Frank O. Braynard, Sea Cliff, New York
1932
used date
1932-1934
ID Number
1991.0856.33
catalog number
1991.0856.33
accession number
1991.0856
Object Name
Pin
Physical Description
brass (overall material)
enamel (top material)
white (top color)
Measurements
overall: 7/8 in; x 2.2225 cm
Associated Place
United States: New York
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Work and Industry: Maritime
America on the Move
Transportation
National Museum of American History
Record ID
nmah_1102330
Usage of Metadata (Object Detail Text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-7ab5-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

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