here she is in WWI as a troop transport sporting her dazzle camouflage, which was used to make judging distance, speed, and direction harder to determine and therefore harder for German U-Boats to sink.
Final pic is the second SS Vaterland the Nazis were building but never finished.
here she is in WWI as a troop transport sporting her dazzle camouflage, which was used to make judging distance, speed, and direction harder to determine and therefore harder for German U-Boats to sink.
Final pic is the second SS Vaterland the Nazis were building but never finished.
She was a very pretty ship as you can see. Personally her original paint job under the Germans I think was vastly prettier than the U.S. Lines standard paint job. 3/3
She was a very pretty ship as you can see. Personally her original paint job under the Germans I think was vastly prettier than the U.S. Lines standard paint job. 3/3
The SS Vaterland maiden voyage 1914, seized in 1917 by the U.S. during their entry into WWI. Renamed SS Leviathan and repurposed as a troop transport she successful delivered close to 120,000 soldiers to Europe.
The SS Vaterland maiden voyage 1914, seized in 1917 by the U.S. during their entry into WWI. Renamed SS Leviathan and repurposed as a troop transport she successful delivered close to 120,000 soldiers to Europe.
BTW feel free to report this creep. He's borderline stockerish and obsessive.
BTW feel free to report this creep. He's borderline stockerish and obsessive.