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 shipU.S.S. Leviathan History Committee
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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
U.S.S. Leviathan History Committee
Leviathan (Steamship); Vaterland (Steamship); World War, 1914-1918 -- Naval operations, American
Finley, R. M. Sea.
Prochaska, J. Sea.
Bull, F. W. Sea.
Gwynn, O. Sea.
MACHINE GUN NO. 2
Manning, E. J. Sea.
Boiden, C. Sea.
Alton, L. S. Sea.
Taylor, C. H. Sea.
RANGE FINDERS
Duff, G. L. Cox.
Roylance, W. Sea.
Southgate, H. Sea.
Curry, T. J. Sea.
Comparison of the Fifteen Leading Transports
(From _The Transport Ace_, Newspaper printed on board the “Leviathan”)
The following comparison shows the number of round trips made, and the
number of troops carried to Europe, by the fifteen leading transports up
to the time the Armistice was signed, November 11, 1918.
_No. of _Largest No. _Total troops
_Ship_ round trips_ in one trip_ carried_
Leviathan 10 10,860 119,215[*]
George Washington 9 5,529 46,159
President Grant 8 5,811 44,182
America 9 5,327 39,674
Agamemnon 10 4,917 35,026
Mount Vernon 9 4,763 33,549
Great Northern 10 3,058 27,590
Aeolus 8 3,551 24,327
President Lincoln 5 4,888 23,438
Northern Pacific 10 2,755 21,903
Martha Washington 8 3,055 21,900
Covington 6 4,133 21,754
Princess Matoika 6 3,865 21,163
Huron 8 2,917 20,771
Pocahontas 9 2,920 20,474
[*] The total of 119,215 for the Leviathan includes Naval
Supernumeraries and crew carried on the first ten Eastbound
trips. The present voyage makes the 14th round trip for this
vessel.
The greatest number of persons carried by the _Leviathan_ was on our
sixteenth westbound trip when we had on board (including Naval Crew), a
total of 14,300 persons.
[Illustration]
Daily Routine in Port
A.M.
4:00 Call ship’s cooks of the watch.
4:30 Fires started in running steamer.
4:45 Call masters-at-arms, boatswain’s mates, buglers and hammock
stowers.
5:00 Reveille. Call all hands, pipe “up hammocks,” serve out coffee;
light the smoking lamp.
5:15 Haul over hammock cloths and stop them down. Master-at-arms
report decks clear of hammocks.
5:20 Pipe sweepers. Sweep down thoroughly before decks are wet.
5:30 Turn to. Out smoking lamp. Execute morning orders. Stow away
ditty boxes; clear lower decks. Five minutes before
sunrise, station men for turning off anchor, boom and
gangway lights. Scrub clothes.
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