SS Leviathan: America’s Failed Superliner

The SS Leviathan, formerly the German SS Vaterland, was launched on April 3rd, 1913 by the Hamburg America Line and was requisitioned by the United States during World War 1. She was the largest American ocean liner yet and promised to help establish the newly founded United States Lines. Unfortunately, despite her popularity, she never lived up to her potential. Instagram: Sources: A Man and his Ship by Steven Ujifusa: The Only Way to Cross by John Maxtone-Graham: The Liner by Philip Dawson: Video Credits: Prelinger Archives US National Archives Internet Archive US Library of Congress Pond5 - retroklips Music: Music provided by Epidemic Sound: Martin Landstorm - A Caper Story Martin Landstorm - Night Howl Duke Herrington - The Hungarian Mole Peter Sandberg - My Heart Is For You Sven Linvall - Ernst Soleil - It’s Too Late (Instrumental Version) Ch