SS Leviathan Master-at-Arms Badge

Description:

In 1924 the Deck Department on the SS Leviathan included six masters-at-arms, who looked after the vessel’s security and assisted with passenger safety. The markings on this badge refer to a lifeboat station.

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.

Date Made: 1920sUsed Date: 1923-1938

Location: Currently not on view

Associated Place: United States: New York

See more items in: Work and Industry: Maritime, America on the Move, Transportation

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Credit Line: Gift of Frank O. Braynard, Sea Cliff, New York

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1991.0856.35Catalog Number: 1991.0856.35Accession Number: 1991.0856

Object Name: Badge, Master-at-Arms

Physical Description: brass (overall material)Measurements: overall: 1 1/4 in x 2 3/8 in; x 3.175 cm x 6.0325 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-6f47-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1102365

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