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Keystone View Company U.S Transport Leviathan, Formerly the Vaterland, Largest Ship Afloat

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09584.282 Author/Creator: Keystone View Company Place Written: New York, New York Type: Stereocard Date: 1914-1918 Pagination: 1 stereocard ; 8.7 x 17.7 cm. Order a Copy

This photograph is of a the boat, the "Leviathan." It was the "largest ship afloat" at the time this image was captured and was used in battle.

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