Crew Photographs, July 1923
Selected photographs from the Library of Congress with SS Leviathan crew members. Date of photographs are noted as from 1923; given the subject matter, this is most probably from SS Leviathan‘s maiden voyage on 7 July 1923. Harris & Ewing are the photographers.
“The morning of Independence Day found the S. S. Leviathan of the United States Lines lying at Pier 86, in the Hudson River, at the foot of 46th Street, Manhattan. It was a dull morning, but the ship’s three red, white and blue funnels shone in their new paint.
Ten thousand passes had been issued to visitors. Until 9:45 A. M. the decks were black with people. By then five thousand visitors had been aboard. Then the gray-uniformed attendants refused to admit any more and the stewards gradually cleared the decks of all but passengers.”
“Cast Off!” Time (New York, New York), Monday, July 16, 1923.
Crew List, July 1923
The crew signed articles on 1 July 1923, and the ship set sail on 4 July. She returned from Southampton, England to New York on 23 July 1923, only to turn around again on 27 July. On her maiden voyage, she carried a complement of 1,269 seaman – on the way back she had 1,362 due to picking up about 100 from another ship (details on passenger list).
The original crew lists (104 sheets) issued at Ellis Island upon her return are here:
23 July 1923 SS Leviathan Crew List
The executive staff of the SS Leviathan on her maiden voyage were recorded in the 7 July 1923 edition of The Marine Journal (vid.: sheets 94 & 95 from Crew List):
