DescriptionBlack-and-white photo of the U.S.S. Leviathan at U.S. Army Transport Service piers, Port of Debarkation, Hoboken, N.J., August 9, 1919. 2-5/16" high x 3-3/8" wide. Photographer was C.T.G. (not identified); reverse has contemporary holographic ink caption: The Leviathan - at Hoboken, N.J., Aug. 9, 1919. Taken by C.T.G. View is northwest of the ship at pier 5. Note sign on stern: U.S. Navy Transport. Signs for U.S. Army Transport Service on the pier sheds. The Leviathan, formerly the S.S. Vaterland of the Hamburg-America Line until 1917, was the largest troop ship used in World War I. It is known to have made its last trans-Atlantic crossing as a troop transport in September 1919. Decommissioned on Oct. 29, 1919 and turned over to the U.S. Shipping Board.