当被要求在此收藏博客上工作时，我的主管询问了什么尤其引起了我的注意。这有点尴尬，但我一直是战时历史的粉丝，我可能会也可能不会以欢欣鼓舞的“战争”做出回应，当您在人们面前兴奋地惊呼它时，这听起来更糟。不管我的实习生尴尬，我的声明都确保我经常专注于战争遗物，例如本月的《人工制品》，这是SS的金属鹰装饰品Leviathan. The eagle is a decorative metal piece that would have been displayed on the interior of the ship following its renovations. It’s two toned in color, with a blueish colored body, and gilt accents on the feathers and legs. It’s pictured twice below, once in color, and once in black and white so that it is easier to see the detailing on the piece.

Leviathanwas originally SSVaterland，在德国汉堡建造的乘客班轮。1914年，她是世界上最大的船，但在第一次世界大战爆发之前只进行了几次旅行。Vaterland刚刚抵达纽约宣布战争，，，，and was therefore unable to return to Germany. Prior to this, she had made only three round trips between New York and Europe. Instead she remained in a terminal in New Jersey for three years until the United States entered the war in 1917. At that point,Vaterland被带走并移交给美国海军，后者更名为她Leviathan直到1919年，她一直担任部队的服役。战争结束后，Leviathan再次发现自己处于困境，直到她被送往弗吉尼亚州南部的纽波特新闻造船厂进行全面的大修和翻新，以将她转回乘客班轮。她的翻新实际上是由海军建筑师威廉·弗朗西斯·吉布斯（William Frances Gibbs）监督的，后来设计SSUnited States，，，，and the owner of two of the baseballs that were featured in our April Artifact of the Month.阅读更多