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Title: History of the U. S. S. Leviathan, cruiser and transport forces, United States Atlantic fleet
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Leviathan (Steamsip)
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Publisher: (Brooklyn, Brooklyn eagle press)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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rdinarily, docking a shipup to 32,000 or 33,000 tons is notmuch of a problem, nor does it involve f Lf H;) ^^--.~ S 1 3 1 /ft V/m much of a risk, but on larger ships with all the necessary dataknown, those connected with the docking always feel easier whenthey see the ship setting safely on the blocks. To give some idea of the size of the Leviathan considerour latest, biggest and most powerful battleship, the NewMexico. She weighs 32,000 tons. The Leviathan weighedor displaced at the time of docking more than twice this, orapproximately 66,000 tons. We had no docking plans nor plans of any descriptionshowing her form or construction. The Germans had eitherdestroyed or removed all her plans. This was the problemwe were confronted with in January, 1918, when it was decidedto dock the ship in Liverpool for the necessary cleaning andpainting of her body under water, and doing other necessarywork, including a clump on her forefoot for towing the para-vanes, or mine-sweeping device. ( 106 )
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In Dry Dock THE U. S. S. LEVIATHAN The Liverpool Drydock The Gladstone Dock in Liverpool was the only drydockin the world at the time that would take the Leviathan. Theentire development of this dock, which included a tidal basin,was not completed when the war broke out, so the tidal basinwas abandoned and one of a pair of docks was finished up anda long channel dredged to the River Mersey. The ship drew so much that we could not enter the dockexcept at the spring tides, or in other words, only about twodays out of a month would permit us to enter the dock, providedthe wind did not cut the tide too much. The next thing was to decide on how to prepare the bedsof the drydock to receive the ship. An examination of herbottom was necessary. Divers were sent down and they re-ported that she had neither docking nor bilge keels, and thather keel plate consisted of a plate of about 2 inches thick by3 feet wide. In converting the ship from a passenger to a troop ship,we naturally became familia

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