Antique Silver Plated Toast Rack From Ss Leviathan Ship

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A lovely and seldom seen antique circa 1920-30s Silver plated toast rack from the passenger steamship SS Leviathan! In great … more A lovely and seldom seen antique circa 1920-30s Silver plated toast rack from the passenger steamship SS Leviathan! In great condition for its age, no major dents or damage, though there are some small signs of use and surface marks. The silver plating is in excellent condition With mild tarnish. Marked on the top with the iconic Leviathan eagle crest.

This toast rack measures approximately 5.5 inches long by 3.5 inches wide by 3.75 inches tall.

The Leviathan was built as the Vaterland for Germany’s Hamburg-American Line.
The ship had crossed the Atlantic only seven times when war broke out in Europe in 1914.
She was laid up for safekeeping at her pier in Hoboken, New Jersey, but when the United States entered World War I in 1917,
the American government seized the Vaterland and converted her into a troopship.
Renamed Leviathan on the suggestion of President Woodrow Wilson and operated by the navy, she carried 94,000 troops to France,
one-sixth the total American deployment in Europe.
Subsequently sold into private hands, the ship ran until 1933.
High operating costs and low passenger numbers during the Depression led to the Leviathan being laid up in New York Harbor (again) until 1938,
when she sailed to Scotland and was scrapped. less