Photo #: NH 41703 USS Leviathan (ID # 1326) "One of the six-inch stern guns on the USS Leviathan, the biggest ship in the World. The former German liner carried a battery of eight of these guns for protection against the U-boats, as well as two 'Y' guns which hurled depth bombs loaded with TNT. She was attacked several times by the undersea pirates and according to officers of the vessel one attacking sub was sunk by a shell from one of the six inch guns." (Quoted from the original picture caption, dated 19 December 1918) U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 73KB; 740 x 605 pixels
Photo #: NH 41707 USS Leviathan (ID # 1326) Gun crew preparing to load one of the ship's six-inch guns, circa 1918. Photographed by Zimmer. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 87KB; 740 x 550 pixels
Photo #: NH 41706 USS Leviathan (ID # 1326) Gun crew with one of the ship's six-inch guns, circa 1918. Photographed by Zimmer. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 65KB; 740 x 530 pixels
Photo #: NH 2422 USS Leviathan (ID # 1326) Gun crew resting beside one of the ship's six-inch guns, 1918. Photographed by Zimmer. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 86KB; 740 x 530 pixels
Photo #: NH 41708 USS Leviathan (ID # 1326) Gun crew resting by the ship's # 3 six-inch gun, circa 1918. Photographed by Zimmer. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 79KB; 740 x 525 pixels