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U.S.S. Leviathan History Committee
A shipboard committee rather than a single writer, this credited author assembled a firsthand record of the U.S.S. Leviathan’s World War I service from logs, photographs, and material gathered on board. The result is a vivid period document shaped by the people closest to the ship itself.
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About the author
This credited author is a collective: the U.S.S. Leviathan History Committee, the group named on History of the U.S.S. Leviathan, cruiser and transport forces, United States Atlantic fleet. Library and catalog records identify the book as a 1919 publication, and Project Gutenberg lists the committee as the author of that work.
Because the book was compiled by a committee connected with the ship rather than by a single public literary figure, there is very little personal biographical information available. What can be said with confidence is that the committee’s work appears to have drawn on the ship’s log and material gathered aboard the Leviathan, giving the book the feel of an official or near-contemporaneous historical record.
That makes this “author” especially interesting for history readers: instead of one retrospective voice, the book comes from a collaborative effort tied closely to the vessel and its service. For listeners interested in naval history, troop transport in World War I, or primary-source-style accounts, that background is part of the appeal.