Saturday, May. 19, 1923
Leviathan Reborn
Due in Boston on May 17, to have her hull scraped and painted, and to take aboard her "furnishings," the Leviathan is ready for the last stages of reconditioning. Gibbs Bros., Inc., who supervised the reconditioning and selected the personnel, are expected to supervise the Leviathan's operation for her first three or four voyages out of New York, in order to make sure that everything is running smoothly.
Flying the house flag of the United States Lines, she will sail for Europe on July 4 under the command of Captain Herbert Hartley, who commanded the St. Louis and Mongolia of the International Mercantile Marine. Like the great ships under the
British flag--the Majestic, Aquitania, Mauretania, Berengaria--which carry aboard branches of large British banks, the Leviathan will have a branch of the Farmers' Loan and Trust Company of New York. Three clerks will be employed, and full banking facilities offered to all three classes of passengers.