USS Imperator, a very large transport, was built in 1913 as the 52,117 gross ton German passenger liner of the same name. Taken over by the U.S. Navy after the World War I Armistice, she was placed in commission in early May 1919. During the next three months Imperator carried U.S. troops home from the former European war zone. During one westbound voyage in mid-June, she received the President of Brazil and his party from the disabled French passenger liner Jeanne D'arc and brought them to the United States. USS Imperator completed her seagoing Naval service in August 1919 and spent the following three months at New York, where she was decommissioned in late November 1919 and turned over to the British Government. Renamed Berengaria, she spent nearly two more decades as a civilian passenger liner.
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Photo #: NH 105815 USS Imperator (ID # 4080) Assisted by tugs, probably at Hoboken, New Jersey, in mid-1919. Photographed by the Bain News Service, New York City. Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2008. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Online Image: 103KB; 900 x 660 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 94 USS Imperator (ID # 4080) Off Manhattan Island, New York City, in 1919. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Online Image: 40KB; 740 x 275 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 85172 USS Imperator (ID # 4080) Halftone reproduction of a photograph showing the ship underway in 1919, while she was employed bringing U.S. service personnel home from Europe. Courtesy of William H. Davis, 1977. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Online Image: 83KB; 740 x 455 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 99104 USS Imperator (ID # 4080) In harbor, with tugs alongside, 1919. Donation of Staff Sergeant Craig Ingersoll, USMC, 1980. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Online Image: 86KB; 740 x 455 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 105816 Lighter Rin Tin Tin Coming alongside USS Mount Vernon (ID # 4508) to transfer troops for passage home to the United States, in Brest Harbor, France, circa May 1919. USS Imperator (ID # 4080) is in the background. Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2008. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Online Image: 84KB; 740 x 535 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 107097 USS Imperator (ID # 4080) In Brest Harbor, France, circa June-August 1919. Photographed from on board USS Philippines (ID # 1677). The view looks forward over the port bow from the ship's bridge. Original print from the USS Philippines Collection (Lot S-589-A). Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2009. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Online Image: 122 KB; 900 x 645 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 103126-A USS Imperator (ID # 4080) At Hoboken, New Jersey, probably after her first trans-Atlantic voyage as a U.S. Navy ship, circa late May 1919. Panoramic photograph by Picot, 15 4th Avenue, Brooklyn, New York. This view is cropped from Photo # NH 103126. Note the large decoration on the ship's bow. Donation of Georgia Adams Grann and Caryl L. Adams, 2005. The original print came from the collection of their father, George W. Adams, who enlisted in the Navy in 1908. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Online Image: 61KB; 740 x 395 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 103126 USS Imperator (ID # 4080), at left, and USS Leviathan (ID # 1326) At Hoboken, New Jersey, probably after Imperator's first trans-Atlantic voyage as a U.S. Navy ship, circa late May 1919. At that time, these were the World's largest ships, hence the photo's title: "The 'Giants' of the Sea". Panoramic photograph by Picot, 15 4th Avenue, Brooklyn, New York. Note the large decoration on Imperator's bow. Donation of Georgia Adams Grann and Caryl L. Adams, 2005. The original print came from the collection of their father, George W. Adams, who enlisted in the Navy in 1908. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Online Image: 69KB; 1200 x 280 pixels |
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Page made 13 December 2007
New image added 26 November 2010