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05-14-1914 maiden voyage from Cuxhaven to New York / 08-1914 caught in New York harbor when war breaks out / 04-05-1917 seized by US Shipping Board / 07-25-1917 handed over to US Navy to serve as troup ship / 09-06-1917 renamed "Leviathan" / 09-1919 idle in New York harbor / 02-1922 taken to Newport News, major reconstruction work to turn her into a passenger liner again /06-19-1923 trials for United States Line, New York / 1932 taken out of service, idle in New York / 1934 four voyages New York-Southampton, again taken out of service / 01-26-1938 leaves New York for Rosyth in Scotland, where she is scrapped 02-14-1938.