Ss Veracruz Cruise Ship
SS Argentina was an ocean liner launched at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula Mississippi United States in 1958.
Ss veracruz cruise ship. Orizabanamed after the town of Orizaba Veracruz Mexicowas laid down for the Ward Line by William Cramp Sons Ship and Engine Building Company of Philadelphia and launched in February 1917. Oasis of the Seas. Period 1975 1981.
Any Length 1-2 nights 3-6 nights 7-9 nights 10-14 nights over 14 nights. Harmony of the Seas. The Veracruz would make a comfortable run of it between New York City and Nova Scotia before cutting through the Strait of Canso and the relatively sheltered waters thereafter.
This Portuguese shipping Company already had three fine passenger-cargo liners in service being the 1947 built 13196 GRT TN Patria and 1948 built 13186 GRT TN Imperio operating on the Portugal West and East Africa service. Warships of the Neutrality Patrol who broadcast her position which allowed her to be caught by the British warship HMS Hyperion 300 miles off the coast of Virginia on December 19th. 5358361 7 New Horizon Shipping Corp Monrovia.
There werent that many cruise ships sailing back then as it was still a new industry and many. So we toasted several times off the front decks to bid her farewell. Our first two cruises were aboard the old Veracruz the first in 1980 around the Caribbean and the second a few years later.
10000 tons might seem like a lifeboat in todays megaliners of the Oasis and Allure back in 1987 it was my Oasis. The very modern looking SS Veracruz. Anthem of the Seas.
I now measure all present day cruises against that ship and as good as some are none measure up to the Veracruz. Please see picture for a better description of the item. Veracruz - Bermuda Star Line.
