Passenger turbine ship, Home Line, Panama.
Shipyard | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Quincy |
Transformation | Cantieri Riuniti dell’Adriatico, Cantiere di Monfalcone |
Tonnage | 18,563 tons |
Length | 195.5 m |
Breadth | 24.20 m |
Motor system | 2 sets of double-demoltiplication turbine-reducers |
Manufacturer | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Quincy |
Power | 28,450 HP |
Cruising speed | 22 knots |
Passengers | 147 (I), 1.096 (Tourist class). |
1931 | 18 July, launched for Matson Navigation Co., named Mariposa |
1932 | 2 February, maiden voyage San Francisco – Honolulu - Sydney |
1941 | commandeered by the War Shipping Administration and used as troop-ship by US Navy |
1946 | Laid up in Alameda |
1953 | sold to Home Line Inc., Panama |
1954 | renamed Homeric, sails from Alameda towards Monfalcone, where is delivered to the C.R.D.A. shipyard |
1955 | 24 January, maiden voyage Venice - New York, starts its service from the ports of the English Channel to New York |
1963 | October, exclusively used for cruising in the Caribbean Sea with departure from New York |
1973 | 1 July, fire causing serious damages |
1973 | 16 July, reaches Genoa for repairing, but serious damages compromise recovery actions |
1974 | 29 January, reaches Kaohsiung (Taiwan) to be dismantled by Feng Steel Enterprises Co. |
Architects and interior designers
Romano Boico, Aldo Cervi, Gustavo Pulitzer Finali, Nino Zoncada.
Artists
Giovanni Majoli, Tranquillo Marangoni, Marcello Mascherini, Dino Predonzani, Gianni Russian, Tullio Silvestri.
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