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Palermo: Sat, Feb. 24 (for
Monreale), Naples: Sun. Feb. 25 (for Pompeii, Amalfii, and Sorrento), Athens: Tue, Feb, 27 (for the Parthenon and Acropolis), Haifa: Thu. Mar.1 (for Israel: Tel-Aviv, The Holy Land, Nazareth, Tiberias, Capernaum, Jerusalem-in-Israel, Mt. Carmel), Larnaca: Sun. Mar. 4 (Cyprus), Beirut: Mon. Mar. 5, (for Damascus, Baalbeck, Jerusalem-in-Hashemite-Transjordan, Bethlehem, Mount of Olives), Alexandria:Thu. Mar. 8, (for Cairo, the Pyramids, and Luxor), Istanbul: Thu. Mar. 15, Naples: Mon. Mar. 19 (for Capri, Rome, and Florence), Genoa: Thu. Mar. 22 (for Rapallo, Santa Margherita, Portofino and the Italian Riviera), Cannes: Sat. Mar. 24 (for Nice, Monte Carlo, Grasse, and the French Riviera), Barcelona: Mon. Mar. 26, Palma: Tue. Mar. 27 (Capital of the Balearic Islands), Gibraltar: Wed. Mar. 28, Lisbon: Thu. Mar. 29 (for Cinfra, Beiem, Estoril and Fatima), New York: Wed. Apr. 4, 11:00 AM.
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deck in order to increase First Class passenger capacity by more than 100 berths and altered overall accommodations to 484 First Class, 350 Cabin Class, and 254 Tourist Class passengers. This reconstruction resulted in the loss of half of the glass-enclosed promenade deck and the added height forward. During their heyday, many movies were made on board with such stars as Cary Grant and
Deborah Kerr and many others. They also carried high-profile passengers such as President Harry Truman, Alfred Hitchcock, Walt Disney, even King Saud. Both ships continued on the Mediterranean run, however, like most Trans-Atlantic liners of the day, passenger numbers dropped and the service was suspended in 1967.
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s cracked hull. Later news reports from India claimed the ship, aground and abandoned at
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departed from North River Pier 84 at the foot of West 44th St in New York on a 53-day, 13,000 plus mile maiden voyage cruise to the
Mediterranean during which the ship visited 22 ports in Spain, Morocco, Algeria, Sicily, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Lebanon, Cyprus, Israel, France, Gibraltar and Portugal
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first regular non-cruise transatlantic sailing departed New York for Genoa on April 12 although that US-Italy service was later changed to run between New York and Naples. In 1959 both ships were sent to
Newport News where their forward superstructure was moved 22 feet forward and lifted up by one
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designs, collections of ships in bottles and Early
American silver. Late American devices include 125 feet (38 m) of picture windows in the observation lounge, polarized glass in portholes to control light and glare, and bedside telephones from which a passenger can phone anyone within 5,000
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departed on a maiden cruise in June, 1980, operating 7-Day cruises around the
Hawaiian Islands from Honolulu. On September 24, 1981, the cruise ship sustained minor damage off the coast of Nawiliwili, however passengers were safely taken ashore and flown home. After repairs in San Francisco the
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prohibits non-US lines from transporting passengers from one US port to another without stopping at a foreign port, and in particular it permits 7-day Hawaii cruises. As US flagging requires US-built ships, no other major cruise operation is US-flagged.)
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third of the length from the stern) and the entire hull was lying at an angle of about 35 degrees. The ship was scrapped on the spot throughout the remainder of 2010 and the wreck was reportedly completely gone by January 2011.
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permission to be beached at Alang's shipbreaking yard. After much controversy and with demands that the ship be returned to the U.S. for being illegally exported,
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1449:"Independence sails into a new set of problems"
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1405:"Last U.S. ocean liner heads into the unknown"
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1523:Guha Ray, Shantanu (October 24, 2009).
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1382:The Ocean Liner Virtual Museum
1275:Knego, Peter (June 13, 2010).
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710:Bethlehem Steel Corporation
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591:Atlantic Far East Lines
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1756:ROKS
1716:Shipwrecks
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1256:2010-05-23
1228:2008-02-05
1181:References
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