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This is a list of ocean liners past and present, which are passenger ships engaged in the transportation of passengers and goods in transoceanic voyages. Ships primarily designed for pleasure cruises are listed at List of cruise ships. Some ships which have been explicitly designed for both line voyages and cruises, or which have been converted ...
The fifth SS Rotterdam, also known as "The Grande Dame", is a former ocean liner and cruise ship, and has been a hotel ship in Rotterdam, Netherlands, since 2010.She was launched by Queen Juliana of the Netherlands in a gala ceremony on 13 September 1958, and was completed the following summer.
In service for Astro Ocean Cruises Built as the Oriana for P&O Cruises: Pacific World: 1995 1995–present In service for Peace Boat: Built as the Sun Princess for Princess Cruises: Minerva: 1996 1996-2017 Laid up, for sale Hull built in 1989, and originally intended as a Soviet research vessel, the Okean, completed as a cruise ship for Swan ...
The long-retired SS United States, the fastest ocean liner ever to cross the Atlantic, left the Delaware Bay on Thursday for its final voyage, after having been anchored to a Philadelphia dock for ...
MV Astoria is a ship that was constructed as the transatlantic ocean liner Stockholm for Swedish American Line, and rebuilt as a cruise ship in 1993. Ordered in 1944, and commenced service in 1948, at 76 years old, she is the oldest deep water passenger liner still around in a non retired status.
The SS United States could travel at a speed of 38.32 knots (44.1 mph), which still holds the record for ocean liners.
But the massive ocean liner, which is bigger than the Titanic, had a massive problem. The SS United States travels down New York's Hudson River as it begins its first voyage to Europe in July 1952 ...
SS United States is a retired American ocean liner that was built during 1950 and 1951 for United States Lines.She is the largest ocean liner to be entirely constructed in the United States and the fastest ocean liner to cross the Atlantic Ocean in either direction, earning the Blue Riband for the highest average speed since her maiden voyage in 1952, a title that remains uncontested.