SS America was an ocean liner and cruise ship built in the United States in 1940 for the United States Lines and designed by the noted American naval architect William Francis Gibbs.

Italis, Noga, Alferdoss, names change but she remains anchored. The now renamed “Alferdoss” Arabic for “Paradise”. She remained laid up for 10 years in Pireaus. It was rumoured as she would never sail again that the owners of Alferdoss were simply awaiting the price of …

A meticulous, multi-million dollar restoration commenced immediately after the war, one benefiting her peacetime role as “Queen of the American Merchant Marine.” After sailing proudly and majestically into New York harbor on November 10, 1946, SS America finally began her long-delayed transatlantic career.

Later: America – Italis – Noga – Alferdoss – American Star. Inside front cover photo of SS Australis found in her official 1967 brochure. Author’s private collection. This Page covers a great American liner, the SS America, (renamed West Point for five year during her wartime service) later to become the much loved Chandris Liner SS Australis.

2021年10月22日 · English: SS America was an ocean liner built in 1940 for the United States Lines and designed by the noted naval architect William Francis Gibbs. She carried many names in the 54 years between her construction and her 1994 wrecking, as she served as the SS America (carrying this name three different times during her career), the USS West Point ...

SS America was an ocean liner built in 1940 for the United States Lines and designed by the noted naval architect William Francis Gibbs. She carried many names in the 54 years between her construction and her 1994 wrecking, as she served …

2009年4月3日 · The SS America was an ocean liner built in 1940 for the United States Lines. She carried many names in the 54 years between her construction and her 1994 wrecking, as she served as the SS America (carrying this name three different times during her career), the USS West Point , the SS Australis , the SS Italis , the SS Noga , the SS Alferdoss ...

SS Noga (1980 - 1984) The ship was then sold to Intercommerce Corporation in 1980, and was renamed SS Noga . Intercommerce's intention was to convert the ship to a prison ship, to be anchored in Beirut; but this never happened.

2013年10月9日 · Built in the end of the preWWII luxury liner era that saw such ships as the Hamburg, Normandie, and Queen Mary take to the seas, the SS America was not the biggest ship in the sea, but at 35,000-tons, was still the size of a battleship. With a capacity of 1200 passengers, she was intended to take up the North Atlantic trade from New York to ...

Explore the full history of this historical translantic liner through her many lives from 1938 named as the SS America, USS Westpoint (AP-23), SS America (2nd time), SS Australis, SS America (3rd time), Italis, Noga, Alferdoss and finally the American Star – its all here.