cruise ships 1978

• History Classics
• Your Profile
• Find History on Facebook (Opens in a new window)
• Find History on Twitter (Opens in a new window)
• Find History on YouTube (Opens in a new window)
• Find History on Instagram (Opens in a new window)
• Find History on TikTok (Opens in a new window)
• This Day In History
• History Podcasts
• History Vault

The 1970s Cruise Ship Nightmare That Ended in a Mutiny

By: Robert Klara

Published: June 24, 2019

It was a little after 3:00 a.m. on July 2, 1978 when those aboard the S.S. America realized the voyage was doomed.

Things had gotten off to an uneasy start nine hours before, when some 900 passengers assembled at Manhattan’s West 54th Street pier and found a problem with the tickets. Some paying customers had never received them, while others couldn’t find their names on the manifest. Finally, with the ship running late, a voice barked: “Get on board, tickets or no tickets!”

With crime rates soaring and its economy in the ditch, New York  was a difficult place to live in 1978. Little wonder so many locals in need of a summer escape noticed Venture Cruise Lines’ advertising for the S.S. America , a shopworn ocean liner restored to its prewar elegance. Venture promised no end of onboard pampering, but it was the ticket prices that seduced. Fares for a two-night cruise to nowhere started at $99—a fare so low it was hard to believe.

But now that the voyage was underway, passengers couldn’t believe the predicament they were in. Many discovered that faulty plumbing had flooded their cabins. Beds lacked bedsheets—and often mattresses, too. Toilets refused to flush. While dismayed passengers darted around trying to find a spot to settle, so did a phalanx of cockroaches and rats. S.S. America , one woman later said, was a “floating garbage can.”

Bad as the cabins were, the factor that tipped anger into chaos was this: at least 100 paying passengers never found cabins at all. Homeless at sea, they massed outside the purser’s office and began chanting: “We want to get off!”

Conditions deteriorated quickly. The angriest passengers picked fistfights with the crew. Harbor police boarded the ship. By now the America had dropped anchor near Coney Island, and the captain acceded to the mob’s demands. After the crew opened the hull’s watertight doors, 250 passengers clambered down rope ladders, jumping down to the decks of tugboats pulled up below. The tugs dumped the cruise refugees on Staten Island, then took off. Venture’s promise of chauffeured limousine rides home for everyone came to nothing.

The next morning, tabloids feasted on the overnight debacle. DREAM CRUISE LIKE NAUTICAL NIGHTMARE hollered the front page of the Daily News , which recounted the “mini-mutiny” in sordid detail. Without admitting the company had booked passengers on decks that were uninhabitable, a Venture representative said: “We goofed.”

For New York, a port city that had once berthed the most opulent passenger ships in modern maritime history, no incident would embody the postwar decline of ocean-liner travel like the one that took place aboard the S.S. America on that summer night in 1978. Not only was Venture’s “goof” the work of a company that had no business operating ocean liners, it had unfolded, paradoxically, aboard what had once been New York’s most prestigious one.

When First Lady  Eleanor Roosevelt christened the America on the last day of August in 1939, the 723-foot vessel was the largest, fastest and most luxurious American-built passenger liner afloat. But Hitler’s invasion of Poland on the following day augured a change of course. The Navy appropriated the vessel, renamed it the West Point , and used it as a troop carrier until the end of World War II .

But by 1946, the America was back to steaming from New York to Le Havre in “5 gay days,” quartering a who’s who of celebrities and power brokers in its spacious staterooms and feeding them Roast Philadelphia Capon in its two-story dining salon. For nearly two decades, the America promised “no finer food and service afloat.”

By the mid-1960s, the boat had changed owners and was running from Europe to Australia. As it aged, it became a liability. But for a new concern called Venture Cruise Lines, the prewar ocean liner looked like the perfect opportunity. 

Incorporated by a group of travel-agency executives, Venture paid $5 million for the ship in June of 1978, then threw another $2 million into repairs. Venture’s business plan was to make money on volume, using super-low rates to fill the ship’s hundreds of cabins.

“The $135 all-inclusive price you’re staring at in amazement is not a mirage,” cooed the glossy brochure. “It’s [a] very real, very low-priced cruise being offered as part of Venture Cruise Lines’ fabulous summer and fall program aboard the sensational 2,200-passenger SS America .” Venture promised no end of luxuries for those low rates, including swimming pools, shopping, a casino, nightclub shows, and six meals a day.

But marketing was one thing and nautical engineering another. Though the America ’s infrastructure was in need of serious work, Venture’s refurbishments were, at best, cosmetic. Shortly before the America ’s summer 1978 voyage, the writer and maritime historian Bill Miller slipped aboard at Pier 92. 

Almost immediately, Miller discerned “very serious problems” including rust, leaking pipes and corrosion holes. He found college boys—hired at minimum wage—charged with painting the ship. In the passageways, Miller walked past trash bags, soiled linens and old mattresses. There was also, he’d later write, “a stale stench—a foul mixture of kitchen odors, engine oils, and plumbing backups.” Miller found himself wondering if the America “might best be sent on to the scrappers.”

It would be sent to sea instead.

Though inadequate accommodations had touched off the mutiny of July 2, 1978, the torments that Venture administered to its customers had not stopped with deficient cabins. Promised amenities including the sauna, beauty salon and disco never materialized. The swimming pool was open, in a sense—but the crew had filled it with bags of garbage.

At dinner, one passenger noticed that, instead of washing the china, the staff made do with wiping the dirty plates off with towels. It came as little surprise that the captain’s table was conspicuously missing the captain. “Maybe he was afraid the passengers would make him the main course,” said one passenger.

Incredibly enough, on the heels of its first voyage to hell, Venture managed to repeat the performance a second time. On July 3rd, the New York Post ’s front page announced THAT SHIP IS BACK TO LOAD UP AGAIN, as the America —now dubbed the “mutiny ship”—took on passengers for a 5-day cruise to Nova Scotia. Near Martha’s Vineyard, as heavy seas slammed into the hull, the America ’s portholes began leaking, a water main fractured, and toilets backed up. When the ship finally limped into Halifax, the boarding health inspectors stepped aside for the droves of passengers who were, once again, abandoning ship.

Venture admitted that it “goofed” once more, but promised it would clean up its act and take to sea again. On the next voyage, Venture’s president promised, “you will see a shipful of happy people aboard a great lady named the S.S. America , about to have the time of their lives aboard a tip-top vessel.”

It was not to be. By now, State Attorney General Louis Lefkowitz had caught a whiff of the S.S. America , and confined it to port. (Later, he would charge Venture with “deceptive advertising and business practices.”) When U.S. Public Health Service inspectors boarded the ship, they gave it a sanitary score of 6 out of a possible 100. Cancelled bookings cost Venture close to $400,000. Then the U.S. Customs Service slapped the company with $500,000 in fines—$339,000 of it for having stood by as passengers literally jumped off the ship into tugboats. 

Its assets frozen, facing mounting lawsuits and angry creditors, Venture collapsed. At an auction on August 28, 1978, S.S. America sold for one-fifth what Venture had paid for it.

Perhaps inevitably, the America met an end as tragic as its maligned cruises of 1978. In January of 1994, while being towed to Phuket, Thailand, for conversion to a floating hotel, the ship broke loose of its towing cable south of Gibraltar. After floating free for two days, the abandoned vessel ran aground in the Canaries, where the pounding Atlantic surf snapped it in half.

READ MORE:  The True Stories That Inspired ‘Titanic’ Movie Characters

READ MORE:  One of America’s First Travel Trends Was Dining at George Washington’s Home

Sign up for Inside History

Get HISTORY’s most fascinating stories delivered to your inbox three times a week.

By submitting your information, you agree to receive emails from HISTORY and A+E Networks. You can opt out at any time. You must be 16 years or older and a resident of the United States.

More details : Privacy Notice | Terms of Use | Contact Us

• Share full article

Advertisement

Supported by

After Stormy Start, S.S.America Resumes Her Voyage to ‘Nowhere’

By Joseph B. Treaster Special to The New York Times

• July 3, 1978

ABOARD THE S.S. AMERICA, off New Jersey, July 2 — Some of them still have no running water in their cabins. Some have cold water, others have only hot. Some have toilets that will not flush; others, toilets that will not stop flushing.

But at least today, as this partly refurbished, nearly 40‐year‐old cruise ship continues on a three‐day voyage to “nowhere,” all the 650 passengers have cabins.

When the ship left New York City on Friday afternoon, there was confusion on the pier, and about 100 people more than the 800 who had been expected boarded the vessel. One of the ship's owners said the cruise had apparently been overbooked by ticket agents.

On board, the confusion turned to chaos. With two full decks of cabins still being redecorated, there was no place to put the extra passengers. They argued, they shouted, they trudged through the passageways with their bags. Some finally fell asleep on public‐room floors.

Making the Best of It

Finally, after a kind of passenger mutiny, the ship turned back to the Verrazano Narrows, where more than 250 angry passengers were ferried to Staten Island in launches and tugboats and then the cruise resumed.

Today, with the ship holding to a circular course at a steady 10 to 12 knots, the sundecks were filled with men and women in bikinis and cut‐off jeans, a Chicago dance team was giving lessons in the slide hustle, and clusters of gamblers were hovering over the roulette wheel and blackjack tables in the casino.

There was some grumbling and bitterness, but many were trying to make the best out of what was left of the weekend, trying not to make too much of the plumbing problems or the fact that some of the things they had been promised in the cruise brochure — such as skeet shooting — did not appear to exist, or that the pool was tiny and, until today, had no water in it.

Sitting cross‐legged on a deck chair, and tanning nicely, despite the overcast skies, Thomas Pandolfo, a 27‐year‐old real‐estate broker from Yonkers, said he was having a great time.

‘Casino Is One of the Best’

He said: “We've had cold water, no water, a flood in the cabin. Little things. Nothing exciting. I chased a few roaches out. But the food is okay and I think the casino's one of the best I've ever seen.”

“I have no complaints,” his wife, AnnMarie said. “There was a little chaos. But this is their first sailing. They've just got to get it together.”

Nearby, Byron Lawrence of Paramus, N.J., said that he had been furious on the first day, but he seemed to be mellowing.

“The ship was ill‐prepared,” he said matter‐of‐factly, as his wife, Pat, sat doing needlepoint. “It shouldn't have been put out to sea yet. It may meet maritime requirements, but it doesn't meet personal requirements. That's what it's all about.”

‘It's Getting Better Every Day’

In the captain's office, Henry Vara, a Boston real‐estate man who is one of the ship's owners, said, “Almost the whole ship is working now, but we have some isolated problems. Its getting better every day.”

Some of the problems, said Capt. Ion Tourvas, were rusted and clogged waterlines and, at the moment, one section of broken pipe. This, he said, was to be expected of a ship that had been laid up for six months for $2 million worth of refitting, and was making its maiden voyage under new ownership.

“All the problems stem from the way people were embarked on the ship,” said Leonard Lansburgh, the president of Venture Cruise Lines, which operates the Panamanian‐registered vessel. “There was very little control on the pier. We had a surge in reservations the last few days, and we asked people to come to the pier to get their tickets. The mistake was putting them on the boat — so we could meet the embarkation schedule — before we had them berthed.”

Passengers who abandoned the cruise have been promised full refunds on fares ranging from $149 to $399 a person. Today, some of those who stayed, said they would also try to Let refunds.

‘I'd Do It Again’

Sheryl Leskar, a 24‐year‐old salesperson in a yellow bikini, said: “I want every penny back for the inconvenience I've gone through. I'm exhausted. We took one look at those tugs taking people off the boat in the middle of the night and we wanted no part of that.”

Eleanore Minervini of the Bronx said that she and her husband had considered disembarking. “But,” she said, “my husband feels this company is going to go bankrupt, and we might never get our money back. So, he figures we might as well make the best of it.”

In a room on one of the upper decks, Ray Testa, who owns a haircutting school in Jersey City, was playing backgammon in the company of three young women.

“I'd do it again,” he said of the cruise. “They had all kinds of physical problems and organizational problems.

“But I'll tell you one thing,” he went on, “I think it made for a lot of people meeting each other: ‘Can I use your bathroom? Can I use your shower? I have no water.’ I know one woman, I think 17 people used her shower. It was a beautiful shower.”

Come Sail Away

Love them or hate them, cruises can provide a unique perspective on travel..

 Cruise Ship Surprises: Here are five unexpected features on ships , some of which you hopefully won’t discover on your own.

 Icon of the Seas: Our reporter joined thousands of passengers on the inaugural sailing of Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas . The most surprising thing she found? Some actual peace and quiet .

Th ree-Year Cruise, Unraveled:  The Life at Sea cruise was supposed to be the ultimate bucket-list experience : 382 port calls over 1,095 days. Here’s why  those who signed up are seeking fraud charges  instead.

TikTok’s Favorite New ‘Reality Show’:  People on social media have turned the unwitting passengers of a nine-month world cruise  into  “cast members”  overnight.

Dipping Their Toes: Younger generations of travelers are venturing onto ships for the first time . Many are saving money.

Cult Cruisers: These devoted cruise fanatics, most of them retirees, have one main goal: to almost never touch dry land .

History of the Cruise Industry | 1958-1989

Air travel and its effects on the cruise industry (1958 to 1969).

As air travel continues to increase and evolve through the 1960s, it results in a decrease in demand for transatlantic ship travel. It becomes more convenient and cost effective to fly rather than travel by ocean liner.

Alternatively, passenger ship travel turns towards leisure cruises to the Caribbean, Bahamas, Mexico, and Alaska. New cruise lines are formed such as Princess Cruises, Royal Caribbean Cruise Line, and Norwegian Caribbean Lines (name changed at a later date). During this period, more maritime regulations are added to SOLAS making it difficult for older ships to comply and be competitive unless they spend money to be refit.

1958 – Pan American World Airlines (aka: Pan Am) was the first airline to receive the American built Boeing 707 jets which make their first transatlantic flight. That year also marks the time when Pan Am also introduces economy fares.

1958 – Lindblad Travel is founded. The company charters vessels to take passengers to remote locations such as Antarctica, Galapagos, and Easter Island.

1959 – In January, expedition ship, Hans Hedtoft hits an iceberg off the coast of Greenland on her maiden voyage and sinks. Due to bad weather and lack of rescue effort, all 95 passengers and crew perish.

1959 – Pan American World Airways is the first airline to operate a scheduled round-the-world jet service. Six months after the first commercial flight across the Atlantic, statistics show that for the first time more people flew across the Atlantic rather than cruise across by ocean liner.

1960 – Steiner is awarded their first contract to operate the salon onboard the Andes (Royal Mail Lines). This was followed by the Queen Elizabeth and several other transatlantic liners operated by Cunard, P & O Cruises, and Royal Mail Lines.

1960 – During this year, it is required for aircraft flying in certain areas to carry a radar transponder to identify other aircraft. Additionally, the United States Navy successfully tests a satellite navigation system that uses five different satellites and can provide a navigational fix approximately once per hour.

1960 – In May, P&O merges with Orient Line to form P&O Orient Lines.

1960 – In June, the Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organization (IMCO) met in London at the Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS 1960). A number of technical improvements and amendments had been adopted since the previous SOLAS convention of 1948, such as radio requirements and the carriage of life rafts as a partial substitute for lifeboats. All these new regulations would come into force September 1965.

1960 – A commercial RADAR system called the TL RADAR (Transistorized Line and Collision Avoidance System) is launched.

1960 – In December, the P&O Orient Lines ship, Oriana embarks on her maiden voyage. She has only two classes, first and tourist.

1961 – In March, the P&O Orient Lines ship, Canberra sets out on her maiden voyage for her route from the UK carrying about 900 emigrants that would settle in Australia and New Zealand. The lifeboats on Canberra are made of fibreglass and are placed three decks lower than other ships her size. Plus, they are recessed into the hull, one of the first examples on passenger ships.

1961 – The United States Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) is founded as an independent federal agency to regulate ocean borne transportation and commerce.

1962 – Telstar develops and NASA launches the world’s first telecommunications satellite.

1962 – Compagnie Generale Transatlantique (French Line) launches France on her maiden voyage in February. At the time she is the longest passenger ship in the world at over 1,000 feet long. Unfortunately because she is over 62,000 tons, her size is too large for the Suez Canal. She also had two indoor swimming pools one for first class and one for tourist class.

1962 – P&O’s Canberra is the largest passenger vessel to transit the Panama Canal at that time (45,000 tons). Her sister, Oriana would run aground in the Panama Canal six years later.

1963 – In December, Greek Line’s Lakonia catches fire and sinks. The ship had been previously owned and operated by Holland America Line. During her first year under the ownership of Greek Line, the ship’s hair salon catches fire and spreads quickly through the ship. A total of 128 persons perish during this incident.

1963 – Canadian Pacific renovates the Princess Patricia into an Alaska cruise liner for over $1 million. It is modified to include accommodations for 347 first class passengers and it is outfitted with self service laundry and a beauty salon. It is also fitted with air conditioning and swimming pool for its winter voyages to Mexico. It operates under a charter with Pacific Cruise Lines of Seattle. It would later be chartered by Princess Cruises as their first ship.

1964 – Italian company, Flotta Lauro purchases two ships and rename them, Angelina Lauro and Achille Lauro.

1965 – In April, the Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic (FAL) is adopted (doesn’t go into force until 1967). The Convention contains recommended practices on formalities and procedures for ship’s arrival, stay, and departure in each port of call. The International Maritime Organization develops standardized forms for documents such as declaration of cargo, ship’s stores, crew effects, crew list, passenger list, and dangerous goods.

1965 – In September, the 1960 SOLAS Convention enters into force.

1965 – Survitec Group manufactures the first life raft to gain SOLAS approval for use on commercial vessels.

1965 – Princess Cruises is formed when company founder, Stanley B. McDonald charters Princess Patricia from Canadian Pacific and offers their first winter cruise season to Mexico starting in November.

1965 – In November, an American ship, Yarmouth Castle has a fire and sinks. On their Miami to Nassau route, a mattress stored near flammable objects catches fire in a storage room. The ship’s fire alarm is not sounded and the fire sprinklers are not activated. The fire spreads quickly. Most of the persons that were able to get in the lifeboats were crew members, including the Captain and the Chief Engineer. Close to 90 passengers perished.

1966 – As a result of the Yarmouth Castle fire, amendments are made to SOLAS. New maritime safety regulations are created, requiring safety inspections, fire drills and structural changes to new ships.

1966 – P&O completes the acquisition of Orient Lines.

1966 – International Cruise Shops was created to operate duty free shops onboard cruise ships (later to be called Starboard Cruise Services).

1966 – In February, IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) decides to study the operational requirements for a satellite communications system for maritime telecommunication purposes.

1966 – In May, the National Union of Seaman (NUS) goes on a pay strike that lasts six weeks. During the strike, ships block the port in London, Southampton and Liverpool. Participating in the strike action in the Port of Southampton is 900 crew members of the Queen Mary.

1966 – Ted Arison (future owner of Carnival Cruise Lines) sells his air cargo business and moves to Miami. During the year he establishes Arison Shipping Company and markets Caribbean cruises on the ships that he charters. Unfortunately the ship owners go bankrupt leaving him with bookings but with no ships.

1966 – The Norwegian family-owned business, Klosters Rederi builds the ship, MS Sunward but does not have success on its European ferry route. Knut Kloster decides to move the ship to Miami and partners with Ted Arison (future owner of Carnival Cruise Lines) to offer Caribbean cruises from Miami. The Sunward offers low cost cruises featuring only one class of cabin.

1966 – Commodore Cruise Line is founded although Commodore’s first ship would not be launched until 1968. Edwin Stephan was appointed the General Manger of Commodore. He was the ex-general manager of Yarmouth Steamship Company (re: Yarmouth Castle).

1967 – Queen Mary departs on her final cruise and arrives in Long Beach, California to operate as a hotel and museum.

1967 – A number of SOLAS amendments are adopted such as VHF radiotelephony, necessary in areas of high traffic density. Plus, the Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic (FAL) goes into force in March. During this year, the first generation of automatic fire detection systems is also developed.

1967 – Princess Cruises charters Princess Italia from Crociere d’ Oltremare to offer cruises from Los Angeles to Mexico. At this time Princess Cruises also offers its first Panama Canal cruises.

1968 – Princess Cruises charters Princess Carla from Costa Cruises (aka: Carla C). They continue to operate the Princess Italia and offer cruises to Alaska during the summer. This is also the year that Princess starts using the sea witch logo.

1968 – P&O Cruises bases the Himalaya in Sydney, Australia and offers a number of cruises to the South Seas.

1968 – Cunard sells Queen Elizabeth.

1968 – Three Norwegian shipping companies join together to establish Royal Caribbean Cruise Line as orchestrated by Edwin Stephan, the ex-Commodore Cruise Line manager. Stephan would go on to be RCCL’s president between 1969 and 1996.

1968 – As a result of the success of their ship, Sunward and the rapidly developing cruise industry, the Kloster family establishes Norwegian Caribbean Lines (NCL). They launch a new ship, Starward. They order Seaward and lay down the hull in 1970. The Seaward’s hull is eventually sold to P&O Cruises in 1971.

1968 – In December, Commodore Cruise Line launches Boheme on her maiden voyage. It offers one week Caribbean cruises out of Miami to compete with Norwegian Caribbean Lines.

1968 – New requirements are introduced into SOLAS such as shipboard navigational equipment, the use of automatic pilot and the carriage of nautical publications.

1968 – Holland America Line is the first line to adopt the Lido dining concept (aka: the buffet) with a wide variety of dining selections.

1969 – Holland America Line recruits dining room staff from Indonesia, later setting up a training program at a school in Bandung using actual Holland America Line dining settings.

1969 – Queen Elizabeth II enters service. It has the first purpose built Steiner salon.

1969 – Expedition vessel, Lindblad Explorer is built and Lars-Eric Lindblad operates cruises to Antarctica. How Cruising was Reinvented (1970 to 1979)

Although some cruise lines continue to prosper, during the 1970s many ocean liners prove to be unprofitable and are either taken out of service or sold for scrap during this era. Contributing factors are the increase in fuel prices due to the Oil Crisis but also because the number of new regulations that makes it harder for older ships to comply. The introduction of the Boeing 747 may have been another contributor, too.

Many maritime regulations are created or amended through conventions that are held during this period. They include the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS 1974), Prevention of Marine Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) and the International Regulations for the Prevention of Collisions at Sea (COLREGS). In addition, technology continues to evolve with advancements such as Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) and the Marine Evacuation System (MES).

1970 – Song of Norway enters service as Royal Caribbean’s first cruise ship. It was one of the first ships purposely designed for warm weather cruising.

1970 – Work begins on the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS). The amendments won’t come into force until 1992.

1971 – SOLAS regulations are amended concerning radiotelegraphy and radiotelephony.

1971 – British Overseas Airways Corporation (later to form British Airways) introduces its first Boeing 747 (aka: Jumbo Jet) into commercial service as the demand for air travel continues to increase.

1971 – P&O Orient Lines reorganizes the company into separate operating divisions. One of those operating divisions was called the Passenger Division. P&O purchases the hull of Kloster’s (Norwegian Caribbean Lines) Seaward to finish the ship as Spirit of London.

1971 – Ted Arison and Norwegian Caribbean Lines have a dispute about their partnership agreement. Arison held a pool of passengers’ advance payments. Kloster expected that Arison would hand over the $6.5 million in passenger deposits, forward bookings and passenger records. Arison did not, and a legal battle began. Later it is alleged that the passenger records and bookings were stolen from Arison’s office.

1971 – Holland America Line buys one million shares of the Alaska tour company, Westours, thereby controlling the interest in the tour company.

1972 – Holland America Line changes their passenger ships to Dutch registry and also changes the colour of their passenger ships’ hulls to midnight-blue.

1972 – Ted Arison approaches American International Travel Services (AITS) of Boston and forms a new subsidiary, Carnival Cruise Lines of which he will work as manager. The new company buys Empress of Canada and from Canadian Pacific and renames her, Mardi Gras. On Mardi Gras’ maiden voyage it runs aground departing Miami.

1972 – The cruise ship, Angelina Lauro is given an extensive refit to be able to accommodate 800 passengers within one cabin class. It is relocated to San Juan, Puerto Rico for Caribbean cruises.

1972 – In October, the International Regulations for the Prevention of Collisions at Sea (COLREGS) are adopted as a convention of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and will enter into force in 1977. These “rules of the road” are designed to update and replace the Collision Regulations of 1960, in particular with regards to Traffic Separation Schemes (TSS). The IMO also designates federal authorities from each member country to implement and enforce the provisions (ie Coast Guard).

1972 – Luxury cruise line, Royal Viking Line is founded. They introduce three vessels that cater to wealthy retirees offering single cabin occupancy and single seating dining.

1972 – Hapag Lloyd is formed when German shipping companies Hapag and Norddeutscher Lloyd merge.

1972 – Princess Cruises acquires Island Princess. Princess Tours is also founded during this year.

1972 – In October, P&O Cruises’ Spirit of London departs on her maiden voyage. It is P&O’s first diesel powered ocean liner.

1973 – The Arab Oil Embargo causes an oil crisis where the price of oil to jumps from $3 US in 1972 to $12 US per barrel by 1974. This is also the beginning of a worldwide recession. During this time, Holland America Line takes the Veendam III and Volendam II out of service.

1973 – Due to decline in emigrants to Australia, P&O’s Canberra is repositioned to New York to offer cruises to the Caribbean. Unfortunately she is not as successful as planned.

1973 – Carnival Cruise Lines’ Mardi Gras is not very successful due to its two-class layout and the fact that many of the cabins are without private facilities. Bookings are down and Carnival faces financial difficulties especially with cash flow.

1973 – In November, the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) is adopted. It provides new regulations regarding pollution by oil, chemicals, sewage and garbage. It is one of the first conventions to protect the marine environment. It would enter force in 1975.

1974 – Ted Arison purchases full ownership of the ailing Carnival Cruise Lines from its parent company, American International Travel Services (AITS) of Boston. For the purchase price of $1, he assumes $5 million in debt and renames the company, Carnival Corporation.

1974 – P&O’s Canberra undergoes a refit that converts her from an ocean liner to a cruise ship. She is converted into a one-class ship with many four-berth cabins transformed into two-berth cabins. As a result her overall capacity decreases to 1,737. Her sister, Oriana was converted to a one-class ship the year prior.

1974 – British Airways is formed through the merger of British Overseas Airways Corporation and British European Airways.

1974 – Princess Cruises is acquired by the Pennisular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O) and becomes P&O Princess Cruises. They both continue to trade under their own brand names. Spirit of London is transferred to the Princess Cruises’ fleet and they rename her, Sun Princess. At this time, Princess Cruises also acquires Pacific Princess.

1974 – Prior to France being taken out of service in October, her crew goes on strike in September hoping to keep the ship in service along with a pay increase for the crew. The strike fails and the ship goes out of service the next day.

1974 – The SOLAS Convention is held in London and SOLAS 1974 is adopted. It incorporates all the latest amendments made since the SOLAS 1960 Convention. As a result of so many changes, SOLAS Chapter II is now split into two sections.

1974 – Between 1970 and 1974, P&O Orient Lines scraps or sells a number of their ocean liners including Cathay (1970), Iberia (1972), Orcades (1972), Chusan (1973), Orsova (1974), and Himalaya (1974).

1975 – In response to a need for an association to promote the benefits of cruising, the CLIA is formed.

1975 – P&O Orient Lines reports a loss of 6.9 million pounds for their passenger division.

1975 – TV producer, Aaron Spelling develops “The Love Boat” TV series and Princess Cruises agrees to become the backdrop for the show using Island Princess and Pacific Princess. It begins filming the following year.

1975 – Holland America’s Prinsendam conducts HAL’ s first Alaska cruise on the Inside Passage itinerary.

1975 – Following the bankruptcy of Greek Line, Carnival purchases Queen Anna Maria (ex-Empress of Britain). It is renamed and enters service as Carnivale and in 1976 and it turns a profit for its first year.

1975 – Cunard Line’s QE2 is the biggest ocean liner to transit the Panama Canal.

1975 – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) establishes the Vessel Sanitation Program (VSP) to assist the cruise ship industry in preventing and controlling the introduction, transmission, and spread of gastrointestinal (GI) illnesses on cruise ships.

1976 – The Convention on the International Maritime Satellite Organization is adopted. The convention defines the purposes of Inmarsat (aka: Organization to the International Mobile Satellite Organization) as being able to improve maritime communications. Examples include improving distress communications at sea and maritime public correspondence services.

1976 – HAL begins recruiting skilled personnel from the Philippines, first to work in the deck and engine department, then in the kitchens and bars.

1976 – Cunard Line launches the Cunard Countess and Cunard Princess. These ships are two of the first non-“Queen” ships to be built by Cunard. They are positioned for cruises in the Caribbean.

1977 – Love Boat first airs September 24th. For its first seven years, The Love Boat was successful in the ratings, ranking among the top twenty. It runs until May 24, 1986.

1977 – The new international regulations for preventing collisions at Sea (COLREGS) are entered into force.

1977 – Norwegian Caribbean Lines purchases an island in the Bahamas and renames it Great Stirrup Cay. They develop it into a private island destination for their passengers.

1977 – Carnival Cruise Lines purchases the S.A. Vaal and rebuilds it in a $30 million makeover which includes a 10 foot L-shaped waterslide, a cruise industry first. Festivale begins service in 1978 as the fastest and largest ship cruising in the Caribbean.

1977 – Holland America purchases the remaining shares in Westours and makes the tour company private.

1977 – P&O Orient Lines rebrands its passenger divisions and names them P&O Cruises and P&O Cruises Australia. P&O would later report that their passenger divisions recorded a profit of 4.1 million pounds for 1977.

1978 –The MARPOL Protocol of 1978 was adopted in response to a number of oil tanker accidents such as the NEPCO 140 accident in 1976. That oil tanker spilled about 300,000 gallons of crude oil into the St. Lawrence River near the Thousand Islands after it ran aground in fog. Another oil tanker, Argo Merchant, ran aground 29 miles offshore of Nantucket Island, Massachusetts spilling close to 200,000 barrels of crude oil. Stricter regulations are introduced for the survey and certification of ships.

1978 – The Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW78) for Seafarers is originally adopted on July 7, 1978. It establishes the basic requirements on seafarer standards on an international level. It is to enter into force in 1984.

1978 – Royal Caribbean’s Song of Norway is the first passenger ship to be “stretched” by cutting the ship in two and increasing capacity by 300 additional berths.

1978 – In the port of Miami, FBI busts the organised crime ring of the International Longshoremen’s Association. It was discovered that Carnival was one of the only cruise lines not paying bribes to the mob.

1979 – Survitec Group manufactures first Marine Evacuation System (MES).

1979 – In March, while the Lauro Lines’ Angelina Lauro (chartered by Costa Cruises) was alongside in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands she has a fire, burns and sinks. The fire started in a galley and spread through restaurants and passenger cabins. Most of the passengers and crew were ashore when the fire broke out.

Cruise Ship Industry from 1980 to 1989

Just as more ships are built and rebuilt in the 1980s, some cruise lines change their name or their branding. There are also a number of new cruise lines formed in the 1980s such as Seabourn, Windstar, Dolphin, Regency, Crystal, Renaissance and Celebrity. Plus, the partnership that Walt Disney World has with Premier Cruises would be instrumental in Disney Cruise Line emerging in the 1990s.

Also in the 1980s, we see the origins of onboard shopping programs emerge and the introduction of another private island destination by Royal Caribbean. This is also the period when many International Maritime Organization (IMO) regulations come into force such as MARPOL 73/78 (International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships) and STCW 78 (Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping).

1980 – In May, Norwegian Caribbean Line launches the Norway on her maiden voyage. They had purchased the ex-France in 1979, rebuilt her and changed the name to Norway. At 76,049 tons, it is the longest and largest passenger vessel afloat at the time. It enters service with the new Alarmline linear heat and fire detection system, manufactured by Walter Kidde plc.

1980 – On October 4th, Holland America Line’s Prinsendam has an engine room fire while cruising through the Gulf of Alaska. Within one hour, the Captain declares the fire uncontrollable. Although the satellite communications failed, an SOS was able to be sent. Although the ship sinks, all passengers and crew are successfully evacuated.

1980 – On October 23rd, the British crew on the Cunard Countess go on strike, stranding its passengers in Barbados. The strike between Cunard Line and the British National Union of Seafarers was about Cunard Line planning to register the ship in the Bahamas so they could hire foreign crew. Although Cunard issues the striking workers with dismissal notices five days later, the ship doesn’t change its registry to Bahamas until 1990.

1980 – In December, the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (aka: Alaska Lands Act of 1980) is signed into law. Mt. McKinley National Park and Denali National Monument are incorporated to establish Denali National Park & Preserve. The law increases the size of Mount McKinley National Park by adding 2.4 million acres to the park itself and an additional 1.3 million acres in two adjacent national preserves.

1981 – Due to the Iraq-Iran War, the price of oil increases to $35 per barrel.

1982 – Carnival Cruise Lines debuts their cruise ship, Tropicale. It is the first ship that they have custom built for their company.

1982 – British government charters Cunard’s Queen Elizabeth 2 and P&O Cruises’ Canberra for use as troop carriers in the Falklands War between Argentina and Britain.

1983 – Lindblad Explorer became the first passenger ship to navigate the Northwest Passage.

1983 – Premier Cruise Line is founded to provide three and four night cruises from Port Canaveral, Florida to the Bahamas. The cruise line would eventually partner with Walt Disney World in 1985 to provide Disney cruise vacations.

1983 – The MARPOL Convention enters force in October. It is a combination of the 1973 Convention and the 1978 Protocol.

1984 – The Royal Princess joins the Princess Cruises fleet. It is an innovative ship featuring all outside cabins.

1984 – Dolphin Cruise Line and Regency Cruises are created during this year. Additionally, V-Ships, which is a global leader in supplying independent ship management is formed this year, too.

1984 – Network television advertising is used for the first time in the United States by Carnival Cruise Lines. Their new advertising campaign stars company spokesperson, Kathie Lee Gifford (then Johnson).

1984 – The Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW 78) for Seafarers enters into force. It establishes the basic requirements on seafarer standards on an international level.

1984 – The Shipping Act of 1984 is passed and brings about a major deregulatory change for ocean going commerce.

1985 – Premier Cruise Lines partners with Walt Disney World to provide land and sea vacations on the Big Red Boat. Premier is licensed to use Disney characters on its ships.1985 – On October 7, 1985 four men from the Palestinian Liberation Front (PLF) hijack the Achille Lauro cruise liner, demanding release of 50 Palestinians from Israeli prisons.  Leon Klinghoffer, a disabled US citzen, 69 years, was killed and thrown overboard.  All four terrorists lived, and only two were imprisoned.

1985 – The first international satellite system is operational by Cospas-Sarsat, a joint effort between United States, Canada, Soviet Union, and France. This satellite system aids in distress tracking for search and rescue. Radio beacons such as EPIRB (emergency position-indicating radio beacons) send a signal which aid in the detection and location of ships and people in distress.

1986 – Direct dial satellite calls are introduced.

1986 – Princess Cruises debuts the Alaska cruise route, “Voyage of the Glaciers” on Sea Princess.

1986 – ARPA Selescan Radar Line is introduced (ARPA with raster scan).

1986 – Royal Caribbean leases their private destination, Labadee on the coastal property in Haiti.

1986 – Windstar Cruises launches their first vessel, Wind Star.

1986 – Kloster Group’s Norwegian Caribbean Line purchases Royal Viking Line.

1987 – In March, the ferry, Herald of Free Enterprise overturned in the Port of Zeebrugge with over 190 passengers and crew losing their lives. When the ship left the harbour with her bow door open the decks were immediately flooded and within minutes it was lying on its side. The crewmember that was assigned to close the door was asleep in his cabin.

1987 – Norwegian Caribbean Lines rebrands itself with the new name, Norwegian Cruise Line.

1987 – Carnival Cruise Lines makes its first public stock offering.

1987 – Cunard’s QE2 is converted from steam to diesel electric and her accommodations are modernized.

1987 – Princess Cruises opens their Denali Princess Wilderness Lodge in Alaska.

1988 – Crystal Cruises is formed as a luxury cruise line.

1988 – P&O Princess Cruises acquires Sitmar Cruises.

1988 – Seabourn Cruise Line’s first ship Seabourn Pride enters service.

1988 – Royal Caribbean International’s Sovereign of the Seas embarks on her maiden voyage as the worlds’ largest cruise ship.

1988 – Bill Panoff (future CEO of PPI Group), stops working as a cruise director for Carnival Cruise Lines and starts a new business. He develops a coupon book, the Cruise Director’s Guide to St. Thomas, which is distributed through travel agents to their clients for free. This is the start of a business that would go on to publish in-cabin publications for major cruise lines as well as operate shopping programs on many cruise ships.

1988 – In December, the marine pollution regulations called MARPOL Annex V enters into force. It contains requirements regarding Prevention of Pollution by Garbage from Ships. It deals types of garbage and specifies the distances from land and the manner in which they may be disposed of. The Annex completely bans the disposal of all forms of plastics into the sea.

1988 – Norwegian Cruise Line builds their ship, Seaward and introduces one of the first surcharge restaurants with a dedicated space on a cruise ship. They had first introduced their concept of Le Bistro aboard the Norway in an existing space that was transformed during dinner time. It should also be noted that there was a surcharge restaurant on the Titanic back in 1912 run by the Ritz Hotel of London.

1988 – In February, P&O seafarers part of the National Union of Seamen (NUS) stop work and go on strike in protest of cut wages and longer hours.

1988 – Amendments to SOLAS require ships to be fit with Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) equipment when sailing in specified sea areas. The Inmarsat communications equipment is the only mobile satellite system recognized by SOLAS for distress and safety calls. Ships are required to carry NAVTEX and satellite EPIRBs by August 1993, and have all other GMDSS equipment fit by February 1, 1999.

1989 – Onboard Media is founded. Similar to PPI Group they would also be instrumental in creating the niche market of cruise shopping promotion and also produce in-stateroom magazines to promote shopping.

1989 – The International Maritime Organization (IMO) adopts an amendment that clarifies the use of inshore traffic zones. It would enter into force in 1991.

1989 – Carnival Cruise Lines acquires Holland America Line, including Windstar Cruises.

1989 – Star Princess joins fleet of Princess Cruises. It had been built for Sitmar Cruises but because Sitmar was acquired by P&O Princess, the ship is transferred to the Princess Cruises brand.

1989 – Renaissance Cruises is founded to operate cruises primarily in Europe.

1989 – Celebrity Cruises is founded.

1989 – On March 14, the Exxon Valdez oil tanker hits a reef in Prince William Sound, Alaska and spills more than a half million barrels of crude oil.

1989 – The cruise line, Flotta Lauro is purchased by Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC). They rename the brand, StarLauro Cruises. The name will later change to MSC Cruises.

We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website.

• Princess Cruises

1977-1978 Princess Cruise Brochure and Prices

By Sitmar Lady , September 18, 2012 in Princess Cruises

Recommended Posts

Sitmar Lady

Check out this 1977-1978 Princess Brochure I found in my Parents attic.

The prices were higher per day then they are now!

scan_rechaixinsurance_com_20120918_163034.pdf

Link to comment

Share on other sites.

Did you forget to attach something?

Check out this 1977-1978 Princess Brochure I found in my Parents attic. The prices were higher per day then they are now!

I cannot find the link...

I thought I did, let me see what went wrong. :confused:

quote=icat2000;35388778]Did you forget to attach something?

I'm VERY curious to see it!! Hope you are able to attach it. :)

Do you see it now? I think I did it right this time.

Paula_MacFan

How cool! thanks for posting -- a trip down memory lane (even though I was only 10:) the pictures and font remind me of childhood)

I know right? I was 12 and started cruising with my Parents when I was 8 so, I have great childhood memories on Princess.

cherylandtk

I see the attachment, and the prices for a three night two day cruise are surprising. Also take a look at the RT Cruise Air Fares quoted on the last page.

Kenosha Cruiser

Sitmar Lady, very cool, I was able to open the attachment with no problem. Those 3 day party cruises were a bit high. I did notce the airfare samples were a lot cheaper than today. I enjoyed reading the sales pitch, I'm sure your parents had a blast sailing then.:)

Cheers - Ken

How lucky for you! You probably thought you were on The Love Boat:)

I love all of the mustaches! Some of the men look like a hybrid of Burt Reynolds and Tom Sellick. :). And others look like Andy Williams.

SITMARLOVER21

Remember when they used to have the

Masquerade ball???I miss cruising the way it used to be!!! :))))

Thanks for loading up the brochure.

So much fun. Thanks for shariang.

Back when they still did skeet shooting!

I noticed that the menus don't seem to have changed much....beef wellington and baked alaska...

This is great! Thanks for posting!

Cruisin' Chick

I used to carpool with the advertising manager for either Princess or Sitmar (whichever company had their offices in Century City, CA at the time) in 78-79. He was married to a co-worker of mine. I remember he was proofreading a brochure in the backseat of my car.

Thanks for sharing, really enjoyed seeing it.

Party Cruises, wow.

Including caviar.

The advertised prices are really not that much different from today (without taking inflation into account). Lowest price oceanview (no balconies then) is about $111/day.

A cruise I am looking at for early next year was listed at $107/day a couple of months ago, but now is priced at $93/day for same type cabin, but no caviar.

And the twin beds on those ships could not be made into a queen. The "Love Boat" only had twin beds in almost every cabin.

CruiseAdict218

Thank you for sharing this, it was really interesting.

Thanks for sharing. The fine print mentions port taxes not included. If I recall years ago they weren't so the cruise fares looked much better than they really were. Now I believe port taxes are included.

Wow, the prices really shocked me. I took my first cruise in the mid to late 80's and can't find anywhere info from it. I would love to know what we paid for it. I forgot how expensive this all is, I get so caught up in the excitement. But actually, dollar for dollar, I think cruising is a much better deal today. It has truly turned into awesome adventures for everyone. Thanks for posting that. Grams98

How interesting! I love it.

I looked at an Inflation price adjustor, and that $450 outside cabin would be about $1500 in today's dollars.

Right now Princess has outside cabins for $329 for a 3 day cruise.

So yes, some of the standards and offerings may have changed but for prices to actually be less, I'm personally grateful and glad I can cruise. :)

runnerodb83

Guadalupe island...no drug cartels to worry about there :) Princess Private Island! ha, kidding, I'm sure its an environmentally protected island nowadays.

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

• Welcome to Cruise Critic
• New Cruisers
• Cruise Lines “A – O”
• Cruise Lines “P – Z”
• River Cruising
• Cruise Critic News & Features
• Digital Photography & Cruise Technology
• Special Interest Cruising
• Cruise Discussion Topics
• UK Cruising
• Australia & New Zealand Cruisers
• Canadian Cruisers
• North American Homeports
• Ports of Call
• Cruise Conversations

Announcements

• New to Cruise Critic? Join our Community!

Write Your Own Amazing Review !

Click this gorgeous photo by member SUPERstar777 to share your review!

Features & News

LauraS · Started 4 hours ago

LauraS · Started 5 hours ago

LauraS · Started Thursday at 03:31 PM

LauraS · Started Thursday at 02:21 PM

LauraS · Started Wednesday at 10:25 PM

• Existing user? Sign in OR Create an Account
• Find Your Roll Call
• Meet & Mingle
• Community Help Center
• All Activity
• Member Photo Albums
• Meet & Mingle Photos
• Favorite Cruise Memories
• Cruise Food Photos
• Cruise Ship Photos
• Ports of Call Photos
• Towel Animal Photos
• Amazing, Funny & Totally Awesome Cruise Photos
• Write a Review
• Live Cruise Reports
• Member Cruise Reviews
• Create New...

• Cast & crew
• User reviews

The Love Boat

The romantic and comic tales of the passengers and crew of the cruise ship, Pacific Princess. The romantic and comic tales of the passengers and crew of the cruise ship, Pacific Princess. The romantic and comic tales of the passengers and crew of the cruise ship, Pacific Princess.

• Wilford Lloyd Baumes
• Gavin MacLeod
• Bernie Kopell
• 42 User reviews
• 11 Critic reviews
• 4 wins & 21 nominations total

Episodes 250

• Captain Merrill Stubing …

• Doctor Adam Bricker …

• Bartender Isaac Washington

• Ship's Purser 'Gopher' Smith …

• Cruise Director Julie McCoy …

• Vicki Stubing

• Ship's Photographer Ashley 'Ace' Covington Evans …

• Cruise Director Judy McCoy …

• Susie - Love Boat Mermaid …
• Maria - Love Boat Mermaid …
• Jane - Love Boat Mermaid …

• Amy - Love Boat Mermaid …
• Patti - Love Boat Mermaid …
• Sheila - Love Boat Mermaid …
• Starlight - Love Boat Mermaid …
• Mary Beth - Love Boat Mermaid …
• All cast & crew
• Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

More like this

Did you know

• Trivia This series was based upon Jeraldine Saunders novel titled, "The Love Boats." She wrote the book from her personal observations while serving as a hostess on a cruise ship.
• Goofs While it made for interesting stories during the run of the show, romantic and sexual liaisons between passengers and crew members were (and still are) forbidden aboard cruise ships for a host of reasons.
• Crazy credits In the opening credits, the episode's guest stars are listed first in alphabetical order; then the show's regulars, who are referred to as "your Love Boat crew" (e.g. "Gavin MacLeod as your Captain", etc.).
• Connections Edited into Intrepid (2000)
• Soundtracks The Love Boat Written by Paul Williams and Charles Fox Sung by Jack Jones

User reviews 42

• Nov 25, 2006
• What is Gopher's first name? On his cabin door it has an initial plus "Smith" for his last name.
• Gopher was the *Assistant* Purser?
• May 5, 1977 (United States)
• United States
• Los Angeles Harbor, San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, USA
• Aaron Spelling Productions
• Douglas S. Cramer Company
• The Love Boat Company
• See more company credits at IMDbPro

Technical specs

• Runtime 1 hour

Related news

Contribute to this page.

• See more gaps
• Learn more about contributing

More to explore

Recently viewed

mid ship century.com

Holland America Line's third VEENDAM was built in 1958 for Moore McCormack Lines as the ARGENTINA.

The 14,984 gt ARGENTINA and BRASIL were the last true American-built passenger liners and were designed for the New York to Buenos Aires run but were also built with an eye toward off season cruising. They featured platformed midships dummy funnels and, in a style reminiscent of the Holland America liner ROTTERDAM of 1959, their actual funnels were twin uptakes located far aft. This design is credited to American marine architect George Sharp, who first devised it on the 1940 conversion of the Great Lakes cruise ship JUNIATA into the streamlined ferry MILWAUKEE CLIPPER.

The ships were rebuilt in 1963 to increase their passenger capacity from 437 to 557 and tonnage to 15,257 gt. There was now an extensive observation deck located atop the bridge and new observation lounges offered panoramic views over the bow (similar rooms would be incorporated on Holland America's newbuilds NIEUW AMSTERDAM and NOORDAM in the early 1980s). Even with their increased capacities, the Moore McCormack twins were hard pressed to make a profit during their relatively short careers. Rising American labor costs and their fuel guzzling powerplants found the ships struggling by the mid to late 1960s, although their reputations for fine food and service seem to have been untainted all the way until their final cruises in 1969, when they were subsequently laid up at Baltimore.

Holland America Line bought both sisters and refitted them for cruise service in 1971. When they debuted in 1973 to replace the dowager 1938-built SS NIEUW AMSTERDAM, the ARGENTINA was renamed VEENDAM and the BRASIL became VOLENDAM. More modifications included the extension of portions of the aft superstructure and a new capacity of 671. Mainly due to different measurement standards, their gt increased significantly to 23,372.

The VEENDAM became BRASIL in 1974 for a brief charter, then VEENDAM again in 1975. In 1976, she became MONARCH STAR for Holland America's subsidiary, Monarch Cruise Lines. In 1978, she was renamed VEENDAM again. In 1984, she was sold to Bahama Cruise Line and renamed BERMUDA STAR. In 1990, she went to Commodore Cruise Lines, who renamed her ENCHANTED ISLE. In 2001, she was laid up at Violet, Louisiana following the bankruptcy of Commodore. In late 2003, she was renamed NEW ORLEANS and sailed to Alang, India for scrapping.

ANASTASIS    APOLLON    ARGENTINA    ASSEDO    ATALANTE    AUGUSTUS   AUREOL    AUSONIA   BERMUDA STAR   BLUE MONARCH   BREMERHAVEN    CARNIVALE    CARIBE I    ELLINIS    EMPRESS OF BRITAIN   

EMPRESS OF CANADA    ENCHANTED ISLE    EUGENIO C    FEDOR SHALYAPIN    FESTIVALE    FIESTA MARINA    FRANCONIA    ISLANDBREEZE    IVERNIA   IVORY   JEAN MERMOZ    LURLINE    MADAGASCAR    MARDI GRAS    MARGARITA L    MARIANNA VI    MARIANNA 9    MAYAN EMPRESS    MERMOZ    MONARCH STAR    MONTEREY    MS PHILIPPINES   OLYMPIA    OLYMPIC    PRINCIPE PERFEITO    PRINCESA VICTORIA    REGAL EMPRESS   RENAISSANCE   RHAPSODY   REGENT STAR    S. A. VAAL    SAPPHO    SERENADE    SHOTA RUSTAVELI    SPERO    STATENDAM    STELLA    MARIS II    STELLA OCEANIS    STELLA SOLARIS    TAHITIEN    THE BIG RED BOAT II   

T HE BIG RED BOAT III    THE TOPAZ    THE VICTORIA    VIKING BORDEAUX    TRANSVAAL CASTLE    VEENDAM    VICTORIA (Incres)    VICTORIA (Lloyd Triestino)    WINDSOR CASTLE    WINSTON CHURCHILL  

WORLD RENAISSANCE (Costa)    WORLD RENAISSANCE (Epirotiki)  

• Cruise History

13 Former Carnival Ships – Where Are They Now?

Sarah Bretz, Contributor

• November 17, 2020
• 2.8K shares

Carnival Cruise Line, formed in 1972, is known today as the most popular cruise line in the world.

Since its conception, the cruise line has had eleven ships that are no longer sailing with them, five of them added to the list after the cruise industry shut down in 2020.

Some have been scrapped, and some continue to sail under other cruise lines today.

Check out a bit of history behind the twelve former ships and see where they are now.

1. Mardi Gras

Mardi Gras was sold to Carnival from Canadian Pacific in 1972 and was just over 18,000 gross registered tons. She sailed under the Carnival flag until 1993 and was then sold to Epirotiki.

Many names and a few cruise lines later, the ship was laid up and ultimately sold for scrap in 2003. She was in service for a total of 42 years.

In 2021, Carnival will debut the new Mardi Gras , the largest ship in the fleet. It will feature BOLT, the first roller coaster at sea, as well as a variety of new dining and bar venues.

2. Carnivale

Before being sold to Carnival in 1976, Carnivale was called Queen Ann Maria for the operator Greek Line. In 1993, Carnival transferred her over to a subsidiary cruise line, Fiesta Marina Cruises.

After a few other cruise lines and the ultimate name of Topaz sailing under the Peace Boat Organization, she was retired and laid up in April 2008.

The ship was beached in India to be scrapped that summer, and the process was completed in 2009.

3. Festivale

Carnival acquired Festivale in 1977 from the South African Marine Corporation. She was originally a mail service ocean liner, but when Carnival bought her, they refit her into a cruise ship in Japan for $30 million.

A few cruise lines later, she ended up with Premier Cruise Line, sailing under the name Big Red Boat III . When Premier went bankrupt in 2000, the ship was seized, and Big Red Boat III was ultimately scrapped in 2003.

4. Tropicale

Tropicale was a monumental ship for Carnival, as she was their very first new build. She began sailing in 1982, mainly in the Caribbean.

The ship was then transferred to Costa as Costa Tropicale , then to P&O Australia as the Pacific Star.

After that, she was sold to Pullmantur Cruises, refurbished, and sailed as Ocean Dream . As of 2012, Ocean Dream left Pullmantur and was chartered to Peace Boat.

In January 2021, the ship was scrapped.

Holiday was Carnival’s second purpose-built cruise ship. Constructed in Denmark, Holiday entered service in 1985. In 2003, she was refurbished, and in 2005, during Hurricane Katrina, she was used as temporary housing for victims of the storm.

She sailed from Alabama to the western Caribbean until 2009, when she was transferred to the fleet of Iberocruceros, another cruise line owned by Carnival Corp. and renamed Grand Holiday .

After that, she was transferred to the Ibero Cruises fleet and was transformed into a floating hotel for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. In 2014, she was sold to the British cruise line Cruise & Maritime Voyages and sailed for them under the name Magellan .

After CMV ceased operations and filed for bankruptcy in July 2020, Greek ferry operator SeaJets purchased Magellan at auction in October 2020 for $3.4 million.

Seajets is planning to turn the ship into a floating hotel in Liverpool for the 2021 Grand National, but she was resold for scrap due to high operating costs. She was renamed Mages and sailed to Alang, India, for scrapping in January 2021.

6. Celebration

Celebration was built for Carnival in 1986 in Sweden. She sailed for them until 2008, when she underwent a refurbishment and began sailing for Iberocruceros as the Grand Celebration .

In May 2014, she was transferred to Costa, and after a very short-lived run (she was actually sold the day before her first Costa cruise), she was acquired by the newly formed Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line to begin sailing in February 2015.

Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line sold the ship in November 2020 , and she was beached in Alang, Turkey, on January 14, 2021, for scrapping.

Jubilee was built in Sweden in 1986 for Carnival Cruise Line, and Celebration and Holiday were her near-sister ships. In 2004, she was transferred to P&O Cruises Australia and renamed Pacific Sun .

In 2012, Pacific Sun left P&O and was sold to HNA Cruises, who named her Henna . She sailed for them until November 2015, when HNA shut down operations after three years of losing money.

The ship was sold and scrapped at the Alang, India yard in 2017.

Read More: Former Carnival Cruise Ship Getting Scrapped

8. Carnival Fantasy

Fantasy was the first ship in Carnival’s new Fantasy class when she entered service in March 1990. Built at Kavaerner Masa-Yards in Helsinki, Finland, the ship initially sailed Caribbean cruises from Miami.

In 2007, the ship was re-christened Carnival Fantasy and refurbished in 2008, 2016, and 2019. She sailed for Carnival for 30 years until the cruise industry shutdown in March 2020.

In July 2020, Carnival sold the ship, and it was scrapped in Aliaga, Turkey.

LAST LOOK: Remembering Carnival Fantasy [PHOTOS]

9. Carnival Ecstasy

Carnival Ecstasy debuted in 1991, and it is the second ship in the Fantasy Class.

As one of the most versatile and popular vessels in the “Fun Ship” fleet, her over-the-top Joe Farcus-designed interiors became a fan-favorite, including the iconic 1934 Rolls-Royce Saloon, which was later relocated to the Gateway on Carnival Celebration.

In February 2022, Carnival announced the retirement of Carnival Ecstasy and Carnival Sensation from the fleet. Unlike Sensation, Ecstasy resumed its regular service in Mobile, Alabama, from March to October 2022.

It is the only ship out of the six other retired Fantasy-class ships that offered a farewell cruise season to its guests.

The last voyage happened from October 10 to 15, 2022. In November 2022, the ship arrived at the Aliağa scrapyards in Turkey for scrapping.

10. Carnival Sensation

Launched in 1993, the Carnival Sensation was one of the early stars of Carnival Cruise Line’s Fantasy-class ships. Built in Finland, she joined her sisters Fantasy, Ecstasy, and Imagination in bringing a more casual and fun-focused approach to cruising.

Back then, she was considered quite the modern marvel, boasting features like the seven-deck-high neon-splashed atrium, a tiered lido deck, and even a 24-hour pizzeria. Her inaugural season saw her setting sail from Miami, whisking passengers away to the Bahamas and the Caribbean on sunny escapes.

Over the years, the Sensation saw several renovations and updates, adding balconies to cabins and sprucing up public spaces. She also switched home ports a few times, spending stints in Tampa and Port Canaveral before returning to Miami.

In 2022, the Sensation’s time came to an end. After nearly 30 years of service, she was sold for scrap.

11. Carnival Fascination

Fascination entered service in 1994 as the fourth member of Carnival Cruise Line’s Fantasy class. The ship was built, like her sisters, in the Kavaerner Masa-Yards in Helsinki, Finland. She was re-christened Carnival Fascination in 2007.

In her 26 years of operating for Carnival, she received refurbishments and upgrades in 2006, 2010, and 2013. Fascination cruised from New York, San Juan, and Jacksonville.

In July 2020, Fascination entered long-term layup status and was sold to a disclosed buyer, later revealed to be an Asian company, for use as a floating hotel. In November, she underwent a name change from Carnival Fascination to Century Harmony .

However, due to strict Chinese policy, the ship wasn’t able to sail. In October 2021, she was sold for scrap and arrived at Gadani, Pakistan, in February 2022 as Y Harmony .

12. Carnival Imagination

Like her Fantasy-class sisters, Imagination was built at Kavaerner Masa-Yards in Helsinki, Finland. The ship entered service in 1995 and most recently sailed Mexican Riviera itineraries from Long Beach, California.

The ship was renamed Carnival Imagination in 2007 and was refurbished most recently in 2016.

The vessel entered long-term layup status in July 2020; Carnival announced the ship had been sold for scrap in August 2020 and was sent to the scrapyard in Aliaga, Turkey.

Last Look: Remembering Carnival Imagination [PHOTOS]

13. Carnival Inspiration

Built in 1996 at the Kvaerner Masa-Yards in Helsinki, Finland, Inspiration was the fifth entry in the Fantasy class. Renamed Carnival Inspiration in 2007, the ship was most recently refurbished in 2010.

The ship sailed Mexican Riviera cruises from Long Beach, California. After the cruise industry shut down in March 2020, Carnival announced in July that the ship and Carnival Fantasy had been sold for scrap and sent to the shipbreakers in Aliaga, Turkey.

Last Look: Remembering Carnival Inspiration [PHOTOS]

Pin it for later!

Recent Posts

Family says gambling debt on cruise caused man to jump, royal caribbean adds 10,000 employees for cruise ships and private island, alaska trip report: setting sail on holland america’s koningsdam, margaritaville at sea cruise ship fails surprise cdc inspection, share this post, related posts.

Port Canaveral Announces Plans for a Brand New Cruise Terminal Coming in 2026

Princess Relocates Cruise Ship from Australia to Puerto Rico

Bringing you 15 years of cruise industry experience. Cruise Radio prioritizes well-balanced cruise news coverage and accurate reporting, paired with ship reviews and tips.   

Quick links

Cruise Radio, LLC © Copyright 2009-2024 | Website Designed By   Insider Perks, Inc

A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

A lock ( ) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

• Vessel Sanitation Program
• Stay Healthy on Your Cruise
• Meetings & Announcements
• Vessel Sanitation Training
• Data Summary
• Public Health Resources
• Addressing AGE on Cruise Ships

Cruise Ship AGE Publications

At a glance.

Find selected publications related to acute gastroenteritis (AGE) and cruise ships.

List of publications

Rodriguez L, Jenkins K, Jean-Louis M. Resources for healthy cruising . [commentary] J Environ Health. 2024;86(7):38-9.

Crisp C, Jenkins K, Dunn I, Kupper A, Johnson J, White S, et al. Notes from the field: cruise ship norovirus outbreak associated with person-to-person transmission — United States jurisdiction, January 2023. MMWR. 2023;72(30):833-4. (Moritz E, Rodriguez L)

Jenkins KA, Vaughan GH Jr, Rodriguez LO, Freeland A. Acute gastroenteritis on cruise ships — Maritime Illness Database and Reporting System, United States, 2006–2019. MMWR Surv. Summ. 2021;70(6):1–9.

Park G, Ng T, Freeland AL, Marconi VC, Boom JA, Staat MA, et al. CrAssphage as a novel tool to detect human fecal contamination on environmental surfaces and hands. Emerg Infect Dis. 2020;26(8):1731-9. (Treffiletti A)

Rispens JR, Freeland A, Wittry B, Kramer A, Barclay L, Vinjé J, et al. Notes from the field: Multiple cruise ship outbreaks of norovirus associated with frozen fruits and berries—United States, 2019 . MMWR. 2020;69(16):501-2. (Treffiletti A, Houston K)

Freeland AL, Vaughan GH Jr, Banerjee SN. Acute gastroenteritis on cruise ships—United States, 2008–2014 . MMWR. 2016;65(1):1–5.

Park GW, Lee D, Treffiletti A, Hrsak M, Shugart J, Vinjé J. Evaluation of a new environmental sampling protocol for detection of human norovirus on inanimate surfaces. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2015;81(17):5987–92.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Notes from the field: Emergence of new norovirus strain GII.4 Sydney—United States, 2012 . MMWR. 2013;62(3):55.

Wikswo ME, Cortes J, Hall AJ, Vaughan G, Howard C, Gregoricus N, Cramer EH. Disease transmission and passenger behaviors during a high morbidity norovirus outbreak on a cruise ship, January 2009. Clin Infect Dis. 2011;52(9):1116-22.

Hall AJ, Vinjé J, Lopman B, Park GW, Yen C, Gregoricus N, et al. Updated norovirus outbreak management and disease prevention guidelines . MMWR. 2011;60(RR03);1-15.

Chimonas MA, Vaughan GH, Andre Z, Ames JT, Tarling GA, Beard S, et al. Passenger behaviors associated with norovirus infection on board a cruise ship–Alaska, May to June 2004. J Travel Med. 2008;15(3):177-83

Neri AJ, Cramer EH, Vaughan GH, Vinjé J, Mainzer HM. Passenger behaviors during norovirus outbreaks on cruise ships. J Travel Med. 2008;15(3):172-6.

Cramer EH, Blanton C, Otto, Charles, Vessel Sanitation Program Environmental Health Inspection Team. Shipshape: Sanitation inspections on cruise ships, 1990–2005, Vessel Sanitation Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . J Environ Health, 70(7):15-23.

Cramer EH, Blanton C, Browne L, Vaughan G, Bopp C, Forney D. Epidemiology of gastroenteritis on cruise ships, 2001-2004: the impact of noroviruses. Am J Prev Med. 2006;30(3):252-7.

Isakbaeva ET, Widdowson M-A, Beard RS, Bulens SN, Mullins J, Monroe SS, et al. Norovirus transmission on cruise ship. Emerg Infect Dis. 2005:154-7.

Widdowson M-A, Cramer EH, Hadley L, Bresee JS, Beard RS, Bulens SN, et al. Outbreaks of acute gastroenteritis on cruise ships and on land: identification of a predominant circulating strain of norovirus – United States 2002. J Infect Dis. 2004;190(1):27-36.

Cramer EH, Gu DX, Durbin RE, Vessel Sanitation Program Environmental Health Inspection Team. Diarrheal disease on cruise ships, 1990–2000: the impact of environmental health programs. Am J Prev Med. 2003;24(3):227-33.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Outbreaks of gastroenteritis associated with noroviruses on cruise ships — United States, 2002 — United States, 2002 . MMWR. 2002;51(49):1112-5.

Herwaldt BL, Lew JF, Moe CL, Lewis DC, Humphrey CD, Monroe SS, et al. Characterization of a variant strain of Norwalk virus from a food-borne outbreak of gastroenteritis on a cruise ship in Hawaii. J Clin Microbiol. 1994;4:861-6.

Khan AS, Moe CL, Glass RI, Monroe SS, Estes MK, Chapman LK, et al. Norwalk virus-associated gastroenteritis traced to ice consumption aboard a cruise ship in Hawaii: comparison and application of molecular method-based assays. J Clin Microbiol. 1994;2:318-22.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Outbreak of Shigella flexneri 2a infections on a cruise ship . MMWR. 1994;43(35):657.

Lew JF, Swerdlow DL, Dance ME, Griffin PM, Bopp CA, Gillenwater MJ, et al. An outbreak of shigellosis aboard a cruise ship caused by a multiple-antibiotic-resistant strain of Shigella flexneri . Am J Epidemiol. 1991;134(4):413-20.

Merson MH, Tenney JH, Meyers JD, Wood BT, Wells JG, Rymzo W, et al. Shigellosis at sea: an outbreak aboard a passenger cruise ship. Am J Epidemiol. 1975;101:165-75.

Nguyen, CH, Qualls NL, O'Toole TE. A cost-effectiveness analysis of the Vessel Sanitation Program. Atlanta: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Public Health Service 1989.

Ho MS, Glass RI, Monroe SS, Madore HP, Stine S, Pinsky PF, et al. Viral gastroenteritis aboard a cruise ship. Lancet. 1989 Oct 21;2(8669):961-5.

Addiss DG, Yashuk JC, Clapp DE, Blake PA. Outbreaks of diarrhoeal illness on passenger cruise ships, 1975-85. Epidemiol Infect. 1989;103(1):63-72.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Vessel sanitation scores . MMWR 1988;37(7):114-7.

Sawyer LA, Murphy JJ, Kaplan JE, Pinsky PF, Chacon D, Walmsley S, et al. 25- to 30-nm virus particle associated with a hospital outbreak of acute gastroenteritis with evidence for airborne transmission. Am J Epidemiol. 1988;127:1261-71.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Gastroenteritis outbreaks on two Caribbean cruise ships . MMWR 1986;35(23):383-4.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Staphylococcal food poisoning on a cruise ship . MMWR. 1983;32(22):294-5.

Dannenberg AL, Yashuk JC, Feldman RA. Gastrointestinal illness on passenger cruise ships, 1975-1978. Am J Publ Health. 1982;72:484-8.

Gunn RA, Terranova WA, Greenberg HB, Yashuk J, Gary GW, Wells JG, et al. Norwalk virus gastroenteritis aboard a cruise ship: an outbreak of five consecutive cruises. Am J Epidemiol. 1980;1122:820-7.

Merson MH, Hughes JM, Wood BT, Yashuk JC, Wells JG. Gastrointestinal illness on passenger cruise ships. JAMA. 1975;723-7.

The Vessel Sanitation Program helps the cruise ship industry prevent and control the introduction and spread of gastrointestinal illnesses on cruise ships.

For Everyone

Public health.

US Navy Cruise Books

US Navy Cruise Books are unofficial publications published by a ship's crew to document a cruise or deployment. The number of copies of a cruise book is very limited. Several commands only order copies for about 2/3 of the crew as a rule of thumb. Creating those books is an old tradition in the US Navy. This tradition dates back to the late 1800s, when the crews began documenting events of their cruises. A major difference compared to today's cruise books is that the early log books, as they were called, covered a period of up to two years which was the common period for a standard deployment at that time. It is estimated that by now, almost 10,000 different US Navy cruise books have been published and the number of collectors is constantly increasing The cruise books displayed here are part of my own collection. A few books, however, have been donated to me by visitors of the website. In these cases, the name of the contributor is mentioned on the cruise book's index page. My own books are not for sale and I'm not able to help you locating old Cruise Books. You have a cruise book that is not listed here and you like to contribute it? Here are your options. You would like to have high resolution digital images of one of the cruise books listed here? A few of the books are already available as download. The price depends on the size of the book: As a basic rule of thumb (exceptions are possible) I charge $15 for books up to 200 pages, $20 for books with 200-400 pages, $25 for books with 400-500 pages and max. $30 for the largest books. The download is a .pdf file that consists of the original scans in high resolution (not resized, no watermarks and pages are in the book's original order). The book you are looking for is not available as download yet? Contact me using our contact form and I will see what I can do for you. This offer only applies to my own books, therefore, all books that carry a "contributed" or "submitted by..." remark on their index page are usually only available as low resolution scans. You are interested in having a hard bound reproduction made of one of the books listed here? Click here for more information.

Aircraft Carriers

Escort carriers.

• USS Bogue (CVE 9)
• World War II Cruise Book 1942 - 45
• USS Core (CVE 13)
• World War II Cruise Book 1944
• USS Block Island (CVE 21) and (CVE 106)
• World War II Cruise Book 1944 - 46
• USS Sangamon (CVE 26)
• USS Suwannee (CVE 27)
• USS Chenango (CVE 28)
• USS Guadalcanal (CVE 60)
• World War II Cruise Book 1943 - 44
• USS Manila Bay (CVE 61)
• World War II Cruise Booklet 1943 - 45
• USS Tripoli (CVE 64)
• World War II Cruise Book 1943 - 45
• Cruise Book 1952 - 54
• USS Solomons (CVE 67)
• World War II Cruise Book 1943 - 46
• USS Kasaan Bay (CVE 69)
• USS Tulagi (CVE 72)
• USS Hoggatt Bay (CVE 75)
• World War II Cruise Book 1944 - 45
• USS Marcus Island (CVE 77)
• USS Shamrock Bay (CVE 84)
• USS Sitkoh Bay (CVE 86)
• World War II Cruise Book 1945
• USS Takanis Bay (CVE 89)
• 1st Anniversary Pamphlet 1945
• USS Thetis Bay (CVE 90)
• USS Makassar Strait (CVE 91)
• Crossing the Line Cruise Book 1944
• USS Windham Bay (CVE 92)
• Crossing the Line Cruise Booklet 1944
• USS Lunga Point (CVE 94)
• USS Hollandia (CVE 97)
• USS Attu (CVE 102)
• USS Commencement Bay (CVE 105)
• USS Block Island (CVE 106)
• Caribbean and European Cruises 1953
• USS Gilbert Islands (CVE 107)
• Yokosuka Cruise 1952
• Mediterranean Cruise 1954
• USS Kula Gulf (CVE 108)
• World War II Cruise Book 1945 - 46
• USS Cape Gloucester (CVE 109)
• USS Salerno Bay (CVE 110)
• European Cruise 1952
• USS Siboney (CVE 112)
• World War II Cruise Booklet 1945 - 46
• Recommissioning Cruise Book 1950 - 51
• Mediterranean Cruise 1951
• Mediterranean Cruise 1953
• Caribbean and Mediterranean Cruises 1955 - 56
• USS Rendova (CVE 114)
• Cruise Book 1951 - 53
• USS Bairoko (CVE 115)
• WestPac Cruise 1945 - 46
• WestPac Cruise 1950 - 51
• WestPac Cruise 1951 - 52
• USS Badoeng Strait (CVE 116)
• WestPac Cruise 1950
• WestPac Cruise 1955
• USS Saidor (CVE 117)
• Cruise Book 1945 - 1947
• USS Sicily (CVE 118)
• Commissioning Program
• Cruise Book 1946 - 51
• USS Point Cruz (CVE 119)
• WestPac Cruise 1953
• WestPac Cruise 1954
• USS Mindoro (CVE 120)
• Mediterranean Cruise 1950
• USS Palau (CVE 122)
• Summer Cruise 1947
• Mediterranean Cruise 1952

Carrier Air Groups

• Air Task Group 2
• WestPac Cruise 1952 - 53
• Air Task Group 3
• WestPac Cruise 1956
• Air Task Group 181
• Mediterranean Cruise 1954 - 55
• Carrier Air Group 2
• WestPac Cruise 1950 - 52
• Carrier Air Group 3
• Carrier Air Group 6
• World War II Cruise Book 1941 - 45
• Carrier Air Group 11
• Carrier Air Group 20
• Carrier Air Group 81
• Carrier Air Group 86
• Carrier Air Group 102
• Carrier Air Wing 21
• WestPac Cruise 1970 - 71 Cartoon Cruise Book
• Torpedo Squadron 2 (VT-2)

Battleships

• USS Utah (BB 31)
• European Cruise 1921 - 22
• South American Cruise 1924 - 25
• USS Wyoming (BB 32)
• North Sea Cruise 1917 - 18
• USS Arkansas (BB 33)
• South American Cruise 1921
• USS New York (BB 34)
• World War II Cruise Book 1941 - 46
• USS Texas (BB 35)
• USS Nevada (BB 36)
• Cruise Book 1936
• USS Pennsylvania (BB 38)
• Crossing the Line Cruise Book 1940
• USS Mississippi (BB 41)
• USS Idaho (BB 42)
• Crossing the Line Cruise Book 1936
• USS Tennessee (BB 43)
• USS California (BB 44)
• World War II Homeward Journey 1945
• USS Colorado (BB 45)
• World War II Cruise Book 1942 - 46
• USS Maryland (BB 46)
• Crossing the Line Cruise Book 1922
• USS West Virginia (BB 48)
• USS North Carolina (BB 55)
• USS Washington (BB 56)
• USS Indiana (BB 58)
• USS Massachusetts (BB 59)
• USS Alabama (BB 60)
• World War II Cruise Book 1942 - 44
• USS Iowa (BB 61)
• Crossing the Line Cruise Book 1943
• World War II Victory Booklet 1945
• Recommissioning and Korean Cruise 1951 - 52
• Mediterranean Cruise 1955
• Mediterranean Cruise 1957
• CentAm Cruise Book 1982 - 84
• Cruise Book 1984 - 86
• Mediterranean and Arabian Sea Cruise 1987 - 88
• NorLant and Mediterranean Cruise 1989
• USS New Jersey (BB 62)
• Korean Cruise 1950 - 51
• Korean Cruise 1953
• Mediterranean Cruise 1955 - 56
• Vietnam Cruise 1968 - 69
• World Cruise 1983 - 84
• WestPac Cruise 1986
• WestPac Cruise 1988
• Decommissioning Program 1991
• USS Missouri (BB 63)
• Korean Cruise 1952 - 53
• Recommissioning Pamphlet
• Recommissioning and World Cruise 1985 - 86
• WestPac Cruise 1987 - 88
• Operation Desert Shield / Desert Storm 1990 - 91
• Decommissioning Program 1992
• USS Wisconsin (BB 64)
• Cruise Book 1955 - 56
• USS Tennessee (ACR 10)
• South American Cruise 1916
• USS St. Louis (C 20)
• World War I Cruise Book 1917 - 19
• USS Alaska (CB 1)
• USS Guam (CB 2)
• USS Chicago (CA 29)
• Cruise Booklet 1931 - 34
• USS Augusta (CA 31)
• Far East Cruise 1934
• USS San Francisco (CA 38)
• USS Wichita (CA 45)
• World War II Cruise Book 1939 - 45
• USS San Diego (CL 53)
• USS San Juan (CL 54)
• USS Cleveland (CL 55)
• USS Columbia (CL 56)
• USS Montpelier (CL 57)
• USS Denver (CL 58)
• USS Mobile (CL 63)
• USS Pasadena (CL 65)
• USS Topeka (CL 67)
• USS Baltimore (CA 68)
• Cruise Book 1952 - 53
• USS Quincy (CA 71)
• Recommissioning, Norlant and Mediterranean Cruise 1952 - 53
• USS Pittsburgh (CA 72)
• Mediterranean and Indian Ocean Cruise 1954
• WestPac Cruise 1954 - 55
• USS Saint Paul (CA 73)
• WestPac Cruise 1956 - 57
• WestPac Cruise 1959
• WestPac Cruise 1960
• WestPac Cruise 1961
• WestPac Cruise 1966
• WestPac Cruise 1967
• WestPac Cruise 1968
• WestPac Cruise 1969
• WestPac Cruise 1970
• USS Columbus (CA 74)
• EastLant and Mediterranean Cruise 1948 - 49
• Mediterranean Cruise 1950 - 51
• Mediterranean Cruise 1952 - 53
• Crossing the Line 1955
• WestPac Cruise 1957
• WestPac Cruise 1958 - 59
• USS Helena (CA 75)
• WestPac Cruise 1951
• WestPac Cruise 1952
• USS Biloxi (CL 80)
• World War II Cruise Book 1943 -45
• USS Houston (CL 81)
• European Cruise Book 1946
• USS Manchester (CL 83)
• WestPac Cruise 1955 - 56
• USS Duluth (CL 87)
• USS Miami (CL 89)
• USS Oklahoma City (CL 91)
• USS Reno (CL 96)
• USS Portsmouth (CL 102)
• Mediterranean Cruise 1947 - 48
• USS Fargo (CL 106)
• Mediterranean Cruise 1949
• USS Huntington (CL 107)
• Mediterranean and African Cruise 1948
• USS Juneau (CLAA 119)
• USS Albany (CA 123)
• Mediterranean Cruise 1956
• Caribbean and Mediterranean Cruise 1957 - 58
• USS Rochester (CA 124)
• Korean Cruise 1951 - 52
• WestPac Cruise 1957 - 58
• USS Bremerton (CA 130)
• USS Fall River (CA 131)
• Cruise Book 1945
• USS Macon (CA 132)
• Cruise Book 1945-50
• Mediterranean Cruise 1953 - 54
• Mediterranean Cruise 1956 - 57
• Presidential Cruise Book 1959 - 60
• USS Toledo (CA 133)
• Midshipmen Summer Cruises 1949
• WestPac Cruise 1949 - 50
• WestPac Cruise 1958
• USS Des Moines (CA 134)
• Mediterranean Cruise 1951 - 52
• NorLant and Mediterranean Cruise 1952
• Mediterranean Cruise 1958
• USS Los Angeles (CA 135)
• WestPac Cruises 1958 - 59
• USS Salem (CA 139)
• Mediterranean Cruise 1956 - 58
• USS Worcester (CL 144)
• USS Roanoke (CL 145)
• Commissioning and Mediterranean Cruise 1949 - 50
• USS Newport News (CA 148)
• Cruise Book 1958
• Mediterranean Cruise 1960
• NorLant Cruise 1962
• NorLant Cruise 1963
• Cruise Book 1965 - 66
• Vietnam Cruise 1967 - 68
• NATO Cruise 1971
• NATO Cruise 1973
• USS Boston (CAG 1)
• Mediterranean Cruise 1959 - 60
• Mediterranean Cruise 1960 - 61
• Mediterranean Cruise 1961 - 62
• Mediterranean Cruise 1962 - 63
• Mediterranean Cruise 1964
• Mediterranean Cruise 1965 - 66
• Vietnam Cruise 1967
• Vietnam Cruise 1968
• USS Canberra (CAG 2)
• Commissioning and Shakedown Cruise Book 1956
• Presidential Cruise 1957
• European Cruise 1958
• Mediterranean Cruise 1959
• USS Galveston (CLG 3)
• Cruise Book 1960
• WestPac Cruise 1963 - 64
• WestPac Cruise 1965
• Mediterranean Cruise 1967
• WestPac and Mediterranean Cruises 1968 - 69
• USS Little Rock (CLG 4)
• Mediterranean Cruise 1967 - 68
• USS Oklahoma City (CLG 5 / CG 5)
• WestPac Cruise 1961 - 62
• WestPac Cruise 1965 - 66
• WestPac Cruise 1974 - 76
• WestPac Cruise 1977 - 78
• WestPac Cruise 1979
• USS Providence (CLG 6)
• WestPac Cruise 1966 - 68
• WestPac Cruise 1971 - 72
• USS Springfield (CLG 7)
• Mediterranean Cruise Book 1960 - 62
• Mediterranean Cruise Book 1965 - 67
• USS Topeka (CLG 8)
• Crossing the Line 1960
• WestPac Cruise 1962
• USS Long Beach (CGN 9)
• Commissioning and Mediterranean Cruise Book 1961 - 63
• WestPac Cruise 1966 - 67
• WestPac Cruise 1969 - 70
• WestPac Cruise 1980
• WestPac Cruise 1991
• USS Albany (CG 10)
• Mediterranean Cruise 1965
• Mediterranean Cruise 1971
• Mediterranean Cruise 1976 - 78
• USS Chicago (CG 11)
• WestPac Cruise 1967 - 68
• WestPac Cruise 1970 - 71
• USS Columbus (CG 12)
• WestPac Cruise 1964 - 65
• Pacific to Atlantic Cruise 1966
• Mediterranean Cruise 1966 - 67
• Mediterranean Cruise 1968
• Mediterranean Cruise 1969 - 70
• Mediterranean Cruise 1972
• Mediterranean Cruise 1973 - 74
• USS Leahy (DLG / CG 16)
• WestPac Cruise 1984 - 85
• USS Harry E. Yarnell (DLG / CG 17)
• USS Worden (DLG / CG 18)
• Commissioning and WestPac Cruise 1963 - 65
• WestPac Cruise Book 1971 - 73
• WestPac Cruise 1977
• WestPac Cruise 1987
• WestPac Cruise 1992 - 93
• USS Dale (DLG / CG 19)
• Mediterranean and North Atlantic Cruise 1973
• Mediterranean Cruise 1978 - 79
• USS Richmond K. Turner (DLG / CG 20)
• Cruise Book 1972
• USS Gridley (DLG / CG 21)
• WestPac Cruise 1981 - 82
• USS England (DLG / CG 22)
• WestPac Cruise 1972
• Persian Gulf Cruise 1990
• USS Halsey (DLG / CG 23)
• Recommissioning and WestPac Cruise Book 1972 - 74
• WestPac Cruise 1984
• WestPac Cruise 1991 - 92
• USS Reeves (DLG / CG 24)
• WestPac Cruise Book 1966 - 68
• USS Bainbridge (DLGN / CGN 25)
• Mediterranean Cruise 1963
• Mediterranean and World Cruise 1964
• WestPac Cruise 1978
• WestPac Cruise 1981
• WestPac Cruise 1982 - 83
• Arabian Gulf Cruise 1991 - 92
• USS Belknap (DLG / CG 26)
• Mediterranean Cruise 1971 - 72
• UNITAS Cruise 1974
• Sixth Fleet Flagship Cruise Book 1986 - 94
• USS Josephus Daniels (DLG / CG 27)
• Maiden Cruise 1965 - 66
• UNITAS Cruise 1968
• USS Wainwright (DLG / CG 28)
• WestPac Cruise 1968 - 69
• World Cruise 1970 - 71
• Mediterranean Cruise 1972 - 73
• USS Jouett (DLG / CG 29)
• USS Horne (DLG / CG 30)
• WestPac Cruise 1971
• Persian Gulf Cruise 1990 - 91
• USS Sterett (DLG / CG 31)
• Central America Cruise 1993
• USS William H. Standley (DLG / CG 32)
• Central America Cruise 1984 - 85
• USS Fox (DLG / CG 33)
• WestPac Cruise 1975 - 76
• WestPac Cruise 1980 - 81
• USS Biddle (DLG / CG 34)
• Mediterranean Cruise 1977
• Mediterranean and Indian Ocean Cruise 1985 - 86
• USS Truxtun (DLGN / CGN 35)
• Commissioning Cruise Book 1967
• WestPac Cruise 1972 - 73
• WestPac Cruise 1976 - 77
• WestPac and Mediterranean Cruise 1986
• WestPac Cruise 1990
• Deactivation Pamphlet
• USS California (CGN 36)
• Mediterranean Cruise 1976 - 77
• WestPac Cruise 1994
• WestPac Cruise 1996
• USS South Carolina (CGN 37)
• Indian Ocean Cruise 1980
• USS Virginia (CGN 38)
• Mediterranean Cruise 1979
• USS Texas (CGN 39)
• Mediterranean / Indian Ocean Cruise 1979 - 80
• World Cruise 1983
• USS Mississippi (CGN 40)
• Commissioning Cruise Book 1979
• Mediterranean Cruise 1982 - 83
• Mediterranean and NorLant Cruise 1984 - 85
• USS Arkansas (CGN 41)
• Commissioning Cruise Book 1980 - 82
• World Cruise 1986
• USS Ticonderoga (CG 47)
• Maiden Cruise 1983 - 84
• Med/NorLant/IO Cruise 1987 - 88
• Middle East Cruise 1991 - 92
• SouthCom Cruise 2001
• Counter Narcotics Cruise 2004
• Decommissioning Pamphlet
• USS Yorktown (CG 48)
• Commissioning Cruise Book 1984 - 85
• USS Vincennes (CG 49)
• Persian Gulf Cruise 1988
• USS Valley Forge (CG 50)
• Operation Desert Storm Cruise 1990 - 91
• WestPac Cruise 2002 - 03
• USS Thomas S. Gates (CG 51)
• Cruise Book 1987 - 88
• Standing Naval Force Atlantic Cruise 2000
• USS Bunker Hill (CG 52)
• WestPac Cruise 1989
• WestPac Cruise 2000 - 01
• WestPac Cruise 2004 - 05
• WestPac Cruise 2014 - 15
• USS Mobile Bay (CG 53)
• Mediterranean / Indian Ocean Cruise 1989
• WestPac Cruise 2016
• USS Antietam (CG 54)
• WestPac Cruise 2003
• WestPac Cruise 2007
• WestPac Cruise 2009
• USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55)
• SNMG-2 Cruise 2014
• USS San Jacinto (CG 56)
• Mediterranean Cruise 1996
• Mediterranean Cruise 2007 - 08
• Mediterranean / Arabian Gulf Cruise 2016
• USS Lake Champlain (CG 57)
• WestPac Cruise 2016 - 17
• USS Philippine Sea (CG 58)
• Mediterranean / Arabian Sea Cruise 2011
• Mediterranean / Arabian Sea Cruise 2014
• Mediterranean / Arabian Sea Cruise 2017
• USS Princeton (CG 59)
• Operation Desert Storm Cruise 1991
• WestPac Cruise 1998 - 99
• WestPac Cruise 2013
• USS Normandy (CG 60)
• Arabian Gulf Cruise 2005
• World Cruise 2015
• Mediterranean and NorLant Cruise 2018
• USS Monterey (CG 61)
• Mediterranean Cruise 1993 - 94
• South African and Middle East Cruise 2008 - 09
• Mediterranean Cruise 2011
• Mediterranean and Arabian Gulf Cruise 2013
• Mediterranean and Arabian Gulf Cruise 2016 - 17
• Mediterranean and Arabian Gulf Cruise 2017 - 18
• USS Cowpens (CG 63)
• WestPac / Arabian Sea Cruise 1996 - 97
• WestPac Cruise 2014
• USS Gettysburg (CG 64)
• Counter-Piracy Cruise 2009
• Mediterranean / Arabian Sea Cruise 2013 - 14
• USS Hu� City (CG 66)
• Mediterranean Cruise 1993
• Mediterranean Cruise 1995
• Mediterranean and Arabian Gulf Cruise 2004 - 05
• USS Anzio (CG 68)
• Mediterranean Cruise 2000
• Mediterranean / Arabian Sea Cruise 2003
• Mediterranean / Arabian Sea Cruise 2016
• USS Vicksburg (CG 69)
• Mediterranean / Persian Gulf Cruise 1997
• Mediterranean / Arabian Sea Cruise 2002
• Mediterranean / Arabian Sea Cruise 2006
• Mediterranean / Arabian Sea Cruise 2009
• SNMG2 Cruise 2014 - 15
• USS Lake Erie (CG 70)
• WestPac Cruise 1997
• USS Cape St. George (CG 71)
• USS Vella Gulf (CG 72)
• Mediterranean / Arabian Gulf Cruise 1997
• Mediterranean / Arabian Gulf Cruise 2004
• Mediterranean / Black Sea Cruise 2014
• Mediterranean / Arabian Gulf Cruise 2017
• USS Jenkins (DD 447)
• USS Nicholas (DD / DDE 449)
• USS Philip (DD / DDE 498)
• USS Renshaw (DD / DDE 499)
• USS Bradford (DD 545)
• USS Brown (DD 546)
• USS Stoddard (DD 566)
• WestPac Cruise 1960 - 61
• USS Braine (DD 630)
• USS Cogswell (DD 651)
• USS Ingersoll (DD 652)
• USS Clarence K. Bronson (DD 668)
• World Cruise 1953 - 54
• USS Porterfield (DD 682)
• WestPac Cruise 1953 - 54
• USS Wadleigh (DD 689)
• European Cruise 1953
• USS Allen M. Sumner (DD 692)
• World Cruise 1953
• Mediterranean Cruise 1962
• USS Moale (DD 693)
• USS Ingraham (DD 694)
• Mediterranean and Indian Ocean Cruise 1963
• USS Charles S. Sperry (DD 697)
• USS Ault (DD 698)
• USS Waldron (DD 699)
• USS Haynsworth (DD 700)
• USS John W. Weeks (DD 701)
• Mediterranean and Red Sea Cruise 1963 - 64
• Northern Europe Cruise 1966
• Middle East Cruise 1967
• USS Hank (DD 702)
• Cruise Book 1961 - 62
• USS Wallace L. Lind (DD 703)
• USS Borie (DD 704)
• European Cruise 1952 - 53
• Mediterranean and Indian Ocean Cruise 1964
• NorLant Cruise 1966
• USS Compton (DD 705)
• USS Soley (DD 707)
• USS Hugh Purvis (DD 709)
• USS Gearing (DD 710)
• Mediterranean Cruise 1964 - 65
• USS Eugene E. Greene (DD 711)
• Mediterranean Cruise 1970
• USS Kenneth D. Bailey (DD 713)
• USS William R. Rush (DD / DDR 714)
• USS William M. Wood (DD 715)
• USS Theodore E. Chandler (DD 717)
• USS Hamner (DD 718)
• USS Epperson (DD / DDE 719)
• USS Walke (DD 723)
• Korean War Cruise 1952 - 53
• Korean War Cruise 1953 - 54
• USS Lyman K. Swenson (DD 729)
• USS Maddox (DD 731)
• USS Taussig (DD 746)
• USS John R. Pierce (DD 753)
• USS Lofberg (DD 759)
• USS Keppler (DD / DDE 765)
• USS Lowry (DD 770)
• World Cruise 1952
• USS Zellars (DD 777)
• USS Massey (DD 778)
• USS Stormes (DD 780)
• World Cruise 1951
• USS Robert K. Huntington (DD 781)
• USS Rowan (DD 782)
• WestPac Cruise 1974 - 75
• USS James E. Kyes (DD 787)
• USS Chevalier (DD 805)
• USS Higbee (DD 806)
• USS New (DD 818)
• North Atlantic and Mediterranean Cruise 1956
• USS Holder (DD 819)
• USS Rich (DD 820)
• Middle East Force Cruise 1969 - 70
• USS Johnston (DD 821)
• Mediterranean Cruise 1961
• USS Basilone (DD 824)
• USS Agerholm (DD 826)
• USS Everett F. Larson (DD 830)
• USS Hanson (DD 832)
• USS Herbert J. Thomas (DD 833)
• USS Noa (DD 841)
• USS Fiske (DD 842)
• Mediterranean Cruise 1968 - 69
• Middle East Cruise 1973
• USS Robert L. Wilson (DD 847)
• USS Bristol (DD 857)
• World Cruise 1951 - 52
• USS McCaffery (DDE / DD 860)
• Mediterranean Cruise 1963 - 64
• North Atlantic Cruise 1964
• Middle East Cruise 1971
• USS Steinaker (DD / DDR 863)
• Cruise Book 1981 - 82
• USS Harold J. Ellison (DD 864)
• Middle East Cruise 1967 - 68
• USS Stribling (DD 867)
• USS Brownson (DD 868)
• Middle East Cruise 1975
• USS Fechteler (DD / DDR 870)
• World Cruise 1954
• USS Damato (DD 871)
• USS Hawkins (DD / DDR 873)
• USS Duncan (DD / DDR 874)
• Final Cruise 1970
• USS Perkins (DD 877)
• USS Leary (DD 879)
• USS Newman K. Perry (DD / DDR 883)
• USS Floyd B. Parks (DD 884)
• USS John R. Craig (DD 885)
• USS Brinkley Bass (DD 887)
• USS Stickell (DD / DDR 888)
• USS Meredith (DD 890)
• USS Barry (DD 933)
• NorLant Cruise 1969
• Middle East Cruise 1981 - 82
• USS Davis (DD 937)
• Mediterranean Cruise 1957 - 58
• USS Manley (DD 940)
• Maiden Cruise 1957 - 58
• Final Cruise 1982
• USS Du Pont (DD 941)
• USS Bigelow (DD 942)
• STANAVFORLANT Cruise 1971
• USS Mullinnix (DD 944)
• Mediterranean and Indian Ocean Cruise 1978 - 79
• USS Edson (DD 946)
• Plankowner Cruise Book 1958
• WestPac Cruise 1964
• USS Morton (DD 948)
• USS Richard S. Edwards (DD 950)
• WestPac Cruise 1962 - 63
• USS Turner Joy (DD 951)
• WestPac Cruise 1974
• WestPac Cruise 1982
• USS Spruance (DD 963)
• Commissioning Cruise Book 1975 - 76
• SoLant, NorLant and Mediterranean Cruises 1977 - 79
• Med / IO / NorLant / Baltic Sea Cruise 1988
• Mediterranean Cruise 1997
• USS Paul F. Foster (DD 964)
• Maiden Cruise Book 1976 - 77
• WestPac Cruise 1979 - 80
• WestPac Cruise 1986 - 87
• Middle East Force Cruise 1997
• Middle East Force Cruise 1999
• WestPac Cruise 2001
• WestPac Cruise 2002
• USS Kinkaid (DD 965)
• USS Hewitt (DD 966)
• WestPac Cruise 1978 - 79
• WestPac Cruise 1989 - 90
• USS Elliot (DD 967)
• Maiden Cruise 1979
• WestPac Cruise 1985
• WestPac Cruise 1995
• USS Arthur W. Radford (DD 968)
• Commissioning Cruise Book 1977 - 78
• Mediterranean Cruise 1983
• Mediterranean / Arabian Sea Cruise 2000
• USS Peterson (DD 969)
• Middle East Cruise 1980 - 81
• Mediterranean Cruise 1984
• Mediterranean Cruise 1986
• USS Caron (DD 970)
• Cruise Book 1980 - 81
• Mediterranean Cruise 1983 - 84
• Mediterranean and Red Sea Cruise 1993
• Northern European 1995
• Mediterranean and Arabian Sea Cruise 1996
• USS David R. Ray (DD 971)
• USS John Young (DD 973)
• WestPac Cruise 1988 - 89
• WestPac Cruise 1992
• USS Comte De Grasse (DD 974)
• Mediterranean Cruise 1981 - 82
• STANAVFORLANT Cruise 1983
• Persian Gulf Cruise 1985
• USS O'Brien (DD 975)
• Maiden Cruise 1980
• WestPac Cruise 1990 - 91
• USS Merrill (DD 976)
• Commissioning Pamphlet
• USS Briscoe (DD 977)
• Mediterranean Cruise 1987 - 88
• Mediterranean / Red Sea Cruise 1992 - 93
• Mediterranean / Black Sea Cruise 1996
• USS Stump (DD 978)
• Mediterranean and MEF Cruise 1988
• UNITAS Cruise 1994
• SOUTHCOM Cruise 2003
• USS Conolly (DD 979)
• Middle East Cruise 1992
• USS Moosbrugger (DD 980)
• Mediterranean Cruise 1986 - 87
• USS John Hancock (DD 981)
• USS Leftwich (DD 984)
• USS Cushing (DD 985)
• USS Harry W. Hill (DD 986)
• Commissioning Cruise Book 1979 - 80
• USS Thorn (DD 988)
• Mediterranean Cruise 1981
• STANAVFORMED Cruise 1998 - 99
• Final Cruise 2003 - 04
• USS Deyo (DD 989)
• Mediterranean and Indian Ocean Cruise 1987 - 88
• Mediterranean and Persian Gulf Cruise 1989 - 90
• Mediterranean Cruise 1998
• USS Ingersoll (DD 990)
• WestPac Cruise 1983
• USS Fife (DD 991)
• Maiden Cruise 1982
• USS Fletcher (DD 992)
• Maiden WestPac Cruise 1982
• USS Hayler (DD 997)
• Maiden Cruise 1984 - 85
• UNITAS Cruise 1986
• MEF Cruise 1993 - 94
• MEF Cruise 1998 - 99
• USS Charles F. Adams (DDG 2)
• Mediterranean Cruise 1966
• STANAVFORLANT Cruise 1972
• MEF Cruise 1973 - 74
• Mediterranean Cruise 1987
• USS John King (DDG 3)
• Mediterranean Cruise 1989
• USS Claude V. Ricketts (DDG 5)
• Mixed Manning Demonstration 1964 - 65
• Mediterranean Cruise 1969
• Mediterranean and Middle East Cruise 1979 - 80
• STANAVFORLANT Cruise 1981
• USS Barney (DDG 6)
• Middle East Cruise 1978
• Caribbean Cruise 1984
• USS Henry B. Wilson (DDG 7)
• WestPac Cruise 1975
• USS Towers (DDG 9)
• USS Robison (DDG 12)
• USS Hoel (DDG 13)
• USS Buchanan (DDG 14)
• USS Berkeley (DDG 15)
• USS Joseph Strauss (DDG 16)
• WestPac Cruise 1973
• USS Conyngham (DDG 17)
• USS Tattnall (DDG 19)
• Mediterranean Cruise 1979 - 80
• USS Goldsborough (DDG 20)
• USS Cochrane (DDG 21)
• USS Benjamin Stoddert (DDG 22)
• USS Richard E. Byrd (DDG 23)
• UNITAS Cruise 1989
• USS Waddell (DDG 24)
• Cruise Book 1962 - 67
• Caribbean Cruise 1990
• USS Decatur (DDG 31)
• Final Cruise 1982 - 83
• USS John Paul Jones (DD 932 / DDG 32)
• NorLant Cruise 1956
• USS Parsons (DDG 33)
• WestPac Cruise 1967 - 69
• USS Somers (DDG 34)
• USS John S. McCain (DL 3 / DDG 36)
• Recommissioning Cruise Book 1969 - 70
• USS Farragut (DLG 6 / DDG 37)
• Maiden Cruise 1961 - 62
• Mediterranean and Middle East Cruise 1980 - 81
• USS Coontz (DLG 9 / DDG 40)
• USS King (DLG 10 / DDG 41)
• Shakedown Cruise 1961
• USS Mahan (DLG 11 / DDG 42)
• Commissioning Cruise Book 1960 - 61
• Mediterranean Cruise 1976
• UNITAS Cruise 1977
• Persian Gulf Cruise 1991 - 92
• USS Dahlgren (DLG 12 / DDG 43)
• Northern Europe Cruise 1962
• USS William V. Pratt (DLG 13 / DDG 44)
• Mediterranean Cruise 1982
• USS Dewey (DLG 14 / DDG 45)
• Maiden Cruise Book 1959-61
• USS Preble (DLG 15 / DDG 46)
• Standing Naval Force Atlantic Cruise 1989
• USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51)
• Commissioning Cruise Book 1991 - 92
• Mediterranean and Arabian Sea Cruise 2003
• SNMG2 Cruise 2005 - 06
• Mediterranean and Arabian Sea Cruise 2007
• Africom Cruise 2009
• Mediterranean and Arabian Sea Cruise 2014
• USS Barry (DDG 52)
• Mediterranean and Arabian Sea Cruise 2002 - 03
• Mediterranean Cruise 2004 - 05
• Mediterranean Cruise 2008 - 09
• USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53)
• WestPac Cruise 1999 - 2000
• USS Stout (DDG 55)
• Maiden Cruise Book 1994 - 95
• Mediterranean and Arabian Sea Cruise 1998 - 99
• Mediterranean Cruise 2013 - 14
• USS Mitscher (DDG 57)
• Maiden Cruise 1996
• Mediterranean and Arabian Sea Cruise 2011
• USS Russell (DDG 59)
• Commissioning Book
• WestPac Cruise 1998
• USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60)
• CARAT Cruise 2005
• USS Ramage (DDG 61)
• Mediterranean and Arabian Sea Cruise 2015 - 16
• USS Stethem (DDG 63)
• USS Benfold (DDG 65)
• WestPac Cruise 1997 - 98
• USS Gonzalez (DDG 66)
• Mediterranean Cruise 2008
• USS Cole (DDG 67)
• Mediterranean and Arabian Sea Cruise 2000
• Med / IO / Baltic Sea Cruise 2008
• Mediterranean Cruise 2012 - 13
• Mediterranean Cruise 2014 - 15
• USS Milius (DDG 69)
• Maiden Cruise 1998
• WestPac Cruise 2012
• USS Mahan (DDG 72)
• Mediterranean Cruise 2002
• USS McFaul (DDG 74)
• Mediterranean and Persian Gulf Cruise 2001
• Mediterranean and Persian Gulf Cruise 2004
• USS O'Kane (DDG 77)
• Arabian Sea Cruise 2012
• USS Porter (DDG 78)
• Mediterranean and Arabian Sea Cruise 2007 - 08
• Mediterranean and Arabian Sea Cruise 2009 - 10
• USS Oscar Austin (DDG 79)
• Mediterranean and Arabian Sea Cruise 2010
• USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81)
• Middle East Cruise 2005 - 06
• USS Lassen (DDG 82)
• Maiden Cruise 2003
• USS Howard (DDG 83)
• WestPac Cruise 2013 - 14
• USS Mason (DDG 87)
• Mediterranean and Arabian Sea Cruise 2013 - 14
• USS Preble (DDG 88)
• WestPac Cruise 2012 - 13
• USS Mustin (DDG 89)
• USS Chafee (DDG 90)
• WestPac and UNITAS Cruise 2015
• USS Pinckney (DDG 91)
• WestPac Cruise 2009 - 10
• USS Momsen (DDG 92)
• WestPac and Arabian Sea Cruise 2008
• USS Nitze (DDG 94)
• USS James E. Williams (DDG 95)
• Mediterranean and Arabian Sea Cruise 2009
• USS Halsey (DDG 97)
• Maiden Cruise 2006
• WestPac Cruise 2008
• WestPac Cruise 2010 - 11
• WestPac Cruise 2011 - 12
• USS Forrest Sherman (DDG 98)
• Maiden Cruise 2007
• USS Farragut (DDG 99)
• USS Gridley (DDG 101)
• USS Sampson (DDG 102)
• USS Truxtun (DDG 103)
• Mediterranean and Arabian Sea Cruise 2017
• USS Dewey (DDG 105)
• USS Gravely (DDG 107)
• USS Kidd (DDG 993)
• EastPac Cruise 1996
• USS Callaghan (DDG 994)
• USS Chandler (DDG 996)

Destroyer Escorts and Frigates

• USS Forster (DER 334)
• USS Garcia (DE / FF 1040)
• NorLant Cruise 1970
• USS Bradley (DE / FF 1041)
• USS Brumby (DE / FF 1044)
• Northern European and Mediterranean Cruise 1967
• UNITAS Cruise 1975
• USS Davidson (DE / FF 1045)
• USS Voge (FF 1047)
• Mediterranean Cruise 1988
• USS Sample (FF 1048)
• WestPac Cruise 1983 - 84
• USS Koelsch (DE / FF 1049)
• Northern European and Mediterranean Cruise 1968
• USS Albert David (DE / FF 1050)
• USS O'Callahan (DE / FF 1051)
• USS Gray (DE / FF 1054)
• USS Hepburn (FF 1055)
• USS Connole (FF 1056)
• USS Meyerkord (FF 1058)
• USS Lang (FF 1060)
• USS Whipple (DE / FF 1062)
• USS Reasoner (FF 1063)
• USS Stein (FF 1065)
• USS Marvin Shields (FF 1066)
• USS Francis Hammond (DE / FF 1067)
• Cruise Book 1985 - 87
• USS Bagley (DE / FF 1069)
• WestPac Cruise 1973 - 74
• USS Downes (FF 1070)
• USS Blakely (DE / FF 1072)
• Mediterranean Cruise 1974
• USS Harold E. Holt (FF 1074)
• USS Trippe (FF 1075)
• Mediterranean / Indian Ocean Cruise 1983
• USS Paul (FF 1080)
• Mediterranean Cruise 1990
• USS Aylwin (FF 1081)
• USS Elmer Montgomery (FF 1082)
• Northern Europe Cruise 1982
• USS Cook (DE / FF 1083)
• USS Barbey (FF 1088)
• Middle East Force Cruise 1990
• USS Jesse L. Brown (FF 1089)
• Middle East Cruise 1976
• USS Ainsworth (FF 1090)
• Middle East Cruise 1979 - 80
• Mediterranean and Indian Ocean Cruise 1983
• Mediterranean Cruise 1985 - 86
• USS Miller (FF 1091)
• STANAVFORLANT Cruise 1977
• USS Thomas C. Hart (FF 1092)
• USS Pharris (FF 1094)
• Middle East Cruise 1976 - 77
• USS Truett (FF 1095)
• USS Moinester (FF 1097)
• Mediterranean Cruise 1985
• USS Brooke (FFG 1)
• USS Ramsey (FFG 2)
• USS Schofield (DEG 3)
• USS Richard L. Page (FFG 5)
• Mediterranean Cruise 1977 - 78
• USS Julius A. Furer (DEG / FFG 6)
• STANAVFORLANT Cruise 1974
• USS McInerney (FFG 8)
• Operation Desert Storm 1991
• Mediterranean Cruise 1992 - 93
• STANAVFORLANT Cruise 1996
• USS Wadsworth (FFG 9)
• WestPac/SouthPac Cruise 1983 - 84
• Cruise Book 1991
• CARAT Cruise 1997
• USS Duncan (FFG 10)
• USS George Philip (FFG 12)
• Final Cruise - CARAT 2002
• USS Samuel Eliot Morison (FFG 13)
• USS Sides (FFG 14)
• Counter Narcotics Cruise 1996
• USS John A. Moore (FFG 19)
• USS Lewis B. Puller (FFG 23)
• USS Copeland (FFG 25)
• USS Boone (FFG 28)
• Counter-Drug Cruise 2002 - 03
• USS Stephen W. Groves (FFG 29)
• Mediterranean Cruise 1996 - 97
• STANAVFORLANT Cruise 1999
• USS Reid (FFG 30)
• USS John L. Hall (FFG 32)
• Mediterranean / Indian Ocean Cruise 1984
• Counter Drug Operations Cruise 1998
• STANAVFORLANT Cruise 2000
• USS Aubrey Fitch (FFG 34)
• EastLant and WestMed Cruise 1995
• USS Underwood (FFG 36)
• Mediterranean / Arabian Gulf Cruise 2004 - 05
• Southern Seas Cruise 2012
• USS Crommelin (FFG 37)
• USS Curts (FFG 38)
• USS Doyle (FFG 39)
• Counter Drug Operations Cruise 2005
• USS McClusky (FFG 41)
• Maiden Cruise 1986
• Counter Narcotics Cruise 2014
• USS De Wert (FFG 45)
• Mediterranean Cruise 1991
• Mediterranean and Indian Ocean Cruise 2013
• USS Rentz (FFG 46)
• Persian Gulf Cruise 1987 - 88
• Arabian Gulf Cruise 1989
• Arabian Gulf Cruise 1991
• CARAT Cruise 1995
• SouthPac Cruise 2003
• SouthPac Cruise 2013 - 14
• USS Nicholas (FFG 47)
• Mediterranean / Baltic Sea Cruise 2003
• USS Vandegrift (FFG 48)
• World Cruise 1987
• WestPac Cruise 2005
• Final Cruise 2014
• USS Robert G. Bradley (FFG 49)
• Maiden Cruise Book 1984 - 86
• Africa Cruise 2008 - 09
• AfriCom Cruise 2012 - 13
• USS Taylor (FFG 50)
• Operation Desert Shield 1990
• USS Gary (FFG 51)
• Persian Gulf Cruise 1989 - 90
• Southern Pacific Cruise 2009
• USS Hawes (FFG 53)
• Commissioning Cruise Book 1985 - 86
• Mediterranean / Black Sea Cruise 1996 - 97
• Mediterranean / Arabian Sea Cruise 2007
• USS Ford (FFG 54)
• WestPac Cruise 2011
• USS Elrod (FFG 55)
• Mediterranean Cruise 1999
• USS Simpson (FFG 56)
• STANAVFORLANT Cruise 1995 - 96
• USS Reuben James (FFG 57)
• USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG 58)
• Middle East Force Cruise 1988
• USS Kauffman (FFG 59)
• Partnership of the Americas Cruise 2008
• USS Rodney M. Davis (FFG 60)
• USS Ingraham (FFG 61)
• USS Triton (SSRN 586)
• First Submerged Circumnavigation Cruise 1960
• USS Thresher (SSN 593)
• Memorial Book 1963
• USS George Washington (SSBN 598)
• Patrols 39 and 41 1973 - 74
• USS Los Angeles (SSN 688)
• USS Birmingham (SSN 695)
• Mediterranean Cruise 1980 - 81

Amphibious Forces

• USS Tarawa (LHA 1)
• USS Saipan (LHA 2)
• USS Belleau Wood (LHA 3)
• WestPac Cruise 1982- 83
• USS Nassau (LHA 4)
• Gulf War Cruise 1990 - 91
• Mediterranean and Arabian Sea Cruise 2008
• Final Cruise 2010
• USS Peleliu (LHA 5)
• WestPac and Persian Gulf Cruise 1991
• WestPac and Indian Ocean Cruise 1994
• WestPac Cruise 2010
• USS Wasp (LHD 1)
• Mediterranean Cruise 1995 - 96
• Mediterranean and Indian Ocean Cruise 2004
• Cruise Book 2011 - 12
• USS Essex (LHD 2)
• Maiden Cruise 1994 - 95
• USS Kearsarge (LHD 3)
• Operation Iraqi Freedom Cruise 2003
• Mediterranean and Persian Gulf Cruises 2004-05
• Mediterranean and Arabian Sea Cruise 2007-08
• Mediterranean and Arabian Sea Cruise 2015-16
• USS Boxer (LHD 4)
• WestPac Cruise 2006 - 07
• USS Bataan (LHD 5)
• Maiden Cruise 2000
• Mediterranean and Arabian Sea Cruise 2001 - 02
• Mediterranean and Arabian Sea Cruise 2011 - 12
• USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6)
• WestPac Cruise 2017 - 18
• USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7)
• Mediterranean and Persian Gulf Cruise 2006
• Mediterranean and Arabian Sea Cruise 2008 - 09
• USS Makin Island (LHD 8)
• Maiden Cruise 2011 - 12
• USS Iwo Jima (LPH 2)
• Mediterranean Cruise 1975
• Mediterranean Cruise 1978
• North Atlantic Cruise 1980
• USS Okinawa (LPH 3)
• USS Boxer (LPH 4)
• Cruise Book 1959
• USS Princeton (LPH 5)
• WestPac Cruise 1963
• USS Guadalcanal (LPH 7)
• Commissioning Cruise Book 1963
• Caribbean Cruise 1968
• Mediterranean and Arabian Sea Cruise 1987
• USS Valley Forge (LPH 8)
• USS Guam (LPH 9)
• Caribbean Cruise 1966 - 67
• Cruise Book 1972 - 73
• Mediterranean Cruise 1974 - 75
• Mediterranean Cruise 1994
• Mediterranean Cruise 1997 - 98
• USS Tripoli (LPH 10)
• USS New Orleans (LPH 11)
• WestPac Cruise 1993 - 94
• USS Inchon (LPH 12)
• Cruise Book 1978 - 79
• Cruise Book 1994
• USS Raleigh (LPD 1)
• Persian Gulf Cruise 1988 - 89
• USS Austin (LPD 4)
• Mediterranean Cruise 1973
• North Atlantic Cruise 1976
• Mediterranean Cruise 1988 - 89
• USS Ogden (LPD 5)
• USS Duluth (LPD 6)
• USS Cleveland (LPD 7)
• Pacific Partnership Cruise 2011
• USS Dubuque (LPD 8)
• USS Denver (LPD 9)
• WestPac Cruise 2004
• USS Juneau (LPD 10)
• Maiden Cruise 1970 - 71
• USS Nashville (LPD 13)
• Mediterranean Cruise 2001
• USS Trenton (LPD 14)
• Mediterranean Cruise 1989 - 90
• Mediterranean and Arabian Sea Cruise 1998
• Mediterranean and Arabian Sea Cruise 2006
• USS Ponce (LPD 15)
• Mediterranean Cruise 1994 - 95
• Mediterranean and Arabian Sea Cruise 2005
• USS San Antonio (LPD 17)
• Maiden Cruise 2008 - 09
• Mediterranean and Arabian Sea Cruise 2013
• USS New Orleans (LPD 18)
• USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19)
• Maiden Cruise 2010
• Mediterranean and Red Sea Cruise 2011 - 12
• USS New York (LPD 21)
• Mediterranean and Arabian Sea Cruise 2014 - 15
• USS Arlington (LPD 24)
• USS Belle Grove (LSD 2)
• USS White Marsh (LSD 8)
• USS Casa Grande (LSD 13)
• USS Tortuga (LSD 26)
• USS Thomaston (LSD 28)
• WestPac Cruise 1976
• USS Fort Snelling (LSD 30)
• Cruise Book 1983 - 84
• USS Point Defiance (LSD 31)
• USS Spiegel Grove (LSD 32)
• Mediterranean Cruise 1980
• USS Alamo (LSD 33)
• USS Hermitage (LSD 34)
• USS Monticello (LSD 35)
• USS Anchorage (LSD 36)
• Maiden Cruise Book 1968 - 70
• USS Portland (LSD 37)
• Caribbean Cruise 1982
• USS Pensacola (LSD 38)
• USS Mount Vernon (LSD 39)
• USS Fort Fisher (LSD 40)
• USS Whidbey Island (LSD 41)
• Mediterranean and Arabian Sea Cruise 2004
• USS Germantown (LSD 42)
• Maiden Cruise 1987
• USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43)
• Maiden Cruise 1988
• USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44)
• Mediterranean / Arabian Sea Cruise 2007 - 08
• USS Comstock (LSD 45)
• WestPac / Persian Gulf Cruise 1991
• USS Tortuga (LSD 46)
• Maiden Cruise 1992
• USS Rushmore (LSD 47)
• USS Ashland (LSD 48)
• UNITAS Cruise 1995
• Mediterranean / Indian Ocean Cruise 2008
• Mediterranean / Arabian Sea Cruise 2010
• USS Carter Hall (LSD 50)
• Mediterranean / Arabian Sea Cruise 2005 - 06
• Mediterranean / Arabian Sea Cruise 2010 - 11
• Mediterranean / Arabian Sea Cruise 2013
• USS Oak Hill (LSD 51)
• Mediterranean / Arabian Sea Cruise 2008
• USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52)
• WestPac Cruise 2001 - 02
• WestPac Cruise 2017
• USS Outagamie County (LST 1073)
• USS Newport (LST 1179)
• Shakedown Cruise 1969 - 70
• USS Manitowoc (LST 1180)
• USS Sumter (LST 1181)
• USS Fresno (LST 1182)
• USS Frederick (LST 1184)
• USS Schenectady (LST 1185)
• USS Saginaw (LST 1188)
• USS Boulder (LST 1190)
• Cruise Book 1986
• USS Racine (LST 1191)
• USS La Moure County (LST 1194)
• USS Harlan County (LST 1196)
• UNITAS and WATC Cruise 1986
• USS Bristol County (LST 1198)
• USS Libra (AKA 12)
• USS Marquette (AKA 95)
• World Cruise 1945 - 46
• USS Seminole (LKA 104)
• USS Vermilion (AKA 107)
• Mediterranean Cruise 1948
• USS Charleston (LKA 113)
• USS Durham (LKA 114)
• Maiden Cruise 1970
• USS Mobile (LKA 115)
• USS St. Louis (LKA 116)
• USS El Paso (LKA 117)
• Mediterranean / Indian Ocean Cruise 1980 - 81
• USS Mount McKinley (LCC 7)
• USS Mount Olympus (AGC 8)
• USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19)
• Cruise Book 1970 - 71
• WestPac Cruise Book 1983 - 85
• USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20)
• Atlantic Cruise Book 1976
• Cruise Book 1993
• Horn of Africa Cruise 2002 - 03
• USS Harris (APA 2)
• USS Monrovia (APA 31)
• USS Chilton (APA 38)
• USS Baxter (APA 94)
• USS Westmoreland (APA 104)
• USS Goodhue (APA 107)
• USS Edgecombe (APA 164)
• USS Sanborn (APA 193)
• USS Renville (APA 227)
• USS Rockwall (APA 230)
• USS Paul Revere (APA 248)
• USS John Q. Roberts (APD 94)
• USS Walter B. Cobb (APD 106)
• USS Carronade (IFS 1)

Mine Warfare Vessels

• Northern Barrage Mine Force
• North Sea Cruise 1918
• USS Avenger (MCM 1)
• European Cruise 1997
• USS Scout (MCM 8)
• USS Dextrous (MCM 13)
• Crew Foxtrot Persian Gulf Cruise 1998
• USS Inchon (MCS 12)
• USS Conquest (MSO 488)
• Cruise Book 1993-94

Auxiliary Vessels

• USS Dixie (AD 14)
• Indian Ocean Cruise 1979 - 80
• USS Prairie (AD 15)
• World Cruise 1956 - 57
• WestPac Cruise 1959 - 60
• USS Cascade (AD 16)
• USS Piedmont (AD 17)
• USS Sierra (AD 18)
• Mediterranean / Indian Ocean Cruise 1982
• Mediterranean Cruise 1991 - 92
• USS Yosemite (AD 19)
• USS Arcadia (AD 23)
• USS Everglades (AD 24)
• USS Samuel Gompers (AD 37)
• USS Puget Sound (AD 38)
• USS Yellowstone (AD 41)
• Maiden Cruise 1981
• Mediterranean Cruise 1992
• USS Acadia (AD 42)
• USS Cape Cod (AD 43)
• USS Shenandoah (AD 44)
• Mediterranean and Arabian Gulf Cruise 1993
• USS Firedrake (AE 14)
• USS Mount Katmai (AE 16)
• USS Diamond Head (AE 19)
• USS Suribachi (AE 21)
• Mediterranean and Indian Ocean Cruise 1982 - 83
• USS Mauna Kea (AE 22)
• USS Nitro (AE 23)
• USS Pyro (AE 24)
• USS Haleakala (AE 25)
• USS Santa Barbara (AE 28)
• USS Mount Hood (AE 29)
• USS Flint (AE 32)
• USS Mount Baker (AE 34)
• Mediterranean / Indian Ocean Cruise 1985 - 86
• USS Vega (AF 59)
• USS Sylvania (AFS 2)
• USS Niagara Falls (AFS 3)
• Cruise Book 1993 - 94
• USS Concord (AFS 5)
• USS San Diego (AFS 6)
• USS San Jose (AFS 7)
• Indian Ocean Cruise 1982
• USS Basilan (AG 68)
• World War II Cruise 1944 - 45
• USS Compass Island (AG 153)
• Cruise Book 1976 - 77
• USS La Salle (AGF 3)
• African and Middle East Cruise 1972
• Middle East and WestPac Cruise 1973 - 74
• Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean Cruise 1984
• Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean Cruise 1987 - 88
• Final Cruise Book 2004 - 05
• USS Coronado (AGF 11)
• USS Annapolis (AGMR 1)
• Vietnam Cruise 1965 - 66
• USS Rehoboth (AGS 50)
• USS Sanctuary (AH 17)
• USS Castor (AKS 1)
• USS Trinity (AO 13)
• World War II Booklet 1939 - 45
• USS Cimarron (AO 22)
• USS Chemung (AO 30)
• USS Ashtabula (AO 51)
• USS Cacapon (AO 52)
• USS Caliente (AO 53)
• USS Manatee (AO 58)
• USS Tolovana (AO 64)
• USS Navasota (AO 106)
• USS Passumpsic (AO 107)
• USS Neosho (AO 143)
• Crossing the Line 1957
• USS Hassayampa (AO 145)
• USS Truckee (AO 147)
• USS Ponchatoula (AO 148)
• USS Cimarron (AO 177)
• USS Merrimack (AO 179)
• Cruise Book 1986 - 87
• USS Sacramento (AOE 1)
• USS Camden (AOE 2)
• USS Seattle (AOE 3)
• Operation Iraqi Freedom Cruise 2004
• USS Detroit (AOE 4)
• USS Rainier (AOE 7)
• USS Wichita (AOR 1)
• Final Cruise 1993
• USS Milwaukee (AOR 2)
• USS Kansas City (AOR 3)
• WestPac Cruise 1993
• USS Savannah (AOR 4)
• USS Wabash (AOR 5)
• WestPac / Indian Ocean Cruise 1984
• USS Kalamazoo (AOR 6)
• Commissioning Cruise Book 1973 - 74
• USS Mount Vernon (AP 22)
• USS General A. E. Anderson (AP 111)
• USS Admiral W. S. Benson (AP 120)
• USS General R. E. Callan (AP 139)
• USS General H. F. Hodges (AP 144)
• USS General R. M. Blatchford (AP 153)
• USS Ajax (AR 6)
• WestPac Cruise 1985 - 86
• USS Hector (AR 7)
• USS Jason (AR 8)
• USS Delta (AR 9)
• USS Safeguard (ARS 25)
• USS Bolster (ARS 38)
• USS Webster (ARV 2)
• World War II Cruise 1945 - 46
• USS Howard W. Gilmore (AS 16)
• Cruise Book 1953 - 54
• USS Proteus (AS 19)
• 45th Anniversary Cruise Book 1989
• USS Hunley (AS 31)
• Holy Loch Cruise Book 1963 - 66
• USS Simon Lake (AS 33)
• USS Canopus (AS 34)
• Cruise Book 1970
• Reftra GITMO Cruise Book 1985
• USS Dixon (AS 37)
• Commissioning Cruise Book 1971
• Indian Ocean Cruise 1981
• USS Emory S. Land (AS 39)
• Maiden Cruise Book 1978 - 79
• World Cruise 1988
• USS McKee (AS 41)
• Commissioning Cruise Book 1981 - 82
• USS Greenwich Bay (AVP 41)
• Persian Gulf Cruise 1951

Ship Squadrons

• Destroyer Division 52
• Destroyer Division 222
• Destroyer Division 252
• Destroyer Squadron 16
• Destroyer Squadron 36
• NorLant and Mediterranean Cruise 1956
• Surface Squadron 1
• Transport Division 21

Service Craft

• Sustain (AFDM 7)
• Crew's Book 1990-91