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Cruise ship “Australis” arriving at Auckland, New Zealand, in December 1973
Owner: Okeania S.A., Monrovia (Chandris Lines, Creece)
Flag: Panama
Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Newport News, Virginia
Gross tons: 26,315
Length overall: 201.98 m
Passenger capacity: 2,258
Engines: 6 steam turbines geared to 2 shafts, by builders
Service speed: 22.5 knots
Completed August 1940 as “America” (33,532 gross tons) for United States Lines Inc., New York
Requisitioned by U.S. Navy in 1941, converted to troopship & renamed “West Point” in 1942
After the war was returned to owner, reconverted for passenger trade & reverted to original name & Transatlantic service in 1946
1964: bought by Okeania, converted at Piraeus & renamed “Australis”
1976: re-registered at Piraeus under Greek flag
1977: sold to Venture Cruise Lines, renamed “America”
1978: owner went bankrupt; put up for auction in U.S.A., bought back by Chandris & renamed “Italis” under ownership of Okeania S.A.
1980: sold to Cie. Noga d’Importation & d’Exportation (Intercommerce Corp.), renamed “Noga”
1984: sold to Silver Moon Ferries Ltd., renamed “Alferdoss”
1992: sold to Thai interests with the idea of converting her to a floating hotel at Phuket. Renamed “American Star” & eventually left Piraeus under tow in December 1993 but broke loose from her tug in heavy weather & ran aground on Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, on 18th January 1994, subsequently being declared a “constructive total loss”. The stern section broke off & sank in 1996 & the remainder has gradually almost disappeared from sight.
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