Passenger/cargo ship “Oceanic Constitution” at Hong Kong, 29th October 1980
Owner: Atlantic Far East Lines Inc. (C.Y. Tung Group)
Flag: Panama
Builder: Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy, Massachusetts.
Gross tons: 20,269
Deadweight: 7,222
Length overall: 208 m
Max. draft: 9.195 m
Engines: 4 steam turbines, total 55,000 s.h.p., geared to single shaft
Service speed: 22.5 knots
Passenger capacity: 1,073
Completed 1951 as “Constitution” for American Export Lines
Owners taken over 1960 by Isbrandtsen Co. Inc., New York
Laid up 1969 at Jacksonville
Bought 1974 by Tung; laid up at Hong Kong
Underwent refit in Taiwan 1980; ownership transferred to Tung's US-based subsidiary American Hawaii Cruises.
In 1982, American Hawaii Cruises Inc became part of the American Global Line, Inc., reverted to “Constitution”, re-registered in Honolulu 1987
Out of service 1995
Sank November 17, 1997, while under tow for scrapping