Constitution (Schiff, 1951)

Constitution

Ship data flag  United States other ship names Ocean Constitution Ship type P3-S2-DL2 passenger ship home port new York Shipyard Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy Build number 1619 Launch September 16, 1950 Whereabouts Sunk November 17, 1997

Ship dimensions and crew length 208.03 m ( Lüa ) width 27.18 m Draft Max. 9.2 m measurement 23,754 GRT

From 1959 measurement 20,199 GRT / 8,747 NRT

Machine system Top speed 26 kn (48 km / h) propeller 2 × propellers

Transport capacities Permitted number of passengers 1,000

From 1959 Load capacity 7,222 dw Permitted number of passengers 950

Others Registration numbers IMO no. 5078882

The Constitution was one of two ships of the MARCOM type P3-S2-DL2. At 23,754 GRT, she was slightly larger than her sister ship Independence (23,719 GRT). The ship was built by Bethlehem Steel in Quincy, Massachusetts in the United States . The shipping company American Export Lines used it in liner services between New York and Genoa and Naples in Italy . In 1959 the ship was rebuilt. From 1968 it was used temporarily for cruises before it in September 1969 in Jacksonville launched was.

In 1974 the ship was sold to the Atlantic Far East Line and renamed Oceanic Constitution . In 1981 it was sold to American Hawaii Cruises and renamed again to Constitution . The ship was now used after another conversion for cruises to Hawaii . In July 1995, the ship, which no longer met the SOLAS regulations , was launched in Portland and sold to Chinese abandoners in 1997. On November 17, 1997, it sank north of Hawaii on the way to the scrapping yard .

Trivia

• The ship was the filming location for the American sitcom I Love Lucy , the feature film The Great Love of My Life . and the episode The Nightmare Ship (in the original All thieves on deck ) of the television series Magnum , in which the Constitution can also be seen in some exterior shots.
• In 1956, Grace Kelly traveled with Prince Rainier III before her wedding . from Monaco by ship to Monaco .
• In August 1965, the 74-year-old Titanic survivor Gretchen Leopold died on board the Constitution .

literature

• William H. Miller: SS Independence, SS Constitution, Great American Ocean Liners. The Steamship Historical Society of America Inc., 2001, LCCN 2001012345.

Web links

• Data on the ship , Facta om Farty

Footnotes

1. ^ ^{A b} Constitution - Oceanic Constitution , Ocean Liner and Cruise Ship Postcards. Retrieved September 26, 2013.
2. ^ ^{A b} Cruise History: American Export Line's SS CONSTITUTION , Cruising The Past. Retrieved September 26, 2013.
3. ^ Book excerpt , Amazon.com . Retrieved September 26, 2013.