Length: 151,8 m
Beam: 19,5 m
GRT: 10,928 t
Built: 1928 Furness Ship Building Co, Haverton Hill, England
Operator: Linee Lauro, Naples
Speed: 17 kn
Passengers: 1,080
Former names: Santa Maria 1928, Barnett 1940-48
She was built for Grace Line, New York for
New York - Central America service.
In 1940 sold to the US Navy for use as a troopship.
In July 1946 laid up in New York and in 1948 sold to Achille Lauro, Italy
and was refitted at Genoa.
In May 1949 started on the Genoa - Sydney run, later Naples - Venezuela.
From 1959 to 1960 refitted and modernised at Genoa and on 09-30-1966
arrived at La Spezia, Italy for demolition.
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