SS Argentina (1958)

For other ships with the same name, see SS Argentina.
Argentina, c.1963
History
Name
  • Argentina (1958-1972)[2][3][4]
  • Veendam (1972-1974)[note 2]
  • Brasil (1974-1975)
  • Veendam (1975-1976)
  • Monarch Star (1976-1978)
  • Veendam (1978-1984)
  • Bermuda Star (1984-1990)
  • Enchanted Isle (1990—2003)
  • New Orleans (2003)
Owner
Operator
  • Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc. (1958-1972)
  • Holland America Lines (1972—1974)
  • Agencia Maritima Intermares S.A. (1974-1975 charter)
  • Holland America Lines (1975—1976)
  • Monarch Cruise Lines (1976-1978)
  • Holland America Lines (1978-1984)
  • Bermuda Star Line (1984-1990)
  • Commodore Cruise Line (1990-2001)
Port of registryNew York (1958-1972)[1]
OrderedJanuary 17, 1952
BuilderIngalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi
Cost$24,444,181 ($258 million today)
Yard number468
Laid downOctober 18, 1956
LaunchedMarch 12, 1958
Sponsored byMrs. William T. Moore
ChristenedMarch 12, 1958
CompletedDelivered: December 9, 1958 at New York[2]
Maiden voyageDecember 12, 1958
Identification
FateScrapped in Alang, India starting December 9, 2003
General characteristics as first registered.[note 3]
Tonnage
Length574.4 ft (175.1 m) (registry)[1]
Beam84 ft (25.6 m)[1]
Draft27.25 ft (8.3 m)
Depth29.7 ft (9.1 m)[1]
Installed power28,000 hp[1]
PropulsionTwin screw, General Electric DR Geared Turbines
Speed23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph)
Capacity557 passengers

SS Argentina was an ocean liner launched at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi, United States in 1958. The ship was the last ocean liner to be completed in the United States. Sister ship, Brasil had been launched in December 1957. Both ships operated in Moore-McCormack's South American service serving ports on the east coasts of North and South America.

In 1972 Argentina was sold to Holland America Lines, Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles, and was renamed Veendam, the third of the line's ships to bear the name. Holland America chartered the ship twice during the time its entities owned the ship during which the ship operated under other names. The first was during 1974-1975 when the ship operated as Brasil. The second was a charter during 1976—1978 in which the ship operated as Monarch Star before returning to the name Veendam under a Holland America Line entity in Panama.

Veendam was sold in 1984 and renamed Bermuda Star, operating as such until sale in 1990. The ship last served as a cruise ship for Commodore Cruise Line as Enchanted Isle. After bankruptcy of the line, arrest of the ship for outstanding debts and sale at auction the ship sailed from New Orleans as New Orleans for the final voyage in 2003 to Alang, India, for scrapping.

  1. ^ a b c d e f Cite error: The named reference MVUS62 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b c Maritime Administration. "Argentina". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  3. ^ Colton, Tim (June 30, 2020). "Ingalls Shipbuilding". ShipbuildingHistory. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  4. ^ van Eeuwen, Ferry. "ss Veendam". Retrieved 19 June 2021.


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