Aquarama Cruise Ship

It was docked in Windsor at the foot of Russell Street from 1989 to 1995.

Aquarama cruise ship. When she entered the circuit in 1955 the newly rechristened Aquarama offered entertainment five bars four restaurants a movie theater. Of Detroit and towed to Muskegon MI for a two-year conversion to. Sold Dec 1950 to owners below.

Mark Rose who was contracted to guard the Aquarama during the last three years said he used to spend hours exploring the bowels of the old ship. While in Chicago the Aquarama had activities off the ship too. World-Class Entertainment And The Best Onboard Activities Within Your Reach.

Ad Enjoy private balcony swimming pool waterslide park VR experience and free buffet. Although most of the ships insides were gutted by Everatts group there were still many remnants from its heyday as a cruise-ferry ship. Former cruise ship Aquarama to be scrapped Posted by Robert C.

Chronicle file photo The SS. Ship with a gross tonnage of 12733 was equipped with a single-screw oil-fired turbine-propelled engine. Apparently it was built in 1945 as a troop carrier but made just one trip across the Atlantic before World War II ended.

The Maritime Museum sent us a souvenir program from the Aquaramas inaugural cruise you can page through the entire program. There were high divers that jumped off the Aquarama for the Aquarama. The freighter was purchased in 1953 by Sand Products Co.

Laid up after the war in the James River reserve fleet. 1945 1956 Aquarama 2007. The Aquarama began its life in 1945 as a transoceanic troop carrier called the Marine Star.