Song Of Norway (ship)
MS ''Song of Norway'' (later ''Sundream'', ''Dream Princess'', ''Dream'', ''Clipper Pearl'', ''Clipper Pacific'', ''Festival'', ''Ocean Pearl'', ''Formosa Queen'') was one of the first ships purpose-built as a cruise ship. She was the first ship of Royal Caribbean International when she entered operation in 1970. She was sold for scrap in 2013 and broken up in 2014, after serving her last years as a gambling ship. Statistics The vessel originally had a gross tonnage of 18,000 tons, and could carry 724 passengers. Following the 1978 refit, she was lengthened by 85 feet, to provide for 1024 passengers and increasing her size to 23,000 gross tons. History The vessel was constructed in Helsinki, Finland in 1970. Named ''Song of Norway'', she was the first ship built for Cruising (maritime), cruise line Royal Caribbean International. The vessel was List of stretched cruise ships, lengthened in 1978, due to the high demand for cruising, and sailed on seven- and fourteen-day cruises o ...
[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  

Pacific Clipper
The ''Pacific Clipper'' (civil registration NC18602) was a Boeing 314 Clipper flying boat, famous for having completed a nearly around-the-world flight in December 1941 and January 1942. Aviation experts called the flight the first commercial circumnavigation of the globe because the aircraft made it back to its country of origin. History The Boeing 314 with civil registration NC18602 was delivered to Pan American; it made its shakedown flight from San Francisco to Hong Kong from February 23 to March 3, 1939 The aircraft was dubbed the ''California Clipper''; Another 314, NC18609(A) was temporarily dubbed the ''California Clipper'' in 1941 Flight On December 2, 1941, the Clipper departed from the Pan American base on Treasure Island, San Francisco for its scheduled passenger service to Auckland, New Zealand. It landed at Pan American's LaGuardia Field seaplane base in New York City five weeks later, at 7:12 on the morning of January 6, 1942. Crew *Captain Robert Ford *Fir ...
[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]