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1930 1930–1960 Hotel & Museum in Yamashita Park, Naka-ku, Yokohama: Lydia: 1931 1931-1966 Museum ship in Le Barcarès, France [1] Built as the Moonta for Adelaide Steamship Co Ltd: Queen Mary: 1936 1936–1967 Hotel & MuseumShip in Long Beach, CA (reopening late 2022) WWII troopship 1940–1945; Blue Riband, sold 1967, now a stationary hotel ship
SS California entering Havana Harbor, Cuba in 1934.. California was the first of three sister ships built by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company of Newport News, Virginia for the Panama Pacific Lines, a subsidiary of American Line Steamship Corporation which was a part of J. P. Morgan's International Mercantile Marine Company.
Ship Image Country of preservation Region of preservation City of preservation From Year launched Type Fate Remarks SS Oriana [54] Japan: Ōita Prefecture: Beppu: United Kingdom: 1959 Ocean liner: Museum ship in Beppu from 1987 to 1995. Floating hotel in Shanghai from 1999 to 2002. Tourist attraction in Dalian from 2002 to 2004.
USS Houston (CL/CA-30), was a Northampton-class cruiser of the United States Navy.She was the second Navy ship to bear the name "Houston". She was launched by Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia, on 7 September 1929, sponsored by Elizabeth Holcombe (daughter of Oscar Holcombe, then-mayor of Houston, Texas), and commissioned on 17 June 1930.
[12] [13] The ship departed San Diego in April 1993 for a final cruise to Miami then sails empty to Saint Petersburg, Russia making cruises in the Baltic before becoming a floating hotel in Saint Petersburg in 1994. [13] [32] To serve as a hotel the ship's electrical system was converted to the 220 volt European system serving its 375 rooms.
In 1947, the ship was mothballed for six years at Union Iron Works in Alameda, California. Her engines were overhauled by Todd San Francisco Division. Home Lines bought her and renamed her SS Homeric, sailing her to Trieste for reconstruction to allow 1243 passengers: 147 first class and 1,096 tourist class. Her gross register tonnage increased ...