CHANDRIS LINES
Cruise History: The Chandris Line and the SS America was the precursor of Celebrity Cruises.
Friday, July 3rd, 2009Cruise History: The Chandris Line and the SS America was the precursor of Celebrity Cruises. For a history of the SS America click here.
One of the ships operated by Chandris was the beautiful Trans-Atlantic liner America previously owned by the United States Line and initially captained by Demitrios Challioris who had been in [...]
Cruise Line History: The SS LURLINE in San Diego
Monday, March 3rd, 2008The SS Lurline docking at San Diego’s Broadway pier in the 1930s.
The SS Lurline was the third Matson vessel to hold that name and the last of four fast and luxurious ocean liners that Matson built for the Hawaii and Australasia runs from the West Coast of the United States. Lurline’s sister ships were [...]