http://cruiselinehistory.com/?p=3619 An historical look at CRUISE SHIPS and OCEAN LINERS... Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:26:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://cruiselinehistory.com/?p=3619&cpage=1#comment-84819 Mark H. Goldberg Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:32:30 +0000 http://cruiselinehistory.com/?p=3619#comment-84819 Sorry, guys, that is NEITHER the SANTA MARIA nor a Grace Line vessel. Rather, the ship pictured is the SANTA MARTA, one of thirteen similar ships, the "5,000 ton" class of the United Fruit Company. I wrote extensively of that class of ship in my 1993 book "GOING BANANAS" 100 Year of American Fruit Ships in the Caribbean, Vol. 3 of my American Merchant Marine History Series. Pretty ship, nonetheless! Sorry, guys, that is NEITHER the SANTA MARIA nor a Grace Line vessel. Rather, the ship pictured is the SANTA MARTA, one of thirteen similar ships, the “5,000 ton” class of the United Fruit Company. I wrote extensively of that class of ship in my 1993 book “GOING BANANAS” 100 Year of American Fruit Ships in the Caribbean, Vol. 3 of my American Merchant Marine History Series. Pretty ship, nonetheless!

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