SS Argentina (1958)
Argentina, c.1963
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| Name: | Argentina |
| Operator: | Moore-McCormack Lines |
| Port of registry: | Panama |
| Builder: | Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi |
| Cost: | $24,444,181 ($203 million today) |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. William T. Moore |
| Christened: | March 12, 1958 |
| Completed: | 1958 |
| Maiden voyage: | December 12, 1958 |
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| Status: | Scrapped in Alang, India starting December 9, 2003 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 14,208 GRT |
| Displacement: | 5,238 DWT |
| Length: | 574.5 ft (175.1 m) |
| Beam: | 88.19 ft (26.9 m) |
| Draft: | 27.25 ft (8.3 m) |
| Installed power: | 35,000 SHP |
| Propulsion: | Twin screw, General Electric DR Geared Turbines |
| Speed: | 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph) |
| Capacity: | 557 passengers |
SS Argentina (1958) was an ocean liner launched at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi in 1958. The ship was originally named Argentina for Moore-McCormack's South American service, but was renamed a number of times. The ship last served as a cruise ship for Commodore Cruise Line under the name Enchanted Isle and was scrapped in Alang, India, in 2003 sailing under the name New Orleans for the final voyage. As of 2016, Argentina was the last luxury ocean liner completed in the United States.
Argentina was a replacement for Moore-McCormack's SS Argentina (1929). Argentina and her sister ship, Brasil, used MARAD Design P2-S2-9a. Construction was subsidized by the United States Maritime Administration under title V, sections 501 and 504 of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936.
Ingalls Shipbuilding had the lowest US bid at $24,444,181 ($203 million today) for each of the two ships. The Maritime administration subsidized the cost of construction by paying $19,528,362 ($162 million today) to support the US shipbuilding industry. Meaning that the ships would have cost nearly $20 million less if they had been built outside the United States. As of 2015, Brasil and Argentina were the last luxury liners built in the United States.
Design included Denny-Brown stabilizers, a system of retractable fins to stabilize the ships in heavy seas.
Argentina was launched March 12, 1958 and christened by Mrs. William T. Moore, wife of the Moore-McCormack lines president. The ship departed Pascagoula December 1, 1958 bound for New York to be delivered. The ship departed on her maiden voyage December 12, 1958.
Naming history: Argentina → Veendam → Brasil → Veendam → Monarch Star → Veendam → Bermuda Star (1984–01/09/1990) → Enchanted Isle → New Orleans.
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