SS Santa Paula
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The SS Santa Paula was a passenger-cargo ship built for the Grace Line South American service in 1958 later sailing on Caribbean cruises out of New York. She was one of the last US flagged ocean liners every built.

The SS Santa Paula was a passenger/cargo ship built for the Grace Line South American service in 1958, later sailing on Caribbean cruises out of New York.1

Builder of the SS Santa Paula is Newport News Shipbuilding.

Ship Name
1958
1972
1978
1989
Ship In Service
1957
Ship Power
GE Geared Steam Turbines
Ship Length
584.0
Ship Speed
20
Status
Scrapped
2002
Ship Completed
1958-10-10
Ship Tonnage
15371
Ship Launched
1958-06-28
Ship Yard Number
522
Ship Capacity
546
Ship Out Of Service
1991
Ship Ordered
1956
Completion Date
1958-10-10
Ship Status
Scrapped
2002
Ship Launch
1958-06-28
Builder
Newport News Shipbuilding
Ship Propulsion
Two Propellers
Ship Christened
By Pat Nixon
Ship Beam
84.0
Category
1958 ships
Cruise ships
Hotels in Kuwait
Maritime incidents in 1990
Ocean liners
Passenger ships of the United States
Ships built in Virginia

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