Product Description
3-panel 2-sided brochure from 1957 advertising the Michigan-Ohio Navigation Co.'s s.s. Aquarama which cruised the Great Lakes on the Detroit to Cleveland route. The 12,773 ton 520-ft long Aquarama was the largest passenger ship to ever sail on the Great Lakes.
The brochure includes a description of the ship's features and the cruise, deck plans (Sun, Sports, Club, and Main decks) showing the location of public rooms and amenities.
The brochure has a yellowish mark along one edge from where it was taped to a scrapbook but is otherwise in very good condition.
The Aquarama was built as the C$-S-B5 breakbulk cargo ship Marine Star in 1945. It was sold in 1952 and rebuilt as a passenger ship and entered service as the Aquarama in 1956. The ship was laid up in Muskegon in 1962 due to the high cost of operating it and never sailed again. It was sold in 1987 and from 1995-2007 it was berthed in Buffalo before finally being sold for scrap in 2007.
Product Description
3-panel 2-sided brochure from 1957 advertising the Michigan-Ohio Navigation Co.'s s.s. Aquarama which cruised the Great Lakes on the Detroit to Cleveland route. The 12,773 ton 520-ft long Aquarama was the largest passenger ship to ever sail on the Great Lakes.
The brochure includes a description of the ship's features and the cruise, deck plans (Sun, Sports, Club, and Main decks) showing the location of public rooms and amenities.
The brochure has a yellowish mark along one edge from where it was taped to a scrapbook but is otherwise in very good condition.
The Aquarama was built as the C$-S-B5 breakbulk cargo ship Marine Star in 1945. It was sold in 1952 and rebuilt as a passenger ship and entered service as the Aquarama in 1956. The ship was laid up in Muskegon in 1962 due to the high cost of operating it and never sailed again. It was sold in 1987 and from 1995-2007 it was berthed in Buffalo before finally being sold for scrap in 2007.