American Star
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America
was laid down at Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock
Company in August 1938, and was launched in August 1939.
She was used as a troop transport for US Navy during world
war two, and then as a ocean liner and passenger ship. She
was refitted and modernized in the 1960's, and had her
size and tonnage increased. She was sold several times
until the late 1980's, when she was sold for scrapping and
partly dismantled. In 1992 she was again sold, destined
for Thailand and a new life as a floating hotel. She left
Greece under tow 3. December 1993, but outside the Canary
Islands they sailed into a storm a few weeks later and
drifted away totally out of control. 18. January 1994 she
hit ground outside Playa De
Garcey on the west coast of Fuerteventura, and six
months later she was declared a total loss. The
wreck was slowly grinded down over the years, and today
wreck debris is spread out all over the wreck site in
shallow waters.
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 Picture: American Star shipwrecked Wikipedia, license CC BY-SA 4.0 Last updated: December 2020 |
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