MICHIGAN - OHIO TRANSPORTATION CO. S.S. "Aquarama" (1960)

MICHIGAN - OHIO TRANSPORTATION CO. S.S. "Aquarama" leaving Cleveland, Ohio, about 1960. From the Collection of Richard I. Weiss, 1996. Postcard by C.T. Publishing, Birmingham, Mich., No. 080.
[Originally named the "Marine Star", the "Aquarama" was built in 1945 in Chester, Pennsylvania as a United States Maritime Commission. Designed as a transoceanic troop carrier, the ship made one trip across the Atlantic before combat ceased. The ship remained unused for a few years until it was bought in 1952 by the Sand Products Company of Detroit. After being purchased the ship was towed to Muskegon, Michigan where it was converted into a commercial cruise ship. The Aquarama began operation in 1956 by touring various Great Lakes ports. In 1957 the Michigan-Ohio Navigation Company, began service from Detroit to Cleveland carrying automobiles and passengers. In 1987 it was sold to the North Shore Farming Company. The Aquarama was briefly docked at Sarnia, then Windsor before returning to its original name of Marine Star and moving under tow to Buffalo. On August 3, 1995 the Marine Star berthed at the Cargill Pool Elevator where it stayed until it was towed overseas to Aliaga, Turkey for scrap September 2007.]

MICHIGAN - OHIO TRANSPORTATION CO. (EUA). S.S. "Aquarama" [1945-2007] zarpando de Cleveland, Ohio, hacia 1960. Foto de la colección de Richard I. Weiss. Tarjeta postal de C.T. Publishing, Birmingham, Mich., No. 080.

MICHIGAN - OHIO TRANSPORTATION CO. (EUA). S.S. "Aquarama" [1945-2007] sarpant de Cleveland, Ohio, cap al 1960. Foto de la col·lecció de Richard I. Weiss. Targeta postal de C.T. Publishing, Birmingham, Mich., No. 080.

MICHIGAN - OHIO TRANSPORTATION CO. (EUA). S.S. "Aquarama" [1945-2007] quittant Cleveland, Ohio, vers 1960. Photo de la collection de Richard I. Weiss. Carte postale de C.T. Publishing, Birmingham, Mich., No. 080.

MICHIGAN - OHIO TRANSPORTATION CO. (EUA). S.S. "Aquarama" [1945-2007] in partenza da Cleveland, Ohio, ca. 1960. Foto della collezione di Richard I. Weiss. Cartolina di C.T. Publishing, Birmingham, Mich., No. 080.

Traveler's collection.