S.S. Independence
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Career

Name:
1951 - 1974: Independence
1974 - Oceanic Independence
1974 - 1975: Sea Luck I
1975 - 1982: Oceanic Independence
1982 - 2006: Independence
2006 - 2009: Oceanic
2009 - present: Platinum II

Owner:
1951 - 1974: American Export Lines
1974 - 1979: Atlantic Far East Lines
1979 - 1982: American Hawaii Cruises
1982 - 1996: American Global Line
1996 - 2001: American Hawaii Cruises
2001 - 2003: United States Maritime Administration
2003 - 2005: California Manufacturing Corporation
2005 - Norwegian Cruise Line
2005 - present: California Manufacturing Corporation

Operator:
1951 - 1969: American Export Lines
1969 - 1974: laid up
1974 - 1976: Atlantic Far East Lines
1976 - 1980: laid up/rebuilt
1980 - 1982: American Hawaii Cruises
1982 - 1996: American Global Line
1996 - 2001: American Hawaii Cruises
2001 - 2008: laid up

Port of registry:
1951 - 1974: New York, æUnited States
1974 - 1979: Panama City, æPanama
1979 - present: Honolulu, æUnited States

Ordered: 1950
Builder: Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Yard number: 1618
Laid down: 1950
Launched: 3 June 1950
Completed: 1951
Acquired: 22 January 1951
Maiden voyage: 10 February 1951
In service: 1951 - 1969, 1974 - 1976, 1980 - 2001
Out of service: 2001
Identification: IMO number: 5160180
Fate: Wrecked off Alang, India
Notes: one of the last U.S. flagged liners

General characteristics (as built)
Type: Ocean liner
Tonnage: 23,719 gross register tons (GRT), 7,250æmetric tons deadweight (DWT)
Length: 208.01 m (682.45 feet)
Beam: 27.18 m (89.17 feet)
Draft: 9.20 m (30.18 feet)
Decks: 12
Installed power: 2 Bethlehem Steel Corporation steam turbines combined 40456 kW
Speed: 22 knots (41 km/h)
Capacity: 1000 passengers

General characteristics (after 1959 refit)
Type: Cruise ship
Tonnage: 23,754 GRT
Capacity: 395 passengers

General characteristics (after 1974 refit)
Capacity: 950 passengers

General characteristics (after 1980 refit)
Tonnage: 20,221 GRT
Capacity: 1073 passengers

The S.S. Independence was an ocean liner built in 1951 for American Export Lines. Between 1974 and 1982 she sailed as Oceanic Independence for Atlantic Far East Lines and American Hawaii Cruises, after which she reverted to her original name. Independence was then operated by American Global Line between 1982 and 1996, and again American Hawaii Cruises until 2001 when she was laid up in San Francisco. In 2006 the ship was renamed Oceanic and, after being mothballed for seven years, she left San Francisco for Singapore on 8 February 2008. The destination later changed to Dubai. In 2009 she was renamed Platinum II and left Dubai under tow for the shipbreaking yards in Alang, India. After having been turned away from the scrap yards due to hazardous materials she was grounded off Alang. Later her hull broke in two aft of the smokestacks, making refloating impossible. She will be scrapped on the spot. Independence had a sister ship, the S.S. Constitution, which sank while under tow en route to be scrapped in 1997.