RIO PARANA & RIO DE LA PLATA: 1941 - 2 launch cachets for ships that went to war State Line one of four sister ships

one of four sister ships built in the early 1950s

Italian Line - A fold-out (18" by 24") deck plan from 1962 of the SATURNIA

The company chartered the ship to Costa who turned around and sub-chartered her to the fledgling Princess Cruises

The bane of pre-printed menus shows up here - pencil lines crossing off items that are no longer available

and a cabin with wicker furniture

RIO PARANA & RIO DE LA PLATA: 1941 - 2 launch cachets for ships that went to war State Line one of four sister shipsMoore McCormack Lines Launch cachets for RIO PARANA and RIO DE LA PLATA, two combo liners that went away to war and never sailed in their intended service. One eventually became a French supply ship; the other a long serving migrant liner. In the late 1930s Moore McCormack ordered four C 3 P combo liners to supplement their popular BRAZIL, ARGENTINA, and URUGUAY passenger ships. The design featured split uptakes to increase passenger space and a