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	LOI
	Building contract
	Building started
	Keel laid
12/3/1958	Launch
	Sea trial
	Second sea trial
9/12/1958	Delivered to Moore-McCormack Lines, New York, USA.
12/12/1958	New York – Buenos Aires service.
1963	Build two new decks on Bethlehem Steel Shipyards at Baltimore.
1972	Sold to Holland Amerika Lijn, Willemstad. New name Veendam.
8/9/1972	Arrived to rebuild to cruise ship on Lloyd-Werft Shipyard ,Bremerhaven, Germany
3/1973	Delivered back to Holland America Lijn.
	Cruises
15/4/1974	Laid up at Hampton Roads.
15/12/1974	Charter to Agence Maritime International. New name Brasil. Cruises from Rio de Janeiro.
4/1975	Back to Holland America . New name Veendam.
1976	Charter to Monarch Cruise Lines, Panama. New name Monarch Star.
1976	Cruises on Caribean and summer seasons Alaska.
1978	Back to Holland America . New name Veendam.
5/1984	Sold to Island Navigation Corp. New name Bermuda Star. Panama, flag.
5/1984	Operated Bermuda Cruise Line.
9/1990	Sold to Commodore Cruise Lines, Panama. New name Enchanted Isle.
1990	7-nigths Caribbean cruises from New Orleans.
1994	Refurbished
1994	Used as hotelship in St. Petersburg, Russia. New name Commodore Hotel. Operated Baltic Line.
8/1994	Back to Caribbean. New name Enchanted Isle.
1994	7-nigths Caribbean cruises from New Orleans.
1995	Owner New Commodore Cruise Line, Panama
10/1997	Refurbished
12/2000	Owner went to bankrupt.
12/2000	Laid up at Louisiana.
7/2003	Sold to Global Marketing Co, Kingstown, Saint Vincent. New name New Orleans.
25/10/2003	Voyage from Violet, USA to Alang, India
9/12/2003	Beached in Alang, India.