SS Conte Grande was a Lloyd Sabaudo ocean liner built in 1927 by Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino in Trieste, Italy, to service the transatlantic passenger line between Genoa, Italy, and New York City.
Conte Grande in commercial service after World War II.
The SS Conte Grand arriving in New York on her maiden voyage
SS Conte Biancamano was an Italian ocean liner launched in 1925. The name was chosen in honor of Humbert I Biancamano, founder of the Savoy dynasty. She was built in the Scottish shipyard William Bear
SS Conte Grande
…Italian Line to Lloyd Triestino (also chartered by Italian Line), where she served for another year until being scrapped in 1961. Her sister ship was the SS Conte Biancamano. Conte Grande was built by Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino at Trieste as an Italian-flagged passenger ship. She was launched on 28 June 1927 and entered…
SS Conte Biancamano in 1950s
First-class cabin of the Conte Biancamano, reconstruction at Museo nazionale della scienza e della tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci, Milan.
SS Conte Biancamano as USS Hermitage (AP-54)
The ship during her last voyage in Naples, 1960