SS The Emerald was a cruise ship owned by Louis Cruise Lines. She was built in 1958 by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock company in Newport News, Virginia, United States, for the Grace Line, a
The Emerald in 2008
The Emerald as Santa Rosa for Grace Line, c. 1960
The Emerald, modernised, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 1999
The Emerald laid up in Eleusis, Greece, 2010
Grace Shipping was a key part of the parent company, W. R. Grace, for a large part of the corporation's history. The Grace Line began service in 1882, with regular steamship service beginning in 1893.
SS The Emerald
…now Celestyal Cruises). She was built in 1958 by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock company in Newport News, Virginia, United States, for the Grace Line, as the ocean liner Santa Rosa. Between 1992 and 1995, she sailed for Regency Cruises as Regent Rainbow and between 1997 and 2008, she sailed for Thomson…
Drawing of Chincha Islands, Peru. 1865
Cape Horn vs. Strait of Magellan
SS Santa Paula later became the USS Santa Paula, c. 1919