GALILEI: 1963 - Short-lived Florida cruises 1979Italian Line Cruises: A twelve page brochure promoting sunny Caribbean cruises aboard the GALILEI during 1979 and 1980. But the outlook for the service was anything but rosy. The ship had just undergone a lengthy retrofit that had converted her from ocean liner GALILEO GALILEI into cruise ship GALILEI. In March of 1979 she started cruising out of Port Everglades. Inside the brochure are several generic ship photos plus destination info, itineraries,

the plan stretches 36"

Along the bottom are four more interior views: First Class Card Room

The imposing illustration of the hulking ship near Diamondhead fills four panels

The accommodations

the large S-26 suite looked like just the place for a transatlantic journey

She underwent a rehab and that is what's shown on this plan

But when a new war came

Home Lines: A fold-out (17" by 23") deck plan dated 1962 for the S

Tucked into the back are inserts for P&O-Orient and Matson with illustrations and interior photos of ARCADIA and MONTEREY

the OSLOFJORD was destroyed by fire

When fully open

Canada and professionally packed in a secure shipping crate