ILE DE FRANCE: 1927 - Cabin Class deck plan w/ interiors from 1950sFrench Line: The ILE DE FRANCE returned to service in 1949 after an extensive post war rebuild. Besides the elimination of the third funnel, among the changes was a spruced up Cabin Class. This eight page fold out deck plan from the mid 1950s shows what would have been a very nice way to travel. Cabin Class had exclusive use of one of the nicest rooms onboard, the wonderful two deck high Smoking Room with its swooping stairway and big mural. The

San Remo Dining Room

On D Deck one could enjoy a cabin de luxe with a verandah while your fellow voyagers on E Deck made due with Bibby cabins that had long necks reaching towards the light of a porthole

although the room is brightened up by purple and green upholstery

The Germans raised her and she served their cause until 1944 when she was scuttled again

and prominent red and black funnels

sailed out of Miami for only two years before being sold to Westours in 1970 to become the WEST STAR

Tropicana Bar

hence the symbol

an outside double cabin

American Mail Line: A big foldout (22" by 33") deck plan brochure from the late 1920s for the American Mail Line fleet of "535" combo liners

I've seen photos of the ship being towed to the shipyard in 1956

American President Lines absorbed AML in 1974 and the name disappeared from the high seas