RIO PARANA & RIO DE LA PLATA: 1941 - 2 launch cachets for ships that went to warMoore McCormack Lines Launch cachets for RIO PARANA and RIO DE LA PLATA, two combo liners that went away to war and never sailed in their intended service. One eventually became a French supply ship; the other a long serving migrant liner. In the late 1930s Moore McCormack ordered four C 3 P combo liners to supplement their popular BRAZIL, ARGENTINA, and URUGUAY passenger ships. The design featured split uptakes to increase passenger space and a

two cabins

six-panel interiors brochure issued in 1960 for the ARCADIA soon after she was fully air-conditioned

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

These ships sailed from New York to the Mediterranean which in later years were promoted as 45 day cruises

A fold-out

No date on this brochure but I would guesstimate mid to late 1960s

Navy transport service in 1918

The NIEUW AMSTERDAM would sail for nine more years before heading off to the breakers in 1974

Finally the ship ended up in Bangladesh navy where she still might be sailing as the SHAHEED SALAHUDDIN

the plan is in mint condition

The ships were built in the late 1920s for Panama Pacific but were thoroughly redone in the late 1930s for MooreMac

unidentified as to ship