PRINCESS ITALIA: 1967 - Pioneer ship for Princess Cruises, 1968 brochure Alaska Steamship By the mid-1970s the remainder

By the mid-1970s the remainder of the ships were downgraded to cargo only and by 1979 they were all scrapped

Passengers on CAMITO were mostly British diplomats and business people traveling back and forth between the Caribbean and the home land

and the Main Restaurant with its muted brown and taupe look lovely

This plan is lifted directly from the Italian Line

and PRESIDENT HARRISON

PRINCESS ITALIA: 1967 - Pioneer ship for Princess Cruises, 1968 brochure Alaska Steamship By the mid-1970s the remainderPrincess Cruise Line: A twelve page brochure for the PRINCESS ITALIA's 1968 cruise season. The ship had been built on spec in Italy but the owners went bankrupt. New owners, "Crociere d'Oltremare", finished her off in 1967. The company chartered the ship to Costa who turned around and sub chartered her to the fledgling Princess Cruises. You can see that the red and yellow Crociere d'Oltremare livery is still on the funnel. It wasn't until a year later