Talk:SS Argentina (1958)

Names a mess

The "History" section is a collection of not closely associated anecdotes, incidents under names without coherence. No dates of changes are given. Names may or may not be sequential. Veendam period entirely absent. The names are chaotic in reality, but have a sequence and reason. For example Veendam was chartered 1974-75 and renamed during the charter. History needs to have a sequence with at least years if not exact date. Palmeira (talk) 04:48, 19 June 2021 (UTC)

Ownership and operators — a good example of the changes

Argentina and Brasil, the last "liners" built in the United States, are fairly good examples and foretelling of the change that took place in the industry. As liners, ships assigned to a scheduled route by a line for transport of passengers and cargo, the ships came after that role was forever changed by post World War II growth of air lines and "airliners" for passengers and even high value, small cargo transport. The elites once the cream in luxury first class were largely flying and even those once "second class" were able to afford expensive air tickets that were still cheaper than days with "transport charge plus hotel charge" required to make the ships work. "Cruising" became a way of using the liners in a different way even if they had not been built for being floating luxury hotels and shore excursions but for fast, luxurious transport point to point. Then the oil crisis and the end for many, lay up for these and an even more uncertain future as designers began looking at ships of an entirely different architecture to support the functions of a cruise ship — passengers with an entirely different purpose than getting from one point to another, casinos, lots of entertainment and shopping space, excursion boats rather than just lifeboats and all the other differences. Palmeira (talk) 15:54, 23 June 2021 (UTC)