Works for liners

Italia – 1948

Passenger motorship, Home Line, Panama.

Shipyard	Blohm & Voss, Hamburg
Transformation	Officine Allestimento e Riparazione Navi, O.A.R.N. Ansaldo, Genoa
Tonnage	21,554 tons
Length	185.67 m
Breadth	23.83 m
Motor system	2 Burmeister & Wain diesel motors
Manufacturer	Burmeister & Wain, Copenhagen
Power	17,000 HP
Crusing speed	17 knots
Passengers	226 (I), 296 (II), 800 (Tourist-class).
1928	17 March, launched for the Swedish American Line, named Kungsholm
1928	24 November, maiden voyage Göteborg – Copenhagen - New York
1942	2 January, sold to the War Shipping Administration, renamed John Ericsson and used as troop-ship under the United States Lines management
1947	7 March, damaged by fire in New York
1947	July, bought back by Swedish American Line
1947	21 November, sails from New York as headed for Genoa, where is delivered into the O.A.R.N. (Officine Allestimento Riparazione Navi) to be transformed
1947	December, sold to South Atlantic Lines Inc., Panama
1948	8 April, renamed Italia and managed by Home Line
1948	27 July, maiden voyage Genoa – Naples – Palermo – Lisbon - Rio de Janeiro – Santos – Montevideo - Buenos Aires
1959	23 April, first voyage Cuxhaven – Zeebrugge - Le Havre – Southampton - Quebec
1962	used for cruises from New York to Nassau (Bahamas)
1964	sold to Freeport Bahama Enterprises, renamed Imperial Bahama and used as floating hotel in Freeport (Bahamas)
1965	arrives to Bilbao to be dismantled.

Architects and interior designers
Carl Bergsten, Nino Zoncada.

Artists
Primo Bidischini, Marcello Mascherini, Arthur Percys.

Works by Mascherini:

1. Apollo (1948, bronze, h. 121 cm., cat. 285), first-class gala room;
2. Venere (1948, bronze, h. 121 cm., cat. 286), first-class gala room;
3. Risveglio di Primavera (1948, large coloured inlaid wooden panel), first-class gala room.