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} |} SS ''Brasil'' (1957) was an ocean liner launched at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi in 1957. The ship was originally named ''Brasil'' for Moore-McCormack's South American service, but was renamed a number of times. During its history the ship served as a cruise ship and later served in the Semester at Sea program as ''Universe Explorer''. The ship was scrapped in Alang, India, in 2004 sailing under the name ''Universe'' for the final voyage. == Design and construction == ''Brasil'' was a replacement for Moore-McCormack's . ''Brasil'' and her sister ship, , used MARAD Design P2-S2-9a. Construction was subsidized by the United States Maritime Administration under title V, sections 501 and 504 of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936. At the time of her construction, ''Brasil'' was said to be the largest ship built in the "deep south". Ingalls Shipbuilding had the lowest US bid at $24,444,181 ($ today) for each of the two ships. The Maritime administration subsidized the cost of construction by paying $19,528,362 ($ today) to support the US shipbuilding industry. Meaning that the ships would have cost nearly $20 million less if they had been built outside the United States. As of 2015, ''Brasil'' and ''Argentina'' were among the last luxury liners built in the United States. Design included Denny-Brown stabilizers, a system of retractable fins to stabilize the ships in heavy seas. The ship design originally included a solarium for nude sun tanning inside the false funnel. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「SS Brasil (1957)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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