Report: Famed 'Love Boat' cruise ship headed to scrapyard

[Cooley Hurd]

One of the most famous cruise ships of the modern era, the former Pacific Princess, is heading to the scrapyard, according to Italy's La Repubblica.

The news outlet says the 40-year-old vessel, recognizable to millions of Americans as the "Love Boat" of 1970s television, has been sold to a Turkish demolition company for just over 2.5 million euro -- about $3.3 million at current exchange rates.

The 19,903-ton, 600-passenger ship, tiny by today's standards, has been languishing at a dock in Genoa, Italy for more than a year. The vessel last sailed for Spanish-based Quail Cruises after changing hands a couple times since sailing for Princess Cruises from 1975 until 2002.
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Goodbye, old girl...

[Liberal_in_LA]

1. "the looooovvve boat..." I watched the show. RIP ship

[cynatnite]

2. Oh, Captain Stubing, my captain...what a sexy bald man you were...

Sorry Gopher.

[cyberswede]

8. Fred Grandy (Gopher) is a republican

...bummed me out when I found out.

He was a US Representative fro Iowa in the 80s-90s.

[Liberal_in_LA]

3. that's a lot of scrap.

[demtenjeep]

4. wish I could buy it

to restore

[marmar]

5. The Looooovvvveeee Boat, soon won't be making another run.

nt

[Bryn]

6. Oh, No. I went on that ship

back in 1970's twice sailing from New York City to Bermuda. It was named Sea Venture. What good memories I had!

Goodbye, Sea Venture

[Raine]

7. Aw sad news, too bad someone can't buy it to sail it.

[Rhiannon12866]

9. The cast, then and now: