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A SS Independence adayambitsidwa pachiyambi pa ulendo wa nyanja za m'ma 1950, koma adalandira ndalama zoposa $ 78 miliyoni zokonzanso kuyambira 1994 mpaka 2001 ndi eni ake osiyanasiyana. Sitimayo ndi imodzi mwa zombo zochepa zomwe zimamangidwa ku United States, zomwe zinamangidwa ku Bethlehem Steel Company ku Quincy, Massachusetts kwa American Export Lines ya New York. Zinali zofunikira kuti zigwiritsidwe ntchito ngati chombo chothamanga cha Atlantic - komabe, chinatsatira pambuyo pa nkhondo yachiwiri ya padziko lonse ya US Navy kuti zilowetse mwamsanga kutumiza sitima, ndi mphamvu ya amuna 5,000 ndi zipangizo zawo.
Amuna amenewo akanakhala atadzazidwa kwambiri m'ngalawamo popeza anali atakonzedwa kuti atenge anthu pafupifupi 1,100 oyendetsa sitimayo. Chombocho, monga choyambirira chinalengedwa, chinali chopangidwa ndi zipangizo zopanda moto kapena zosazimitsa moto ndipo zimagwiritsa ntchito zipangizo zina zowonjezera moto - ndi injini ziwiri kuti zipangizo ziwonongeke, zina zikhoza kusunga sitimayo mofulumira.
SS Independence anali ndi ulendo wake wautsikana mu February 1951, akuyenda kuchokera ku New York City kupita ku Mediterranean pa ulendo wa masiku 53 amene anatenga ngalawa yatsopanoyo ndi anthu ake ozungulira nyanja ya Mediterranean. Panthaŵi imene SS Independence inabwerera ku New York City, ulendo umenewu unali utakwera makilomita oposa 13,000, ndipo sitimayo inali itayendera maiko 22. Kwa zaka 15 zotsatira, SS Independence adayendera nyanja ya Mediterranean nthawi zambiri, nthawi zambiri atatenga alendo otchuka monga Purezidenti Harry S. Truman, Alfred Hitchcock, ndi Walt Disney. Bambo Disney anakonda kuyenda, ndipo ambiri a Disney Cruise Line (omwe amagwira ntchito) amaganiza kuti akanakonda Disney Cruise Line.
Mu 1974, American Export Lines anagulitsa SS Independence ku Atlantic Far East Line, ndipo adatchedwanso Oceanic Independence. Chiwerengero cha anthu okwera sitimayi chinachepetsedwa mpaka 950. American Hawaii Cruises adagula sitimayo mu 1980 ndipo anthu amene ankayenda nawo anacheperachepera kufika 750. Pofika 1999, SS Constitution inakhala "yaitali" ulendo wokwanira kuyenda maulendo 1000.
Kufikira kuwonongeka kwake kumapeto kwa chaka cha 2001, American Independence ya American Hawaii Cruises, yomwe idakwera nyanja ya US, inkayenda ulendo wa miyezi 12 pachaka.
Pambuyo kugwa kwa American Hawaii Cruises, Independence adanyamuka kupita ku Alameda Naval Air Station ku California. Pa March 5, 2002, mbozi yake inagunda Carquinez Bridge pamene ikugwedezeka ndi makoswe anayi. Ufuluwu unali paulendo wopita ku Suisan Bay, koma unabwereranso ku San Francisco kukonzanso. Pulezidenti adatsatidwa mu April 2002 ndi Suisun Reserve Fleet ku Suisan Bay, California pafupi ndi USS Iowa. Mu February 2003, Independence idagulitsidwa pa malonda kwa $ 4 miliyoni ku Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL).
NCL inakonza kuwonjezera pa Independence ku zombo zawo za US, ndipo ankayembekeza kuti sitimayo ikanyamula anthu mu 2004. Komabe, sitimayo inapitirizabe kunyoza ndipo idatchulidwanso nyanja ya Oceanic mu 2006 popanda kuyenda kwa NCL. Mu lipoti lake la July 2007 kwa enieni, Star Cruises Limited (kholo la NCL) adalongosola kuti linagulitsa nyanja ya Oceanic, koma sananene dzina la wogula.
N'zomvetsa chisoni kuti a SS Independence anapanga ulendo wake womaliza panyanja m'nyanja ya February 2008 pamene adachotsedwa panyanja kuchokera ku San Francisco.
M'chaka cha 2009, sitimayi yapamwamba ya SS Independence inagwedezeka ku Alang, India.
SS Independence anali ndi sitima ya mlongo, SS Constitution, yomwe inamangidwa mu 1951. SS Constitution inalinso ndi mbiri yosangalatsa, kuphatikizapo maudindo mu I Love Lucy pa TV ndi mu filimu yotsekemera, An Affair to Remember . Mtsikana Grace Kelly adachoka pa SS Constitution kudutsa nyanja ya Atlantis panjira yopita kukwatiwa ndi Prince Ranier mu 1956. Sitimayi yapamwambayi inasamuka kuchoka mu msonkhano mu 1995 ndipo idatha panthawi yomwe inkagwedezeka.