ʻO ka hopena hope loa o ka mokuʻo Ala Ala i India
Ua hoʻolaha muaʻia ka SS Independence i ka wā o ka holoʻana o ka moana i nā makahiki 1950, akā ua mālamaʻia i kahi $ 78 miliona ma nā hoʻoponoponoʻana mai 1994 a 2001 e nā mea nona nā mea nui. ʻO ka mokuʻo ia kekahi o nā moku moku moana nui i kūkuluʻia maʻAmelika Hui PūʻIa, i kūkuluʻia ma Betelehema Steel Company ma Quincy, Massachusetts no nāʻAlaʻEliaʻAmelika o New York. Ua manaʻoʻia e hoʻohanaʻia ma keʻano he līlū o nā mea āpau o Atlantic - akā, ua hoʻomauʻia i ka hope o ke Kaua Honua IIʻo US Navy e hāʻawi i ka hoʻololi wikiwikiʻana i ka moku kaua, me ka hiki i 5,000 mau kānaka a me kā lākou mau pono.
ʻO ka poʻe i makemakeʻia e hoʻokomo ponoʻia i loko o ka moku no ka mea ua hanaʻiaʻo ia e lawe i kahi 1,100 mau moku kaʻa moku. ʻO ka moku, e like me ka mea i hana muaʻia, ua hanaʻole ia i nā mea kūponaʻole a me nā mea ahi a me ke ahi i hoʻolālāʻia a ua hoʻolālāʻia me kahi'ōpū hāmaʻa - a meʻelua lumi lumi pūhaka inā iʻeha kekahi, hiki i kekahi ke mālama i ka holoʻana o ka moku i kahi wikiwiki.
Na ka SS Independence i holo aku i kona huakaʻi malihini ma Pepeluali 1951, e holo ana mai New York City a hiki i ke Kai Mipelika ma kahi holo kaʻa he 53 mau lā i lawe ai i ka moku hou a me kona mau mea kaʻa ma ka moana Mediterranean. Ma ka manawa i hoʻi aku ai ka SS Independence i New York City, uaʻaeʻia kēia holo ma kahi o 13,000 mile, a ua kipa mai ka moku i 22 mau paila o ke kahea. No nā makahiki he 15 ma hope, ua kipa pinepine ka SS Independence i ka Mediterranean i nā manawa he nui, e halihali pinepine ana i nā manuhiri kaulana e like me Pelekikena Harry S. Truman, Alfred Hitchcock, a me Walt Disney. Ua makemakeʻo Mr. Disney i ka holoʻana, aʻo ka Disney Cruise Line i hoʻoili i nā lālā (nā poʻe hana) e makemakeʻo ia iā Disney Cruise Line.
I ka makahiki 1974, kūʻai akula nā American Export Lines i ka SS Independence i Atlantic Line East Line, a kapaʻiaʻo iaʻo Oceanic Independence. Ua ho'ēmiʻia ka heluna o nā mea kaʻa i ka 950. Ua kūʻaiʻia aku ka American Airlines Cruises i ka moku i ka makahiki 1980 a ua ho'ēmiʻia ka hōʻailona o 7000 i ka makahiki 750. Ma ka makahiki 1999, ua "lōʻihi" ka SS Constitution no ka holoʻana i nā huakaʻi 1000.
I ka hikiʻana i kona banekorupa i ka makahiki 2001,ʻo ka American Independence American American Cruise 'American Standard Cruise',ʻo ia ka SS Independence, holo a puni nā mokupuniʻo Hawaiʻi i nā mahina heʻumikūmālua o ka makahiki ma ka holoʻana o ka hebedoma.
Ma hope o ka emiʻana o American Hawaii Cruises, ua holo aku ka Independence i ke Ala Moana o Alameda i Kaleponi. Ma Malaki 5, 2002, ua kuʻi kona mīkini i ka Pailaʻo Carquinez i ka wā e haehaeʻia e nā'ōlaniʻehā. Ke hele neiʻo Independence i Suisan Bay, akā ua hoʻihoʻiʻiaʻo ia i San Francisco no ka hana houʻana. Ua mālamaʻia ka Independence i loko oʻApelila 2002 me ka Suke Reserve Reserve ma Suisan Bay, Kaleponi e pili ana i ka USS Iowa. I ka makahikiʻo Feberuari 2003, ua kūʻaiʻia ka Independence no ke kūʻaiʻana i $ 4 miliona no ka Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL).
Hoʻolālāʻo NCL i ka hoʻohuiʻana i ka Independence i kona mau'auwaʻa i hoʻounaʻia e ka US, a ua manaʻolanaʻo ia e loaʻa ka moku e holo ana i ka mīkini i ka makahiki 2004. Akā naʻe, ua mau ka moku i ka hoʻohaʻahaʻaʻia a kapaʻiaʻo Oceanic i ka makahiki 2006 me ka holoʻole o NCL. I loko o kāna hōʻike i ka wā kūpono o Iulai 2007 i nā mea kuleana,ʻo Star Cruises Limited (kaʻohana makua o NCL) ua hōʻike aku ua kūʻaiʻiaʻo Oceanic, akā,ʻaʻoleʻo ia i inoa i ka mea kūʻai aku.
ʻO ka mea kaumaha,ʻo ka SS Independence i hoʻoholo i kāna huakaʻi hope loa i kēlā me kēiaʻaoʻao o ka moana i Pepeluali 2008 i ka wā i hukiʻiaʻo ia i kai mai Kapalakiko.
I ka makahiki 2009, ua kāʻiliʻia ka SS Independence ma ka mokuʻo Alang, India.
ʻO ka SS Independence he mokuwahine moku,ʻo ka SS Constitution, i kūkuluʻia i ka makahiki 1951. He kūlana kaulana hoʻi ka SS Constitution,ʻo ia hoʻi nā hana hoʻokūkū i loko o ka pūnaeweleʻo I Love Lucy a i loko o ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni-haʻalulu, An Affair to Remember . Ua heleʻo Grace Kelly i ka SS Constitution ma o ka Atlantis Ocean ma ke ala e male aiʻo Prince Ranier i ka makahiki 1956. Ua hoʻomahaʻia kēia moku kila mai ka lawelaweʻana i ka makahiki 1995 a hāʻule i lalo i lalo i lalo i lalo i kahi e holoiʻia.