Click cover for full brochureJerusalem was designed for the Haifa to Naples, Genoa and Marseille service of Zim Lines in the summer. They repositioned it to New York for cruising in the winter, until 1963 when it was decided to have it based in Miami seasonally. Jerusalem was converted to a cruise ship in 1965, and in 1966, it was chartered to P&O Lines as Miami to replace their elderly Florida on 3 and 4-day cruises from Miami to Nassau. But in 1968, it was sold to Eastern Steamship Lines as New Bahama Star to replace the retiring Bahama Star, and in 1972 the name was shortened to Bahama Star.
In Zim Lines service, it was the newest and largest ship in service out of Miami, boasting a full deck of lounges, an elevator, lido deck and swimming pool, two dance orchestras, three cocktail lounges and twin stabilizers.
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