A fact from SS Aquarama appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 8 December2008, and was viewed approximately 3,272 times (disclaimer). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that the Aquarama, built in 1945 as a Liberty ship, was converted into the largest passenger ship ever to operate on the Great Lakes?
Latest comment: 5 years ago3 comments3 people in discussion
C4 type
Please check dimensions or verify Liberty origins. No matter how deep the refit, a Liberty could not be extended to 520 ft. Or did they insert a mid-section into the hull? This source says it was a Type C4 ship. NVO (talk) 00:09, 8 December 2008 (UTC)Reply
Not a "Liberty" — some popular sources of later years just stuck that on any war built ship — and neither was it ever a "troop ship" or operated by "Navy" at any time. It was a breakbulk freighter as seen in all sources (other than local reporting decades later) operated briefly by the WSA agent commercial line before a rather spoty charter life until long term lay up. All in all the more interesting story on this ship is as Aquarama thought the facts would better be taken elsewhere than local reporters in popular press pieces. Palmeira (talk) 17:53, 18 June 2021 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 9 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion
There's no "Citation Needed". Everybody in the area saw it sit there for 3 decades. If you really want I can produce a picture of me standing on the deck of a USN Destroyer that was touring the lakes docked right next to it. The Aquarama is in the background. I also toured her before she left the Mart Dock. 154.27.96.10 (talk) 04:20, 4 November 2025 (UTC)Reply
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