SS Acapulco, 1961–1963
The ship was purchased in 1961 by Natumex Line (Compania Navegacion Turística Mexicana SA), a Mexican government-owned company, to provide a fortnightly service between Acapulco and Los Angeles. She underwent a rebuild by the Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co., Ltd. of Glasgow, Scotland including the fitting of a new bow and funnel. The Acapulco then sailed for the United States, where it initially failed inspections by the United States Coast Guard. On its third trip from California, it suffered a mechanical breakdown at sea.
In 1962, she went to the Seattle World's Fair to serve as a hotel ship.
In 1963, she was laid up at Manzanillo, Colima, and in 1964 she was towed to Japan for scrap, arriving at Osaka on 15 December 1964 for breaking up at Sakai. Demolition commenced on 6 January 1965.
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