her builders for thorough repairs. Repairs would take six months, and she returned for the 1953 sailing season. In her CGT career, her passenger configuration was changed several times, with running on the transatlantic route for nine months out of the year, and three months cruising with her near-sister . In 1967, she was withdrawn completely, and was sold to the Italian firm Costa Cruises, who renamed her Carla C. Costa Cruises The first assignment for the newly refitted Carla C was a charter for Princess Cruises, which marketed her as "Princess Carla" (the ship was not renamed). It was at this time that a set of producers originated the idea of the popular television-series The Love Boat aboard Carla C. Consequently, the first scripts were written on board the ship. The ship proved problematic at first, after problems were found with the boilers. In 1974 and 1975, Costa replaced the boilers with Stork-Werkspoor diesel engines and Carla C was returned to service around the Caribbean, where she served until 1992. In 1984, the ship underwent another major refit, to ensure safe travel for its passengers for many years to come. In 1986, Carla C was renamed Carla Costa. No other changes occurred with the name change. Carla Costa was a common sight on the San Juan ship dock on Saturdays in that era, and her regularly scheduled route included Curaçao, Caracas, Grenada, Martinique, and Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Epirotiki Line In 1992, Carla Costa was sold to the Greek Epirotiki Line, and renamed Pallas Athena, after the Greek goddess Pallas Athene. For the Epirotiki Line, she ran seven-day cruises from Athens to the Aegean Islands and Turkey. On , Pallas Athena was destroyed by fire, which caused the superstructure and funnel to cave in on itself. She arrived at the Aliaga Company scrapyards on , one of only two surviving CGT ocean liners. In popular culture or Antilles appeared as stock footage in the 1964 Perry Mason episode Nautical Knot, set near Acapulco, Mexico. The scenes on board were filmed on a studio set. P&O Line's equally popular also appears in the episode. References External links 1951 ships 1994 fires in Europe March 1994 events Maritime incidents in 1994 Ocean liners Passenger ships of France Passenger ships of Italy Passenger ships of Panama Ship fires Ships built in France Ships of Costa Cruises Ships of Princess Cruises Ships