liner immigration to North America. Cristoforo Colombo was the last ship to bring immigrants to the historical Canadian immigration terminal Pier 21 on March 30, 1971, the day before the Pier closed its doors. In popular culture The Cristoforo Colombo is prominently featured in the 1962 Warner Brothers film Rome Adventure starring Suzanne Pleshette, Troy Donahue and Rossano Brazzi. The opening titles of the 1971 film The Burglars ("Le Casse") by Henri Verneuil shows the Cristoforo Colombo at dock in Athens, Greece. The ship's name is clearly seen. Retirement from Italian Line service In 1973, the Cristoforo Colombo gave up the New York service. It was therefore redirected to the Genoa-Barcelona-Lisbon-Rio-Montevideo-BuenosAires service to replace the that had suffered serious mechanical problems. As the South American service accepted a ship of sub-standard maintenance, he stayed, until 1977. He was then sold to Venezuela, where he was used as an accommodation ship for workers at Ciudad Guayana. In 1981, the Cristoforo Colombo was sold to US scrappers. However, upon arrival at Kaohsiung, Cristoforo Colombo was towed to Hong Kong with hopes of returning to service. As the ship was expensive to operate (she was designed to operate on an Italian subsidy) and was in poor condition after her time in Venezuela, the Cristoforo Colombo'' was towed back to Kaohsiung in the autumn of 1982 and scrapped. References Ocean liners Passenger ships of Italy 1953 ships Ships built in Genoa Ships built by Gio. Ansaldo & C.