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  • "Love Boat" Goes To The Breakers ... Decrepit Pacific Princess Hulk Awaits Turkish Scrappers

    02/22/2014 7:19:18 PM PST · by DogByte6RER · 30 replies
    Opposite Lock ^ | February 22, 2014 | Opposite Lock
    Love Boat Goes To The Breakers For those of us of a certain age, we remember the cheesy, comedic voyages of the Love Boat as a staple of late 1970s TV. Captain Stubing, Gopher, Doc, Isaac and the blond chick would sleep their way through the passengers, smile and serve drinks. All this happened in a tidy hour format complete with laugh track. Well, the ship that was at the core of the show, the Pacific Princess, has finally sailed its last and is at the wreckers in Turkey. Unfortunately, the Turkish ship breakers are not known for saving furnishings...
  • Two men dead on ‘Love Boat’

    08/13/2013 10:56:00 AM PDT · by rickmichaels · 27 replies
    TORONTO SUN ^ | AUGUST 13, 2013 | WENN.COM
    Two men died and eight others were hospitalized after a toxic gas build-up on board the luxury ship featured in hit TV show The Love Boat. The decommissioned vessel, named Pacific Princess, was heading in to dock on the coast of Turkey for the last time on Saturday following news it is to be scrapped. It began taking on water as it neared the shore, and several crew members entered the engine room to pump it out. Reports suggest a deadly build-up of exhaust fumes poisoned ten workers, killing two of them. The other men were treated in hospital for...