 SS "Homeric" was reassigned to intra-Caribbean cruises.In 1973, a major fire destroyed much of her galley and restaurant and she was scrapped in Taiwan next to Holland America Line SS "Nieuw Amsterdam" in 1974.During the ship breaking process, her sister ship, the Chandris Lines' "Ellinis" (ex-"Lurline"), suffered major engine damage on a cruise to Japan; Chandris was able to purchase one of the "Mariposa" engines from the ship breakers.