 Her new accommodation had cabins for 359 first class and 160 cabin class passengers and was designed by Donald Deskey Associates, who gave her various state rooms nine different color schemes.On 3 June 1947 it was announced that "Argentina"s re-fit would be completed on 15 July and that she would return to the New York – Buenos Aires route on 25 July.Instead strike action by Bethlehem Shipbuilding workers delayed the work for several months and it was not until 30 December that she left the shipyard for her final 14 hours of sea trials.