The later company was incorporated in Delaware in 1986. A Federal Maritime Commission account identifies its president, Dimitri Amminos, as also president of the Panamanian National Maritime Line of Greece, later National Transatlantic Line of Greece. American Star represented that firm and was also its trading name for planned Betsy Ross cruises. A newspaper reference spells the president Dimitri Anninos and describes him as a former Epitoki Lines manager.
The accounts differ over operations. One describes poorly subscribed Florida–Brazil plans replaced by Venice–Piraeus cruises and a later lay-up; the Commission account says cruises advertised for 1987 never took place. The ship was chartered to Star Lauro in 1989. Ariadne also appears under American Star in a 1989 cruise guide.
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