Produced by Aaron Spelling and E. Duke Vincent, the ABC hit series 'The Love Boat' featured the romantic and comic tales of the passengers and crew of the cruise ship.

"Love Boat" fans around the world are shedding a tear of sorrow as the famed former cruise ship Pacific Princess from the hit 70s and ’80s TV show is set to be demolished, USA Today reports.

First reported in Italy's La Repubblica newspaper, the boat was purchased by Turkish demolition company Cemsan for $3.3 million after sitting unused in a dock in Genoa, Italy, for over a year.

Now, the ship will be taken apart and sold for scrap metal, notes Fox News.

Built in 1971 for Flagship Cruises as the Sea Venture, the vessel was renamed Pacific Princess in 1975 after joining the Princess fleet, according to Maritime Matters.

The Examiner explains how the show, which featured the romantic and comic tales of the passengers and crew of the ship, impacted the travel industry and even sparked an interest in holiday cruises among the American public.

http://travel.usatoday.com/cruises/post/2012/03/pacific-princess-love-boat-scrap/643520/1

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Couldn't they do something with it? Save it and open it as a floating museum, perhaps?

Couldn't they do something with it? Save it and open it as a floating museum, perhaps?


It definitely would be nice if they kept it as is and made it into a floating landmark.

Couldn't they do something with it? Save it and open it as a floating museum, perhaps?
That's a good idear or donate some of the remains to the Smithstotain Instutue in Washington DC.

It takes a lot of money to preserve a ship. A lot of routine maintenance both inside and outside. A lot of paint to fight rust.

Couldn't they do something with it? Save it and open it as a floating museum, perhaps?No one has any good sense of judegement anymore....... DESTORY THE PAST is all they want to do!!! (Because it was soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much better)