The Giulio Cesare and the Augustus were the impression of power and beauty with fat and round bows, curved superstructures, modern masts, an enormous funnel, and graceful sterns.

Sun Deck, which started off from the wheelhouse, chartroom, radio room, following along either side of aft, encircling the funnel casing, kennels, and the "robot" ventilator, was first class's facility.

Lido Deck started off from a narrow full-wrap around promenade and officers' quarters, culminating aft with a bar, the first class pool, and changing rooms.

[6] Boat Deck started off forward with another narrow promenade, opening into wider expansion beneath a canopy of lifeboats and davits along either side.

Inwardly, this level started off with the first class Belvedere Observation Lounge that was equipped with a panorama of windows overlooking the ship's bow.

The deluxe suite facility started along port and aft passageways, to a small gymnasium, playroom, solarium, and message room on the starboard side.

Inwardly, it started with the phenomenal social hall with its curved panorama of windows and an aft bulkhead that held sculptures and reliefs in bronze by Mascherini.

The only part of this social hall to be carried over into the auditorium was an oval ceiling recess constellation-like lighting arrangement.

She was put in a normal route from Genoa, calling at Naples, Cannes, Barcelona (or Lisbon), Rio de Janeiro, Santos and Montevideo, to Buenos Aires.

She was dry-docked at Subic Bay in mid-1998, and in February 1999, she returned to Manila, where she was refitted for use as a floating hotel and restaurant venue as originally planned.

During the months of January 2012 through October 2012, the Philippines was cut up by scrappers in Alang, India, and now there is nothing left recognizable of the former Augustus.