SS Brasil was an American built ocean liner launched at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi in 1957.

The ship was originally named Brasil for Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc.'s South American service, but was renamed a number of times.

Construction was subsidized by the United States Maritime Administration under title V, sections 501 and 504 of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936.

The Maritime administration subsidized the cost of construction by paying $19,528,362 ($213 million today) to support the US shipbuilding industry.

[7] Pulitzer prize winning correspondent Hal Boyle was invited to press the button that launched Brasil as the ship was christened.

[14] In 1977, Congressman Edward Garmatz was indicted for allegedly taking a bribe from the president of Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc. in exchange for pushing through the legislation that allowed the sale.

[15] However, the charges against Garmatz were dropped in early 1978 just prior to the case going to trial after a key witness had been found to have fabricated documents.

In 1985 Holland America Lines sold the Volendam to American Hawaii Cruises, who renamed her SS "Liberte."

A refit saw modification of the faux funnel and new staterooms added by forward extension of the Main deck superstructure.

[13] In May 1994, it was reported that Enchanted Seas was delayed by 15 hours because the crew discovered a 5 feet (1.5 m) long, 10 inches (25 cm) diameter pipe filled with marijuana attached to the ship underwater.

The crew heard banging on the hull and feared damage to the rudder housing so they sent divers to investigate the noise during a visit to the Cayman Islands.