SS Frosta was a Norwegian oil tanker, built in 1961 in Germany by Bremer Vulcan and owned by A/S J. Ludwig Mowinckels Rederi of Bergen, Norway.

[citation needed] The MV George Prince ferry disaster occurred on the morning of 20 October 1976.

The ferry George Prince was struck by the SS Frosta, which was traveling upriver on the Mississippi River.

SS Frosta was sailing from Rotterdam, the Netherlands, on 4 October, bound for Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Ninety-six passengers and crew were aboard the ferry when it was struck, and 78 people lost their lives.