SS Oceanic was a cruise ship built in 1963 by Cantieri Riuniti dell' Adriatico, Monfalcone, Italy for Home Lines.

[9] According to William H. Miller's book, Greek Passenger Liners, the main designer behind the ship was in fact Home Lines' executive vice president, Charalambos Keusseuglou, who drew up the plans together with Mr. Costanzi, who had designed the SS Galileo Galilei and SS Guglielmo Marconi of Lloyd Triestino.

[1] By this time, the company had decided to abandon transatlantic service due to falling passenger numbers and the establishment of the associated Hamburg Atlantic Line.

[7] Home Lines (incorrectly) marketed her as "the largest ship ever designed for year-round cruises".

[1][7] She made a short series of transatlantic crossings,[6] following which she entered cruise service from New York to the Bahamas on 24 April 1965, operating in tandem with the company's older SS Homeric.

[1] On 30 December 2000, the Big Red Boat I was acquired by the newly founded, Spain-based Pullmantur Cruises.

[1] During her career with Pullmantur, Oceanic gradually had her flammable materials replaced in order to comply with SOLAS regulations that took effect in 2010.

The ship was attacked by grenades, but managed to avoid being boarded by adopting zig-zag manoeuvres and blasting the pirates with high-pressure water hoses.