 She had large lido decks that were superior to even most purpose-built cruise ships of the time, but that was not enough to compensate for the ship's shortcomings, and Italian Line did not have enough funds to rebuild the ship to make her a more usable cruiser.Additionally, she was considered to be too large to be a cruise ship by that time's standards.Italy's flagship SS "Michelangelo" made her last Atlantic crossing in July 1975, under command of Senior Captain Claudio Cosulich.