La REGINA fu costruita nel 1939 perla Panama Lines denominata PANAMA per il servizio passeggeri e merci New York - Haiti.
Durante la guerra fu adibita al servizio trasporto truppe e nel 1941 fu rinominata JAMES PARKER. Al termine della guerra nel 1946 fu riconsegnata alla Panama Lines e rinominata PANAMA. Nel 1957 fu venduta alla America President Lines e rinominata PRESIDENT HOOVER che la mise in servizio nel Pacifico. Nel 1964 fu acquistata dalla chandris che la trasformò in nave da crociera aumentando le cabine e gli spazi con una capacità di 650 passeggeri. La nave fu gestita dalla Chandris fino al 1979 e durante questo periodo ( nel 1972 ) fu rinominata REGINA PRIMA per evitare di confonderla con la REGINA MAGNA.
Fu posta in disarmo e demolita nel 1985 ad Aliaga.

                                                                                       HISTORICAL INFO
REGINA was built in 1939 as the Panama for the Panama Lines service from New York, via Haiti, carrying 216 first class passengers and cargo. She was sold to American President Lines in 1957, renamed the PRESIDENT HOOVER , and put into service on a Pacific circuit from San Francisco. However, in 1962 she was replaced by the larger President Roosevelt (later to become the Chandris Atlantis). Chandris acquired the vessel in 1964, and added extra cabins in the cargo spaces, to carry a new total of 650 passengers. Regina cruised for Chandris from 1966 until1979, having been renamed REGINA PRIMA in 1972 to avoid confusion with the Regina Magna. She was finally scrapped in 1985.
built by Bethlehem Steel Co., Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts | ex- Panama built for Panama Railroad Steamship Co., 1941 to US Government for troop transport renamed James Parker, 1946 returned to owner renamed Panama, 1948 remeasured 9,978gt, 1953 company restyled to Panama Canal Company, 1957 sold to American President Lines renamed President Hoover remeasured 10,603, 1964 purchased renamed REGINA, 1967 renamed REGINA PRIMA, 1976 laid up, 1985 scrapped at Aliaga.