Skyward was one of three ships built for the new Norwegian Caribbean Line (NCL) from 1968-1971. Skyward entered service in 1968, and in 1991 was sold to a Singaporean company as sort of an offshore amusement park. Today she's under the name Leisure World.

The other three "sisters," Starward, Southward and Sunward II, sail together for Louis Hellenic Cruises as Orient Queen, Perla and Coral.