AMERICAN QUEEN sternwheeler

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AMERICAN QUEEN is the largest river steamboat ever built. The ship was built in 1995 and is a six-deck recreation of a classic Mississippi riverboat, built by McDermott Shipyard for the Delta Queen Steamboat Company. Although the American Queen's stern paddlewheel is indeed powered by a genuine steam plant, her secondary propulsion and much manoeuvrability comes from a set of diesel-electric propellers, known as Z-drives, on either side of the sternwheel. She has 222 state rooms for a capacity of 436 guests and a crew of 160. She is 418 feet (127 m) long and 89 feet (27 m) wide.
The steamer AMERICAN QUEEN was retired to the reserve fleet in Violet, Louisiana, on 20 November 2008. Due to the failure of Majestic America Line (her owner) she was returned to the United States Maritime Administration (MARAD) who held her $30 million mortgage. As of April 2011 American Queen is under contract for $15.5 million to HMS Global Maritime, based in New Albany, Indiana. The new operator, The Great American Steamboat Company announced plans to return her to Mississippi River service from a port in Memphis, Tennessee. She will re-join her fellow sternwheeler steamboats NATCHEZ, CHAUTAUQUA BELLE, MINNE-Ha-HA, and the BELLE OF LOUISVILLE. She is currently docked in Memphis, Tennessee (Apr 2012).
In April 2012, the 436-passenger AMERICAN QUEEN will begin a season of three- to 10-night voyages out of a variety of southern and Midwest homeports, including New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Natchez, Vicksburg, Pittsburgh, Louisville, Cincinnati, St. Louis and Memphis.
In 2012 the AMERICAN QUEEN participated for the first time in the Great Steamboat Race and came in second place.
The AMERICAN QUEEN docked in Saint Louis, Missouri
Career (United States)
Name: AMERICAN QUEEN
Owner: Hornblower Marine Services
Operator: The Great American Steamboat Company
Port of registry: United States
Route: Mississippi River and tributaries
Builder: McDermott Shipyard
Cost: US$ 65 million
Laid down: 1994
Launched: 1995
Christened: June 1995 by Lynne Cooper Harvey & Paul Harvey
Maiden voyage: June 9, 1995
In service: 1995
Out of service: October, 2001
Fate: sold
Status: Refitting
Notes: Re-sailed under Great American Steamboat Company
Career
Owner: Delaware North Companies, Inc.
Operator: Majestic America Line
Route: Mississippi River and tributaries
Launched: 1995
Completed: 1995
In service: January 2003
Out of service: November 20, 2008
Fate: sold
Career
Owner: MARAD
Port of registry: Violet, Louisiana then Beaumont, Texas
Out of service: November 20, 2008
Status: mothballed and under contract in 2011 to Hornblower Marine Services and/or the Great American Steamboat Company
General characteristics
Class and type: Steamboat
Tonnage: 3707
Length: 418 ft (127 m)
Beam: 89 ft (27 m)
Height: 109.5 ft (33.4 m)
Draught: 8.5 ft (2.6 m)
Decks: 6
Installed power: Steam engine and diesel-electric
Propulsion: Paddlewheel and Z-drive
Capacity: 222 staterooms, 436 passengers
Crew: 160

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