 The Pride of America in port |
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| Career | |
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| Name: | Pride of America |
| Operator: | NCL America |
| Port of registry: |  United States |
| Ordered: | 1999 (For American Classic Voyages) |
| Builder: | Litton-Ingalls (as of 2008 Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding), Mississippi, USA Lloyd Werft, Bremerhaven, Germany |
| Yard number: | 7671 |
| Laid down: | 2000 (For American Classic Voyages) |
| Completed: | 2005 JUNE |
| Acquired: | 2003 (For Norwegian Cruise Line) |
| In service: | 2005 |
| Identification: | IMO number 9209221, Callsign WNBE |
| Status: | in service |
| General characteristics (Original design cancelled, partial construction at Litton Ingalls Shipyard) | |
| Tonnage: | 72,000 GT (gross tonnage) |
| Length: | 850 Ft. |
| Capacity: | 1,900 Passengers |
| Notes: | Order was cancelled in 2001 following a bankruptcy filed by American Classic Voyages. |
| General characteristics (Completed for NCL at Lloyd Werft Shipyard) | |
| Tonnage: | 80,439 GT (gross tonnage)[1] (ITC 69) |
| Displacement: | 8260 DWT |
| Length: | 920.6 ft (280.6 m) |
| Beam: | 105.6 ft (32.2 m) |
| Height: | 32.2 m (105.6 ft) |
| Draught: | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
| Decks: | 15 |
| Installed power: | 6 × Wärtsilä 8L46 |
| Capacity: | 2,146 passengers[2] |
| Crew: | 900 |
MS Pride of America is a cruise ship partly built in the United States, now a member of the Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) fleet. Inaugurated during the 2005-2006 cruise season, she is the first new U.S. flagged cruise ship in close to 50 years,[3] Pride of America was designed to pay homage to the spirit and many wonderful regions of the United States, from the patriotic artwork on the hull to the American themed public spaces.
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History
For much of its early (pre-commissioning) history, Pride of America was known as "Project America 1"; the first of a pair of 70,000-ton cruise ships to be built at the Litton-Ingalls shipyard in Mississippi with heavy federal subsidies. Project America was intended as a means of improving the competitiveness of American shipyards in performing commercial (non-military) construction, as well as creating the first American-registered passenger ships of any real size in decades. The Project America program collapsed in 2001, when American Classic Voyages Inc., the company that was to operate the ships under its United States Lines division, filed for bankruptcy.
Norwegian Cruise Line Ltd. acquired the partially-finished ship, and had her towed to Germany for completion as "Pride of America" for their newly-launched NCL America division. In the process, the ship was lengthened considerably, from 850 ft. to 920, growing from 72,000 gross tons to more than 80,000. Under NCL America, the ship was initially slated for completion in 2004, but the delivery date was pushed back to 2005 after a major storm hit the Lloyd Werft shipyard and caused considerable damage to the vessel, partially sinking her at its berth.[4] A special exemption on the part of the US Government allowed the largely foreign-built ship to attain US registry.
After the transfer of Pride of Aloha and Pride of Hawaii, she is currently the only American registered major cruise ship serving the Hawaiian market from Honolulu.
Vessel Class
The Pride of America is a unique, one-off ship design. The ship was originally designed for United States Lines under the class name Project America. Project America was originally to have two ships in the class. The project was cancelled in 2001 after American Classic Voyages, which operated United States Lines, filed for bankruptcy.
Hull Art
Pride of America's hull art consists of red, white, and blue stars and stripes and a stylized bald eagle.
References
- ^ "DNV Exchange Pride of America Vessel Info". DNV Exchange. 2009-11-25. https://exchange.dnv.com/exchange/main.aspx?extool=vessel&subview=summary&vesselid=24785 DNV Exchange. Retrieved 2009-11-25.
- ^ "CruiseCritic.com Pride of America Review". Cruise Critic. 2006-11-30. http://www.cruisecritic.com/reviews/review_page2.cfm?ShipID=349 CruiseCritic.com. Retrieved 2009-01-08.
- ^ "Pride of America". NCL. http://www.ncl.com/nclweb/fleet/shipInformation.html?shipCode=PRIDE%20AMER. Retrieved 2009-01-08.
- ^ http://www.faktaomfartyg.se/pride_of_america_2004_haveri.htm
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