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Lake Erie was built by Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine.Her keel was laid on 6 March 1990 and she was launched on 13 July 1991. Upon completion of her sea-trials after construction, Lake Erie transferred to the Pacific Fleet and was commissioned on 24 July 1993 as the twenty-fourth Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser in her homeport of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Under this new ownership, the ship was renamed America once again in an attempt to capitalize on its American heritage [20] despite being registered as a Greek vessel. The ship's hull was painted dark blue and the funnels were repainted in a blue-and-red color scheme. America set sail on her first cruise on 30 June 1978. [21]
In cruise ship terms, a cabin crawl is an event where passengers tour the cabins of fellow passengers. A cruise ship may also offer a cabin crawl of cabins or suites which did not sell for a particular sailing. The purpose of a cabin crawl is to give passengers an idea of the space and layout of various cabin options for their next cruise.
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Laid up, for sale Hull built in 1989, and originally intended as a Soviet research vessel, the Okean, completed as a cruise ship for Swan Hellenic in 1996 Veendam: 1996 1996-2020 Laid up, owned by Seajets: Built as the Veendam for Holland America Line: Astoria Grande: 1996 1996–present In service for Miray Cruises [7] Built as the AIDAcara ...
Hapag-Lloyd Cruises and Ponant Cruises don't stop at all in Lake Erie but sail directly between Detroit and Toronto. It may be difficult to get these lines to change all their sailings right away.
List of current U.S. flagged cruise ships and river boats in the United States. Due to the Passenger Vessel Services Act of 1886 , these are the only overnight passenger ships currently eligible to sail solely between U.S. ports without the need for a foreign port stopover.
Project America was the result of the U.S.-Flag Cruise Ship Pilot Project Statute passed by Congress in 1997, designed to do the following: Revitalise the U.S.-flag oceangoing cruise ship fleet; Create more than 5,000 American jobs; Help sustain and modernise the U.S. shipbuilding industrial base; Increase U.S. tax revenues; Boost Hawaii tourism