American Queen (Excursion, 1995-)

Photographer

Cooper, Craig

Date

• August 2008

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel, z-drive
• BOAT TYPE: Excursion
• BUILT: 1995, at Amelia, Louisiana, by McDermott Ship Yards
• OWNERS: Delta Queen Company, Majestic America Cruise Line
• RIVERS: Mississippi River, Ohio River
• OTHER INFORMATION: American Queen is the largest overnight passenger carrying vessel ever to work the Mississippi River and its tributaries. Her original whistle came from the Herbert Jones, later replaced. She is 100 feet from the water line to top of her stacks
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: The paddlewheel of the American Queen