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