Project America
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This article is about the shipbuilding contract. For the automobile platform, see Mitsubishi PS platform. For the World War II rocket program, see Projekt Amerika.
Project America was the designation for a contract between American Classic Voyages and the Litton Ingalls Shipyard of Pascagoula, Mississippi. The contract was to build two cruise ships, with a gross tonnage of 72,000 each, with an option for a third vessel. The contract had the initial potential value of $1.4 billion U.S. dollars. The first ordered ship would go on to be completed as the Pride of America.
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![]() Artist rendering of The Project America | |
Class overview | |
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Builders | Litton Ingalls, Lloyd Werft |
Operators |
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Built | 1999-2005 |
In service | NCL (2005–) |
Planned | 2 |
Completed | 1 (modified post build) |
Cancelled | 1 |
Active | 1 |
General characteristics (as designed) | |
Tonnage | 72,000 GT |
Length | 840 ft (260 m) |
Capacity | 1,900 Passengers |
General characteristics (built as Pride of America) | |
Tonnage | 81,000 GT |
Length | 920.6 ft (280.6 m) |
Beam | 105.6 ft (32.2 m) |
Draught | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
Decks | 15 |
Capacity | 2,146 passengers |
Crew | 900 |
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