SS The Emerald
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For the building in Seattle, see The Emerald (building).
SS The Emerald was a cruise ship owned by Louis Cruise Lines (now Celestyal Cruises). She was built in 1958 by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock company in Newport News, Virginia, United States, for the Grace Line, as the ocean liner Santa Rosa. Between 1992 and 1995, she sailed for Regency Cruises as Regent Rainbow and between 1997 and 2008, she sailed for Thomson Cruises (now Marella Cruises) as The Emerald. Before retiring in 2009, she was the last passenger ship built at a U.S. shipyard that was still in active service.[8]
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The Emerald in 2008 | |
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Port of registry | |
Builder | Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock[2] |
Cost | US $25 million |
Yard number | 521[3] |
Laid down | January 15, 1957[4] |
Launched | August 28, 1957 |
Completed | June 19, 1958 |
Maiden voyage | June 28, 1958 |
Out of service | 2009 |
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Fate | Scrapped in 2012 |
General characteristics (as built) | |
Type | Ocean liner |
Tonnage | 15,371 GRT[5] |
Length | 177.88 m (584 ft)[6] |
Beam | 25.6 m (84 ft 0 in) |
Speed | 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) |
Capacity | 546 passengers |
General characteristics (1991 onwards) | |
Type | Cruise ship |
Tonnage | |
Capacity | 1,198 passengers |
Crew | 412 |
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