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MS Pride of America is a cruise ship built in the United States and is operated by Norwegian Cruise Lines. Inaugurated during the 2005/2006 cruise season as the first new U.S.-flagged cruise ship in nearly fifty years, Pride of America was designed to pay homage to the spirit of the United States, from the patriotic artwork on the hull to the U.S.-themed public spaces.
For much of her early build history, Pride of America was known as Project America 1; the first... Read more
MS Pride of America is a cruise ship built in the United States and is operated by Norwegian Cruise Lines. Inaugurated during the 2005/2006 cruise season as the first new U.S.-flagged cruise ship in nearly fifty years, Pride of America was designed to pay homage to the spirit of the United States, from the patriotic artwork on the hull to the U.S.-themed public spaces.
For much of her early build history, Pride of America was known as Project America 1; the first of a pair of 70,000 ton cruise ships to be built at the Litton-Ingalls shipyard in Mississippi with heavy federal subsidies. Project America was intended as a means of improving the competitiveness of American shipyards in performing commercial (non-military) construction, as well as creating the first U.S.-registered passenger ships of any real size in decades. Project America program collapsed in 2001, when American Classic Voyages, the company that was to operate the ships under its United States Lines division, filed for bankruptcy.
Norwegian Cruise Line Ltd acquired the unfinished ship and had her towed to Germany for completion as Pride of America for their newly launched NCL America division. In the process, she was lengthened from 850 feet (260 m). to 920 feet (280 m), increasing the gross tonnage from 72,000 to more than 80,000. Under NCL America, the ship was initially slated for completion in 2004, but the delivery date was pushed back to 2005 after a major storm hit the Lloyd Werft shipyard and caused considerable damage to the vessel which also sank at her berth. A special exemption on the part of the U.S. government allowed the modified, mostly German-built ship to attain U.S. registry.
Pride of America entered a fourteen day dry dock on March 23, 2013 in Honolulu, Hawaii; 32 passenger cabins were added and some public facilities were refurbished.
Pride of America entered a twenty four day dry dock period in February 2016, at the BAE Systems San Francisco Ship Repair facility. Normally, the ship uses facilities in Pearl Harbor, but these were already fully booked.
Pride of America is a one-off ship design. She was originally designed for United States Lines under the class name Project America. Project America was originally to have two ships in the class, though only one was ever built.
Pride of America's hull is covered with a patriotic livery which consists of red, white, and blue stars and stripes and a stylized bald eagle.
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Here's Kailua Kona . Locals often call the city simply Kona. James Cook was killed in Kona, in Kealakekua Bay . There’s a monument in his honor. But we failed to find it. We started exploring the island began with Hapuna Beach where we spent 2 lovely hours. It was... |
Here's the last part of my review of the Hawaiian Kauai island.
Now we're going by helicopter over the island. Here’s the Kalapaki Beach next to the harbor.
This is our liner.
Cows are grazing. They look like flies. :)
Here’s the Waimea Canyon.
Here’s the waterfall Wailua. The Wailua... |
I will continue my review of the Hawaiian
Kauai island
.
We went to the east coast, to the
Opaeka'a Falls
. The name translates as "rolling crabs" and refers to the days when the river was covered with crabs, and one could see them in the rough water. There is an observation... |
Kauai is a “Garden Isle” and a “Chicken Isle”.
The Kauai Island
was formed by volcanic activity about 6 million years ago. The administrative center is the city of Lihue. The island has a volcano
Waialeale which
height is 5147 feet (1569 meters). It is the second... |
Haleakala Volcano
is the main attraction of
Haleakala National Park
which is located in the United States on the island of
Maui
, Hawaii. The last eruption of Haleakala was recorded in the year 1790. Haleakala Crater is 7 miles (11.25 kilometers) in length and... |
Later, we drove along the green line in the direction of the city of
Lahaina
(according to the map of our route). The main historical attraction of the island are the streets of the Old Town of Lahaina that was once the capital of Hawaii.
There are a lot of observation points... |
Our route was the following: Honolulu -
Maui
- Hilo, Big Island - Kailua Kona, Big Island - Kauai - Honolulu.
I liked this cruise because the ship stands at Maui from 8 am to 6 pm of the next day, and at Kauai - from 8 am to 2 pm of the next day. So... |