Outstanding
Passenger Vessels
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nect the lower hulls to the upper
structure. The lower hulls have
hemispherical endcaps at the bow.
Aft of this are two cylindrical
lengths of hull of circular cross sec-
tion. The deckhouse is mounted on
flexible mounts.
The hull of Navatek I was built by
Thompson Metal Fab, Vancouver,
Wash.; she was outfitted by North-
west Marine, Portland, Ore.; and
Trinity Marine Group, Gulfport,
Miss., built her superstructure.
NORDIC EMPRESS
Cruise Ship
Chan tiers De L'Atlantique
This past year, Royal Caribbean
Cruise Line (RCCL) of Miami en-
tered the popular three- and four-
night cruise market with its new
1,610-passenger Nordic Empress,
delivered by GEC-Alsthom's Chan-
tiers de L'Atlantique shipyard in St.
Nazaire, France.
First class accommodation for
1,610 passengers is arranged in 801
two-berth cabins and four suites
over five decks of the 12-deck ship.
She is fitted with Sperry Marine's
Integrated Bridge System for su-
perior navigation and cost-effective
operations. Sixty percent of all her
staterooms have a view of the sea
and 71 deluxe staterooms and suites
have balconies.
The centerpiece and crowning
achievement of the Nordic Empress
is her atrium called the Centrum,
which traverses nine decks and is
crowned by a skylight. The atrium,
which incorporates sculpture, plants
and even waterfalls, is served by
glass-enclosed elevators.
NEW YORKER
Dinner/Excursion Boat
Eastern Shipyards
Eastern Shipyards' Panama City,
Florida facility recently completed
the conversion of the 308-foot New
Yorker, what is reportedly the na-
tion's largest dinner cruise vessel.
Circle Line, headquartered in
New York City, operates the luxu-
rious cruise vessel, under its wholly
owned subsidiary, World Yachts,
which owns a fleet of five dinner
boats that have set standards in the
New York area for fine dining. The
former Dayliner is one of the largest
capacity excursion vessels operating
in the U.S., capable of carrying
3,200 passengers. Built in 1972 by
Bellinger Shipyards, Jacksonville,
Fla., for the Day Line in New York
City, the vessel spent many years
carrying passengers up the Hudson
River on excursion tours.
DeJong and Lebet, a naval archi-
tectural firm in Jacksonville, Fla.,
engineered the extensive conversion
project, working closely with Circle
Line, and subsequently, Eastern
Shipyards.
U.S. Coast Guard-certified under
subchapter H rules, The New York-
er has a full load displacement of
2,200 long tons. She carries 30 tons
of stores, 16,415 gallons of fuel,
15,700 gallons of fresh water and
have a 9,776-gallon sewage tank.
Tampa Shipyards, Tampa, Fla.,
was a subcontractor to Eastern, re-
sponsible for drydocking the vessel
and all hull work, including the
addition of the hull extension mod-
ules.
Eastern oversaw all of the major
conversion work to the four decks as
well as the installation of equipment
in the galleys, bars, lounges, eleva-
tors, air conditioning systems, the-
ater, stage and interior decoration.
According to Eastern's president
Brian D'lsernia, Eastern plans to
make extensive use of their ad-
vanced modular fabrication tech-
niques in the construction phases of
The New Yorker's superstructure
and interior spaces.
The New Yorker measures 308
feet in length, has a beam of 65 feet,
and loaded draft of 13-1/2 feet. The
cruise vessel seats as many as 1,500
persons in a luxurious restaurant
setting. She is powered by two EMD
16-645 E2 diesel engines.
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