NCL America

NCL AMERICA

NCL America (Norwegian Cruise Line America) was founded in 2004, which is a daughter company of Norwegian Cruise Line, and currently operates one ship named Pride of America. It is the first new ship that is US-flagged for nearly 50 years. NCL America provides cruises departing from Honolulu and sailing between the four Hawaiian islands.

Ship(s) in Operation


Ship	Pride of America
Entered Service	2005 June 18th
Builder	Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula (USA) / Lloyd Werft, Bremerhaven (Germany)
Original Cost	US$450 million
Registry	Honolulu, The United States of America
Gross Tonnage	80439 tons
Length x Beam x Draft	280.6 x 32.2 x 8.0 (m), 920.3 x 105.6 x 26.2 (ft)
Speed	22 knots
Passenger Decks	12
Number of Cabins (Inside/Oceanview/Balcony)	1069 (226, 182, 661)
Passengers (Standard Occupancy / Full Occupancy)	2138 / 2440
Passenger Space Ratio (Standard Occupancy / Full Occupancy)	37.62 / 32.97
Total Crew	940, American
Crew to Passenger Ratio (Standard Occupancy / Full Occupancy)	2.27 / 2.60
Navigation Officers	Scandinavian
IMO Number, Call Sign	9209221, WNBE
Sister Ships	/
History	2005-2005: Queen of the Americas (American Classic Voyages) [planned but never operated] 2005- : Pride of America (NCL America)

Former Ship(s)


Ship	Pride of Hawaii	Pride of Aloha
Entered Service	2006 May 29th	1999 August
Builder	Meyer Werft, Papenburg (Germany)	Lloyd Werft, Bremerhaven (Germany)
Original Cost	US$390 million	US$332 million
Registry	Honolulu, The United States of America	Honolulu, The United States of America
Gross Tonnage	93558 tons	77104 tons
Length x Beam x Draft	294.1 x 32.2 x 8.2 (m), 964.6 x 105.6 x 26.9 (ft)	258.5 x 32.2 x 8.0 (m), 847.9 x 105.6 x 26.2 (ft)
Speed	25 knots	23 knots
Passenger Decks	12	12
Number of Cabins (Inside/Oceanview/Balcony)	1233 (422, 270, 541)	995 (427, 311, 257)
Passengers (Standard Occupancy / Full Occupancy)	2466 / 3690	1990 / 2700
Passenger Space Ratio (Standard Occupancy / Full Occupancy)	37.94 / 25.35	38.75 / 28.56
Total Crew	1021, American	920, American
Crew to Passenger Ratio (Standard Occupancy / Full Occupancy)	2.42 / 3.61	2.16 / 2.93
Navigation Officers	Scandinavian	Scandinavian
IMO Number, Call Sign	9304057, C6WK7	9128532, WAZK
Sister Ships	Norwegian Star, Norwegian Dawn, Norwegian Jewel, Norwegian Pearl, Norwegian Gem (Norwegian Cruise Line)	Norwegian Sun (Norwegian Cruise Line)
History	2006-2008: Pride of Hawaii (NCL America) 2008- : Norwegian Jade (Norwegian Cruise Line)	1999-2004: Norwegian Sky (Norwegian Cruise Line) 2004-2008: Pride of Aloha (NCL America) 2008- : Norwegian Sky (Norwegian Cruise Line)