Project America
Artist rendering of The Project America | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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.