American Cruise Lines on Monday introduced building has actually started on American Legend, the 4th brand-new Coastal Cat in the business’s Project Blue collection.
Described by American Cruise Lines as a “nimble go-anywhere ship”, t he 100-guest American Legend is being developed for seaside procedure and also includes a brand-new hull layout that is a characteristic of the collection. All American’s brand-new Coastal Cats are being developed by Chesapeake Shipbuilding in Salisbury, Md.
The initially 3 ships in the collection–American Eagle, American Glory and also American Liberty– are set up to start cruising in the following one year, complied with by the the 19th brand-new tiny ship in American’s fleet, American Legend, slated to start travelling in late 2024.
American Legend will certainly include 56 staterooms and also collections, each with a supplied exclusive porch, in addition to sizable within and also exterior lounges, an outdoor leading deck and also several eating places. It is likewise being developed with a large task system at the strict, furnished with kayaks and also a big tender for extensive experience straight from the ship.
First introduced in January 2022, American’s Project Blue collection is a collection of 12 tiny ships made to cruise residential cruise ship plans.
American Cruise Lines, which runs a united state flagged fleet of both riverboats and also tiny cruise liner, stated it has actually expanded significantly in the previous a number of years in the middle of a rebirth in the united state river cruise ship market. The business has virtually tripled its fleet over the previous 5 years.