United States Lines
 
 
 
This page shows postcards and photographs of the 'new' United States Lines, whose first cruise ship is the Patriot, was acquired in 2000. United States Lines is part of American Classic Voyages Co, who also owned American Hawaii Cruises (who operated the SS Independence out of Kahului) and the Delta Queen Steamboat Co (who operate three paddlewheel river steamboats, plus two new vessels for the 2001 season). American Hawaii Cruises and United States Lines filed for bankruptcy in 2001 following poor trading in the wake of the September 11th terrorist attacks.
 
United States Lines' Patriot was previously Holland America's Nieuw Amsterdam. Official postcards and photos of Patriot have been added below. The Patriot can carry 1,212 passengers is 704 feet long and 33,930 gross tons. She operated the following seven day itinerary out of Honolulu:-
 
 
United States Lines were building two new 1900-passenger cruises ships, which would have been the largest cruise ships ever built in the US. One was completd for NCL as Pride of America.
 
 
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Patriot
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Patriot
(US Lines: 2000-2001)
 
Patriot was built as the Nieuw Amsterdam in 1984 by Chantiers de l'Atlantique in St Nazaire for Holland America Line, subsequently part of Carnival Cruises since 1989. Her sistership Noordam was introduced the same year. She was sold in 2000 to American Classic Voyages as the Patriot to start a new cruise line using the historic name of United States Lines. This line folded in 2001 following the September 11th terrorist attacks. Patriot was chartered by Thomson Cruises from 2003 as the Thomson Spirit. A complete history of this ship, including more photos as Patriot, is available on this link.
 
 
The free-issue postcard of Patriot available on board.
 
 
 
This postcard of Patriot is available for sale on board.
 
 
 
The following photos of patriot were taken by Marvin Jensen.
More photos of Patriot are available on this link.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Project America
 
Preliminary drawing of the two 1900-passenger cruise ships which were under construction by Ingalls for delivery in 2003.
They were to be 259 metres long, 72000 grt, and have a crew of 650.
They would have been the largest cruise ships ever built in the US.
 
Following the collapse of US Lines, an uncompleted hull was bought for completion in Germany for NCL.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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