Engineering:American Rover
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| Name: | American Rover |
| Owner: | American Marine LLC, Norfolk, VA[1] |
| Launched: | 1985[1] |
| In service: | 1986[2] |
| Homeport: | Norfolk, VA |
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| Status: | in service (2015) |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 98 GT[1] |
| Length: | |
| Beam: | 23.6 ft (7.2 m)[1] |
| Depth: | 7.3 ft (2.2 m)[1] |
| Propulsion: | Two diesels, two shafts[2] |
| Capacity: | 149 passengers,[2] (2015) 129 passengers[3] |
| Complement: | 3[2] |
American Rover is a tall ship that operates public and private passenger harbor cruises from Norfolk, Virginia.[4]
Her steel hull was built in Panama City, Florida in 1985 and she was fitted out in the Willoughby area of Norfolk, Virginia.[1][2] American Rover measures 98 GT and has a hull length of 78.4 ft (23.9 m) and 135 ft (41 m) overall.[1][2] Her sail area totals 5,000 square feet, and she has twin auxiliary engines and screws.[2]
When she entered service in 1986, she was the largest three-masted, passenger-carrying topsail schooner in the US. Her design, by Merritt Walter, is based on 19th century cargo schooners of the East coast of the United States and Chesapeake Bay.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 "American Rover". NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service. http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/pls/webpls/cgv_pkg.vessel_id_list?vessel_id_in=685826. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 "American Rover". Norfolk VA: Rover Marine Inc. http://www.roverschooners.com/index.html. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Vessel Specifications". American Marine LLC. http://www.americanrover.com/about-american-rover-tours/vessel-specifications/. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
- ↑ "Cruises From Norfolk, VA". Norfolk Convention & Visitors Bureau. http://www.visitnorfolktoday.com/cruises-from-norfolk-va. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
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