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Carnival Conquest

Carnival Conquest
Carnival Conquest cruiseship.jpg
Carnival Conquest at Grand Cayman on January 5, 2006.
History
Name: Carnival Conquest
Owner: Carnival Corporation & plc
Operator: Carnival Cruise Line
Port of registry: Panama
Ordered: August 4, 1998
Builder: Fincantieri (Monfalcone, Italy)
Cost: US $500 million
Sponsored by: Lindy Claiborne Boggs
Christened: November 19, 2002
Maiden voyage: November 12, 2002
In service: December 2002-
Identification:
Status: In service
General characteristics
Class and type: Conquest-class cruise ship
Tonnage: 110,000 GT
Length: 953 ft (290.5 m)
Beam: 116 ft (35.4 m)
Height: 208 ft (63.4 m)
Draft: 27 ft (8.2 m)
Decks: 13 decks
Installed power: 63,400 kW
Propulsion: Diesel-electric; two propellers
Speed: 22.5 knots (41.7 km/h; 25.9 mph)
Capacity: 2,974 passengers
Crew: 1,150

Carnival Conquest is a Conquest-class cruise ship owned and operated by American/British company Carnival Cruise Line. Sixty percent of her staterooms have ocean views, and sixty percent of those (37% of all cabins) have balconies. The ship's interior decor is of a French Impressionist style designed to complement the port city of New Orleans. Carnival Conquest was renovated in 2009, receiving a new Circle "C" club (for 12- to 14-year-olds) and a large outdoor LED screen. Eighteen ocean view staterooms were given balconies during this process.

The Godmother of Carnival Conquest is Lindy Boggs, former US Congresswoman for Louisiana.

On July 7, 2013, the ship was diverted to Mobile, Alabama after a tugboat sank in New Orleans, causing a closure to the Mississippi River. Carnival then changed the next 7 day cruise roundtrip New Orleans into a 6-day cruise from Mobile to New Orleans. Passengers disembarking were provided charter buses to New Orleans.



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