Delta Queen
The Delta Queen in Memphis, Tennessee in May 2003
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 United States
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Cincinnati,  United States
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| Ordered: | 1924 |
| Builder: | William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton, Scotland |
| In service: | 1927 |
| Out of service: | 2008 |
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| Status: | planned refurbishment |
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| Type: | Paddle steamer |
| Tonnage: | 1,650 long tons (1,676 t) |
| Length: | 285 ft (87 m) |
| Beam: | 58 ft (18 m) |
| Draft: | 11 ft 6 in (3.51 m) |
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| Capacity: | 176 passengers |
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Delta Queen (river steamboat)
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| Location | Coolidge Park Landing, Chattanooga, Tennessee |
| Coordinates | 35°03′36″N 85°18′31″W / 35.0599°N 85.3086°WCoordinates: 35°03′36″N 85°18′31″W / 35.0599°N 85.3086°W |
| NRHP Reference # | 70000495 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | June 15, 1970 |
| Designated NHL | June 29, 1989 |
The Delta Queen is an American sternwheel steamboat that is a U.S. National Historic Landmark. Historically, she has been used for cruising the major rivers that constitute the tributaries of the Mississippi River, particularly in the American South. She was docked in Chattanooga, Tennessee and served as a floating hotel until she was bought by the newly formed Delta Queen Steamboat Company. She was towed to Houma, Louisiana, in March 2015 to be refurbished to her original condition.
The Delta Queen is 285 feet (87 m) long, 58 feet (18 m) wide, and draws 11.5 feet (3.5 m). She weighs 16.5 tons (1,676 metric tons), with a capacity of 176 passengers. Her cross-compound steam engines generate 2,000 indicated horsepower (1,500 kW), powering a stern-mounted paddlewheel.
The hull, first two decks, and steam engines were ordered in 1924 from the William Denny & Brothers shipyard on the River Leven adjoining the River Clyde at Dumbarton, Scotland. Delta Queen and her sister, Delta King, were shipped in pieces to in 1926. There the California Transportation Company assembled the two vessels for their regular Sacramento River service between San Francisco and Sacramento, and excursions to Stockton, on the San Joaquin River. At the time, they were the most lavishly appointed and expensive sternwheel passenger boats ever commissioned. Driven out of service by a new highway linking Sacramento with San Francisco in 1940, the two vessels were laid up and then purchased by Isbrandtsen Steamship Lines for service out of New Orleans. During World War II, they were requisitioned by the United States Navy for duty in San Francisco Bay as USS Delta Queen (YHB-7/YFB-56). During the war the vessels were painted "drab gray" and used in "transporting wounded from ocean-going ships in San Francisco Bay to area hospitals."
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