any cruise ships built in the USA?

[Aquahound]

27 minutes ago, BlueRiband said:

 According to their specifications the current Tustumena is the only vessel in their fleet which has ocean-going capability and has the draft, beam and overall length to service all of the ports on their system. 

 

That's not accurate.  AMHS has 2 ocean class vessels.  The other is MV KENNICOTT.  

[chengkp75]

5 hours ago, dkjretired said:

 

Sorry disagree with your comment.   If the US can build multi billion dollar much more complex  Aircraft Carriers, do not believe that it would be difficult for use to switch over to cruise ships.  Unfortunately, our government is against us.   

It is not our government that is against building ships, unless you want to subsidize private ships with taxpayer money to an exorbitant extent.  Cost is the major factor in US shipbuilding.  Yes, we can build aircraft carriers, but the US Navy does not need to show a profit, so cost structure for shipbuilding is vastly different, as time does not become a major factor, and cost overruns are typical.

[chengkp75]

5 hours ago, BlueRiband said:

The Tustumena and year-older Matunuska overnight ships have but one HC cabin.

 

In reviewing the Alaska service for these replies I found that the cost and operation of the system is under debate within their state legislature.  It's currently a state government run operation by the Alaska Department of Transportation.  Thus funding for the replacement of the Tustumena is delayed.  If they have a "short list" of potential yards it doesn't appear to be publicized.  According to their specifications the current Tustumena is the only vessel in their fleet which has ocean-going capability and has the draft, beam and overall length to service all of the ports on their system. 

As I noted in the post above, and Aquahound restates, the Kennicott is a larger vessel than the Tustumena, and is an "ocean class" vessel.

 

The ADA does not specify how many accessible cabins are required, just that accessible accommodation is provided.

 

The AMHS is, and just about always has been a money losing proposition, as it provides low cost transportation to many small ports that have no other connection to the outside world.  Much of the oil revenue in Alaska has run out, and the glory years of a well funded state government are over, so looking at long term money losing systems like AMHS is a favorite of politicians, especially since the number of people who will be affected by the service being folded is small compared to the city population of Alaska.

[mtwingcpa]

20 hours ago, BlueRiband said:

According to their specifications the current Tustumena is the only vessel in their fleet which has ocean-going capability and has the draft, beam and overall length to service all of the ports on their system. 

 

20 hours ago, Aquahound said:

 

That's not accurate.  AMHS has 2 ocean class vessels.  The other is MV KENNICOTT.  

 

Yes, the Kennicott is also ocean-going. But it is probably too big to service a number of ports in the system. So I'd guess BlueRiband's statement above is essentially correct. Just sayin' 🙂

 

[Donald]

On 8/2/2020 at 3:01 AM, dkjretired said:

 

Sorry disagree with your comment.   If the US can build multi billion dollar much more complex  Aircraft Carriers, do not believe that it would be difficult for use to switch over to cruise ships.  Unfortunately, our government is against us.   

When the Ingalls shipyard in Mississippi went bankrupt, they had one partially completed cruise ship hull and one large pile of cut steel to build a second one. They also had all the machinery and equipment to complete the ships.

NCL purchased all of it for a song (thank you US Taxpayers) and then contacted every shipyard in America to get bids on finishing the 2 ships. At that time, many American shipyards were sitting empty, workers collecting unemployment, waiting for fat military contracts to come their way.

Not a single American shipyard even bothered to make bids for the projects.

NCL was forced to go overseas to get the ships built.