The Empress of the North was built in 2002 by Nichols Brothers Boat Builders in Freeland, Washington, for the American West Steamboat Company at a cost of $50 million and was launched as a cruise boat in 2003 offering overnight cruises on the Columbia River and Alaska’s inside Passage for 232 passengers. It is 360 feet long and 59 feet wide with a draft of 12 feet 6 inches. With four 2000-horsepower Caterpillar 3516 engines driving 2 Schottel rudder propellers, it has an average speed of 14 knots. It had two elevators serving its four decks and could carry up to 235 passengers in 112 staterooms and a crew of 91. It is shown here on the Columbia River at Rainier, Oregon, in the Spring of 2004.
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