American Ship Awards Contract For Preliminary Passenger Ship Design

The American Ship Building Company of Tampa, Fla., recently signed a contract with the naval architectural firm of Knud E. Hansen of Copenhagen for the preliminary design and engineering, and specifications for two 800-passenger cruise ships. The Danish firm is one of the world's foremost designers of passenger vessels.

American Ship plans to build the two cruise ships at its Tampa Shipyards Inc., with portions subcontracted to another subsidiary, Nashville Bridge Company in Tennessee.

The company plans to operate the ships in the Hawaiian interisland trade with an as yet unidentified partner.

These ships would be the first big oceangoing passenger vessels built in the U.S. since the SS United States was delivered in 1952

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