Lantern Queen is a sternwheel replica-paddle steamer passenger ship operating on the Susquehanna River out of Havre de Grace, Maryland.
 The Lantern Queen at dock on the Susquehanna River in Havre de Grace, Maryland, on December 19, 2010
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| Name | Lantern Queen |
| Owner | River City Trading, LLC |
| Operator | River City Trading, LLC |
| Builder | LaCrosse Riverboat Co., Ltd. LaCrosse, Wisconsin |
| Yard number | 008 |
| Completed | 1983 |
| Homeport | Havre de Grace, Maryland |
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| Status | Retired, 2014 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Sternwheel, paddle steamer replica |
| Tonnage | 26 GT |
| Length | 60 ft (18 m) |
| Beam | 16 ft (4.9 m) |
| Depth | 4 ft (1.2 m) |
| Installed power | 30 kW generator |
| Propulsion | Sternwheel turned by two hydraulic motors powered by a Detroit Diesel engine |
| Notes | Formerly Far West |
History edit
The Lantern Queen was built in 1983 in La Crosse, Wisconsin, by the La Crosse Riverboat Co., Ltd.[1] After her construction, she was operated as Far West—a dinner cruise vessel—on the Missouri River, hailing out of Yankton, South Dakota. From 1994 to 1996 the ship was operated in Florida as the Lantern Queen. In 1996, the vessel was purchased and restored by Jack Morey who operated her on the Susquehanna River until the spring of 2007. Later that year, the Lantern Queen was purchased by her current owner, River City Trading, LLC, of Havre de Grace, Maryland.[2] Since 2008, Krazy George Henderson has worked as a deckhand on the Lantern Queen.[3] She was pulled from service and retired in July 2014 after a U.S. Coast Guard inspection found extensive electrolytic pitting in her hull with the cost of repairs exceeding the vessel's worth.[4]
References edit
- ^ "Coast Guard Vessel Documentation". NOAA Fisheries, Office of Science and Technology. Retrieved December 17, 2010.
- ^ "History of the Lantern Queen". Retrieved December 17, 2010.
- ^ Woods, Amber (November 23, 2010). "A Wave of Krazy Rolls down the Susquehanna". Havre de Grace Patch. Archived from the original on July 15, 2011. Retrieved December 17, 2010.
- ^ Retirement of the Lantern Queen Archived 2014-12-18 at the Wayback Machine
External links edit
Media related to Lantern Queen at Wikimedia Commons