private industry travel & hospitality founded 1991 headquarters guilford connecticut area served united states products cruises website americancruiselines.com american cruise lines inc. is a small ship cruise line with its headquarters in guilford connecticut united states . 1 2 the line operates six small ships along the eastern seaboard and western seaboard including alaska 3 as well as the mississippi ohio and columbia snake river systems of the united states . contents 1 history 2 fleet 2.1 coastal cruise ships 2.2 columbia river paddlewheelers 2.3 mississippi river paddlewheelers 3 references 4 external links history edit american cruise lines was incorporated in 1991 . 4 the 49 passenger american eagle launched in 2000 and was followed in 2002 by the same sized american glory . the american spirit was launched in 2005 and held twice as many passengers . a fourth ship american star was launched in 2007 . in 2010 the 104 passenger independence built with a wider beam and active wing stabilizers was launched . the wider beam allows for larger staterooms public spaces and private balconies . in 2010 american cruise lines acquired an authentic paddlewheel cruise ship queen of the west renovating it by decreasing the capacity to 120 making for a larger more comfortable dining room lounges and decks . the company has also launched two 150 passenger mississippi river paddlewheelers queen of the mississippi in 2012 and a new american eagle in 2015 . on july 14th 2015 acl announced a third mississippi river paddlewheeler named america will enter service in 2016 . 5 on august 4th 2015 the company announced that queen of the mississippi would be renamed american pride and repositioned to the columbia river in early 2016 being replaced by the new america . a new riverboat currently under construction will assume the queen of the mississippi name when completed . 6 on october 23rd 2015 acl announced a new coastal cruise ship . 7 at 170 passengers this vessel will significantly larger than its previous 100 passenger and 104 passenger yacht style coastal ships . this ship will be named american constellation . fleet edit coastal cruise ships edit american glory 2002 american spirit 2005 american star 2007 independence 2010 american constellation building 2017 columbia river paddlewheelers edit queen of the west 1995 american pride 2012 formerly queen of the mississippi mississippi river paddlewheelers edit queen of the mississippi 2015 formerly american eagle america 2016 new mississippi river paddlewheeler 2017 building references edit general information . american cruise lines . retrieved on january 15 2012 . american cruise lines inc. operates from headquarters in guilford connecticut ... cruise news . archive american cruise lines . retrieved on january 15 2012 . 741 boston post road suite 200 guilford connecticut http www.americancruiselines.com admin includes uploadpdf alaska shore excursions final 2 2 12.pdf american cruise lines . altius directory . archived from the original on 27 january 2012 . retrieved 28 january 2012 . http americancruiselines.com docs press releases america press release final 7 14 15.pdf sfvrsn 2 new paddle wheeler to debut on columbia and snake rivers . usa today . retrieved august 4 2015 . american cruise lines announces construction of a new coastal cruise ship . pr web . retrieved 24 october 2015 . external links edit connecticut portal companies portal nautical portal official website american cruise lines job application retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title american cruise lines & oldid 743791169 categories cruise linesriver cruise companiesprivately held companies based in connecticut navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 11 october 2016 at 08 36 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view