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PACIFIC EXPLORER: entered service 1995; remodeled 1998; 185’ long; 100- passenger capacity; 50 cabins; Costa Rican officers and crew; cruises in Costa Rica and Panama. (No Category—Not Rated)
SPIRIT OF ALASKA (formerly Pacific Northwest Explorer): entered service 1980; renovated 1998; 97 G.R.T.; 143’ x 28’; 78-passenger capacity; 39 cabins; American officers and crew; cruises in Alaska and British Columbia. (No Category—Not Rated)
SPIRIT OF COLUMBIA (formerly New Shoreham II): entered service 1979; renovated 1995; 98 G.R.T.; 143’ x 39’; 78-passenger capacity; 39 cabins; American officers and crew; cruises in Alaska and British Columbia. (No Category—Not Rated)
SPIRIT OF DISCOVERY (formerly Independence and Columbia): entered service 1976; renovated 1992; 94 G.R.T.; 166’ x 32’; 84-passenger capacity; 43 cabins; American officers and crew; cruises on Columbia and Snake Rivers and in Alaska. (No Category—Not Rated)
SPIRIT OF ENDEAVOUR (formerly Newport Clipper and Sea Spirit): entered service 1983; renovated 1999; 95 G.R.T.; 217’ x 37’; 102-passenger capacity; 51 cabins; American officers and crew; cruises Alaska, Pacific Northwest, and British Columbia. (No Category—Not Rated)
SPIRIT OF GLACIER BAY (formerly Nantucket Clipper and Spirit of Nantucket): entered service 1984; 1,471 G.R.T.; 207’ x 37’; 102-passenger capacity; 51 cabins; American officers and crew; cruises in Alaska. (No Category—Not Rated)
SPIRIT OF ’98 (formerly Pilgrim Belle, Colonial Explorer, and Victorian Empress): entered service 1984; renovated 1995; 96 G.R.T.; 192’ x 40’; 96-passenger capacity; 48 cabins; American officers and crew; cruises Columbia and Snake Rivers,
Alaska, and British Columbia. (No Category—Not Rated)
SPIRIT OF OCEANUS (formerly Renaissance V, Sun Viva, and Megastar Sagittarius): entered service 1991; remodeled 2001; 4,500 G.R.T.; 294.5’ x 50’; 120-passenger capacity; 57 suites; international officers and crew; cruises Alaska, Bering Sea,
Russia, Asia, and South Pacific. (No Category—Not Rated)
SPIRIT OF YORKTOWN (formerly Yorktown Clipper): entered service 1988; refurbished 2007; 2,352 G.R.T.; 257’ x 43’; 138-passenger capacity; 69 cabins; American officers and crew; cruises to California’s wine country, Mexico’s Sea of Cortez, and
Alaska’s Inside Passage. (No Category—Not Rated)
These ships are rated in 11 separate categories in the second half of chapter 14.