AMERICAN QUEEN STEAMBOAT - UNITED STATES
American Queen was built in 1994 by McDermott Shipyard and launched in 1995.
She is 127.4 m (418 ft) long and has a displacement of 4,891 tonnes ,
making it the world's largest paddle-wheeled riverboat.
It is propelled by a 45-tonne (99,200-lb) paddle wheel that is 9.1 m (30 ft) wide
and 8.5 m (28 ft) in diameter, and travels the great North American rivers such as the Mississippi and the Ohio.
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