The Kanesville Queen was sliced in half, bulked up and just put back together on its way to becoming American Queen Steamboat Co.’s fourth vessel, the American Countess, the company said.
The transformation at Gulf Island Shipyards, Houma, La., added a 60’ midbody to the 24-year-old casino boat that originally measured 257’x78’x14’. The 245-passenger overnight paddle wheeler is expected to start cruising the Mississippi River April 5, 2020, and later the Ohio and Tennessee rivers.
“The American...