Norwegian Sky
Norwegian Sky in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island | |
| History | |
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| Ordered | December 1993 |
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| Cost | US$357 million |
| Yard number | 108 |
| Laid down | 1 September 1995 |
| Launched | October 6, 1996 (as Costa Olympia) (not completed) |
| Christened | June 1999 (as Norwegian Sky) |
| Acquired | July 29, 1999 |
| Maiden voyage | August 9, 1999 |
| In service | August 1999 |
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| Status | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 77,104 GT |
| Length | 253.6 m (832.0 ft) |
| Beam | 36 m (118.1 ft) |
| Height | 59.5 m (195.2 ft |
| Draught | 8.017 m (26.3 ft) |
| Decks | 12 |
| Installed power | Three MAN B&W 6L58/64 and three 7L58/64 Diesel generators, 50.7 MW total |
| Propulsion | Diesel-electric propulsion with two 5.5m diameter controllable-pitch propellers |
| Speed | 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph) |
| Capacity | 1,928 Passengers |
| Crew | 766 |
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| Class & type | Sun-class cruise ship |
| Tonnage | 77,104 GT |
| Length | 848 ft (258.5 m) |
| Beam | 123 ft (37.5 m) |
| Draught | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
| Decks | 13 |
| Capacity | 2,004 passengers (2,450 max) in 1002 cabins |
| Crew | 899 |
Norwegian Sky is a Sun-class cruise ship owned and operated by Norwegian Cruise Line. She was originally ordered by Costa Cruises as Costa Olympia from the Bremer Vulkan shipyard in Germany, but she was completed in 1999 by the Lloyd Werft shipyard in Bremerhaven, Germany for the Norwegian Cruise Line under the name Norwegian Sky. Between 2004 and 2008, she sailed as Pride of Aloha for NCL America.