b'MEMBER NEWSMEMBER NEWS American Cruise Lines Signs Contracts for Four More New ShipsA merican Cruise Lines (Amer- the new builds are expressly for the U.S.Legend.ThenewestCoastalCatin ican) recently announced thatcruise market. American Cruise LinesAmericans fleet passed sea trials and ithassignedcontractswithwill operate 21 small ships around theisscheduledforitsfirstcruiseon ChesapeakeShipbuildingforfourcountry next year. Nov.25.Theremainingnewbuilds more new ships, bringing Americansonorderwillrollouteveryfew totalorderbookwithChesapeaketoThe ten new ships from Chesapeakemonthsoverthenextthreeyears. ten ships over the next three years. Allbegin with the delivery of AmericanThey include three riverboats and six additionalcoastalships.Nowavail-able for booking are: American Patriot and American Pioneer (2025); Ameri-can Maverick, and American Ranger (2026), and new riverboat American Encore (2026). More details on four additional new builds for 2027 will be released soon.Americans commitment to U.S. River cruising is longstanding, but the rapid expansionofthecompanysfleetin the past several years is demonstrative ofthegrowinginterestanddemand forworld-classcruiseexperiencesin the United States. American has intro-duced 19 of the 24 cruise ships built in the U.S. in the past 20 years.The company remains fully commit-tedtointroducingonlynewsmall shipsbuiltspecificallyfordomestic PHOTO: AMERICAN CRUISE LINEScruising. The companys unique fleet enables all-domestic river and coastal itineraries that no other lines offer.FOGHORN 58'