Delta Queen
Authentic Steamboat Sternwheeler
The steamer Delta Queen has called Cincinnati “home port” since her 1947 arrival as the Queen of the fleet belonging to Captains Gordon C. and Mary B. Greene. Built in 1926, the Delta Queen first cruised California’s Sacramento River. During World War II she was used as a Yard Ferry Boat to transport military personnel between ocean vessels and naval hospitals.
Tom Greene purchased the Delta Queen in 1946 to operate as a passenger boat. She was extensively remodeled and re-outfitted in Pittsburgh. Since 1948 the Delta Queen has sailed the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers as the only authentic, fully restored, overnight steamboat in the world. She is one of the last truly authentic riverboats, and is so much a part of America’s heritage that she is a designated National Historic Landmark.
Tall Stacks 2006 marks her sixth consecutive Tall Stacks appearance. The Delta Queen is available ONLY for a 3-day cruise. Please contact AAA Cincinnati at (513) 762-3390 for details about the Delta Queen’s Tall Stacks 2006 cruise.
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Delta Queen
Home Port:
Cincinnati, Ohio
New Orleans, Louisiana
Built: 1926, Glasgow, Scotland
Passenger Capacity: Overnight Packages: 180
Length: 285 Feet
Levels: 4 decks
Captain(s): Captain Mike Williams
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