American Cruise Traces has introduced two new 125-passenger ships to extend cruising choices for the corporate’s rising array of coastal cruises from Maine to Florida.
The brand new American Maverick and American Ranger are being constructed by Chesapeake Shipbuilding, the corporate’s affiliated shipyard in Salisbury, Maryland. American Cruise Traces stays the one cruise line on the earth with a fleet of one hundred pc U.S. flagged riverboats and small ships, enabling fully-domestic river and coastal itineraries that no different traces provide.
American Maverick
The seventh and eighth vessels within the firm’s revolutionary Challenge Blue sequence for the U.S. Market, American Maverick and American Ranger will each start cruising in 2026.
The 2 ships will observe the 2025 debuts of American Patriot, American Pioneer and the riverboat American Encore cruising in 2026. American Maverick and American Ranger will likely be absolutely stabilized coastwise ships for clean crusing alongside the Japanese Seaboard.
Sky Lounge
American’s Challenge Blue sequence started with 4 100-passenger Coastal Cats launched in 2023 and 2024. The most recent Patriot Class ships, American Maverick and American Ranger (2026), and beforehand introduced American Patriot and American Pioneer (2025), characterize the newest iteration within the ongoing sequence.
American Maverick and American Ranger will provide 5 decks with elegant inside design and one hundred pc non-public balcony lodging—56 spacious staterooms, for each double and single occupancy. The fourth deck on each ships will home all-suite lodging starting from 420 to 620 sq. ft.
The most recent and most gorgeous function on American Maverick and American Ranger would be the fifth deck Sky Lounge; a complete deck devoted to leisure and recreation, providing panoramic views, comfy lounge seating, a 360-degree Skywalk (strolling observe), and an off-the-cuff outside Again Porch Café.
Sky Stroll
Each new ships may even function an expansive Essential Lounge and Restaurant on deck one with water views from each seat; a Bow Terrace and Horizon Lounge on deck three; and an indoor Health Heart on deck 4—extraordinary facilities for ships of this dimension.
When American Maverick and American Ranger start crusing in 2026, American Cruise Traces will function 24 small ships throughout the nation, crusing the most important assortment of absolutely home River and Coastal itineraries ever supplied in the USA. The corporate continues to answer the demand for one hundred pc U.S. itineraries by introducing new ships with world-class facilities—unlocking superb new alternatives for cruising nearer to residence yr after yr.
Lookout Cafe
About American Cruise Traces
American Cruise Traces is the most important river cruise line in the usA. exploring the Mississippi River and waterways across the nation. The corporate’s award-winning small ships and riverboats construct on American’s 50-year historical past of distinctive exploration in the USA. The corporate now provides luxurious river cruise experiences in 35 states. With a wholly U.S. constructed and flagged fleet, American is the one firm that sails one hundred pc home river and coastal cruise itineraries throughout the usA.
Grand Suite
Chesapeake Lounge
Photographs courtesy of American Cruise Traces
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