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Article: United States Lines Launches U.S.-Flag Tradition; ms Patriot Flies American Flags Flown Over Nation's Capitol.
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- January 18, 2001
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NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 18 /PRNewswire/ --
From the moment the new United States Lines(R) introduced its first ship, the 1,212-passenger ms Patriot, in Honolulu on Dec. 9, 2000, a star-spangled tradition was born -- one befitting the largest American cruise ship and the first major ocean-going passenger vessel to be registered in the United States in more than 40 years.
Roderick K. McLeod, president and chief operating officer of the parent company, American Classic Voyages Co. (Nasdaq: AMCV), says, "Every American flag that flies over the ms Patriot during her weekly Hawaii cruises is not simply a new, out-of-the-box flag, but one that has flown over the ...