Carnival Conquest

Carnival Conquest at Grand Cayman on 5 January 2006.
History
Name	Carnival Conquest
Owner	Carnival Corporation & plc
Operator	Carnival Cruise Line
Port of registry	Panama[3]
Ordered	4 August 1998[4]
Builder	Fincantieri (Monfalcone, Italy)
Cost	US $500 million[3]
Laid down	30 June 1999
Launched	1 February 2002
Sponsored by	Lindy Claiborne Boggs
Christened	19 November 2002[6]
Completed	25 October 2002
Maiden voyage	12 November 2002[7]
In service	1 December 2002[5]
Identification	IMO number: 9198355[1] Call sign: 3FPQ9[1] MMSI number: 357657000[2]
Status	In service
General characteristics
Class and type	Conquest-class cruise ship
Tonnage	110,000 GT
Length	953 ft (290.5 m)
Beam	116 ft (35.4 m)
Height	208 ft (63.4 m)[7]
Draft	27 ft (8.2 m)[3]
Decks	13 decks[3]
Installed power	63,400 kW[3]
Propulsion	Diesel-electric; two propellers[3]
Speed	22.5 knots (41.7 km/h; 25.9 mph)[3]
Capacity	2,980 passengers [5]
Crew	1,150

Carnival Conquest is a cruise ship owned and operated by Carnival Cruise Line. She is the first of her namesake class, whose design is derived from the Destiny-class of cruise ships. Sixty percent of her staterooms have ocean views, and sixty percent of those (37% of all cabins) have balconies.^[8] The ship's interior decor is of a French Impressionist style designed to complement the port city of New Orleans. Carnival Conquest was renovated in 2009.^{[9] [10]}

The Godmother of Carnival Conquest is Lindy Boggs, former US Congresswoman for Louisiana.^[6]

The vessel is currently homeported in Miami, Florida.^[11]

Incidents

On 7 July 2013, the ship was diverted to Mobile, Alabama, after a tugboat sank in New Orleans, causing a closure to the Mississippi River. Carnival then changed the next 7-day cruise roundtrip New Orleans into a 6-day cruise from Mobile to New Orleans. Passengers disembarking were provided charter buses to New Orleans.