| Mississippi Queen is the second largest steamboat ever built. The ship was the largest steamboat when it was built in 1976 by the Delta Queen Steamboat Company at Jeffboat in Indiana and is a seven-deck recreation of a classic Mississippi riverboat now owned by the Majestic America Line. The company's American Queen is now the largest steamboat. The Mississippi Queen has 206 state rooms for a capacity of 412 guests and a crew of 157. It is 116 meters (382 feet) long, 21 meters (68 feet) wide[1], and displaces 3,709 metric tonnes (3,364 tons) [2]. The Mississippi Queen is a genuine stern paddlewheeler with a wheel that measures 6.7 meters (22 feet) in diameter by 11 meters (36 feet) wide and weighs 77 metric tonnes (70 tons). The steamboat also features a 44 pipe steam calliope, which is the largest on the Mississippi River system. In 2008 the Mississippi Queen was reported to be out of passenger service until 2009 | 
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