PS ''Georgia Queen'' is a

paddle steamer A paddle steamer is a steamship or steamboat powered by a steam engine driving paddle wheels to propel the craft through the water. In antiquity, paddle wheelers followed the development of poles, oars and sails, whereby the first uses were wh ...

Savannah, Georgia Savannah ( ) is the oldest city in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia and the county seat of Chatham County, Georgia, Chatham County. Established in 1733 on the Savannah River, the city of Savannah became the Kingdom of Great Brita ...

, United States. It is the largest

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in operation in the country. Berthed beside Savannah's River Street, the vessel, which was completed in 1995, has four decks. The vessel was purchased by Savannah Riverboat Cruises in 2016, having formerly served on the

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. It replaced a 32-year-old vessel of the same name, which was sold to

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and renamed. The vessel can carry one thousand passengers. It is long, wide and tall. Its sister vessel is the three-deck ''Savannah River Queen''. File:Georgia Queen at Savannah (4687418956).jpg, The previous incarnation of the ''Georgia Queen'', pictured in 2010, now in service in

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Georgia Queen Transportation in Savannah, Georgia Paddle steamers of the United States Passenger ships of the United States 1995 ships Ferries of Georgia (U.S. state)

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