SEATTLE -- Holland America Lines took possession of the Patriot,
which the cruise company had sold to now-bankrupt American Classic
Voyages in Oct. 2000.
HAL repurchased the ship at auction for $79.8 million, according
to the cruise line. HAL held AMCV's mortgage on the liner.
When AMCV acquired the former Nieuw Amsterdam for approximately
$114.5 million, it renamed the ship and repositioned it to Hawaii
under the flag of its United States Lines subsidiary.
A HAL spokeswoman said the line has not decided what to do with
the Patriot. "It might even go back to another Carnival brand," she
said.