Charles Ladner, armed with a megaphone, walked to the port bridge wing and proceeded to call out speed and direction commands to Delaney. With all of the passengers aboard, pilot Troy Delaney blasted the ship’s horn. The 189-foot, diesel-electric paddlewheeler is the second vessel in the New Orleans Steamboat Company fleet, joining the 265-foot steamboat Natchez in September. N otwithstanding the COVID-19 pandemic, dozens of masked passengers lined the gangway of City of New Orleans on a clear January afternoon. The newly renovated paddlewheeler began life as a casino boat 30 years ago.
City of New Orleans returns to the dock following a harbor tour in January.
