CATERPILLAR TO PROVIDE POWER SOLUTIONS FOR THE SHOWBOAT BRANSON BELLE (Published December 02, 2011)
Caterpillar Marine Power Systems has been selected to provide three Cat C32 Diesel Electric Propulsion (DEP) Engines for the Showboat Branson Belle repower. Each C32 engine will provide 910 ekW at 1,800 rpm. The Showboat Branson Belle is a dinner cruise vessel, the largest of its kind to be built on a land-locked lake in the United States. Weighing in at over 1,100 tons (2.5 million pounds), the Showboat Branson Belle measures 278 feet long, and has a passenger capacity of 700. The Cat generator set solutions for the Showboat Branson Belle are slated for delivery in early 2012. The Belle is scheduled to be back in regular service cruising Table Rock Lake in Missouri in March 2012.