The 360-foot cruise ship "Empress of the North" has a knack for shipwrecking. After her premiere in 2003, the five-deck replica of a Mississippi riverboat managed to run aground twice before traveling north to Alaska -- where she had yet another accident.
According to the Associated Press, in 2007 the Empress hit a charted reef near Admiralty Island in Southeast Alaska. The Empress, acting as a cruise ship at the time, was stabilized while its 248 passengers were evacuated to Juneau, some 50 miles east. Later, a National Transportation Safety Board inquiry found an inexperienced employee was given control of the helm was behind the incident.
But now, the Empress may see a whole new vista. According to The Commercial Appeal out of Tennessee, the ship has caught the eye of the city of Memphis as a possible floating hotel. Memphis Mayor A.C. Wharton told Commercial Appeal:
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