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Holland America Line has decided on a name for its first Signature-class vessel: the Eurodam. The 2,044-passenger ship, the largest to be constructed by the line, is to be delivered in summer 2008. The 86,000-ton Eurodam will be built at Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri’s Marghera shipyard with an estimated all-in cost of $450 million.

HAL has a second Signature-class ship on option with Fincantieri, with delivery scheduled for spring 2010 "We chose the name Eurodam to celebrate our European and Dutch heritage and our third century of sailing in one of the world’s most popular cruising regions,” said Stein Kruse, president and CEO. The vessel will feature 11 passenger decks; a 144-seat Pan-Asian restaurant; a 50-seat lounge overlooking the Lido pool; a new Explorer's Lounge Bar; a specialty Italian restaurant; a new atrium bar area; and an enhanced and reconfigured show lounge with theater-style seating. The Eurodam will be configured with 63 more staterooms than the Vista-class ships, including 47 verandah cabins and 10 cabins with floor-to-ceiling windows. Eighty-six percent of the cabins will be outside staterooms of which 67% feature verandahs.