{{short description|Millennium-class cruise ship}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}} {{Infobox ship |display_title=ital |section1={{Infobox ship/image |image = Celebrity_Summit_Jun_24_2019_V2.png |image_caption = ''Celebrity Summit'' departing Bar Harbor in June 2019. }}
|section2={{Infobox ship/career |hide_header = |name =*''Celebrity Summit'' (2008–present) *''Summit'' (2001–2008) |renamed = |owner = Celebrity Cruises |operator = Celebrity Cruises |registry =*{{flag|Malta|civil}}, Valletta (2009–present) *{{flag|Bahamas|civil}}, Nassau (2002–2009) *{{LBR}}, Monrovia (2001–2002) |route = |ordered = |builder =*Chantiers de l'Atlantique *St. Nazaire, France |original_cost = {{US$|350 million}} |yard_number = T31 |way_number = |laid_down = |launched = 9 March 2001 |completed = |christened = |acquired = October 2001 |maiden_voyage = |in_service = November 2001 |out_of_service = |identification =*Call sign: 9HJC9 *{{IMO Number|9192387}} *{{MMSI|249047000}} |fate = |status = Active |notes = <ref name=Asklander>{{cite web |url= http://www.faktaomfartyg.se/summit_2001.htm |title=GTS ''Summit'' (2001) |year=2008 |last=Asklander |first=Micke |work=Fakta om Fartyg |language=sv| access-date=2 March 2012}}</ref><ref name=Ward>{{cite book |title=Complete Guide to Cruising & Cruise Ships |last=Ward |first=Douglas |year=2008 |publisher=Berlitz |location=Singapore |isbn=978-981-268-240-6 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/berlitzcompleteg00ward/page/293 293–295] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/berlitzcompleteg00ward/page/293 }}</ref> }}
|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics |hide_header = |header_caption = |class = {{Sclass|Millennium|cruise ship}} |tonnage =*{{GT|90,940}} *{{NetT|53,268}} *{{DWT|11,788}} |displacement = |length = {{convert|294|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |beam = {{convert|32.00|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |height = |draught = {{convert|8|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |depth = |decks = 11 (passenger accessible) |deck_clearance = |ice_class = |power =*2 × General Electric gas turbines *50,000 kW (combined) |propulsion = *Two Rolls-Royce Mermaid azimuth thrusters |speed = {{convert|24|kn}} |capacity =*2,158 passengers (lower berths) *2,218 passengers (all berths) |crew = 999 |notes = <ref name=Asklander /><ref name=Ward /><ref name=vesseltracker>{{cite web |title=Advanced Masterdata for the Vessel ''Celebrity Summit'' |url= http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Celebrity-Summit-9192387.html |work=VesselTracker |year=2012 |access-date=2 March 2012}}</ref> }} }} '''GTS ''Celebrity Summit''''' is a {{Sclass|Millennium|cruise ship}} owned and operated by Celebrity Cruises and as such one of the first cruise ships to be powered by more environmentally friendly gas turbines.<ref name=Jordan>{{Citation | last= Jordan |first= Allan E. |title= Celebrity Summit |journal= Ships Monthly |pages= 50–52 |date= November 2018 }}</ref> Originally named '''''Summit''''', she was renamed with the "Celebrity" prefix in 2008.<ref name=Asklander />
==Construction==
She was built in 2001 by the Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard in St. Nazaire, France for Celebrity Cruises.
==Design== ===Machinery===
She is fitted with two General Electric LM2500+ gas turbines and is fitted with two Rolls-Royce Mermaid azimuthing electric pod propulsion units. These pods proved unreliable early in the ships career, however with upgrades and operational experience they are currently more reliable.<ref name=Jordan/> She also has three bow thrusters.
===Layout===
As per the practice with the other ships of her class she included a remembrance in one of her restaurants to a historic early liner in the form of several panels and a bronze statue from the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique ship {{SS|Normandie||2}}. The statue, which was named ''La Normandie'', had been purchased by Celebrity Cruises from the Miami Beach-based Fontainebleau Miami Beach Hotel. The statue has since been removed from the main dining room during the ship's refurbishment in March 2019.
In 2012 she was refitted at a cost of US$16 million which included the creation of extra cabins.<ref name=Jordan/> This increased her double occupancy to 2,158 passengers<ref name=Jordan/> and her gross tonnage to 90,940.<ref>{{cite web |title=Celebrity Summit: Solsticized and ready to go! |url=http://celebritycruises.tumblr.com/post/16600549251/celebrity-summit-solsticized-and-ready-to-go |publisher=Celebrity Cruises |year=2013 |access-date=10 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921055404/http://celebritycruises.tumblr.com/post/16600549251/celebrity-summit-solsticized-and-ready-to-go |archive-date=21 September 2013 }}</ref>
''Celebrity Summit'' spent approximately three weeks in dry dock followed by time in the shipyard in March 2019 having all of her existing cabins and suites refurbished as well as the addition of 30 new cabins which will bring her total capacity to 2,218 (double occupancy).<ref name=Jordan/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cruisecritic.com/news/news.cfm?ID=8760|title=Celebrity Cruises to Refurbish Entire Fleet - Cruise Critic|website=www.cruisecritic.com|language=en-us|access-date=30 July 2018}}</ref>
==Operation== [[file:Celebrity Summit 2017.jpg|right|thumb|Docked in Key West in 2017]] In the summer of 2006 ''Summit'' arrived in Seward, Alaska with a humpback whale dead on her bow.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/08/21/ap/national/mainD8JKGNBG0.shtml |title=Alaska Cruise Ship Docks With Dead Whale |date=21 August 2006 |work=CBS News |publisher=CBS Interactive Inc |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061029172212/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/08/21/ap/national/mainD8JKGNBG0.shtml |archive-date=29 October 2006 }}</ref>
On 3 April 2010, passenger Bob Gricius fell overboard and swam for 17 hours to Cayo Lobos, {{convert|3|mi|spell=in}} off the coast of Fajardo, Puerto Rico.<ref>{{cite web |last= Correa Cepeda |first= Carla V. |title= Rescatan náufrago en Fajardo que nadó 19 horas |url= http://www.primerahora.com/noticias/policia-tribunales/nota/rescatannaufragoenfajardoquenado19horas-378189/ |work= Primera Hora |date=3 April 2010 |access-date= 22 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= Celebrity Summit |publisher= Castles of the Seas |url= http://www.castlesoftheseas.nl/celebrity-summit.html |access-date= 26 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= Cruise and Ferry Passengers and Crew Overboard 1995 - 2019 |publisher= Cruise Ship Junkie |url= http://www.cruisejunkie.com/Overboard.html |access-date= 26 January 2019}}</ref>
In March 2017, ''Celebrity Summit'' had an unscheduled dry dock because of a propulsion issue. One cruise was canceled and another one was shortened.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cruisebe.com/celebrity-summit-is-going-to-enter-an-unexpected-drydock|title=Celebrity Summit is Going to Enter an Unexpected Drydock {{!}} CruiseBe|work=CruiseBe|access-date=23 January 2018|language=en|archive-date=24 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124071353/https://www.cruisebe.com/celebrity-summit-is-going-to-enter-an-unexpected-drydock|url-status=dead}}</ref>
''Celebrity Summit'' currently undertakes cruises from Bayonne, New Jersey or San Juan to destinations in Bermuda and the Caribbean. Additionally, other services on the ''Celebrity Summit'' start from Vancouver, Canada and has destinations to Seward, Alaska and San Pedro, California. It also sails from Seward, Alaska to Vancouver, Canada. ''Celebrity Summit'' has future plans to sail from Miami, Florida to destinations in Mexico and the Bahamas.
==See also==
* Kate McCue, Captain of ''Celebrity Summit'' 2015–2018
==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite book |last= Cudahy |first= Brian J |title= The Cruise Ship Phenomenon in North America |location= Centreville, Maryland |publisher= Cornell Maritime Press |date = 2001 |isbn= 0-87033-529-4}}
==External links==
{{commons category|IMO 9192387}} * [https://www.celebritycruises.com/cruise-ships/celebrity-summit Official website]
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Category:2001 ships Category:Ships built by Chantiers de l'Atlantique Summit