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Cruise ship

Norwegian Gem is a of Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL). She is the final cruise ship of the Jewel class and was built by German shipbuilder Meyer Werft.

Norwegian Gem was the newest cruise ship in Norwegian Cruise Line's fleet until the debut of Norwegian Epic in June 2010. Construction began on 7 June 2006 at the Meyer Werft Shipyard of Papenburg, Germany. She was delivered to NCL on 1 October 2007. NCL promoted the launch of this ship via her own website, "Gem It Girl", which in addition to providing details about the ship, also prompted previous customers' of NCL to submit an entry to be chosen as her godmother. On 29 October 2011, Norwegian Gem rescued five people from the 39 feet (12 m) sailboat Sanctuary which had lost power and was floating in extreme weather conditions in the Atlantic.

Norwegian Gem is the fourth of Norwegian's Jewel class. She was preceded by Norwegian Jewel in 2005, and both Norwegian Jade (originally Pride of Hawaii) and Norwegian Pearl in 2006. Each ship has different amenities, but has a similar exterior and interior design. Norwegian Gem has a similar exterior appearance to Norwegian's ships; Norwegian Star, which entered service in 2001, and Norwegian Dawn, which entered service in 2002. The interior design and amenities, however, are significantly different and merit Norwegian Gem a Jewel class designation.

Norwegian Gem has undertaken regional cruises from ports in North America and Europe.

On 4 January 2018, Norwegian Gem traveled southbound passing the Norwegian Breakaway through the January 2018 North American blizzard causing major flooding in passenger staterooms.

On 13 April 2020, a 56 year old Filipino male crew member died aboard Norwegian Gem. The crew member had been treated for pneumonia and tachycardia arrhythmia. NCL claimed they did not believe he was infected with SARS CoV 2, but appeared to have not offered any explanation as to why an autopsy was not performed, or why he was not tested for the virus. Notably, this letter was not sent to crew members who were no longer on the ship.