MIAMI -- A cruise ship cabin stewardess who fell overboard was rescued Tuesday after treading water for at least 10 hours in the Atlantic Ocean, officials said.

The 24-year-old Romanian woman was in stable condition and will remain on the Miami-based Norway under the care of a ship's doctor until it makes it next cruise call in the U.S. Virgin Islands, according to officials.

Norwegian Cruise Lines spokeswoman Susan Robinson said the woman was reported missing by another crew member Monday night.

Coast Guard aircraft responded, but the woman was found by the Norway, more than four miles off its original track. The ship had turned back to search for the woman.

The stewardess was treading water when she was rescued by a small boat and taken back aboard.

It wasn't immediately clear how she fell from the vessel when it was about 135 miles northeast of Great Inagua Island in the Bahamas.