The ship also has 16.5ha of deck space for passengers. A crew of 1,360 creates a total on-board maximum complement of 5,730. The Freedom can accommodate 4,375 passengers in 1,817 cabins. The ship has an overall length of 338.77m a perpendicular length of 303.21m a breadth of 38.60m at the waterline (56.0m at the extreme due to the bridge wings) a draft of 8.5m a height of 63.7m and a gross tonnage of 154,407t. The cost of the ship is estimated at $800m. The Freedom made her maiden cruise to the Caribbean in June 2006 and offers six- and seven-night cruises in the region. The Freedom was floated out in August 2005 and christened at Bayonne, New Jersey, in May 2006. The Freedom was constructed at Aker Finnyards’ Turku Shipyard and has its home port in Miami, US. Since that time two more Freedom-class vessels have been launched: the Liberty of the Seas in 2007 and Independence of the Seas in 2008. The ship had the accolade of being the world’s largest ship when it was delivered in April 2006. The Freedom of the Seas (ordered in September 2003) is the first of a trio of Freedom-class vessels commissioned by Royal Caribbean International.
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