MS Freedom of the Seas -World's largest passenger ship

MS Freedom of the Seas is a cruise ship owned and operated by Royal Caribbean International. It is the namesake of Royal Caribbean's Freedom Class of cruise ships, and can accommodate over 4,300 passengers and 1,300 crew on fifteen passenger decks. In addition to two sister ships, Freedom will keep the title of the largest passenger ships ever built until construction of the Oasis Class ships in 2009, also owned by Royal Caribbean International.

Career
Name:	Freedom of the Seas
Namesake:	Royal Caribbean's Freedom Class of cruise ships
Owner:	Royal Caribbean International
Operator:	Royal Caribbean International
Port of Registry:	Bahamas
Ordered:	September 2003
Builder:	Aker Yards (Turku, Finland)
Cost:	US $~800,000,000 (~750m Euro or GB£520m)
Laid down:	November 9, 2004
Christened:	May 12, 2006 at Bayonne, NJ on New York Harbor by Katherine Louise Calder[1]
Maiden voyage:	4 June 2006 (Caribbean)[1]
In service:	4 June 2006
Status:	In service
General characteristics
Class and type:	Freedom Class, cruise ship
Tonnage:	154,407 gross register tons (GRT)
Length:	1,111.9 ft (338.91 m)
Beam:	126.64 ft (38.60 m) waterline 184 ft (56.08 m) extreme (bridge wings) ,
Height:	209 ft (63.7 m or 15 decks high)
Draught:	28 ft (8.53 m)
Decks:	18 total decks, 15 passenger decks
Installed power:	Six Wärtsilä 46 V12 diesels each rated at 12.6 MW (~17,000hp) driving electric generators at 514 rpm.
Propulsion:	Three ABB Azipod podded electric propulsion units, two of them azimuthing, one fixed. 4 additional bow thrusters.
Speed:	21.6-knot (40 km/h/25 mph)
Capacity:	4,370 passengers
Crew:	1,360 crew