Carnival Liberty

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Carnival Liberty anchored off Nassau in March 2022
History
NameCarnival Liberty
Owner Carnival Corporation & plc
Operator Carnival Cruise Lines
Port of registry Panama City, Flag of Panama.svg  Panama
Route Bahamas
Builder
Cost US $500 million
Laid downOctober 2, 2003
LaunchedDecember 3, 2004
Sponsored by Mira Sorvino
ChristenedJuly 19, 2005
CompletedJuly 15, 2005
Maiden voyageJuly 20, 2005 [1]
In serviceJuly 2005–present
Identification
StatusIn service
Notes [2] [3]
General characteristics
Class and type Conquest-class cruise ship
Tonnage110,000  GT
Length952 ft (290.2 m)
Beam116 ft (35.4 m)
Draft27 ft (8.2 m) [2]
Decks13 decks [2] forward part of ship has a 14th deck, home of Camp Ocean and the Night Owls programs for kids.
Installed power diesel-electric: Six Warstila 12 W 46C diesel engines of 12,600 kW each; two 20 MW electric propulsion motors [4]
Speed22.5 knots (41.7 km/h; 25.9 mph) [2]
Capacity2,974 passengers
Crew1,160
Notes post-Panamax
Carnival Liberty docked in Ft. Lauderdale in 2007 CarnivalLiberty2.jpg
Carnival Liberty docked in Ft. Lauderdale in 2007

Carnival Liberty is a Conquest-class cruise ship operated by Carnival Cruise Line. Built by Fincantieri at its Monfalcone shipyard in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, northern Italy, she was christened by actress Mira Sorvino in Civitavecchia, Italy, on July 19, 2005. [5] [3] [6] Carnival Liberty was the first ship to feature Carnival's Seaside Theater—a 12-foot (3.7 m) high by 22-foot (6.7 m) wide LED screen. Located by the midship pool on the Lido deck, it is used to show movies, sporting events, concerts and other ship programming. [7]

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Incidents

Norovirus outbreak

On November 3, 2006, Carnival Liberty departed Rome, Italy, to Fort Lauderdale (Port Everglades). During the 16-day transatlantic voyage, over 700 people contracted the contagious norovirus illness. [8] [9] On the morning hours of November 15, Carnival Cruise Lines announced it would shorten the next cruise by two days for an extensive cleaning. Originally, the next cruise was scheduled to depart on November 19 for a six-day cruise. The November 19 cruise was rescheduled to depart Fort Lauderdale on November 21 for a four-day cruise using new ports-of-call. Safety measures were also enacted on a few of the future cruises to prevent further contamination. These safety measures included fully suspending self-service on the buffet lines. When the first cruise after the outbreak ended on November 25, fewer than 60 passengers were reported to have contracted the norovirus.

Cuban refugee rescue

On the August 22, 2014 sailing, the Carnival Liberty was forced by the storm system that would become Hurricane Cristobal to use a rerouted itinerary (St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, St. Maarten, San Juan, Puerto Rico, and Grand Turk Island) along a course that would take it close to Cuba. On August 23, a distress signal was received and a small, makeshift styrofoam raft was observed near the ship. The Liberty reversed course and proceeded to pull 11 Cuban refugees from the raft who had requested rescue in the worsening sea conditions. Hundreds of passengers observed the rescue, conducted off the port side. The raft was abandoned in the water as the ship continued on its modified course toward St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, scheduled for arrival on August 25. The U.S. Coast Guard later ordered a rendezvous where the refugees were offloaded onto a Coast Guard cutter for transfer back to Cuba overnight on the 23rd and 24th.

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Cuban refugees rescued by the ship

Engine room fire in St Thomas

On September 7, 2015, Carnival Cruise Lines confirmed in a statement that the U.S. Coast Guard had been called to provide assistance to the ship due to an engine room fire. [10] The incident occurred while the ship was alongside in St. Thomas in the US Virgin Islands. All hotel services on the ship including air conditioning, elevators, toilets and galleys were fully functional and the ship's normal array of activities including entertainment and dining proceeded as normal after passengers were allowed to re-board on the night of September 7. This also caused more vibration than other Carnival ships, and a shorter range due to the decrease in power and stability.[ citation needed ]

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References

Notes

  1. ↑ Whitman, Roy. "New Carnival Cruise Ship "Liberty" Launches With Mediterranean Itinerary". Cruise Vacation Center. Retrieved July 25, 2008.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Ward, Douglas (2005). Berlitz Complete Guide to Cruising & Cruise Ships . Singapore: Berlitz. ISBN   978-9812467393.
  3. 1 2 Smith 2010, p. 43.
  4. ↑ url=http://www.cybercruises.com/carnivalliberty.htm
  5. ↑ "Actress Mira Sorvino Named Carnival Liberty Godmother". Carnival Cruise Lines . June 14, 2005. Retrieved July 25, 2008.
  6. ↑ "Carnival Liberty (9278181)" . LR ships in class. Lloyd's Register . Retrieved May 29, 2015.
  7. ↑ "New Carnival Liberty to Feature Massive 270-square-foot (25 m2) Outdoor Television Screen Poolside on Lido Deck". PR Newswire. May 20, 2005.
  8. ↑ Morgan, Tim (November 21, 2006). "Carnival Liberty Cruise, 700 Sick With Flu-Like Symptoms". National Ledger. Archived from the original on January 27, 2010. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
  9. ↑ Newman, Maria (November 16, 2006). "For 700 on Cruise, Queasiness Not Due to Sea". The New York Times. Retrieved July 25, 2008.
  10. ↑ "US Coast Guard responds to fire aboard Carnival Liberty in St Thomas". Cruise Arabia & Africa. September 8, 2015. Retrieved September 8, 2015.

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