 Freedom Star returns to port with an SRB after STS-135
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | MV Freedom Star |
| Owner | NASA |
| Operator | United Space Alliance |
| Builder | Atlantic Marine Shipyard, Fort George Island, Florida, U.S. |
| Acquired | January 1981[1] |
| In service | January 1981[2] |
| Out of service | September 28, 2012 |
| Homeport | Port Canaveral, Florida, U.S. |
| Identification | |
| Status | Transferred to James River Reserve Fleet |
| History | |
| United States | |
| Name | MV Freedom Star |
| Owner | U.S. Dept of Transportation |
| Operator | U.S. Maritime Administration, James River Reserve Fleet |
| Acquired | September 28, 2012[4] |
| Homeport | James River, Virginia, U.S.[4] |
| Status | Loaned to Paul Hall Center for Maritime Training and Education |
| History | |
| United States | |
| Name | MV Freedom Star |
| Owner | U.S. Maritime Administration |
| Operator | Paul Hall Center for Maritime Training and Education[5] |
| Acquired | November 6, 2015 |
| Reclassified | MV |
| Homeport | Piney Point, Maryland, U.S.[5] |
| Status | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 484 GT, 743 GRT; 239 NT, 222 NRT[6] |
| Displacement | 1,052 short tons (954 t)[7] |
| Length | 176 ft (53.6 m)[7] |
| Beam | 37 ft (11.3 m)[7] |
| Height | 72 ft (21.9 m)[2] |
| Draft | 12 ft (3.7 m)[7] |
| Depth | 15 ft (4.6 m)[7] |
| Installed power | 2 × 223 hp (166 kW) Kato generators[7] |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)[7] |
| Range | 6,900 mi (11,100 km)[7] |
| Endurance | 30 days[7] |
| Capacity | 24 maximum[8] |
| Complement |
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| Notes | Towing capacity: 60,000 lb (27,200 kg)[7] |
MV Freedom Star is a formerly NASA-owned and United Space Alliance-operated vessel which primarily served as an SRB recovery ship following the launch of Space Shuttle missions. It also performed tugboat duties and acted as a research platform.
From 2012 to 2016, it was a National Defense Reserve Fleet vessel in the James River Reserve Fleet, when it was then loaned by the U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) to the Paul Hall Center for Maritime Training and Education in Piney Point, Maryland, for use as a training vessel. Her sister ship is the MV Liberty Star (now TV Kings Pointer).
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