Carnival Liberty
 Carnival Liberty at St. Thomas on April 26, 2006 |
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| Name: | Carnival Liberty |
| Owner: | Carnival Corporation & PLC |
| Operator: | Carnival Cruise Lines |
| Port of registry: |  Panama[1] |
| Builder: | Fincantieri (Monfalcone, Italy)[1] |
| Cost: | US $500 million[1] |
| Christened: | July 19, 2005 by Mira Sorvino in Civitavecchia, Italy[2] |
| Maiden voyage: | July 20, 2005[3] |
| In service: | July 2005[1]-present |
| Identification: | IMO number: 9278181[4] Call Sign HPYE[4] MMSI 371083000[5] |
| Status: | In Active Service as of 2010 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Conquest class cruise ship |
| Tonnage: | gross tonnage (GT) of 110,000 tons |
| Length: | 952 ft (290.2 m) |
| Beam: | 116 ft (35.4 m) |
| Draft: | 27 ft (8.2 m)[1] |
| Decks: | 13 decks[1] |
| Installed power: | 2 diesel-electric propellers (63,400kW each)[1] |
| Speed: | 22.5-knot (42 km/h; 26 mph)[1] |
| Capacity: | 2,974 passengers |
| Crew: | 1,150 crew |
| Notes: | post-Panamax |
Carnival Liberty is a Conquest-class cruise ship for Carnival Cruise Lines. She was built by the Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri and was the first Carnival 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.[6]
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[edit] Destinations
| Destination | Days | Sailing From |
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| Eastern Caribbean | 7 Days | Miami, Florida |
| Western Caribbean | 7 Days
- cozumel , 7am to 5pm - Belize , 8am to 5pm - Roatan , 7am to 3pm - Cayaman , 10am to 6pm |
Miami, Florida |
[edit] Incidents
[edit] 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.[7][8] 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.
[edit] Scott Durbin
On July 2, 2007, at about 11:35 p.m., Carnival Liberty alerted Coast Guard that Scott Durbin, 29, a middle school science teacher from Rockville, Maryland, had possibly jumped overboard. Durbin fell about 36 feet (11 m) into the water about 50 miles (80 km) off the coast of Boca Raton. Crew aboard threw life rings and jackets over the side. Coast Guard located Durbin about an hour later.[9]
[edit] Sudden List to Port
On January 8, 2012 in the morning in calm seas, the Carnival Liberty suddenly tilted to port (the left) in a motion that caused many dishes and glasses to fall to the floor and break in the restaurants, and significant amounts of water sloshed out of the pools onto the decks, resulting in some panic by passengers. Shortly after this happened, the cruise director came over the ship's public address system and acknowledged that an incident had occurred, and that they were investigating the cause. Through the remaining 6 days of the cruise, crew members would not answer questions about what happened, and nothing else was ever said to the passengers. Talking to several passengers who were at different places on the ship, it appeared that the ship suddenly veered hard to starboard, causing the ship to list to port. After a short time, the course was corrected back to the original direction.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Ward, Douglas (2005). Berlitz Complete Guide to Cruising & Cruise Ships. Singapore: Berlitz. ISBN 981-246-510-3.
- ^ "Actress Mira Sorvino Named Carnival Liberty Godmother". Carnival Cruise Lines. 2005-06-14. http://www.carnival.com/CMS/Articles/liberty_godmother.aspx. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
- ^ Whitman, Roy. "New Carnival Cruise Ship "Liberty" Launches With Mediterranean Itinerary". Cruise Vacation Center. http://www.cruisevacationcenter.com/articles/carnival_liberty.htm. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
- ^ a b United States Coast Guard (USCG). "Carnival Liberty". Port State Information Exchange. U.S. Department of Homeland Security. http://psix.uscg.mil/PSIX/PSIXDetails.aspx?VesselID=797247.
- ^ "Carnival Liberty (IMO: 9278181)". vesseltracker.com. http://www.vesseltracker.com/en/Ships/Carnival-Liberty-9278181.html. Retrieved 2008-07-24.
- ^ "New Carnival Liberty to Feature Massive 270-square-foot (25 m2) Outdoor Television Screen Poolside on Lido Deck.". Highbeam (PR Newswire). 2005-05-20. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-132617050.html. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
- ^ Morgan, Tim (2006-11-21). "Carnival Liberty Cruise, 700 Sick With Flu-Like Symptoms". National Ledger. http://www.nationalledger.com/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi?archive=6&num=9974. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
- ^ Newman, Maria (2006-11-16). "For 700 on Cruise, Queasiness Not Due to Sea". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/16/us/17cruisecnd.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=carnival%20liberty%20maiden%20voyage&st=cse&oref=slogin. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
- ^ "Passenger rescued after reportedly jumping from cruise ship". Los Angeles Times (Associated Press). 2007-07-02. http://travel.latimes.com/articles/la-trw-cruise2jul02?parent=southern-states&type=destinations. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Carnival Liberty |
- Carnival Liberty Official Page (Carnival site)
- Cruise Critic Review
- Two Video Clips of Carnival Liberty in Venice
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