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Name

FREEDOM

Previous names

1996 - 30/10/2003 Takamine

Type

Roll-On/Roll-Off vehicles carrier

IMO-number

9129706

Call sign

WDB5483

Flag

United States Of America

Port of registry

Wilmington - Delaware

Previous flags

1996 - 2003 Norway, Tønsberg - Call sign: LACT5

GT

49.821

DWT

19.884 t at maximum draft

NT

18.750

Length

190,49 m overall

180,00 m between perpendiculars

Breadth

32,28 m overall

32,26 m moulded

Draught

Summer: 10,20 m

Air draft

44,57 m

Freeboard

3.886 mm

Depth

31,40 m to upperdeck

Speed

18,0 knots

Built

1997

Keel laid

01/08/1996

Launch date

23/11/1996

Date of completion

18/03/1997

Builder

Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.

Oppama Shipyard

19, Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka City

Kanagawa Pref. 237-8555

Japan

Yard number

1215

Hull material

Steel

Hull type

Single hull

Watertight bulkheads

3

Main engine

1x Sulzer 6RTA62U - 2 stroke6 cylinder 620 x 2.150 mm combustion engine with an output of 12.980 kW / 17.647 hp at 109 rpm

Manufacturer: Diesel United Ltd. - Japan

Propellers

1x Fixed 5 bladed propeller and fitted with remote control from the bridge and control room

Boilers

1x Exhaust gas water tube UNEX G-227 - 7,0 bar

1x Auxiliary oil-fired boiler (Fire tube) – 7,0 bar

Generators

3x MAN-B&W 7L23/30 diesel generatorsets output of 780 kW each

Emergency generator

1x MAN D-0226 MLE diesel generatorset 80 kW

Bow thruster

1x Ulstein - 1.200 kW

Capacity car units (RT43)

5.890 or 803 trucks

1 RT43 unit=7,38975 m²

Number of ramps

2

Stern ramp: 7,00 x 40 - SWL 120 t m

Side port: 5,00 x 24,50 m - SWL 25 t

Number of decks

12 + garage (of which 5 are hoistable)

Number of tanks

Ballast: 11

Fuel oil: 9

Sludge: 6

Lubricating oil: 5

Hydraulic oil: 3

Fresh water: 3

Waste water: 3

Chain: 2

Diesel oil: 2

Tank capacities 100%

Diesel oil: 219,5 m³1

Freshwater: 372,7 m³

Fuel oil: 2.544,2 m³

Hydraulic oil: 3,6 m³

Lube oil: 162,5 m³

Ballast: 7.372,8 m³

Lifting equipment

1x Electro hydraulic crane HCV 1077 - SWL 6,0 t

Manager

Interocean American Shipping Corporation

Two Echelon Plaza, 221 Laurel Road, Suite 300

Voorhees, NJ 08043-2349

USA

Previous managers

  • 1997 - 2003 Barber Ship Management AS, 1324 Lysaker - Norway

  • 2003 - 2004 Pacific-Gulf Marine Inc., New Orleans - United States

Operator

ARC – American Roll On Roll Off Carrier

188 Broadway

Woodcliff Lake, NJ 07677

USA

Owner

Tote Services, Inc.

10550 Deerwood Park Blvd

Suite 602

Jacksonville, FL, 32256

United States

Registered owner

Wilmington Trust Company

1100 North Market Street, Rodney Square North

Wilmington, Delaware 198890-0001

USA

Previous owners

  • 1997 - 2003 Fidelio Limited Partnership, Inc.

  • 2003 - 2003 WL Shipowning AS, 1324 Lysaker - Norway

Renamed

2022 Cape Cortes

United States of America - Call sign: WCAG

  • Registered Owner: United States Govt Marad (Marad - Div Of Reserve Fleet), Washington DC - USA

  • Commercial manager: United States Govt Marad, Washington DC - USA

  • ISM manager: Crowley Government Services, Jacksonville FL - USA

Latest data adjustment

21 April 2025