Ocean Freedom

The Ocean Freedom is a multi-purpose dry cargo ship, commissioned in 2010.^[1]

She was damaged in a collision with a barge in the Port of Corpus Christi, Texas, on October 29, 2015.^[1] Damage totalled $750,000.

She carried two former United States Coast Guard cutters to Odesa, to serve in the Ukrainian Navy, in October 2019.^[2]^[3]^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "Marine Accident Brief: Collision of Cargo Vessel Ocean Freedom with Tank Barges" (PDF). National Transportation Safety Board. 2015-10-29. Retrieved 2019-10-25.
^ "American Island-class boats "Sloviansk" and "Starobilsk" have arrived to Odessa". Government of Ukraine. 2019-10-21. Retrieved 2019-10-23. After unloading, the boats will be towed to the naval harbor. Upon completion of the readjustment work, Island-class boats will begin their combat duty to ensure maritime safety in the waters of the Black and Azov Seas under the command of the Ukrainian crew. They will soon be solemnly added to the Navy of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
^ Ben Werner (2019-10-21). "Retired U.S. Coast Guard Cutters Arrive in Odessa to Join Ukrainian Navy". United States Naval Institute. Retrieved 2019-10-23. The general cargo ship Ocean Freedom delivering the two cutters arrived at the Black Sea port of Odessa, according to Istanbul-based ship spotters and UNIAN.
^ "US Coast Guard transfers two Island-class cutters to Ukraine". Naval Today. 2018-09-27. Retrieved 2018-09-26. The US Coast Guard transferred two of its decommissioned Island-class cutters to Ukraine in a ceremony at the Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore, on September 27.

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