MS Navigator of the Seas
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Navigator of the Seas docked in Galveston, Texas
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| History | |
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| Name: | Navigator of the Seas |
| Owner: | Royal Caribbean International |
| Port of registry: |
Nassau,  Bahamas
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| Ordered: | 24 May 2000 |
| Builder: | Kværner Masa-Yards Turku New Shipyard, Finland |
| Yard number: | 1347 |
| Laid down: | 27 September 2000 |
| Launched: | 25 January 2002 |
| Completed: | 18 November 2002 |
| In service: | 2002-present |
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| Status: | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Voyager-class cruise ship |
| Tonnage: | 139,570 GT |
| Length: | 311.1 m (1,021 ft) |
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| Draft: | 8.6 m (28 ft) |
| Depth: | 21.3 m (70 ft) |
| Decks: | 15 |
| Installed power: | 6 × Wärtsilä 12V46 (6 × 12,600 kW) |
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| Speed: | 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph) |
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| Crew: | 1,213 |
| Notes: | 12th largest passenger ship |
MS Navigator of the Seas is the fourth Voyager-class cruise ship operated by Royal Caribbean International, and the first second-generation Voyager-class ship. She was once the largest ship in the fleet and still ranks among the largest passenger ships in the world.
Constructed at Kværner Masa-Yards Turku New Shipyard, Finland, the ship originally measured 138,279 GT and carried 3,807 passengers plus additional crew. A refurbishment in 2014 added 81 additional staterooms, increasing the ship's gross tonnage to 139,570 GT. Her length is 1,020 feet with a beam of 157.5 feet.
The ship contains US $ 8.5 Million dollars in art, displayed in stairwells and public areas. Navigator of the Seas' main Atrium sculpture spans over seven decks and is based on the bubbles a scuba diver makes when swimming under water. Her promenade also features lighting that changes color based on the time of day and with events occurring on the ship.
Navigator of the Seas is the first of the second generation of Voyager-class vessels. She also was from 2002-2005 the worlds largest cruise ship. Major differences include the addition of the "Jade" Asian fusion buffet and a larger Windjammer buffet area, which extends out over the aft of the ship. The second-generation ships also feature glass balconies that extend out from the side of the ship. (The first-generation ships had metal-walled balconies recessed into the superstructure.) In addition, the saltwater aquarium in the first-generation Schooner Bar was replaced with a piano and additional seating. These design changes were carried over for Mariner of the Seas as well as for the ships in the later Freedom class.
The ship has a diesel-electric powertrain that uses three Azipod azimuth thrusters. Each propeller is driven by a double-wound 3-phase synchronous motor with 4-bladed fixed-pitch bronze propellers. The motors are mounted outside the hull directly on the propeller shaft inside the pod. The three propellers are arranged so that the center propeller is a pushing on–azimuthing Fixipod-type and the two wing ones are of pulling-azimuthing–type steering propellers.
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