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==USS Freedom (ID-3024) (1894)== | ==USS Freedom (ID-3024) (1894)== | ||
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USS Freedom (ID-3024), a cargo ship, was built as Wittekind by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, Germany, in 1894; seized by the United States Shipping Board (USSB) in 1917; renamed Iroquois, and chartered by the United States Army for use as a transport. She was renamed Freedom in 1918, acquired by the United States Navy on 24 January 1919, and commissioned the same day, Lieutenant J. C. C. Holier, USNRF, in command. | USS Freedom (ID-3024), a cargo ship, was built as Wittekind by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, Germany, in 1894; seized by the United States Shipping Board (USSB) in 1917; renamed Iroquois, and chartered by the United States Army for use as a transport. She was renamed Freedom in 1918, acquired by the United States Navy on 24 January 1919, and commissioned the same day, Lieutenant J. C. C. Holier, USNRF, in command. | ||
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==Space Station Freedom (Became ISS)== | ==Space Station Freedom (Became ISS)== | ||
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Space Station Freedom was the name given to NASA's project to construct a permanently-manned earth-orbiting space station. Although approved by then-president Ronald Reagan and announced in the 1984 State of the Union Address, Freedom was never constructed or completed as originally designed, and was eventually scaled-back and converted into the International Space Station currently in operation today. | Space Station Freedom was the name given to NASA's project to construct a permanently-manned earth-orbiting space station. Although approved by then-president Ronald Reagan and announced in the 1984 State of the Union Address, Freedom was never constructed or completed as originally designed, and was eventually scaled-back and converted into the International Space Station currently in operation today. | ||
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==USS Freedom (LCS-01)== | ==USS Freedom (LCS-01)== | ||
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USS Freedom (LCS-01), a Freedom-class littoral combat ship, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the condition of being free from slavery, detention, oppression, or other restraints. The contract to build her was awarded to Lockheed Martin 's Marinette Marine shipyard in Marinette, Wisconsin in May 2004 and her keel was laid down on 2 June 2005. She was sponsored by Birgit Smith, the widow of United States Army Sergeant 1st Class Paul Ray Smith, who posthumously earned the Medal of Honor in Operation Iraqi Freedom. | USS Freedom (LCS-01), a Freedom-class littoral combat ship, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the condition of being free from slavery, detention, oppression, or other restraints. The contract to build her was awarded to Lockheed Martin 's Marinette Marine shipyard in Marinette, Wisconsin in May 2004 and her keel was laid down on 2 June 2005. She was sponsored by Birgit Smith, the widow of United States Army Sergeant 1st Class Paul Ray Smith, who posthumously earned the Medal of Honor in Operation Iraqi Freedom. | ||