MS Oasis of the Seas

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Career

Name:	Oasis of the Seas
Owner:	Royal Caribbean International
Operator:	Royal Caribbean International
Port of Registry:	TBA
Route:	Caribbean (Late 2009)
Ordered:	February, 2006
Builder:	Aker Yards, Turku, Finland
Cost:	USD 1.2 billion (EUR 755 million)
Laid down:	2007-12-11
Status:	Under Construction
General characteristics
Class and type:	Oasis Class cruise ship
Tonnage:	220,000 GRT
Displacement:	app. 100,000 tons
Length:	1,181 ft (360 m)
Beam:	154 ft (47 m)
Height:	213 ft (65 m) above water line
Draft:	30 ft (9 m)
Decks:	16 Passenger Decks
Installed power:	8 Wärtsilä V12 Engine @ 17,500 hp each
Propulsion:	3 × 20 MW Asea Brown Boveri Azipod, all azimuthing^{[citation needed]}
Speed:	20.2 kn (37.4 km/h/23.2 mph)
Capacity:	5,400 passengers
Crew:	TBD

The MS Oasis of the Seas is a cruise ship that will be the world's largest passenger vessel when completed. She was designed under the name "Project Genesis". She was ordered in February 2006. Her keel was laid down on December 11,2007 at the Aker Yards in Turku, Finland. In May 2008 she was named Oasis of the Seas after a contest was held to name the new ship.^[1] When she will be completed in late-2009, she will operate Caribbean cruises out of Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. A sister ship, the Allure of the Seas, will begin construction in the near future.