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Freedom (IX-43)
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Freedom (IX-43), an unclassified miscellaneous vessel
Unclassified miscellaneous vessel
The IX hull classification symbol is used for ships of the United States Navy that do not fit into one of the standard categories...
, was the second ship of the United States Navy
United States Navy
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of that name. An auxiliary schooner, she was acquired by the Navy in 1940, and assigned to the United States Naval Academy
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where she served in a noncommissioned status through 1962.