High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Vanadis (AKA-49) was an Artemis-class attack cargo ship named after 76 Freia, a minor planet. Vanadis is an alternative name for Freia, the Norse goddess of love and beauty. USS Vanadis (AKA-49) was later converted to an Aeolus-class cable repair ship and renamed Thor (ARC-4), after the Norse god of thunder.