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  2. Seawise Giant - Wikipedia

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    Seawise Giant was ordered in 1974 and delivered in 1979 by Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. (S.H.I.) at Oppama shipyard in Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan, as a 418,611-ton Ultra Large Crude Carrier (ULCC). [12] The vessel remained unnamed for a long time, and was identified by her hull number, 1016.

  3. File:"Seawise Giant" - Singapore, 1990.jpg - Wikipedia

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    English: The tanker Seawise Giant during its reparations at Hitachi shipyard of Singapore on December 27, 1990 after being hit by Iraqi Exocet during the Iran- Iraq war. Français : Le pétrolier Seawise Giant pendant ses réparations au chantiers navals Hitachi shipyard de Singapour le 27 décembre 1990 après avoir été heurté par un Exocet ...

  4. Batillus-class supertanker - Wikipedia

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    The Batillus class had a depth of nearly 36 metres (118 ft 1 in) from the main deck and a full load draft of 28.5 metres (93 ft 6 in), the greatest of any vessel, and slightly greater than the two Globtik Tokyo-class Ultra Large Crude Carriers (ULCCs). Unlike Seawise Giant and most other ULCCs, the Batillus-class vessels had twin propellers ...

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    The nearly 1,200-foot ship set sail in January 2024 and accommodates 5,610 guests and 2,350 crew members, according to Royal ... The Seawise Giant continued transporting oil until its final ...

  6. List of longest ships - Wikipedia

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    LNG carrier: 345 m (1,132 ft) 128,900 DWT: 163,922 GT: 2008– In service [72] USS Enterprise: Aircraft carrier: 342 m (1,122 ft) 1961–2013 Retired USS Enterprise, the longest aircraft carrier ever built, was inactivated in December 2012. [73] [74] Paul R. Tregurtha: Lake freighter: 309 m (1,014 ft) 1981– In service

  7. Queen Mary 2 - Wikipedia

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    [103] [104] It stopped briefly on 2 April in Durban to disembark six South African crew members before continuing to its home port. [105] [106] Due to the pandemic, Cunard suspended all voyages of the Queen Mary 2 until November 2021. [107] In August 2021 Cunard announced that the ship would enter drydock in Brest, France prior to her return to ...

  8. List of largest machines - Wikipedia

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    Seawise Giant: Oil tanker: 458.4 m (1,503 ft 11 in) [21] ... List of large aircraft; References This page was last edited on 19 January 2025, at 00:26 ...

  9. History of the oil tanker - Wikipedia

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    Seawise Giant was renamed Happy Giant in 1989, Jahre Viking in 1991. [48] From 1979 to 2004 she was owned by Loki Stream, at which point she was bought by First Olsen Tankers, renamed Knock Nevis and converted into a permanently moored storage tanker. [48] [49] The Batillus class supertankers are the biggest ships ever constructed by gross tonnage.