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Seawise Giant. The TT Seawise Giant —earlier Oppama; later Happy Giant, Jahre Viking, Knock Nevis, and Mont —was a ULCC supertanker and the longest self-propelled ship in history, built in 1974–1979 by Sumitomo Heavy Industries in Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan. The ship possessed the greatest deadweight tonnage ever recorded.
The team reported that it had found evidence of damage to the ship inflicted by a Japanese battleship shell, including Samuel B. Roberts ' s fallen mast. [11] The wreck of Samuel B. Roberts lies at a depth of 6,895 meters (22,621 ft; 4.284 mi), making her the deepest known shipwreck [12] and the deepest shipwreck ever identified by a crewed ...
Goliath Awaits. Goliath Awaits is a 1981 American made-for-television action adventure science fiction thriller film originally broadcast in two parts in November 1981 on various stations as a part of Operation Prime Time 's syndicated programming. [2][3] It is about an ocean liner sunk by a German U-boat in 1939 whose wreck is discovered in ...
Colombia Says It Found One of the Most Valuable Sunken Ships Ever. Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos announced Friday the discovery of a Spanish boat that sank with a massive cargo hold of ...
List of shipwrecks of the United States. List of shipwrecks of California. List of shipwrecks of Florida. List of shipwrecks in the Great Lakes. List of shipwrecks of Massachusetts. List of shipwrecks of North Carolina. List of shipwrecks of Oregon. List of shipwrecks of South America. List of shipwrecks of Oceania.
An awe-inspiring 3D scan has brought the shipwreck of Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton’s HMS Endurance, found in 2022, back to life. Previously unseen details, such as a boot possibly worn ...
The Titan had lost contact with the Polar Prince, its support ship, almost two hours into its descent to view the Titanic wreckage, which lies at a depth of about 13,000 feet.
6,500 m (21,300 ft) Capacity. 680 kg (1,500 lb) payload. Crew. 3 (1 pilot, 2 scientific observers) Alvin (DSV-2) is a crewed deep-ocean research submersible owned by the United States Navy and operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) of Woods Hole, Massachusetts. The original vehicle was built by General Mills ' Electronics ...