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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. 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

  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 ... The Seawise Giant continued transporting oil until its final journey ...

  6. Oil tanker - Wikipedia

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    Seawise Giant was renamed Happy Giant in 1989, Jahre Viking in 1991, [28] and Knock Nevis in 2004 (when she was converted into a permanently moored storage tanker). [29] [30] In 2009 she was sold for the last time, renamed Mont, and scrapped. [31] As of 2011, the world's two largest working supertankers are the TI-class supertankers TI Europe ...

  7. 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 4 October 2024, at 09:28 ...

  8. 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.

  9. Modern United States Navy carrier air operations - Wikipedia

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    From his perch in Primary Flight Control (PriFly, or the "tower"), he, along with his assistant, maintains visual control of all aircraft operating in the carrier control zone (surface to and including 2,500 feet (760 m), within a circular limit defined by 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) horizontal radius from the carrier), and aircraft ...