11 BIGGEST Ships

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it's the 11 biggest ships azam is an Arabic word that translate to resolute and is also the name of what is widely regarded as the world's longest private yacht Azam was commissioned by Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan the president of the UAE estimates put the cost of building this yacht at around 605 million dollars it is 590 feet in length and is capable of cruising around warm waters at high speeds one unusual feature of the Azam is it's unusual small draft which is the depth of water a ship needs to float it's draft is only 14 feet the Esso atlantic and its sister ship the Esso pacific were one of only seven ships in history to surpass a carrying capacity of over a half a million tons it had accomplished this feat years before many of the more modern super cargo ships were even constructed they were first built in 1977 and served for 35 years but before being decommissioned in 2002 that's a pretty long lifespan for a super cargo ship the MV blue marlin is the mother of all cargo ships it's the ship you call when you need to ship a ship across the world it is 712 feet long and 138 feet deep it has a deck that is equivalent in size to two soccer fields it once carried 22 barges across the ocean from South Korea to the Netherlands another time it carry the sea-based x-band radar which is a forty nine thousand six hundred ton rig the biggest piece of cargo it is towed is probably the Thunder Horse BP oil rig it carried the fifty nine thousand five hundred ton rig from South Korea to Corpus Christi Texas the TI Class super tankers are a fleet of oil tankers ships that belong to tankers international LLC the fleet includes four ships that are called a TI africa TI asia TI europe and TI Oceania and are sometimes collectively referred to as the Fantastic Four each ship is designed to transport crude oil and weighs 500 seventeen thousand six hundred sixty tons when fully loaded when at full capacity one tanker can hold over three million barrels worth of oil of the four originally built there are only two still active the ti Europe and ti Oceania in 2015 the ship which is now widely regarded as the world's largest container ship was christened the MSC Oscar is an ultra large cargo ship that belongs to the Mediterranean shipping company it was built in South Korea for 140 million dollars and now ships cargo all around the world it is 240 feet high a hundred and ninety four feet wide and more impressively one thousand two hundred ninety seven feet long if this ship was standing upright it would be taller than the Empire State Building the Oscar is capable of holding 19 thousand two hundred twenty four standard shipping containers which is what gadot recognizes the world's largest carrier ship in volume the USS Enterprise is a currently inactive United States Navy aircraft carrier it was the world's very first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier but the eighth vessel to have the name enterprise she is one thousand 123 feet in length which makes her the longest vessel built for the US Navy before being taken out of service in 2012 she was also the third oldest naval vessel and commissioned being originally constructed in 1969 it was for a while considered to turn the carrier into a floating museum but because of its two nuclear reactors it was deemed impractical or safe instead all the electrical systems were turned off or removed and part of the hall was cut open so that the reactors could be safely taken out Emma Maersk is currently one of the largest ships in the world that is still in service it is the first container ship that was built in the II class of 8 built by AP molar Marsh group Emma Maersk and the seven of its sister ships were the longest container ships in the world Emma being the first to break that record they are all one thousand three hundred two feet in length and can carry about eleven thousand standard 20-foot containers the most any of its sister ships carried was fifteen thousand eleven standard container in 2016 Royal Caribbean beat its own record of world's biggest cruise ship with the release of its new harmony of the Seas this mega sized Cruiser is capable of accommodating 5749 guests at double occupancy and 2,100 crew members it has a gross tonnage of 226 thousand nine hundred sixty three and a length of 1881 feet some of the 2747 guest rooms are equipped with large television screens that almost completely cover a wall from ceiling to floor it includes a waterpark to ten story dryer slides a fully functioning casino 20 dining rooms and a 1400 seat Theatre Royal Caribbean has a habit of beating its own record of largest cruise ships so it's not unlikely we'll see an even bigger ship among their fleet in a few years this super tanker is called the Pierre lugar mom and was built in 1977 it was the second biggest ship in the world at a time only surpassed by menthe the biggest ship ever built in history its namesake is the French politician of the same name who also founded elf Aquitaine oil industry it was 1,350 9 feet long which means it would stand taller than most of the buildings in New York if it was upright unfortunately it was only in service for about 5 years before it was decommissioned and scrapped because of its unprofitability and huge size that limited his scope of travel and docking ability sorry Pierre Mont was a super tanker that became known as the longest and largest ship built in all of maritime history it was first built in 1979 and lived an active service until 2009 during its career it went through several names including Obama NOC Nevis jaar Viking and sea wees giant the ship was used to transfer goods but because of its record-breaking weight and size it wasn't capable of crossing the English Channel or Panama Canal in 2009 it was intentionally beached in India for ship breakers to turn it into scrap metals a company called freedom ship international is looking to change history they are the works of building a vessel that is called freedom ship that will be more than two-and-a-half times bigger than the largest ship in the world the month the freedom ship will be a luxurious high-class floating city for the rich who have an insatiable wonder lust it will be comprised of 520 steel cells measuring 80 feet tall and before storeys high is planned to have a length of 4,000 320 feet which is nearly one full mile it would circumnavigate the globe once every two years making stops in major cities along every continents coastlines the freedom ship doesn't have an exact launch date as of yet but if you want to live in this floating city one luxury condo starts bidding at 1 million dollars [Music]