26 June, 2009

Boats

Everyone ranted and raved about the RMS Titanic; however, it wasn't the largest ship ever - it was in it's time, but she had two twins, the RMS Olympic and RMS Britannic. And these are some of the comparisons to those ships.

Largest Operating Ships in the World (with Titanic, and Buildings for comparison):
*) 1,815 Feet - CN Tower
1) 1,504 Feet - Sumitomo's Knock Nevis, a supertanker - only 1 in service
*) 1,350 Feet - World Trade Center's twin towers
2) 1,302 Feet - Mearsk's Emma Mearsk, a container ship - 8 in the class
3) 1,245 Feet - Daewoo's Tl Class Supertankers - 4 in the class
4) 1,184 Feet - Royal Caribean's Oasis of the Seas - 1 now, 4 total planned
5) 1,132 Feet - Cunard Line's Queen Mary II
6) 1,125 Feet - Hyundai's Berge Stall - cargo ship
7) 1,123 Feet - USS Enterprise class Aircraft Carriers
8) 1,112 Feet - Royal Caribean's Freedom Class Cruise Ships
9) 1,092 Feet - Hyundai's E-Class Mearsk Ships
10) 1,092 Feet - USS Gerald R. Ford Class Aircraft Carrier (planned)
11) 1,092 Feet - USS Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier
12) 1,090 Feet - Daewoo's Sirius Star - cargo ship
13) 1,070 Feet - USS Kitty Hawk class Aircraft Carrier
14) 1,066 Feet - USS Forestal class Aircraft Carrier
15) 1,053 Feet - USS Kennedy class Aircraft Carrier
*) 1,050 Feet - EMPIRE STATE BLDG
16) 1,003 Feet - USS Midway class Aircraft Carrier
17) 990 Feet - Adm Kuznetuv class Aircraft Carrier (Russian Federation)
18) 887 Feet - USS Iowa class Battleships
19) 882 Feet - RMS Titanic
20) 873 Feet - Shinano class Battleships (Imperial Japan) (sunk)

The current largest ship in the world is nearly TWICE the length of the Titanic.

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