SS Seawise GiantSeawise GiantOrdered in 1974 and delivered in 1979, the longest ship ever built was the supertanker Seawise Giant. Larger than the largest Cruise Ship afloat, the Oasis of the Seas, which is 1, 186 feet long. She was over 1, 504 feet long and weighed in at 260, 941 gross tons. Having a beam of 220 feet and drawing 79 feet of water, she was so large that she couldn't navigate through the Panama Canal the Suez Canal or even the English Channel. After having been sunk during the 1980 -1988 Iran—Iraq War she was raised, renamed a few times and used for oil storage until she was ultimately scrapped in India, in 2010.Read “The Exciting Story of Cuba” by Captain Hank Bracker .Hank Bracker
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The largest ship ever built is the S.S. Seawise Giant at 260,941 gross tons and a beam of 220 feet. A "Giant", as it is also known, was built for the National Iranian Tanker Co. and named after a Persian hero, Seyed Ali Behbehani, who was killed in the early 1600s fighting with the Persians.
He was reported to be 9 feet tall and was said to have been as strong as 10 men. This huge ship had the ability to carry 4200 tons of oil and was over 1,504 feet long and drew 79 feet of water. She was so large that she couldn't navigate through the Panama Canal or even the English Channel.
After having been sunk during the Iran-Iraq War, she was raised and renamed a few times before finally being scrapped in India in 2010. Read more: http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/03/the-exciting-story-of-cuba-by-captain-hank-bracker/274846/#ixzz2pH0AoAJU
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