Seawise Giant
scrapped ULCC supertanker / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Seawise Giant (known later as the Happy Giant, Jahre Viking, Knock Nevis, Oppama, and Mont) was a ULCC supertanker. It was the longest ship ever built and had the greatest deadweight tonnage that has ever been recorded.[1] When it was heavily loaded, the ship had a displacement of 657,019 tonnes (646,642 long tons; 724,239 short tons) and had a draft of 24.6 m (81 ft).[2] Due to it's size and lack of maneuverability, it was not able to move through the English Channel, Suez Canal or the Panama Canal.[3]
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The ship was built in 1979 by Sumitomo Heavy Industries at the Oppama shipyard in Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan.[4] The ship was sunk during the Iran–Iraq War but was salvaged, restored and put back into service.[5] The ship sailed its final journey in December 2009 after being sold to Indian ship breakers.[6] It was then intentionally beached in Alang, Gujarat, India and was demolished.[7]