Knock Nevis
The longest ship ever built was an oil tanker known as the Knock Nevis. The Knock Nevis, or Mont by which it was later named on its last voyage, was a ULCC supertanker that was eventually decommissioned in 2009.
The Knock Nevis was the largest moving man-made object on the planet. From stern to bow the ship was longer than the Empire State Building's height. The ship spanned 458.45 m (1,504 ft) and had a staggering gross tonnage of 260,941 GT (214,793 NT).
Knock Nevis was originally built in 1979 by Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Japan. In 1988 the ship was damaged in the Iran-Iraq war in the Strait of Hormuz and later repaired under the name Happy Giant.
She was later bought by the Norwegian Jorgen Jahre in 1991 and renamed Jahre Viking where she served for 13 years. Eventually, she was purchased by First Olsen Tankers and renamed the Knock Nevis.
The 35 crew ship had a cruising speed of 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) and was propelled by a single propeller, 9 m (30 ft) in diameter. The Nevis took 9 km (~5.5 miles) to slow down from cruising speed to stand still and had a turning circle of 3 km (~2 miles).
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