What is the biggest boat on earth?

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now or the past

Answer 1

Name   Ships in class   Type   Length   Disp.   Status   Main builder   Operator  

Knock Nevis 1 Supertanker 458.5 m / 1,504 ft 564,763 DWT FSO Sumitomo Heavy Industries Fred Olsen Production

Batillus class 4 Supertanker 414 m / 1,358 ft 550,000 DWT All scrapped Chantiers de l'Atlantique Societe Maritime Shell

Esso Atlantic class 2 Supertanker 406.6 m / 1,334 ft 516,000 DWT All scrapped Hitachi Heavy Industries Exxon

Emma Mærsk 8 Container ship 397 m / 1,302 ft 170,974 GT In service Odense Steel Shipyard A.P. Moller-Maersk Group

Berge Emperor class 2 Supertanker 381.8 m / 1,253 ft 423,700 DWT All scrapped Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co. Bergesen d.y. ASA

TI Oceania 4 Supertanker 380 m / 1,245 ft 441,600 DWT In service Daewoo Heavy Industries OSG

Globtik Tokyo class 3 Supertanker 378.9 m / 1,243 ft 484,000 DWT All scrapped Ishikawajima Harima Heavy Industries Tokyo Tanker

Esso Deutschland 1 Supertanker 378 m / 1,240 ft 421,681 DWT Scrapped Kawasaki Heavy Industries Exxon

G-Class Mærsk 6 Container ship 367 m / 1,204 ft 97,933 GT In service Odense Steel Shipyard A.P. Moller-Maersk Group

Aiko Maru class 2 Supertanker 365.9 m / 1,200 ft 413,000 DWT All scrapped Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Sanko Line

Esso Japan class 2 Supertanker 362 m / 1,188 ft 406,000 DWT All scrapped Hitachi Heavy Industries Exxon

A-Class Mærsk 6 Container ship 352 m / 1,155 ft 75,000 In service Odense Steel Shipyard A.P. Moller-Maersk Group

Nisseki Maru 1 Supertanker 347 m / 1,138 ft 372,698 DWT Scrapped Ishikawajima Harima Heavy Industries Tokyo Tanker

CS-Class Mærsk 19 Container ship 347 m / 1,138 ft 70,000 In service Odense Steel Shipyard A.P. Moller-Maersk Group

RMS Queen Mary 2 1 Ocean liner 345 m / 1,132 ft 148,528 GT In service Chantiers de l'Atlantique Cunard Line

Berge Stahl 1 Bulk cargo ship 343 m / 1,125 ft 364,768 DWT In service Hyundai Heavy Industries Bergesen d.y. ASA

USS Enterprise (CVN-65) 1 Aircraft carrier 342 m / 1,123 ft 93,500 In service Newport News Shipbuilding United States Navy

Brasil Maru 1 Ore carrier 340 m / 1,115 ft 327,180 DWT In service Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co. Mitsui O.S.K. Lines

Freedom class 3 Cruise ship 339 m / 1,112 ft 154,407 GT In service Aker Finnyards Royal Caribbean

E-Class Mærsk 6 Container ship 333 m / 1,092 ft 159,187 In service Hyundai Heavy Industries A.P. Moller-Maersk Group

Gerald R. Ford class 3 Aircraft carrier 333 m / 1,092 ft 100,000 Planned Northrop Grumman Newport News United States Navy

Nimitz class 10 Aircraft carrier 333 m / 1,092 ft 102,000 9/10 In service Northrop Grumman Newport News United States Navy

[edit] Military ships

Name Ships in class Type Length Displacement Status

Answer 2

The Knock Nevis. A 564,000 ton tanker.

Answer 3

the lagest vessel afloat is the US navy dry dock rescue shipt,The ship sinks and allows for ships sinking or in need of repair to be drydocked once loaded onboard the ship refloats itself and up comes the ship it loaded high and dry,It is able to lift the worlds largest super tankers

Answer 4

Knock Nevis, aka Jahr Viking, aka Happy Giant, aka Seawise Giant.

Length 1504', beam 226'.