List of longest ships

Size comparison between five of the longest ships of their type

The world's longest ships are listed according to their overall length (LOA), which is the maximum length of the vessel measured between the extreme points in fore and aft. In addition, the ships' deadweight tonnage (DWT) and gross tonnage (GT) are presented as they are often used to describe the size of a vessel.

The list includes the current record-holders, either as individual ships or ship classes, of each major ship type as well as longer vessels that have been scrapped.

The list does not include other floating structures, generally not self-propelled, such as mobile offshore drilling units (example, the 1,200,000 DWT Hibernia Gravity Base Structure) or mobile floating liquefied natural gas units (example, the 488 m (1,601 ft) long Prelude FLNG).

Name	Type	Length overall	DWT	GT/GRT	In service	Status	Notes	Image	Ref
Seawise Giant	Oil tanker	458.46 m (1,504.1 ft)	564,650 DWT	260,851 GT	1979–2009	Broken up	Originally smaller, jumboisation made Seawise Giant the largest ship ever by length, displacement (657,019 tonnes), and deadweight tonnage.		[1]
Batillus class (4 ships)	Oil tanker	414.22 m (1,359.0 ft)	553,661– 555,051 DWT	274,837– 275,276 GT	1976–2003	Broken up	The four Batillus-class supertankers were the largest and longest ships ever to be laid down per original plans. They were the largest ever when measuring gross tonnage, and were second only to Seawise Giant (post its jumboisation) for deadweight tonnage and length overall. All were built by 1979, three were retired by 1986, only Prairial sailed to 2003.		[2] [3] [4] [5][6]
Esso Atlantic Esso Pacific	Oil tanker	406.57 m (1,333.9 ft)	516,421– 516,891 DWT	247,160– 247,161 GT	1977–2002	Broken up			[7]
Barzan	Container ship	400 m (1,312 ft)	199,744 DWT	195,636 GT	2015–	In service			[8]
Pioneering Spirit	Crane vessel	382 m (1,253 ft)	50,000 DWT	403,342 GT	2015–	In service	Pioneering Spirit is the largest twin-hulled vessel ever built as well as, at 124 metres (407 ft), the widest ship in the world. Photo is prior to renaming of vessel.		[9][10]
TI class (4 ships)	Oil tanker	380 m (1,247 ft)	441,893 DWT	234,006 GT	2002–	In service	The four TI-class supertankers are the largest ships currently in service by deadweight tonnage. Two ships have been converted to floating storage and offloading (FSO) units.		[11]
Valemax (35 ships)	Bulk carrier	360–362 m (1,181–1,188 ft)	400,000 DWT	200,000 GT	2011–	In service	The 400,000-ton Valemax ore carriers are the largest bulk carriers ever constructed by deadweight tonnage and length overall.		[12]
Oasis class (4 ships)	Cruise ship	360–362.12 m (1,181–1,188 ft)	15,000 DWT	225,282– 226,963 GT	2009–	In service	Oasis-class cruise ships Oasis of the Seas and Allure of the Seas are the largest passenger ships ever built by gross tonnage, length overall and passenger capacity. A third ship, Harmony of the Seas entered the fleet May 29, 2016,[13] and a fourth ship is under construction.[14]		[15]
Queen Mary 2	Ocean liner	345 m (1,132 ft)	19,189 DWT	148,527 GT	2003–	In service			[16][17]
Q-Max (14 ships)	LNG carrier	345 m (1,132 ft)	128,900 DWT	163,922 GT	2008–	In service			[18]
USS Enterprise	Aircraft carrier	342 m (1,122 ft)			1961–2013	Retired	USS Enterprise, the longest aircraft carrier ever built, was deactivated in December 2012.		[19][20][21][22]
Iowa class (4 ships)	Battleship	270 m (890 ft)			1943–1992	Retired	Iowa-class battleships were the longest battleships ever built.		[23]

See also

• List of large sailing vessels
• List of large sailing yachts
• List of largest container ships
• List of longest naval ships
• List of motor yachts by length
• List of world's largest passenger ships
• List of the world's largest cruise ships
• List of world's largest wooden ships
• List of world's largest ships by gross tonnage

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