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World's Largest Ship Floated For the First Time

Posted by samzenpus on from the that's-a-biggun dept.

Zothecula writes "A ship with a hull longer than the Empire State Building is tall has been floated out of dry dock in Geoje, South Korea. Measuring 488 m (1,601 ft) long and 74 m (243 ft) wide, the hull belongs to Shell's Prelude floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility, which upon completion will be the largest floating facility ever built."

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  1. Whatever.... by meglon · · Score: 5, Funny

    ....floats your boat.

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  2. And they used to say... by Notabadguy · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's not the size of the ship, it's the motion in the ocean....

    Apparently, it *is* all about the size of the ship!

  3. Re:Worlds biggest shipyards by smittyoneeach · · Score: 2, Funny

    I suppose unions can point to their triumphs in Detroit instead.

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  4. Re:Technically it is not a ship... by phrostie · · Score: 5, Funny

    to me it looks like a cross between the titanic and the Hindenburg.

    stand back.

  5. Described using wrong units. meters?? WTH?? by 140Mandak262Jamuna · · Score: 1, Funny
    It bothers me people easily cast aside traditions and commonly accepted norms and blithely and almost nonchalantly use new yardsticks. There is a 3000 year old tradition to describe un-powered floating tubs by saying how many cubits long, how many cubits wide and how many cubits tall these tubs are.

    Well, at least they could have used the next best length unit, football fields. But, no, they would not use something so familiar to us and readily imaginable by all of us as the lengths football fields. True, I concede, using how many skyscrapers it would dwarf once you image it standing on its end or how big a building it could enclose in its shell, etc would somewhat ameliorate the use of such abstruse exotic and non standard units as meters.

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  6. Re:Technically it is not a ship... by RivenAleem · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm sure Archer could provide some choice words to this effect.

  7. Re:Technically it is not a ship... by Snotnose · · Score: 4, Funny

    RTFA: "three 6,700-hp thrusters at the rear of the Prelude"

    That Honda must go hella fast, unless it has to haul your mom around.