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In 1959 the 114,356 dwt âUniverse Apolloâ became the first tanker to pass the 100,000-ton figure: within a decade ships five times that size were being planned. The biggest oil tankers were built in the 1970s after the 1973 oil crisis. Thus a new generation of tanker was born, the VLCCs (Very Large Crude Carriers) and the ULCCs (Ultra Large Crude Carriers). The biggest oil tanker and biggest ship ever constructed â âSeawise Giantâ was built in 1979.
Confidence votes 39. The largest Navy ship currently afloat is the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier. There are ten of them afloat, and they're all the same size. They will eventually all be replaced by the Gerald Ford-class carrier, which is the same size as a Nimitz-class carrier. (Ship classes are named after the first ship in that class to be launched.