History of the world's tallest buildings to be tall, but its true height is not known. For thousands of years, the Great Pyramid in Egypt was the tallest "structure" in the world, but the Great Pyramid is not considered a building since it is not habitable. The earliest structures now known to be the tallest in the world were the Egyptian pyramids, with the Great Pyramid of Giza, at an original height of , being the tallest man-made structure in the world for over 3,800 years, until the construction of Lincoln Cathedral in 1300. From then until the completion of the Washington Monument (capped in 1884)
USS General S. D. Sturgis (AP-137) USS General S. D. Sturgis (AP-137) USS "General S. D. Sturgis" (AP-137) was a for the U.S. Navy in World War II. She was named in honor of U.S. Army general Samuel Davis Sturgis. She was transferred to the U.S. Army as USAT "General S. D. Sturgis in 1946. On 1 March 1950 she was transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) as USNS "General S. D. Sturgis" (T-AP-137). She was later sold for commercial operation under the name SS "Green Port, before being scrapped in 1980. "General S. D. Sturgis" was launched under Maritime Commission contract (MC #661)