1988 On May 4th, while sailing through the Strait of Hormuz, it was severely damaged by Iraqi warplanes with French-made flying fish anti-ship missiles and sank in the shallow sea near Kharg Island.
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198 1 year, the sea giant finally completed the launch. Its main task is to transport crude oil in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean.
Three years after the original owner owned "Ocean Giant", the ship was sold to Dong Haoyun, the owner registered in Hong Kong, because it went bankrupt before it was completed.
After taking over the ship, Dong Haoyun asked the shipyard to change the design specifications, lengthened the "Ocean Giant" with a water level of 480,000 tons by several meters, and raised the water level by 87,000 tons, with a total weight of 825,466 tons, making the "Ocean Giant" officially the largest ship in the world.
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The reason why the Ocean Giant sank was that it was attacked by Iraq.
Because it was the Iran-Iraq war, and the battlefield near the Persian Gulf was particularly fierce. Therefore, the oil transportation in the Persian Gulf has been hit hard.
Iraq announced that any ship carrying crude oil produced by Iran or other Arab countries would be the target of Iraq's attack, but the maritime giant chose to enter the Persian Gulf at this sensitive time.
What Iraq announced to the outside world was not a joke. Iraqi warplanes attacked the Sea Giant, which was operating in the Persian Gulf, with French-made flying fish anti-ship missiles, causing unprecedented damage and eventually sinking in the waters near Kak Island, Iran.
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Sea giants are reborn and wandering around 1989. It was resold to Norman International Shipping Company in Norway for $35 million. After salvaging, the ship was towed to Keppel Shipyard in Singapore, and large-scale repair work was carried out from 1990 to 10. This maintenance cost 3,200 tons of steel raw materials, and the replaced pipeline was 32 kilometers long. After the largest ship repair project in the world, the ship was renamed the Happy Giant and returned.
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The sea giant wandered around and was finally dismantled. 199 1 year, they sold the Happy Giant to another Norwegian Yale shipping company for $39 million and renamed it Jahre Viking.
Later, it was sold to a Singapore company and renamed Knock Nevis.
In June 5438+February 2009, the ship was sold to a ship-breaking company in India and renamed the Monte.
On 20 10 65438+ 10, the ship was dismantled in Alang, Gujarat, India.
The 36-ton anchor of "Ocean Giant" was finally preserved for exhibition in maritime museum.
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Conclusion As the largest ship in the world, it finally bought a bill for its own adventure.
The destructive power of war is really terrible. Whether you are the best in the world or not, don't touch the war easily.