K, I cannot find any info whether I enter S.S. Manhattan, they tend to want to tell the story of the WW2 oil tanker. All I know is the S.S. Manhattan you are talking about was built at Bethlehem in the very late 50's, 114,000 deadweight tons and converted into an icebreaker. No specs as to the hull or anything.
Is there an interesting story behind this ship? What happened?
The searches for the ship sucked too as somehow terrorism against oil tankers in Manhattan get inserted in there.
I'm looking for a ship, not potential terrorist targets, geez, all of America is a potential target...
I do believe that even the largest supertankers being built have NOTHING on the Queen Mary 2, there were only 5 yards WORLDWIDE capable of building such a vessel, the place she was built may surprise everyone. France, not Great Britain as expected.
http://www.cruisediva.com/qm2_1.htmhttp://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/qm2.htmWhoa! 150,000 tons! The largest BBs ever built, the Yamato and Musashi by comparison were a mere 65,000 tons, the Iowa class were even lower!