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This Heavy-Lift Ship Is Perhaps The Most Important Ship Made By Man

We see a number of awe-inspiring inventions every day. However, there are a lot of inventions that do not get the credit they deserve. One of them is the heavy-lift ship. It is a vessel designed to move very large loads that are impossible for other ships to move.

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The heavy-lift ship works by flooding the deck and positioning itself underneath the object it needs to carry.

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This is the USS Cole, which is a 505-foot long ship being carried when it needed repairs in 2000.

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Look at how tiny the humans are in the picture to grasp the sheer size of the vehicle.

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It can also haul more than a dozen transport ships at the same time.

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Ever wondered how the oil rigs are transported to such remote locations?

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Oil rigs are not the only things it can carry. Carrying sea-based radars is no big deal for these massive ships.

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Drilling rigs need to be transported to oil rigs as well. Here is the ship carrying three of them lined up.

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Looking at these makes you feel like if there is anything this supership cannot carry.

 

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