List of longest ships
Oil tankers

List of longest ships

Section Title: Oil tankers
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Name	Length overall	DWT	GT/GRT	In service	Status	Notes	Image	Ref

Seawise Giant	458.46 m (1,504 ft)	564,650 DWT	260,851 GT	1979–2009	Broken up	Originally smaller, jumboisation made Seawise Giant the largest ship ever by length, displacement (657,019 tonnes), and deadweight tonnage.

Batillus class (4 ships)	414.22 m (1,359 ft)	553,661–555,051 DWT	274,837–275,276 GT	1976–2003	Broken up	The largest and longest ships ever to be laid down per original plans. They became second only to Seawise Giant (after its jumboisation) for deadweight tonnage and length overall.	-

Esso AtlanticEsso Pacific	406.57 m (1,334 ft)	516,421–516,891 DWT	247,160–247,161 GT	1977–2002	Broken up

Nai SuperbaNai Genova	381.92 m (1,253 ft)	409,400 DWT	1978–2001	Broken up

Berge EmperorBerge Empress	381.82 m (1,253 ft)	423,745 DWT	1975–2004	Broken up

TI class (4 ships)	380 m (1,247 ft)	441,893 DWT	234,006 GT	2002–	In service	Hellespont Tara-023.JPG

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Seawise Giant was not the largest ship by gross tonnage it was behind the four 275,276 GT Batillus-class.

final_sentence: Seawise Giant was not the largest ship by gross tonnage it was behind the four 275,276 GT Batillus-class.