Other Really Big Things

[unhappycamper]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Oasis_of_the_Seas



MS Oasis of the Seas; Nassau, Bahamas; January 2010

Career

Name: Oasis of the Seas
Owner: Royal Caribbean International
Operator: Royal Caribbean International
Port of registry: The Bahamas Nassau, The Bahamas<1>
Route: Caribbean
Ordered: February 2006
Builder: STX Europe shipyards in Turku, Finland<2>
Cost: US$1.4 billion (2006)<3>
Laid down: 12 November 2007<4>
Launched: 22 November 2008 float-out<4>
Completed: 28 October 2009<5>
Christened: 30 November 2009<6>
Maiden voyage: 5 December 2009 <6>
Identification: IMO number: 9383936
Status: in active service, as of 2010
General characteristics
Class and type: Oasis class cruise ship
Tonnage: 225,282 GT<1>
Length: 360 m (1,181 ft) overall<7>
Beam: 47 m (154 ft) waterline
60.5 m (198 ft) extreme<7>
Height: 72 m (236 ft) above water line<8>
Draught: 9.3 m (31 ft)<7>
Depth: 22.55 m (74 ft)<7>
Decks: 16 passenger decks<2>
Installed power: 3 × Wärtsilä 12V46D engines (13,860 kW/18,590 hp each)
3 × Wärtsilä 16V46D engines (18,480 kW/24,780 hp each)<8><9>
Propulsion: 3 × 20 MW ABB Azipod, all azimuthing<8>
Speed: 22.6 knots (41.9 km/h; 26.0 mph)<2>
Capacity: 5,400 passengers at double occupancy; 6,296 maximum<2>
Crew: 2,165<2>


I wonder what else you can get for $1.4 billion dollars.


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You get the idea.....

[leveymg]

1. Wouldn't it just be cheaper to take potential adversaries on a nice Caribbean cruise?

All expenses paid, open bar. What problems couldn't be worked out, under the right conditions?