About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 36. Chapters: USS Ronald Reagan, NoCGV Svalbard, Deepwater Horizon, INS Tabar, HMAS Rankin, MV Samho Jewelry, HMS Albion, MS UND Adriyatik, USS Iwo Jima, MSC Sinfonia, Star Princess, RFA Wave Ruler, MV Lisco Gloria, Carnival Legend, MS Zuiderdam, HMS Bulwark, HNLMS Tromp, LE Niamh, MSC Venezia, Golden Princess, Carnival Spirit, USS Preble, USS Mustin, Royal Princess, MV Polarbjorn, PNS Rah Naward, Norwegian Star, USS Mason, MV Cap Finistere, MS Ulysses, MV Westpac Express, MS Stena Germanica, RV Kilo Moana, Carnival Pride, Lynx, HMC Seeker, Skandi Neptune, MS Romantika, JS Hiuchi, MV St Clare, List of ship launches in 2001, Seven Seas Mariner, USNS Benavidez, Robert C. Seamans, MS Radiance of the Seas, Norwegian Sun, JDS Kunisaki, HMS Shoreham, Dunbrody, Skat, USNS Pomeroy, Japanese destroyer Takanami, Japanese destroyer Onami, USCGC Sycamore, INS Karmuk. Excerpt: Deepwater Horizon was an ultra-deepwater, dynamically positioned, semi-submersible offshore oil drilling rig owned by Transocean. Built in 2001 in South Korea by Hyundai Heavy Industries, the rig was commissioned by R&B Falcon, which later became part of Transocean, registered in Majuro, Marshall Islands, and leased to BP plc from 2001 until September 2013. In September 2009, the rig drilled the deepest oil well in history at a vertical depth of 35,050 ft (10,683 m) and measured depth of 35,055 ft (10,685 m) in the Tiber field at Keathley Canyon block 102, approximately 250 miles (400 km) southeast of Houston, in 4,132 feet (1,259 m) of water. On 20 April 2010, while drilling at the Macondo Prospect, an explosion on the rig caused by a blowout killed 11 crewmen and ignited a fireball visible from 35 miles (56 km) away. The resulting fire could not be extinguished and, on 22 April 2010, Deepwater Horizon sank, leaving the well gushing at the sea floor and causing the lar...
