4. The USS Kitty Hawk’s Hull Measures This Much
Located in: USA
Estimated cost: $264 million, or $2.5 billion as of right now.
Everybody has watched the Titanic movie, even more than once. The movie presents the god-forsaken ship as an enormous marvel that took thousands of minutes and hundreds of hands to meticulously construct. However, we are unaware that modern ships—particularly those used for freight and cruise lines—are hundreds of times larger than the Titanic.
This is how big the USS Kitty Hawk’s hull is. © Photographer’s Mate Airman Bo Flannigan/Wikimedia Commons/U.S. Navy
By using this image of the USS Kitty Hawk as a guide, you may determine the approximate size of contemporary ships. Remember that humans only appear to be tiny ants because of the hull. Wow, what incredible advances humans have made!