Mighty Ships

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Mighty ShipsBillion-dollar cruise ships, secret submarines, high-tech ocean dredgers, floating state-of-the-art hospitals -- all are part of the cutting-edge vessels featured in this series, which reveals everything from the mechanics of modern sea-going to the human drama seafarers face.
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S10, EP6 "Edda Freya"With specialized cranes and underwater robots, Edda Freya repairs and replaces critical pipelines running to an oil and gas platform.
S10, EP5 "Sapura 3500"Off the coast of Malaysia, Sapura 3500 lays a pipeline and builds an offshore gas platform in just three weeks.
S10, EP4 "Yasin Bey"The Yasin Bey, a ship and power plant all in one, takes a four week voyage from Turkey to Indonesia to deliver much-needed electricity.
S10, EP3 "MSC Meraviglia"MSC's biggest cruise ship navigates tight Mediterranean harbors, offering a brand new water park, classic excursions and Cirque du Soleil at Sea.
S10, EP2 "MSC Oscar"One of the world's largest container ships races from port to port in China, Malaysia and Germany, transporting almost 20,000 crates of cargo.
S10, EP1 "MS Norrona"Norrona ferries passengers, vehicles and million-dollar cargo to Iceland and the Faroe Islands on one of the longest, toughest ferry routes in the world.
S9, EP7 "Tonsberg"The world's largest roll-on, roll-off vessel races against the clock to load and transport luxury cars, SUVs and construction equipment across the Atlantic Ocean.
S9, EP6 "Fram"The world's most adventurous cruise ship battles ice-choked fjords of Greenland to visit spectacular wildlife and icebergs.
S9, EP5 "Maersk Viking"One of the world's most advanced drill ships builds an oil well more than a mile below the Gulf of Mexico.
S9, EP4 "Northern Leader"Alaska's biggest longline fishing ships battle high waves and hurricane-force winds to bring home a massive catch of cod.
S9, EP3 "USNS Comfort"This U.S. Navy hospital ship travels from Colombia through the Panama Canal on a mission of mercy to the tiny Caribbean island of Dominica.
S9, EP1 "North Sea Giant"One of the world's largest subsea construction vessels sets out to build a massive natural gas compression station underwater.
S8, EP5 "HDMS Peter Willemoes"The Royal Danish Navy's new frigate must prove she can fight even when wounded.
S8, EP4 "Algoma Equinox"The Algoma Equinox battles fierce ice, howling winds and challenging waters to transport grain and iron ore.
S8, EP3 "Happy Star"A heavy lift vessel transports a colossal load from China to Canada in a voyage that will take the ship to its limit.
S8, EP2 "Hawk"To transport one of the world's largest oil rigs, Hawk must sink before she can swim; she submerges her expansive deck to load.
S8, EP1 "Quantum of the Seas"Filled with big toys, guests fly the trapeze, surf and skydive without ever leaving the world's most innovative cruise ship.
S7, EP6 "Ibn Battuta"Ibn Battuta is capable of breaking up the hardest subsea soil as it deepens the Son Duong Port in Vietnam's poorest province.
S7, EP5 "Stemat Spirit"Stemat Spirit is built to work on land, approaching shore during high tide, settling on the sand as the tide recedes and sailing out to sea, laying cable as she goes, when the tide returns.
S7, EP4 "Avataq"The Avataq carries everything from food and furniture to mining equipment and explosives to Quebec's inaccessible northern regions.
S7, EP3 "Wind Surf"The Wind Surf, a sleek, five-masted luxury sailing yacht, is large enough to pamper and yet small enough to tuck into tiny harbors and hidden coves.
S7, EP2 "Norwegian Breakaway: The Build"Follow the building of the Norwegian Breakaway at Germany's Meyer-Werft shipyard; it is the largest ship they've ever built and they have only 18 months to finish it.
S7, EP1 "Norwegian Breakaway: The Voyage"The Norwegian Breakaway cruise ship sets sail on her first voyage, and her captain faces a tough decision when a North Atlantic tempest forms.
S6, EP4 "MV Stornes"The Stornes has been built specifically to deploy rocks through a "fallpipe" for structures installed under the ocean.
S6, EP2 "USS New York"The USS New York is a floating tribute to those who died Sept. 11, 2001, with 7.5 tons of steel salvaged from the wreckage of the Twin Towers forming her bow stem.
S6, EP1 "Crystal Serenity"Follow along as the world's top cruise ship, the Crystal Serenity visits Sydney harbour, the port of Melbourne, Bali, a large-scale furniture load in Semarang, Indonesia and the port of Singapore.
S5, EP6 "USS Gravely"The U.S. Navy's newest ship, a guided missile destroyer, goes through testing with its crew in preparation for deployment.
S5, EP5 "Umiak I"Umiak I is the world's most powerful ice-breaking carrier, hauling mining equipment from Quebec City to Labrador and returning with nickel concentrate.
S5, EP4 "Peregrino"The FPSO Maersk Peregrino is the world's biggest oil production ship and is permanently hooked up at the Peregrino oil field.
S5, EP3 "Le Boreal"Le Boreal is built to take on the demanding waters of the Southern Ocean.
S5, EP2 "North Star"The North Star is a roll-on/roll-off ship that delivers goods from Seattle to Anchorage within 72 hours.
S5, EP1 "Norwegian Epic"The Norwegian Epic is a billion-dollar showboat with more than 20 bars and restaurants and pool decks that transform into nightclubs.
S4, EP5 "Stena Britannica"The Stena Britannica is a combination of car carrier, passenger ferry, cargo transport and cruise ship, operating between England and Holland.
S4, EP1 "DSV Skandi Arctic"Saturation dive support ship DSV Skandi Arctic is the biggest and newest in the world, serving as a mother ship for aquanauts.
S3, EP8 "G.O. Sars"Marine research vessel G.O. Sars searches for new life forms north of the Arctic Circle.
S3, EP7 "Tyco Resolute"Laying fiber optic cables off the Pacific Coast to maintain the back bone of the Internet.
S3, EP5 "Africa Mercy"Africa Mercy, the largest non-governmental hospital ship, delivers medical care to regions with polluted water or no power.
S3, EP4 "Cristobal Colon"The Cristobal Colon is to dredge sand from the sea floor for a super port in Cuxhaven, Germany.
S3, EP3 "USS Kentucky"The USS Kentucky, an Ohio-Class ballistic nuclear-powered submarine, is virtually undetectable.
S3, EP2 "Peace in Africa"Peace in Africa, the world's largest underwater mining vessel, uses a nozzle to suck up seabed gravel that's full of diamonds.
S3, EP1 "Oasis of the Seas"The maiden voyage of the Oasis of the Seas, the largest, most revolutionary cruise ship in the world.
S2, EP9 "Emma Maersk"The crew of the Emma Maersk travels from the Far East to Western Europe.
S2, EP5 "U.S.S. Nimitz"The world's largest nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the U.S.S. Nimitz has a crew of more than 3,000 as well as an air wing with more than 2,000 personnel.
S2, EP4 "MV Resolution"The MV Resolution, a self-elevating support system ship, is designed to pound gigantic wind turbines into the bottom of the sea.
S2, EP3 "Akamalik"The Akamalik is the star of Royal Greenland's shrimp trawling fleet and and plays a critical role in the county's economy.
S2, EP2 "MV Fairplayer"The Jumbo Fairplayer represents the biggest and strongest mega ships built to transport super-sized equipment.
S2, EP1 "HDMS Absalon"A new breed of warship, the HDMS Absalon patrols the Gulf of Aden and the world's most dangerous shipping routes.
S1, EP5 "Paul R. Tregurtha"The largest ship to sail the Great Lakes, the Paul R. Tregurtha is designed to carry as much cargo as possible.
S1, EP4 "Henry Larsen"Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker Henry Larsen specializes in search and rescue missions.
S1, EP3 "Faust"The newest, and largest, vehicle carrier has 13 decks the size of 11 football fields.
S1, EP2 "Becrux"The world's largest custom-built livestock carrier, the Becrux can carry nearly 20,000 head of cattle or 60,000 sheep.
"Best of Special"Highlighting the massive warships, cruise liners, trawlers and other vessels that sail the seven seas.
Billion-dollar cruise ships, secret submarines, high-tech ocean dredgers, floating state-of-the-art hospitals -- all are part of the cutting-edge vessels featured in this series, which reveals everything from the mechanics of modern sea-going to the human drama seafarers face.
Original Air Date: Aug 5, 2008
Genres: DocuseriesTV Series
Rating: TVG
Playback: HD
11 seasons available on demand (52 episodes)
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