Letter to the editor: Wow, cruise ships are so big they really do make a splash

Re: “Cruising toward a record: ‘This will be our biggest season’ ” (Page A1, June 2): Let’s put the size of big cruise ships in perspective: • Anthem of the Sea, the largest to visit Portland to date: 1,142 feet and 169,000 tons. • The Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), the Navy’s newest and largest aircraft carrier (the […]

Re: “Cruising toward a record: ‘This will be our biggest season’ ” (Page A1, June 2):

Let’s put the size of big cruise ships in perspective:

• Anthem of the Sea, the largest to visit Portland to date: 1,142 feet and 169,000 tons.

• The Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), the Navy’s newest and largest aircraft carrier (the Navy took delivery last week): 1,106 feet and about 100,000 tons.

• Iowa-class battleships (Iowa, New Jersey, Missouri and Wisconsin), the Navy’s largest-ever battleships: 887 feet and about 50,000 tons.

So the Anthem weighs in at almost 70 percent more than our largest carrier and more than three times our largest battleships.

Ed Wolcott

Topsham

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