It's interesting, the mythos surrounding the Titanic; many people still believe it's the largest ship ever built and set sail. When I first visited the Queen Mary in Long Beach, California, I was surprised to hear the tour guide say the Queen Mary was larger than the Titanic. I knew there were larger modern ships (a glance out at the nearby port proved that point), but I thought ships, particulary passenger ships were attenuated in size following the sinking of the Titanic until the WWII era. By the way, after seeing a lot of tankers, container ships and the like when I was growing up, I found the Queen Mary to be rather small...
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