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This is a list of tanker
Tanker (ship)
A tanker is a ship designed to transport liquids in bulk. Major types of tankship include the oil tanker, the chemical tanker, and the liquefied natural gas carrier.-Background:...

s. The list includes merchant tankers as well as naval tankers that do not fall into more specialized lists such as List of replenishment ships of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary and List of Type T2 Tanker names.

Operators	Origins	Class or name	Builder	Type	Year Entered Service	Year of Retirement	Fate
Euronav NV		TI class supertankers/TI Asia, formerly Hellespont Alhambra	Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering	supertanker	2002		still active
Euronav NV		TI class supertankers/TI Europe, formerly Hellespont Tara	Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering	supertanker	2002		still active
Overseas Shipping Group		TI class supertankers/TI Oceania, formerly Hellespont Fairfax	Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering	supertanker	2002		still active
		TI class supertankers/TI Africa, formerly Hellespont Metropolis	Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering	supertanker	2002		still active
Exxon Exxon Exxon is a chain of gas stations as well as a brand of motor fuel and related products by ExxonMobil. From 1972 to 1999, Exxon was the corporate name of the company previously known as Standard Oil Company of New Jersey or Jersey Standard....		Exxon Valdez Exxon Valdez Oriental Nicety, formerly Exxon Valdez, Exxon Mediterranean, SeaRiver Mediterranean, S/R Mediterranean, Mediterranean, and Dong Fang Ocean is an oil tanker that gained notoriety after running aground in Prince William Sound spilling hundreds of thousands of barrels of crude oil in Alaska...	National Steel and Shipbuilding Company National Steel and Shipbuilding Company National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, commonly referred to as NASSCO, is a shipyard in San Diego, California and Norfolk, Virginia and a division of General Dynamics. The shipyard specializes in constructing commercial cargo ships and auxiliary vessels for the US Navy and Military Sealift...	supertanker	1986		Converted to ore carrier and renamed Dong Fang Ocean
BP BP BP p.l.c. is a global oil and gas company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the third-largest energy company and fourth-largest company in the world measured by revenues and one of the six oil and gas "supermajors"...		P-Class	Samsung Heavy Industries Samsung Heavy Industries Samsung Heavy Industries or SHI is one of the largest shipbuilders in the world and one of the "Big Three" shipbuilders of South Korea...	Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCC)	1999-2000		still active - 4 vessels in class
BP		Tree Class	Tsuneishi Shipbuilding Co.	Aframax	2002-2004		still active - 8 vessels in class
BP		Bird Class	Samsung Heavy Industries Samsung Heavy Industries Samsung Heavy Industries or SHI is one of the largest shipbuilders in the world and one of the "Big Three" shipbuilders of South Korea...	Aframax	2003-2006		still active - 12 vessels in class
BP		E-Class	Hyundai Mipo Dockyard	Medium Range Products Tanker	2003-2007		still active - 5 vessels in class
BP		Virtue Class	Hyundai Mipo Dockyard	Large Range Product Tanker	2004-2005		still active - 12 vessels in class
BP		C- Class	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Mitsubishi Heavy Industries , or MHI, is a Japanese company. It is one of the core companies of Mitsubishi Group.-History:In 1870 Yataro Iwasaki, the founder of Mitsubishi took a lease of Government-owned Nagasaki Shipyard. He named it Nagasaki Shipyard & Machinery Works, and started the shipbuilding business on a full scale...	Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Carrier	2006-2007		still active - 4 vessels in class
BP		Trader Class	Samsung Heavy Industries Samsung Heavy Industries Samsung Heavy Industries or SHI is one of the largest shipbuilders in the world and one of the "Big Three" shipbuilders of South Korea...	LNG carrier LNG carrier An LNG carrier is a tank ship designed for transporting liquefied natural gas . As the LNG market grows rapidly, the fleet of LNG carriers continues to experience tremendous growth.-History:...	2002-2003		still active - 3 vessels in class
BP		GEM Class	Hyundai Heavy Industries Hyundai Heavy Industries Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. is the world's largest shipbuilding company, headquartered in Ulsan, South Korea. The company is a subsidiary of Hyundai Heavy Industries Group...	LNG carrier LNG carrier An LNG carrier is a tank ship designed for transporting liquefied natural gas . As the LNG market grows rapidly, the fleet of LNG carriers continues to experience tremendous growth.-History:...	2007-2008		still active - 4 vessels in class
OOCL		Seawise Giant; later Knock Nevis, Jahre Viking, Happy Giant	Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.	supertanker	1981	2009	Scrapped in Alang, India
		Prairial; renamed Hellas Fos, renamed Sea Giant	Chantiers de l'Atlantique Chantiers de l'Atlantique Chantiers de l'Atlantique is part of the South Korean STX Shipbuilding Group and one of the world's largest shipyards, based in Saint-Nazaire, France... /Alstom Marine Alstom Alstom is a large multinational conglomerate which holds interests in the power generation and transport markets. According to the company website, in the years 2010-2011 Alstom had annual sales of over €20.9 billion, and employed more than 85,000 people in 70 countries. Alstom's headquarters are...	supertanker	1979	2003	scrapped in Pakistan
		Batillus class supertankers Batillus class supertankers The Batillus-class supertanker is a class of the biggest ships by gross tonnage ever constructed. At , and 414-metres, the four vessels were built in the Louis Joubert Lock, and launched from the shipyards of Chantiers de l'Atlantique at Saint Nazaire, France at the end of the 1970s.The only other... /Pierre Guillaumat; renamed Ulsan Master	Chantiers de l'Atlantique Chantiers de l'Atlantique Chantiers de l'Atlantique is part of the South Korean STX Shipbuilding Group and one of the world's largest shipyards, based in Saint-Nazaire, France... /Alstom Marine Alstom Alstom is a large multinational conglomerate which holds interests in the power generation and transport markets. According to the company website, in the years 2010-2011 Alstom had annual sales of over €20.9 billion, and employed more than 85,000 people in 70 countries. Alstom's headquarters are...	supertanker	1977	1983	scrapped in Ulsan, South Korea
Esso International Shipping (Bahamas) Co Ltd, Nassau		Esso Atlantic; renamed Kapetan Giannis	Hitachi Zosen	supertanker	1977	1990	scrapped in Pakistan 2002
Esso Eastern Marine Ltd., Bermuda and Ceres Hellenic Shipping Enterprises Inc	,	Esso Pacific; renamed Kapetan Michalis	Hitachi Zosen	supertanker	1977	1990	scrapped in Pakistan 2002
Société Maritime Shell France		Batillus class supertankers Batillus class supertankers The Batillus-class supertanker is a class of the biggest ships by gross tonnage ever constructed. At , and 414-metres, the four vessels were built in the Louis Joubert Lock, and launched from the shipyards of Chantiers de l'Atlantique at Saint Nazaire, France at the end of the 1970s.The only other... /Batillus	Chantiers de l'Atlantique Chantiers de l'Atlantique Chantiers de l'Atlantique is part of the South Korean STX Shipbuilding Group and one of the world's largest shipyards, based in Saint-Nazaire, France... /Alstom Marine Alstom Alstom is a large multinational conglomerate which holds interests in the power generation and transport markets. According to the company website, in the years 2010-2011 Alstom had annual sales of over €20.9 billion, and employed more than 85,000 people in 70 countries. Alstom's headquarters are...	supertanker	1976	1985	scrapped in Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Société Maritime Shell France		Batillus class supertankers Batillus class supertankers The Batillus-class supertanker is a class of the biggest ships by gross tonnage ever constructed. At , and 414-metres, the four vessels were built in the Louis Joubert Lock, and launched from the shipyards of Chantiers de l'Atlantique at Saint Nazaire, France at the end of the 1970s.The only other... /Bellamya	Chantiers de l'Atlantique Chantiers de l'Atlantique Chantiers de l'Atlantique is part of the South Korean STX Shipbuilding Group and one of the world's largest shipyards, based in Saint-Nazaire, France... /Alstom Marine Alstom Alstom is a large multinational conglomerate which holds interests in the power generation and transport markets. According to the company website, in the years 2010-2011 Alstom had annual sales of over €20.9 billion, and employed more than 85,000 people in 70 countries. Alstom's headquarters are...	supertanker	1976	1986	scrapped in Ulsan, South Korea
Barracuda Tanker Corporation	/	Torrey Canyon Torrey Canyon The Torrey Canyon was a supertanker capable of carrying a cargo of 120,000 tons of crude oil, which was shipwrecked off the western coast of Cornwall, England in March 1967 causing an environmental disaster...		supertanker - first supertanker	1960?	1967	wrecked

Former supertankers converted into Mercy class hospital ship
Mercy class hospital ship
The Mercy class of hospital ships are converted San Clemente-class supertankers now used by the United States Navy as naval ambulances. Originally built in the late 1970s by the National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, they were acquired by the Navy and converted into hospital ships, coming into...

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- USNS Mercy
  USNS Mercy (T-AH-19)
  The third USNS Mercy is the lead ship of her class of hospital ships in the United States Navy. Her sister ship is the USNS Comfort . She was named for the virtue of compassion. In accordance with the Geneva Conventions, USNS Mercy and her crew do not carry any offensive weapons, though...
  
  , formerly SS Worth
- USNS Comfort
  USNS Comfort (T-AH-20)
  USNS Comfort is the third United States Navy ship to bear the name Comfort, and the second to join the navy fleet. The USNS prefix identifies the Comfort as a non-commissioned ship owned by the U.S. Navy and crewed by civilians. In accordance with the Geneva Conventions, USNS Comfort and her...
  
  , formerly SS Rose City (MA-301)

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