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Mighty Ships

Mighty Ships

Description: 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.
Genre: Documentary
Year Released: 2008
Number of seasons: 10
Number of episodes: 62
First episode air date: July 27, 2008
Narrated By: Barbara Budd
Network: Discovery Channel
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