The largest ship ever sunk intentionally by its owners was the aircraft carrier USS America (CV 66), which was 319.2 m (1,047 ft 6 in) long and had a displacement of 75,800 tonnes. The ship was sunk in a live fire exercise off the Virginia, USA, coastline on 14 May 2005. Displacement is a conversion to metric from the official US Navy displacement of 83,573 tons, which is presumed to refer to ‘short’ tons.
The largest shaving cream pie fight involved 815 participants and was achieved by the Cornerstone Christian Fellowship (USA) in Chandler, Arizona, USA, on 15 September 2013. The attempt was a fundraiser for Harvest India, a missionary and relief organization based in Tenali, India that works with marginalized populations.
The largest shower measured 30.48 m (100 ft) long, 12.19 m (40 ft) wide, and 3.04 m (10 ft) tall and was manufactured by PertPlus in conjunction with the Chicago firefighters (all USA) at Six Flags Great America and Hurricane Harbour in Gurnee, USA, on 9 July 2009. They also attempted the most people showering simultaneously at the same event.
The largest silver-service dinner party took place on 17 July 2008, when 16,206 people were guests at the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Centennial Celebration Dinner hosted by the Walter E. Washington Convention Center (USA) in Washington DC, USA.
The record for the most people to simultaneously throw a flying disc is 853 at an event at Bethel College, North Newton, Kansas, USA on 1 October 2005. The event was organized by Bethel College alumnus, Jeffrey Graber.
The record for the largest motorcycle burn-out is 213 and was achieved by the team Harleystunts and Smokey Mountain Harley Davidson in Maryville, Tennessee, USA, on 26 August 2006.
The largest simultaneous whoopee cushion sit was achieved with 5,983 participants at the Catalyst Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, USA on 6 October 2005.
The world’s largest simultaneous yodel involved 1,795 people all yodeling at the Yahoo! Yodel Challenge for more than 1 minute. The event was held at Yahoo! Headquarters, Sunnyvale, California, USA, on 19 November 2004.
The largest singing lesson involved 6,651 participants and was achieved by Sweet Adelines International during the 63rd Annual Sweet Adelines International Convention and Competition at the Sommet Center in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, on 24 October 2009. Sweet Adelines International is an organization of female barbershop music singers based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, established by Edna Mae Anderson in 1945. Event organisers seek to educate organizational members about barbershop harmony to advance the artform.
Largest single-unit marquee measured 32,628.51 meters squared (351,210.33 square feet) and was built by Barrett Jackson (USA) at the Barrett Jackson Auto Auction in Scotsdale, Arizona, USA in January 2014 With approximately 1,400 automobiles for auction and more than 300,000 attendees the additional space of marquee was put to good use. In addition to the automobiles, a full sized carousel / merry-go-round was available as an auction item along with various celebrity vehicles auctioned for charity.