SS Charles H. Cugle
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SS Charles H. Cugle was a liberty ship
, hull number 3145.
Renamed the Sturgis, it provided the platform for MH-1A
, the world's first floating nuclear power plant.
Liberty ship
Liberty ships were cargo ships built in the United States during World War II. Though British in conception, they were adapted by the U.S. as they were cheap and quick to build, and came to symbolize U.S. wartime industrial output. Based on vessels ordered by Britain to replace ships torpedoed by...
, hull number 3145.
Renamed the Sturgis, it provided the platform for MH-1A
MH-1A
thumb|right|300pxMH-1A was a pressurized water reactor and the first floating nuclear power station. One of a series of reactors in the US Army Nuclear Power Program, its designation stood for mobile, high power.-History:...
, the world's first floating nuclear power plant.