SS Governor Cobb
SS Governor Cobb | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Governor Cobb |
| Operator |
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| Route | |
| Builder | Delaware River Iron Shipbuilding and Engine Works |
| Launched | 21 April 1906 |
| Completed | 1906 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1947 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Passenger |
| Displacement | 3,500 tons |
| Length | 300 ft |
| Beam | 51 ft |
| Draft | 14 ft |
| Propulsion | 3 × Parsons LP impulse turbine, center turbine high pressure, outboard turbines, low pressure; 6 × Scotch boilers, 5,000 SHP; triple screws |
| Speed | 17.5 knots |
SS Governor Cobb was an American coastal passenger steamboat built in 1906. The ship has the double distinction of being not only the first American-built ship to be powered by steam turbines, but also, late in her career, of becoming the world's first helicopter carrier.