page_title: SS Governor Cobb
hierarchical_section_title: SS Governor Cobb
caption_attribution_description: English: SS Governor Cobb, from a 1906 postcard.
context_page_description: 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.
context_section_description: 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.
caption: SS Governor Cobb
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