USS Sturgis
floating nuclear power plant · United States
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- USS Sturgis
- IMO number
- 5068526
- MMSI
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- Call sign
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- Flag
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Vessel type
- floating nuclear power plant
- Gross tonnage
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- Deadweight (DWT)
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- Length overall
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- Beam
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- Year built
- 1967
- Builder
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- Registered owner
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- Operator
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Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About USS Sturgis
MH-1A was the first floating nuclear power station. Named Sturgis after General Samuel D. Sturgis III, this pressurized water reactor built in a converted Liberty ship was part of a series of reactors in the US Army Nuclear Power Program, which aimed to develop small nuclear reactors to generate electrical and space-heating energy primarily at remote, relatively inaccessible sites. Its designation stood for mobile, high power. After its first criticality in 1967, MH-1A was towed to the Panama Canal Zone that it supplied with 10 MW of electricity. Its dismantling began in 2014 and was completed in March 2019.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is USS Sturgis now?
- USS Sturgis has not transmitted a live position recently. Its identity and particulars are kept on this page, and its position will appear here the moment it is detected on AIS again.
- What kind of ship is USS Sturgis?
- USS Sturgis is a floating nuclear power plant sailing under the flag of United States, built in 1967.
- Has USS Sturgis been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for USS Sturgis appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).