Floating Power Plant Seapower/Piraquê/Poraquê
Decommissioned and sunk · Pará · Last reported Jan 1991
Source: CPG Click Oil and Gas
A massive 109-meter, 5,500-ton floating power plant ship originally built in the United States during World War II to supply energy in war zones. It crossed the Atlantic, powered Rio de Janeiro in the 1950s, and later served in various Brazilian cities including Niterói, Porto Alegre, Manaus, and Belém. Eventually, it was sunk in the Tocantins River in Pará to protect the Cametá shoreline from ero
- Status
- Unknown
- Sector
- Seaport, Steel, Oil and Gas, Power Generation (CCGT)
- Location
- Cametá, Pará, Brazil
- Updated
- 22 Jul 2026
- Source
- CPG Click Oil and Gas
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Original status | decommissioned and sunk |
Taiyo status | Unknown |
Taiyo last update | 2026-07-22 |
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Description | A massive 109-meter, 5,500-ton floating power plant ship originally built in the United States during World War II to supply energy in war zones. It crossed the Atlantic, powered Rio de Janeiro in the 1950s, and later served in various Brazilian cities including Niterói, Porto Alegre, Manaus, and Belém. Eventually, it was sunk in the Tocantins River in Pará to protect the Cametá shoreline from erosion. |
Original sector | Energy |
Location
Country | Brazil |
State | Pará |
City | Cametá |
Source
Source | CPG Click Oil and Gas |
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Record type | Project |
Sector | Seaport, Steel, Oil and Gas, Power Generation (CCGT) |
Article published date | 2026-07-11 |
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