| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | EFT Design 1020 |
| Builders | American Shipbuilding Company Superior Shipbuilding Company Buffalo Shipbuilding Company Chicago Shipbuilding Company Detroit Shipbuilding Company Globe Shipbuilding Company McDougall Duluth Shipbuilding Company Saginaw Shipbuilding Company Toledo Shipbuilding Company |
| Built | 1918–19 (USSB) |
| Planned | 92 |
| Completed | 92 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Cargo ship |
| Tonnage | 3,500 dwt |
| Length | 251 ft 0 in (76.50 m) |
| Beam | 43 ft 5 in (13.23 m) |
| Draft | 22 ft 5 in (6.83 m) |
| Propulsion | Triple expansion engine, coal fuel |
The Design 1020 ship (full name Emergency Fleet Corporation Design 1020) was a steel-hulled cargo ship design approved for mass production by the United States Shipping Board'sEmergency Fleet Corporation (EFT) in World War I.[1]
They were referred to as the "Laker"-type.[1] Production was spread out over ten shipyards,[1] the majority of which were owned by American Ship Building Company
92 ships were completed for the USSB in 1918 and 1919.[1] Engines were coal-fueled triple expansion engines.[1]
