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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | EFT Design 1004 |
| Builders | Peninsula Shipbuilding Company, Portland, Oregon |
| Built | 1918–19 (USSB) |
| Completed | 10 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Cargo ship |
| Tonnage | 4,000 dwt |
| Length | 269 ft 0 in (81.99 m) |
| Beam | 48 ft 8 in (14.83 m) |
| Draft | 27 ft 6 in (8.38 m) |
| Propulsion | turbine, single screw, coal fuel |
The Design 1004 ship (full name Emergency Fleet Corporation Design 1004) was a wood-hulled cargo ship design approved for production by the United States Shipping Board's Emergency Fleet Corporation (EFT) in World War I.[1] They were referred to as the "Peninsula"-type as all were built by the Peninsula Shipbuilding Company in Portland, Oregon.[1] All ships were completed in 1918 or 1919.[2][1][3] Ten ships were completed.[4] The "Peninsula"-type were the only wooden-hull ships built with a turbine engine which was common on steel ships built at the same time.[5][6]