Design 1016 ship

SS Fort Wayne (1918)
Class overview
Name	EFT Design 1016
Built	1918–19 (USSB)
Planned	14
Completed	14
General characteristics
Type	Cargo ship
Tonnage	8,800 dwt
Length	410 ft 0 in (124.97 m)
Beam	54 ft 0 in (16.46 m)
Draft	27 ft 0 in (8.23 m)
Propulsion	Turbine engine, oil fuel[1]

The Design 1016 ship (full name Emergency Fleet Corporation Design 1016) was a steel-hulled cargo ship design approved for production by the United States Shipping Board's Emergency Fleet Corporation (EFT) during World War I.^[1] They were referred to as the "Baltimore Drydock"-type.^[1]

They were built at two East Coast yards:^[1]

• Baltimore Shipbuilding & Drydock Company, Baltimore, Maryland, 8 ships, no cancellations
• Groton Iron Works, Groton, Connecticut, 6 ships, no cancellations

• McKellar, Norman L. "Steel Shipbuilding under the U. S. Shipping Board, 1917-1921, Part I, Contract Steel Ships" (PDF). Steel Shipbuilding under the U. S. Shipping Board, 1917-1921. ShipScribe. Retrieved 13 February 2021.

• EFC Design 1016: Illustrations

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