Design 1016 ship

World War I steel-hulled cargo ship design

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

## References

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1. ^ a b c d McKellar, p. Part I, 484-485.

## Bibliography

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* 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.

## External links

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* EFC Design 1016: Illustrations

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Design 1016 ships

* Bencini
* Dauperata
* Fort Wayne
* Galahad
* Hartford
* Merry Mount
* Naiwa
* Nameaug
* Oscoda
* Oswatomie
* Quinnipiac
* Tollard
* Worcester
* Yesoking

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