Design 1018 ship
{{Short description|World War I steel-hulled cargo ship design}}
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{{Infobox ship image | Ship image = | Ship caption = }} {{Infobox ship class overview | Name = EFT Design 1018 | Builders = Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. | Operators = | Class before = | Class after = | Subclasses = | Cost = | Built range = *1919–20 (USSB) | In service range = | In commission range = | Total ships building = | Total ships planned = 4 | Total ships completed = 5 | Total ships cancelled = | Total ships active = | Total ships laid up = | Total ships lost = | Total ships retired = | Total ships scrapped = | Total ships preserved = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship class = | Ship type = Cargo ship | Ship tonnage = 10,500 dwt | Ship displacement = | Ship length = {{convert|434|ft|0|in|m|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|58|ft|0|in|m|abbr=on}} | Ship height = | Ship draught = | Ship draft = {{convert|27|ft|2|in|m|abbr=on}} | Ship depth = | Ship hold depth = | Ship decks = | Ship deck clearance = | Ship ramps = | Ship ice class = | Ship power = | Ship propulsion = Triple expansion engines, oil fuel | Ship sail plan = | Ship speed = | Ship range = | Ship endurance = | Ship test depth = | Ship boats = | Ship capacity = | Ship troops = | Ship complement = | Ship crew = | Ship time to activate = | Ship sensors = | Ship EW = | Ship armament = | Ship armour = | Ship armor = | Ship aircraft = | Ship aircraft facilities = | Ship notes = }} |
The Design 1018 ship (full name Emergency Fleet Corporation Design 1018) was a steel-hulled cargo ship design approved for production by the United States Shipping Board{{'}}s Emergency Fleet Corporation (EFT) in World War I.{{sfn|McKellar|p=Part II, 578}} They were referred to as the "Sun-type" as they were built by Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. in Chester, Pennsylvania.{{sfn|McKellar|p=Part II, 578}}{{cite web|url=http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/large/sun.htm|title=Sun Shipbuilding, Chester PA |publisher=Shipbuilding History |access-date=9 February 2021}} 4 ships were completed for the USSB in late 1919 and through 1920.{{sfn|McKellar|p=Part II, 578}} An additional ship was completed in 1920 for a private shipping company.{{sfn|McKellar|p=Part II, 578}}
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Bibliography
- {{cite web |url=http://www.shipscribe.com/mckellar/Contract2.pdf|title=Steel Shipbuilding under the U. S. Shipping Board, 1917-1921, Part II, Contract Steel Ships |last=McKellar |first=Norman L. |work=Steel Shipbuilding under the U. S. Shipping Board, 1917-1921 |publisher=ShipScribe |access-date=13 February 2021}}
External links
- [https://www.shipscribe.com/mckellar/pix/1018.html EFC Design 1018: Illustrations]
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