Design 1019 ship

{{Short description|World War I steel-hulled cargo ship design}}

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| Name = EFT Design 1019

| Builders = *Atlantic Corporation
Long Beach Shipbuilding Company
Southwestern Shipbuilding
Western Pipe and Steel Company

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| Built range = *1919–20 (USSB)
1920 (private)

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| Total ships planned = 54

| Total ships completed = 55

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| Ship type = Cargo ship

| Ship tonnage = 8,800 dwt

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The Design 1019 ship (full name Emergency Fleet Corporation Design 1019) was a steel-hulled cargo ship design approved for mass production by the United States Shipping Board{{'}}s Emergency Fleet Corporation (EFT) in World War I.{{sfn|McKellar|p=Part II, 578–580}}

They were referred to as the "Ferris-type".{{sfn|McKellar|p=Part II, 578–580}} Production was spread out over four shipyards: Atlantic Corporation of Portsmouth, New Hampshire (10 ships); Long Beach Shipbuilding Company of Long Beach, California (8 ships); Southwestern Shipbuilding of San Pedro, California (19 ships); and Western Pipe and Steel Company of San Francisco, California (18 ships).{{sfn|McKellar|p=Part II, 578–580}}{{cite web|url=http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencylarge/atlantic.htm|title=Atlantic Corp., Portsmouth NH |publisher=Shipbuilding History |access-date=9 February 2021}}{{cite web|url=http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/large/craig.htm|title=Craig Shipbuilding, Long Beach CA |publisher=Shipbuilding History |access-date=9 February 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/large/bethsanpedro.htm|title=Bethlehem Steel Company, San Pedro CA |publisher=Shipbuilding History |access-date=9 February 2021}}{{cite web|url=http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/large/westernpipe.htm|title=Western Pipe & Steel Co., South San Francisco CA and San Pedro CA |publisher=Shipbuilding History |access-date=9 February 2021}} 54 ships were completed for the USSB in late 1919 through 1920.{{sfn|McKellar|p=Part II, 578–580}} An additional ship was completed in 1920 for a private shipping company.{{sfn|McKellar|p=Part II, 578–580}} Engines were a mixture of steam turbines, coal-fueled triple expansion engines, and oil fueled triple expansion engines.{{sfn|McKellar|p=Part II, 578–580}}

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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}}