Design 1029 ship
{{Short description|US passenger/cargo ship design in World War I}}
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{{Infobox ship image | Ship image = SS Hawkeye State.jpg | Ship caption = Hawkeye State in the 1920s }} {{Infobox ship class overview | Name = EFT Design 1029 | Builders = * Bethlehem Sparrows Point | Operators = | Class before = | Class after = | Subclasses = | Cost = | Built range = *1921–1922 | In service range = | In commission range = | Total ships building = | Total ships planned = 16 | Total ships completed = 11 | 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 = Passenger / Cargo ship | Ship tonnage = 13,000 dwt | Ship displacement = | Ship length = *{{convert|517|ft|0|in|m|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|72|ft|0|in|m|abbr=on}} | Ship height = | Ship draught = | Ship draft = {{convert|28|ft|0|in|m|abbr=on}} | Ship depth = | Ship hold depth = | Ship decks = | Ship deck clearance = | Ship ramps = | Ship ice class = | Ship power = | Ship propulsion = Turbine, oil fuel | Ship sail plan = | Ship speed = *{{convert|16|kn|mph km/h|lk=in|abbr=on}} | 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 1029 ship (full name Emergency Fleet Corporation Design 1029) was a steel-hulled passenger/cargo ship designed to be converted in times of war to a troopship. design approved for production by the United States Shipping Board{{'}}s Emergency Fleet Corporation (EFT) in World War I.{{sfn|McKellar|p=Part III, 140a-140b}} They were referred to as the 535-type as all the ships were 535 feet overall length.{{sfn|McKellar|p=Part III, 140a-140b}} A total of 11 ships were built from 1921 to 1922.{{sfn|McKellar|p=Part III, 140a-140b}} Three shipyards built the ships: Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard of Baltimore, Maryland (5 ships); Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Company of Newport News, Virginia (5 ships); and New York Shipbuilding Company of Camden, New Jersey (which built the six former Design 1095 ships).{{sfn|McKellar|p=Part III, 140a-140b}}{{cite web|first=Tim|last=Colton|url=http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/large/bethsparrowspoint.htm|title=Bethlehem Sparrows Point, Baltimore MD|publisher=shipbuildinghistory.com |access-date=18 July 2021|date=October 5, 2014}}{{cite web|first=Tim|last=Colton|url=http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/large/newportnews.htm|title=Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News VA|publisher=shipbuildinghistory.com |access-date=18 July 2021|date=December 15, 2020}}{{cite web|first=Tim|last=Colton|url=http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/large/newyorkship.htm|title=New York Shipbuilding, Camden NJ|publisher=shipbuildinghistory.com |access-date=18 July 2021|date=October 22, 2020}}
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Name | Builder | Navy | Acquired | Converted at | Commissioned |
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American Legion | New York Shipbuilding | {{USS|American Legion|AP-35|3}} | 22 Aug 1941 | 26 Aug 1941 | |
Bay State | |||||
Buckeye State | |||||
Empire State | |||||
Golden State | Newport News Shipbuilding | {{USS|Tasker H. Bliss|AP-42|3}} | 19 Aug 1942 | Maryland DD | 15 Sep 1942 |
Hawkeye State | Bethlehem Sparrows Point | {{USS|Hugh L. Scott|AP-43|3}} | 14 Aug 1942 | Todd Hoboken | 7 Sep 1942 |
Hoosier State | |||||
Keystone State | New York Shipbuilding | {{USS|J. Franklin Bell|AP-34|3}} | 26 Dec 1941 | 26 Dec 1941 | |
Lone Star State | |||||
Nutmeg State | Bethlehem Sparrows Point | {{USS|Leonard Wood|AP-25|3}} | 3 Jun 1941 | 10 June 1941 | |
Palmetto State | Bethlehem Sparrows Point | {{USS|Hunter Ligget|AP-27|3}} | 27 May 1941 | Brooklyn Navy Yard | 9 Jun 1941 |
Peninsula State | New York Shipbuilding | {{USS|Joseph T. Dickman|AP-26|3}} | 27 May 1941 | Brooklyn Navy Yard | 10 June 1941 |
Pine Tree State | Bethlehem Sparrows Point | {{USS|Harris|AP-8|3}} | 17 Jul 1940 | Todd Seattle | 19 Aug 1940 |
Silver State | Newport News Shipbuilding | {{USS|Zeilin|AP-9|3}} | 17 Jul 1940 | Todd Seattle | 19 Aug 1940 |
Southern Cross | rowspan=2 | New York Shipbuilding | {{USS|Wharton|AP-7|3}} | 8 Nov 1939 | Todd Brooklyn | 14 Dec 1939 |
Wenatchee | {{USS|Henry T. Allen|AP-30|3}} | 6 May 1941 | Moore Dry Dock | 6 Dec 1941 |
References
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Bibliography
- {{cite web |url=http://www.shipscribe.com/mckellar/Contract3.pdf|title=Steel Shipbuilding under the U. S. Shipping Board, 1917-1921, Part III, 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/1029.html EFC Design 1029: Illustrations]
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Category:Standard ship types of the United States