Design 1029 ship

{{Short description|US passenger/cargo ship design in World War I}}

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| Name = EFT Design 1029

| Builders = * Bethlehem Sparrows Point

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| Built range = *1921–1922

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| Ship type = Passenger / Cargo ship

| Ship tonnage = 13,000 dwt

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{{convert|535|ft|0|in|m|abbr=on}} o.a.

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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}}

class="wikitable"
NameBuilderNavyAcquiredConverted atCommissioned
American LegionNew York Shipbuilding{{USS|American Legion|AP-35|3}}22 Aug 194126 Aug 1941
Bay State
Buckeye State
Empire State
Golden StateNewport News Shipbuilding{{USS|Tasker H. Bliss|AP-42|3}}19 Aug 1942Maryland DD15 Sep 1942
Hawkeye StateBethlehem Sparrows Point{{USS|Hugh L. Scott|AP-43|3}}14 Aug 1942Todd Hoboken7 Sep 1942
Hoosier State
Keystone StateNew York Shipbuilding{{USS|J. Franklin Bell|AP-34|3}}26 Dec 194126 Dec 1941
Lone Star State
Nutmeg StateBethlehem Sparrows Point{{USS|Leonard Wood|AP-25|3}}3 Jun 194110 June 1941
Palmetto StateBethlehem Sparrows Point{{USS|Hunter Ligget|AP-27|3}}27 May 1941Brooklyn Navy Yard9 Jun 1941
Peninsula StateNew York Shipbuilding{{USS|Joseph T. Dickman|AP-26|3}}27 May 1941Brooklyn Navy Yard10 June 1941
Pine Tree StateBethlehem Sparrows Point{{USS|Harris|AP-8|3}}17 Jul 1940Todd Seattle19 Aug 1940
Silver StateNewport News Shipbuilding{{USS|Zeilin|AP-9|3}}17 Jul 1940Todd Seattle19 Aug 1940
Southern Crossrowspan=2 | New York Shipbuilding{{USS|Wharton|AP-7|3}}8 Nov 1939Todd Brooklyn14 Dec 1939
Wenatchee{{USS|Henry T. Allen|AP-30|3}}6 May 1941Moore Dry Dock6 Dec 1941

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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}}