Design 1031 ship
{{Short description|US tanker ship design in World War I}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image= |Ship caption= }} {{Infobox ship class overview | Name = EFT Design 1031 | Builders = *{{nowrap| Bethlehem Wilmington Shipyard | Operators = | Class before = | Class after = | Subclasses = | Cost = | Built range = *1919–1920 | In service range = | In commission range = | Total ships building = | Total ships planned = 16 | Total ships completed = 11 | Total ships cancelled = 5 | 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 = Tanker | Ship tonnage = 7,500 dwt | Ship displacement = | Ship length = *{{convert|392|ft|0|in|m|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|51|ft|0|in|m|abbr=on}} | Ship height = | Ship draught = | Ship draft = {{convert|29|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 = Triple expansion engine, 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 1031 ship (full name Emergency Fleet Corporation Design 1031) was a steel-hulled tanker ship design approved for production by the United States Shipping Board{{'}}s Emergency Fleet Corporation (EFT) in World War I.{{sfn|McKellar|p=Part III, 141a}} A total of 16 ships were ordered; 5 were cancelled and 11 were built from 1919 to 1920.{{sfn|McKellar|p=Part III, 141a}} Two shipyards were used in their construction: Bethlehem Wilmington Shipyard of Wilmington, Delaware (6 ships); and Terry Shipbuilding Company of Savannah, Georgia (5 ships).{{sfn|McKellar|p=Part III, 141a}}{{cite web|first=Tim|last=Colton|url=http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/large/bethwilmington.htm|title=Bethlehem Wilmington, Wilmington DE|publisher=shipbuildinghistory.com |access-date=July 18, 2021|date=November 15, 2020}}{{cite web|first=Tim|last=Colton|url=http://www.shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencylarge/terry.htm|title=Terry Shipbuilding, Savannah GA|publisher=shipbuildinghistory.com |access-date=July 18, 2021|date=March 12, 2016}}
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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/1031b.html EFC Design 1031 (Bethlehem): Illustrations]
- [https://www.shipscribe.com/mckellar/pix/1031t.html EFC Design 1031 (Terry): Illustrations]
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Category:Standard ship types of the United States