Design 1037 ship

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| Name = EFT Design 1037

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| Built range = *1918–1920

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| Ship tonnage = 9,600 dwt

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| Ship power = oil fuel

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The Design 1037 ship (full name Emergency Fleet Corporation Design 1037) 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 IV, 229a-231a}} A total of 48 ships were ordered and completed from 1918 to 1920.{{sfn|McKellar|p=Part IV, 229a-231a}} The ships were constructed at three yards:{{sfn|McKellar|p=Part IV, 229a-231a}} Doullut & Williams Shipbuilding Company of New Orleans, Louisiana,{{cite web|first=Tim|last=Colton|url=http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencylarge/doullut.htm|title=Doullut & Williams, New Orleans LA|publisher=shipbuildinghistory.com |access-date=August 18, 2021|date=March 10, 2016}} Federal Shipbuilding Company of Kearney, New Jersey,{{cite web|first=Tim|last=Colton|url=http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/large/federal.htm|title=Federal Shipbuilding, Kearny, New Jersey and Newark, New Jersey|publisher=shipbuildinghistory.com |access-date=August 18, 2021|date=September 6, 2014}} and George A. Fuller & Company of Wilmington, North Carolina.{{cite web|first=Tim|last=Colton|url=http://www.shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencylarge/carolina.htm|title=Carolina Shipbuilding, Wilmington NC|publisher=shipbuildinghistory.com |access-date=July 18, 2021|date=March 11, 2016}}

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Bibliography

  • {{cite web |url=http://www.shipscribe.com/mckellar/Contract4.pdf|title=Steel Shipbuilding under the U. S. Shipping Board, 1917-1921, Part IV, 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}}