Design_1020_ship
Design 1020 ship
World War I steel-hulled cargo ship design
The Design 1020 ship (full name Emergency Fleet Corporation Design 1020) 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.[1]
They were referred to as the "Laker"-type.[1] Production was spread out over ten shipyards,[1] the majority of which were owned by American Ship Building Company
- American Ship Building Company (21 ships), 10 at their Cleveland, Ohio shipyard[2] and 11 at their Lorain, Ohio shipyard;[3]
- Superior Shipbuilding Company (ASBC) (6 ships) at their Superior, Wisconsin shipyard;[4]
- Buffalo Shipbuilding Company (ASBC) (5 ships) at their Buffalo, New York shipyard;[5]
- Chicago Shipbuilding Company (ASBC) (9 ships) at their Chicago, Illinois shipyard;[6]
- Detroit Shipbuilding Company (ASBC) (15 ships) at their Wyandotte, Michigan shipyard;[7]
- Globe Shipbuilding Company (6 ships) at their Superior, Wisconsin shipyard;[8]
- McDougall Duluth Shipbuilding Company (10 ships) at their Duluth, Minnesota shipyard;[9]
- Saginaw Shipbuilding Company (12 ships) at their Saginaw, Michigan shipyard;[10] and
- Toledo Shipbuilding Company (8 ships) at their Toledo, Ohio shipyard.[11]
92 ships were completed for the USSB in 1918 and 1919.[1] Engines were coal-fueled triple expansion engines.[1]