Design 1020 ship

World War I steel-hulled cargo ship design

Class overview

Name	EFT Design 1020
Builders	American Shipbuilding Company Superior Shipbuilding Company Buffalo Shipbuilding Company Chicago Shipbuilding Company Detroit Shipbuilding Company Globe Shipbuilding Company McDougall Duluth Shipbuilding Company Saginaw Shipbuilding Company Toledo Shipbuilding Company
Built	1918–19 (USSB)
Planned	92
Completed	92
General characteristics
Type	Cargo ship
Tonnage	3,500 dwt
Length	251 ft 0 in (76.50 m)
Beam	43 ft 5 in (13.23 m)
Draft	22 ft 5 in (6.83 m)
Propulsion	Triple expansion engine, coal fuel

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]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e McKellar, p. Part II, 581–584.
^ Colton, Tim (15 August 2015). "Globe Iron Works, Cleveland OH (later AmShip Cleveland)". shipbuildinghistory.com. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
^ Colton, Tim (August 25, 2015). "American Shipbuilding Lorain, Lorain OH (formerly Cleveland Shipbuilding [1886-1897 in Cleveland, 1897-1900 in Lorain])". shipbuildinghistory.com. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
^ Colton, Tim (19 August 2015). "American Steel Barge, Superior WI (Later Superior Shipbuilding and AmShip Superior)". shipbuildinghistory.com. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
^ Colton, Tim (17 August 2015). "Buffalo Dry Dock, Buffalo NY (formerly Bidwell & Banta [1808-1870], Union Dry Dock Co. [1871-1899], later AmShip Buffalo [1914-1962])". shipbuildinghistory.com. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
^ Colton, Tim (August 17, 2015). "Chicago Shipbuilding, Chicago IL (later AmShip Chicago)". Shipbuilding History. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
^ Colton, Tim (19 August 2015). "Detroit Shipbuilding, Detroit MI and Wyandotte MI (formerly Campbell, Wolverton & Co. [1852-1862], Campbell & Owen [1862-1874], Wyandotte Shipbuilding [1872-1898] and Detroit Dry Dock [1874-1899], later AmShip Detroit [1913-1929])". shipbuildinghistory.com. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
^ Colton, Tim (28 August 2019). "Globe Shipbuilding (WWII), Superior WI". shipbuildinghistory.com. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
^ Colton, Tim (6 July 2013). "Walter Butler Shipbuilders, Duluth MN (formerly McDougall-Duluth Company and Barnes-Duluth Shipbuilding)". shipbuildinghistory.com. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
^ Colton, Tim (9 March 2016). "Saginaw Shipbuilding, Saginaw MI". shipbuildinghistory.com. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
^ Colton, Tim (20 August 2015). "Craig Shipbuilding, Toledo OH (Linn & Craig [1869-1882], J. Craig & Sons [1883-1889], Blythe Craig Shipbuilding [1890-1893], Craig Shipbuilding [1893-1905], Toledo Shipbuilding [1906-1945] and AmShip Toledo [1945-1982])". shipbuildinghistory.com. Retrieved 4 April 2021.

Bibliography

McKellar, Norman L. "Steel Shipbuilding under the U. S. Shipping Board, 1917-1921, Part II, Contract Steel Ships" (PDF). Steel Shipbuilding under the U. S. Shipping Board, 1917-1921. ShipScribe. Retrieved 13 February 2021.