Design 1015 ship explained

The Design 1015 ship (full name Emergency Fleet Corporation Design 1015) was a steel-hulled cargo ship design approved for production by the United States Shipping Boards Emergency Fleet Corporation (EFT) during World War I. They were referred to as the "Moore & Scott"-type.

They were mostly built at West Coast yards:

Groton Iron Works, Groton, Connecticut, 6 ships, 3 cancelled, 3 completed
Moore Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Oakland, California, 26 ships of which 8 were converted to reefers, no cancellations
Pacific Coast Shipbuilding Company, Bay Point, California, 10 ships, no cancellations
Seattle North Pacific Shipbuilding Company, Seattle, Washington, 10 ships, no cancellations
G. M. Standifer Construction Company, Vancouver, Washington, 15 ships, no cancellations
Union Construction Comapany, Oakland, California, 10 ships, no cancellations
Virginia Shipbuilding Company, Alexandria, Virginia, 12 ships, 2 cancelled, 9 completed, 1 partially completed

Bibliography

Web site: Steel Shipbuilding under the U. S. Shipping Board, 1917-1921, Part I, Contract Steel Ships . McKellar . Norman L. . Steel Shipbuilding under the U. S. Shipping Board, 1917-1921 . ShipScribe . 13 February 2021.