Design 1020 ship explained

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 Boards Emergency Fleet Corporation (EFT) in World War I.

They were referred to as the "Laker"-type. Production was spread out over ten shipyards, the majority of which were owned by American Ship Building Company

• American Ship Building Company (21 ships), 10 at their Cleveland, Ohio shipyard^[1] and 11 at their Lorain, Ohio shipyard;^[2]
• Superior Shipbuilding Company (ASBC) (6 ships) at their Superior, Wisconsin shipyard;^[3]
• Buffalo Shipbuilding Company (ASBC) (5 ships) at their Buffalo, New York shipyard;^[4]
• Chicago Shipbuilding Company (ASBC) (9 ships) at their Chicago, Illinois shipyard;^[5]
• Detroit Shipbuilding Company (ASBC) (15 ships) at their Wyandotte, Michigan shipyard;^[6]
• Globe Shipbuilding Company (6 ships) at their Superior, Wisconsin shipyard;^[7]
• McDougall Duluth Shipbuilding Company (10 ships) at their Duluth, Minnesota shipyard;^[8]
• Saginaw Shipbuilding Company (12 ships) at their Saginaw, Michigan shipyard;^[9] and
• Toledo Shipbuilding Company (8 ships) at their Toledo, Ohio shipyard.^[10]

92 ships were completed for the USSB in 1918 and 1919. Engines were coal-fueled triple expansion engines.

Bibliography

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

External links

• EFC Design 1020: Illustrations

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tim. Colton. Globe Iron Works, Cleveland OH (later AmShip Cleveland) . shipbuildinghistory.com . 4 April 2021. 15 August 2015.
2. Web site: Tim. Colton. American Shipbuilding Lorain, Lorain OH (formerly Cleveland Shipbuilding [1886-1897 in Cleveland, 1897-1900 in Lorain]) ]. shipbuildinghistory.com . 4 April 2021. August 25, 2015.
3. Web site: Tim. Colton. American Steel Barge, Superior WI (Later Superior Shipbuilding and AmShip Superior) . shipbuildinghistory.com . 4 April 2021. 19 August 2015.
4. Web site: Tim. Colton. Buffalo Dry Dock, Buffalo NY (formerly Bidwell & Banta [1808-1870], Union Dry Dock Co. [1871-1899], later AmShip Buffalo [1914-1962])]. shipbuildinghistory.com. 4 April 2021. 17 August 2015.
5. Web site: Tim. Colton. Chicago Shipbuilding, Chicago IL (later AmShip Chicago). August 17, 2015. Shipbuilding History . 4 April 2021.
6. Web site: Tim. Colton. 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 . 4 April 2021. 19 August 2015.
7. Web site: Tim. Colton. Globe Shipbuilding (WWII), Superior WI. 28 August 2019 . shipbuildinghistory.com . 4 April 2021.
8. Web site: Tim. Colton. Walter Butler Shipbuilders, Duluth MN (formerly McDougall-Duluth Company and Barnes-Duluth Shipbuilding). 6 July 2013 . shipbuildinghistory.com . 4 April 2021.
9. Web site: Tim. Colton. Saginaw Shipbuilding, Saginaw MI . 9 March 2016. shipbuildinghistory.com . 4 April 2021.
10. Web site: Tim. Colton. 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])]. 20 August 2015 . shipbuildinghistory.com . 4 April 2021.