Design 1012 ship
Class overview | |
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Name | EFT Design 1012 |
Builders | Merrill-Stevens Drydock & Repair Company |
Built | 1919–20 (USSB) |
Planned | 21 |
Completed | 4 |
Cancelled | 17 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Cargo ship |
Tonnage | 6,000 dwt |
Length | 333 ft 0 in (101.50 m) |
Beam | 49 ft 0 in (14.94 m) |
Draft | 25 ft 0 in (7.62 m) |
Propulsion | Turbine, oil fuel |
The Design 1012 ship (full name Emergency Fleet Corporation Design 1012) 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.[1] They were referred to as the "Munrio"-type which was the name of the SS Munrio, a similar pre-EFT ship built at the Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b McKellar, p. Part I, 475a.
- ^ "Merrill-Stevens Engineering, Jacksonville FL (later Rawls Brothers and Jacksonville Shipyards)". shipbuildinghistory.com. 6 January 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
Bibliography
[edit]- McKellar, Norman L. "Steel Shipbuilding under the U. S. Shipping Board, 1917-1921, Part I, Contract Steel Ships" (PDF). Steel Shipbuilding under the U. S. Shipping Board, 1917-1921. ShipScribe. Retrieved 13 February 2021.