Design 1004 ship

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Class overview
NameEFT Design 1004
BuildersPeninsula Shipbuilding Company, Portland, Oregon
Built1918–19 (USSB)
Completed10
General characteristics
TypeCargo ship
Tonnage4,000 dwt
Length269 ft 0 in (81.99 m)
Beam48 ft 8 in (14.83 m)
Draft27 ft 6 in (8.38 m)
Propulsionturbine, single screw, coal fuel

The Design 1004 ship (full name Emergency Fleet Corporation Design 1004) was a wood-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 "Peninsula"-type as all were built by the Peninsula Shipbuilding Company in Portland, Oregon.[1] All ships were completed in 1918 or 1919.[2][1][3] Ten ships were completed.[4] The "Peninsula"-type were the only wooden-hull ships built with a turbine engine which was common on steel ships built at the same time.[5][6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c McKellar, Norman L. "American Wooden Shipbuilding in World War One, Part II" (PDF). American Wooden Shipbuilding in World War One, 1917-1921. ShipScribe. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  2. ^ McKellar, Norman L. "American Wooden Shipbuilding in World War One, Part I" (PDF). American Wooden Shipbuilding in World War One, 1917-1921. ShipScribe. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  3. ^ Hopkins, Fred (1994). "Emergency Fleet Corporation Ship Construction in World War I in the Pacific Northwest" (PDF). The Northern Mariner. IV (4). Canadian Nautical Research Society: 1–14.
  4. ^ Colton, Tim (August 25, 2021). "Emergency Shipbuilders of World War I - Builders of Wooden Ships and Barges". ShipbuildingHistory. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  5. ^ "Portland Shipbuilding Industry". National Journal. IV (5): 332. December 1918.
  6. ^ Shipyards of the Pacific Coast - "Peninsula" Type Ship. The Timberman. April 1918. p. 82.

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