Design 1005 ship

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Class overview
NameEFT Design 1005
BuildersGrays Harbor Motorship Company, Aberdeen, Washington
Built1918–19 (USSB)
Planned17
Completed17
General characteristics
TypeCargo ship
Tonnage2,924 gross tons
4,000 dwt
Length272.1 ft (82.9 m)
Beam48.4 ft (14.8 m)
Depth25.7 ft (7.8 m)
Installed power1400 indicated horsepower
324 nhp
Propulsiontwin screw, coal fuel
Complement47

The Design 1005 ship (full name Emergency Fleet Corporation Design 1005) 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] The ships were referred to as the "Grays Harbor"-type as all were built by the Grays Harbor Motorship Company in Aberdeen, Washington[2] or the "Ward"-type after their designer M. R. Ward. The first ship of the class, the SS Wishkah, was listed at 2,924 gross tons with dimensions of 272.1 x 48.4 x 25.7, 1400 indicated horsepower, and carried a crew of 47.[3] The class does not include the four Design 1116 cargo ships also designed by Ward and completed at the shipyard as they were a modified design at 3,132 gross tons and 5,000 tons deadweight.[4] All ships were completed in 1918 or 1919.[2][5]

Of the 17 ships ordered, all were completed and delivered to the USSB.[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ 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. ^ a b 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. ^ List of Merchant Vessels of the United States. Department of Commerce – Bureau of Navigation. 1922.
  4. ^ Hughes, Ryan Teague; Beckwith, John C. (January 11, 2001). On the Harbor: From Black Friday to Nirvana. Daily World. pp. 68–71. ISBN 978-0970490513.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Colton, Tim (August 25, 2021). "Lindstrom Shipbuilding, Aberdeen WA". ShipbuildingHistory. Retrieved 10 July 2022.

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