Design 1019 ship

West Avenal, a Design 1019 ship
Class overview
Name	EFT Design 1019
Builders	Atlantic Corporation Long Beach Shipbuilding Company Southwestern Shipbuilding Western Pipe and Steel Company
Built	1919–20 (USSB) 1920 (private)
Planned	54
Completed	55
General characteristics
Type	Cargo ship
Tonnage	8,800 dwt
Length	410 ft 5 in (125.10 m)
Beam	54 ft 0 in (16.46 m)
Draft	27 ft 0 in (8.23 m)
Propulsion	various

The Design 1019 ship (full name Emergency Fleet Corporation Design 1019) was a steel-hulled cargo ship design approved for mass production by the United States Shipping Board's Emergency Fleet Corporation (EFT) in World War I.^[1]

They were referred to as the "Ferris-type".^[1] Production was spread out over four shipyards: Atlantic Corporation of Portsmouth, New Hampshire (10 ships); Long Beach Shipbuilding Company of Long Beach, California (8 ships); Southwestern Shipbuilding of San Pedro, California (19 ships); and Western Pipe and Steel Company of San Francisco, California (18 ships).^{[1][2][3][4][5]} 54 ships were completed for the USSB in late 1919 through 1920.^[1] An additional ship was completed in 1920 for a private shipping company.^[1] Engines were a mixture of steam turbines, coal-fueled triple expansion engines, and oil fueled triple expansion engines.^[1]

References

Bibliography

• McKellar, Norman L. "Steel Shipbuilding under the U. S. Shipping Board, 1917-1921, Part II, Contract Steel Ships" (PDF). Steel Shipbuilding under the U. S. Shipping Board, 1917-1921. ShipScribe. Retrieved 13 February 2021.

External links

• EFC Design 1019: Illustrations