.jpg) SS Proctor fitting out at the Globe Shipbuilding yard in Superior, Wisconsin in early 1919 | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | EFC Design 1020 |
| Builders | American Shipbuilding Company Superior Shipbuilding Company Buffalo Shipbuilding Company Chicago Shipbuilding Company Detroit Shipbuilding Company Globe Shipbuilding Company McDougall Duluth Shipbuilding Company Saginaw Shipbuilding Company Toledo Shipbuilding Company |
| Built | 1918–19 (USSB) |
| Planned | 92 |
| Completed | 92 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Cargo ship |
| Tonnage | 3,500 dwt |
| Length | 251 ft 0 in (76.50 m) |
| Beam | 43 ft 5 in (13.23 m) |
| Draft | 22 ft 5 in (6.83 m) |
| Propulsion | Triple expansion engine, coal fuel |
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 Board's Emergency Fleet Corporation (EFC) 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 and 11 at their Lorain, Ohio shipyard;
- Superior Shipbuilding Company (ASBC) (6 ships) at their Superior, Wisconsin shipyard;
- Buffalo Shipbuilding Company (ASBC) (5 ships) at their Buffalo, New York shipyard;
- Chicago Shipbuilding Company (ASBC) (9 ships) at their Chicago, Illinois shipyard;
- Detroit Shipbuilding Company (ASBC) (15 ships) at their Wyandotte, Michigan shipyard;
- Globe Shipbuilding Company (6 ships) at their Superior, Wisconsin shipyard;
- McDougall Duluth Shipbuilding Company (10 ships) at their Duluth, Minnesota shipyard;
- Saginaw Shipbuilding Company (12 ships) at their Saginaw, Michigan shipyard; and
- Toledo Shipbuilding Company (8 ships) at their Toledo, Ohio shipyard.
92 ships were completed for the USSB in 1918 and 1919. Engines were coal-fueled triple expansion engines.