Design 1116 ship

Class overview
NameEFC Design 1116
BuildersGrays Harbor Motorship Company, Aberdeen, Washington
Built1919
Planned8
Completed3
Canceled4
General characteristics
TypeCargo ship
Tonnage
Length272.8 ft (83.1 m)
Beam49.3 ft (15.0 m)
Depth25.6 ft (7.8 m)
Propulsion1400 hp
Complement36

The Design 1116 ship (full name Emergency Fleet Corporation Design 1116) was a wood-hulled cargo ship design approved for production by the United States Shipping Board's Emergency Fleet Corporation (EFC) in World War I. As part of a larger effort to rapidly increase the country's shipping capacity, the EFC approved several standardized ship designs to be constructed using wood hulls. The Design 1116 was a revision by the Grays Harbor Motorship Company of their earlier Design 1005 ship in order to meet the requirements of commercial ship classification societies.

All were built by the Grays Harbor Motorship Company in Aberdeen, Washington. They were referred to as the "Ward"-type after M.R. Ward, manager at the Grays Harbor shipyard. All the hulls were laid down in 1919. The first ship of the class, the SS Adria, was listed at 3,132 gross register tons (GRT) with dimensions of 272.8 ft × 49.3 ft × 25.6 ft (83.1 m × 15.0 m × 7.8 m), 1400 indicated horsepower, and carried a crew of 36.

Of the 8 ships ordered, 4 were cancelled, 3 were later completed for the National Oil Company (SS Agylla, SS Agron, SS Adria) and one (Agathon) was destroyed in a fire before completion.

References

  1. 1 2 Roberts, Stephen S. "EFC Design 1116 (Revised Ward/Grays Harbor type): Notes & Illustrations". Shipscribe. Retrieved 5 May 2026.
  2. ↑ Colton, Tim (August 25, 2021). "Wooden Ships and Barges". ShipbuildingHistory. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
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  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ Shipping Board Operations: Hearings Before Select Committee on U.S Shipping Operations – Pacific Coast Activities, Part I. Washington Government Printing Office. 1920. p. 646.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ List of Merchant Vessels of the United States. Department of Commerce – Bureau of Navigation. 1922.
  9. ↑ "Shipping Board Steamers Taken". The Timberman. June 1920. p. 76.
  10. ↑ Cases Decided in the Court of Claims of the United States – Grays Harbor Motorship Corp vs. U.S. Washington Government Printing Office. November 3, 1930. pp. 167–218.
  11. ↑ Colton, Tim (August 25, 2021). "Lindstrom Shipbuilding, Aberdeen WA". ShipbuildingHistory. Retrieved 10 July 2022.