- Source: Design 1016 ship
The Design 1016 ship (full name Emergency Fleet Corporation Design 1016) was a steel-hulled cargo ship design approved for production by the United States Shipping Board's Emergency Fleet Corporation (EFT) during World War I. They were referred to as the "Baltimore Drydock"-type.
They were built at two East Coast yards:
Baltimore Shipbuilding & Drydock Company, Baltimore, Maryland, 8 ships, no cancellations
Groton Iron Works, Groton, Connecticut, 6 ships, no cancellations
References
Bibliography
McKellar, Norman L. "Steel Shipbuilding under the U. S. Shipping Board, 1917-1921, Part I, Contract Steel Ships" (PDF). Steel Shipbuilding under the U. S. Shipping Board, 1917-1921. ShipScribe. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
External links
EFC Design 1016: Illustrations