Design 1003 ship

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Class overview
Name	EFT Design 1003
Built	1918–19 (USSB)
General characteristics
Type	Cargo ship
Tonnage	4,005 dwt
Length	288 ft 0 in (87.78 m)
Beam	45 ft 2 in (13.77 m)
Draft	28 ft 0 in (8.53 m)
Propulsion	triple-expansion engines, single screw, coal fuel, 198 nhp

The Design 1003 ship (full name Emergency Fleet Corporation Design 1003) 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] They were referred to as the "Hough"-type. ^[1] Most ships were completed in 1918 or 1919. ^{[2] [1] [3]} Many ships were completed as barges or as hulls. ^[4]

References

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. 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. 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.
4. Colton, Tim (August 25, 2021). "Emergency Shipbuilders of World War I - Builders of Wooden Ships and Barges". ShipbuildingHistory. Retrieved 3 July 2022.

External links

• EFC Design 1003: Illustrations