The Design 1006 ship (full name Emergency Fleet Corporation Design 1006) 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 "Daugherty"-type[1] after A. A. Daugherty, the president of the National Shipbuilding Company.[2] The USSB ordered a total of 40 hulls from three shipyards: National Shipbuilding Company of Orange, Texas shipyard (28 ordered, 16 cancelled); Union Bridge & Construction Company of Morgan City, Louisiana shipyard (6 hulls ordered, 6 cancelled);[1] and Dirks Blodgett Shipbuilding Company of Pascagoula, Mississippi (6 hulls ordered but built as Design 1001).[3] The design was altered by National Shipbuilding increasing the deadweight to 5,000 tons (the official designation was changed to Design 1056).[1] Only 12 were completed for the USSB while two were built as tankers (A.A. Daugherty - ON 220746; and P.J. Reilly - ON 220969) in 1920 for the National Oil Transportation Company of Port Arthur, Texas and one as a barge (W. E. Ebsen - ON 219455).[1][4]
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | EFT Design 1006 |
| Builders | National Shipbuilding Company |
| Operators | United States Shipping Board National Oil Transportation Company |
| Built | 1918–19 (USSB) 1920 (National Oil Transportation Co.) |
| Planned | 40 |
| Completed | 15 (12 for USSB, 2 as tankers, 1 as a barge) |
| Cancelled | 28 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Cargo ship |
| Tonnage | 4,700 dwt (design)[1] 5,000 dwt (completed)[1] |
| Length | 300 ft 0 in (91.44 m)[1] |
| Beam | 48 ft 0 in (14.63 m)[1] |
| Draft | 28 ft 6 in (8.69 m)[1] |
| Propulsion | tripe-expansion engine, 296 nhp, single-screw[1] |
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k McKellar, Norman L. "American Wooden Shipbuilding in World War One, Part II" (PDF). American Wooden Shipbuilding in World War One, 1917-1921. ShipScribe. p. 331-332, 341. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
- ^ The Largest Wooden Ships. The American Marine Engineer, Volume 13. July 1918. p. 17.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Colton, Tim (August 24, 2021). "National Shipbuilding - Orange, Texas". ShipbuildingHistory. Retrieved August 14, 2022.