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US passenger/cargo ship design in World War I From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Design 1029 ship (full name Emergency Fleet Corporation Design 1029) was a steel-hulled passenger/cargo ship designed to be converted in times of war to a troopship. 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 535-type as all the ships were 535 feet overall length.[1] A total of 11 ships were built from 1921 to 1922.[1] Three shipyards built the ships: Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard of Baltimore, Maryland (5 ships); Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Company of Newport News, Virginia (5 ships); and New York Shipbuilding Company of Camden, New Jersey (which built the six former Design 1095 ships).[1][2][3][4]
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Class overview | |
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Name | EFT Design 1029 |
Builders | |
Built | 1921–1922 |
Planned | 16 |
Completed | 11 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Passenger / Cargo ship |
Tonnage | 13,000 dwt |
Length | 517 ft 0 in (157.58 m) 535 ft 0 in (163.07 m) o.a. |
Beam | 72 ft 0 in (21.95 m) |
Draft | 28 ft 0 in (8.53 m) |
Propulsion | Turbine, oil fuel |
Speed | 16 kn (18 mph; 30 km/h) to 17.5 kn (20.1 mph; 32.4 km/h) |
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