Design 1004 ship

Class overview
Name	EFT Design 1004
Builders	Peninsula Shipbuilding Company, Portland, Oregon
Built	1918–19 (USSB)
Completed	10
General characteristics
Type	Cargo ship
Tonnage	4,000 dwt
Length	269 ft 0 in (81.99 m)
Beam	48 ft 8 in (14.83 m)
Draft	27 ft 6 in (8.38 m)
Propulsion	turbine, single screw, coal fuel

The Design 1004 ship (full name Emergency Fleet Corporation Design 1004) 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 "Peninsula"-type as all were built by the Peninsula Shipbuilding Company in Portland, Oregon.^[1] All ships were completed in 1918 or 1919.^[2][1][3] Ten ships were completed.^[4] The "Peninsula"-type were the only wooden-hull ships built with a turbine engine which was common on steel ships built at the same time.^[5][6]

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.
5. "Portland Shipbuilding Industry". National Journal. IV (5): 332. December 1918.
6. Shipyards of the Pacific Coast - "Peninsula" Type Ship. The Timberman. April 1918. p. 82.

External links

• EFC Design 1004: Illustrations