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Design 1006 ship

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Class overview
NameEFT Design 1006
BuildersNational Shipbuilding Company
OperatorsUnited States Shipping Board
National Oil Transportation Company
Built1918–19 (USSB)
1920 (National Oil Transportation Co.)
Planned40
Completed15
(12 for USSB, 2 as tankers, 1 as a barge)
Cancelled28
General characteristics
TypeCargo ship
Tonnage4,700 dwt (design)[1] 5,000 dwt (completed)[1]
Length300 ft 0 in (91.44 m)[1]
Beam48 ft 0 in (14.63 m)[1]
Draft28 ft 6 in (8.69 m)[1]
Propulsiontripe-expansion engine, 296 nhp, single-screw[1]

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]

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ The Largest Wooden Ships. The American Marine Engineer, Volume 13. July 1918. p. 17.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Colton, Tim (August 24, 2021). "National Shipbuilding - Orange, Texas". ShipbuildingHistory. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
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