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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | EFC Design 1116 |
| Builders | Grays Harbor Motorship Company, Aberdeen, Washington |
| Built | 1919 |
| Planned | 8 |
| Completed | 3 |
| Canceled | 4 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Cargo ship |
| Tonnage |
|
| Length | 272.8 ft (83.1 m) |
| Beam | 49.3 ft (15.0 m) |
| Depth | 25.6 ft (7.8 m) |
| Propulsion | 1400 hp |
| Complement | 36 |
The Design 1116 ship (full name Emergency Fleet Corporation Design 1116) was a wood-hulled cargo ship design approved for production by the United States Shipping Board's Emergency Fleet Corporation (EFC) in World War I.[2][3] As part of a larger effort to rapidly increase the country's shipping capacity, the EFC approved several standardized ship designs to be constructed using wood hulls. The Design 1116 was a revision by the Grays Harbor Motorship Company of their earlier Design 1005 ship in order to meet the requirements of commercial ship classification societies.[1]
All were built by the Grays Harbor Motorship Company in Aberdeen, Washington.[4] They were referred to as the "Ward"-type after M.R. Ward, manager at the Grays Harbor shipyard.[5][6] All the hulls were laid down in 1919.[4][7] The first ship of the class, the SS Adria, was listed at 3,132 gross register tons (GRT) with dimensions of 272.8 ft × 49.3 ft × 25.6 ft (83.1 m × 15.0 m × 7.8 m), 1400 indicated horsepower, and carried a crew of 36.[8]
Of the 8 ships ordered, 4 were cancelled, 3 were later completed for the National Oil Company (SS Agylla, SS Agron, SS Adria)[9] and one (Agathon) was destroyed in a fire before completion.[10][11]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Roberts, Stephen S. "EFC Design 1116 (Revised Ward/Grays Harbor type): Notes & Illustrations". Shipscribe. Retrieved 5 May 2026.
- ↑ Colton, Tim (August 25, 2021). "Wooden Ships and Barges". ShipbuildingHistory. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
- ↑ 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.
- 1 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.
- ↑ Hughes, Ryan Teague; Beckwith, John C. (January 11, 2001). On the Harbor: From Black Friday to Nirvana. Daily World. pp. 68–71. ISBN 978-0970490513.
- ↑ Shipping Board Operations: Hearings Before Select Committee on U.S Shipping Operations – Pacific Coast Activities, Part I. Washington Government Printing Office. 1920. p. 646.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ List of Merchant Vessels of the United States. Department of Commerce – Bureau of Navigation. 1922.
- ↑ "Shipping Board Steamers Taken". The Timberman. June 1920. p. 76.
- ↑ Cases Decided in the Court of Claims of the United States – Grays Harbor Motorship Corp vs. U.S. Washington Government Printing Office. November 3, 1930. pp. 167–218.
- ↑ Colton, Tim (August 25, 2021). "Lindstrom Shipbuilding, Aberdeen WA". ShipbuildingHistory. Retrieved 10 July 2022.