Design_1029_ships

Design 1029 ship

Design 1029 ship

US passenger/cargo ship design in World War I

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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  1. [1]
    McKellar, p. Part III, 140a-140b.
  2. [2]
    Colton, Tim (October 5, 2014). "Bethlehem Sparrows Point, Baltimore MD". shipbuildinghistory.com. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  3. [3]
    Colton, Tim (December 15, 2020). "Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News VA". shipbuildinghistory.com. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  4. [4]
    Colton, Tim (October 22, 2020). "New York Shipbuilding, Camden NJ". shipbuildinghistory.com. Retrieved 18 July 2021.

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