Design 1006 ship (original) (raw)

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Wood-hulled cargo ship design

Class overview
Name EFT Design 1006
Builders National Shipbuilding Company
Operators United States Shipping Board National Oil Transportation Company
Built 1918–19 (USSB) 1920 (National Oil Transportation Co.)
Planned 40
Completed 15 (12 for USSB, 2 as tankers, 1 as a barge)
Cancelled 28
General characteristics
Type Cargo ship
Tonnage 4,700 dwt (design)[1] 5,000 dwt (completed)[1]
Length 300 ft 0 in (91.44 m)[1]
Beam 48 ft 0 in (14.63 m)[1]
Draft 28 ft 6 in (8.69 m)[1]
Propulsion tripe-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]

  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.