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Design 1012 ship

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Class overview
NameEFT Design 1012
BuildersMerrill-Stevens Drydock & Repair Company
Built1919–20 (USSB)
Planned21
Completed4
Cancelled17
General characteristics
TypeCargo ship
Tonnage6,000 dwt
Length333 ft 0 in (101.50 m)
Beam49 ft 0 in (14.94 m)
Draft25 ft 0 in (7.62 m)
PropulsionTurbine, oil fuel

The Design 1012 ship (full name Emergency Fleet Corporation Design 1012) was a steel-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 "Munrio"-type which was the name of the SS Munrio, a similar pre-EFT ship built at the Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b McKellar, p. Part I, 475a.
  2. ^ "Merrill-Stevens Engineering, Jacksonville FL (later Rawls Brothers and Jacksonville Shipyards)". shipbuildinghistory.com. 6 January 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2021.

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