Design 1029 ship
 Hawkeye State in the 1920s
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | EFT Design 1029 |
| Builders | Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Company New York Shipbuilding Company |
| Built | 1921–1922 |
| Planned | 10 |
| Completed | 16 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Passenger / Cargo ship |
| Tonnage | 13,000 dwt |
| Length | 517 ft 0 in (157.58 m) 535 ft 0 in (163.07 m) o.a. |
| Beam | 72 ft 0 in (21.95 m) |
| Draft | 28 ft 0 in (8.53 m) |
| Propulsion | Turbine, oil fuel |
| Speed | 16 kn (18 mph; 30 km/h) to 17.5 kn (20.1 mph; 32.4 km/h) |
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 10 ships were ordered and built from 1921 to 1922.[1] An additional six ships, originally contracted as Design 1095 ships, were changed during building so they were identical to the Design 1029 ships.[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]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e McKellar, p. Part III, 140a-140b.
- ^ Colton, Tim (October 5, 2014). "Bethlehem Sparrows Point, Baltimore MD". shipbuildinghistory.com. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- ^ Colton, Tim (December 15, 2020). "Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News VA". shipbuildinghistory.com. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- ^ Colton, Tim (October 22, 2020). "New York Shipbuilding, Camden NJ". shipbuildinghistory.com. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
Bibliography[]
- McKellar, Norman L. "Steel Shipbuilding under the U. S. Shipping Board, 1917-1921, Part III, Contract Steel Ships" (PDF). Steel Shipbuilding under the U. S. Shipping Board, 1917-1921. ShipScribe. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
External links[]
- Standard ship types of the United States
- Design 1029 ships
- Design 1029 ships of the United States Navy
- Design 1029 ships of the United States Army