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Design 1016 ship information


SS Fort Wayne (1918)
Class overview
NameEFT Design 1016
Built1918–19 (USSB)
Planned14
Completed14
General characteristics
TypeCargo ship
Tonnage8,800 dwt
Length410 ft 0 in (124.97 m)
Beam54 ft 0 in (16.46 m)
Draft27 ft 0 in (8.23 m)
PropulsionTurbine engine, oil fuel[1]

The Design 1016 ship (full name Emergency Fleet Corporation Design 1016) was a steel-hulled cargo ship design approved for production by the United States Shipping Board's Emergency Fleet Corporation (EFT) during World War I.[1] They were referred to as the "Baltimore Drydock"-type.[1]

They were built at two East Coast yards:[1]

  • Baltimore Shipbuilding & Drydock Company, Baltimore, Maryland, 8 ships, no cancellations
  • Groton Iron Works, Groton, Connecticut, 6 ships, no cancellations
  1. ^ a b c d McKellar, p. Part I, 484-485.

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