Design 1003 ship

The Design 1003 ship (full name Emergency Fleet Corporation Design 1003) 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 "Hough"-type.^[1] Most ships were completed in 1918 or 1919.^[2][1][3] Many ships were completed as barges or as hulls.^[4]

S.S. Dumaru SS Dumaru in the Willamette River, Portland, Oregon, on April 17, 1918.
Class overview
Name	EFT Design 1003
Built	1918–19 (USSB)
General characteristics
Type	Cargo ship
Tonnage	4,005 dwt
Length	288 ft 0 in (87.78 m)
Beam	45 ft 2 in (13.77 m)
Draft	28 ft 0 in (8.53 m)
Propulsion	triple-expansion engines, single screw, coal fuel, 198 nhp