Design 1016 ship

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]

SS Fort Wayne (1918)
Class overview
Name	EFT Design 1016
Built	1918–19 (USSB)
Planned	14
Completed	14
General characteristics
Type	Cargo ship
Tonnage	8,800 dwt
Length	410 ft 0 in (124.97 m)
Beam	54 ft 0 in (16.46 m)
Draft	27 ft 0 in (8.23 m)
Propulsion	Turbine engine, oil fuel[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