Design 1020 ship

The Design 1020 ship (full name Emergency Fleet Corporation Design 1020) was a steel-hulled cargo ship design approved for mass production by the United States Shipping Board's Emergency Fleet Corporation (EFT) in World War I.^[1]

Class overview
Name	EFT Design 1020
Builders	American Shipbuilding Company Superior Shipbuilding Company Buffalo Shipbuilding Company Chicago Shipbuilding Company Detroit Shipbuilding Company Globe Shipbuilding Company McDougall Duluth Shipbuilding Company Saginaw Shipbuilding Company Toledo Shipbuilding Company
Built	1918–19 (USSB)
Planned	92
Completed	92
General characteristics
Type	Cargo ship
Tonnage	3,500 dwt
Length	251 ft 0 in (76.50 m)
Beam	43 ft 5 in (13.23 m)
Draft	22 ft 5 in (6.83 m)
Propulsion	Triple expansion engine, coal fuel

They were referred to as the "Laker"-type.^[1] Production was spread out over ten shipyards,^[1] the majority of which were owned by American Ship Building Company

• American Ship Building Company (21 ships), 10 at their Cleveland, Ohio shipyard^[2] and 11 at their Lorain, Ohio shipyard;^[3]
• Superior Shipbuilding Company (ASBC) (6 ships) at their Superior, Wisconsin shipyard;^[4]
• Buffalo Shipbuilding Company (ASBC) (5 ships) at their Buffalo, New York shipyard;^[5]
• Chicago Shipbuilding Company (ASBC) (9 ships) at their Chicago, Illinois shipyard;^[6]
• Detroit Shipbuilding Company (ASBC) (15 ships) at their Wyandotte, Michigan shipyard;^[7]
• Globe Shipbuilding Company (6 ships) at their Superior, Wisconsin shipyard;^[8]
• McDougall Duluth Shipbuilding Company (10 ships) at their Duluth, Minnesota shipyard;^[9]
• Saginaw Shipbuilding Company (12 ships) at their Saginaw, Michigan shipyard;^[10] and
• Toledo Shipbuilding Company (8 ships) at their Toledo, Ohio shipyard.^[11]

92 ships were completed for the USSB in 1918 and 1919.^[1] Engines were coal-fueled triple expansion engines.^[1]