Design 1065 ship

The Design 1065 ship (full name Emergency Fleet Corporation Design 1065) was a wooden-hulled cargo ship design approved for production by the United States Shipping Board's Emergency Fleet Corporation (EFT) in World War I.[2] A total of 7 ships were ordered and completed for the USSB from 1918 to 1919.[2] The ships were constructed at the Bellingham, Washington shipyard of Pacific American Fisheries.[1] The USSB originally wanted Pacific American Fisheries to follow its standard "Ferris-type" design (Design 1001) used by other shipyards but PAF was successful in convincing them to use their own design which they felt was more seaworthy.[3] The cost was $50,000 per ship.[3]

SS Cruso, 30 October 1918
Class overview
NameEFT Design 1065
BuildersPacific American Fisheries, Bellingham, Washington
Cost$50,000
Built1918–1919
Planned7
Completed7
General characteristics
Tonnage2,445 gross tons[1]
3,500 dwt
Length268 ft 4 in (81.79 m)
Beam46 ft 0 in (14.02 m)
Draft26 ft 0 in (7.92 m)
PropulsionTriple expansion engine

References

  1. Colton, Tim (August 25, 2021). "Emergency Shipbuilders of WWI". Retrieved September 6, 2021.
  2. McKellar, p. Part II, 332 and 341.
  3. Jewell, Jeff (May 31, 2008). "PAF fleet among the last of the coast's wooden trawlers". Bellingham Business Journal.

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