Design 1020 ship
# 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.

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

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

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

