Design 1004 ship
Wood-hulled cargo ship design
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The Design 1004 ship (full name Emergency Fleet Corporation Design 1004) was a wood-hulled cargo ship design approved for production by the United States Shipping Board's Emergency Fleet Corporation (EFC) in World War I.[1] They were referred to as the "Peninsula"-type as all were built by the Peninsula Shipbuilding Company in Portland, Oregon.[1] All ships were completed in 1918 or 1919.[2][1][3] Twelve ships were completed.[4] The "Peninsula"-type were the only wooden-hull ships built with a turbine engine which was common on steel ships built at the same time.[5][6]
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | EFC Design 1004 |
| Builders | Peninsula Shipbuilding Company, Portland, Oregon |
| Built | 1918–19 (USSB) |
| Completed | 12 (2 as schooners) |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Cargo ship |
| Tonnage | 4,000 dwt |
| Length | 269 ft 0 in (81.99 m) |
| Beam | 48 ft 8 in (14.83 m) |
| Draft | 27 ft 6 in (8.38 m) |
| Propulsion | turbine, single screw, coal fuel |
Two of the hulls were built as schooners (Cotys completed as Oregon Pine and Cossa completed as Oregon Fir).[1]
One Design 1004 ship, Corvallis, was purchased by First National Pictures and deliberately blown up for the climax of their 1925 silent film The Half-Way Girl (now a lost film).