title: Design 1020 ship
text: # 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.
  
  