The Design 1019 ship (full name Emergency Fleet Corporation Design 1019) 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] Production was spread out over four shipyards: Atlantic Corporation of Portsmouth, New Hampshire (10 ships); Long Beach Shipbuilding Company of Long Beach, California (8 ships); Southwestern Shipbuilding of San Pedro, California (19 ships); and Western Pipe and Steel Company of San Francisco, California (18 ships).
[1][2][3][4][5] 54 ships were completed for the USSB in late 1919 through 1920.
[1] An additional ship was completed in 1920 for a private shipping company.
[1] Engines were a mixture of steam turbines, coal-fueled triple expansion engines, and oil fueled triple expansion engines.