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.
[1] They were referred to as the "Laker"-type.
[1] Production was spread out over ten shipyards,[1] the majority of which were owned by American Ship Building Company 92 ships were completed for the USSB in 1918 and 1919.
[1] Engines were coal-fueled triple expansion engines.
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