Design 1015 ship

	SS Alloway (1918)
Class overview
Name	EFT Design 1015
Built	1918–21 (USSB)
Planned	89
Completed	84 (1 delivered incomplete)
Cancelled	5
General characteristics
Type	Cargo ship
Tonnage	9,400 dwt
Length	402 ft 0 in (122.53 m)
Beam	53 ft 0 in (16.15 m)
Draft	32 ft 0 in (9.75 m)
Propulsion	Triple expansion engine or turbine, oil fuel

The Design 1015 ship (full name Emergency Fleet Corporation Design 1015) was a steel-hulled cargo ship design approved for production by the United States Shipping Board's Emergency Fleet Corporation (EFT) during World War I.^[1] They were referred to as the "Moore & Scott"-type.^[1]

They were mostly built at West Coast yards:^[1]

Groton Iron Works, Groton, Connecticut, 6 ships, 3 cancelled, 3 completed
Moore Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Oakland, California, 26 ships of which 8 were converted to reefers, no cancellations
Pacific Coast Shipbuilding Company, Bay Point, California, 10 ships, no cancellations
Seattle North Pacific Shipbuilding Company, Seattle, Washington, 10 ships, no cancellations
G. M. Standifer Construction Company, Vancouver, Washington, 15 ships, no cancellations
Union Construction Comapany, Oakland, California, 10 ships, no cancellations
Virginia Shipbuilding Company, Alexandria, Virginia, 12 ships, 2 cancelled, 9 completed, 1 partially completed

References

McKellar, Norman L. "Steel Shipbuilding under the U. S. Shipping Board, 1917-1921, Part I, Contract Steel Ships" (PDF). Steel Shipbuilding under the U. S. Shipping Board, 1917-1921. ShipScribe. Retrieved 13 February 2021.

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