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A World War I poster for the US Shipping Board, ca. 1917–18.. The Emergency Fleet Corporation (EFC) was established by the United States Shipping Board, sometimes referred to as the War Shipping Board, on 16 April 1917 [1] pursuant to the Shipping Act (39 Stat. 729) to acquire, maintain, and operate merchant ships to meet national defense, foreign and domestic commerce during World War I.
Federal Rideau is 200.0 metres (656.2 ft) long overall and 191.9 metres (629.6 ft) between perpendiculars, with a beam of 23.8 metres (78.1 ft). The vessel has a gross tonnage (GT) of 20,659 tons and a deadweight tonnage (DWT) of 36,563 tons. The ship is powered by a diesel engine driving one screw with a maximum speed of 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 ...
[15] [16] According to John T. Cunningham in "Made in New Jersey," Federal "completely proved its might". On one day alone in May 1942, the company launched four destroyers in a 50-minute period. [17] By 1943, Federal Shipbuilding was employing 52,000 people and building ships faster than any other yard in the world." [18]
The lightweight 16-in/50 Mark 7 was designed to resolve this conflict. These guns were 50 calibers long, 50 times their 16-inch (406 mm) bore diameter with barrels 66.7 ft (20.3 m) long, from chamber to muzzle. Each gun weighed about 239,000 lb (108 t) without the breech, and 267,900 lb (121.5 t) with the breech. [1]
The Design 1001 ship (full name Emergency Fleet Corporation Design 1001) was a wood-hulled cargo ship design approved for production by the United States Shipping Board ' s Emergency Fleet Corporation (EFT) in World War I. [2] They were referred to as the "Ferris"-type after its designer, naval architect Theodore E. Ferris. [2]
Decommissioned: 16 September 1988. Disposed of by Navy title transfer to the Maritime Administration, 28 March 1994 FFG-2 Ramsey: 1967 Brooke class Decommissioned: 1 September 1988. Sunk as a target, 15 June 2000 FFG-3 Schofield: 1968 Brooke class Decommissioned: 8 September 1988. Sunk as a target, 2 November 1999 FFG-4 Talbot: 1967 Brooke class
Amphibious warfare ships were considered by the US Navy to be auxiliaries and were classed with hull classification symbols beginning with 'A' until 1942. Many ships were reclassed at that time as landing ships and received new hull symbols beginning with 'L'; others would retain 'A' hull symbols until 1969 and then receive 'L' symbols.
Fednav is a privately owned Canadian company in the maritime transport industry, involved in transporting over 30 million tonnes of bulk cargo and break bulk cargo worldwide. . Its fleet comprises approximately 120 long-term and spot-chartered vesse