EFC Design 1038 (Mobile S.B. type): Notes & Illustrations
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| Notes: Twelve 5000 dwt steel ships were originally ordered from the Jahncke Shipbuilding Co. of New Orleans (yard at Madisonville, LA). Contract No. 93 of 18 October 1917 provided for six ships, EFC hulls 653-658, with an option for six more, EFC hulls 1237-1242, which was exercised on 23 February 1918. Jahncke, which was then building Design 1001 wooden ships, procured equipment to build steel vessels but eventually opted to concentrate on wooden ships. (They then got a contract for six more wooden cargo ships and four barges.) On 15 August 1918 Jahncke agreed to transfer part of their steel shipbuilding equipment to the Mobile Shipbuilding Co. at Mobile, Ala., which was building Design 1010 composite ships. On that date Jahncke's Contract 93 was cancelled and Mobile received Contract No. 416 for the twelve steel ships, which kept the Jahncke EFC hull numbers. Mobile had previously received on 13 July 1918 Contract No. 303 for twelve 5000-dwt steel ships, EFC hulls 1960-1971 but the former Jahncke ships were built first and Contract 303 was suspended on 15 January 1919 and cancelled on 24 September 1919. The last four hulls under Contract 416 (EFC Hulls 1239-1242), for which all materials were on hand, were suspended on 25 October 1919 and cancelled on 2 January 1920, the incomplete ships probably being included in the sale of the yard. Total output was eight ships. |
| S.S. Oklahoma City (Design 1038, EFC Hull 656) at the yard of her builder, the Mobile Shipbuilding Co. of Mobile, Ala., on 19 June 1920 ready for trials. (NHHC: NH 1343) (Click photo to enlarge) |
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S.S. Point San Pedro, ex Houston (Design 1038, EFC Hull 658) Photographed during the 1930s. Her rig has been extensively modified for service as a lumber carrier. Photo No. None Source: Shipscribe |
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S.S. Curaca, ex Atlanta of Texas (Design 1038, EFC Hull 1238) Pierside circa 1941 with neutrality markings. The funnel markings are probably those of the Grace Line, for which she operated from 1935 to 1945. This and the next five photos below are all World War II Coast Guard photos from the MARAD Vessel History Database. Photo No. Curaca_7528_013 Source: vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/7528 |
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S.S. Curaca, ex Atlanta of Texas (Design 1038, EFC Hull 1238) Underway in a U.S. port on an unknown date riding high and with wartime fittings. Photo No. Curaca_7528_011 Source: vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/7528 |
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S.S. Margaret Lykes, ex Moshico (Design 1038, EFC Hull 653) Departing a U.S. port ca. 14 September 1942. The rubber stamp on the back of the photo, which has bled through, states that the photo was taken by the Coast Guard in the Third Naval District. This may apply to all of these Coast Guard photos. Photo No. MargaretLykes_12119_009 Source: vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/12119 |
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S.S. Margaret Lykes, ex Moshico (Design 1038, EFC Hull 653) Departing a U.S. port on 26 September 1942. Photo No. MargaretLykes_12119_008 Source: vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/12119 |
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S.S. Margaret Lykes, ex Moshico (Design 1038, EFC Hull 653) At anchor in a U.S. port on 12 August 1943. Photo No. MargaretLykes_12119_007 Source: vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/12119 |
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S.S. Margaret Lykes, ex Moshico (Design 1038, EFC Hull 653) Entering a U.S. port on 10 February 1944 Photo No. MargaretLykes_12119_006 Source: vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/12119 |
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S.S. Naty, ex Oklahoma City (Design 1038, EFC Hull 656) This ship became the Italian merchantman Naty in 1950 and was scrapped as such in 1959. Photo No. None Source: Shipscribe |
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