EFC Design 1049 (Albina type): Notes & Illustrations
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Notes: In 1905 William Cornfoot established the Albina Engine & Machine Works in the Albina district of Portland, Ore., as a ship repair shop, initially with 2-3 men and increasing over time to as many as 100. In 1916 the Scandinavian ship brokerage A. O. Anderson & Co. asked him to contract to build six steel ships for their Norwegian and Danish clients. After obtaining more land Cornfoot announced on 18 October 1916 the intention of building two 3300-ton steel steamers at the Albina yard. On 17 November 1916 construction of the shipyard with five slips began, on 28 November 1916 Cornfoot secured contracts for four additional steamers, and on 3 December 1916 A. O. Andersen & Co. announced their part ownership of the shipyard following its reorganization. The first two ships, for Norwegian interests, were of 3300 deadweight tons measuring 261' x 43.4' x 20' depth and 1200 ihp, matching the measurements of the many ships built on the Great Lakes, which were limited by the dimensions of the Welland Canal. The last four were for Danish buyers, who took advantage of the fact that the canal limits did not apply on the West Coast and lengthened them by 40 feet, resulting in ships of 3800 tons measuring 300' x 44' x 21.4' and 1400 ihp. All six were requisitioned by the EFC on 3 August 1917. Like many of the wartime ships ordered by foreign interests on the Great Lakes, they had a rig first developed at Fredrikstad, Norway, to handle large deck cargoes, with two tall masts at the extreme ends of the ship and two pairs of derrick posts, one at each end of the bridge house amidships. On 15 January 1918 the EFC ordered four 4000 deadweight ton ships from Albina to a design that it called Design 1049 (EFC Hulls 1216-1219). This design was essentially the same as that of the 3800 ton requisitioned quartet. A second contract followed on 18 May 1918 with an order for five more 4000 dwt ships (EFC Hulls 1688-1692), but the lines of this design were considered too full for satisfactory service on the Atlantic and on 27 February 1918 EFC naval architect Cox called for a reduction in the block coefficient. As a result the builder made some minor changes. On 14 July 1918 EFC vice president Charles Piez visited Portland and agreed with Albina on a contract for four 3800-ton cargo vessels to the same design as the May contract, presumably as modified. The contract for these four ships (EFC Hulls 2249-2250 and 2835-2836, the numbers 2251-2252 being "not assigned") was signed on 3 August 1918, but as of 22 October 1918 it still had not been executed and discussions were held on replacing two of the 3800-ton cargo ships with seven 150-foot trawlers. As executed the contract restored the four cargo ships with the two cargo ships and seven trawlers as an option. At its peak there were 3,800 men at work in the Albina shipyard. Following the war EFC Hulls 2249-2250 and 2835-2836 were suspended on 25 January 1919. The first two were reinstated on 10 February 1919 but the last two were cancelled on 16 April 1919. By September 1919 the yard, with no new orders, was being dismantled and the company then returned to its prewar activities of general machine and ship repair work with about 100 employees. (Special sources: The Oregon Daily Journal, August 6-9, 1919; The Sunday Oregonian, September 21, 1919, both of Portland, Ore.; Pacific Marine Review, 1917-1919, and NARA RG-32.) Requisitioned Sisters: During 1916-1917 Danish interests placed orders for four cargo ships with the Albina Engine & Machine Works of Portland, Ore., to a design that later became EFC Design 1049. The four ships, Yard nos. 3-6, were requisitioned by the Shipping Board on 3 August 1917 and are covered in the Requisitioned Ships portion of the McKellar list. Note that Yard nos. 1-2, a Norwegian order that was also requisitioned, were smaller ships. Specifications: (S.S. Cadaretta, EFC Hull 1216): Steel Cargo. Deadweight tons: 3800 designed, 3694 actual. Dimensions: 300' length oa, 289' pp x 44' beam mld. x 21.5' depth mld., 19.1' draft loaded. Propulsion: 1 screw, 1 triple expansion engine, 2 Scotch boilers, 1400 IHP, 8.4 avg. kts. Configuration: 3-island (long bridge), 1 deck, 4 holds, 4 hatches. |
| S.S. Point Bonita (As Design 1049, Yard no. 3) on trials on 22 June 1918. She was delivered to the EFC and sold to the Pacific Mail S.S. Co. on 24 June 1918. This requisitioned ship and her later EFC Design 1049 sisters were all rigged to carry lumber on deck with tall masts on the forecastle and poop, pairs of derrick posts at each end of the bridge island, and long booms stepped high enough to stow horizontally over the stacked lumber deck cargo when at sea. (NHHC: NH 65124) (Click photo to enlarge) |
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S.S. Glendoyle (Design 1049, EFC Hull 1689) Just after being launched on 26 February 1919. She was delivered to the EFC on 25 March 1919 and sold to the United Fruit Co. on 28 March 1919. Photo No. 165-WW-499A-124 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-165-WW |
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S.S. Lurline Burns ex Caddopeak (Design 1049, EFC Hull 1217) Photographed between 1937 and the outbreak of World War II. Distinctive features of this class included a very long bridge island amidships and a rig intended for carrying lumber. Lurline Burns served in World War II as USS Besboro (AG-66). Photo No. 19-N-52560 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM |
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S.S. Eureka ex Glendoyle (Design 1049, EFC Hull 1689) Pierside in peacetime markings soon before World War II. Photo No. Eureka_7898_008 Source: vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/7898 |
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S.S. Cadaretta (Design 1049, EFC Hull 1216) Underway near the beginning of World War II with a deck cargo of wood. Her rig was specially designed to handle such cargoes, with cargo booms long enough to handle the lumber and mounted high enough to lie horizontally over it when at sea, as shown here. Photo No. Cadaretta_7107_003 Source: vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/7107 |
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S.S. Eureka ex Glendoyle (Design 1049, EFC Hull 1689) At anchor in a U.S. port on 21 August 1942. Photo No. Eureka_7898_005 Source: vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/7898 |
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S.S. Doylestown (Design 1049, EFC Hull 2250) At Kodiak, Alaska, on 22 February 1943. Photo No. 80-G-79605 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-80-G |
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S.S. Cadaretta (Design 1049, EFC Hull 1219) At Kodiak, Alaska, on 9 March 1943. Photo No. 80-G-79640 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-80-G |
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USS Camanga (AG 42) ex Point Bonita (As Design 1049, Yard no. 3) In San Francisco Bay on 30 May 1943 after an overhaul in which her armament was upgraded. During her merchant service, probably as San Pedro for Hammond Lumber or as Oliver Olson for Oliver J. Olson & Co., she was rerigged as a lumber schooner with four tall masts and a shortened bridge island. Photo No. 19-N-48744 Source: U.S. National Archives (RG-19-LCM) |
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S.S. Doylestown (Design 1049, EFC Hull 2250) At Kodiak, Alaska, on 27 July 1943. Photo No. 80-G-79827 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-80-G |
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S.S. Eureka ex Glendoyle (Design 1049, EFC Hull 1689) Departing a U.S. port on 5 July 1944 with her booms stowed horizontally. Photo No. Eureka_7898_001 Source: vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/7898 |
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S.S. Stureborg ex Cadaretta (Design 1049, EFC Hull 1216) Under the Swedish flag between 1946 and 1958. Photo No. None Source: Shipscribe |
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