Norman L. McKellar
Shipbuilding under the
U. S. Shipping Board, 1917-1921
Featuring major Shipslists from The Belgian Shiplover, 1959-1963
USS Alloway (EFC Design 1015) on 5 July 1918
Ship Name Index: List of the names under which all EFC ships were completed. Use this to find individual ships in McKellar's lists. EFC Hull Numbers: List of all ships with EFC hull numbers (1 to 2873). EFC Designs: List with descriptions of all numbered EFC ship designs. EFC Contracts: Link to "References: U. S. Merchant Ships" section of this website which contains this list sorted four ways. Shipbuilders: List of all firms that built ships for the EFC. Sources: A note on the sources on the EFC program used here by Shipscribe. |
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1. Steel Ships
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Steel Ships: Introduction This introduction to the article on steel ships also applies in part to the wooden and concrete ships. |
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Requisitioned Steel Ships, Part I Ships by builder: Albina Engine & Machine Works to McDougall Duluth. |
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Requisitioned Steel Ships, Part II Ships by builder: Merchant Shipbuilding to Willamette Iron & Steel. |
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Contract Steel Ships, Part I Ships of EFC Designs 1012 to 1016. |
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Contract Steel Ships, Part II Ships of EFC Designs 1017 to 1022. |
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Contract Steel Ships, Part III Ships of EFC Designs 1023 to 1032. |
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Contract Steel Ships, Part IV Ships of EFC Designs 1037 to 1049. |
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Contract Steel Ships, Part V Ships of EFC Designs 1057 to 1095. |
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Contract Steel Ships, Part VI Ships of EFC Designs 1097 to 1133. Also one private order and Chinese and Japanese contracts (Designs 1092 and 1118-1127). |
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EFC Steel Ship Contracts Not in McKellar (all cancelled) Name Changes of Completed EFC Steel Ships Names of Cancelled EFC Steel Ships |
2. Wooden and Concrete Ships
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Wooden Ships McKellar's introduction followed by a listing of ships by builder from Alabama Drydock to York River S.B. along with two Australian contracts and McKellar's comments on the main wooden ship designs. For those who miss the organization by EFC design of the steel list, Shipscribe provides in the Addenda a list of the wooden ship contracts organized by EFC design and with their EFC hull numbers. |
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Concrete Ships Extracted from an article covering concrete ships built by all countries during both World Wars. Shipscribe has added an update based on archival data and recent research. |
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Wooden Ship Contracts Arranged by EFC Design (including those not in McKellar, all cancelled) Name Changes of Completed EFC Wooden and Concrete Ships Names of Cancelled EFC Wooden and Concrete Ships |
3. Tugs and Steel Barges
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Tugs and Steel Barges These were not covered by McKellar and Shipscribe has provided data on them to complete the record of the EFC program. |
Harbor Tugs & Steel Barges |
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The article by Norman L. McKellar is copyright © Hazel McKellar, 2007.