EFC Design 1017 (Downey type): Notes & Illustrations
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Notes: In January 1917 Wallace Downey sold his one-third interest in the new Standard Shipbuilding Co. on Shooters Island (see Design 1063), bought a steel fabricating plant on adjacent Staten Island, and established his own shipyard there. Initial plans called for several 10,000-ton shipbuilding berths and an output of about 75,000 tons per year. The corporation was organized in early 1917, and on 30 July 1917 the yard received an EFC order for ten ships. (An eleventh sister, Clarksburg, followed on the yard's own account.) Downey's design, designated EFC Design 1017, had specifications virtually identical to those of Design 1014, Seattle's Cascade type, except that it had transverse rather than longitudinal framing. Specifications: Design 1017 (S.S. Abron, EFC Hull 216): Steel Cargo. Deadweight tons: 7500 designed, 7814 actual. Dimensions: 395.6' length oa, 381' pp x 52' beam mld. x 30' depth mld., 23.6' draft loaded. Propulsion: 1 screw, 1 triple expansion engine, 3 Scotch boilers, 2500 IHP, 10.5 kts. Configuration: 3-island, 2 decks, 4 holds, 5 hatches. |
| S.S. Abron (Design 1017, EFC Hull 216), probably photographed in late 1918 or early 1919. This photograph was used in a 1925 EFC sales catalog to represent this class. (NHHC: S-528-A) (Click photo to enlarge) |
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S.S. Dio (Design 1017, EFC Hull 218) Portion of the bridge island and house from the ship's Navy inspection data card. Photo No. None Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command, Ship Histories Branch, SP/ID card. |
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S.S. Alcoa Scout, ex Dochet (Design 1017, EFC Hull 220) Entering an U.S. port on 17 March 1941 showing neutrality markings. Photo No. AlcoaScout_6601_012 Source: vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/6601 |
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S.S. Alcoa Scout, ex Dochet (Design 1017, EFC Hull 220) Pierside with peacetime markings painted out. Photo No. AlcoaScout_6601_008 Source: vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/6601 |
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S.S. Alcoa Pilot, ex Sabotawan (Design 1017, EFC Hull 219) Departing a U.S. port on 20 July 1942. Photo No. AlcoaPilot_5648_005 Source: vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/5648 |
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S.S. Alcoa Guard, ex Abron (Design 1017, EFC Hull 216) Entering a U.S. port on 8 August 1942. Photo No. AlcoaGuard_5647_002 Source: vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/5647 |
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S.S. American Star, ex Strathnaver (Design 1017, EFC Hull 221) At Kodiak, Alaska, on 5 March 1943. The break aft of the bridge and the kingposts there have been deleted. Photo No. 80-G-79620 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-80-G |
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S.S. Alcoa Pilot, ex Sabotawan (Design 1017, EFC Hull 219) Entering a U.S. port on 19 September 1943. Photo No. AlcoaPilot_5648_004 Source: vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/5648 |
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S.S. Alcoa Guard, ex Abron (Design 1017, EFC Hull 216) Anchored in a U.S. port on 15 November 1943. Photo No. AlcoaGuard_5647_004 Source: vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/5647 |
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S.S. Alcoa Pilot, ex Sabotawan (Design 1017, EFC Hull 219) Entering a U.S. port on 16 November 1943. Photo No. AlcoaPilot_5648_002 Source: vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/5648 |
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S.S. Alcoa Scout, ex Dochet (Design 1017, EFC Hull 220) Entering a U.S. port on 6 December 1943. Photo No. AlcoaScout_6601_013 Source: vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/6601 |
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S.S. American Star, ex Strathnaver (Design 1017, EFC Hull 221) Off the coast of British Columbia on 29 April 1944. Photo No. None Source: Shipscribe |
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S.S. Alcoa Pilot, ex Sabotawan (Design 1017, EFC Hull 219) Departing a U.S. port on 8 September 1944. Photo No. AlcoaPilot_5648_001 Source: vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/5648 |
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