EFC Design 1019 (Standard Ferris type): Notes & Illustrations
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Notes: In April 1917 as the new EFC began to put together its wartime shipbuilding program it appointed Theodore E. Ferris as its naval architect and consulting engineer. The first part of the new program was the wooden shipbuilding effort, for which Ferris produced the standard Design 1001 which was built in large numbers. The wooden program soon consisted of Designs 1001 to 1012 including three composite (1009-1011) and one small steel (1012) designs. This was followed by the requisitioning of steel ships already under construction in U.S. shipyards and the adoption by the EFC of several private designs that it wanted to use in its own program, which it designated Designs 1013 to 1018. Ferris and the EFC then moved on to develop their own designs. Ferris had long been an advocate of standardized designs, some involving fabricated construction in new yards and some for regular construction in existing yards. Designs 1019 to 1036 (less 1021 and 1028) were either produced personally by Ferris or drafted by private shipbuilders and approved by him. Design 1019 was an 8800 deadweight ton cargo ship of regular (not fabricated) construction designed personally by Ferris for production in existing yards. It had the same hull dimensions and layout as Design 1013, of which it appears to have been a standardized version. It was used by shipyards that were not already engaged in building Design 1013 ships. Ferris also produced designs for 7500-, 5500-, and 3500-ton cargo ships for production in existing shipyards (Designs 1026, 1033, and 1020). Of these Design 1020 was built in large numbers on the Great Lakes but neither of the other two was built. Specifications: Design 1019 (S.S. Isanti, EFC Hull 334): Steel Cargo. Deadweight tons: 8800 designed, 8726 actual. Dimensions: 427' length oa, 410.5' pp x 54' beam mld. x 29.75' depth mld., 24.2' draft loaded. Propulsion: 1 screw, 1 G.E. turbine, 4 Heine water tube boilers, 2500 SHP, 10.25 kts. Configuration: 3-island, 2 decks, 4 holds, 5 hatches. |
| S.S. Nantahala (Design 1019, EFC Hull 335) on trials on 30 October 1918 after construction by the Western Pipe & Steel Co., San Francisco, Cal. Note the wartime rig with a single telescoping topmast stepped on one of the derrick posts near the stack and the unusual starboard side camouflage pattern. (NARA: RG-32-S) (Click photo to enlarge) |
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S.S. Nantahala (Design 1019, EFC Hull 335) Photographed by her builder on 30 October 1918 on a trial trip. This is the port side of her camouflage pattern. She was built by the Western Pipe & Steel Co. of South San Francisco, Cal. Photo No. None Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-32-S |
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S.S. Isanti (Design 1019, EFC Hull 334) Photographed by her builder on 22 September 1918 on a trial trip. Note the starboard side camouflage pattern. She was built by the Western Pipe & Steel Co. of South San Francisco, Cal. Photo No. None Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-32-S |
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S.S. Isanti (Design 1019, EFC Hull 334) Photographed by her builder on 22 September 1918 on a trial trip. This is the port side of her camouflage pattern. She was built by the Western Pipe & Steel Co. of South San Francisco, Cal. Photo No. None Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-32-S |
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S.S. Oskaloosa (Design 1019, EFC Hull 336) A Western Pipe-built ship completed in December 1918 with a wartime rig but without camouflage, from the ship's Navy inspection data (SP/ID) card. Photo No. NH 65110 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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S.S. Kisnop (Design 1019, EFC Hull 987) Photographed on 29 July 1919 by her builder, the Atlantic Corp. of Portsmouth, N.H., probably on a trial trip. Photo No. NH 1313 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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S.S. West Cactus (Design 1019, EFC Hull 1148) Photographed in August 1919 for the Shipping Board Division of Operations. She was built by the Western Pipe & Steel Co. of South San Francisco, Cal. Photo No. None Source: Shipscribe |
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S.S. West Keats (Design 1019, EFC Hull 2080) Photographed on 21 April 1920 at the time of her builder's trial. She was built by the Long Beach Shipbuilding Co. of Long Beach, Cal. Photo No. None Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-32-S |
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S.S. West Niger (Design 1019, EFC Hull 2207) Photographed on 10 February 1920 for the Shipping Board Division of Operations by Walter A. Scott Photos of San Pedro. She was built by the Southwest Ship Building Co. of San Pedro, Cal. Photo No. None Source: Shipscribe |
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S.S. West Nivaria (Design 1019, EFC Hull 2209) Photograph submitted for this ship's Navy inspection report around the time of her completion in April 1920. Photo No. None Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command, Ship Histories Branch, SP/ID card. |
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S.S. West Norranus (Design 1019, EFC Hull 2211) Photographed around the time of her completion in June 1920 by the Southwestern S.B. Co., San Pedro, Cal. This postwar ship has a normal peacetime rig with topmasts on both masts. Photo No. None Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command, Ship Histories Branch, SP/ID card. |
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S.S. West Keats (Design 1019, EFC Hull 2080) Photograph submitted for this ship's Navy inspection report around the time of her completion in April 1920. Photo No. None Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command, Ship Histories Branch, SP/ID card. |
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S.S. Colabee, ex Pagasset (Design 1019, EFC Hull 996) Entering a U.S. port on 16 December 1941. Photo No. Colabee_7431_018 Source: vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/7431 |
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S.S. Chagres, ex Bakersfield (Design 1019, EFC Hull 1380) Entering a U.S. port on 6 September 1942 under the Panamanian flag. Photo No. Chagres_7247_008 Source: vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/7247 |
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S.S. Chagres, ex Bakersfield (Design 1019, EFC Hull 1380) Entering a U.S. port on 22 May 1943. Photo No. Chagres_7247_005 Source: vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/7247 |
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S.S. Atlantic, ex West Catanace (Design 1019, EFC Hull 1373) Entering a U.S. port on 5 December 1943. Note the heavy anti-aircraft armament of 20mm guns. Photo No. Atlantic_12055_004 Source: vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/12055 |
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S.S. Atlantic, ex West Catanace (Design 1019, EFC Hull 1373) Entering a U.S. port on 11 July 1944. Photo No. Atlantic_12055_001 Source: vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/12055 |
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S.S. Betsy Olson, ex Pagasset (Design 1019, EFC Hull 996) Photographed under the U.S. flag between 1950 and 1952. Photo No. None Source: Shipscribe |
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S.S. Parita Sun, ex West Inskip (Design 1019, EFC Hull 1379) Photographed under the Panamanian flag between 1948 and her disposal in 1953. Photo No. None Source: Shipscribe |
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