EFC Design 1043-B (Hanlon type): Notes & Illustrations
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Notes: On 25 January 1918 the EFC ordered six ships (EFC Hulls 1107-1112, yard nos. 80-85) from the Hanlon Drydock and Shipbuilding Co. of Oakland, Cal. to the company's design, designated Design 1043 by the EFC, and on 3 July 1918 it ordered six more of this type (EFC Hulls 2253-2258, yard nos. 86-91), of which three were cancelled. The final six ships that were completed under these two contracts were built with revised internal arrangements, causing the EFC to designate the revised design Design 1043-B. The original Design 1043 was a single deck type with no 'tween decks in the four holds. The entire hull space under the bridge, almost as large as a hold, was a deep tank for water ballast or coal. Design 1043-B was a two deck type with 'tween decks in all four holds. The 'tween deck for Hold No. 2 was extended aft over the deep tank, reducing the size of the latter and requiring the addition of two short kingposts just forward of the bridge to handle the cargo in the new space. The EFC produced plans for it (above), and this page covers the six Design 1043-B ships: Delrosa, Depere, Derblay, Jeptha, Medon, and Memnon. In the last two ships, Medon and Memnon, the engine power was increased from 1800 to 2400 IHP. See the Design 1043 page for the origins and subsequent history of the eleven requisitioned, Design 1043, and 1043-B ships. Specifications: Design 1043-B (S.S. Delrosa, EFC Hull 1107): Steel Cargo. Deadweight tons: 5350 designed, 5042 actual. Dimensions: 320.75' length pp x 46' beam mld. x 26.75' depth mld., 22.2' draft loaded. Propulsion: 1 screw, 1 triple expansion engine, 3 Foster water tube boilers, 1800 IHP, 11 kts. Configuration: 3-island, 2 decks, 4 holds, 5 hatches. |
| S.S. Depere (Design 1043-B, EFC Hull 1111) on a trial trip on 3 August 1920 after completing construction by the Hanlon S.B. Co., Oakland, Cal. The main visible change between Design 1043 and Design 1043-B was the addition of a pair of kingposts forward of the bridge. (NARA: RG-32-S) (Click photo to enlarge) |
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S.S. Medon (Design 1043-B, EFC Hull 2254) On a trial trip on 27 November 1920 off Oakland, Cal., after completing construction by the Hanlon D.D. & S.B. Co. Photo No. None Source: NARA: RG-32-S |
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S.S. Depere (Design 1043-B, EFC Hull 1111) On a trial trip on 3 August 1920 off Oakland, Cal., after completing construction by the Hanlon D.D. & S.B. Co. Photo No. NH 800 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (also NARA RG-32-S) |
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S.S. Memnon (Design 1043-B, EFC Hull 2255) On a trial trip on 26 January 1921 off Oakland, Cal., after completing construction by the Hanlon D.D. & S.B. Co. This was one of two ships in which the engine power was increased from 1800 to 2400 IHP. Photo No. None Source: NARA: RG-32-S |
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S.S. Depere (Design 1043-B, EFC Hull 1111) Photographed by NAS Kodiak at Kodiak, Alaska, in 1942. Photo No. 80-G-79675 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-80-G |
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