EFC Design 1045: Notes & Illustrations
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Notes: EFC Designs 1045 through 1047 were designs already in use by three Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. facilities, 1045 (a tanker) at the former Fore River Shipbuilding Co. at Quincy, Mass., 1046 (a freighter) at the Sparrows Point, Md., yard, and 1047 (a tanker) at the former Union Iron Works yards at San Francisco and Alameda, Calif. Beginning in 1915 Bethlehem built in the Quincy yard four tankers that generally resembled Design 1045: Texas, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia (416.8 x 56.1 x 31.1 feet), followed by the two requisitioned ships identified below. The EFC then ordered a total of 10 ships: EFC Hulls 1166-1168 on 31 December 1917 and EFC Hulls 1670-1672 on 30 April 1918. No more ships of this type were built at Quincy after the war. Requisitioned Sisters: During 1916-1917 American interests placed an order for two tankers with the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., Fore River Plant (formerly the Fore River Shipbuilding Co.) at Quincy, Mass., to a design that later became EFC Design 1045. These ships, Yard nos. 268-269 (George W. Barnes and W. L. Steed), were requisitioned by the Shipping Board on 3 August 1917 and are covered in the Requisitioned Ships portion of the McKellar list. Specifications: Design 1045 (S.S. Watertown, EFC Hull 1166): Steel Tanker. Deadweight tons: 9100 designed, 9298 actual. Dimensions: 431.8' length oa, 415' pp x 56' beam mld. x 32.75' depth mld., 25.5' draft loaded. Propulsion: 1 screw, 1 triple expansion engine, 3 Scotch boilers, 2700 IHP, 10.5 kts. |
| S.S. Watertown (Design 1045, EFC Hull 1166) photographed on 2 April 1943 east of the Virginia Capes headed east by a blimp from ZP-14 based at NAS Elizabeth City, North Carolina. She was built by the Bethlehem S.B. Corp., Quincy, Mass., and has a rig favored by Bethlehem consisting of a light mast between a pair of derrick posts right forward and a regular mast aft of the bridge. (NARA: RG-80-G-64284) (Click photo to enlarge) |
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USS W. L Steed (As Design 1045, Yard no. 269) Photographed on 10 September 1918 a week before being completed and commissioned in the Navy. This requisitioned ship was built by the Bethlehem S.B. Corp., Quincy, Mass. to the design that the EFC later designated Design 1045. She lacked the light mast between the derrick posts forward that was carried in the contract-built ships of this type. Photo No. None Source: NARA: RG-32-S |
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USS W. L Steed (As Design 1045, Yard no. 269) Photographed on 10 September 1918, probably during trials. Photo No. None Source: NARA: RG-32-S |
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S.S. Hadnot (Design 1045, EFC Hull 1670) Arriving at an American port on 14 November 1941 Photo No. Hadnot_2055_013 Source: vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/2055 |
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S.S. Watertown (Design 1045, EFC Hull 1166) At Pearl Harbor in May 1942. Photo No. 80-G-64591 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-80-G |
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S.S. Hadnot (Design 1045, EFC Hull 1670) Departing an American port on 26 May 1942 Photo No. Hadnot_2055_010 Source: vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/2055 |
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S.S. Hadnot (Design 1045, EFC Hull 1670) Anchored in an American port on 12 April 1943 Photo No. Hadnot_2055_001 Source: vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/2055 |
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S.S. Hadnot (Design 1045, EFC Hull 1670) Photographed on 9 March 1944 off Virginia Beach, Va., headed west by a blimp from ZP-14 based at NAS Weeksville, Elizabeth City, North Carolina. Photo No. 80-G-222578 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-80-G |
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S.S. Baldhill (Design 1045, EFC Hull 1168) Photographed underway at 8.5 knots on 9 March 1944, probably by a Canadian aircraft. Photo No. None Source: Shipscribe |
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S.S. Baldhill (Design 1045, EFC Hull 1168) Photographed on 15 April 1944 by a blimp from ZP-32 based at NAS Moffet Field, Calif. Photo No. 80-G-236564 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-80-G |
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