EFC Design 1094: Notes & Illustrations
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Notes: Harlan & Hollingsworth had long been one of America's leading shipyards, but it was located on the narrow Christiana River in Wilmington, Del., and in 1889 as the lengths of new steamers passed 400 feet (the catalyst was Cramp's 405-foot El Sol) it declared that it would henceforth concentrate on medium-sized vessels and leave larger ships to others. In 1904 Harlan & Hollingsworth was one of the first three shipyards (with the Union Iron Works at San Francisco and Samuel Moore at Elizabethport, N.J.) acquired by Charles Schwab of Bethlehem Steel. It became the Harlan Plant of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. when Bethlehem reorganized its shipbuilding business in 1917 after acquiring many other yards. In 1917 the Harlan Plant had four 309-foot and two 299-foot freighters under construction for the United Fruit Co., all of which were requisitioned by the EFC on 3 August 1917. On 31 December 1917 the EFC contracted with Harlan for three Design 1031 tankers (405-foot, EFC Hulls 1139-1141) and three Design 1046 cargo ships (377-foot, EFC Hulls 1142-1144, all six Contract 178). On 15 May 1918 it contracted for another three Design 1031 tankers (EFC Hulls 1982-1984) and seven Design 1094 cargo ships (328-foot, EFC Hulls 1975-1981, all ten Contract 315). The last two Design 1094 cargo ships (EFC 1980-1981) were reassigned to the Moore Plant in July 1919 and sold foreign before completion. Design 1094 may have been derived from two ships built at Sparrows Point in 1916, Cornelia and Helen, that had very similar hull dimensions and appearance, though the earlier ships had more powerful machinery and a tween deck in the holds that was omitted in the later ships. Specifications: Design 1094 (S.S. Bethnor, EFC Hull 1975): Steel Cargo. Deadweight tons: 5100 designed, 5175 actual. Dimensions: 328' length pp x 46' beam mld. x 25.5' depth mld., 21.3' draft loaded. Propulsion: 1 screw, 1 triple expansion engine, 2 Scotch boilers, 2400 IHP, 11 kts. Configuration: 3-island, 1 deck, 4 holds, 5 hatches. |
| S.S. Bethnor (Design 1094, EFC Hull 1976) on 15 November 1919 upon completion by the Bethlehem S.B. Co., Harlan Plant, Wilmington, Del. (NARA: RG-32-UB) (Click photo to enlarge). The photos below are all World War II Coast Guard photos from the MARAD Vessel History Database. |
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S.S. Cornelia (Design 1094 precursor?) Underway on 18 Mar 1941 with Bull Line markings. This ship and her sister Helen, built in 1916 at Bethlehem's Sparrows Point plant, had characteristics very similar to those of EFC Design 1094 and may have been precursors or the model for that design. Photo No. Cornelia_7485_010 Source: vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/7485 |
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S.S. Domino, ex Delco (Design 1094, EFC Hull 1975) Departing a U.S. port on 28 March 1941 with neutrality markings. Photo No. Domino_1278_009 Source: vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/1278 |
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S.S. Domino, ex Delco (Design 1094, EFC Hull 1975) At the pier of the American Sugar Refining Co. circa 1941 with neutrality markings. Photo No. Domino_1278_008 Source: vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/1278 |
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S.S. Domino, ex Delco (Design 1094, EFC Hull 1975) Operating for the American Sugar Transit Corp. in July 1941 with neutrality markings. Photo No. Domino_1278_006 Source: vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/1278 |
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S.S. Domino, ex Delco (Design 1094, EFC Hull 1975) Arriving in a U.S. port on 23 March 1942 with wartime armament and life rafts. Photo No. Domino_1278_007 Source: vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/1278 |
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S.S. Ellenor, ex Mason City (Design 1094, EFC Hull 1978) Departing an American port on 31 October 1941 with Bull Line markings. Photo No. Ellenor_7795_013 Source: vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/7795 |
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S.S. Ellenor, ex Mason City (Design 1094, EFC Hull 1978) Preparing to depart an American port on 20 July 1942 with wartime armament and life rafts but without cargo. Photo No. Ellenor_7795_009 Source: vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/7795 |
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S.S. Ellenor, ex Mason City (Design 1094, EFC Hull 1978) Anchored in a U.S. port on 21 December 1942. Photo No. Ellenor_7795_006 Source: vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/7795 |
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S.S. Ellenor, ex Mason City (Design 1094, EFC Hull 1978) Entering an American port on 19 February 1943. Photo No. Ellenor_7795_005 Source: vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/7795 |
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S.S. Ellenor, ex Mason City (Design 1094, EFC Hull 1978) Entering an American port on 16 December 1943. Photo No. Ellenor_7795_001 Source: vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/7795 |
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