EFC Design 1099 (American S.B. Co.): Notes & Illustrations
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Notes: EFC Design 1099 (American Ship Building Co. design) was built by the EFC at the six American Ship Building (AmShip) yards and at Toledo Shipbuilding, which AmSB controlled. Fifteen more were built by McDougall-Duluth. All 91 ships were ordered by the EFC on 11 June 1918, along with 53 ships of Design 1074 that were ordered on 11-12 June. Three ships at Toledo were cancelled in 1919-20 and completed privately. Design 1099 (called by AmShip "Type No. 10") followed Design 1093 ("Type No. 9") at the six AmShip yards and Design 1020 at McDougall-Duluth and Toledo Shipbuilding. The main change from Design 1093 was that Design 1099 used oil instead of coal as fuel. Design 1093 carried coal for about 4800 miles while Design 1099 had oil for about 7800 miles. Oil-fired transatlantic supply ships had to carry enough oil for a round trip because oil was scarce in Europe. Designed deadweight capacity fell from 4200 to 4050 tons but actual deadweight capacity was practically unchanged and the bale and grain capacities dropped by only 5000 cubic feet, an insignificant 2.7 percent of the total. Other characteristics appear to have remained essentially unchanged. Although the 91 ships were ordered in June 1918 the ones at AmShip are listed on one document as "Type No. 9," suggesting that the change to oil came a bit later. A drawing by Toledo for "Am.S.B.Co's Type No. 10." traced on 13 July 1918 bears a note, "6 January 1919 up to date - oil." A drawing by AmShip for Chicago dated 10 December 1918 confirms that "Ship fitted for oil burning equipment" and shows oil in the double bottom. (Special sources: Lloyd's Register Foundation, hec.lrfoundation.org.uk/archive-library/documents/) and (for Anglouleme caption:) Brouard, Mercier, & Saibène, La Marine Marchande Française, 1939-1945, 2009) Specifications: Design 1099 (S.S. Lake Gazette, EFC Hull 1772): Steel Cargo. Deadweight tons: 4050 designed, 4155 actual. Dimensions: 251' length pp x 43.5' beam mld. x 28.2' depth mld., 24.3' draft loaded. Propulsion: 1 screw, 1 triple expansion engine, 2 Scotch boilers, 1500 IHP, 9.5 kts. Configuration: 3-island, 1 deck, 2 holds, 4 hatches. |
| S.S. Nantucket, originally Fargo (Design 1099, EFC Hull 1861), while being operated by Merchants & Miners Line between 1933 and 1941. She was built by McDougall-Duluth.(Steamship Historical Society of America) (Click photo to enlarge) |
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S.S. Great Falls (Design 1099, EFC Hull 1863) At Bristol, England with the Bristol United Breweries in the background in 1920 or 1921 before she was renamed Haiti. She was built by McDougall-Duluth. Photo No. None Source: Shipscribe |
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S.S. California State, ex Henry County (Design 1099, EFC Hull 1823) This newly-converted training ship for the California Nautical School (later the California Maritime Academy) is shown at the Washington Navy Yard on 7 April 1932 after a cruise around South America from her home station on the West Coast. The Shipping Board had transferred her on 24 May 1930 to the Navy which turned her over to the State of California on 22 August 1930. She became a War Shipping Administration training ship on 30 June 1940 and served commercially from 1947 to 1962. Photo by Underwood & Underwood, Washington. She was built at Lorain. Photo No. None Source: Shipscribe |
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USACE Dredge Detroit Wayne (Design 1099, EFC Hull 1794) Photographed on 8 September 1932 shortly after entering service as a flood control dredge for the U.S. Army Engineer Corps (USACE) on the Mississippi River. Note the dredging boom added on her side. She was reconverted to a cargo vessel in 1940 and was wrecked in 1942. She was built at Lorain. Photo No. None Source: USACE Digital Library (usace.contentdm.oclc.org) |
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S.S. Falmouth, ex Lake Floravista (Design 1099, EFC Hull 1864) Wearing peacetime markings at the St. Andrews Street Wharf in New Orleans circa 1940. She was built by McDougall-Duluth. Photo No. Falmouth_7973_005 Source: vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/7973 |
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S.S. Caribqueen, ex Lake Giddings (Design 1099, EFC Hull 1778) Departing a U.S. port on 29 October 1941 with neutrality markings. She was built at Chicago. Photo No. Caribqueen_7196_007 Source: vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/7196 |
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S.S. Caribqueen, ex Lake Giddings (Design 1099, EFC Hull 1778) Photographed circa early 1942. Her cargo booms are longer than usual. Photo No. Caribqueen_7196_004 Source: vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/7196 |
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S.S. City of Dallas, ex Lake Fillion (Design 1099, EFC Hull 1840) Arriving in a U.S. port on 14 September 1942. She was built at Toledo. Photo No. CityOfDallas_5770_001 Source: vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/5770 |
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S.S. City of Dallas, ex Lake Fillion (Design 1099, EFC Hull 1840) Arriving in a U.S. port on 21 November 1942. Photo No. CityOfDallas_5770_002 Source: vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/5770 |
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S.S. Anglouleme, ex Lake Filbert (Design 1099, EFC Hull 1839) Built at Toledo, this ship was re-rigged as a lumber carrier while serving on the West Coast as Nabesna between 1922 and 1940. She was taken over by the French at Portland, Ore., on 29 May 1940 but was soon seized by the U.S. Under an agreement between the U.S. and Vichy Franch she was used under the French flag between February 1942 and 6 March 1943 to replenish the French Antilles from the U.S. She continued to do so through late 1945 after the islands rallied from Vichy to the Free French. This photo is dated 5 March 1943. Photo No. 80-G-451446 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-80-G |
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S.S. Norlago, ex Fargo (Design 1099, EFC Hull 1861) Photographed in May 1943 off Cape Hatteras headed due south by a blimp from ZP-14 based at NAS Weeksville, North Carolina. Photo No. 80-G-68151 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-80-G |
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