EFC Design 1105: Notes & Illustrations

Notes: In 1918 Todd sold the former Seattle Construction and Dry Dock yard to the Shipping Board who on 1 June 1918 handed it over to Skinner & Eddy for operation as their Shipyard No. 2., their original yard becoming Shipyard No. 1. Each yard had five building ways. On 27 May 1918 Skinner & Eddy, received Contract 309 for 15 more ships (EFC Hulls 1731-1745) which were built at Shipyard No. 1, and on 1 June 1918 it received Contract 324 for 35 ships (EFC Hulls 1925-1959) of which 22 were built at Shipyard No. 2 and the others along with some ordered later were suspended on 18 February 1919 and cancelled on 25 April 1919.

Except for four initial Design 1013 ships in Shipyard No. 2, production under the May and June 1918 contracts began at both yards to Design 1079 (q.v.). Yard No. 1 shifted to a new Design 1105 with the laying down of EFC Hull 1740 (City of Spokane) on 15 January 1919, and Yard No. 2 shifted with the commencement of EFC Hull 1935 (Stanley) on 16 April 1919. Design 1105 was a shelter deck ship with two decks (shelter and upper), one 'tween deck, and two hull islands (forecastle and poop) like Moore's Design 1015. See the page on EFC Design 1037 for more on two-decked shelter deck ships. Design 1105 was officially rated at 9500 dwt but was also reported as 9600 dwt. The two yards later shifted back to Design 1079, their last Design 1105 ships being EFC Hull 1943 (Crisfield), begun on 30 June 1919 at Yard No. 2, and EFC Hull 1744 (Eglantine), begun on 4 August 1919 at Yard No. 1. Yard No. 1 thus built five Design 1105 ships and Yard No. 2 built nine. Curiously Yard No. 2 appears to have built its nine Design 1105 ships in five pairs with overlapping keel and launch dates, the first ship being paired with a Design 1079 ship. This practice, which practically doubled the output of Yard No. 2 compared to Yard No. 1 during a similar period, could have been done by building two ships at the same time on each of five building ways.

Specifications: Design 1105 (S.S. City of Spokane, EFC Hull 1740): Steel Cargo. Deadweight tons: 9500 designed, 9695 actual. Dimensions: 415.9' length oa, 402' pp x 54.5' beam mld. x 34.5' depth mld., 26.6' draft loaded. Propulsion: 1 screw, 1 triple expansion engine, 3 Scotch boilers, 2800 IHP, 10.5 kts. Configuration: Shelter deck with poop & focsle, 2 decks, 5 holds, 5 hatches.

S.S. Stanley (Design 1105, EFC Hull 1935) On a trial trip on 16 August 1919 after completion by the Skinner & Eddy Corp. Yard No. 2, Seattle, Wash. Photo No. None Source: NARA: RG-32-UB.
S.S. Crisfield (Design 1105, EFC Hull 1943) On a trial trip on 23 October 1919 after completion by the Skinner & Eddy Corp. Yard No. 2, Seattle, Wash. Photo No. None Source: NARA: RG-32-UB.
S.S. Effingham (Design 1105, EFC Hull 1742) Wearing the markings of her owners, Lykes Bros. Ltd. of New Orleans, between 1933 and her loss in 1942. She was built by Skinner & Eddy Yard No. 1. Photo No. None Source: Shipscribe.

EFC Design 1105 (Editor type): Notes & Illustrations