EFC Design 1119: Notes & Illustrations
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Notes: Following negotiations with the Japanese in March and April 1918, the EFC contracted on 20 May 1918 with the Fujinagata Shipyard, Fujinagata, Japan, for one 6300-ton Design 1119 ship, EFC Hull 2009 and Yard No. 37. It also contracted on 16 May 1918 with the Yokohama Dockyard Co., Yokohama, Japan, for three ships of the same design, EFC Hulls 2020-2022 and Yard Nos. 55-57. Specifications: Design 1119 (S.S. Eastern Guide, EFC Hull 2009): Steel Cargo. Deadweight tons: 6300. Dimensions: 345' length pp x 50' beam mld. x 29.1' depth mld., 23.9' draft loaded. Propulsion: 1 screw, 1 triple expansion engine, 2 Scotch boilers, 2300 IHP, 10.5 kts. Configuration: 3-island, 2 decks, 4 holds, 4 hatches. |
| S.S. Eastern Coast (Design 1119, EFC Hull 2022) after completion by the Yokohama Dockyard, Yokohama, Japan in December 1919. This photograph was used in a 1925 EFC sales catalog to represent this class. (NHHC: S-528-A) (Click photo to enlarge) |
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S.S. Eastern Coast (Design 1119, EFC Hull 2022) Photographed for the Shipping Board Division of Operations on 16 March 1920 by Walter A. Scott of San Francisco. Photo No. None Source: Shipscribe |
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S.S. Malang, ex Eastern Leader (Design 1119, EFC Hull 2009) Out-bound on the Delaware River, passing Philadelphia, on 27 May 1937. Photo No. None Source: Facebook: Dave Boone comment on post by Henk van der Linden. |
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S.S. Malang, ex Eastern Leader (Design 1119, EFC Hull 2009) The single ship of this design built at Fujinagata, displaying neutrality markings, probably in 1939-1941. The funnel bears the name "Maine Seaboard Paper Co." Note the small pair of derrick posts in front of the bridge. Photo No. None Source: Shipscribe |
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S.S. Diamond Cement, ex Eastern Leader (Design 1119, EFC Hull 2009) Photographed on 23 February 1942, probably at Dutch Harbor, Alaska. Photo No. 80-G-398609 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-80-G |
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