EFC Design 1124: Notes & Illustrations
Click here for larger and more complete plans from the 1920 USSB ship register: Sheet 1, Sheet 2,
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Notes: Following negotiations with the Japanese in March and April 1918, the EFC contracted on 15 May 1918 with the Asano Shipyard Co., Tsurumi, Japan, for two 12600-ton Design 1124 ships, EFC Hulls 2023-2024 and Yard Nos. 17-18. Specifications: Design 1124 (S.S. Eastern Merchant, EFC Hull 2023): Steel Cargo. Deadweight tons: 12600 designed, 12995 actual. Dimensions: 445' length pp x 58' beam mld. x 40' depth mld., 30.3' draft loaded. Propulsion: 2 screws, 2 triple expansion engines, 4 Scotch boilers, 4200 IHP, 10.5 kts. Configuration: Flush shelter deck, 3 decks, 5 holds, 6 hatches. |
| S.S. Eastern Trader (Design 1124, EFC Hull 2024) probably running trials under the Japanese flag shortly before completion in December 1919 by the Asano S.B. Co., Tsurumi, Japan. (NHHC: NH 779) (Click photo to enlarge) |
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S.S. Eastern Trader (Design 1122, EFC Hull 2024) Photographed for the Shipping Board Division of Operations on 3 February 1920 by Walter A. Scott of San Francisco. Photo No. None Source: Shipscribe |
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S.S. Robert Luckenbach, ex Eastern Merchant (Design 1122, EFC Hull 2023) Photographed on 3 May 1944 east of Virginia Beach headed east by a blimp from ZP-14 based at NAS Weeksville, North Carolina. She was built by the Asano S.B. Co., Tsurumi, Japan. Luckenbach added kingpost pairs at the extreme bow and stern. Photo No. 80-G-232415 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-80-G |
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