EFC Design 1125: Notes & Illustrations
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Notes: Following negotiations with the Japanese in March and April 1918, the EFC contracted on 18 May 1918 with the Uraga Dockyard Co., Uraga, Japan, for three 6650-ton Design 1125 ships, EFC Hulls 2025-2027 and Yard Nos. 153-155. The EFC also purchased three ships previously built by this yard: Yard No. 136 (Eastern Cross, 6799 dwt), Yard No. 138 (East Indian, 11679 dwt), and Yard No. 139 (Eastern Chief, 6771 dwt). Specifications: Design 1125 (S.S. Eastern Breeze, EFC Hull 2025): Steel Cargo. Deadweight tons: 6650 designed, 6636 actual. Dimensions: 360' length pp x 51' beam mld. x 28.25' depth mld., 23.25' draft loaded. Propulsion: 1 screw, 1 triple expansion engine, 2 Scotch boilers, 2800 IHP, 12 kts. Configuration: 3-island, 2 decks, 4 holds, 4 hatches. |
| S.S. Eastern Breeze (Design 1125, EFC Hull 2025) in drydock on 27 September 1919 shortly before her completion by the Uraga Dock Co., Uraga, Japan. This photograph was used in a 1925 EFC sales catalog to represent this class. (NHHC: S-528-A) |
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S.S. Eastern Breeze (Design 1125, EFC Hull 2025) Inspected in the 12th Naval District for Navy records on 14 November 1919 and given the identification number ID 4206. She was delivered to the EFC and to her operator on the same date. This photo was on the back of the ship's Navy inspection data (SP/ID) card and probably dates from the time of the inspection. Photo No. None Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command, Ship Histories Branch, SP/ID card |
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S.S. Berkshire, ex Eastern Tempest (Design 1125, EFC Hull 2027) Photographed on 18 February 1944 near the Virginia Capes headed northeast by a blimp from ZP-14 based at NAS Weeksville, North Carolina. She was built by the Uraga Dock Co., Uraga, Japan. The pairs of short posts between the modified hatch covers show that she had been reconfigured as a collier. (Click photo to enlarge) Photo No. 80-G-215580 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-80-G |
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