EFC Design 1126: Notes & Illustrations
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Notes: Following negotiations with the Japanese in March and April 1918, the EFC contracted on 15 May 1918 with the Mitsubishi Shipyard Co., Nagasaki, Japan, for two 8360-ton Design 1126 ships, EFC Hulls 2030-2031 and Yard Nos. 315-316. It also contracted on 16 May 1918 with the Uchida Shipyard Co., Kawasaki, Japan, for two ships of the same design, EFC Hulls 2032-2033 and Yard Nos. 5-6. Specifications: Design 1126 (S.S. Eastern Crown, EFC Hull 2030): Steel Cargo. Deadweight tons: 8360 designed, 8400 actual. Dimensions: 400' length pp x 54.5' beam mld. x 30' depth mld., 24.7' draft loaded. Propulsion: 1 screw, 1 triple expansion engine, 3 Scotch boilers, 3200 IHP, 10.5 kts. Configuration: 3-island, 2 decks, 5 holds, 5 hatches. |
| S.S. Eastern Glen (Design 1126, EFC Hull 2033) photographed between 1920 and 1933. This ship was completed by the Uchida Dockyard, Yokohama, Japan in 1920. (Shipscribe) (Click photo to enlarge) |
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S.S. Eastern Crown (Design 1126, EFC Hull 2030) Photographed on 28 March 1944 off Chincoteague, Va., headed north by a blimp from ZP-14 based at NAS Weeksville, North Carolina. Photo No. 80-G-222656 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-80-G |
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S.S. Eastern Crown (Design 1126, EFC Hull 2030) Photographed between May and August 1942 by a blimp from ZP-12 based at NAS Lakehurst, New Jersey. Photo No. 80-G-420114 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-80-G |
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S.S. Eastern Crown (Design 1126, EFC Hull 2030) Photographed between May and August 1942 by a blimp from ZP-12 based at NAS Lakehurst, New Jersey. Photo No. 80-G-420156 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-80-G |
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