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Steel Ship Contracts not in McKellar
The following contracts for steel ships do not appear in the McKellar list. All of the ships in these contracts were cancelled before completion. In addition the "sixth ship" of Design 1032 is identified and Design 1066 is given its own entry.
EFC Design 1019: Standard design, Ferris (Robert Dollar type), 8800 dwt
Patterson McDonald S.B. Co., Seattle, WA
Contract No. 100 of 7.11.1917 for 8 ships, EFC Hulls 777-784. Cancelled effective 12.2.1918 due inability to finance steel yard. EFC hulls 778-779 named WEST DURFEE and WEST LIANGA 19.3.1918 in error.
U.S.Steel S.B. Corp., San Diego, CA
Contract No. 171 of 19.1.1918 for 4 ships, EFC Hulls 1091-1094. No names assigned. Cancelled 15.4.1918. Yard not built, site to Scofield mid-1918 for concrete shipbuilding.
EFC Design 1025: Standard Fabricated, Harriman type, 9000 dwt
Plans for Dierks transferred from Pensacola.
Dierks Blodgett S.B. Co., Pascagoula, MS
Contract No. 308 of 1.6.1918 for 10 ships, EFC Hulls 1915-1924. No names assigned. Cancelled 8.8.1918.
EFC Design 1026: Standard, Ferris, 7300 dwt
Dimensions (feet): 385.0' oa, 370.0' pp x 53.0' x 30.1' depth
Plans not completed.
Hampton Roads S.B. & D.D., Norfolk, VA
Contract No. 94 of 20.10.1917 for 4 ships, EFC Hulls 649-652. No names assigned. Cancelled 2.2.1918, yard probably not built.
EFC Design 1028: Whittlesay Panel design, 7500 dwt
Dimensions (feet): 389.0' oa, 375' pp x 52.0' x 32.0' depth
Plans not completed.
Southern S.B. Corp., Charleston, SC
Contract No. 141 of 23.11.1917 for 16 ships, EFC Hulls 885-900. No names assigned. Cancelled 19.2.1918.
EFC Design 1029: Standard troopship
Plans and specifications of EFC hulls 1012-14 delivered by New York S.B. to Bethlehem for their Sparrows Point and Union Liberty yards.
Bethlehem S.B. Corp., Alameda, CA
Contract No. 340 of 21.6.1918 for 20 ships, EFC Hulls 1985-2004. Cancelled 22.6.1918 (hulls 1995-2004) and 15.10.1918 (hulls 1985-1994).
| EFC | Ship |
| 1985 | ISCHUA, yard no 5281 |
| 1986 | ISKOOT, yard no 5282 |
| 1987 | ISLETA, yard no 5283 |
| 1988 | IZALAR, yard no 5284 |
| 1989 | JADWIN, yard no 5285 |
| 1990 | JAKIN, yard no 5286 |
| 1991 | JALAPA, yard no 5287 |
| 1992 | JANELEW, yard no 5288 |
| 1993 | JENARA, yard no 5289 |
| 1994 | JEPTHA, yard no 5290 |
| 1995 | JOLLEY, yard no 5291 |
| 1996 | JOPLIN, yard no 5292 |
| 1997 | JUSTICE, yard no 5293 |
| 1998 | KALAMA, yard no 5294 |
| 1999 | KALTAG, yard no 5295 |
| 2000 | KALVESTA, yard no 5296 |
| 2001 | KAMELA, yard no 5297 |
| 2002 | KANAGA, yard no 5298 |
| 2003 | KANSADA, yard no 5299 |
| 2004 | KASHUGA, yard no 5300 |
EFC Design 1032: Standard cargo, Bethlehem design, 12000 dwt
Bethlehem S.B. Corp., Alameda, CA
Contract No. 230 of 22.4.1918 for 2 ships, EFC Hulls 1574-1575.
Contract No. 301 of 30.4.1918 included 6 cargo ships, EFC Hulls 1682-2687 (three cancelled).
Five of the above hulls were completed (for which see main list), EFC hulls 2685-2687 were cancelled on 19.8.1919 (names were HANSKA, HARBINE, and HARCOURT). The "sixth ship" reported by McKellar was STEADFAST, Bethlehem Alameda hull 170, a requisitioned ship (see main list) that was transferred to the contract program and given the EFC number 1223, initiating this class.
EFC Design 1038: Steel Cargo, Jahncke S.B. (later Mobile S.B.) design, 5000 dwt
Jahncke S.B. Co., Madisonville, LA
Contract No. 93 of 18.10.1917 for 6 ships, EFC Hulls 653-658 with option for 6 more, EFC Hulls 1237-1242, exercised on 23.2.1918. All 12 cancelled 15.8.1918 and to Mobile S.B. under Contract 416 with the same EFC numbers but different names.
| EFC | Ship |
| 653 | PONCHARTRAIN:POCKSHA |
| 654 | GALVEZ:IGERNA |
| 655 | BIENVILLE |
| 656 | IBERVILLE |
| 657 | ATTACAPA |
| 658 | TONTI |
| 1237 | DEBRUIN |
| 1238 | DEERCREEK |
| 1239 | DEERFIELD:CATHCART |
| 1240 | DEERHEAD |
| 1241 | DEERRIDGE |
| 1242 | DEFOREST |
EFC Design 1066: J.F. Duthie & Co. design (modified Design 1013), 8800 dwt.
Dimensions (feet): 423.75' oa, 410.5' pp x 54.0' x 24.1' load draft
Propulsion: 1 triple expansion engine, 3 Scotch boilers (210 psi), 2520 ihp, 10.25 kts.
J.F. Duthie & Co., Seattle, WA
Contract No. 334 of 28 May 1918 for 5 ships, EFC Hulls 2602-2606 (three cancelled)
| EFC | Ship |
| 2602 | WEST CAMPGAW, yard no 31, completed (see McKellar under Design 1013) |
| 2603 | WEST MAHWAH, yard no 32, completed (see McKellar under Design 1013) |
| 2604 | WEST TRI STATE, yard no 33, cancelled 24.10.1919 |
| 2605 | WEST WYCKOFF, yard no 34, cancelled 24.10.1919 |
| 2606 | WEST KASHUGA, yard no 35, cancelled 24.10.1919 (original name WEST ALLENDALE not approved) |
EFC Design 1073: Merrill-Stevens design, 4300 dwt
Dimensions (feet): 284.5' oa, 270.0' pp x 45.0' x 24.25' depth
Conversion of Design 1009 from composite
Merrill-Stevens S.B. Corp., Jacksonville, FL
Contract No. 228 of 9 May 1918 for 5 ships, EFC Hulls 1555-1559 (Design 1009 conv. from composite to steel). Cancelled 2.5.1919.
| EFC | Ship |
| 1555 | GOLCONDA, yard no 115 |
| 1556 | GOLETA:HADAR, yard no 116 |
| 1557 | GALIAD:SCOPAS, yard no 117 |
| 1558 | GOLINZA, yard no 118 |
| 1559 | GONIC, yard no 119 |
EFC Design 1078: Chester S.B. Co. design, 8700 dwt
Dimensions (feet): 401.0' pp x 54.0' x 32.8' depth
Chester S.B. Co., Chester, PA
Contract No. 316 of 27.5.1918 for 7 ships, EFC Hulls 2668-2674. No names assigned. Contract not executed, cancelled by adjustment contract 518 of 17.1.1919.
Sun S.B. Co. design, 10600 dwt.
Dimensions (feet): 430.0' pp x 59.0' mld x 33.25' depth mld.
Propulsion: 1 triple expansion engine, 3 Scotch boilers (190 psi), 2500 ihp.
As Sun hulls 1-2 (CHESTER SUN and SABINE SUN, both requisitioned). No EFC design number.
Sun S.B. Co., Chester, PA
Contract No. 452 for 8 tankers, EFC Hulls 2387-2394 prepared 8.1918 to replace 6 tankers previously awarded to Southwest SB (EFC 2210-2215) and replaced with cargo ships. Contract 452 was deferred pending negotiations on adjustments to other Sun contracts. Project cancelled by adjustment contract 514 of 12.11.1918. No names assigned.
Source: U.S. National Archives, Record Group 32, Records of the United States Shipping Board, primarily those of the Emergency Fleet Corporation's Ship Construction Division including its Contract and Legal Divisions.