EFC Design 1004 (Peninsula type): Notes & Illustrations
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Notes: The Peninsula Shipbuilding Co. of Portland, Oregon, then about a year old with four auxiliary schooners to its record, received an EFC contract in May 1917 for four ships. These were originally reported to be standard Ferris freighters, but by September 1917 it was known that the company would build to its own design. The Peninsula type ship was noteworthy for being the only wooden ship design with turbine machinery, having the latest type of Westinghouse 1500 hp turbines with double reduction gearing and Scott marine watertube boilers. The only steel in the Peninsula hull design was in the keelson, which had steel plates bolted to each side, and in the diagonal steel strapping on the hull with an upper belt strap extending the length of the ship. The main body of the hull got most of its strength through the use of big timbers and long lengths, both in the outside planking and in the ceiling of the vessel. Timbers were all from the Douglas fir forests of Oregon except for the rudder post and rudder stock which were of Australian ironbark. The hull featured somewhat greater deadrise in the floors than the average cargo vessel and lean stern lines that left practically no waves in the ship's wake. Specifications: Design 1004 (Peninsula). Wood hull. Deadweight tons: 4000 designed, 3825 to 3955 actual. Dimensions: 287.0' oa, 269.0' pp x 49.8' ext, 48.7' mld x 27.5' depth mld, 25.8' to 26.3' draft load. Propulsion: 1 screw, 1 Westinghouse turbine, 2 watertube boilers, 1500 IHP, 10 kts. Configuration: 1 deck, 2 holds, 4 hatches. The last two ships had as propulsion 1 screw, 2 triple expansion engines, 2 standard/Scotch watertube boilers, 1400 IHP, 12 knots. |
| S.S. Corone (Design 1004, EFC Hull 1096) being brought into New York Harbor on 20 October 1925 closely attended by a 75-foot Coast Guard patrol boat and a tug after being seized off Atlantic City the previous day with contraband liquor on board which was valued at $465,000 including about $25,000 for the ship. In March 1919 Corone had been listed with three sisters for completion as a sailing schooner, but it was suggested in May that she and Cartona be completed as motorships. She was launched as a steamer on 21 June 1919 and was completed in around March 1920 for the Shipping Board. They sold her in 1921/22 to Pendleton Bros. of Maine, who still owned her in June 1925. In September 1925 Walter Cummings of New York was registered as her owner at the New York Customs House. He reportedly sold her in 1926/27 to the General Color & Chemical Co. of Boston, but she was never redocumented and lay idle in the Hudson River for the next five years. On 15 April 1932 a major fire damaged the forecastle of the ship at her pier at 96th Street, and in June 1932 she was listed as "abandoned." (Media Storehouse; caption from New York Times, 21 October 1925 and 16 April 1932 and Merchant Vessels of the U.S.) (Click photo to enlarge) |
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S.S. Bellbrook (Design 1004, EFC Hull 37) Upper deck under construction on 3 January 1918 at the Peninsula Shipbuilding Co., Portland, Ore. The sides of the bridge island are beginning to take shape. Photo No. 165-WW-502E-002 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-165-WW |
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S.S. Bellbrook (Design 1004, Hull 37) Tween-decks under construction on 3 January 1918 at the Peninsula Shipbuilding Co., Portland, Ore. Photo No. 165-WW-502E-004 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-165-WW- |
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S.S. Cotys (Design 1004, Hull 2168) Hold level under construction on 8 January 1919 at the Peninsula Shipbuilding Co., Portland, Ore. Photo No. None Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-165-EO Album 2-C |
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S.S. Braxton (Design 1004, EFC Hull 1096) Being launched on 20 August 1918 by the Peninsula Shipbuilding Co., Portland, Ore. Photographed by the Kiser Photo Co. of Portland, Ore. Photo No. bb000447 Source: Oregon Historical Society Library |
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S.S. Brentwood (Design 1004, Hull 1098) Being launched on 5 December 1918 by the Peninsula Shipbuilding Co., Portland, Ore. In contrast with Braxton, above, much of the bridge house is in place. Photo No. None Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-165-EO Album 2-C |
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S.S. Cresap (Design 1004, Hull 38) Fitting out afloat at the Peninsula Shipbuilding Co., Portland, Ore., on 1 June 1918. Her bridge house is being constructed. She is outboard of a sister whose bridge house is nearing completion. Photo 165-WW-502E-001 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG 165-WW |
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S.S. Brentwood (Design 1004, Hull 1098) Awaiting reduction (dismantling) by the Western Marine and Salvage Company at the former Virginia Shipbuilding Corp. yard at Alexandria, Virginia. Brentwood and Anoka (below) were among the first wooden ships to be towed here from layup in the James River, arriving on 7 November 1922. There their engines, boilers, and other heavy gear were removed, and the stripped hulls were then towed to a nearby anchorage in the Potomac River. Brentwood is now presumably one of the unidentified hulks in Mallows Bay, Maryland. Note the steam engine salvaged from another ship in the foreground. Photo No. 2016891828 Source: U.S. Library of Congress, Harris & Ewing collection |
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S.S. Anoka (Design 1004, Hull 36) On the far right, waiting reduction in November 1922 by the Western Marine and Salvage Company at the former Virginia Shipbuilding Corp. yard at Alexandria, Virginia. The first two ships to arrive there were Mojave and Alanthus in October 1922. (These were damaged by fire during November, and one is at the extreme upper left.) Next were Brentwood and Anoka, followed by Hoosac and Oyaka later in November. There are probably six ships in this view. Anoka is now one of the better preserved wrecks in Mallows Bay, Maryland. Photo No. 2016891830 Source: U.S. Library of Congress, Harris & Ewing collection |
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Schooner Cotys (Design 1004, Hull 2168) Being launched as a sailing ship on 5 February 1920 at the Peninsula Shipbuilding Co., Portland, Ore. As of 17 March 1919 ten ships, all on the west coast, were to be converted into sailing vessels, but two of these, Corone and Cartona, which preceded Cossa and Cotys at Peninsula, were completed as steamers. Photo No. None Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-32-M box 3 |
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Schooner Cotys (Design 1004, Hull 2168) After being launched as a sailing ship on 5 February 1920 at the Peninsula Shipbuilding Co., Portland, Ore. Photo No. None Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-32-M box 3 |
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Schooner Cossa (Design 1004, Hull 2167) Outboard of sister Cotys on 28 February 1920 at the Peninsula Shipbuilding Co., Portland, Ore. Their initial names as sailing schooners were Oregon Pine (ex Cotys) and Oregon Fir. Photo No. None Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-32-M box 3 |
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Schooner Cotys (Design 1004, Hull 2168) Deck view with sister Cossa to port on 28 February 1920 at the Peninsula Shipbuilding Co., Portland, Ore. Note the masts and spars laid out on deck. Photo No. None Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-32-M box 3 |
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