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EFC Design 1040: Notes & Illustrations


EFC Design 1040

Click here for larger and more complete plans from the 1920 USSB ship register: Sheet 1, Sheet 2,

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S.S. Atlantus (Design 1040) concrete freighter
S.S. Atlantus (Design 1040, EFC Hull 997) "off for trial trip" on 5 June 1919. She began her trials on 27 May 1919, was inclined on 23 June 1919, was delivered to the USSB on 16 August 1919, and received her temporary documentation on 12 November 1919 after a final sea trial. (NARA: RG 19-A-27) (Click photo to enlarge)

S.S. Atlantus (Design 1040, EFC Hull 997)

At a pier under sheer legs.

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Source: thecretefleet.com/f/myth-buster-blog---ss-atlantus-the-legend-and-her-urban-myth?blogcategory=Myth+Buster
S.S. Atlantus (Design 1040)
S.S. Atlantus (Design 1040, EFC Hull 997)

Underway with some wear on the bow.

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Source: www.freightwaves.com/news/maritime-history-notes-ships-of-concrete (courtesy Capt. James McNamara), also Steamship Historical Society of America

S.S. Atlantus (Design 1040)
S.S. Atlantus (Design 1040, EFC Hull 997)

As a hulk shortly after being blown aground on 8 June 1926 off the coast of Sunset Beach, Cape May, New Jersey.

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Source: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Atlantus1926.jpg (citing concreteships.org which cites George Rea)
S.S. Atlantus (Design 1040)