EFC Design 1060 (Great Lakes Engineering Works Stemwinder):
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Notes: EFC Design 1060 (Great Lakes Engineering Works design, called the "Stemwinder") was built by the EFC at the two Great Lakes Engineering Works (GLEW) yards at Ecorse, Mich., and Ashtabula, Ohio. On 5 March 1918 the EFC issued two contracts to GLEW, No. 200 for a final six three-island Design 1042 ships and No. 199 for 24 Design 1060 Stemwinders. The next and last EFC contract to GLEW, issued on 12 June 1918, reverted to the three-island type in the form of 24 Design 1074 ships. Before World War I the Great Lakes Engineering Works (GLEW) specialized in large Great Lakes bulk carriers, but it also built some Welland Canal size (under 260') salt-water cargo carriers of both the three-island and "Stemwinder" types. On the Great Lakes, a stemwinder was a vessel with all its cabins and machinery aft (its shape may have been thought to resemble that of a stemwinder pocket watch). Stemwinders generally hauled bulk cargoes such as coal and had large hatches and curved tops to their holds. Previous stemwinders built by GLEW were two for a U.S. firm in 1912 (GLEW yard nos. 104-105), one in 1915 and one in 1916 for U.S. firms that immediately passed them to Norwegian operators (nos. 150 and 156), one built in 1916 to a Norwegian order (no. 160), two built in 1916 to a French order (nos. 162-163), and one ordered in 1916 by a U.S. firm and sold Norwegian while building (no. 165). These were followed by four (nos. 172-175) built in 1917, reportedly under a single contract, for French, British, and Norwegian interests and later requisitioned. Foreign orders then shifted to a three-island design based on the Norwegian Fredrikstad type but with a British-style rig (nos. 176-199, also requisitioned) that is described on the page for EFC Design 1042. Design 1060 followed Design 1042 at GLEW. Experience with the EFC's wooden 3500 deadweight ton Ferris Design 1001 ships persuaded the EFC that they was too small for economical operation, and the same would have applied to the steel Design 1042 ships, which carried only about 3300 deadweight tons. GLEW already had on hand a Welland Canal size design with greater capacity, the stemwinder, rated at 4200 deadweight tons. On 5 March 1918 the EFC issued its first two contracts to GLEW, Contract 200 for a final six three-island Design 1042 ships (EFC Hulls 1280-1285, GLEW nos. 200-205) and Contract 199 for 24 ships of a variant of the company's Stemwinder type (EFC Hulls 1256-1279, GLEW nos. 206-222 and 501-507). The EFC's variant, designated Design 1060, imitated Design 1042 in replacing the two tall masts in previous stemwinders with two pairs of shorter derrick posts and a light mast on the after deckhouse. Seventeen of the 24 contract stemwinders were built at the Ecorse yard under GLEW order #3500 and seven were built at the Ashtabula yard under GLEW order #3600. Design 1060 was followed at GLEW by the three-island Design 1074, which also had the higher capacity and ws also oil fueled. (Special source: The Great Lakes Engineering Works: The Shipyard and its Vessels, edited by Skip Meier and Wayne Garrett, The Marine Historical Society of Detroit, 2008, download at www.mhsd.org/publications.) Requisitioned Sisters: During 1916-1917 French, British, and Norwegian interests placed orders for four ships with the Great Lakes Engineering Works at its two yards at Ashtabula, Ohio, and Ecorse (River Rouge), Michigan, to its Stemwinder design which later became EFC Design 1060. These ships, Yard nos. 172-173 at Ashtabula and 174-175 at Ecorse, were requisitioned by the Shipping Board on 3 August 1917 and are covered in the Requisitioned Ships portion of the McKellar list. Specifications: Design 1060 (S.S. Costilla, EFC Hull 1257): Steel Cargo. Deadweight tons: 4200 designed, 4062 actual. Dimensions: 261' length oa, 253.5' pp x 43.5' beam mld. x 27.5' depth mld., 23.25' draft loaded. Propulsion: 1 screw, 1 triple expansion engine, 2 Scotch boilers, 1350 IHP, 9.5 kts. Configuration: long poop, engine aft, 1 deck, 2 holds, 4 hatches. |
| S.S. Covedale (Design 1060, EFC Hull 1269) photographed before being sold to the Munson Line and renamed Muncove in 1922. Ships of this design were commonly referred to as Stemwinders. (Shipscribe) (Click photo to enlarge) |
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S.S. Lake City, ex Sidi Mabrouk (As Design 1060, Yard No. 172) Preparing for sea trials at Ashtabula on 16 September 1917. This requisitioned ship entered service on 25 September 1917. The other ship is her sister Perregaux, later Lake George (Yard no. 173). Lake George was inspected in the 3rd Naval District for Navy records on 22 January 1918 and given the identification number ID 2278. Photo No. 165-WW-507A-043 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-165-WW |
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S.S. Fagerfjord, later Lake Dunmore (As Design 1060, Yard No. 175) At the Baltimore and Ohio Coal and Ore docks wearing her Norwegian name. This ship, requisitioned and renamed Lake Dunmore, was inspected in the 3rd Naval District for Navy records on 28 January 1918 and given the identification number ID 2283. Photo No. None Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command, Ship Histories Branch, SP/ID card. |
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S.S. Cottonplant (Design 1060, EFC Hull 1260) Fitting out at Ecorse. She was launched on 20 January 1919, delivered to the EFC on 24 February 1919, and delivered to her operator on 11 May 1919. She went into the lumber trade in 1922 and was renamed Lumberman in 1930 and Lumberlady in 1940. Photo No. 165-WW-498A-008 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-165-WW |
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S.S. Cowboy (Design 1060, EFC Hull 1274) Photographed before being sold by the USSB to Matson and renamed Makena in 1922. Photo No. None Source: Shipscribe |
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S.S. Michael Tracy ex Cote Blanche (Design 1060, EFC Hull 1258) Photographed on 6 March 1942 by a blimp from ZP-12 based at NAS Lakehurst, New Jersey. She was sold in 1922 by the USSB to M & J Tracy Inc., a New York towing and shipping firm, and renamed. Photo No. 80-G-420173 Source: NARA RG-80-G |
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S.S. Michael Tracy ex Cote Blanche (Design 1060, EFC Hull 1258) Departing a U.S. port on 11 October 1942. Photo No. MichaelTracy_3444_008 Source: vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/3444 |
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S.S. Charles L. O'Connor ex Costilla (Design 1060, EFC Hull 1257) In a U.S. port on 20 October 1942. She was sold in 1922 by the USSB to M & J Tracy Inc. and renamed. Photo No. CharlesLOConnor_896_008 Source: vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/896 |
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S.S. Charles L. O'Connor ex Costilla (Design 1060, EFC Hull 1257) Photographed on 8 February 1944 off the coast of North Carolina headed southwest by a blimp from ZP-14 based at NAS Weeksville, North Carolina. Photo No. 80-G-215540 Source: NARA RG-80-G |
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S.S. Hope, ex Courtois (Design 1060, EFC Hull 1265) Photographed under the Panamanian flag between 1949 and 1957. She was owned by the Munson Line as Munmotor between 1922 and 1940. Photo No. None Source: Shipscribe |
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S.S. Craigsmere (Design 1060, EFC Hull 1279) Departing a U.S. port on 25 March 1943. She was bought in 1928 by M & J Tracy Inc. from the Morton Salt Co. Her rig appears to have been reduced to two derrick posts. Photo No. Craigsmere_1128_002 Source: vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/1128 |
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S.S. David H. Atwater, ex Crabtree (Design 1060, EFC Hull 1277) Photographed between 1935 when she was bought by Atwacoal from a Great Lakes timber company and her loss in the Atlantic in 1942. She was one of the ships of this type that had their two derrick post pairs replaced with two standard masts in various configurations during their commercial service. Photo No. None Source: Shipscribe |
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S.S. Kalle, ex Cowboy (Design 1060, EFC Hull 1274) Photographed under the Finnish flag between 1947 and 1957. Her foremast is elevated, probably to clear deck cargo. She was owned by Matson between 1922 and 1940. Photo No. None Source: Shipscribe |
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S.S. Griffco, ex Cowan (Design 1060, EFC Hull 1272) Photographed on 25 June 1943 by a blimp from ZP-22 based at Houma, La. She has a two-masted rig with long booms, and the forward extension of her poop has been removed. She was operated by a lumber company beginning in 1921 and was transferred to the Canadian flag in 1928. Photo No. 80-G-271908 Source: NARA RG-80-G |
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S.S. El Cedro, ex Couparle (Design 1060, EFC Hull 1264) At Kodiak, Alaska, on 19 July 1943. Like the former Cowan above she has a two-masted rig with long booms, and the forward extension of her poop has been removed. This ship and the former Cowiche and Fagerfjord were operated by a lumber company circa 1922-28. Photo No. 80-G-79822 Source: NARA RG-80-G |
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S.S. A.M. Baxter, ex Cowanshannock (Design 1060, EFC Hull 1273) Underway in peacetime colors circa 1940-1941 in a photo probably from Coast Guard files. She has a two-masted cargo rig with long booms and with the forward extension of her poop removed, but the masts are in different locations from those in the ships above. Photo No. AMBaxter_6525_001 Source: vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/6525 |
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S.S. Covalt (Design 1060, EFC Hull 1268) Entering a U.S. port on 12 July 1943. She was owned from 1922-1943 by Morton Salt and was then taken over by the War Shipping Administration. She has no cargo handling rig, the two light masts being for radio antennas and signal flags. Photo No. Covalt_1120_002 Source: vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/1120 |
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S.S. Makaweli, ex Cowee (Design 1060, EFC Hull 1275) As converted to a tanker by Matson in 1937. She was damaged at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 but repaired. Matson sold her to Lakeland Tankers of Toronto in 1946. Photo No. None Source: Shipscribe |
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