EFC Design 1070: Notes & Illustrations
EFC Design 1070: 3500 D.W.T. Concrete Cargo Ship, EFC Design No. 2
| This plan is from International Marine Engineering, August 1918, page 446. A redrawn version in Engineering News-Record of 4 July 1918, p. 17, was later published in two versions by Rudolph J. Wig, head of the EFC Concrete Ship Department. |
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| S.S. Sapona (Design 1070, EFC Hull 1562) probably shown after she was run into a channel dug on Fisher's Island, Miami, Florida, in the summer of 1924 to have her machinery removed to pay for dredging work at Miami Beach. By September 1924 the dismantled ship had developed a significant list. (thecretefleet.com/f/ ten-best-wwi-concrete-ship-wrecks-edition-2-ss-sapona?blogcategory=World+War+I+Wrecks) (Click photo to enlarge) |
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S.S. Cape Fear (Design 1070, EFC Hull 1560) Being launched on 31 July 1919 at Wilmington, N.C. Photo No. None Source: thecretefleet.com/f/ten-best-wwi-concrete-ship-wrecks-edition-2-ss-sapona?blogcategory=World+War+I+Wrecks |
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S.S. Sapona (Design 1070, EFC Hull 1562) Being launched under the name Old North State on 11 October 1919 at Wilmington, N.C. Photo No. None Source: thecretefleet.com/wwi-us |
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S.S. Cape Fear (Design 1070, EFC Hull 1560) A small view of the ship as completed. Like Polias, her appearance and dimensions were very similar to those of the many Ferris Design 1001 wood freighters. Photo No. None Source: thecretefleet.com/blog/f/ss-cape-fear---elder-sister-of-ss-sapona?blogcategory=US+-+World+War+1 |
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S.S. Cape Fear (Design 1070, EFC Hull 1560) A newspaper story published soon after the loss of the ship in collision with the much larger steel City of Atlanta on 29 October 1919. The master of Cape Fear was found to be at fault. Photo No. None Source: thecretefleet.com/f/the-loss-of-ss-cape-fear |
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