EFC Design 1074 (Great Lakes Engineering Works):
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Notes: EFC Design 1074 (Great Lakes Engineering Works design) was built by the EFC at GLEW's Ecorse and Ashtabula yards and also by Manitowoc Shipbuilding, Saginaw Shipbuilding, and Globe Shipbuilding (Superior, Wisc.). Of the 64 vessels of this design, the EFC ordered 53 in June 1918 along with 91 ships of Design 1099 from other builders and added 11 more in August 1918. Twelve ships were cancelled in 1919-20. Design 1074 followed the engines-aft "Stemwinder" Design 1060 at the Great Lakes Engineering Works. The EFC appears to have had a preference for designs with the machinery amidships. In early 1917 Fred A. Ballin designed and subsequently built two wooden motor ships of 4655 deadweight tons with his patented diagonal planking for strength and with their machinery and cabins aft, but when on 9 July 1917 he received from the EFC a contract for eight steamers of the same type the resulting design (EFC Design 1011) had steam rather than diesel propelling machinery and considerably more cabins and equipment, all of which were moved amidships. The same kind of concerns may have led GLEW to develop Design 1074, which had the same deep hull as the stemwinder (it was about 9 inches deeper) but had the conventional three-island layout with the machinery and cabins amidships. It also replaced the paired derrick posts of Designs 1042 and 1060 with conventional masts fore and aft and substituted oil fuel for coal. The EFC placed only one order for the Design 1060 stemwinders before moving on to Design 1074. Design 1074 with its larger capacity and its oil fuel also followed Design 1020 at Globe Superior and Saginaw and followed Design 1044 at Manitowoc. Specifications: Design 1074 (S.S. Lake Gadsden, EFC Hull 1748): Steel Cargo. Deadweight tons: 4050 designed, 4050 actual. Dimensions: 261' length oa, 253' pp x 43.5' beam mld. x 28.2' depth mld., 24' draft loaded. Propulsion: 1 screw, 1 triple expansion engine, 2 Scotch boilers, 1500 IHP, 9.5 kts. Configuration: 3-island, 1 deck, 2 holds, 4 hatches. |
| S.S. Sioux City (Design 1074, EFC Hull 1759) at Manitowoc, Wisc., on 24 August 1920. The new ship is riding high, showing her increased hull depth compared to earlier Lakers. She was also oil-fueled. (NARA: RG-19-A-27) (Click photo to enlarge) |
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S.S. Lake Elrio (Design 1074, EFC Hull 1887) Being side-launched at GLEW Ashtabula on 17 October 1919. She is virtually complete and has smoke coming from her funnel. Photo No. None (Flickr, Ashtabula Archive, Great Lakes Engg. Works) Source: www.flickr.com/photos/115892967@N03/albums/72157642249794054/ |
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S.S. York, ex Lake Gatun (Design 1074, EFC Hull 1764) Docked at Boston while in service with the Merchants & Miners Line between 1929 and 1941. She was built at Saginaw, Mich. Photo No. 528 Source: Steamship Historical Society of America, collection of W.B. Taylor |
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S.S. Alamo, ex Lake Elon (Design 1074, EFC Hull 1885) At anchor in a U.S. port on 25 March 1942. She was built at Ashtabula. Photo No. Alamo_5643_003 Source: vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/5643 |
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S.S. Genevieve Lykes, ex Lake Gadsden (Design 1074, EFC Hull 1748) Arriving at a U.S. port on 2 September 1942. She was built at Manitowoc. Photo No. GenevieveLykes_8226_004 Source: vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/8226 |
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S.S. Scotia, ex Lake Galewood (Design 1074, EFC Hull 1753) At NAS Kodiak, Alaska, on 24 February 1943. She was built at Manitowoc. Photo No. 80-G-79612 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-80-G |
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S.S. Ozark, ex Lake Savus (Design 1074, EFC Hull 1750) Photographed in May 1943 off Cape Hatteras headed due south by a blimp from ZP-14 based at NAS Weeksville, North Carolina. She was built at Manitowoc. Photo No. 80-G-68157 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-80-G |
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S.S. Kamchatka, ex Lake Elrio (Design 1074, EFC Hull 1887) At anchor in San Francisco Bay circa 1943 while serving in the Soviet merchant marine. She was built at Ashtabula. Photo No. NH 89894 Source: Naval History and Heritage Command |
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S.S. International, ex Lake Singara (Design 1074, EFC Hull 1884) Photographed on 20 October 1943 by a blimp from ZP-22 based at Houma, La. She was built at Ashtabula. Photo No. 80-G-271664 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-80-G |
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