EFC Design 1084: Notes & Illustrations

"The largest side launching that has ever taken place along the Atlantic seaboard was carried out at Yonkers, N. Y., when the 1,500-ton coal carrier, the Hastnai, built for the United States Shipping Board, took the water. Continental Shipbuilding Corporation officials announced that this is also the largest of its kind ever built by the United States Shipping Board.... Miss Lucille Pierce, of Riverdale, N. J., daughter of Adrian S. Pierce and niece of Selah V. Masten, president of the Continental Corporation, acted as sponsor for the Hastnai. The name selected for this vessel is of Indian origin and was suggested by Mrs. Woodrow Wilson." (The Washington Post, 18 April 1919, page 3, via newspapers.com.) (Click picture to enlarge)

Notes: This single wood cargo steamer (EFC Hull 2049) was laid down privately on 22 April 1918, added to the EFC program by a contract dated 2 July 1918, changed to a flush deck barge without engines on 29 January 1919, launched at Yonkers, N. Y. on 16 April 1919, and delivered on 12 September 1919. She was a small ship, measuring 1500 deadweight and 1111 gross tons with dimensions of 212'0" pp x 38'6" molded x 20'6" molded depth. (Her registered dimensions were 198.5' pp x 36.5' max x 20.0' depth of hold.) As of July 1920 she was a schooner barge with a crew of five owned by the National Oil Transport Co. (Maine) of Orange, Texas. By July 1921 she had become a steam tanker with a 750 hp engine and a crew of 26 and was one of five wood-hulled tankers owned by the Texas firm, the other four being larger vessels begun there as Daugherty type freighters (see Design 1006). Her tankage was 336,000 gallons and her speed 6 knots. By July 1924 she had reverted to a schooner tank barge and was owned by M. T. Ball of Port Arthur, Texas. Later names were Tiolene (1926), Pure Pep (1928), and Pure Fuel Oil (1930). She was scrapped in 1935.

EFC Design 1084 (Continental type): Notes & Illustrations