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American Ship Building Co., Lorain


Requisitioned: 13 ships: Yard nos. 721-724 (4), plus 9 as Design 1020.
The requisitioned precursors to the EFC designs are documented with those designs.


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Three ships, each 12,500 tons dwt., 525' x 58', building for Producers SS, later released to owners.

S.S. Louis W. Hill (Yard no. 721)

Great Lakes ore carrier. Sold 1968 for use as a marine museum at Sault Ste. Marie.

Photo No. None
Source: Historical Collections of the Great Lakes, Bowling Green State University.
  S.S. Louis W. Hill
S.S. Carmi A. Thompson (Yard no. 722)

Great Lakes ore carrier. Scrapped at Humberstone, Ont., 1972.

Photo No. None
Source: Historical Collections of the Great Lakes, Bowling Green State University.
  S.S. Carmi A. Thompson
S.S. William A. Amberg (Yard no. 723)

Great Lakes ore carrier. Delivered to Port Maitland Shipbreaking, Ltd., at Toronto, Ontario, 1 May 1984.

Photo No. None
Source: Historical Collections of the Great Lakes, Bowling Green State University.
  S.S. William A. Amberg

One tanker of 8500 tons dwt., 420' x 55', building for Standard Oil Co. of Indiana, later released to owners.

S.S. William P. Cowan (Yard no. 724)

Great Lakes tanker. Received bow thruster 1970-71. Sold for scrapping at Windsor, Canada, 1985.

Photo No. None
Source: Historical Collections of the Great Lakes, Bowling Green State University.
  S.S. William P. Cowan