Requisitioned Ships: Illustrations
Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Chester, Pa.
Requisitioned: 16 ships: Yard nos. 1-2, 5-6, 9-10, 13-14, and 17-20 (12), plus 4 as Design 1018.
The requisitioned precursors to the EFC designs are documented with those designs (q.v.).
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S.S. S.B. Hunt (Yard no. 13) This ship was delivered to the EFC and reconveyed to Standard Oil of New Jersey on 13 August 1919. She is shown here in Esso service between the wars. In 1945 she briefly became USS Flambeau (IX 192). Photo No. None Source: Ships of the Esso Fleet in World War II (1946) |
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S.S. Geo. H. Jones (Yard no. 14) This ship was delivered to the EFC and reconveyed to Standard Oil on 5 September 1919. This photo shows either Geo. H. Jones or one of the 14 ships like her built by Sun in 1920-21, Elisha Walker, in Esso service between the wars. Photo No. None Source: Ships of the Esso Fleet in World War II (1946) |
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S.S. Dean Emery, ex Sunshine (Yard no. 18) This ship was delivered to the EFC on 7 October 1919 and reconveyed to the Sun Oil Co. on 10 October 1919. She was renamed Dean Emery in 1921 and passed to Standard Oil of New Jersey in 1936. Photo No. None Source: Ships of the Esso Fleet in World War II (1946) |
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S.S. Elwood, ex Chester Sun (Yard no. 1) At San Francisco circa early 1942 with some gun emplacements empty. She had been delivered to the EFC and reconveyed to Sun Oil on 29 December 1917. Photo No. NH 89911 Source: U.S. Naval Historical Center |
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S.S. Dean Emery, ex Sunshine (Yard no. 18) Entering a U.S. port on 28 May 1943 under the Panamanian flag. Photo No. DeanEmery_7580_001 Source: vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/7580 |
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USS South Bend, ex M.E. Luckenbach (Yard no. 5) Arriving in a U.S. port (probably New York) in 1919, with her decks crowded with troops returning from Europe. This ship was delivered to the EFC, sold by them (probably to Luckenbach), and commissioned in the Navy on 7 March 1919. She was decommissioned on 1 September 1919 and transferred to the Army. The small deckhouses added fore and aft probably contained latrines for the troops. See her WWI page. Photo No. NH 104596 Source: U.S. Naval Historical Center |
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USS Lancaster, ex War Trojan (Yard no. 4) Looking forward from the after deckhouse over the amidships portion of the ship. Note the deckhouses added each side of the mainmast, which were for the troops' latrines. These were fitted to many transport ships during World War I, especially the large converted freighters. Lancaster, a requisitioned Sun-built freighter, was a precursor to Design 1018 and is described on that page. Photo No. None Source: U.S. Naval Historical Center |
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USS Marica, ex Jacob Luckenbach (Yard no. 6) This ship was delivered to the EFC and reconveyed to Luckenbach on 21 May 1919. She was in commission in the Navy from 9 June 1919 to 12 September 1919 and was then transferred to the Army. See her WWI page. Photo No. NH Source: U.S. Naval Historical Center |
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USS Edellyn (Yard no. 7) Arriving at New York on 4 September 1919 with homeward-bound troops. She was delivered to the EFC and commissioned in the Navy on 18 July 1919. She was decommissioned on 12 September 1919 and after Army service became S.S. Dorothy Luckenbach in 1921. See her WWI page. Photo No. NH Source: U.S. Naval Historical Center |
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USS Sol Navis (Yard no. 8) This ship was delivered to the EFC, sold by them (probably to Luckenbach), and commissioned in the Navy on 7 July 1919. She was scheduled to be transferred by the Navy to the Army on 25 September 1919 but was instead decommissioned and transferred to the Shipping Board on 22 October 1919, becoming S.S. Harry Luckenbach. See her WWI page. Photo No. NH Source: U.S. Naval Historical Center |
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USAT South Bend, ex M.E. Luckenbach (Yard no. 5) In Army service in the Port of Astoria. The Army received her from the Navy on 1 September 1919. She became S.S. J. L. Luckenbach in 1922. Photo No. NH Source: U.S. Naval Historical Center |
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USAT Marica, ex Jacob Luckenbach (Yard no. 6) As an Army transport 1919-1920. The Navy transferred her to the Army on 12 September 1919. She became S.S. Lillian Luckenbach in 1921. Photo No. NH Source: U.S. Naval Historical Center |
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S.S. Lillian Luckenbach, ex Marica (Yard no. 6) Entering a U.S. port as a merchant ship on 17 April 1942. Photo No. LillianLuckenbach_9172_004 Source: vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/9172 |
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