Requisitioned Ships: Illustrations
Union Iron Works (later Bethlehem), Alameda & San Francisco, Calif.
Requisitioned: 24 ships: Yard nos. 134-5 and 154 (3), plus 9 as Design 1032, 8 as Design 1047, and 4 as Design 1057.
The requisitioned precursors to the EFC designs are documented with those designs.
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S.S. A. C. Bedford (Yard no. 135) In service between the wars. She was delivered to the EFC and simultaneously reconveyed to Standard Oil of New Jersey on 14 February 1918. The Alameda yard built these two extra-large flush-decked tankers in 1917-18 and followed them with three more in 1921-22. Photo No. None Source: Ships of the Esso Fleet in World War II (1946) |
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S.S. A. C. Bedford (Yard no. 135) Entering a U.S. port on 10 November 1942. The after mast has been removed. Photo No. None Source: vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/6526 |
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S.S. Fred W. Weller (Yard no. 134) Entering a U.S. port on 28 May 1943. This ship had been delivered to the EFC on 7 December 1917 and reconveyed to Standard Oil of New Jersey on 7 December 1918. Photo No. FredWWeller-14_8126_003 Source: vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/8126 |
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S.S. Romulus, later Redondo (Yard no. 154) A montage showing the ship being launched as Romulus on 10 November 1917 and her sponsor. The Alameda yard produced such montages for many of its launchings. This ship was initially named Snevarden by her Norwegian owner. She was delivered to the EFC on 6 February 1918, probably as Redondo, and simultaneously sold to the Susquehanna Steamship Co. Photo No. 165-WW-499A-042 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-165-WW |
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S.S. Unaco, ex Redondo (Yard no. 154) Photographed on 29 January 1944 by a blimp from ZP-22 based at Houma, La. Photo No. 80-G-272410 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-80-G |
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