Hanlon Dry Dock & Shipbuilding ~ Shipbuilding History

Hanlon Dry Dock & Shipbuilding

Oakland CA

The D. J. Hanlon Shipbuilding Company was established in 1912 by D. J. (Dan) Hanlon, who had worked in several shipyards before starting out on his own in about 1910, at the foot of 5th Avenue, in Oakland. A marine railway was added by 1916 and the name was changed to Hanlon Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Company. The site is now a marina but the shipyard buildings are obvious. Although their last new ship was delivered in 1927, Hanlon continued as a repair yard through 1948.

	USSB #	O/N	Name	Customer	Type	GT	Delivered	Notes
56			Cafe Yankee	American Dredging Co.	houseboat		1910	built by Hanlon at United Engineering Works
57				D. J. Hanlon & Co.	barge		1912
58		210658	Freda	D. J. Hanlon & Co.	tugboat	21	1912	Alternate spelling Fredas ?
59				Daniels Contracting Co.	dump barge		1913
60				Daniels Contracting Co.	dump barge		1913
61		212444	Marie L. Hanlon	D. J. Hanlon & Co.	tugboat	50	1914
62		166077	Rio Vista L & B. Co. No. 1.	F. J. Benjamin	barge	253	1915	later S. O. Co. No. 2
63		166180	Hercules	Hercules Powder Co.	Kelp barge	83	1915
64		166261	H.P. Co. No. 1	Hercules Powder Co.	Kelp barge	177	1916
65		166262	H.P. Co. No. 2	Hercules Powder Co.	Kelp barge	165	1916
66			H.P. Co. No. 3	Hercules Powder Co.	Kelp barge		1916
67			H.P. Co. No. 4	Hercules Powder Co.	Kelp barge		1916
68		166303	H.P. Co. No. 5	Hercules Powder Co.	Kelp barge	257	1916
69		166354	H.P. Co. No. 6	Hercules Powder Co.	Kelp barge	322	1916
70		166355	H.P. Co. No. 7	Hercules Powder Co.	Kelp barge	322	1916
71			H.P. Co. No. 8	Hercules Powder Co.	Kelp barge		1916
72			H.P. Co. No. 9	Hercules Powder Co.	Kelp barge		1916
73			H.P. Co. No. 10	Hercules Powder Co.	Kelp barge		1916
74		214060	Bacchus	Hercules Powder Co.	freighter	190	1916
75		214118	Joplin	Hercules Powder Co.	freighter	207	1916
76		214971	Flagstaff	Western Fuel Company	barkentine	2101	1917	later Falketind, sold Norway 1928
77				Western Fuel Company	barkentine	2101		not builta
78		216871	Governor John Lind	USSB	freighter	3431	Sep 1918	later Vittorin 1947, Concetta 1954, Vallecrosia 1956, Theodoros A. 1958, Macuto 1960, scrapped 1960
79		217046	Major Wheeler	USSB	freighter	3431	Sep 1918	torpedoed and lost 1942
80	1107	218811	Delfina	USSB	freighter	3480	Sep 1918	torpedoed and lost 1942
81	1108	218980	Delisle	USSB	freighter	3478	Sep 1918	mined and lost 1943
82	1109	215980	Dellwood	USSB	freighter	3478	Apr 1920	wrecked off Attu 1943
83	1110	215590	Delrosa	USSB	freighter	3475	July 1920	later Tanana 1923, Polina Ospenko 1942, scrapped 1964
84	1111	220114	Depere	USSB	freighter	3475	Aug 1920	later Tsiolkovsky 1942, scrapped 1964
85	1112	220449	Derblay	USSB	freighter	3475	Sep 1920	later Yu Ching 1946, Eastern Mariner 1956, scrapped 1959
86	2253	220759	Jeptha	USSB	freighter	3475	Oct 1920	later Denali 1925, wrecked 1935
87	2254	220880	Medon	USSB	freighter	3474	Dec 1920	later Oduna 1923, Vishera 1942, Oduna 1944, Mary Olson 1948, Marguerita 1966
88	2255	221043	Memnon	USSB	freighter	3431	Feb 1921	later Empire Mouflon 1940, Preston, Avance, Avlis, scrapped 1962
89		220793	Dan F. Hanlon	Hanlon	freighter	1434	July 1924	lengthened cargo ship W. P. Cox (built 1920) by 40 ft.
90		224661	Motormates	Associated Oil Company	tanker	273	May 1925
91		169744	Maltha	Union Oil Company	tank barge	378	May 1927