Hanlon Dry Dock and Shipbuilding explained

Hanlon was a shipyard in Oakland Inner Harbor on the north bank of the Oakland Estuary at the foot of 5th Ave.^{[1] [2]} In 1919 the site had 5 slipways and occupied 13 acres.^[3]

Founded in 1910, the yard produced a few barges and the cargo ships Bacchus and Joplin for the Herules Powder Company as well as 11 cargo ships for the United States Shipping Board, with 2 being requisitions and 9 built under contract. Hanlon was the sole producer of Design 1043 ships.

• Governor John Lind, Major Wheeler in 1918 (all dates are delivery dates)^[4]
• 9 of 9 Design 1043 ships
  • Delfina, Delisle in 1918
  • Dellwood, Delrosa, Depere, Derblay, Jeptha (Denall), Medon in 1920
  • Memnon in 1921

In 1928 the yard was bought by the nearby General Engineering & Dry Dock Company, in 1940 the Hurley Marine Shipyard repair facility operated on the site.

37.7889°N -122.2624°W

See also

• Moore Dry Dock Company#Shipbuilding in Oakland and Alameda
• A. H. Bull Steamship Company#Baltimore Insular Line Inc. ships - John Lind, Major Wheeler, Delfina, Delisle

Notes and References

1. Web site: 25 August 2021 . Hanlon Dry Dock . 10 October 2022 . Ship Building History.
2. Book: Marine Engineering & Shipping Age . Aldrich Publishing Company in conjunction with Simmons-Boardman Publishing Company . 1923 . 250 . en.
3. Book: Annual_Report_of_the_United_States_Shipping Board, Volume 3. 1919. 160. en.
4. Web site: 1918-02-02 . Report on Machinery for Governor John Lind, 2nd February 1918 . 2022-10-09 . Foundation Loyd's Register . en.