Hanlon Dry Dock and Shipbuilding
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 1915 by Dan Hanlon, a former longshoreman[4], 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)[5]
- 9 of 9 Design 1043 ships
Hanlon's workforce rose from 500 to 2,000 between 1916-1920 and utilized a pioneering electrically controlled drydock.[6]
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.
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
References
- ↑ "Hanlon Dry Dock". Ship Building History. 25 August 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
- ↑ Marine Engineering & Shipping Age. Aldrich Publishing Company in conjunction with Simmons-Boardman Publishing Company. 1923. p. 250.
- ↑ Annual_Report_of_the_United_States_Shipping Board, Volume 3. 1919. p. 160.
- ↑ Schwarzer, Michael (2021). Hella town: Oakland's history of development and disruption. Oakland, California: University of Cali. p. 68. ISBN 9780520381124.
- ↑ "Report on Machinery for Governor John Lind, 2nd February 1918". Foundation Loyd's Register. 1918-02-02. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
- ↑ Schwarzer, Michael (2021). Hella town: Oakland's history of development and disruption. Oakland, California: University of Cali. p. 68. ISBN 9780520381124.