EFC Design 1043 (Hanlon type): Notes & Illustrations
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Notes: As of January 1917 the Hanlon Drydock and Shipbuilding Co. of Oakland, Cal., was regarded as a new wooden shipbuilding firm. They had created a big new yard for high class wooden construction and were building the largest wooden vessel on the bay, the schoonerFlagstaff. In May 1917 the press reported that the firm had just entered the steel construction field, with its president, D. J. Hanlon, returning from New York with contracts from R. Lawrence Smith for two large turbine driven (sic) freighters (which the EFC subsequently requisitioned) and with expansion of the yard already begun including two building berths for steel ships. Negotiations for land for three more ways for steel ships were in progress at the end of 1917. On 25 January 1918 the EFC ordered six ships (EFC Hulls 1107-1112, yard nos. 80-85) of about the same type as the requisitioned pair but 15 feet longer from Hanlon, and on 3 July 1918 this was followed by a contract for six more (EFC Hulls 2253-2258, yard nos. 86-91). In 1919 the yard had 5 slipways and occupied 13 acres. Production was slowed by slow material deliveries, and the last three EFC ships were cancelled on 25 September 1919. Hanlon's first steel ship, the requisitioned Governor John Lind, was part of a four ship launching event at Oakland, Cal., on 18 May 1918. All 11 ships (two requisitioned, three Design 1043, and six Design 1043-B) except Jeptha, wrecked in 1935, were still active in 1942, thanks in part to their relatively shallow draft which smaller operators in coastal trades valued. The final six Design 1043 ships beginning with Delrosa were built with revised internal arrangements. The original three, Delfina, Delisle, and Delwood, were single deck ships with no 'tween deck in their four holds and the entire hull space under the bridge, almost as large as a hold, was a deep tank for water ballast or coal. (This was probably where the design of the requisitioned ships was lengthened to produce Design 1043.) The final six were two deck ships with 'tween decks in all four holds. The 'tween deck for Hold No. 2 was extended aft over the deep tank, reducing the size of the latter and requiring the addition of two short kingposts just forward of the bridge to handle the cargo in the new space. The EFC designated this Design 1043-B and produced a plan for it, so these six ships are covered here on a separate page. The Army bought one of the original trio, Dellwood, in 1921 and fitted her with cable equipment. She had five cable tanks, three forward in holds 1 and 2 and the deep tank and two aft in holds 3 and 4. On 12 August 1924 she left London, England, with 1,894 nautical miles of cable for a new Seattle-Alaska cable which she laid between Seattle and Seward calling at Ketchikan. In Washington State she laid a new power cable between the mainland and the Olympic Peninsula. In 1931 the cable equipment was scrapped and the ship was sold into commercial service, at one point with the P.E. Harris & Co. Cannery Co. In 1942 she was requisitioned from the Alaska Steamship Co. for reconversion to a cableship. She completed fitting out in January 1943 but sank on 19 July 1943 at Attu, Alaska after laying over 300 nm of deep-sea cable and a considerable amount of harbor defense cable. She was replaced by Silverado (EFC Design 1097). Requisitioned Sisters: During 1917 American interests placed an order for two cargo ships with the Hanlon Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Co. of Oakland, Cal., to the yard's own design, which later became EFC Design 1043. The two ships, Yard nos. 78-79 (Governor John Lind and Major Wheeler), were requisitioned by the Shipping Board on 3 August 1917 and are covered in the Requisitioned Ships portion of the McKellar list. Specifications: Design 1043 (S.S. Delfina, EFC Hull 1107): Steel Cargo. Deadweight tons: 5350 designed, 5210 actual. Dimensions: 320.75' length pp x 46' beam mld. x 26.75' depth mld., 22.2' draft loaded. Propulsion: 1 screw, 1 triple expansion engine, 3 Foster water tube boilers, 1800 IHP, 11 kts. Configuration: 3-island, 1 deck, 4 holds, 4 hatches. |
| S.S. Dellwood (Design 1043, EFC Hull 1109) On a trial trip on 24 March 1920 off Oakland, Cal., after completing construction by the Hanlon D.D. & S.B. Co. This contract-built ship was 15 feet longer than its privately designed predecessors, the length probably being added forward of the bridge. (NARA: RG-32-S) (Click photo to enlarge) |
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S.S. Governor John Lind (As Design 1043, Yard no. 78) Photographed on a trial trip. This view is from the back of the ship's Navy inspection data (SP/ID) card. Photo No. None Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command, Ship Histories Branch |
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S.S. Major Wheeler (As Design 1043, Yard no. 79) Hauled out on the company's marine railway on 25 September 1918 beginning to receive her dazzle paint. Photo No. None Source: U.S. National Archives: RG-32-S |
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S.S. Major Wheeler (As Design 1043, Yard no. 79) On a trial trip on 29 September 1918 after completing construction by the Hanlon D.D. & S.B. Co., Oakland, Cal. Photo No. None Source: U.S. National Archives: RG-32-S |
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S.S. Major Wheeler (As Design 1043, Yard no. 79) Before or after a trial trip on 29 September 1918. Photo No. None Source: U.S. National Archives: RG-32-S |
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S.S. Major Wheeler (As Design 1043, Yard no. 79) Painted out and looking ready for sea. The pennant with her name on it being flowen over her bridge suggests she is on a builder's trial trip. Photo No. NH 65048 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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S.S. Major Wheeler (As Design 1043, Yard no. 79) Probably shown being delivered on 8 October 1918. She was also commissioned by the Navy on 8 October 1918 and was decommissioned on 19 May 1919. The assisting tug is the Reliance of San Francisco. Photo No. NH 65047 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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S.S. Dellwood (Design 1043, EFC Hull 1109) On a trial trip on 23 March 1920 off Oakland, Cal., after completing construction by the Hanlon D.D. & S.B. Co. Comparison with the views of Major Wheeler above indicates that the additional 15 feet of length of the contract-built ships was added forward of the bridge. Photo No. None Source: U.S. National Archives: RG-32-S |
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S.S. Delfina (Design 1043, EFC Hull 1107) Delfina, Delisle, Governor John Lind, and Major Wheeler were operated in 1923 by the Baltimore Steamship Co., in 1924 by the Porto Rico American Steamship Co., and from 1926 by the Baltimore Insular Line, a subsidiary of the A.H. Bull Steamship Co. The funnel markings in this photo are not known to match any of these. On 5 June 1942, while unarmed and unescorted, Delfina was torpedoed and sunk off Puerto Rico by U-172. Photo No. None Source: www.shipsnostalgia.com/media/delfina.164824/ |
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USAT Dellwood (Design 1043, EFC Hull 1109) In the Port of Seattle as an Army cableship with the Stacy Street wharf in the background. Photo No. None Source: Shipscribe |
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USAT Dellwood (Design 1043, EFC Hull 1109) In port, probably in Seattle, as an Army cableship. The ship on the right is Oduna of the Alaska Steamship Co., ex Medon (EFC Design 1043-B) Photo No. None Source: Shipscribe |
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USAT Dellwood (Design 1043, EFC Hull 1109) Serving in Alaskan waters as an Army cableship. She appears to be laying a cable over her stern. The photo is backstamped "O.O.I.C.W.A.M. Cable System, Seattle, Oct 18 1926." Photo No. None Source: U.S. National Archives: RG-111-SC-91730_002 |
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S.S. Governor John Lind (As Design 1043, Yard no. 78) Anchored in a U.S. port on 4 November 1941. The funnel markings are probably those of the A.H. Bull Steamship Co. Photo No. GovernorJohnLind_8308_005 Source: vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/8308 |
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S.S. Governor John Lind (As Design 1043, Yard no. 78) Entering a U.S. port on 7 October 1942. Photo No. GovernorJohnLind_8308_005 Source: vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/8308 |
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