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Edward L. Doheny Jr. - (1917-1925 & 1935-1945)
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"Edward L. Doheny Jr." anchored at New York. "Edward L. Doeny Jr.', was build in 1917 by
New York SB. Corp., Camden, N.J., Yard No. 170.
Keel laid Jan 19, 1916, launch Apr 24, 1917.
Oil tanker (Petroleum Transport Co.). Scrapped 1947.

From : Pacific Marine Review, VOL. XIV, No. 4, JUNE, 1917.

One of the latest launchings at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation's plant was that of the tank steamer "Edward L. Doheny Jr." on April 26, 1917. This steamer is built to the order of the Pan-American Petroleum Transport Company. She has a deadweight capacity of 12,350 tons and will carry over 4,000,000 gallons in bulk. She is 485 feet long over all, 468 feet 6 inches between perpendiculars, 62 feet 3 inches beam and 39 feet 6 inches moulded depth. The speed will be 11 knots and the vessel is built to Lloyds' highest rating.

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"Edward L. Doheny Jr.".

Tanker was named after;
Edward Laurence Doheny (1856-1935),
The entrepreneur who created Los Angeles’ first oil boom and went on to become one of the wealthiest and most controversial
men in America, was born in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, the son of an Irish laborer and gardener. His father, Patrick, came to the
United States from Canada where he had migrated to escape the Great Famine. Bright and ambitious, young Edward set out to
seek his fortune as a silver miner in the New Mexico Territory. When his prospecting ended in failure, he headed for Los Angeles
to join a friend, Charles Canfield, who had managed to amass a small fortune in the mines. Doheny arrived in L.A. to find that
Canfield had lost most of his money in land speculation.

Name:
Edward L. Doheny Jjr.
Class:
-
IMO No.:
-
Ex:
-
Cubic:
11.150
Built:
1917
Type
Tanker
Draft:
8.21
Status:
Broken up at Baltimore, 2 nd quarter 1947 by Patapsco Scrap Corp.
SubType:
Product
LOA:
127.41/126.49
Flag:
Panama
DWT:
10.440
Beam:
16.61
Builder:
Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Ltd. (Neptune Works), Newcastle.
GT:
-
Depth:
10.05
Owner:
Panama Transport Comp.
NT:
-
Speed/Cons:
10.4/-
Engine type:
Qua druplesteam Engine 3000 IHP.
No sisterships.

Additional Info by Starke & Schell Registers :

1917 - EDWARD L. DOHENY, JR.    USA    1Q (aft)     (11)
7,707 Grt for Pan American Petroleum & Transport Co., Los Angeles,   467.6 x 62.7
Tanker build by New York SB. Corp., Camden, N.J.,  (6),   #170, 214951
1925 - R. W. STEWART,  s/o
1931 - R. G. STEWART, s/o
1933 - Pan-American Foreign Corp., Wilmington, Del.
1935 - Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey, Wilmington, Del.
1945 - U. S. War Shipping Administration / U. S. Maritime Commission, Wilmington, Del.
Broken up at Baltimore, 2nd quarter 1947 by Patapsco Scrap Corp.

Ship Report for "EDWARD L. DOHENY, JR."
ID No: 2214951 Name: EDWARD L. DOHENY, JR. Year: 1917
Builder: New York SB Country of build: Ship Design:
Location of yard: Camden, NJ Yard No: 170
Keel: Launch Date: 24.4.17 Date of completion: 6.17
Type: Tanker Tons: 7707 Naval or paramilitary marking :  - DWT: -
Length overall: LPP: 142.5 Beam: 19.1
Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn): 1Q-11 Material of build:
Owner as Completed: Pan-American Petroleum & Tpt Co Inc, Los Angeles Flag: USA

Subsequent History:
1925 R.W. STEWART - 1931 R.G. STEWART

Disposal Data:
Scrappe at Baltimore 2 nd quarter 1947.

History:
ON  
ID  
Year built
Name  
Tons  
Name change  
Main Owner
214951
2214951
1917
EDWARD L. DOHENY, JR.  
7707
Pan American P&T
214951
2214951
1917
R.W. STEWART
7707
1925
Pan American P&T
214951
2214951
1917
R.G. STEWART
7707
1931
Pan American P&T