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Hillcone Steamship Company
The Hillcone Steamship Company was a United States based steamship company that operated from 1929 to 1970. It was based in San Francisco, California and was owned by businessmen Joseph J. Coney and Stanley Hiller, Sr. Ships it is known to have owned include the USS William Isom (ID-1555), which it had acquired by 1931 when it was renamed the ''Edwin B. De Golia''. It also bought the USS Sangamon after she was decommissioned on October 24, 1945. Vessels * SS Cornell * USS Sangamon * Edwin B. De Golia See also *Deconhil Shipping Company USNS Mission Santa Ana a T2 Tanker getting underway in Long Beach, California Deconhil Shipping Company was a shipping company founded in San Francisco, California. Deconhil Shipping Company president was Joseph J. Coney. Joseph J. Coney also ... References Shipping companies of the United States {{shipping-company-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Francisco, California
San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17th most populous in the United States, with 815,201 residents as of 2021. It covers a land area of , at the end of the San Francisco Peninsula, making it the second most densely populated large U.S. city after New York City, and the fifth most densely populated U.S. county, behind only four of the five New York City boroughs. Among the 91 U.S. cities proper with over 250,000 residents, San Francisco was ranked first by per capita income (at $160,749) and sixth by aggregate income as of 2021. Colloquial nicknames for San Francisco include ''SF'', ''San Fran'', ''The '', ''Frisco'', and ''Baghdad by the Bay''. San Francisco and the surrounding San Francisco Bay Area are a global center of economic activity and the arts and sciences, spurred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS William Isom (ID-1555)
USS ''William Isom'' (ID-1555) was an oil tanker that was built in 1917 and briefly served in the United States Navy. She spent three decades in the United States Merchant Marine. In 1931 she was renamed ''Edwin B. De Golia''. In 1947 or 1948 she was sold to a company that renamed her ''Demosthenes'' and flagged her out to Panama. She was scrapped in 1955. Building The Baltimore Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company built ''William Isom'' for the Sinclair Gulf Corporation in 1917, completing her that November. She was named after a Vice President of the North American Transportation and Trading Company. ''William Isom''s main engines were two steam turbines, which drove her single propeller shaft by single-deduction gearing. She had two water-tube boilers, made by W. & A. Fletcher Company of Hoboken, New Jersey. US Navy service On 24 April 1918 the United States Shipping Board took control of ''William Isom''. On 1 May the US Navy took her over, gave her the naval registry Ide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Sangamon (CVE-26)
USS ''Sangamon'' (CVE-26) was a US Navy escort carrier of World War II. Originally ''Esso Trenton'' , a the T3 tanker oiler , built by the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, it was operated by Standard Oil of New Jersey on runs from gulf coast ports to the east coast. After entering service in the early part of the war in the Navy as a tanker, ''Sangamon'' was converted into an aircraft carrier. After conversion ''Sangamon'' was at the Allied invasion of French North Africa in 1943 before moving to the war in the Pacific. Post war it was sold into civilian ownership and scrapped in 1960. Service history ''Esso Trenton'' was acquired by the United States Navy on 22 October 1940. Renamed ''Sangamon'' and designated a fleet oiler, one of 12 oilers, she was commissioned on 23 October 1940. After service off the west coast and in Hawaiian waters, ''Sangamon'' shifted to the Atlantic Fleet in the spring of 1941, and through the Neutrality Patrol period, carried f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deconhil Shipping Company
USNS Mission Santa Ana a T2 Tanker getting underway in Long Beach, California Deconhil Shipping Company was a shipping company founded in San Francisco, California. Deconhil Shipping Company president was Joseph J. Coney. Joseph J. Coney also had part ownership of the San Francisco tanker company Hillcone Steamship Company since 1929. Deconhil Shipping Company operated Fleet Oilers for the United States Navy to support World War II efforts. Deconhil Shipping Compan operated a fleet of tankers for the War Shipping Administration. Deconhil Shipping Compan operated Type T2 tankers and other tankers. Each War Deconhil Shipping Compan had a merchant crew of about 9 officers and 39 men. War Emergency Tankers continued operations after the war for a few years.Study of Operations of Military Sea Transportation Service, Parts 1–2, By United States. Congress. House. Merchant Marine and Fisheries, page 298, 1954 *Some ships: *USS Nausett (IX-190) *SS Chemawa, Civilian Deconhil Shipp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
