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"William H. Doheny" Cargo Piping Plan
Source : Pacific Marine Review December 1917
Cargo Piping Plan of Steam Tanker "William H. Doheny".
The William H. Doheny is the first of three built by Bethlehem lor Pan American Petroleum Transportation Company.
Their dimensions are: 435 L. B. P.; 56 beam: 33-6 molded depth: 10.200 deadweight tons: reciprocating engines, 2700 I. H. P.; three Scotch boilers, 15x11-9. working pressure 220 pounds.
Fitted with Howden forged draft; Isherwood framed.
Three other vessels of the same general dimensions, were built in 1917 and 1918 at the Alameda Works, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, the George S. Henry. S. M. Spalding. and Paul H. Harwood, but they were turbine-driven. The Doheny's main steam engine is 27x47x78, 48-inch stroke; the propeller is right-handed, 18 feet in diameter, and drove the vessel at a speed of 11 knots on her trial. The Doheny is an oilburner and is equipped with the Dahl oil-burning system.
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