The Concrete Ships of WWI and WWII: An Experiment In Maritime Construction
WWI
Atlantus
Cape Fear
Cuyamaca
Dinsmore
Latham
Moffitt
Palo Alto
Peralta
Polias
San Pasqual
Sapona
Selma
WWII
Anderson
Aspdin
Chateliere
Considere
Cowham
Eckel
Grant
Hennibique
Humphrey
Kahn
Lesley
Meade
Merriman
Pasley
Pollard
Saylor
Slater
Smeaton
Talbot
Thatcher
Vicat
Vidal
Vitruvius
Wason
Barges
Quartz
YOGN 82
Breakwaters
Powell River
Kiptopeke
 

S. S. Dinsmore

The S. S. Dinsmore was an oil tanker built by A. Bentley & Sons Company in Jacksonville, Florida and was launched on June 30, 1920 at 2:25PM. She is the sister ship of the Moffitt.

The Dinsmore was used as an oil storage tanker and sold for scrapping in April 1932.

Location

The Dinsmore was probably sunk as a breakwater in Texas. Exact location is uncertain. If you have any information on the wherabouts of this ship, please let me know.

The giant concrete slip where the Dinsmore was constructed still exists on the grounds of the Ford Motor Company assembly plant, located on the west bank of the St. Johns, off Talleyrand Avenue around Swift Street, just north of the present day Mathews Bridge,

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Vital Statistics

Gross Tonnage: 6,144
Net Tonnage 3,696
Length: 420 feet
Width: 54 feet
Depth: 36 feet.
Crew: 44 people
Engine: Hooven, Owen Rentschler Co., Hamilton. T.3-cyl., 598 nhp, 1 screw