A guide to the Donald V. Reardon vessel documents, 1901-2003

Processed by: Historic Documents Department Staff, 8 December 2017.

San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park

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2018

A Guide to the Donald V. Reardon vessel documents

HDC1512

San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, National Park Service

2018, National Park Service

Title: Donald V. Reardon vessel documents

Date: 1901-2003

Identifier/Call Number: HDC1512 (SAFR 22007)

Creator: Unknown

Physical Description: 74 items.

Repository: San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Historic Documents Department

Building E, Fort Mason

San Francisco, CA 94123

Abstract: The Donald V. Reardon vessel documents (SAFR 22007, HDC1512) collection consists of certificates of inspection, crew lists, shipping articles, financial statements, bills of sale, stock certificates, American President Line vessel data and publications.The collection is a combination of three accessions, SAFR-01508, SAFR-01521 and SAFR-02356. The collection is available for use.

Physical Location: San Francisco Maritime NHP, Historic Documents Department

Language(s): In English.

Access

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Processing Note

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Preferred Citation

[Item description], [Location within collection organization identified by Collection Number/Series Number/File Unit Number/Item Number], HDC1512 (SAFR 22007), Donald V. Reardon vessel documents, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park

Acquisition Information

SAFR-01508

SAFR-01521, SAFR-02356

All materials received from Donald V. Reardon or members of his family.

Historical or Biographical Note

Biography: Donald V. Reardon was born in New York City in 1914. He attended Georgia Tech and then University of Michigan, where he graduated in 1935. His first job as a naval architect was with Gibbs and Cox in New York City. After 5 years he joined the Technical Division of the old Bureau of Marine Inspections and Navigation. The Coast Guard took over the Bureau of Marine Inspections during World War II and Reardon became a Coast Guard reserve officer stationed on the West Coast doing plan approvals for conversion of commercial vessels to military vessels primarily focusing on stability for transports. Reardon retired from the Coast Guard in 1964 and became senior naval architect at American President Lines where he remained until 1975. (Source: Donald V. Reardon oral history, 1983, American President Line, Ltd)

Collection Scope and Content

The Donald V. Reardon vessel documents (SAFR 22007, HDC1512) collection consists of certificates of inspection, crew lists, shipping articles, financial statements, bills of sale, stock certificates, American President Line vessel data and publications.The collection is a combination of three accessions, SAFR-01508, SAFR-01521 and SAFR-02356. The collection is available for use.

SAFR-01508:

1. Certificates of inspection for various steam powered passenger and freight vessels built or residing in Eureka, CA, 1901-1905. 6 items.
2. Crew lists for the Spokane and Geneva and a collectors certificate of crew list, 1918-1919. 3 items.
3. Shipping articles for the Spokane and Geneva, 1918. 2 items.

SAFR-01521: 4. Financial statements, invoices, bills of sale of enrolled vessels, stock certificates and other documents concerning C.J. Hendry Company, Marine Investment Company, Wood & Hart, Incorporated and others, 1908-1929. 46 items.

SAFR-02356:

5. Newspaper clippings, 1973, 1975
6. American President Lines memo, 1975
7. SS President Van Buren passenger list, 1970 February 19 (military)
8. American President Lines Gangway newsletters, 1965 May " 1974 December (2 folders)
9. Menus, 1969-1970
10. Newsletters, brochures, published materials, 1957-1973
11. American President Lines vessel information, 1975-1980
12. American President Lines data, 1963-1981 & undated
13. American President Lines vessel histories, 1979-1981
14. U.S. Navy Chemical Warfare training, 1944-1950, 1995
15. American President Lines vessel characteristics, 1976-1977
16. Notes on Binding a Book based on lessons learned from Haakon Jenssen, 1950
17. Record book with vessel data and loose clippings, 1940-1959 (mostly blank)
18. Seamasters specifications for APL cargo ship by George G. Sharp Co, Interior Design " Meri Jaye and Associates, 1964 June 30
19. MARAD C.D.S. Title XI Trade-In Policies Design Classification Ex. Ord. 12185 Laws & CFR, 1979-1983 (2 folders)
20. C9 " M " 132b Data book, 1981 (includes folded plans)
21. Vessel data, 1969, 1976, 1981-1991, 2003

The collection is open and ready for use.

Collection Arrangement

Arranged in accession number order.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Stock certificates

Certificates

Crew lists

Reardon, Donald V.

C.J. Hendry Company

United States. Department of Commerce. Bureau of Shipping

Eureka (Calif.)