Haines, A. F. (Ancil F.)

Ancil F. Haines (1872-1937) was a leading figure in Pacific Coast shipping in the early 1900s. In 1912, Haines worked as a manager for the Dodwell & Co. shipping company. He then became manager of Border Line Transportation Co., a steamship line organized by Dodwell for the purpose of engaging in the Puget Sound-B.C.-Alaska freight trade.

Beginning around 1916, Haines served a manager of the Admiral Line, a consolidation of the Pacific Alaska Navigation Co. and the Pacific Coast Steamship Co. In the 1920s, Haines also became Vice-President in charge of trans-Pacific services of the Admiral Line, renamed the Admiral Oriental Line, under company president Robert Dollar. During the 1920s, Dollar purchased several "President Type" liners from the US Shipping Board; in 1926 he purchased five of these for use as Admiral Oriental Line passenger liners: the President McKinley, the President Jackson, the President Grant, the President Jefferson and the President Madison .

Haines continued as an executive at Dollar Steamship Line and American Mail Line until 1937. Ancil Haines died in Seattle in May 1937, at age 65.