 She was named after the Farallon Islands – from the Spanish word "farallones", meaning rock or cliff in the sea – located in the Pacific Ocean off San Francisco, California.She was long with a beam, a gross tonnage of 749, a net tonnage of 565, and a cargo hold more than deep.This deep hold allowed the ship to transport over 400,000 board feet of lumber at a time, including Pacific Coast fir, pine, redwood, and cedar.