USS Abarenda (IX-131)

Evidence

15 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-15).

1. [1]research packet mr-packet.md (3 sources cited) [other_primary]

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Evidence ID

   uss-abarenda-ix131-pkt-mr-packet-md

2. [2]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (NHHC web edition), 'Abarenda II (IX-131),' Robert J. Cressman, corrected 29 Aug 2016 (live history.navy.mil page 404s; text captured via Internet Archive Wayback capture 2019-07-24) [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   DANFS 'Abarenda II (IX-131)' entry body and spec block; canonical URL https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/a/abarenda-ix-131-ii.html (404 live; Wayback capture 20190724185423)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   DANFS (NHHC web edition, Robert J. Cressman, corrected 29 Aug 2016) records: the second Abarenda was named to honor the service of the previous ship of that name; the tanker Acme, 'built for the United States Shipping Board in 1916 at San Francisco, Calif., by the Union Iron Works,' was renamed Abarenda and classified IX-131 on 3 Nov 1943; purchased by the Navy 26 Feb 1944 at Noumea, New Caledonia; commissioned 18 Apr 1944, Lt. Cmdr. Benjamin F. Langland, USCGR, in command; assigned to Service Squadron 10 as floating storage tanker at Manus, Admiralty Islands until 20 Feb 1945; arrived Leyte 13 Mar 1945 and dispensed fuel to Third/Fifth Fleet warships for the rest of the war; fueled occupation-support shipping until decommissioned 28 Feb 1946 in the Philippines; returned to WSA the same day and berthed at the WSA reserve fleet, Subic Bay; stricken from the Navy Register 20 Mar 1946; resumed name Acme; sold 29 Jan 1948 to Asia Development Corp., Shanghai, along with 15 other vessels for scrapping, delivered 3 Mar 1948. Spec block: displacement 19,410 (full load); length 435'0"; beam 56'0"; draft 25'6"; speed 10.2 knots; complement 120.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-29

   Study period

   1944-1946 (Navy service); 1916-1948 (identity chain)

   Population

   USCG-manned Navy crew (1944-1946)

   Limitations

   Authoritative official history of this hull, but contains no asbestos, insulation-material, or construction-materials information. The 'built for the United States Shipping Board' attribution is anachronistic (see correction row ev-11). OCR-free official text; page locator is the Wayback capture of the canonical NHHC URL.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-abarenda-ix131-01

3. [3]Shipscribe (Stephen S. Roberts), 'USS Abarenda (IX-131) Class' - compiled from official U.S. Navy auxiliary-vessel records [other_primary]

   Locator

   Class header data; Construction table row IX-131; Disposition table row IX-131; Ship Notes row IX-131; Class Notes paragraphs (IX 131 directive; CNO 11 Oct 44 concept)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Shipscribe's ABARENDA (IX-131) class record documents: design 'Tanker, 1916 (EFC Design 1047)'; ABARENDA acquired 26 Feb 44, built Union Iron Works San Francisco, launched 29 Apr 16, commissioned 18 Apr 44; decommissioned 28 Feb 46, stricken 20 Mar 46, disposed to Maritime Commission 28 Feb 46, Maritime Administration sale 2 Feb 48; ship note: 'Ex merc. ACME (ID-2103, completed Jun 16). Badly damaged by torpedo 17 Mar 42, repaired. Acquired at Noumea, New Caledonia and placed in service. To MC at Subic Bay as ACME 1946. To buyer there 3 Mar 48 as ABARENDA, either scrapped in the Far East or sunk 1951 off Taiwan.' Class notes: Union Iron Works began a series of fifteen 453-ft tankers in 1916, ACME among the earliest, and the EFC order for the same 453-ft type (designated EFC Design 1047) followed at Alameda; Auxiliary Vessels Board (12 Oct 43) recommended acquiring 15 old tankers for floating storage at advanced bases (IX 131-145); CNO (11 Oct 44) stated station tankers 'were not expected to meet Navy standards nor to be converted or repaired to make them do so,' would receive cargo from trans-Pacific tankers and discharge to other craft at anchorage, and would be manned with minimum personnel.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-29

   Study period

   1916-1948

   Population

   USCG-manned Navy crew (1944-1946); merchant crews (1916-1942); WSA reserve-fleet caretakers (1946-1948)

   Limitations

   Secondary scholarly compilation of official Navy records - the construction/disposition/ship-note rows name this hull; the Auxiliary Vessels Board and CNO material is program-level history. The CNO 'no conversion to Navy standards' statement bounds the scope of any 1944 Navy refit aboard this class. Contains no asbestos or materials information. The 'sunk 1951 off Taiwan' alternative fate is unverified - see gaps.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-abarenda-ix131-02

4. [4]NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive, USS Abarenda (IX-131) - compilation of official specifications and photo documentation (NHHC photo NH 104070; NARA photo 80-G-177204) [other_primary]

   Locator

   IX-131 page: service chronology, awards block, Specifications block, photo caption block (live navsource.org fetch failed this session; cited via Wayback capture 20190223224409)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NavSource hull page for USS Abarenda (IX-131) documents: built 1916 at Union Iron Works as 'Emergency Fleet Corporation design 1047 tanker' SS Acme; operated by Standard Oil Company of New York; assigned Navy registry number ID-2103 in 1917; time-chartered by Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. 20 Apr 1942; renamed Abarenda 3 Nov 1943; acquired by USN 26 Feb 1944 at New Caledonia; commissioned 18 Apr 1944, LCDR Benjamin F. Langland USCGR in command; assigned Asiatic-Pacific Theater; manned by the US Coast Guard during WWII; decommissioned 28 Feb 1946 in the Philippines, returned to WSA same day; laid up NDRF Subic Bay; struck 20 Mar 1946, name reverted to SS Acme; sold for scrapping 29 Jan 1948 at Subic Bay to Asia Development Corp. (PD-X-402, $271,000, 15-ship sale). Specifications block: displacement 19,410 t. (fl); length 453'; beam 56'; draft 25'6"; speed 10.2 kts; complement 10 officers + 110 enlisted; fuel capacity NSFO 8,700 bbls; propulsion one vertical triple-expansion steam engine, three single-ended Scotch boilers 200 psi, three recip-drive 20 kW 120V DC ship's-service generators, single propeller 2,500 shp. Awards: American Campaign Medal; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal; World War II Victory Medal; Philippines Liberation Medal.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-29

   Study period

   1916-1948

   Population

   USCG-manned Navy crew (1944-1946)

   Limitations

   Volunteer-maintained compilation of official records - machinery list is hull-specific but not independently documented to a ship's data sheet here. 'Armament unknown' on this page vs Shipscribe's class armament listing (1x4"/50, 1x3"/50, 8x20mm) - see gaps. Contains no asbestos or insulation-material information.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-abarenda-ix131-03

5. [5]U.S. Maritime Administration, Vessel History Database - ABARENDA (IX-131) Detail 5630 and ACME Detail 5633 (characteristics, milestones, captioned official photo set, status-card scans) [marad_nrc]

   Locator

   Detail 5630 characteristics block and Milestones tab (Entry 4/20/1942; Transfer and Name Change 2/26/1944; Disposition 1/29/1948; Withdrawal 3/3/1948); Detail 5633 photo captions (Navy torpedo-damage photos, March 1942; USCG photos 1941-43)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   MARAD Vessel History Database records for ABARENDA (IX-131), Detail 5630, and ACME, Detail 5633, document: year built 1916; U.S. Official No. 214173; shipyard Union Iron Works; 435.00 ft length; 56.00 ft beam; 6,878 gross / 4,304 net tons; fate 'Sold - Scrap'; missions World War I and World War II. Milestones: Entry 4/20/1942 'Delivered to WSA by Socony Vacuum Oil Company under TCA agreement'; Transfer 2/26/1944 'Transferred to U.S. Navy'; Vessel Name Change 2/26/1944 'Vessel ACME name changed to ABARENDA (IX-131)'; Disposition 1/29/1948 'Sold to Asian Development Cor. for scrapping of the hulls as one of the 15 vessels sold under PD-X-402 for the lump sum of $271,000 (Foreign Flag)'; Withdrawal 3/3/1948 'Departed Subic Bay, Philippines under scrap sale.' The ACME record's captioned photo set includes official U.S. Navy photographs of the hull partially submerged at the stern after the March 1942 torpedo attack and U.S. Coast Guard photographs dated 1941-1943.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-29

   Study period

   1916-1948

   Population

   Merchant crews (1916-1942); WSA reserve-fleet caretakers (1946-1948)

   Limitations

   Official government custody record. The database's 'Specific Type: LNG Liquefied Natural Gas' field is an administrative coding artifact - the hull was a petroleum tanker; noted in gaps. Status-card scans and uploaded documents exist on the records but were not transcribed (archival_lead ev-14). No asbestos or materials information.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-abarenda-ix131-04

6. [6]U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office, Webcutters file 'Abarenda' (IX-131) - official USCG history asset sheet (uscg.mil/history/webcutters/ABARENDA.pdf via Wayback capture 2016-12-14) [other_primary]

   Locator

   ABARENDA.pdf (one-page asset sheet), Wayback capture 20161214105057

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office webcutters file for Abarenda (IX-131) documents: builder Union Irons Works [sic], San Francisco, Calif., as Acme; launched April 29, 1916; decommissioned February 26, 1946; length 435 feet; navigation draft 25'6"; beam 56 feet; displacement 4,410 tons; maximum speed 10.2 knots; complement '120 person crew'; and that 'USS Abarenda was one of many miscellaneous-class Navy vessel manned by the Coast Guard during World War II. It served with both the 3rd and 5th Fleets as a mobile floating storage tanker, dispensing fuel and performing miscellaneous services at Manus, Admiralty Islands, and Leyte.'

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-29

   Study period

   1916-1946

   Population

   USCG-manned Navy crew (1944-1946)

   Limitations

   Official USCG historian document - confirms Coast Guard manning and complement 120, but gives decommission 26 Feb 1946 vs DANFS/NavSource/Shipscribe 28 Feb 1946, and displacement 4,410 vs DANFS 19,410 full load - conflicts logged in gaps, not resolved. Propulsion/armament fields are marked 'Unknown'/'Misc' in the file. Contains no asbestos or materials information.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-abarenda-ix131-05

7. [7]Naval Base, Manus, Admiralty Islands - War Diary extract, 'Disaster of 10 November 1944' damage table (official U.S. Navy report; HyperWar/ibiblio transcription) [other_primary]

   Locator

   Manus war diary extract, damage table row 'Abarenda (IX-131): 225 [man-hours]'

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   The Naval Base, Manus, Admiralty Islands war diary/loss report for the 10 Nov 1944 explosion of USS Mount Hood (AE-11) in Seeadler Harbor (official Navy document, HyperWar transcription) lists 'Abarenda (IX-131)' among the ships damaged by blast and flying fragments, with an estimated 225 man-hours required to effect repairs and no dead, missing, or injured recorded for the hull.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-29

   Study period

   1944-11-10 and subsequent repair period

   Population

   USCG-manned Navy crew present at Manus (Nov 1944); repair personnel

   Limitations

   Official Navy damage assessment naming this hull - documents a shipboard blast-damage event requiring repair, i.e., a documented disturbance event aboard the hull, but contains no information about materials disturbed or repaired and no asbestos content. Does not establish exposure.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-abarenda-ix131-06

8. [8]uboat.net 'Ships hit by U-boats' entry for steam tanker Acme (Guðmundur Helgason's compilation, ships-attacked database 1451) - corroborated by MARAD Vessel History Detail 5633 captioned official Navy photographs and the MARAD 4/20/1942 WSA delivery milestone [other_primary]

   Locator

   uboat.net allies/merchants/1451 - Acme entry (attack data block: date 17 Mar 1942, U-124, position 35-06N 75-23W, complement 31 / 11 dead + 20 survivors; narrative notes); MARAD Detail 5633 photo captions

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   As SS Acme the hull was torpedoed on 17 Mar 1942 at ~2352 about one nautical mile west of the Diamond Shoals Light Buoy off North Carolina (position 35-06N, 75-23W) by German submarine U-124 (Johann Mohr) while unescorted and unarmed, en route New York to Corpus Christi, Texas. The explosion destroyed the engine room and blew away the rudder and propeller; eleven of her crew were killed (one officer and ten men) and four wounded; six officers and 14 men abandoned ship in two lifeboats and were rescued by USCGC Dione (WPC-107) and landed at Norfolk; USS Dickerson (DD-157) was two miles distant. The tanker grounded in shallow water, was towed by Navy and Coast Guard vessels to Lynnhaven Roads, Va., then to Newport News for repairs, and was delivered to the War Shipping Administration under a time-charter agreement on 20 Apr 1942 while still under repair; WSA obtained full title in Sept 1943. MARAD's ACME record independently corroborates the event via official Navy photographs captioned 'Acme, partially submerged at stern after torpedo attack by German U-boat. March 1942.'

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-29

   Study period

   1942-1943

   Population

   Merchant crew of Acme (Mar 1942); Newport News repair workforce (1942-43)

   Limitations

   uboat.net is a specialist secondary compilation, not an official record - the submarine ID, casualty count, and narrative detail rest on it, while the fact and timing of the torpedo damage are corroborated by official Navy/USCG photographs in the MARAD record. Documents a severe engine-room destruction and multi-month rebuild - a major material-disturbance and renewal event - but names no materials and contains no asbestos information.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-abarenda-ix131-07

9. [9]NavSource IX-131 Specifications block (machinery documentation) + Shipscribe IX-131 class record machinery line - the asbestos content is era/design inference, not stated by either source [other_primary]

   Locator

   NavSource IX-131 Specifications 'Propulsion' lines; Shipscribe IX-131 class header 'Machinery'

   Finding type

   asbestos_application

   Finding

   The hull's documented plant - three single-ended Scotch boilers at 200 psi saturated steam feeding one vertical triple-expansion reciprocating engine of 2,500 shp, with reciprocating-drive DC generators - is a marine steam installation of the type for which era practice lagged boilers, steam drums, piping, and engine cylinders with asbestos-containing insulation, and for which steam-system gaskets, packing, and insulation felts of the period commonly contained asbestos. All fitting periods of this hull (1916 original construction; 1942-43 post-torpedo rebuild; 1943-44 Navy outfitting) predate the Navy's early-1970s substitution of alternative insulation materials.

   Verification

   inferred

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-29

   Study period

   1916-1948

   Population

   Union Iron Works construction trades (1916); Newport News repair workforce (1942-43); merchant engine crew (1916-1942, 1946-1948); USCG-manned engine-room crew (1944-1946)

   Limitations

   Era/design inference only - the cited sources document the machinery but say nothing about insulation materials; no insulation specification, hull survey, or construction-materials record was located for this hull. The inference spans three periods: 1916 merchant construction (WWI-era marine practice, undocumented here), the 1942-43 wartime repair (WWII-era practice per Corn & Starr, ev-09), and Navy-era maintenance (pre-substitution era per GAO, ev-10). Does not establish quantity, location, present-day presence (hull scrapped 1948), individual exposure, or causation.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-abarenda-ix131-08

10. [10]Corn, Jacqueline Karnell, and Jennifer Starr, 'Historical perspective on asbestos: Policies and protective measures in World War II shipbuilding,' American Journal of Industrial Medicine 11(3):359-373 (1987) [other_primary]

    Locator

    Abstract and article, AJIM 11(3):359-373

    Finding type

    asbestos_application

    Finding

    Peer-reviewed historical study documents that asbestos was used extensively as a fireproofing and insulating material in U.S. shipbuilding during WWII - the era covering this hull's documented 1942-43 engine-room rebuild at Newport News and its 1943-44 Navy outfitting for floating-storage service - and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization aboard merchant-type hulls.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    context

    Documentation level

    class_or_era

    Accessed

    2026-09-29

    Study period

    1940s era documented; article 1987

    Population

    WWII shipyard workers and ship crews (class context)

    Limitations

    Program/era-level scholarly documentation of asbestos use in WWII shipbuilding and repair generally; does not name this vessel and does not establish that asbestos was or remained aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation. Covers the 1942-44 periods only - it does not document the hull's original 1916 merchant construction.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-abarenda-ix131-09

11. [11]GAO, 'Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure,' HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]

    Locator

    GAO product page HRD-80-2 (product-page description; full text not retrieved - gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches)

    Finding type

    gov_survey

    Finding

    GAO documented that the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships and did not begin substituting alternative insulation materials until the early 1970s - every insulation installation aboard this hull (1916 construction; 1942-43 repair; 1943-44 Navy outfitting) predates the substitution era.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    context

    Documentation level

    class_or_era

    Accessed

    2026-09-29

    Study period

    report 1979; era coverage to early 1970s

    Population

    Navy ship workers and crews generally (class context)

    Limitations

    Program-level documentation of Navy-wide asbestos practice; does not name this vessel and supports era context only. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov 403 to automation) - description via product page, consistent with the standing GAO-fetch limitation noted in BATCH-01.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-abarenda-ix131-10

12. [12]Shipscribe IX-131 class notes (construction chronology) + MARAD Detail 5630/5633 (Union Iron Works, Official No. 214173, Socony Vacuum delivery to WSA) + USCG Historian file (built as Acme, Union Iron Works) [other_primary]

    Locator

    Shipscribe Class Notes paragraph (fifteen 453-ft tankers; EFC Design 1047 designation followed at Alameda); MARAD milestones/characteristics; DANFS/NavSource 'built for USSB' phrasing corrected

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Source discrepancies resolved: (a) DANFS and NavSource state Acme was 'built for the United States Shipping Board' (USSB) - anachronistic: the ship was launched 29 Apr 1916 and delivered 22 Jun 1916, while the USSB was created 7 Sep 1916 and the Emergency Fleet Corporation 16 Apr 1917; Shipscribe's class record confirms Union Iron Works began the 453-ft tanker series commercially in 1916 and that the EFC Design 1047 designation attached to a later Alameda-built order for the same type. The correct statement: Acme was built for Standard Transportation Co. (Standard Oil of New York), and her design was later adopted as EFC Design 1047. (b) Owner/operator sequence from merchant registry sources: Standard Transportation Co. (1916-1931), Standard-Vacuum Transportation Co. (1931-1935), Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. (1935-1942), WSA (1942-43 charter, title Sept 1943).

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    correction

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-29

    Study period

    1916-1943

    Limitations

    Corrects the USSB/EFC builder attribution in DANFS-derived sources using fixed dates (launch predates both organizations) plus Shipscribe's account that the design was adopted as EFC 1047 later. The 1916 owner sequence (Standard Transportation et al.) is corroborated across NavSource, uboat.net (Socony-Vacuum owner, 1942), and the MARAD WSA-delivery milestone; the 1931/1935 owner-transition dates rest on the merchant-registry compilation summarized in secondary sources.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-abarenda-ix131-11

13. [13]CourtListener API v4 search (authenticated), queries per search_ledger [court_record]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-abarenda-ix131-07a, -07b, -07c

    Finding type

    litigation_documented

    Finding

    CourtListener opinion searches (authenticated API v4, 2026-09-29): '"Abarenda"' returned 3 hits, all non-qualifying - Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Chiles, 214 U.S. 274 (1909), a telegraph-penalty/federal-jurisdiction case involving the earlier namesake collier USS Abarenda (AC-13) at Norfolk Navy Yard, a different hull; United States v. Fong, 182 F. Supp. 446 (N.D. Cal. 1958), a False Claims Act matter against Asia Development Corp., this hull's 1948 scrap purchaser (other litigation, not vessel conditions); Tauanuu v. Lei, 1 Am. Samoa 621 (1902), name token in metadata, not the hull. '"IX-131"' returned 10 hits, all token noise (Roman-numeral/section-number collisions; e.g., State v. Gorman, 2004 ME 90; In re Major Dynamics, 14 B.R. 969). '"SS Acme"' returned 0 results. No opinion concerning asbestos exposure aboard this hull was located.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    negative_finding

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-29

    Study period

    2026-09-29

    Limitations

    Sweep covers opinions indexed by CourtListener only - it does not reach unindexed dockets, state-court filings, settled claims, or administrative claims (incl. VA or Navy-era claims), and absence of an indexed opinion is not proof no litigation ever involved the hull. The bare merchant name 'Acme' was not separately queried - as a common trade name it guarantees noise without signal (a hit could not be attributed to this hull without a corroborating official-number reference); the scoped '"SS Acme"' probe returned zero.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-abarenda-ix131-12

14. [14]Batch-4701 search ledger (this record): DANFS via Wayback; MARAD Details 5630/5633; Shipscribe IX-131 class; NavSource IX-131; USCG Historian webcutters file; Manus war diary; uboat.net Acme; CourtListener opinion searches; web search for surveys/abatement/vendor pages [other_primary]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-abarenda-ix131-01 through -09

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming USS Abarenda (IX-131), SS Acme (Official No. 214173), or the hull's merchant identity was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). Law-firm/lead-generation surfaces were checked: freeasbestostesting.com lists 'USS Abarenda (AC-13/AG-14)' and 'USS Abarenda (AG-14)' - i.e., the first Abarenda, a different hull - and no IX-131 ship-specific vendor page content was confirmed (asbestos-ships.com returned its generic directory). Excluded per source rules regardless.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    negative_finding

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-29

    Study period

    2026-09-29

    Limitations

    Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1916 steam plant with a documented 1942-43 engine-room rebuild is era-consistent with asbestos-containing insulation and materials. Hull scrapped 1948, pre-dating asbestos-regulatory documentation; this row does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-abarenda-ix131-13

15. [15]NARA record-group guides (RG 24 Navy deck logs; NARA still-picture holdings) + MARAD Vessel History Database status-card/document holdings + OAC finding aids for SF Maritime NHP collections HDC0345 (SAFR 17494) and HDC0126 (SAFR 15793) [other_primary]

    Locator

    archives.gov deck-log guidance; MARAD Details 5630/5633 Status Cards/Documents tabs; OAC findaid ark:/13030/c8wd4632 (HDC0345) and ark:/13030/c8sf30c6 (HDC0126)

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Archival leads not retrieved: NARA RG 24 deck logs for IX-131 (Apr 1944-Feb 1946) and BuShips/Ship's History files; NARA still photo 80-G-177204 (Bureau of Ships photo of Acme under tow after the 17 Mar 1942 torpedoing); MARAD status-card scans (3 on Detail 5630) and uploaded historical documents (7 on Detail 5633); San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park Union Iron Works records - Bethlehem Steel Corp., Shipbuilding Division, San Francisco records HDC0345/SAFR 17494 (order books, specifications, ~50,000 Pier 70 plans) and John Thomas Scott papers HDC0126 (UIW vessel plans) - may hold the yard-no.-125 order/specification file. No paid reproduction or archival retrieval was authorized for this batch.

    Verification

    unverified

    Role

    archival_lead

    Documentation level

    context_only

    Accessed

    2026-09-29

    Study period

    record coverage 1916-1948

    Limitations

    Pointers only - the referenced files were not retrieved or read; their contents are unknown and may or may not contain materials/insulation information. The UIW collections predate/span the hull's 1916 construction and are the most plausible locus of a builder's specification for yard no. 125. Logged so the search path is reproducible.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-abarenda-ix131-14