USS Achernar (AKA-53)

Name
USS Achernar
Hull designation
AKA-53
Vessel class
Andromeda
Evidence tier
Tier 2
Evidence entries
11
Record ID
uss-achernar-aka53
Dataset version
2026.10.12-rc.1
Canonical URL
https://asbestosatlas.org/ships/uss-achernar-aka53

Evidence

11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).

  1. [1]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 3 (NAVSHIPS 250-012, 1945), auxiliaries - cargo ships, attack (AKA) section, per-hull rows for ACHERNAR AKA-53 (shipscribe.com scan of the official BuShips publication) [other_primary]
    Locator
    SDB1945v3 AKA tables pp. 112-117 (dimensions, limiting/accommodations, machinery, armament/cargo, construction rows for ACHERNAR AKA-53)
    Finding type
    vessel_history
    Finding
    Official BuShips Ships' Data 1945 Vol. 3 carries a per-hull row for ACHERNAR AKA-53 (ex-M.C. Hull 208): 459'2" overall / 435'0" waterline; beam 63'0"; 26'4" limiting draft; 16.5 knots trial; 13,910 tons trial displacement / 14,200 tons limiting; accommodations 66 officers + 363 enlisted; largest boom 30 tons; machinery 1 General Electric turbine, 6,000 shp, single propeller, with 2 Foster Wheeler 'D'-type boilers at 450 psi / 750 deg F; armament 1 x 5"/38 cal (D.P.) + 4 twin 40mm; cargo 444,000 cu ft non-refrigerated / 4,900 DWT; builder Federal S.B. & D.D. Co., Kearny, N.J.; acquired 29 Jan 1944; year built 1943; commissioned 31 Jan 1944.
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    supporting
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-09-21
    Study period
    1945
    Limitations
    Authoritative wartime BuShips publication naming this hull - confirms identity, machinery plant, manning, builder, and commissioning. OCR of the scanned table is columnar and partially garbled; values cross-verified against DANFS, NavSource, and MARAD. Contains no materials, insulation, or asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-achernar-aka53-01
  2. [2]DANFS, 'Achernar (AKA-53)' entry, Naval History and Heritage Command (published 2015-06-11; live NHHC URL returns 404 - verbatim text retrieved via Internet Archive Wayback capture 20251208200026; identical DANFS text mirrored at ibiblio.org HyperWar and hazegray/losthistory.net) [nhhc_danfs]
    Locator
    DANFS entry body text (Wayback capture 20251208200026; published timestamp 2015-06-11)
    Finding type
    vessel_history
    Finding
    NHHC records: laid down under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 208) 6 Sep 1943 at Kearny, N.J., by Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Co.; launched 3 Dec 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Adela Rogers St. John; acquired 29 Jan 1944; commissioned 31 Jan 1944, Comdr. H. R. Stevens in command. Conversion and fitting out at New York Navy Yard; shakedown Chesapeake Bay; Convoy CU-18 to Swansea, Wales (arrived 30 Mar 1944). Designated 1st Army headquarters ship 1 Jun 1944; anchored Baie de la Seine on D-Day 6 Jun and served as nerve center five days; southern France assault 15 Aug 1944 (embarked 36th Division; received casualties and 13 German POWs). Norfolk Navy Yard repair/overhaul Nov 1944; Panama Canal transit 25 Dec 1944; Pearl Harbor 10 Jan 1945. Off Okinawa 1 Apr 1945; at 0043 on 2 Apr a kamikaze hit the starboard side with a near-simultaneous bomb explosion port side - fires, slight port list, 5 killed and 41 wounded; fires out by 0100; casualties transferred to Solace (AH-5); temporary repairs at Hagushi anchorage and Kerama Retto; on station until 19 Apr. San Francisco drydock repairs May-Jul 1945; at Pearl Harbor on V-J Day; Magic Carpet; Seattle 28 Nov 1945 - collision with S.S. H.H. Raymond in a storm, drydock repairs from 22 Dec. NTS 1946; MSTS 1 Oct 1949; Barex-49 supply expedition to Point Barrow Aug 1949. Korean War: completed overhaul at Hunters Point Naval Shipyard; sailed 7 Jul 1950; Inchon landing 15 Sep 1950; Wonsan (1st Marine Division elements) 25 Oct; 2nd Infantry Division lift to Wonsan; escorted mine-damaged Brush (DD-745) and Mansfield (DD-728) to San Francisco arriving 17 Dec 1950. Aleutians cargo run early 1951; Norfolk 3 Apr 1951, Amphibious Force Atlantic Fleet. Decommissioned 18 Feb 1956, in reserve at Orange, Tex. Recommissioned at New Orleans 1 Sep 1961; Amphibious Squadron 6, Atlantic Fleet; Virginia Capes exercises. Out of commission second time 1 Jul 1963 and transferred to the U.S. Maritime Administration; reacquired by the Navy 29 Jan 1964; transferred to the government of Spain 2 Feb 1965; served as Castilla (TA-21) 'until she was scrapped in 1982.' Three battle stars WWII; three battle stars Korean War.
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    supporting
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-09-21
    Study period
    1943-1982
    Population
    Wartime crew (~429 accommodations) plus embarked Army/Marine troops; shipyard workforces at New York Navy Yard (1944 conversion), Norfolk Navy Yard (Nov 1944), San Francisco drydock (May-Jul 1945 battle-damage repair), Hunters Point NSY (1950 overhaul)
    Limitations
    Primary Navy historical entry - authoritative for service history, custody chain, and disposal. Contains no asbestos or materials information; supports no asbestos claim. Live NHHC page 404s (standing link rot, cf. BATCH-01); the Wayback capture is the verbatim NHHC text. Two internal DANFS defects logged as gaps/correction: the 'scrapped in 1982' line conflicts with Spanish-list strike 1 Jan 1982 plus scrapping 1987 in other sources; the '(Lieutenant General Courtney Hodges commanding)' parenthetical is wrong for June 1944 (Bradley commanded First Army until 1 Aug 1944 - see correction row ev-06).
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-achernar-aka53-02
  3. [3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive - USS Achernar (AKA-53), file 10/02/02053 (contributed by Al Grazevich) [other_primary]
    Locator
    NavSource 02053.htm - specifications block, campaign tables, occupation/China-service tables, awards list, timeline, photo captions (La Carraca disposal photo Sep 1981)
    Finding type
    vessel_history
    Finding
    NavSource timeline corroborates DANFS and adds detail: MC type C2-S-B1, MC hull 208, Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Kearny; TransRon Seventeen (COMO T.B. Brittan) / TransDiv Fifty (CAPT R.W. Abbot); campaigns - Invasion of Normandy 6-25 Jun 1944, Invasion of southern France 15-25 Sep 1944 (NavSource dates; DANFS narrative shows assault 15 Aug), Okinawa Gunto 1-19 Apr 1945; occupation periods 30 Oct-16 Nov 1945 and 9-22 Feb 1946; China Service 25 Feb-19 Mar and 13-22 Jun 1946; NTS 1946, MSTS 1 Oct 1949; Korea campaigns - North Korean Aggression 18 Sep-30 Oct 1950, Inchon Landing 13-17 Sep 1950, Communist China Aggression 14-18 Nov 1950; Orange TX Atlantic Reserve Fleet; recommissioned 1 Sep 1961 New Orleans; struck and sold to Spain under MAP 2 Feb 1965; Spanish service as TA-21, named Castilla Dec 1965, reserve 1980, struck Spanish list 1 Jan 1982. Awards list incl. retroactive Combat Action Ribbon (Jun 1944, 2 Apr 1945), 5 KIA/41 WIA Purple Hearts. Spec block: 6,556 t light / 13,900 t full; 459'2" x 63' x 26'4"; 16.5 kt; 60 off + 363 enl; boom 30 t; cargo 4,900 DWT / 444,000 cu ft non-refrig; armament 1x5"/38 DP + 4 twin 40mm + 18x20mm; boats 8 LCM + 1 LCP(L) + 15 LCVP; propulsion 1 GE steam turbine, 2 Foster Wheeler 'D'-type boilers 450 psi/750 deg F, double GE main reduction gears, 3 turbo-drive 300kW ship's service generators, single screw 6,000 shp; fuel 10,900 bbls NSFO.
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    supporting
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-09-21
    Study period
    1943-1987
    Limitations
    Specialist secondary compilation - detailed but non-official; consistent with NHHC/MARAD on the main chain. Three data defects logged in gaps: (a) 'Decommissioned, 1 July 1964' line contradicts its own 'Reacquired by the Navy, 29 January 1964' sequence and DANFS/shipscribe (1 Jul 1963) - almost certainly a typo; (b) 'Decommissioned, 18 May 1956' conflicts with DANFS 18 Feb 1956; (c) 'scrapped in 1987' conflicts with DANFS 'scrapped in 1982' and (d) 'in service in the Spanish Navy as TA-21 in 1964' precedes the 2 Feb 1965 transfer. Contains no asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-achernar-aka53-03
  4. [4]U.S. Maritime Administration, ShipHistory database - ACHERNAR (AKA-53), Ship History Detail 24, incl. scanned vessel status card (ACHERNAR.pdf); duplicate stub record Detail 12328 also located [marad_nrc]
    Locator
    ShipHistory Detail 24 registry block, milestone table, documents tab (ACHERNAR.pdf status-card scan, 1 p.); duplicate Detail 12328
    Finding type
    vessel_history
    Finding
    MARAD ShipHistory registry record for this hull: Year Built 1944; Shipyard 'Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock'; General Type Naval Auxiliary; Specific Type 'AKA Attack Cargo Ship'; MARAD Type C2-S-B1; length 459.10 ft; beam 63.00 ft; gross 6,100 tons; fate 'Transferred - Foreign'; vessel name history ACHERNAR (AKA-53) -> CASTILLA; missions WWII, Korean War. Milestones: Entry 11 Oct 1962 'Entered Hudson River Reserve Fleet'; Acquisition 1 Jul 1963 'MARAD took title from US Navy'; Transfer 22 Jul 1964 'MARAD transferred vessel to US Navy'; Withdrawal 22 Jul 1964 'Vessel departed fleet upon transfer to US Navy.' The scanned status card (ACHERNAR.pdf, handwritten, partially legible) corroborates: 10-11-62 Navy Dept -> Reserve Fleet at Hudson River (Navy layup custody); 7-1-63 Navy Dept -> Maritime Admin (permanent transfer); 7-22-64 Maritime Administration -> Department of the Navy at Hudson River (permanent transfer).
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    supporting
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-09-21
    Study period
    1943-1982
    Population
    NDRF Hudson River Reserve Fleet caretakers (1962-1964)
    Limitations
    Authoritative MARAD registry plus a handwritten status-card scan whose OCR/palaeography is only partially legible. Milestone 11 Oct 1962 (entered Hudson River Reserve Fleet) precedes both the 1 Jul 1963 decommissioning and title transfer - physical fleet entry vs legal custody stages; the 22 Jul 1964 MARAD->Navy transfer conflicts with DANFS 'reacquired by the Navy on 29 January 1964' (unresolved, logged in gaps). A duplicate stub record (Detail 12328, 'Year Built 1943', fate 'Sold -NTU', Vietnam War mission tag, no milestones/documents) exists for the same hull - a registry artifact logged in gaps. Contains no asbestos, materials, or condition-survey information; supports no asbestos claim.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-achernar-aka53-04
  5. [5]Shipscribe U.S. Navy auxiliary ships data sheets, 'USS Andromeda (AKA-15) Class' page (Stephen S. Roberts compilation from Navy registers, BuShips/SCB design records, and MARAD files) [other_primary]
    Locator
    AKA-15 class page: characteristics block, armament table, construction table (AKA-53 row), disposition table (AKA-53 row), class notes
    Finding type
    vessel_history
    Finding
    Ship-design compilation naming this hull in the class tables: ACHERNAR AKA-53 acquired 29 Jan 44, Federal SB & DD Kearny, keel 6 Sep 43, launched 3 Dec 43, commissioned 31 Jan 44; disposition row - decommissioned 1 Jul 63, strike 1 Jan 82, disposal 2 Feb 65 'Trf.' (transferred), MA Sale 13 May 82. Class-level context: all ships of the class built to the MC C2-S-B1 design; AKA-53 was in the FY 1944 group (AKA 53/111) and was completed under the Maritime Commission Military Program. Class notes record the acquisition history - MC hulls 199-204 at Federal initially selected to become AKA 15-20, with hulls 200-202 reallocated for conversion to AGC 1-3 and hulls 205-207 substituted; AKA-53 (MC hull 208) followed in the next increment. Armament tables list AKA-53 configurations over time (1-5"/38 + 4-40mmT + 18-20mm in 1944-46; later 4-40mmT only by 1957-61).
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    supporting
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-09-21
    Study period
    1942-1982
    Population
    Federal Shipbuilding construction workforce (1943-44); New York Navy Yard conversion workforce (Jan-Feb 1944); wartime crew and embarked troops
    Limitations
    Compiled secondary transcription of official Navy register, design, and MARAD records, not the registers themselves; figures used where consistent with NHHC/SDB/MARAD. Its class-level complement (249, 1944) conflicts with the SDB accommodations row and DANFS (429) - discrepancy logged in gaps. The 'Strike 1 Jan 82' entry aligns with the Spanish Navy List strike date, not a US-register event (the US strike is reported at the 2 Feb 1965 transfer). Contains no asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-achernar-aka53-05
  6. [6]U.S. Army Center of Military History, CMH Pub 70-60, 'A Command Post at War: First Army Headquarters in Europe, 1943-1945' (official Army history); corroborated by the Army's Normandy campaign pamphlet and unithistories First Army command listing (Bradley 1944-01-01 to 1944-07-31; Hodges from 1944-08-01) [other_primary]
    Locator
    CMH Pub 70-60 (First Army HQ history); HyperWar USA-C-Normandy (Bradley heads First Army for the landings); unithistories.com First Army command listing
    Finding type
    historical_record
    Finding
    DANFS states Achernar was 'designated the 1st Army's headquarters ship (Lieutenant General Courtney Hodges commanding)' on 1 June 1944. The Hodges parenthetical is incorrect for that date: the official Army history records that the First Army headquarters under Generals Omar N. Bradley and (later) Courtney H. Hodges oversaw the D-Day landings, and Bradley commanded the First Army at Normandy until Hodges assumed command on 1 August 1944. The headquarters-ship designation and D-Day service are themselves DANFS-documented and undisputed; only the named commanding general in the parenthetical is wrong.
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    correction
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-09-21
    Study period
    1944
    Limitations
    Corrects a personnel parenthetical inside the official Navy history using the official Army history - the ship's role as First Army headquarters ship at Normandy (and the secondary-source claim that Bradley ran the landings from her anchorage in Baie de la Seine) is unaffected. No asbestos content in any of these sources; this row supports no asbestos claim.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-achernar-aka53-06
  7. [7]Consolidated era/design inference - BuShips SDB 1945 v3 machinery row for this hull + MC C2-S-B1 type data (MARAD registry; shipscribe AKA-15 class page) [other_primary]
    Locator
    SDB1945v3 machinery table, AKA section (ACHERNAR row); MARAD Detail 24 (C2-S-B1 type); shipscribe AKA-15 class page; DANFS repair/layup narrative
    Finding type
    asbestos_application
    Finding
    Era/design inference: this hull carried a geared-turbine steam plant (one General Electric turbine, double reduction gears, single screw; two Foster Wheeler 'D'-type boilers at 450 psi / 750 deg F, plus three turbo-drive 300 kW ship's service generators) built and converted at the peak of WWII asbestos usage at a Maritime Commission program yard - the machinery configuration for which boiler and fireroom insulation, main and auxiliary steam-line lagging, turbine and turbo-generator lagging, valve and flange gaskets, machinery packing, and accommodation/joiner insulation of the period were commonly asbestos-containing. Five cargo holds, troop/staff accommodations (66+363 ship's company plus embarked Army headquarters staff and troops), and cargo winches/windlass added insulation and brake-lining scope. Documented disturbance-phase events for this hull: Jan-Feb 1944 AKA conversion at New York Navy Yard; Nov 1944 Norfolk Navy Yard overhaul; Apr-Jul 1945 kamikaze battle-damage repairs (field repairs at Hagushi/Kerama Retto then San Francisco drydock); Dec 1945 collision repairs; 1950 Hunters Point NSY overhaul; five years Orange TX reserve layup (1956-1961); Hudson River NDRF layup (1962-1964); and post-1965 Spanish Navy service through scrapping.
    Verification
    inferred
    Role
    supporting
    Documentation level
    class_or_era
    Accessed
    2026-09-21
    Study period
    1943-1987
    Population
    Construction and conversion trades at Federal Shipbuilding Kearny (1943-44) and New York Navy Yard (1944); repair crews at Norfolk Navy Yard (1944), Hagushi/Kerama Retto (1945), San Francisco drydock (1945, 1945-46), Hunters Point NSY (1950); wartime crew and embarked troops; NDRF caretakers (1956-61, 1962-64); Spanish Navy crew and Spanish disposal workers (1965-1987)
    Limitations
    Inference from the documented machinery plant, construction era, and documented repair/layup events - NOT a hull record. No survey, specification, or material schedule naming AKA-53 was located; establishes no asbestos content, quantity, location, individual exposure, or causation.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-achernar-aka53-07
  8. [8]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 and Maritime Commission construction/conversion program under which this C2-S-B1 attack cargo ship was built and converted - and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization in shipbuilding.
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    context
    Documentation level
    class_or_era
    Accessed
    2026-09-21
    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 generally; does not name this vessel or class and does not establish that asbestos was or remains aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-achernar-aka53-08
  9. [9]Fleischer, W.E., Viles, F.J. Jr., Gade, R.L., and Drinker, P., 'A health survey of pipe covering operations in constructing naval vessels,' J Ind Hyg Toxicol 28(1):9-16 (Jan 1946), PMID 21016030 [other_primary]
    Locator
    PubMed record PMID 21016030; article pp. 9-16 (pipe covering material section)
    Finding type
    gov_survey
    Finding
    The U.S. Maritime Commission-commissioned industrial-hygiene survey of WWII pipe-covering operations at two Navy yards and two Navy contract yards documented that 'an important ingredient of pipe covering material used on U.S. Navy vessels is amosite' - i.e., asbestos insulation was standard material in wartime naval-vessel construction of exactly this hull's era and type.
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    context
    Documentation level
    class_or_era
    Accessed
    2026-09-21
    Study period
    survey ~1944-45; published 1946
    Population
    WWII pipe coverers and insulators at Navy and contract yards (era context)
    Limitations
    Era-level documentation of asbestos use in naval construction generally; does not name this vessel, class, or builder yard (whether Federal Shipbuilding Kearny or New York Navy Yard was among the surveyed sites is unverified) and establishes nothing about this hull's materials, condition, or any individual exposure. (The study's exculpatory 'not a dangerous occupation' conclusion has since been heavily criticized - see the 2026 critique at DOI 10.1177/10482911261446696.)
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-achernar-aka53-09
  10. [10]Batch-1033 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS via Wayback; ibiblio HyperWar + hazegray mirrors; NavSource 02053; MARAD ShipHistory Detail 24 + ACHERNAR.pdf status card (+ duplicate Detail 12328); BuShips SDB 1945 v3; shipscribe AKA-15 class page; CourtListener (blocked); indexed-web litigation checks; VA BVA index; NARA record-group guides [other_primary]
    Locator
    search_ledger rows sl-uss-achernar-aka53-01 through sl-uss-achernar-aka53-12
    Finding type
    historical_record
    Finding
    No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, court finding, or docketed asbestos case naming USS Achernar / AKA-53 / MC hull 208 / Castilla TA-21 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The only litigation-adjacent 'Achernar' hit is a name collision - Achernar Broadcasting Co. v. FCC, 62 F.3d 1441 (D.C. Cir. 1995), a broadcasting company - not this hull and not asbestos. VA BVA index checks returned no decision naming the ship. Law-firm marketing pages (asbestos-ships.com dedicated hull page; simmonsfirm.com and mesotheliomaveterans.org navy-ship lists) assert era-typical asbestos content for this hull without primary support - excluded as a source per the no-law-firm-sources rule and logged in the batch report.
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    negative_finding
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-09-21
    Study period
    2026-09-21
    Limitations
    Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1943-44 geared-turbine steam auxiliary is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials, and the documented battle-damage, overhaul, layup, and foreign-transfer phases are undocumented disturbance windows. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility. Systematic CourtListener name/hull sweeps were blocked: all API attempts on 2026-09-21 returned HTTP 429 'Rate limit exceeded: 2800/day' (shared key quota exhausted by prior batch work on this machine; retry-after ~55-57 min) - backed off per batch instruction rather than retrying into a ban; negative litigation coverage rests on indexed-web checking.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-achernar-aka53-10
  11. [11]NARA Guide to Federal Records: RG 24 (Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel - Navy deck logs), RG 38 (Office of the Chief of Naval Operations - war diaries), RG 19 (Records of the Bureau of Ships), RG 178 (Records of the U.S. Maritime Commission), RG 357 (Records of the Maritime Administration); MARAD ShipHistory documents section for this hull [other_primary]
    Locator
    https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/024.html ; /groups/038.html ; /groups/019.html ; /groups/178.html ; /groups/357.html ; https://vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/24 (status-card scan)
    Finding type
    historical_record
    Finding
    Archival leads (not retrieved - requires research-room or reproduction order; no spend authorized): Navy deck logs for USS Achernar 1944-1963 (RG 24, NARA College Park); the ship's WWII/Korea war diaries (RG 38); BuShips records incl. C2-S-B1 contract plans and AKA conversion specifications for the New York Navy Yard work (RG 19); USMC construction-contract records for MC hull 208 at Federal Shipbuilding (RG 178); MARAD/NDRF custody files covering the 1962-1964 Hudson River lay-up, the 1964 re-transfer to the Navy, and the 1965 Mutual Assistance Program sale to Spain (RG 357) - the MAP sale file and any Spanish-disposal documentation are the most promising disposal-era leads; post-retrieval, the remaining MARAD Detail 24 status-card scans may carry additional custody entries.
    Verification
    unverified
    Role
    archival_lead
    Documentation level
    context_only
    Accessed
    2026-09-21
    Study period
    1943-1987 records
    Limitations
    Record-group mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; existence of asbestos-specific documents for this hull is unknown until surveyed in person. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-achernar-aka53-11

Attribution

Compiled by
Paul Danziger; Rod de Llano
Publisher
Danziger & De Llano, LLP
License
CC-BY-4.0
Citation
Danziger, P., and De Llano, R. (2026). AsbestosAtlas Navy Vessel Asbestos Exposure Dataset. Danziger & De Llano, LLP. DOI: not yet assigned
Dataset version
asbestosatlas-ships-2026.10.12-rc.1
DOI
not yet assigned