USS Admiral E. W. Eberle (AP-123)

Evidence

16 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-16).

1. [1]research packet cj-packet.md (5 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Evidence ID

   uss-admiral-e-w-eberle-ap123-pkt-cj-packet-md

2. [2]Naval History and Heritage Command, DANFS, 'Admiral E. W. Eberle' entry (published 2015-06-11) [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   DANFS ship entry, full text; NHHC serves 404 to non-browser clients - live-verified via browser-engine fetch; canonical indexed URL is the /content/history/nhhc/... form of the same path

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   DANFS entry for Admiral E. W. Eberle (AP-123): laid down 15 Feb 1943 under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 681) by Bethlehem Steel Corp., Alameda, CA; launched 14 Jun 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Earl Warren; acquired by the Navy and commissioned 24 Jan 1945, Capt. G. C. Carlstedt USCG in command; operated by the Naval Transportation Service and manned largely by Coast Guard personnel. WWII service: San Francisco departure 6 Mar 1945, New Guinea (Finschhafen, Hollandia, Manus - aircraft crash into starboard side killed one aboard, wounded five), Leyte, Manila (2,000+ interned civilians embarked), San Pedro 2 May; Naples 4 Jun, Trinidad 18 Jun, Le Havre (4,000+ troops) to Norfolk 6 Jul; Marseilles troops to Luzon via Panama Canal and Ulithi 29 Aug; Seattle upkeep; three Japan/Korea voyages Oct 1945-Mar 1946. Decommissioned 8 May 1946, returned to Maritime Commission for Army transfer; name struck from Navy list Jun 1946; renamed General Simon B. Buckner under the Army. Characteristics line: dp 20,120; l 608'11"; b 75'6"; s 19 k; cpl 618; a 4 5", 8 40mm, 16 20mm; cl Admiral W. S. Benson; T P2-SE2-R1.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-10-05

   Study period

   1943-1946

   Population

   USCG-manned crew (618 per DANFS characteristics); embarked troops and repatriated internees

   Limitations

   Official Navy ship history. Contains no asbestos, insulation-material, or hazmat statement; supports no asbestos claim. Establishes construction, crewing, voyage history, and 1946 disposition only.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-admiral-e-w-eberle-ap123-01

3. [3]Naval History and Heritage Command, DANFS, 'General Simon B. Buckner' entry (published 2015-07-10) [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   DANFS ship entry, full text; NHHC serves 404 to non-browser clients - live-verified via browser-engine fetch

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   DANFS entry for General Simon B. Buckner: Admiral E. W. Eberle (AP-123) was reacquired by the Navy from the Army Transport Service 1 Mar 1950 and assigned to MSTS with a civilian crew; steamed the Pacific throughout the Korean conflict transporting troops and equipment to Japan and staging areas; departed San Francisco 15 Feb 1955 for New York and then made over 130 Atlantic voyages to Bremerhaven, Southampton, and the Mediterranean over the next 10 years; Aug-Dec 1965 two Vietnam cruises between Atlantic runs; Aug-Oct 1966 San Francisco-Da Nang round trip followed by another Vietnam voyage before returning to the Atlantic and entering ready reserve status.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-10-05

   Study period

   1950-1967

   Population

   Civilian MSTS crew; embarked troops and dependents

   Limitations

   Official Navy ship history for the MSTS-era identity. Contains no asbestos, insulation-material, or hazmat statement; supports no asbestos claim. Does not state an out-of-service date; the companion Eberle entry implies SE Asia support 'until President Nixon's Vietnamization program' while NavSource records out of service 1967 - carried in gaps.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-admiral-e-w-eberle-ap123-02

4. [4]NavSource Naval History, 'USNS General Simon B. Buckner (T-AP-123)' archive page (maintained by Gary P. Priolo; last updated 2024-06-28) [reputable_press]

   Locator

   Timeline block, specifications block, awards/campaign tables, commanding-officer table, photo captions

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NavSource Service Ship Photo Archive page for the hull: full name sequence (USS AP-123 > USAT Admiral E. W. Eberle > USAT General Simon B. Buckner > USNS T-AP-123); specifications (9,676 lt / 20,120 fl tons; 608'11" x 75'6" x 26'11"; 19 kn; complement 38 officers + 361 enlisted; troop accommodations 280 officers + 4,431 enlisted; cargo 100,000 cu ft; armament 4 x 5"/38, 4 twin 40mm, 14 twin 20mm mounts; propulsion 4 Combustion Engineering D-type boilers 600 psi/840 deg F, 2 GE turbo-electric engines, 2 propellers, 18,000 shp, 4x400kW AC + 2x200kW DC ship's service generators; fuel NSFO 25,600 bbl + diesel 350 bbl); WWII awards incl. Navy Occupation Service Medal Asia clasp (4-18 Nov 1945, 15-22 Feb 1946); Korean War service Jul 1950-Jul 1954 incl. Inchon Landing 15-17 Sep 1950 (one battle star); Vietnam campaign credit 'Vietnamese Counteroffensive-Phase II, September and November 1967' (one campaign star); Coast Guard-manned in WWII; COs Capt. George C. Carlstedt USCG (Jan-Sep 1945) and Capt. Kenneth K. Cowart USCG, later VADM (Sep 1945-8 May 1946); placed out of service 1967; laid up NDRF; struck from Naval Register 20 Aug 1990; title transferred to Maritime Commission 14 Jul 1993; final disposition dismantled May 1999 at International Shipbreaking Co., Brownsville, TX.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-10-05

   Study period

   1943-1999

   Limitations

   Reputable volunteer-maintained reference, not an official record - used where it matches or supplements official sources; several spec/tonnage/armament figures conflict with DANFS and MARAD (carried in gaps). Contains no asbestos or insulation-material statement; supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-admiral-e-w-eberle-ap123-03

5. [5]U.S. Maritime Administration, Vessel History Database - Details 6538, 1842, and 12619 plus digitized status cards 5D_01.png and 1842_3411AF.jpg [marad_nrc]

   Locator

   Detail 6538 (milestones, status card, documents); Detail 1842 (milestones, reserve-fleet card) https://vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/1842 ; cards https://vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/cards/5D_01.png and https://vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/cards/1842_3411AF.jpg

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   MARAD ShipHistory records for the hull: Detail 6538 (ADMIRAL E. W. EBERLE AP-123) lists year built 1945, Bethlehem Steel Shipbuilding Division, type P2-SE2-R1, 609.00 ft, 16,039 gross tons, fate 'Transferred - U.S. Govt.'; milestones show delivery to Navy Department 1/2/1945 under LB contract, delivery to War Department 5/8/1946 under BB contract, renaming 8/30/1946 to General Simon B. Buckner, MARAD acquisition 3/24/1970, and removal 3/1/1990 'from work under Navy Inactive Retention.' Detail 1842 (GENERAL SIMON B. BUCKNER T-AP-123) records disposition/withdrawal 7/8/1997 'Enrte Brownsville,TX'. The digitized vessel status card (5D_01.png) records MC hull 681, builder Beth-Alameda SY Inc., completion 1-24-45, War Department delivery 5-8-46 11:00 AM PST San Francisco, name change 8-30-46, Navy Dept title 3-1-50, Maritime Administration custody James River 3/24/70 11:20 AM EST, permanent transfer 3/25/70, removed from work 3/1/90 Navy Inactive Retention. The reserve-fleet particulars card (1842_3411AF.jpg) records ex-name Admiral E. W. Eberle, builder Beth-Alameda, service prior to lay-up 'Navy - MSC', James River entry 3-24-70, withdrawal 8/26/92 for 'Fleet Stripping' with arrival 3/16/93, troop capacity 4,680 (280 officers/4,400 men), 20,500 HP, displacement 9,676 standard / 20,120 full load.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-10-05

   Study period

   1943-1997

   Limitations

   Authoritative for government custody milestones; card handwriting partially legible (reviewed image). Internal conflict: milestone table 'Delivered 1/2/1945' vs status card and DANFS 1/24/1945 - carried in gaps. Contains no asbestos, materials, or condition-survey information; supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-admiral-e-w-eberle-ap123-04

6. [6]U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office, 'USS Admiral E. W. Eberle (AP-123)' page (2020-04-22); USCG HQ memorandum 4 Dec 1945 (MARAD document upload AdmiralEWEberle_6538_001.pdf) [other_primary]

   Locator

   USCG historian vessel page (stub record); MARAD document https://vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/documents/AdmiralEWEberle_6538_001.pdf

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   Coast Guard manning of the WWII hull is confirmed by two official records: the U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office carries a dedicated vessel page for 'USS Admiral E. W. Eberle (AP-123)' among Coast Guard-manned Army and Navy vessels, and a MARAD-hosted scanned USCG Headquarters memorandum of 4 December 1945 addressed 'TO ALL DIVISIONS AND OFFICES AT HQ.' concerns official mail for USS ADMIRAL E. W. EBERLE (signed by the Assistant Chief Communications Officer, USCG) - contemporaneous documentation of the ship operating under Coast Guard administration in late 1945.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-10-05

   Study period

   1945

   Population

   U.S. Coast Guard crew

   Limitations

   Official provenance confirms Coast Guard crewing - relevant to population characterization (Coast Guard veterans/mariners rather than Navy crew) but contains no asbestos or materials statement; supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-admiral-e-w-eberle-ap123-05

7. [7]War Department, United States Engineer Office (Los Angeles) correspondence re: oil pollution, Los Angeles Harbor, August 1946 - 10-page scanned file (MARAD document upload AdmiralEWEberle_6538_002.pdf) [other_primary]

   Locator

   MARAD ShipHistory Detail 6538 > Documents > SYSTEM UPLOAD (10-page letter file)

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   War Department/U.S. Engineer Office correspondence file (Los Angeles District, 1946) documents 'United States Army Transport ADMIRAL E. W. EBERLE' as the vessel involved in an August 1946 oil-pollution case in Los Angeles Harbor under the Federal Oil Pollution Act of 1924 (33 U.S.C. 431-437); the district engineer forwarded the Coast Guard 11th District report to the U.S. Attorney and wrote to the vessel's commanding officer; prosecution was 'not recommended, inasmuch as this vessel is owned and operated by the United States Government.' Confirms the hull operating as a U.S. Army transport under its original name in mid-1946 before the August 1946 renaming.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-10-05

   Study period

   1946

   Population

   USAT crew and port personnel (context)

   Limitations

   Government correspondence file scanned by MARAD - OCR poor but legible. Documents identity and an environmental incident only; contains no asbestos or insulation statement and is not exposure evidence.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-admiral-e-w-eberle-ap123-06

8. [8]Pacific Marine Review, vol. 44 (March 1947), 'The Army's Ship Conversion Program,' pp. 61-63 (Internet Archive bound-volume scan) [other_primary]

   Locator

   March 1947 issue, pp. 61-63; digitized text https://archive.org/stream/pacificmarinerev4447paci/pacificmarinerev4447paci_djvu.txt

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   Pacific Marine Review (March 1947), 'The Army's Ship Conversion Program': documents the War Department/Transportation Corps two-phase postwar conversion of 36 vessels - 25 C4-S-A1 (Kaiser Richmond), 8 P2-SE2-R1 (built at Bethlehem Alameda), 3 P2-S2-R2 (Federal Kearny) - covering rebuilt crew/troop/passenger quarters, new fire-resistant Class 'B' stateroom bulkheads, added lifeboat davits, and full boiler overhauls ('all boilers were opened, cleaned on both fire and water sides, furnace brick work renewed or repaired'); a photo caption names 'The Admiral E. W. Eberle, a sister of the Admiral Rodman, after conversion by the Transportation Corps.' P2-SE2-R1 passenger accommodation after conversion: 302.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-10-05

   Study period

   1946-1948

   Population

   Shipyard conversion workers (Todd LA; later Newport News); USAT crew

   Limitations

   Era trade-press documentation of a documented major yard event for this hull - relevant because conversion work disturbs installed materials including insulation - but the article contains no asbestos statement and names no insulation product aboard this hull; asbestos relevance is inference only.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-admiral-e-w-eberle-ap123-07

9. [9]Charles, Roland W., 'Troopships of World War II' (Washington, D.C.: Army Transportation Association, 1947), p. 71 - scanned PDF hosted by the 80th Infantry Division association site [other_primary]

   Locator

   p. 71, ADMIRAL E. W. EBERLE entry (text and builder-credited photo)

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   Roland W. Charles, 'Troopships of World War II' (Army Transportation Association, 1947) - the Transportation Corps' published ship history - gives this hull's particulars (gross 17,000 tons; speed 19 kn; radius 15,000 mi; turbo-electric twin screw; 4,463 passengers; 36,720 cu ft cargo; built 1945 by Bethlehem-Alameda Shipyard Inc.) and records that after return to Seattle in March 1946 'she went to San Francisco for delivery to the War Department and conversion to a peacetime Army troopship at Todd Shipyards Corp., Los Angeles, the work commencing on 31 May 1946.' Voyage detail supplements DANFS (Finschhafen arrival 20 Mar; Tacoma late Sep 1945; Okinawa and Nagoya lift Oct-Dec 1945; Jinsen, Korea run departing Seattle 2 Jan 1946).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-10-05

   Study period

   1943-1947

   Population

   Conversion-yard workers (Todd Shipyards Corp., Los Angeles, 1946)

   Limitations

   Official-era published history of the Army transport fleet; figures occasionally differ from DANFS/NavSource/MARAD (carried in gaps). Contains no asbestos or insulation statement; supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-admiral-e-w-eberle-ap123-08

10. [10]Pacific Marine Review, vol. 44 (1947), 'Transport Conversion' news item (Newport News assignment) and 'Big P-2 Conversion Jobs Scheduled for California Yards' item (Internet Archive bound-volume scan) [other_primary]

    Locator

    1947 issues, 'Junior Members of Naval Architects' section news brief and 'News Flashes' item

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Pacific Marine Review (1947) news item: 'The USAT Admiral W. L. Capps has been selected for conversion into a permanent Army transport at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company. At Newport News the Admiral Capps will join three other P-2 type troop carriers of the San Francisco Port of Embarkation fleet - the Admiral Eberle, Admiral Hughes and Admiral Benson. It is expected the ships will return to troop-carrying service in the Pacific early in 1948.' An earlier item reported Admiral C. F. Hughes, Admiral E. W. Eberle, and Admiral W. S. Sims slated for reconversion 'in California yards at an estimated cost of $3,000,000 each' (bid opening April 18).

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    supporting

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-10-05

    Study period

    1947-1948

    Population

    Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co. yard workers (1947-48)

    Limitations

    Confirms the second-phase/permanent conversion was assigned to Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co. for this hull (return expected early 1948) - a documented yard event, not an asbestos finding; insulation content of the work is unstated. The conflicting April 1947 'California yards' plan vs. later Newport News assignment is carried as a reconciliation note.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-admiral-e-w-eberle-ap123-09

11. [11]U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, hearing record 105-59 (47-309CC, 1998), testimony of Ms. Bondareff (MARAD) [other_primary]

    Locator

    Transcript pp. 81-85 (Gilchrest-Bondareff exchange naming the hull)

    Finding type

    vessel_history

    Finding

    1998 House of Representatives hearing transcript (105-59, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, 'Ship Scrapping Activities of the United States Government'): MARAD official Ms. Bondareff testifies that the ships sold for scrapping to the Brownsville, Texas facility included 'the Madison Jordan Manchester, the General Simon B. Buckner, and the General Maurice Rose,' that MARAD sells title but 'maintain[s] oversight responsibility under the contract until the ship is completely disposed of,' conducting quarterly scheduled plus unannounced inspections and working with OSHA and EPA on regulatory monitoring.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    supporting

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-10-05

    Study period

    1997-1999

    Population

    International Shipbreaking Co. (Brownsville, TX) scrapping workers

    Limitations

    Official congressional record naming the hull's disposal pathway; consistent with MARAD milestone '7/8/1997 Enrte Brownsville,TX' and NavSource 'dismantled May 1999.' Contains no hull-specific asbestos statement; supports no asbestos claim.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-admiral-e-w-eberle-ap123-10

12. [12]Dutton, Gayle B. (Western Fiberglas Supply, Ltd.), 'Mineral Fiber Insulations and Textiles for Marine Service,' SNAME Northern California Section paper, Pacific Marine Review (February 1947), pp. 48-49 et seq. (Internet Archive bound-volume scan) [other_primary]

    Locator

    February 1947 issue, pp. 48-49 and continuation; digitized text https://archive.org/stream/pacificmarinerev4447paci/pacificmarinerev4447paci_djvu.txt

    Finding type

    asbestos_application

    Finding

    A 1947 Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers technical paper (Northern California Section) documents era-standard marine insulation practice applicable to the wartime Navy/Maritime Commission program under which this hull was built: asbestos-fiber textiles (cloths of 80-95% asbestos content, 20-40 oz/sq yd) used 'primarily as fireproof lagging over insulation in boiler and fire room spaces'; felted amosite-asbestos mats used for removable flanged-fitting covers and as filler for insulating blankets about turbine casings, pumps, and irregular objects; asbestos cloth finishes over insulation on breechings and large heated equipment; asbestos corrugated paper forms for duct insulation; and asbestos textiles plus amosite-asbestos filler in removable pipe-fitting pads for pipe lagging work - with the author forecasting their continued use.

    Verification

    inferred

    Role

    supporting

    Documentation level

    class_or_era

    Accessed

    2026-10-05

    Study period

    1930s-1940s era documented; paper 1947

    Population

    Construction trades (Bethlehem-Alameda, 1943-45); engine/fire room crews; conversion-yard workers

    Limitations

    Era technical documentation of asbestos applications in Navy/MC ship construction generally - the paper does not name this vessel or the P2-SE2-R1 type and does not itself prove asbestos was installed on this hull; presence aboard this hull is era inference, not ship-proven. Does not establish quantity, present-day presence (hull dismantled 1999), individual exposure, or causation.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-admiral-e-w-eberle-ap123-11

13. [13]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 (DOI resolves to Wiley; publisher blocks non-browser agents)

    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 program under which this Maritime Commission P2-SE2-R1 transport was built, and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization aboard Navy and merchant-type hulls.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    context

    Documentation level

    class_or_era

    Accessed

    2026-10-05

    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 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-admiral-e-w-eberle-ap123-12

14. [14]U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, hearing record 105-59 (47-309CC, 1998) - asbestos/PCB testimony throughout [other_primary]

    Locator

    Transcript: asbestos/PCB/OSHA discussion passages (approx. pp. 26-46, 78-93)

    Finding type

    regulatory

    Finding

    The 1998 House ship-scrapping hearing documents the disposal-era regulatory environment for NDRF hulls of this ship's vintage: asbestos removal, PCB surveys, and oil/bilge cleaning were discussed as standard pre-scrapping/environmental tasks; witnesses referenced the EPA-MARAD Memorandum of Understanding governing scrapping, OSHA worker-protection rules for scrappers, and a state-vs-defendant contaminated-soil (asbestos/petroleum) dispute at a Navy-related disposal site - testimony establishing that hulls of this era were treated as asbestos-containing in the disposal program.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    context

    Documentation level

    context_only

    Accessed

    2026-10-05

    Study period

    1997-1999

    Population

    Scrapping workers (program context)

    Limitations

    Program-level context for NDRF disposal; no hull-specific asbestos survey or quantity for this vessel is stated in the testimony reviewed. Establishes disposal-program practice, not content aboard this hull.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-admiral-e-w-eberle-ap123-13

15. [15]Batch-2053 search ledger (this record): primary-source survey of official records and era trade press; CourtListener authenticated queries [other_primary]

    Locator

    search_ledger sl-01 through sl-15

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    NEGATIVE FINDING: No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located. Sources searched in full or part: DANFS entries for both vessel identities (full text); MARAD ShipHistory records 6538/1842/12619 including milestones, digitized status cards, and all uploaded documents (1945 USCG memo; 1946 oil-pollution file); NavSource archive page; Pacific Marine Review 1944-47 bound volume (conversion-program article, Newport News item, Dutton insulation paper); Charles 'Troopships of World War II' (1947); USCG Historian page; 1998 House scrapping hearing; Naval Vessel Register (no live page); CourtListener (4 base queries). None contains an asbestos, insulation-material, abatement, or hazmat statement for this hull, and no qualifying asbestos litigation naming either vessel name or AP-123 was located.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    negative_finding

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-10-05

    Study period

    1943-1999

    Limitations

    Absence of a located record is not proof of absence aboard: no hull asbestos survey, abatement contract, or disposal hazmat inventory was located in public sources; MARAD disposal-era documents for the 1997-99 Brownsville dismantlement and the P2-SE2-R1 plan PDF were not retrieved. Ship-specific asbestos status remains undocumented.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-admiral-e-w-eberle-ap123-14

16. [16]NARA catalog (catalog.archives.gov) search results for 'Admiral E. W. Eberle'; NARA RG 178 guide; MARAD ShipHistory Detail 6538 documents tab [other_primary]

    Locator

    NARA catalog result list; https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/178.html ; MARAD Detail 6538 documents tab (P2-SE2-R1 Plan.pdf)

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Archival leads (not retrieved; no spend authorized): (a) eight monthly WWII war diaries for USS Admiral E. W. Eberle are digitized in the National Archives catalog (Jan-Aug 1945; NARA IDs 139930368, 139932951, 633400775, 633421649, 140014089, 101702154, 101764197, 83575422) - war diaries occasionally note material casualties/repairs; (b) NARA RG 178 (U.S. Maritime Commission) Construction Division may hold the Bethlehem-Alameda contract/outfitting file for MC hull 681; (c) MARAD hosts a digitized 'P2-SE2-R1 Plan.pdf' (dated 9/8/1943) attached to the vessel record - design-plan set that could show insulation schedules, not retrieved in-session; (d) MARAD disposal records for the 1997-99 Brownsville dismantlement (hazmat surveys, contract exhibits) not located in public sources.

    Verification

    unverified

    Role

    archival_lead

    Documentation level

    context_only

    Accessed

    2026-10-05

    Study period

    1943-1999 records

    Limitations

    Record-location mapping only - the war diaries and plan set were not reviewed page-by-page; existence of asbestos-specific content in any of them is unknown. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-admiral-e-w-eberle-ap123-15