Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]research packet crew-ck-packet.md (3 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED (one date discrepancy flagged)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-admiral-hugh-rodman-ap126-pkt-crew-ck-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, 'Admiral Hugh Rodman' (NHHC history.navy.mil) + MARAD ShipHistory vessel status card 5G_01 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS spec block and entry paragraph 1 (verified live); status card https://vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/cards/5G_01.png ; corroborating NHHC photo caption NH 103622 (https://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-103000/NH-103622.html)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Laid down 24 April 1944 under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 684) at Alameda, CA, by Bethlehem-Alameda Shipyard, Inc., to the P2-SE2-R1 design (Admiral W. S. Benson class); launched 25 February 1945, sponsored by Mrs. Sue R. Merriman; transferred to the Navy and placed in commission 10 July 1945, Capt. Lewis E. Coley in command. DANFS spec block: dp. 9,676 (lt); l. 608'11"; b. 75'6"; s. 19 k.; cpl. 575; trp. 4,649; a. 4 x 5", 8 x 40mm. MARAD vessel status card confirms: hull 684, built by Beth.-Alameda SY, Inc. at Alameda, completed 7-10-45, delivered by builders to USMC 7-10-45 11:00 AM PWT at Alameda.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Bethlehem-Alameda construction trades (1944-45); Navy wartime crew (575 per DANFS spec)
- Limitations
- Identity and construction record only; neither source contains asbestos, insulation-material, or exposure information. WWII construction date at a Bethlehem wartime yard establishes era context, not hull-level asbestos content. NavSource carries a 7 July 1945 commissioning variant - DANFS and the status card agree on 10 July 1945 (see correction row).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-admiral-hugh-rodman-ap126-01
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[3]DANFS, 'Admiral Hugh Rodman' (NHHC history.navy.mil) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry paragraphs 2-3
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- WWII/occupation service per DANFS: assigned to the Pacific Fleet; departed San Francisco 21 July 1945 for shakedown at San Diego and Los Angeles, returning 16 August; departed 21 August via Ulithi for the Philippines (San Pedro Bay Leyte, Batangas, Manila), returning to San Francisco early October; second Philippines round trip; December voyage to Nagoya, Japan, ending at Los Angeles 3 January 1946; Yokohama voyage returning to Seattle; March 1946 sailed from Seattle with occupation troops for Okinawa; then via the Panama Canal to New York, arriving 14 May 1946, decommissioned that day, and transferred to the War Department later that month.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1945-1946
- Population
- Navy crew (575 per DANFS spec); embarked replacement and occupation troops (capacity 4,649)
- Limitations
- Operational history only; contains no asbestos, material-condition, or exposure statements. Embarked troop loads (against berthing for 4,649) establish population aboard, not exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-admiral-hugh-rodman-ap126-02
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[4]MARAD ShipHistory Detail/1833 (GENERAL MAURICE ROSE T-AP-126) and Detail/12299 (ADMIRAL HUGH RODMAN AP-126): milestone table + status card 5G_01; DANFS 'Admiral Hugh Rodman' (MSTS/Vietnam narrative); NavSource 09/22/22126 (stricken date, campaign tables); shipscribe.com usnaux/AP/AP120.html (class disposition table) [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- MARAD Detail/1833 milestones + fate field; status card https://vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/cards/5G_01.png ; DANFS paragraphs 3-5; https://www.navsource.net/archives/09/22/22126.htm ; http://shipscribe.com/usnaux/AP/AP120.html
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Post-Navy custody and service chronology: MARAD vessel status card records Navy surplus delivery to the War Department at Brooklyn, NY, 5-29-46 10:00 AM EDT; 'NAME CHANGED TO GEN. MAURICE ROSE' (undated card entry); Navy Dept. title 3-1-50; Maritime Administration custody at James River 6/8/70 2:30 PM EDT; permanent-transfer title 7/1/71. MARAD milestone table: delivered 7/10/1945; acquired by War Department and renamed 5/29/1946; acquired by Navy 3/1/1950; permanent transfer to MARAD James River Reserve Fleet 7/1/1971; withdrawal 3/24/1992 'inactship for stripping'; disposition 7/10/1997 'Enrte Brownsville,TX'; fate 'Sold - Scrap'. shipscribe adds: first strike 19 Jun 1946 on Army transfer; Maritime Commission passed unrestricted title to the Army 15 Apr 1947; formal rename by Army General Order No. 14 of 7 Nov 1947; reinstated on the Naval Vessel Register 28 Apr 1950; 'title to MA 17 Sep 92'; sale dated 27 Jun 1997. Namesake: Maj. Gen. Maurice Rose, 3d Armored Division commander, killed in action in Germany 31 March 1945 (NavSource namesake caption). DANFS: served the Army Transport Service as General Maurice Rose from 1 August 1946; to the Navy for MSTS 1 March 1950, classified T-AP-126, civilian-crewed; 15 years New York-Bremerhaven service with 150+ round trips carrying military dependents, European refugees, and rotating troops; 17 Mediterranean deployments supporting the 6th Fleet; three Bremerhaven refugee runs 12 Jan-27 Mar 1957 after the Hungarian revolution; eastern Mediterranean dispatches April-October for the Jordan crises; Vietnam troop lifts August 1965-January 1967 (Qui Nhon 14-19 September 1965 per NavSource campaign table); returned to New York late January 1967 for overhaul and ready-reserve layup at Caven Point Army Depot; never reactivated. Struck from the Naval Vessel Register 20 August 1990 (NavSource; shipscribe disposition table agrees).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1946-1997
- Population
- USAT civilian crew + dependents (1946-50); MSTS civil-service crew + embarked troops/refugees (1950-67); NDRF preservation crews (1970-97)
- Limitations
- Custody/service chronology only - none of these records contains asbestos, insulation, or hazmat entries. Date conflicts between sources (MARAD custody 6/8/70 vs DANFS permanent custody 30 Jun 1970; status-card title 7/1/71 vs shipscribe 'title to MA 17 Sep 92'; rename date 5/29/46 vs formal GO No. 14 of 7 Nov 1947) are reconciled in the correction row and gaps. Does not establish exposure or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-admiral-hugh-rodman-ap126-03
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[5]shipscribe.com, 'AP-120 class' compilation (usnaux/AP/AP120.html), class notes and AP-126 detail line (Colton's compilation of MC/Army records); DANFS 'Admiral Hugh Rodman' (56th Street yard period, 1967 overhaul); ibiblio/HyperWar NHC Online Library AP-126 narrative (1947-48 conversion window) [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipscribe class notes paragraphs (postwar transfers; conversion bid paragraph naming AP-126 to Federal SB&DD Kearny) + AP-126 detail line; DANFS paragraphs 3 and 5; https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/OnlineLibrary/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-g/ap126.htm
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Two documented conversion periods plus an overhaul, all insulation-disturbance-type work events: (1) initial Army peacetime conversion at the Bethlehem yard at 56th Street, Brooklyn - entered 3 June 1946, underway again 1 August 1946 (DANFS; shipscribe dates the work ca. June-August 1946); (2) full Army conversion to a peacetime transport at Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Kearny, NJ - bids opened at New York 18 April 1947, contract awarded to low bidder Federal SB&DD Kearny, work May 1947 through late December 1948, military features including armament removed (shipscribe compilation from Army/MC records; ibiblio NHC narrative); (3) overhaul at New York on return January 1967 before ready-reserve layup (DANFS). Federal Shipbuilding Kearny is an Atlas-documented asbestos-exposure yard (shipyards.json 'federal-shipbuilding-kearny'); the Bethlehem 56th Street yard (Brooklyn) is the wartime-era Bethlehem repair facility - no dedicated Atlas slug (parent 'bethlehem-shipbuilding').
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1946-1967
- Population
- Bethlehem 56th St. and Federal Kearny yard shipfitters/insulators on this hull's conversions (1946, 1947-48); USAT/USNS crew post-conversion; 1967 overhaul workers
- Limitations
- The conversion events are ship-specific and verified; the asbestos content is NOT - no source documents insulation material removed, installed, or disturbed aboard this hull during these conversions. Yard-level asbestos documentation (Federal Kearny in the Atlas dataset) establishes conditions at the yard, not aboard this ship. shipscribe is a compiled secondary source (from official records), not itself a primary document. Does not establish exposure or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-admiral-hugh-rodman-ap126-04
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[6]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); NavSource 09/22/22126 specifications block; MARAD P2-SE2-R1 capacity plan PDF (documents/62e94c35, dated 8 Sep 1943, Bethlehem Fore River design dept.) [other_primary]
- Locator
- AJIM 11(3):359-373; NavSource spec sheet 'Propulsion' block; plan PDF https://vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/documents/62e94c35-1cb8-4b5b-8414-4d5954873f18.pdf (sheet 1 data block)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Class/era inference: peer-reviewed historical study documents that asbestos was used extensively as 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 (laid down April 1944, completed July 1945). NavSource specifications and the P2-SE2-R1 class capacity plan document a high-pressure steam plant (4 Combustion Engineering D-type boilers, 600 psi/840 deg F; GE turbo-electric drive, 18,000 shp - the plan's data block lists CE boilers at 675 psi design and GE main turbo-generators totaling 18,000 shp) - the equipment class whose era-standard installation used asbestos lagging on boilers, steam lines, and machinery, plus asbestos-containing gaskets, packing, and compartment insulation.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1944-45 construction; WWII shipbuilding era
- Population
- Bethlehem-Alameda construction trades; USN/USAT/USNS engine-room and maintenance personnel (era context)
- Limitations
- Era/program documentation - Corn & Starr does not name this vessel or the P2-SE2-R1 design; the capacity plan is a class design document (drawn for sister AP-121, listing the class incl. RODMAN) and contains no insulation-materials schedule; NavSource is a secondary compilation. Inference from era + documented steam-plant type is reasonable but is not ship-proven; does not establish quantity, location, condition, individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-admiral-hugh-rodman-ap126-05
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[7]U.S. General Accounting Office, HRD-80-2, report on asbestos use/removal in Navy ships (published 18 Oct 1979, released 22 Oct 1979) - product page; direct fetch of gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to curl, page text retrieved via Firecrawl (standing access defect per BATCH-01) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page, Highlights section
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- GAO review of Navy asbestos practice (HRD-80-2, Oct 1979): GAO examined the Navy's efforts to protect workers from asbestos exposure at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards, including the use of asbestos in Navy ships and the cost of removal. Per the product-page highlights, the Navy's 1975 policy was to remove and replace with nonasbestos materials only insulation that was damaged or had to be removed for repairs; modified in 1979 to selectively replace asbestos insulation in high-maintenance areas. Program-level confirmation that asbestos insulation was present aboard Navy vessels of this era and that removal was limited before 1979 - a window covering this hull's entire commissioned and MSTS service (1945-1967).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1975-1979 policy window; ship's service 1945-1967
- Population
- Navy shipyard and shipboard personnel (program context)
- Limitations
- Program-level policy documentation - does not name this hull; fieldwork yards were Long Beach and Norfolk naval shipyards, not transports. Documents Navy-wide asbestos-insulation use and policy, not this ship's material content. Full-report PDF (26 pp.) not extracted this session.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-admiral-hugh-rodman-ap126-06
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[8]U.S. DOT Office of Inspector General, MA-2000-067, Report on the Program for Scrapping Obsolete Vessels (10 March 2000) [other_primary]
- Locator
- OIG library item page + full report PDF https://www.oig.dot.gov/sites/default/files/ma2000067.pdf (pp. 5, 8, 13-21, 23, 25); this hull's disposal milestones at MARAD Detail/1833
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- DOT Office of Inspector General audit MA-2000-067 (10 March 2000), 'Report on the Program for Scrapping Obsolete Vessels': MARAD NDRF vessels awaiting disposal 'contain hazardous substances such as asbestos and solid and liquid polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)'; a routine inspection of 11 of the 40 'worst condition' vessels found 'asbestos hanging from pipes below deck'; the report analyzes the Brownsville, Texas domestic scrapping industry and notes that in 1999 MARAD sold 17 vessels to three Brownsville scrapping companies. This hull departed the James River Reserve Fleet 10 July 1997 en route Brownsville under a June 1997 scrapping sale - within the audited disposal program.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1997-2000 report window; hull in NDRF 1970-1997
- Population
- NDRF preservation crews and Brownsville scrapping workers (program context)
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation - the OIG report does not name this hull or list per-vessel asbestos inventories; it documents hazardous-material conditions in the NDRF disposal population and the Brownsville scrapping program into which this hull was sold in 1997. No hull-specific hazmat survey or abatement scope is public. Does not establish this ship's material content or any exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-admiral-hugh-rodman-ap126-07
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[9]MARAD vessel status card 5G_01 + Detail/1833 milestone table; DANFS 'Admiral Hugh Rodman'; NavSource 09/22/22126; shipscribe usnaux/AP/AP120.html; ibiblio/HyperWar NHC AP-126 narrative [other_primary]
- Locator
- Status card + milestone fields as listed; shipscribe disposition table and AP-126 detail line; NavSource timeline block
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Source discrepancies reconciled: (a) Commissioning - NavSource timeline says 7 July 1945; DANFS and the MARAD status card agree on 10 July 1945 (transfer + commission same day; card shows delivery 7-10-45 11:00 AM PWT) - 10 July adopted. (b) Rename - MARAD milestone table shows 'renamed 5/29/1946' (the Army acquisition line) and NavSource says 'Commissioned USAT General Maurice Rose 1 August 1946', while shipscribe documents the formal rename by Army General Order No. 14 of 7 November 1947 and the ibiblio NHC narrative ties the rename to the February 1947 formal ownership; the ship operated in Army service from August 1946. (c) MARAD transfer - status card shows MARAD custody at James River 6/8/70 and permanent-transfer title 7/1/71; DANFS states permanent custody 30 June 1970; shipscribe lists 'title to MA 17 Sep 92' - three distinct events/dates coexist across sources (custody 1970, MARAD-recorded title 1971, post-strike title action 1992) and are reported, not merged. (d) Struck - shipscribe lists a first strike 19 June 1946 on Army transfer and reinstatement 28 April 1950; final strike 20 August 1990 per NavSource and shipscribe. (e) Scrapping completion - MARAD records only the June 1997 sale and 10 July 1997 departure for Brownsville; NavSource's 'towed to Brownsville... February 2005' and Sea Classics's 'scrapped during 2000' differ - completion unverified.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1945-1997
- Limitations
- Reconciles publication-level date discrepancies across official and compiled sources; does not affect identity or the custody chain materially. None of the underlying sources contains asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-admiral-hugh-rodman-ap126-08
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[10]Batch-2056 search ledger (this record): DANFS, MARAD ShipHistory Details 1833/12299/12621 incl. all documents + status cards, Naval Vessel Register, NavSource, shipscribe, DOT OIG MA-2000-067, GAO HRD-80-2 product page, web sweeps; CourtListener queries blocked by fleet pace budget - see ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-admiral-hugh-rodman-ap126-01 through -12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos documentation located: no asbestos/insulation survey, abatement contract, hazardous-material inventory, museum or donation-condition disclosure, or NDRF disposal hazmat record for this hull appears in the public sources searched. All digitized MARAD ship-file material for this hull's records (vessel status card 5G_01, the ADMIRAL HUGH RODMAN transfer-document scan, and the 8-sheet P2-SE2-R1 capacity-plan set) was examined and contains no asbestos, insulation, or hazmat entries.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 2026-10-05
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1944-45 high-pressure-steam transport is era-consistent with installed asbestos insulation. CourtListener coverage was incomplete this session (fleet-wide pace throttling; logged pending/blocked, not as a negative result): the MDL-875 tag-along complaint in Nash v. Huntington Ingalls (3:11-cv-05356-EMC, N.D. Cal.) - which lists sister hull AP-125 in its vessel table - could not be text-checked for this hull's names; it remains an open lead. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-admiral-hugh-rodman-ap126-09
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[11]NARA/NHHC deck-log access guidance; MARAD ShipHistory record structure (disposal milestone without attached contract documents); shipscribe conversion-contract chronology [other_primary]
- Locator
- NHHC deck-log access page (NARA custody of post-1940 logs); https://www.archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy-online
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - no box-level survey or paid reproduction authorized): (1) NARA RG 24 deck logs for the commissioned period (July 1945-May 1946) - Navy deck logs are held by NARA per the NHHC deck-log access guidance; digitization status for this hull not confirmed. (2) MARAD ship-disposal contract file for the June 1997 scrapping sale - the disposal contract and any hull-specific hazmat/abatement scope are not published in the ShipHistory record. (3) Army Transportation Corps records of the 1946-48 peacetime conversions (Federal SB&DD Kearny contract, awarded April 1947) - conversion specifications would identify insulation work scope.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1945-1997 records
- Limitations
- Record-location mapping only - no retrieval performed; whether asbestos-specific documents exist in these files is unknown until surveyed. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-admiral-hugh-rodman-ap126-10
