Evidence
15 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-15).
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[1]research packet 660-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED (identity confirmed; NAME COLLISION noted)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-aeolus-lst310-pkt-660-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, LST-310 - construction at Boston Navy Yard, sponsor, commissioning, Sicily/Salerno/Normandy campaigns, decommissioning at Baltimore, conversion cancellation, striking, 1947 sale, three battle stars (live NHHC page, verified via Firecrawl and browser-UA curl HTTP 200, 2026-10-02) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS LST-310 entry, full text (NHHC 'Update, 01 October 2007' version)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS documents for this hull: laid down 22 September 1942 at the Boston Navy Yard; launched 23 November 1942, sponsored by Mrs. Inga M. Gustavson; commissioned 20 January 1943, Lt. W. P. Lawless, USNR, in command. Assigned to the European theater: Sicilian occupation (July 1943), British landings at Salerno (early September 1943), invasion of Normandy (June 1944). Upon return to the United States she was decommissioned in Baltimore on 16 May 1945 and began conversion to a landing craft repair ship; following the 15 August 1945 armistice in the Pacific the conversion was cancelled; struck from the Navy list 12 March 1946; sold 28 January 1947 to the Boston Metals Co., of Baltimore, Md., for conversion to merchant service. Earned three battle stars for World War II service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Population
- Construction trades (Boston Navy Yard, 1942-43); ship's company and embarked troops (1943-45)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific official history only; no asbestos or material content. DANFS names the decommissioning city (Baltimore) but not the conversion contractor or designation; it does not mention the assigned name 'Aeolus' or the 'ARL-42' designation - those come from the BuShips-derived roster (ev-03).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-aeolus-lst310-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LST-310 (10/16/160310.htm) - campaign table, designation timeline, spec block, CO list, merchant disposition (verified live via Firecrawl 2026-10-02; bare curl returns HTTP 406 - UA-gated) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/16/160310.htm header block, campaign table, specifications block, CO table, merchant-service block, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource documents for this hull: LST-1-class tank landing ship laid down 22 September 1942 at Boston Navy Yard; launched 23 November 1942; commissioned USS LST-310, 20 January 1943, Lt. Wilfred P. Lawless, USNR. Campaign table with beach-level detail: Sicilian occupation, Licata - Blue Beach, 9-15 July 1943; Salerno landings, support of British landings - Red Beach, 7-10 September 1943; Invasion of Normandy, 6-25 June 1944. Decommissioned 16 May 1945 'for conversion to Landing Craft Repair Ship Aeolus (ARL-42) at Boston Navy Yard' [sic - Baltimore per DANFS/shipscribe, see ev-03]; 'Conversion cancelled, 12 September 1945'; reverted to LST-310; struck from the Naval Register 12 March 1946; earned three battle stars. Merchant service: sold 28 January 1947 to Boston Metals Co., Baltimore, for conversion to merchant service; resold (date unknown) to Panama Navigation Corp., named MV Mercator, re-flagged Panamanian sometime prior to 1963; sold to Navemar S. A., name retained, re-flagged Argentinean; call sign LQMM, Official Number 4594; final disposition: fate unknown. Spec block: 1,625 t light / 4,080 t full; 328 ft oa x 50 ft; 11.6 kt trial; complement 9 officers / 120 enlisted; troops 14 officers / 131 enlisted; 6 LCVP; armament 2 twin 40mm + 4 single 40mm + 12 single 20mm; propulsion two GM 12-567A 900 hp diesels, single Falk main reduction gear, three 100 kW 230 V DC ship's-service generators, two propellers 1,700 shp; call sign NXWM. CO list: LT Lawless 20 Jan 1943 - 16 May 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1960s
- Population
- Ship's company (~129 by spec block) plus embarked troops (1943-45)
- Limitations
- Volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - dates cross-check cleanly against DANFS and the NARA records. Two points corrected by the BuShips-derived ARL roster (ev-03): the conversion site ('Boston Navy Yard' here vs Baltimore per DANFS + roster - the hull was BUILT at Boston, decommissioned and converted at Baltimore) and the cancellation detail (roster distinguishes conversion-stop 27 Aug 1945 from name/reclassification cancellation 12 Sep 1945). The 'name retained' note for the Navemar period conflicts with the roster's 'Altamar 1964' rename - see gaps. Contains no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-aeolus-lst310-02
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[4]shipscribe.com, Achelous (ARL-10) class landing craft repair ship roster - BuShips-derived hull-by-hull table and per-hull notes, ARL-42 AEOLUS entry (verified live 2026-10-02) [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipscribe.com/usnaux/ARL/ARL10.html, ARL-42 AEOLUS table rows and narrative note
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The BuShips-derived ARL roster resolves the designation timeline and corrects secondary-source errors: 'AEOLUS - Commissioned as LST-310 20 Jan 43. Decommissioned at Port Covington, Baltimore, Md., 16 May 45 for conversion by Bethlehem Steel, Key Highway, Baltimore, Md. Reclas. ARL-42 28 May 45, conversion canc. 27 Aug 45, reclas. and name canc. 12 Sep 45. When cancelled her conversion was 44% complete and her anticipated recommissioning date was 24 Sep 45. Stk. as LST 12 Mar 46, sold by Navy and to buyer 28 Jan 47. Merc. MERCATOR 1947, ALTAMAR 1964.' Corrections established: (a) decommissioning and conversion were at Baltimore (Port Covington / Bethlehem Steel Key Highway), not 'Boston Navy Yard' as NavSource and Wikipedia state - the roster agrees with DANFS ('decommissioned in Baltimore'); the Boston attribution conflates the build yard with the conversion yard; (b) two distinct cancellation events - conversion stopped 27 August 1945, then reclassification and name cancelled 12 September 1945 - collapsed by secondary sources into a single 'cancelled 12 September'; (c) the hull's merchant rename to Altamar in 1964, which NavSource omits ('name retained').
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-1947 (record); conversion window May-August 1945
- Population
- Bethlehem Steel Key Highway (Baltimore) conversion trades, May-August 1945
- Limitations
- shipscribe is a respected researcher transcription of BuShips/NVR roster data - secondary, not the primary document itself; the 44%-completion figure and the anticipated 24 September 1945 recommissioning date come from the roster annotation and the underlying BuShips status record was not separately retrieved. No asbestos content - though a 44%-complete repair-ship conversion (May-August 1945) means interior rework was underway aboard this hull during the Navy's asbestos era; scope unitemized.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-aeolus-lst310-03
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[5]NARA NAID 78262994, 'USS LST-310 - War Diary, 12/1-31/43' (micro serial 62965, serial 01; RG 38, World War II War Diaries; 13 images; digitized via Fold3 - downloaded and OCR-read 2026-10-02) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 78262994, images 1-13 (OCR text retained in research notes)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The ship-titled December 1943 war diary documents Mediterranean service and a repair-ship availability: LST-310 was 'one ship of LST Group Six Flotilla' attached to Eighth Amphibious Force operating under Operation Plan N-43; an 'overhaul period' at anchor, Bizerte, Tunisia, 1-4 December; recalled for shuttle operations Bizerte-Naples from 5 December in convoy with LSTs 315, 317, 374, 375 and LCI(L)s 35, 37, 39, 192, 194, 217 plus British LCI(L)s and AM/PC/SC/YMS escorts; port calls at Naples, Taranto (Mercantile Harbor), and Nisida, Italy; and from 21 December moored alongside U.S.S. Delta at Bizerte 'for overhaul period' through month-end.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1943-12
- Population
- Ship's company; USS Delta repair crews (Bizerte, December 1943)
- Limitations
- Ship-produced primary record; OCR clean. Establishes a documented alongside-tender availability (USS Delta, AR-9-class repair ship, Bizerte) - the diary records the event, not the work content: materials disturbed or installed are not itemized and no asbestos is mentioned.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-aeolus-lst310-04
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[6]NARA NAID 78295731, 'USS LST-310 - War Diary, 1/1-31/44' (micro serial 64833, serial 02; RG 38; 13 images; digitized via Fold3 - downloaded and OCR-read 2026-10-02) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 78295731, images 1-13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The January 1944 war diary documents storm damage and a completed tender repair: in heavy seas during the Naples-Bizerte shuttle return the ship 'Received the following damage due to heavy seas: (a) Ten foot split in hull on port side, amidships. (b) Three seams opened on main deck. (c) Gyro compass broken'; sheltered in the Gulf of Palermo where the anchor chain broke (bow anchor and 7 fathoms of chain lost); then moored alongside U.S.S. Delta at Bizerte, and on 7 January 1944 'U.S.S. Delta completed repairs.' The ship then departed the Mediterranean - Bizerte to Oran, Algeria, then Gibraltar - en route to the United Kingdom.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-01
- Population
- Ship's company; USS Delta repair crews (Bizerte, January 1944)
- Limitations
- Ship-produced primary record; OCR clean. Documents hull-damage repair performed by a repair ship - an exposure-relevant work event in the asbestos era - but the diary does not itemize materials, trades, or scope; no asbestos is mentioned. Exact dates of the storm are partially legible in the OCR (early January 1944).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-aeolus-lst310-05
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[7]NARA NAID 78320689, 'USS LST-310 - War Diary, 2/1-29/44' (micro serial 66195, serial 03; RG 38; 8 images; digitized via Fold3 - downloaded, OCR-read, and displayed-page spot-checked 2026-10-02) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 78320689, images 1-8 (Plymouth arrival and Group-34 assignment on image 7)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The February 1944 war diary documents the transfer to the United Kingdom for the Normandy buildup: steaming Oran to Plymouth in convoy MKS-38 (LST Group Six plus LST 347 and six LSTs, one corvette escort; SOPA in LST 215); 'At 1500 arrived Plymouth, England, and moored to buoy #8, Tamar River' on 12 February 1944 (date read from the displayed diary page); and 13-17 February 'LST 310 designated as one ship of LST Group 34 Flotilla 12 ... Major Task Force to which attached, 11th Amphibious Force 12th Fleet'; shifted berth 16 February to #5 basin and unloaded LCT 30 from the main deck.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-02
- Population
- Ship's company; Plymouth port personnel
- Limitations
- Ship-produced primary record; the scan is ribbon-degraded and OCR extraction is partial - dates and narrative were spot-verified against the displayed page image. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-aeolus-lst310-06
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[8]NARA NAID 134370011, 'USS LST-310 - Rep of Shelling of by Enemy Shore Batteries on Isle of Guernsey on 8/30/44' (action report, micro serial 89448, serial 003, dated 11 September 1944, signed Lt. W. P. Lawless; RG 38; 7 images; digitized via Fold3 - downloaded and OCR-read 2026-10-02) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 134370011, images 1-7
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The commanding officer's action report documents combat exposure without damage: on 30 August 1944, while transporting ammunition from Omaha Beach to St. Michel en Greve, France, in a single-column convoy (US PC-1233, LST-310, LST-1002, LST-980), German shore batteries on the Isle of Guernsey opened fire at 0831B (position 49-34.3 N, 03-02.0 W); eight salvos of three shells between 0831B and 0902B, all apparently directed at LST-310 (first salvo ~32,000 yards, last ~42,000 yards); 'the sixth, seventh, and eighth salvos covered the main deck with a curtain of shrapnel' yet 'no casualties to personnel or material occurred'; shell fragments tentatively 240mm. Forwarded via Commander LST Group 34 - Flotilla 12 with first endorsement 15 September 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1944-08-30
- Population
- Ship's company under fire (30 August 1944)
- Limitations
- Ship-produced primary record; OCR clean. Documents a near-miss shelling during an ammunition lift - no resulting damage or repair availability, and no asbestos content. The Isle of Guernsey remained German-held until May 1945.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-aeolus-lst310-07
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[9]NARA NAID 139985768, 'COM LST GR 34 - War Diary, 3/1/45 to 5/6/45' (unit diary signed Commander D. H. Adams, USNR; RG 38; 7 images; digitized via Fold3 - downloaded and OCR-read 2026-10-02) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 139985768, images 1-7
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The parent-unit diary documents this hull's final weeks of commissioned operation: on 31 March 1945 LST-310 was among eight Group 34 LSTs (310, 316, 317, 332, 350, 357, 374, 375) 'withdrawn from operation OVERLORD,' sailing for Falmouth and Plymouth to be 'fitted out in preparation for return to the United States'; she then joined LST Convoy 4 (LSTs 57, 75, 308, 310, 316, 317, 332, 350, 357, 374, 375, 355, 392, and USS Atlas; escorts USS Benson DD-421, Niblack DD-424, Ludlow DD-438; Capt. J. W. Adams, CTG 63.1, in Benson) which 'sailed from Plymouth, England at 0700, on 16 April 1945, for Norfolk, Virginia.' LST-310 'suffered a steering casuality at about 1203 but was back in position by 1215' on 17 April, and had further 'trouble with her steering gear' on 22 April, exchanging convoy stations with LST-317. The convoy anchored in area H, Hampton Roads, Norfolk, on 5 May 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-03-31 to 1945-05-06
- Population
- Ship's company (March-May 1945 return passage)
- Limitations
- Unit-level primary record naming the hull in context; OCR clean. Bridges the gap between the last ship-titled diary (February 1944) and decommissioning - the Norfolk arrival (5 May) precedes the documented Baltimore decommissioning (16 May) by 11 days. No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-aeolus-lst310-08
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[10]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 2 (January 1945), LST design table (shipscribe.com scan, range-request verified live 2026-10-02); NavSource LST-310 spec block; lst-1-class class profile (class-f worktree, 2026-09-16) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB 1945 v2 LST design table; NavSource 160310.htm specifications block; lst-1-class.class.json
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era inference for this hull: the LST-1 design group ran a diesel plant (2 x GM 12-567A diesels, 900 hp each, 1,700 shp total, single Falk reduction gear, twin screws; three 100 kW diesel-drive generators - BuShips design table and this hull's NavSource spec block) with no boilers, so the boiler/turbine steam-lagging pathway does not apply. Asbestos-relevant applications aboard a 1942 diesel landing ship of this type were the era-standard set - diesel-exhaust and machinery-space lagging, machinery gaskets and valve packing, accommodation thermal insulation, and deck coverings. Ship-specific events inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era: construction at Boston Navy Yard (1942-43); alongside availabilities at USS Delta, Bizerte (December 1943-January 1944), including repair of a 10-foot hull split and opened main-deck seams (ev-04, ev-05); and the cancelled ARL-42 conversion at Bethlehem Steel, Key Highway, Baltimore, 44% complete at cancellation (May-August 1945, ev-03).
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Population
- Boston Navy Yard construction trades (1942-43); ship's company and embarked troops (1943-45); USS Delta repair crews (1943-44); Bethlehem Steel Key Highway conversion trades (1945); Boston Metals conversion trades (1947)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull insulation survey, material schedule, or conversion work package was located for LST-310. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; no quantities; no manufacturer attribution. Whether the 44%-complete conversion had installed or disturbed interior insulation is unknown.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-aeolus-lst310-09
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[11]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (October 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2 (full text blocked, HTTP 403)
- 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 - spanning this hull's construction (1942-43), her Mediterranean and Channel service and tender availabilities, the 1945 ARL conversion period, and her 1947 merchant conversion.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch, reconfirmed 2026-10-02) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-aeolus-lst310-10
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[12]CourtListener API v4 search (authenticated, fleet-paced helper; opinion and RECAP docket indexes) [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-aeolus-lst310-16 through sl-uss-aeolus-lst310-22
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation located naming this hull. Exact-phrase sweeps: "LST-310" returned 0 opinions and 0 dockets; "LST 310" returned 0 opinions and 0 dockets. Name sweeps returned only collisions: "USS Aeolus" returned 1 opinion - United States v. Jackson, 16 C.M.A. 509 (USCMA 1967), a theft court-martial aboard the cable repair ship USS Aeolus (ARC-3), a different hull in commission 1955-1973; "ARL-42" returned 1 opinion - Owens, Ronroyal J. (Tex. App. 2015), a tokenized text fragment inside scanned correspondence, not a vessel reference; "Aeolus" + asbestos returned 2 opinions - United States v. W.R. Grace & Co.-Conn., 280 F. Supp. 2d 1149 (D. Mont. 2003), the Libby vermiculite CERCLA case, and In re Johns-Manville Corp., 440 B.R. 604 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2010) - neither names a vessel.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- CourtListener indexes published opinions and RECAP dockets - state-court filings, unreported settlements, MDL-875 pleading-level vessel lists, and non-digitized dockets are outside coverage. A zero qualifying result means no located docketed case/opinion naming this hull, not proof none exists. The 'Aeolus' name sweeps are inherently collision-prone (ARC-3 in commission 1955-73; non-vessel commercial names).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-aeolus-lst310-11
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[13]Batch-6847 search ledger (this record): DANFS (LST-310 + Aeolus-II/AKA-47); NavSource; shipscribe ARL roster; NARA catalog + five war-diary file units read in full; MARAD ShipHistory; NVR; BuShips SDB 1945 v2; GAO product page; CourtListener API (opinion + docket); NIOSH HHE check; secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-aeolus-lst310-01 through sl-uss-aeolus-lst310-25
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, material schedule, or qualifying case naming LST-310 / Aeolus (ARL-42) / MV Mercator / MV Altamar was found in the public sources searched. The strongest ship-specific documentation is operational (war diaries, action report, unit diary) plus the BuShips-derived conversion roster entry - confirming two tender availabilities with hull repair and a 44%-complete conversion - but no primary source read names asbestos aboard this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - 1942 Navy-yard construction, repair-ship availabilities, a partial repair-ship conversion, and a 1947 merchant conversion all sit squarely inside the Navy's asbestos-use era. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-aeolus-lst310-12
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[14]NARA catalog, "LST-310" - ~188 file units (fuzzy relevance); ship-titled digitized units surfaced and read: war diaries Dec 1943 (NAID 78262994), Jan 1944 (NAID 78295731), Feb 1944 (NAID 78320689), Guernsey action report (NAID 134370011); parent-unit COM LST GR 34 diaries incl. Apr 1-May 6 1945 (NAID 139985768) read [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov "LST-310" result set (188 file units); navy-online digitized deck-log list checked 2026-10-02
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Primary archive coverage for this hull is digitized but partial: ship-titled war diaries surfaced cover December 1943-February 1944 plus the August 1944 Guernsey action report; ship-titled diaries for February-November 1943 (commissioning, shakedown, Sicily, Salerno) and March 1944 onward (Normandy assault phase, Channel lifts) were not surfaced in catalog results - COM LST GR 6 (Mediterranean) and COM LST GR 34 (UK/Normandy) unit diaries are digitized and bridge at unit level. WWII deck logs proper for this hull are not in NARA's digitized deck-log program (the published online list contains no LST numbered below 515). Asbestos-relevant archival leads not retrieved: the Bethlehem Steel Key Highway ARL-42 conversion work package (May-August 1945) and Boston Navy Yard 1942-43 construction records (RG 181 naval-yard series).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1942-1947 records
- Population
- Ship's company (1943-45); researchers
- Limitations
- Archival-lead row: catalog-level verification plus full reads of five file units; remaining ship-titled diaries, deck logs, and yard work packages were not retrieved - existence of material schedules is unknown until surveyed in person. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-aeolus-lst310-13
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[15]DANFS, Aeolus II (AKA-47) - the hull that actually served as USS Aeolus / USNS Aeolus (ARC-3), 1955-1985 (live NHHC page, verified 2026-10-02) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Aeolus II (AKA-47) entry, full text
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Name-collision control: the commissioned USS Aeolus (ARC-3) was a different hull - laid down as Turandot (AKA-47), Maritime Commission hull 1908, by Walsh-Kaiser Co., Providence, R.I., 29 March 1945; commissioned as AKA-47 18 June 1945; reacquired by the Navy 4 November 1954 for conversion to a cable repair ship; renamed Aeolus and redesignated ARC-3 on 17 March 1955; commissioned at Baltimore 14 May 1955; decommissioned 1 October 1973 for transfer to Military Sealift Command; served as USNS Aeolus until May 1985; laid up NDRF James River; sunk as an artificial reef in 1988 (per secondary sources). This hull (LST-310) bore the name Aeolus only on paper for 3.5 months in 1945 during a cancelled conversion - it never entered commission under that name. Asbestos-litigation and marketing content naming 'USS Aeolus' (e.g., asbestos-ships.com's ARC-3 page; the US v. Jackson court-martial, 1967) belongs to ARC-3, not this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1945-1985 (ARC-3); 1945 (this hull's name window)
- Limitations
- Disambiguation row about a different hull - nothing here documents LST-310's materials or condition. ARC-3's details are summarized from its own DANFS entry solely to prevent misattribution in name-based searches.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-aeolus-lst310-14