USS Agenor (ARL-3)

Evidence

13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).

1. [1]research packet bh-packet.md (5 sources cited) [other_primary]

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Evidence ID

   uss-agenor-arl3-pkt-bh-packet-md

2. [2]DANFS entry 'Agenor (ARL-3)', NHHC - live history.navy.mil URL returns 404 as of 2026-09-26; verbatim NHHC text verified via Wayback capture 20250202151950 [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   DANFS full entry text; Wayback https://web.archive.org/web/20250202151950/https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/a/agenor.html ; no HyperWar DANFS transcription mirror exists for this hull (arl3.html 404)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   DANFS (NHHC): named for Agenor, 'a character in Greek mythology, a son of Poseidon'; originally projected as tank landing ship LST-490, redesignated ARL-3 and named Agenor 1943-01-13; laid down 1943-01-24 by Kaiser Co., Inc., Vancouver, Wash. (see correction row - Vancouver attribution contradicted by the Kaiser yard registers); launched 1943-04-03; commissioned at San Francisco 1943-08-20, Lt. Argyle W. Markley in command. WWII service: from December 1943 through 1944-06-09 provided repair services to landing craft in the Solomon, Russell, and Marshall Islands; departed for the Marianas 1944-06-09; convoy attacked by Japanese torpedo bombers 1944-06-17 (several near misses); arrived off Saipan 06-24; assigned to salvage group TG 52.7 under constant air-raid threat; moved to Tinian 07-15; sailed to Guam early August, reported to TF 53, based there through 10-02, then shifted to Ulithi; returned to Guam 1945-02-10 to prepare for Iwo Jima; arrived off Iwo Jima 02-20, joined TG 51.3, working under air attack and heavy seas until 06-25; anchored at Saipan 06-29; reported to Service Squadron 10, departed for Hawaii overhaul, reached Pearl Harbor 07-18 and entered the naval shipyard - still under repair at war's end; served in the Hawaiian operating area until placed out of commission, in reserve, 1946-11-15. Transferred to the government of France 1951-03-02 under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program (MDAP); stricken from the Navy Register 1951-03-26. Three battle stars for WWII service. DANFS spec line: dp. 4100; l. 328'; b. 50'; dr. 11'2"; s. 11.6 k.; complement 253; a. 1 3", 8 40mm, 8 20mm; cl. Achelous.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-26

   Study period

   1943-1951

   Limitations

   Authoritative Navy history establishing identity, construction, conversion, service, and Navy disposition. Contains no asbestos or insulation-material statement; supports no asbestos claim. The 'Vancouver, Wash.' builder attribution conflicts with the Kaiser yard registers and shipscribe (Richmond #4) - see correction row ev-08. The 1943-08-20 commissioning date conflicts with NavSource's 30 August - DANFS carried, conflict logged.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-agenor-arl3-01

3. [3]NavSource Naval History, Amphibious Photo Archive - USS Agenor (ARL-3) page (archives/10/19/1903.htm, last updated 2024-12-06) [other_primary]

   Locator

   Page header data block, awards/campaign table, specifications block, CO table, disposition entries, photo captions

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NavSource Amphibious Photo Archive page for USS Agenor (ARL-3): authorized as LST-490; redesignated Landing Craft Repair Ship ARL-3 1943-01-13; laid down 1943-01-24 by Kaiser Co., Inc., Vancouver, WA; launched 1943-04-03; commissioned 1943-08-30, LT. Argyle W. Markley, USNR, in command. Asiatic-Pacific campaigns: Marianas operation (capture and occupation of Saipan 1944-06-25/07-21; Tinian 07-24/31; Guam 08-01/15) and Iwo Jima operation (assault and occupation 1945-02-19/03-16); three battle stars; ribbons American Campaign, Asiatic-Pacific (3), WWII Victory. Decommissioned 1946-11-15; transferred to France 1951-03-02 under MDAP, renamed RFS Vulcain (A-656); struck from the Naval Register 1951-03-26; transferred by France to the Republic of China in 1957, renamed ROCS Wu Tai (ARL-336). Specs: 3,900 t lt / 4,100 t fl; 328' x 50' x 11'2" lim; 11.6 kts; largest boom 60 t; complement 22 officers + 231 enlisted; armament 1x3"/50 DP, 2x quad 40mm w/ Mk.51 directors, 6x twin 20mm; diesel fuel 4,715 bbls; 2x GM 12-567A diesels, single Falk reduction gear, 2 propellers 1,800 shp, twin rudders; ship's service generators 3x 100kW DC + 2x 100kW AC. Call sign NJVB. Photo captions: BuShips photo 19-N-87305 shows the ship at the Matson Navigation Co. pier, San Francisco, 1943-08-08, shortly before commissioning, with the 50-ton 'A'-frame hoist described; NH 51445 at anchor circa 1945; Vulcain re-floating a coastal freighter at the mouth of the Haiphong, Vietnam, 1952; Vulcain in Operation Hirondelle, French Indochina, July 1953; Vulcain moored in Halong Bay circa 1951-54. CO roster: Markley 1943-08-30/11-30; LT Curtis C. Brandau 11-30/12-31; LCDR Louis F. Nagle 12-31/1944-01-20; LCDR Walter O. Roenicke 01-20/11-30; LCDR Curtis M. Rocca 11-30/1945-09-30; LT John N. Hightower Jr. 09-30/1946-11-15.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-26

   Study period

   1943-1957

   Limitations

   Secondary transcription archive (Navy-compiled data + contributed photos), not a primary document; consistent with DANFS on reclassification, laid-down, launch, decommissioning, stricken, and the France transfer. Adds detail DANFS lacks: campaign table, CO roster, call sign, full spec block, French Indochina service captions, and the 1957 Taiwan transfer. Its 1943-08-30 commissioning date conflicts with DANFS/shipscribe/shipbuildinghistory 08-20 (CO roster also starts Markley 08-30); its 'Vancouver, WA' builder repeats the DANFS error - see correction row ev-08. No asbestos content; supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-agenor-arl3-02

4. [4]shipscribe.com, 'USS Achelous (ARL-1) Class' register page (usnaux.shipscribe.com/ARL/ARL01.html), compiled 2007 from BuShips Ships' Data and OpNav records [other_primary]

   Locator

   Construction table row ARL-3; Disposition table row ARL-3; Class Notes paragraphs; Ship Notes row 'AGENOR'

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   shipscribe.com U.S. Navy auxiliary register (S.S. Roberts, compiled from BuShips/OpNav records), ARL-1 class page: construction table lists ARL-3 AGENOR reclassified 1943-01-13, builder 'Kaiser Cargo, Richmond #4', keel 1943-01-24, launch 1943-04-03, commission 1943-08-20. Disposition table: decommissioned 1946-11-15, struck 1951-03-26, disposal 1951-03-02 'Trf.' (transfer, not a Maritime Administration sale). Ship note: 'Ex LST-490 13 Jan 43. Converted by Matson Navigation, San Francisco, Cal. (delivered as LST and transferred 24 Jun 43). In USN reserve 1946-50. Trf. to France as VULCAIN for use in Indochina. CNO authorized transfer by France to Taiwan 24 Sep 57 as SUNG SHAN.' Class notes: FY1943 hulls (ARL 2-3) built under LST contracts and reclassified/fitted as ARLs before entering service; on 1942-12-03 COMINCH directed conversion of three LSTs to landing-craft repair ships; ARL/ARB/AGP designations proposed 1943-01-02 and approved by SecNav 1943-01-13; ships transited from building yards to conversion yards as LSTs, assuming ARL designations upon entering the conversion yard; seven of the nine ARL-1-class ships were converted at Bethlehem-Key Highway, Baltimore, and the other two (Amycus and Agenor) at San Francisco; Gibbs & Cox was design agent for all LST conversions; bow doors on the U.S. units were welded shut; a 50-ton A-frame hoist was fitted.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-26

   Study period

   1943-1957

   Limitations

   Independent authoritative register reconciling BuShips/OpNav records; corroborates the 1943-08-20 commissioning date (against NavSource's 08-30) and the Richmond #4 builder (against DANFS/NavSource 'Vancouver'); adds the conversion chain (delivered as LST and transferred to Matson Navigation, San Francisco, 1943-06-24) and the class-program context. Its 'SUNG SHAN' Taiwan name vs NavSource 'Wu Tai' is reconciled in ev-08 (acquired as Shung Shan/Sung Shan, renamed Tai Wu/Wu Tai 1968). No asbestos content; supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-agenor-arl3-03

5. [5]shipbuildinghistory.com Kaiser Richmond No. 4 yard table (krichmond.htm) row 45 and Kaiser Vancouver WA yard table (kvancouver.htm) hulls 153-179 [other_primary]

   Locator

   Richmond #4 table row 45 (LST 490 / MC 1010); Vancouver table LST run ending at LST-475 (MC 995)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   shipbuildinghistory.com Kaiser yard registers: the Kaiser Richmond No. 4 (Richmond CA, Kaiser Cargo Inc.) table lists yard hull 45 = 'LST 490', type S3-M-K2, MC hull 1010, keel laid 1943-01-24, launched 1943-04-03, delivered 1943-08-20, disposition 'Completed as Agenor (ARL 3), to France 1951 as Vulcain, to Taiwan 1957 as Shung Shan (ARL 336), to Japan 1974 as Wu Tai (AP 520), disposition unknown'. The adjacent Kaiser Vancouver WA table shows that yard's LST production running only from LST-446 through LST-475 (yard hulls 153-179, MC 966-995) before switching to escort carriers - LST-490 is not in the Vancouver build list, so a Vancouver build is excluded.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-26

   Study period

   1943-1983

   Limitations

   Yard-register compilation (secondary but tabulated from MC/Navy construction records); its keel/launch/delivery dates match DANFS/shipscribe exactly, corroborating Richmond #4 over DANFS's 'Vancouver, Wash.' The 'to Japan 1974 as Wu Tai (AP 520), disposition unknown' line is a single-source secondary datum conflicting with the Wikipedia (Silverstone-cited) ROCN decommissioning of April 1983 - carried as a logged conflict, not asserted. No asbestos content; supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-agenor-arl3-04

6. [6]NARA Ship Plan Index entries for AGENOR (naIds 153714105, 175668046, 175668047); NARA catalog record naId 78504470 via DPLA/Digital Pasifik aggregation; NARA muster-roll guidance (archives.gov/research/military/navy/muster-rolls) [other_primary]

   Locator

   ship-index AGENOR rows; digitalpasifik.org/items/479800 linking catalog.archives.gov/id/78504470

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   Ship-specific records exist for this hull in National Archives holdings: (a) NARA Ship Plan Index (archives.gov/research/cartographic/ship-index) lists three RG 19 (Bureau of Ships) entries - 'AGENOR / ARL-3 / Hull series of Ship Engineering Drawings' (naId 153714105), 'AGENOR / ARL-3 / Microfilm' (naId 175668046), and 'AGENOR / LST-490 / Microfilm' (naId 175668047) - the separate LST-490 and ARL-3 drawing sets track the hull before and after conversion; (b) the DPLA/Digital Pasifik index of NARA College Park textual holdings lists 'USS AGENOR - AA Act Rep, 6/17/44 off Saipan Is, Marianas' (naId 78504470, micro serial 77934, serial 007, file A9) in the 'World War II War Diaries, Other Operational Records and Histories' series (RG 38, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations) - the ship's own action report for the 1944-06-17 torpedo-bomber attack recorded in DANFS. WWII-era Navy muster rolls for this hull exist in the Ancestry-digitized 'U.S. World War II Navy Muster Rolls, 1938-1949' series (per NARA's published guidance), but the catalog's SPA interface prevented enumeration of hull-specific muster-roll/deck-log identifiers this session.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   archival_lead

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-26

   Study period

   1943-1946 records

   Population

   Ship's complement named in muster rolls (1943-1946)

   Limitations

   Existence verified at index/catalog level; document contents NOT reviewed (engineering drawings may include insulation schedules, but unreviewed contents cannot be characterized; the AA action report is an operational document, no asbestos statement expected). Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-agenor-arl3-05

7. [7]Consolidated era inference - BuShips Ships' Data U.S. Naval Vessels Vol. 2 (Jan 1945) LST/ARL machinery and class data (shipscribe scan); NavSource spec block for this hull [other_primary]

   Locator

   SDB-1945 v2 LST/ARL design tables; NavSource archives/10/19/1903.htm specifications block

   Finding type

   asbestos_application

   Finding

   Era/design inference for a diesel-powered LST-hull auxiliary: the ship had no boilers (2x GM 12-567A diesels, 1,800 shp). Asbestos-relevant applications typical of the type and era: diesel exhaust lagging and manifold gaskets, engine-room thermal/acoustic insulation, deck coverings/tile, bulkhead and accommodation-space insulation, machinery packing - plus ARL-specific repair-shop outfit (machine, welding, and fitting shops) contemporaneously stocked with asbestos-containing consumables such as welding blankets, insulation cement, and gasket sheet stock. The construction period (Kaiser Richmond Yard No. 4, Jan-Aug 1943 incl. conversion fitting) fell inside the window when the federal government had reserved asbestos supply for shipbuilding.

   Verification

   inferred

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-26

   Study period

   1943-1983

   Population

   Construction workforce (Kaiser Richmond Yard No. 4, 1943); conversion workforce (Matson Navigation, San Francisco, 1943); wartime crew and serviced landing-craft crews; Pearl Harbor naval shipyard overhaul workforce (1945); French Navy crew (1951-1957, incl. Indochina deployments); ROCN crew (1957-1983)

   Limitations

   Class/era inference only - no document names this hull's materials. Diesel plant means no boiler insulation (the largest asbestos mass on steam ships); listed applications are era-typical, not ship-proven. Does not establish quantity, location, present-day presence (hull's final fate unknown after ROCN service), individual exposure, or causation.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-agenor-arl3-06

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 fireproofing and insulating material in U.S. shipbuilding during WWII - the era and program under which this LST-hull conversion was built and fitted - and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization aboard naval and merchant-type hulls.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-26

   Study period

   1940s era documented; article 1987

   Population

   WWII shipyard workers and ship crews (class context)

   Limitations

   Program/era-level scholarship; does not name this vessel and does not establish that asbestos was aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-agenor-arl3-07

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

   2026-09-26

   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 Kaiser Richmond or Matson's San Francisco conversion facility was among the surveyed yards 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-agenor-arl3-08

10. [10]Cross-source reconciliation: NHHC DANFS entry (via Wayback 20250202151950); NavSource archives/10/19/1903.htm; shipscribe usnaux ARL-1 class register; shipbuildinghistory Kaiser Richmond/Vancouver yard tables; Wikipedia USS Agenor article (secondary synthesis for Taiwan-era naming, cited as lead only) [other_primary]

    Locator

    As cited in ev-01/-02/-03/-04 locators; Wikipedia reconciliation cross-checked against shipscribe/shipbuildinghistory statements

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Source discrepancies resolved/logged: (a) Builder - DANFS and NavSource say 'Kaiser Co., Inc., Vancouver, Wash./WA', but shipscribe's BuShips-derived register gives 'Kaiser Cargo, Richmond #4', and shipbuildinghistory's Kaiser Richmond No. 4 table lists LST-490 at yard hull 45 (MC 1010) with keel/launch/delivery dates matching DANFS exactly (24 Jan / 3 Apr / 20 Aug 1943), while the Kaiser Vancouver table ends its LST run at LST-475 (yard hulls 153-179, MC 966-995) - LST-490 was not built at Vancouver. Resolved: Richmond, CA carried; 'Vancouver' is a DANFS error propagated by NavSource. (b) Commissioning date - 1943-08-20 (DANFS, shipscribe, shipbuildinghistory delivery date) vs 1943-08-30 (NavSource header and CO-roster start for LT Markley); 20 August carried on three-source concurrence. (c) Taiwan name - NavSource 'ROCS Wu Tai (ARL-336)' vs shipscribe 'SUNG SHAN' vs shipbuildinghistory 'Shung Shan (ARL 336)...to Japan 1974 as Wu Tai (AP 520)'; secondary synthesis (Wikipedia, citing Silverstone 2009 p.171 and Taiwan navy sources) reconciles: acquired as Shung Shan (ARL-336) 1957, renamed Tai Wu (AP-520) 1968 - both names are correct for different periods. (d) Final disposition - shipbuildinghistory 'to Japan 1974..., disposition unknown' vs Wikipedia (Silverstone-cited) ROCN decommission April 1983; unresolved, final fate unknown. (e) Complement - DANFS 253 = NavSource 22+231 = shipscribe 253: consistent. (f) Armament - DANFS totals (1x3", 8x40mm, 8x20mm) equal NavSource mounts (1x3"/50 DP, 2x quad 40mm, 6x twin 20mm): consistent. (g) Displacement - DANFS 4,100 vs NavSource 3,900 lt / 4,100 fl vs shipscribe 2,125 lt / 4,100 lim - light-vs-limiting basis differences, both framings logged. (h) Campaign credit dates - NavSource Saipan start 06-25 vs DANFS arrival off Saipan 06-24: minor, both logged.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    correction

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-26

    Study period

    1943-1983

    Population

    Post-USN foreign-service crews: French Navy (1951-1957), Republic of China Navy (1957-1983) - unquantified

    Limitations

    Resolves publication-level discrepancies by recording each source's exact statement rather than merging. The Richmond builder attribution is carried because two independent register-type sources agree and the Vancouver yard's own table excludes LST-490; the Taiwan naming is carried as Shung Shan (1957) renamed Tai Wu/Wu Tai (1968) per the reconciling synthesis, with the alternative single-source 'to Japan 1974' framing logged in gaps. Does not affect identity. No asbestos content in any source.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-agenor-arl3-09

11. [11]CourtListener API v4 - '"Agenor"' opinion query (33 results, name collisions), '"ARL-3"' opinion query (16 results, term collisions), '"LST-490"' opinion query (0 results), '"Agenor"' RECAP docket query (147 dockets, personal-name collisions); supplementary web litigation search [court_record]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-agenor-arl3-08 through sl-uss-agenor-arl3-13

    Finding type

    litigation_documented

    Finding

    Completed CourtListener sweeps (authenticated via fleet helper, 2026-09-26): '"Agenor"' opinion index (type=o) returned 33 hits, all name collisions - the Haitian-American surname Agenor generates a steady stream of Florida/Louisiana/New York criminal, foreclosure, and custody cases (e.g., Agenor v. State, Bank of New York v. Agenor, People v. Agenor Roman); no hit names the ship and none is asbestos litigation. '"ARL-3"' (type=o) returned 16 hits, all term collisions (assessor parcel codes, docket-letter suffixes such as '(ARL)', judge initials) - no ship reference. '"LST-490"' (type=o) returned zero hits. '"Agenor"' RECAP docket index (type=r) returned 147 dockets, all personal-name matters (predominantly bankruptcy filings); no ship-related docket. No qualifying asbestos litigation naming the hull under any searched designation. Supplementary non-CL coverage: an indexed-web litigation search ('"USS Agenor" OR "ARL-3" OR "LST-490" asbestos mesothelioma lawsuit') returned only decisions naming other hulls (USS McGinty, USS Rowan, USS Hollister, USS Badger), and a VA BVA-decisions web search surfaced no Agenor-named claim.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    negative_finding

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-26

    Study period

    2026-09-26

    Limitations

    Sweep complete for the searched index surfaces (CL opinion + RECAP docket) - but absence from the indexed corpus does not prove no claim was ever filed: district-court filings that never produced a written opinion or a RECAP-captured docket are outside the surface, and foreign-language (French/ROCN) claims were never in scope. Coverage classified as a completed negative finding for U.S. indexed litigation, not absolute proof.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-agenor-arl3-10

12. [12]Batch-2621 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS via Wayback; NavSource 10/19/1903; shipscribe ARL-1 class register; shipbuildinghistory Kaiser yard tables; NARA ship-index + catalog aggregations; CourtListener sweeps (completed); indexed-web and BVA litigation checks [other_primary]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-agenor-arl3-01 through sl-uss-agenor-arl3-15

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed asbestos case naming USS Agenor / ARL-3 / LST-490 / MC hull 1010 / Vulcain (A-656) / Shung Shan or Wu Tai (ARL-336, AP-520) was found in the public sources searched - DANFS, NavSource, shipscribe, shipbuildinghistory yard registers, NARA ship-plan index and catalog aggregations (existence verified, contents unreviewed), the completed CourtListener opinion/RECAP sweeps for all searched designations, and indexed-web and BVA checks (see search_ledger).

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    negative_finding

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-26

    Study period

    2026-09-26

    Limitations

    Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1943-built amphibious auxiliary is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials, and the hull's foreign-service decades (France 1951-1957, ROCN 1957-1983) are unexamined maintenance/disturbance phases under non-U.S. documentation systems. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-agenor-arl3-11

13. [13]NARA Guide to Federal Records: RG 19 (Bureau of Ships), RG 24 (deck logs); NARA Ship Plan Index AGENOR entries; DPLA naId 78504470; NavSource photo credits (19-N series BuShips photo 19-N-87305; NHHC photo NH 51445) [other_primary]

    Locator

    RG 19 guide; ship-index AGENOR rows; digitalpasifik.org/items/479800; NavSource 1903.htm photo captions

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Archival leads (not retrieved - no spend authorized): NARA RG 19 (Bureau of Ships) holds the hull's ship-engineering drawings (naId 153714105 hull series; naIds 175668046/175668047 microfilm - the likeliest documents for a ship-specific materials/insulation schedule) plus conversion plans/specifications for the LST-to-ARL program - Gibbs & Cox was design agent and Matson Navigation performed this hull's conversion at San Francisco, so design-agent files and any surviving Matson work orders/contracts would document the conversion outfit. The ship's own WWII records exist: the 1944-06-17 anti-aircraft action report (naId 78504470, RG 38) and WWII muster rolls in the Ancestry-digitized series. WWII deck logs for USS Agenor (RG 24, NARA College Park) were not enumerated this session (catalog SPA interface). Post-USN documentation - French naval records for Vulcain (Service Historique de la Defense) and ROCN disposal records for Shung Shan/Tai Wu - is the unexplored track for the hull's 1951-1983 material condition and final disposition.

    Verification

    unverified

    Role

    archival_lead

    Documentation level

    context_only

    Accessed

    2026-09-26

    Study period

    1943-1983 records

    Limitations

    Record-group mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed. Whether any asbestos-specific document exists for this hull is unknown until surveyed in person. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-agenor-arl3-12