USS AKL-24

Evidence

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

1. [1]Shipscribe U.S. Navy auxiliary ships data sheets, 'USNS AKL 17 (T-AKL 17, FS Design 381 Part 2) Class' page (Stephen S. Roberts compilation from Navy registers, official correspondence, and Miramar Ship Index; page compiled 8 Aug 2021) [other_primary]

   Locator

   AKL15.html - class data block, construction table (T-AKL 24 row), disposition table, class notes (Design 381 ranges; 7 Jun 1950 approval paragraph), ship notes (T-AKL 24 row)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Navy acquisition and disposition documented for this hull. Construction table row: T-AKL 24, builder 'J H Mathis, Camden,' Army contract 24 Apr 1943, completed 1 Mar 1944, in service 1 Jul 1950. Disposition table row: inactivated ca 1959, stricken 1 Feb 1959, disposal 23 Jun 1960 'Navy sale.' Ship note 24: '(ex-FS 309, compl. 1 Mar 1944). To Navy reserve 9 Feb 1959, on Navy sale list Feb 1959. Offered for sale 25 Mar 1960 with bids to be opened 25 Apr 1960. Merc. PRESIDENT OSMENA (Philippine President Lines) 1961, finally GEMINI 1967. Deleted after 1980.' Class notes document Design 381 as the basic Army 176' FS type built at 11 yards (FS 309-319 block included), and record that AKL 18-32 were among the Army ships operating under commands in the Far East that were transferred to the Navy about 1 Jul 1950, with names, classification, and hull numbers approved 7 Jun 1950. Class data block for the Design 381 group: 500 light / 935 full tons (hull 24 listed at 555 light), 177' oa x 32' e x 10' max nav draft, 12 kts, 1,000 hp geared diesel two screws, no armament, accommodations 7-10 officers / 13-16 unlicensed.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-22

   Study period

   1943-1980

   Population

   Civilian MSTS crew (1950-ca 1959); Navy reserve-fleet caretakers (1959-1960); Philippine merchant crews (1961-after 1980)

   Limitations

   Compiled secondary transcription of official Navy register and MARAD/Miramar records, not the registers themselves; consistent with NavSource, shipbuildinghistory, and the USCG historian compilation on identity. Internal inconsistency: disposition table strikes the hull 1 Feb 1959 while the ship note places her 'to Navy reserve 9 Feb 1959' - the reserve date follows the strike date, which reverses the normal sequence; unresolved (flagged, not silently merged). Contains no asbestos or materials information; supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-akl-24-akl24-01

2. [2]NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive - USNS T-AKL-24 ex USAV FS-309, file 09/14/1424 (page updated 13 Nov 2020); NavSource auxiliary index 09/14/14idx corroborates 'T-AKL-24 ex US Army FS-309, 381' [other_primary]

   Locator

   NavSource 1424.htm - chronology block, specifications block, ribbon display, 'no DANFS' statement; index cross-check 09/14/14idx

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NavSource corroborates identity and adds specifications and award display: 'Camano Class Light Cargo Ship'; laid down date unknown for the U.S. Army as small freighter FS-309 (design 381) at John H. Mathis, Camden, N.J.; delivered to the U.S. Army April 1944; commissioned USAV FS-309 10 Apr 1944 at New York, LTjg Richard H. Greenless, USCGR in command (succeeded by LT Oliver Rahle USCG); transferred from USAT to MSTS 1 Jul 1950, designated USNS T-AKL-24; struck from the Naval Register 1959; final disposition 'fate unknown.' Ribbon display: American Campaign Medal; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal; World War II Victory Medal; Philippines Liberation Medal. Spec block: 560 t; 177' x 32' x 14'; 12 kts; complement 42; two 500-hp GM Cleveland Division 6-278A 6-cyl diesels, twin screws. Page explicitly states 'There is no DANFS history available for T-AKL-24.' Page carries the full WWII narrative text matching the USCG Historian's Office FS-309 entry (collision with a Navy destroyer, Milne Bay/Hollandia/Leyte/Tacloban, the 28 Dec 1944 kamikaze attacks and USS Porcupine explosion, the Nasugbu Bay 'Q' boat attack, Manila 19 Aug 1945, Japan occupation duty).

   Verification

   partial

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-22

   Study period

   1944-1980

   Population

   USCG-manned Army crew (1944-postwar); civilian MSTS crew (1950-ca 1959)

   Limitations

   Specialist secondary compilation - detailed but non-official; the WWII narrative reproduces the USCG Historian's Office entry (cited separately at ev-03). Spec block conflicts with Shipscribe on displacement (560 t vs 555 light/935 full) and draft (14' vs 10' max nav); the 6-278A Cleveland machinery entry is consistent with Shipscribe's 1,000 hp class figure. Page header gives 'USAV FS-309 (1945 - 1950)' while the body documents commissioning 10 Apr 1944 - header year inconsistent with the entry's own text (flagged in ev-08). Contains no asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-akl-24-akl24-02

3. [3]U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office, 'World War II Coast Guard-Manned U.S. Army Freight and Supply Ship Histories' - FS-309 entry (uscg.mil FS_Vessels page, Wayback capture 30 Apr 2017; live media.defense.gov PDF returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch - same edge-denial condition logged in batches 628/1085) [other_primary]

   Locator

   FS_Vessels page, FS-309 entry (full paragraph) + document introduction (JCS agreement of 14 Mar 1944; Design 381 classification)

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   Official USCG historian compilation carries a full ship-specific entry for FS-309: commissioned at New York 10 Apr 1944 with LTJG Richard H. Greenless, USCGR, as first commanding officer (succeeded by LT Oliver Rahle); departed New York early May 1944 for Los Angeles via the Panama Canal; en route to Honolulu collided with a Navy destroyer 150 miles off the coast - starboard side caved in, number-two hold flooded, no injuries, cargo shifted and collision mat rigged, returned to Los Angeles under her own power; damage repaired and the skipper exonerated by a Navy Board. Proceeded to New Guinea via Honolulu and the Ellice Islands; unloaded/reloaded at Milne Bay for Hollandia; joined a convoy for the Philippines; approached Leyte; Tacloban airfield attacked Christmas Eve 1944 and she fired on enemy planes with shore batteries. Steaming for Mindoro through the Surigao Strait, Mindanao Sea, Sulu Sea, and Mindoro Strait on 28 Dec 1944 she came under concentrated kamikaze attack; the convoy shot down some 26 planes; FS-309's guns fired into one Zero which banked into the ammunition-laden USS Porcupine (printed 'IX-120' in the USCG text - the hull was IX-126) 200 yards ahead; the explosion tore FS-309's flying bridge apart and littered her deck with shrapnel and debris; FS-309 crewman Francis L. Owens, USCGR, went overboard with lines and rescued two sailors blown into the water by the blast. Attacks continued at the Mindoro anchorage, where she aided a burning gasoline tanker and rescued her crew. On 31 Jan 1945 she berthed at the wrecked Wawa River Wharf, Nasugbu Bay - the first U.S. vessel to remain overnight - and about five days later survived a 'Q' boat (explosive motorboat) attack at the wharf, the blast lifting her stern out of the water with no injuries. She was at Manila 19 Aug 1945 when the Japanese delegation arrived to receive surrender terms, then proceeded to Japan as part of the occupation force and was decommissioned on return to the United States. Document introduction records the 14 Mar 1944 JCS agreement under which the Coast Guard manned 288 Army vessels and identifies the non-330 FS hulls (including FS-309's block) as 'Design 381.'

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-22

   Study period

   1944-1946

   Population

   USCG-manned Army crew of FS-309 (1944-postwar), incl. named officers LTJG Richard H. Greenless, USCGR, LT Oliver Rahle, USCG, and crewman Francis L. Owens, USCGR

   Limitations

   Official historian compilation naming the hull - the strongest ship-specific source located - but the entry is a narrative memoir without footnotes: dates and sequences are as compiled. The printed 'IX-120' is a typo (DANFS confirms USS Porcupine IX-126), and the narrative places the Porcupine explosion within the 28 Dec strait attacks while DANFS dates the fatal hit at Mangarin Bay 30 Dec 1944 (convoy 'Uncle plus 15' entered Surigao Strait 28 Dec and anchored at Mangarin Bay 30 Dec - both dates appear in the DANFS IX-126 entry; the FS-309 text compresses them). No CO list beyond the two named officers; no post-1945 Army dates. Contains no asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-akl-24-akl24-03

4. [4]Shipbuilding History (Tim Colton compilation), John H. Mathis & Co. Camden yard table; mirrored navalmarinearchive.com 'U.S. Army Coastal Freighters' table [other_primary]

   Locator

   mathis.htm - John H. Mathis & Co. wartime table, hull 147 / FS 309 row; navalmarinearchive.com/sbh/smallships/armyfreighters.html - FS 309 row

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Mathis yard-table row for hull 147: FS 309, U.S. Army Transportation Corps coastal freighter, 560d tons, 176 ft, build entry 'Feb-44,' disposition 'To USN 1950 as AKL 24, struck 1959, sold 1961 Philippines, later President Osema' [sic - Osmena]. The navalmarinearchive freighter table independently carries: FS 309, Design 381, steel, 560 t, 176 ft, span entry '3/44-10/44,' note 'USCG-manned, to USN 1950 as AKL 24, struck 1959.' Confirms builder, yard number, design type, tonnage, Navy transfer year, strike year, and Philippine merchant disposition independent of NavSource and Shipscribe.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-22

   Study period

   1943-1961

   Population

   John H. Mathis & Co. construction workforce (Camden, NJ, 1943-1944)

   Limitations

   Compiler's yard tables, secondary - consistent with Shipscribe/NavSource/USCG on identity. The freighter table's '3/44-10/44' build-span entry conflicts with the USCG-documented 10 Apr 1944 commissioning and is not adopted (flagged in ev-08). 'President Osema' is a misspelling of Osmena; merchant detail beyond 'sold 1961 Philippines' comes from Shipscribe's Miramar-sourced ship note. Contains no asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-akl-24-akl24-04

5. [5]Consolidated era/design inference - Shipscribe Design 381 documentation (steel 176-177' geared-diesel freighter type, 1943 Army contract) + NavSource/USCG machinery and construction-era data [other_primary]

   Locator

   Shipscribe AKL15.html class data block + class notes; NavSource 1424.htm spec block

   Finding type

   asbestos_application

   Finding

   Era/design inference: this hull is a 1944-built steel diesel coastal freighter with a geared-diesel twin-screw plant - no boilers, no steam distribution. Its insulation load was materially lighter than a steam auxiliary's, but machinery and construction materials of the 1943-44 wartime era were commonly asbestos-containing: exhaust-system and muffler lagging, machinery gaskets and packing, electrical-cable insulation, accommodation/galley joiner insulation, winch and windlass brake linings, and deck compositions of the period. Exposure-relevant populations: Mathis construction trades (Camden, 1943-44), the USCG-manned wartime crew (1944-postwar), the civilian MSTS crew (1950-ca 1959), reserve-fleet caretakers (1959-60), and Philippine merchant crews aboard PRESIDENT OSMENA/GEMINI (1961-after 1980).

   Verification

   inferred

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-22

   Study period

   1944-1980

   Population

   Mathis construction trades; USCG-manned Army crew (WWII); civilian MSTS crew (1950-ca 1959); Philippine merchant crews (post-1961)

   Limitations

   Inference from documented design, machinery type, and construction era - NOT a hull materials record. No survey, specification, or material schedule naming FS-309/AKL-24 was located; establishes no asbestos content, quantity, location, condition, individual exposure, or causation. The diesel plant makes even era-level inference weaker than for steam auxiliaries of the same era.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-akl-24-akl24-05

6. [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); and Fleischer, W.E., et al., '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

   AJIM 11(3):359-373 (article); PubMed PMID 21016030

   Finding type

   gov_survey

   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 emergency construction program under which this hull was built at John H. Mathis, Camden. The USMC-commissioned 1944-45 industrial-hygiene survey of pipe-covering operations at Navy and contract yards documented that 'an important ingredient of pipe covering material used on U.S. Navy vessels is amosite.'

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-22

   Study period

   1940s era documented; articles 1946/1987

   Population

   WWII shipyard workers and ship crews (era context)

   Limitations

   Program/era-level documentation of asbestos use in WWII shipbuilding and naval-vessel construction generally; neither source names this vessel, design, or builder yard. Pipe-covering findings are less applicable to a diesel freighter than to steam vessels. Establishes nothing about this hull's materials, condition, or any individual exposure.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-akl-24-akl24-06

7. [7]Batch-1092 search ledger (this record): Shipscribe AKL15 class page; NavSource 1424 + index; USCG historian FS compilation (Wayback); shipbuildinghistory Mathis + navalmarinearchive freighter tables; NHHC/DANFS check; NVR check; MARAD ShipHistory check; CourtListener API v4 opinion + RECAP sweeps (authenticated); DANFS IX-126 via HyperWar; hazegray (unreachable); NARA record-group guides [other_primary]

   Locator

   search_ledger rows sl-uss-akl-24-akl24-01 through sl-uss-akl-24-akl24-13

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for USNS T-AKL-24 / FS-309 / PRESIDENT OSMENA / GEMINI: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, preservation record, court finding, or docketed asbestos case naming this hull was found in the public sources searched. No DANFS entry exists (NavSource states 'There is no DANFS history available for T-AKL-24'; a guessed NHHC entry URL returns 404). NVR carries no record (hull disposed 1960, pre-digital-NVR coverage; detail URL redirects to generic index). MARAD ShipHistory returned no record for AKL-24/FS-309/PRESIDENT OSMENA/GEMINI (consistent with disposal by Navy sale rather than MARAD custody). CourtListener authenticated sweeps: zero opinion hits for '"AKL-24"', '"T-AKL-24"', '"AKL 24" cargo', '"FS-309"', '"FS 309" freighter', '"AKL24"'; RECAP returned 2 docket hits for '"AKL-24"' (Comcast v. Sprint; Apple v. Qualcomm - patent-litigation text collisions, non-qualifying) and 6 for '"FS-309"' (docket-number and exhibit collisions - non-qualifying). The '"President Osmena"' opinion sweep returned 12 hits, all naturalization/veterans-benefits cases on the Philippine president except the Red Star Towing collision litigation - see ev-09.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   negative_finding

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-22

   Study period

   2026-09-22

   Limitations

   Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1944-built vessel is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials even accounting for its lighter diesel-plant insulation load. The hull's merchant disposition and post-1980 register deletion foreclose any present-day survey pathway. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-akl-24-akl24-07

8. [8]Source-discrepancy resolution - Shipscribe AKL15 class page vs NavSource 1424 vs USCG FS_Vessels compilation vs shipbuildinghistory/navalmarinearchive yard tables vs DANFS IX-126 (HyperWar mirror) [other_primary]

   Locator

   Shipscribe AKL15.html construction/disposition tables, class notes, ship note 24; NavSource 1424.htm header/timeline/specs; USCG FS_Vessels FS-309 entry; mathis.htm hull 147 row; armyfreighters.html FS 309 row; DANFS IX-126 via ibiblio.org/hyperwar

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   Source discrepancies logged, not silently merged: (a) Prefix - the vessel never commissioned in the Navy; 'USS AKL-24' in secondary usage is erroneous, USNS T-AKL-24 is correct (the Army did commission FS-309 as a USAV on 10 Apr 1944 - a different commissioning). (b) Completion/delivery - Shipscribe 'compl. 1 Mar 1944' vs shipbuildinghistory 'Feb-44' vs navalmarinearchive build-span '3/44-10/44' vs NavSource 'delivered April 1944' vs USCG-documented commissioning 10 Apr 1944 at New York; the freighter-table span is inconsistent with the documented commissioning and is not adopted; Shipscribe's 1 Mar 1944 completion carried with the conflict logged. (c) Strike/reserve ordering - Shipscribe disposition table 'strike 1 Feb 1959' vs ship note 'to Navy reserve 9 Feb 1959' and 'on Navy sale list Feb 1959': the reserve date follows the strike date internally, reversing the usual sequence; unresolved, all three carried. (d) NavSource header 'USAV FS-309 (1945 - 1950)' vs its own text (commissioned 10 Apr 1944) - header year not adopted. (e) USS Porcupine identity - USCG FS-309 text prints 'IX-120'; the correct hull is IX-126 (NavSource prints IX-126; DANFS IX-126 entry confirms). (f) Porcupine explosion date - FS-309's narrative folds the explosion into the 28 Dec 1944 strait attacks; DANFS dates the fatal kamikaze hit at Mangarin Bay 30 Dec 1944 (convoy entered Surigao Strait 0330 28 Dec and anchored Mangarin Bay 0710 30 Dec) - the event is corroborated; the day-level compression in the USCG memoir text is flagged. (g) Specs - NavSource 560 t / 177' / 32' / 14' draft / cpl 42 vs Shipscribe class data 555 light (hull-24 figure) / 935 full / 177' oa / 10' max nav draft / accommodations 7-10 officers + 13-16 unlicensed; yard tables 560 t / 176 ft - all carried separately. (h) Merchant name - Shipscribe 'PRESIDENT OSMENA (Philippine President Lines) 1961' vs Mathis table 'President Osema' (misspelling) vs the 2d Cir. opinion's 'M/S Philippine President Osmena' - spelling normalized to Osmena; same-hull link to the litigated vessel remains unconfirmed (ev-09).

   Verification

   partial

   Role

   correction

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-22

   Study period

   1943-1980

   Limitations

   Resolves publication-level discrepancies among official and secondary compilations, adopting the better-supported values and flagging the rest. The 1959 strike/reserve ordering and the completion month remain unresolved at primary-source level pending register or SECNAV-correspondence retrieval (archival lead, ev-11). No asbestos content in any of these sources.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-akl-24-akl24-08

9. [9]Red Star Towing & Transportation Co. v. The Tug Catherine (M/S Philippine President Osmena), No. 16/17, Docket 34400-34401 (2d Cir., decided 16 Sep 1970, per curiam) (CourtListener 292046; consolidated district-court proceedings SDNY, Judge Bonsal, opinion 1969 - text not retrievable) [court_record]

   Locator

   CourtListener opinion 292046 plain text (caption and facts paragraphs); district-court citations 8791415 and 8896967 (no retrievable text)

   Finding type

   litigation_documented

   Finding

   The only CourtListener hits plausibly tied to this hull's merchant identity are the Red Star Towing collision opinions: a collision in the Kill Van Kull (New York harbor) between 'M/S Philippine President Osmena,' an ocean-going vessel owned by National Development Company and operated by United Philippine Lines, and Barge Red Star No. 70 in tow of Tug Catherine. The district court held the tug solely at fault; the Second Circuit affirmed per curiam. Shipscribe records this hull's post-sale merchant identity as PRESIDENT OSMENA (Philippine President Lines) 1961, later GEMINI 1967 - National Development Company was Philippine President Lines' Philippine-government parent, so the litigated vessel plausibly is this hull's merchant identity, but the opinion supplies no prior-history identifiers (no tonnage, build year, or former names) to confirm it. Classification: other litigation (collision/admiralty merits adjudication), NOT asbestos litigation; a name-level association only.

   Verification

   unverified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   context_only

   Accessed

   2026-09-22

   Study period

   1969-1970 decisions

   Population

   Merchant crew of M/S Philippine President Osmena (collision event, c. late 1960s)

   Limitations

   Name-match only - 'Philippine President Osmena' could equally be another Philippine-flag vessel of the same fleet naming pattern; the opinion identifies the ship only as 'an ocean-going vessel.' Timing is tight: Shipscribe dates the rename to GEMINI at 1967 while the collision litigation ran 1969-70 (collision date unstated in the appellate text). Even if the same hull, a collision case establishes nothing about asbestos aboard. Classified non-qualifying at the lowest stage.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-akl-24-akl24-09

10. [10]Robinson v. United States, In re Joint Eastern and Southern Districts Asbestos Litigation, 891 F.2d 31 (2d Cir. 1989) (CourtListener 533004) [court_record]

    Locator

    CourtListener opinion 533004

    Finding type

    litigation_documented

    Finding

    No case located names this hull (see negative_finding row and search_ledger). Doctrinal context for the vessel's service pattern: this never-commissioned government-owned vessel ran with a Coast Guard-manned Army crew and later civilian MSTS crews - asbestos claims arising from service aboard government-owned merchant-type vessels historically faced the discretionary-function bar applied in Robinson v. United States, 891 F.2d 31 (2d Cir. 1989) (WSA-era government merchant fleet), while product-liability claims against equipment/material manufacturers would follow maritime doctrine. No such claim was located for this vessel in any posture.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    context

    Documentation level

    context_only

    Accessed

    2026-09-22

    Study period

    1989 decision

    Limitations

    Doctrinal context only - the cited case does not name or involve this hull, and Robinson addresses WWII WSA-vessel claims; its application to a 1950s MSTS hull would depend on facts not in evidence. Classification note: a complaint's vessel list would be a pleading allegation, not a finding; no pleading naming this hull was located. Does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-akl-24-akl24-10

11. [11]NARA Guide to Federal Records: RG 336 (Records of the Office of the Chief of Transportation - Army FS-vessel files), RG 26 (U.S. Coast Guard records - USCG-manned FS vessels), RG 19 (Bureau of Ships), Navy MSTS/MSC records; USCG Historian's Office vessel files; Miramar Ship Index (PRESIDENT OSMENA/GEMINI) [other_primary]

    Locator

    archives.gov RG 336/26/19 group guides; USCG Historian's Office FS_Vessels page (file-maintenance context); Miramar Ship Index via Shipscribe citation

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Archival leads (not retrieved - require research-room or reproduction order; no spend authorized): (a) USCG Historian's Office maintains files on listed USCG-manned Army vessels - the detailed FS-309 entry implies a fuller underlying file, the most direct WWII-era lead; (b) NARA RG 336 (Office of the Chief of Transportation, U.S. Army) holds Army Transportation Corps vessel records covering FS-309's construction (Mathis contract of 24 Apr 1943) and operation; (c) NARA RG 26 (USCG) for the Coast Guard manning period - logs, muster rolls, and the war-damage reports the narrative implies (collision board of inquiry, Nasugbu action); (d) Navy MSTS records and the 7 Jun 1950 SECNAV approval correspondence underlying the Shipscribe acquisition date for the AKL 18-32 Far East cohort; (e) reserve-fleet custody records 1959-60 and the Navy sale file for the 1960-61 disposal; (f) Miramar Ship Index entries for PRESIDENT OSMENA and GEMINI - subscription source underlying the Shipscribe ship note - which would confirm or defeat the same-hull link to the litigated 'M/S Philippine President Osmena.'

    Verification

    unverified

    Role

    archival_lead

    Documentation level

    context_only

    Accessed

    2026-09-22

    Study period

    1943-1980 records

    Limitations

    Record-group mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; existence of asbestos-specific documents for FS-309/AKL-24 is unknown until surveyed in person. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-akl-24-akl24-11