USS Alnitah (AK-127)

Evidence

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

1. [1]U.S. Maritime Commission, Instruction Manual for Operating and Maintaining 2500 H.P. Triple Expansion Marine Steam Engines, EC2-S-C1 Cargo Vessels (mirrored excerpt) [other_primary]

   Locator

   Mirrored excerpt, engine-cylinder insulation section

   Finding type

   asbestos_application

   Finding

   The U.S. Maritime Commission instruction manual for the EC2-S-C1 plant - the MARAD-designated type of this hull (MCE hull 451) - describes cylinder insulation of magnesia under sheet-iron lagging; insulation products of this era were commonly manufactured with asbestos fiber, and period steam-system gaskets, packing, and insulation felts commonly contained asbestos. Liberty-type hulls were built to emergency USMC specifications during the period when the federal government had reserved asbestos supply for shipbuilding.

   Verification

   inferred

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-20

   Study period

   1942-1943

   Population

   Construction trades (Permanente Metals Yard No. 2, Richmond, 1942-43); United States Lines merchant crew (Jan-Oct 1943); Navy engine-room crew

   Limitations

   Class/design documentation, not a hull record - the manual names the EC2-S-C1 type, not this vessel, and does not itself state 'asbestos' content (magnesia lagging of the era was typically asbestos-fiber-reinforced, but the manual text is silent on fiber). Asbestos presence aboard this hull is era inference, not ship-proven. Does not establish quantity, present-day presence, individual exposure, or causation.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-alnitah-ak127-01

2. [2]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 a fireproofing and insulating material in U.S. shipbuilding during WWII - the era and emergency program under which this EC2-S-C1 hull was mass-produced - and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization aboard merchant-type hulls.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-20

   Study period

   1940s era documented; article 1987

   Population

   WWII shipyard workers and ship crews (class context)

   Limitations

   Program/era-level scholarly documentation of asbestos use in WWII shipbuilding generally; does not name this vessel or the EC2-S-C1 type and does not establish that asbestos was or remains aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-alnitah-ak127-02

3. [3]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships - 'Alnitah (AK-127)' entry (online NHHC edition) [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   Full DANFS entry via Wayback capture 2024-12-09; canonical https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/a/alnitah.html returned 404 live on 2026-09-20 (standing NHHC link rot, same as batch-01)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   DANFS (online NHHC edition, verified via Wayback capture 2024-12-09; canonical URL returned 404 live on 2026-09-20) records: stat line 'AK-127: dp. 12,350; l. 441'6"; b. 56'11"; dr. 24'6"; s. 12.8 k.; cpl. 198; a. 1 5", 1 3", 8 20mm.; cl. Crater, T. EC2-S-C1'; namesake 'a star in the constellation Orion'; JOHN A. LOGAN laid down under Maritime Commission contract (MCE hull 451) 'on 12 October 1943' at Richmond, Calif., by Permanente Metals Corp. - an internally impossible date that postdates the recorded 14 January 1943 launch (the compiled yard table reads 10 December 1942; see correction row); launched 1943-01-14, sponsored by Mrs. T. W. Ludington; acquired by the Navy on a bareboat basis 1943-10-07 (MARAD card: 10-08 at Los Angeles); converted for naval service at San Pedro by Los Angeles Shipbuilding Corp.; renamed Alnitah and designated AK-127 1943-10-11; commissioned at San Pedro 1943-11-27, Lt. Comdr. E. J. Youngjohns in command. After shakedown she embarked cargo and personnel at Port Hueneme; departed California 1943-12-12; reached Espiritu Santo 1944-01-03 and reported to Service Squadron 8 for duty as an interisland transport - ports of call incl. Guadalcanal and Florida Island (Solomons), Espiritu Santo (New Hebrides), Treasury and Russell Islands, Fiji, Auckland (NZ), Noumea (New Caledonia), Milne Bay (New Guinea), Ulithi, Tinian and Guam, Okinawa. Continued Pacific cargo/passenger transport into late July 1945; departed Saipan 07-28; Japan capitulated during the homeward voyage; arrived San Francisco 08-21 after a two-day Pearl Harbor stop; voyage repairs; resumed 09-25 on 'Magic-Carpet' duty. October voyage San Francisco-Roi-Kwajalein-Majuro; Pearl Harbor 11-12; San Diego; departed 11-29 for Okinawa (arrived 12-22); operated in the Okinawa area through 1946-02-04; sailed for the Philippines; Subic Bay 02-08, embarked troops for Japan; departed 02-16; arrived Yokosuka 02-23; decommissioned 1946-03-11 and transferred to 'the War Shipping Administration representative at Yokohama'; struck from the Navy list 1946-03-28.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-20

   Study period

   1942-1946

   Population

   Navy crew (cpl. 198 per DANFS stat line); embarked passengers/troops transported under Magic Carpet and occupation lift (Oct 1945-Feb 1946)

   Limitations

   Authoritative for identity, chronology, and operations. Contains no asbestos, insulation-material, or hazardous-material statement - the Los Angeles Shipbuilding conversion (Oct-Nov 1943) is documented as an event only; its materials scope (incl. any asbestos disturbance or installation) is not described. The online edition's '12 October 1943' keel date postdates the recorded launch and is impossible - the compiled yard table's 10-Dec-42 is adopted (see correction row). The 'WSA representative' transfer wording conflicts with the MARAD card's 'War Dept.' allocation - carried in the correction row, not merged.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-alnitah-ak127-03

4. [4]U.S. Maritime Administration, ShipHistory database - ALNITAH (AK-127), Ship History Detail 165, and JOHN A. LOGAN, Detail 8737 (master vessel status card + Reserve Fleet Division vessel-data card, read directly from scans) [marad_nrc]

   Locator

   ShipHistory Detail 165 + Detail 8737; card scans read directly: /cards/3I3_01.png (master status card, JOHN A. LOGAN face) and /cards/165_312AF.jpg (reserve-fleet data card); milestones table Entry/Acquisition 9/26/1947, Disposition/Withdrawal 4/12/1961

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   MARAD ShipHistory records for this hull (Detail 165 'ALNITAH (AK-127)'; name-history-linked Detail 8737 'JOHN A. LOGAN'), with two digitized card faces read directly: (a) master Vessel Status Card (Off. No. 242828) - name JOHN A. LOGAN; flag American; type CARGO ('EC2' handwritten); F.B. 280.T; D.W.T. 10,574; gross 7,194 / net 4,383; bale 499,573 cu ft / grain 562,608; speed 12.5; hull no. 451; built by 'Perm. Metals Corp.' at Richmond, Calif.; completed 1-27-43; 'Basis to W.S.A. 1-27-43 5PM PWT @ Richmond, Calif. Owned'; allocation rows: United States Lines, Co. (GAA, Richmond, Cal., 1-27-43 5PM PWT); Navy Dept. 'Renamed ALNITAH (AK-127)' (BB, Los Angeles, 10-8-43 4-PM PWT); War Dept. (BB, 'Yomohama, Japan,' 3-11-46 1:30 PM); RESERVE FLEET (Astoria, Wash., 9-26-47 1:30 PM PST); Zidell Explorations, Inc. (Scrap) (Purchased, Astoria, Oreg., 4-12-61 10:40 AM PST). (b) Reserve Fleet Division vessel-data card - present name ALNITAH AK-127, former 'ex-John A. Logan'; type 'EC2 (U)' / dry cargo; fleet/unit Astoria 'J Ship 7'; gross 7,194 / DWT 10,500; built 'Richmond #2, 1-1943'; date entered fleet 9-26-47 1:30 P.M.; hull no. MCE-451; est.-repairs field annotated 'Troop accommodation 1189'; hull/engine remark '7th Group Libertys'; 'PDX-598 dated Feb. 7, 1961 / Award March 3, 1961 / Zidell Explorations, Inc. / Sales price $52,887.87'; fuel oil at entry 869 bbls Bunker C; withdrawn from fleet 'April 12, 1961 - 1040 hrs PST,' delivered to 'Purchaser - Zidell Expl., Inc.'; red 'SCRAP' overstamp. MARAD web milestones agree: Entry/Acquisition 9/26/1947; Disposition/Withdrawal 4/12/1961; fate 'Sold - Scrap.'

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-20

   Study period

   1943-1961

   Limitations

   Authoritative government custody record for this hull; card handwriting read against typed fields ('Yomohama' sic for Yokohama; the reserve-fleet entry date shows a handwritten '26' over '20'). The 'War Dept.' bareboat row at Yokohama 3-11-46 conflicts with DANFS's 'WSA representative' wording - disclosed in the correction row. Contains no asbestos, insulation-material, or condition-survey information - 'Troop accommodation 1189' and machinery/tonnage fields are descriptive only, not asbestos evidence. 'Scrap' sale to Zidell Explorations documents purchaser and price, not a dismantling site.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-alnitah-ak127-04

5. [5]NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive, USS Alnitah (AK-127) page (compiled reference incl. DANFS transcription, ribbon table, CO table, specifications block) [other_primary]

   Locator

   navsource.net/archives/09/13/130127.htm - full page incl. ribbon table, specifications block, commanding-officer table

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NavSource Online (Service Ship Photo Archive, AK-127 page) records: laid down as SS John A. Logan (EC2-S-C1, MC hull 451) at Permanente Metals Corp., Richmond; launched 1943-01-14; 'Delivered 27 January' to United States Lines under a GAA contract - the ~8.5-month merchant interval before Navy acquisition, corroborated by the MARAD card's GAA allocation row and by the United States Lines fleet list (ianewatts.org transcription); acquired by the Navy under bareboat charter at Los Angeles 1943-10-08; converted at Los Angeles Shipbuilding Corp., San Pedro; commissioned USS Alnitah (AK-127) 1943-11-27. CO table: LCDR Ernest J. Youngjohns Jr., USNR, sole commanding officer 1943-11-27 to 1946-03-11. Ribbons: American Campaign Medal; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal; WWII Victory Medal; Navy Occupation Service Medal with Asia clasp (periods 1945-12-22 to 1946-02-04 and 1946-02-23 to 03-11 - matching her documented Okinawa/Yokosuka dates). Decommissioned Yokohama 1946-03-11; struck 03-28; laid up NDRF Astoria 1947-09-26; sold for scrapping 1961-03-03 '(PD-X-598 W/77H)' to Zidell Explorations Inc. at Astoria - NavSource prints the price as '$2,887,' the MARAD card reads $52,887.87; 'physically delivered for dismantling 12 April 1961.' Specs: 4,023 t (lt) / 12,350 t (fl); 441'6" x 56'11" x 28'4"; 12.8 kts trial; complement 19 officers + 290 enlisted; troop accommodations 58 officers + 999 enlisted; largest boom 50 t; cargo 4,470 DWT / 231,565 cu ft non-refrigerated; NSFO 7,285 bbls; one General Machinery Corp. vertical triple-expansion engine, two Combustion Engineering header-type boilers (220 psi/450 deg F), three 20 kW recip-drive + one 60 kW turbo-drive 120 V DC generators, single screw, 2,500 shp; armament 1x5"/38 DP (stern), 1x3"/50 DP (bow), 8x20mm (four each side); call sign NHCI. Photo: NH 84660 (NHHC, courtesy D.M. McPherson 1976).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-20

   Study period

   1942-1961

   Limitations

   NavSource is a privately compiled standard reference, not a government publication; the propulsion manufacturer attributions (General Machinery Corp. engine; Combustion Engineering boilers), the complement (309) and troop (1,057) figures, the Navy Occupation Service period table, and the GAA delivery detail are NavSource-only or compiled-registry corroborated - flagged accordingly. The page's 'Laid down 12 October 1943' and 'Delivered 27 January 1942' are year-typos propagated from the corrupted online-DANFS figure (MARAD card and yard table control: keel 1942-12-10, delivery 1943-01-27). Its '$2,887' sale price is truncated - card reads $52,887.87. No asbestos content; supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-alnitah-ak127-05

6. [6]Executive Order 9400 (Dec. 3, 1943), 'Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy To Take Possession of and Operate the Shipyard of the Los Angeles Shipbuilding and Drydock Corporation at Los Angeles, California' (American Presidency Project transcription); OAC finding aid, Todd Shipyards Corporation, Los Angeles Division Collection [federal_register]

   Locator

   EO 9400 full text (presidency.ucsb.edu); https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c82z18t7/ (management timeline: takeover 1943-12-07, purchase 1946-01-06); shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/large/toddsanpedro.htm

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   The conversion yard is documented in extremis: Executive Order 9400 (Dec. 3, 1943) authorized the Secretary of the Navy to take possession of and operate the Los Angeles Shipbuilding and Drydock Corporation shipyard at Los Angeles 'because of the failure of the Los Angeles Shipbuilding and Drydock Corporation to perform satisfactorily the work called for by its contracts with the Navy Department' - six days after Alnitah commissioned at San Pedro on 27 November 1943 at the end of her conversion there. Todd Shipyards Corp. assumed management of the yard under Navy direction 1943-12-07/08 (OAC finding aid for the Todd Shipyards Corp., Los Angeles Division collection; shipbuildinghistory.com Todd-San Pedro page; Daily Breeze retrospective); the Navy relinquished the yard 1946-01-07 and Todd purchased it the same period (~$1.25 million), operating it as Todd Shipyards, Los Angeles Division.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   context_only

   Accessed

   2026-09-20

   Study period

   1943

   Population

   Yard workforce, Los Angeles Shipbuilding, San Pedro (conversion period)

   Limitations

   Documents the conversion yard's documented performance crisis at the moment Alnitah's conversion was completed - the EO names the yard, not this hull, and establishes nothing about materials installed or disturbed in her conversion. Alnitah's Oct-Nov 1943 conversion was performed under Los Angeles Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Corp.'s own management under Navy contract; Todd assumed management only after her commissioning. Whether conversion work records survive is an archival question (see archival_lead row).

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-alnitah-ak127-06

7. [7]IAU Working Group on Star Names, WGSN Bulletin 1 / IAU Catalog of Star Names - entry 'Alnitak', HR 1948, zeta Ori Aa, approved 2016-07-20 [other_primary]

   Locator

   WGSN Bulletin 1 catalog table, row 'Alnitak HR 1948 ... 2016-07-20 ... zet Ori'

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   Namesake identification: DANFS records the namesake as 'a star in the constellation Orion.' The Navy name is the spelling variant 'Alnitah' of Alnitak - the traditional name for Zeta Orionis (HR 1948, HIP 26727), the westernmost of Orion's Belt stars. The IAU Working Group on Star Names approved 'Alnitak' for zeta Orionis Aa on 2016-07-20 (WGSN Bulletin 1 / IAU Catalog of Star Names); 'Alnitah' is the documented alternate spelling of the same traditional name (Arabic an-nitaq, 'the girdle').

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   context_only

   Accessed

   2026-09-20

   Study period

   IAU approval 2016; naming era 1943

   Limitations

   Consistent with DANFS's constellation-level description; the 1943 naming decision is documented only at the constellation level in DANFS, and the specific star identification rests on the traditional-name record rather than a Navy naming memo. No asbestos relevance.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-alnitah-ak127-07

8. [8]ZRZ Realty Co. v. Beneficial Fire & Casualty Ins. Co., 349 Or. 117, 241 P.3d 710 (2010), adh'd to as modified on recons (2011); and 222 Or. App. 453, 194 P.3d 167 (2008), modified on recons, 225 Or. App. 257, 201 P.3d 912 (2009) [court_record]

   Locator

   ZRZ Realty, 349 Or. 117 (2010) opinion text (parties/background findings); 222 Or. App. 453 (2008) background findings ('upward of 200 ships ... 1947 and 1978'); unpublished WA opinion at courts.wa.gov/opinions/pdf/D2%2056257-0-II%20Unpublished%20Opinion.pdf

   Finding type

   litigation_documented

   Finding

   Scrapping-pathway context: the MARAD-documented scrap purchaser of this hull, Zidell Explorations, Inc., is the ship-dismantling concern whose operations are described in a published Oregon appellate record - the Zidell companies 'began acquiring and dismantling decommissioned navy and merchant marine ships after World War II,' towing them up the Columbia and Willamette Rivers to the Moody Avenue site in Portland and dismantling them for scrap; the Court of Appeals opinion records 'upward of 200 ships' dismantled between 1947 and 1978, and the Supreme Court opinion documents site contamination from the dismantling operation (PCBs, petroleum products, heavy metals). A separate Washington appellate proceeding (Woodruff/Buckholtz v. Zidell Explorations, Wash. Ct. App. Div. II No. 56257-0-II - unpublished, not cited as authority) records asbestos exposure of a burner dismantling ships at the related Zidell Dismantling yard at Tacoma in the early 1970s, and states that Zidell Explorations began dismantling decommissioned Navy ships in Portland in the 1950s.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   context_only

   Accessed

   2026-09-20

   Study period

   1947-1978 (dismantling operation); this hull delivered 1961-04-12

   Population

   Shipbreaking workers, Zidell yards (Astoria delivery/Portland dismantling site), 1961-era

   Limitations

   Documents the hazardous-dismantling environment of the firm that bought and broke this hull - it does not name this hull, does not establish that asbestos was aboard, and the published opinion's pollutant findings concern site contamination (PCBs, oils, metals), not a hull-specific material inventory. The asbestos-specific dismantling exposure appears only in unpublished Washington appellate proceedings - noted for factual context, not cited as authority. Whether this hull was broken at Astoria or towed to Zidell's Portland site is documented only in a compiled registry (mariners-l: 'Scrapped Portland, Ore.') - carried as reported, not verified.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-alnitah-ak127-08

9. [9]Batch-817 search ledger (this record): DANFS online edition (Wayback); MARAD ShipHistory Details 165 + 8737 + status-card scans; NavSource; HyperWar; NVR hull search; CourtListener (API throttled; Google-indexed check); web-wide litigation search; NARA catalog; NavalCoverMuseum; shipbuildinghistory.com Kaiser-Permanente No. 2 yard table; IAU WGSN; EO 9400; Zidell litigation check [other_primary]

   Locator

   search_ledger rows sl-uss-alnitah-ak127-01 through sl-uss-alnitah-ak127-14

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming USS Alnitah / AK-127 / SS John A. Logan was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The hull was awarded for scrap March 1961 and delivered to the purchaser at Astoria 1961-04-12 - predating the Navy's asbestos-control programs of the late 1970s and NESHAP demolition rules - so no U.S.-regulated abatement record was ever expected to exist for this hull. The ship appears on bulk law-firm marketing lists of Navy hulls (asbestos-ships.com, freeasbestostesting.com); those lists enumerate every Navy ship and carry no ship-specific evidence - classified non-qualifying and not cited.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   negative_finding

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-20

   Study period

   2026-09-20

   Limitations

   Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1943 EC2-S-C1 hull with a Navy conversion availability is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials. Direct CourtListener API queries were rate-limited (429 '125/day' quota; ~4.8h backoff); the Google-indexed CourtListener check returned only near-name collisions (Ahtna, Akal Security, Alnylam) - no hull-naming opinion - but an exhaustive opinion/docket sweep was not completed; residual litigation-discovery risk is noted rather than resolved. Does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-alnitah-ak127-09

10. [10]Cross-source reconciliation: DANFS online NHHC edition (Wayback 2024-12-09); MARAD status cards (O.N. 242828 master card + reserve-fleet data card) and detail pages 165/8737; NavSource AK-127 page; HyperWar Ships of the U.S. Navy 1940-1945 AK-127 generic class table; NavalCoverMuseum ALNITAH AK-127; shipbuildinghistory.com Kaiser-Permanente No. 2 yard table hull-451 row; usmm.org/ianewatts/mariners-l compiled registries [other_primary]

    Locator

    All cited pages/cards as listed in search_ledger; shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencylarge/kperm2.htm hull-451 row

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Source discrepancies logged, not merged: (a) Keel date - online NHHC DANFS 'laid down ... 12 October 1943' is internally impossible (postdates the 14-Jan-43 launch it records) and NavSource repeats it; Wikipedia infobox reads '12 October 1942'; the DANFS-derived prose transcription reads '10 December 1942'; the compiled Kaiser-Permanente No. 2 yard table records hull 451 keel '10-Dec-42,' way 10, launched 14-Jan-43, delivered 27-Jan-43, 35 days on ways + 13 in water = 48 total - internally consistent and adopted. (b) Navy acquisition - DANFS '7 October 1943' vs MARAD status card '10-8-43 4-PM PWT' at Los Angeles and NavSource '8 October' - the card is the custody document of record; 10-08 adopted. (c) Decommissioning transfer - DANFS 'transferred to the War Shipping Administration representative at Yokohama' vs MARAD card allocation row 'War Dept. | BB | Yomohama [sic], Japan | 3-11-46 1:30 PM' - the card documents a bareboat allocation to the War Department; whether the hull actually operated for the Army in Japan 1946-47 before NDRF entry is undocumented in located sources. (d) Sale figures - NavSource '$2,887' vs MARAD card 'Sales price $52,887.87' - truncated transcription; card adopted. NavSource '(PD-X-598 W/77H)' matches card 'PDX-598 dated Feb. 7, 1961 / Award March 3, 1961'; MARAD milestones compress to Disposition/Withdrawal 4/12/1961. (e) Complement - DANFS 'cpl. 198' (HyperWar generic agrees) vs NavSource 19 officers + 290 enlisted (309). Troops - NavSource 58+999=1,057 vs MARAD fleet-card annotation 'Troop accommodation 1189.' (f) Specs - displacement 12,350 (DANFS, MARAD detail, NavSource) vs 11,565 fl (HyperWar generic); draft 24'6" (DANFS) vs 28'4" (NavSource); beam 56'11" (DANFS/NavSource) vs 57.00 (MARAD detail 165) / 56.80 (detail 8737); speed 12.8 k (DANFS; NavSource 'trial') vs 12.5 (MARAD cards) vs 11.5 (HyperWar); power 2,500 shp (NavSource) vs 1,950 hp (HyperWar generic); MARAD DWT 10,574 (master card) vs 10,500 (fleet card) vs NavSource cargo figure 4,470 DWT. (g) NavSource 'Delivered 27 January 1942' is a year typo - card and yard table agree on 1943-01-27. (h) Yard-table disposition note reads 'To USN as Alnitah (AK 79)' - a hull-number typo in the compiled table; AK-127 is correct per DANFS/MARAD. (i) Scrap location - MARAD card: delivered to purchaser at Astoria; compiled registry mariners-l: '1961 Scrapped Portland, Ore.' - consistent with Zidell's Portland dismantling site but only registry-corroborated.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    correction

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-20

    Study period

    1942-1961 (dates reconciled 2026-09-20)

    Limitations

    Resolves nothing by fiat - records which source says what so downstream consumers inherit the conflicts honestly. The keel date is adopted from the internally consistent yard table; the War-Dept.-vs-WSA transfer and the smaller figure variances are disclosed, not resolved. No asbestos content in any reconciled source.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-alnitah-ak127-10

11. [11]NARA record-group guidance: RG 24 deck logs (post-1941 at Archives II, College Park); RG 178 (U.S. Maritime Commission) Construction Division records; RG 248 (War Shipping Administration); MARAD sale documentation (PDX-598 referenced on status card) [other_primary]

    Locator

    archives.gov/research/military/logbooks (post-1941 Navy deck logs at College Park); archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/178.html and /248.html

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Archival leads (not retrieved - require research-room or reproduction orders; no spend authorized): (a) NARA RG 24 WWII deck logs for AK-127 (Dec 1943-Mar 1946) at Archives II, College Park - would log the San Pedro conversion period and the Yokohama turnover; (b) NARA RG 178 (U.S. Maritime Commission) Construction Division records may hold the MCE hull 451 contract/outfitting file for Permanente Yard No. 2, way 10; (c) Bureau of Ships / supervisor-of-shipbuilding conversion records for the Los Angeles Shipbuilding availability (Oct-Nov 1943) - the likeliest surviving materials description, and the yard's December 1943 government seizure (EO 9400) means Navy-taken custody records may exist; (d) War Department/Army transport records for the card-documented bareboat period at Yokohama (Mar 1946-Sep 1947); (e) WSA/United States Lines general-agency operating file for SS John A. Logan (Jan-Oct 1943, RG 248); (f) MARAD sale file PDX-598 for any condition statements attached to the 1961 scrap sale; (g) NHHC photo NH 84660.

    Verification

    unverified

    Role

    archival_lead

    Documentation level

    context_only

    Accessed

    2026-09-20

    Study period

    1942-1961 records

    Limitations

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

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-alnitah-ak127-11