Evidence
12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).
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[1]research packet crew-b-packet.md (10 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-anne-arundel-ap76-pkt-crew-b-packet-md
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[2]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 3 (NAVSHIPS 250-012, 1945), auxiliaries - transports (AP) section, per-hull rows for ARUNDEL, ANNE AP76 (shipscribe.com scan of the official BuShips publication) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v3 AP tables pp. 200-205 (dimensions p. 200 row 3; accommodations p. 201 row 3; machinery p. 202 row 3; gears/generators/fuel p. 203 row 3; armament/cargo p. 204 row 3; construction p. 205 row 3); index entries 'Arundel, Anne (ex-Mormacyork, ex-M.C. Hull 43) AP76 ... 200' and 'M.C. Hull 43 (now Arundel, AP76)'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official BuShips Ships' Data 1945 Vol. 3 carries per-hull rows for ARUNDEL, ANNE AP76 (ex-Mormacyork, ex-M.C. Hull 43): 492'0" oa / 465'0" wl; extreme beam 69'6"; limiting draft 24'0"; trial speed 18.4 knots; trial displacement 11,760 tons, limiting displacement 14,400 tons, 58 tons/inch immersion; accommodations 39 officers + 390 enlisted (ship's company) and troop capacity 72 officers + 2,031 enlisted; largest boom 30 t; 1 propeller, De Laval turbine, 8,500 shp; 2 boilers F.W. 'D' type at 465 psi / 765 deg F; De Laval double reduction gears; ship's service generators 1 diesel-drive + 2 turbo-drive 300 kW 120/240 V DC; fuel 26,100 bbls fuel oil + 315 bbls diesel; armament 4 x 3"/50 cal (D.P.) + 2 twin and 2 single 40mm AA; cargo 129,900 cu ft non-refrigerated, no refrigerated; deadweight 6,400 t total / 600 t cargo; builder Federal S.B. & D.D. Co., Kearny N.J.; acquired 13 Sep 42; year built 1940; first commission 17 Sep 42.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1945
- Limitations
- Authoritative wartime BuShips publication naming this hull - confirms identity, machinery plant, manning, troop capacity, builder, and commissioning. OCR of the scanned table is columnar and partially garbled; values cross-verified against DANFS and NavSource (two conflicts flagged in gaps: NavSource '8,000 shp' vs SDB 8,500; NavSource '73' troop officers vs SDB 72). Contains no materials, insulation, or asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-anne-arundel-ap76-01
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[3]DANFS, 'Anne Arundel' entry, Naval History and Heritage Command (published 2015-06-17; live NHHC URL returns 404 - verbatim text retrieved via Internet Archive Wayback capture 20251209132223) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry body text + spec block (Wayback capture 20251209132223); caption photo 80-G-215088
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC records: spec block (AP-76: dp. 14,400; l. 492'; b. 69'6"; dr. 24'; s. 18.4 k.; cpl. 429; a. 4 3", 4 40mm., 18 20mm.; T. C3). Mormacyork laid down under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 43) 18 Jul 1940 at Kearny, N.J., by Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.; launched 16 Nov 1940, sponsored by Mrs. William T. Moore; owned and operated by Moore-McCormack Lines on east-coast-South American/Mediterranean voyages; acquired by the Navy from the War Shipping Administration 13 Sep 1942; converted for naval service as a transport at Brooklyn by Robbins Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.; commissioned 17 Sep 1942, Comdr. Linsford [sic - Lunsford] Y. Mason Jr. in command; renamed Anne Arundel and designated AP-76 the next day. Service: Torch (TG 34.8, Moroccan transport area 8 Nov, Casablanca 15-17 Nov 1942); Atlantic Basin Iron Works alterations Dec 1942-Jan 1943; three Oran convoy voyages from 14 Jan 1943; Amphibious Forces Atlantic Fleet from Apr 1943; Husky (Scoglitti with Transport Division 5, debarkation 10-13 Jul 1943); 1943-44 North Atlantic and UK runs (Belfast, Gourock, Algiers, Liverpool, Newport, Portland, Plymouth, Loch Long); Neptune (TF 124, troops debarked off Omaha Beach 0646 on D-Day 6 Jun 1944); Dragoon (Baie de Pampelonne 15 Aug, Baie de Cavalaire 30 Aug, Naples/Oran-Marseille resupply to 15 Oct 1944); New York arrival 8 Nov 1944 and shipyard repair; Pacific transit Dec 1944-Jan 1945 (Panama Canal Christmas Day; San Francisco; San Diego; Pearl Harbor 20 Jan 1945); Guam/Ulithi supply and casualty lift; Okinawa (off Hagushi beach 3-8 May 1945, debarked troops, provisioned landing craft, received casualties; Saipan 12 May; San Francisco 28 May); Leyte receiving ship 9 Jul-8 Aug 1945; at Manus on 15 Aug 1945; occupation duty (Yokohama 13 Sep, Transport Squadron 24; Guam; Tsingtao; Manila; TG 78.6 to Haiphong 2 Nov - Chinese 52d Army lift to Chinwang'tao 12 Nov; Nagoya; departed for U.S. 5 Dec 1945). Tacoma arrival 18 Dec 1945, availability through late Jan 1946; Panama Canal 14 Feb 1946; New York 21 Feb; decommissioned Brooklyn 21 Mar 1946; turned over to WSA; stricken 12 Apr 1946. Postwar: operated as Mormacyork until laid up around 1962; sold to Lotti S.p.A. of Italy 1 Jul 1970 and broken up. Five battle stars.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1940-1970
- Limitations
- Primary Navy historical entry - authoritative for identity, service history, and disposal chain. Contains no asbestos or materials information; supports no asbestos claim. Live NHHC page 404s (standing link rot, cf. BATCH-01); the Wayback capture is the verbatim NHHC text. DANFS prints the CO's first name as 'Linsford' - NavSource CO table gives 'Lunsford Yandell Mason Jr.'
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-anne-arundel-ap76-02
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[4]NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive - USS Anne Arundel (AP-76), file 09/22/22076 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 22076.htm - specifications block, campaign/occupation tables, CO table, disposal entry, photo captions (NARA RG-19-LCM numbers)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline corroborates DANFS and adds detail: placed in commission 17 Sep 1942 as Mormacyork (CDR Lunsford Y. Mason Jr.), renamed USS Anne Arundel (AP-76) 18 Sep 1942; campaign credits - North African occupation (Algeria-Morocco landings 8-11 Nov 1942), Sicilian occupation (9-15 Jul 1943), invasion of Normandy (6-25 Jun 1944), invasion of Southern France (campaign period listed), Okinawa Gunto assault and occupation (3-8 May 1945); Navy Occupation Service Medal and China Service Medal (extended) both 10 Oct-2 Dec 1945; decommissioned 21 Mar 1946 Brooklyn; returned to Maritime Commission; struck 12 Apr 1946; five battle stars; returned to prewar owners as Mormacyork, laid up c.1962; sold for scrapping 1 Jul 1970 to Lotti S.p.A. of Italy (PD-X-873 of 26 May 1970) for $181,823.00, withdrawn and delivered 23 Jul 1970. Spec block reproduces BuShips data (39 off/390 enl; troop accommodations 73 off/2,031 enl; single propeller printed '8,000shp'). CO table: Mason 17 Sep 42-?; CAPT William Stryker Campbell WWII. Photo inventory cites NARA RG-19-LCM BuShips photos 19-N-34576, 19-N-34578, 19-N-35865, 19-N-44846 and Navy photo 80-G-215088, plus Library of Virginia U.S. Army Signal Corps images (Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation, 5 Jun 1943).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1940-1970
- Limitations
- Specialist secondary compilation - detailed but non-official; consistent with NHHC/SDB/MARAD. Two data defects logged in gaps: '8,000shp' vs SDB 8,500; troop officers '73' vs SDB 72. Contains no asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-anne-arundel-ap76-03
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[5]U.S. Maritime Administration, ShipHistory database - MORMACYORK Ship History Detail 3496 (official no. 240294) incl. scanned status cards (MA-393 'Reserve Fleet - Ship Particulars'; MA-20 'Record of Ship Sales'), plus linked record ANNE ARUNDEL (AP-76) Detail 12589 [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- ShipHistory Detail 3496 registry block, milestones, /cards/3496_AF.jpg (MA-20), /cards/3496_6475AF.jpg (MA-393), /documents/Mormacyork_3496_001.pdf + _002.pdf; linked Detail 12589
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD ShipHistory registry records for this hull: Detail 12589 (ANNE ARUNDEL (AP-76)) - Year Built 1940, Shipyard 'Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock', General Type Naval Auxiliary, Specific Type 'AP Transport', MARAD Type C3-E, length 492.00 ft, beam 70.00 ft, displacement 14,400 t (7,980 lt), fate 'Sold - Scrap'. Detail 3496 (MORMACYORK) - Year Built 1941, official no. 240294, General Cargo / Break Bulk, C3-E, 465.25 ft x 69.50 ft, 7,796 gt / 4,601 nt; milestones: Entry/Acquisition 8/29/1961 (NDRF), Disposition/Withdrawal 7/23/1970 'CUST 1961 NDRF 1961'. Scanned status cards (read 2026-09-25): MA-393 Reserve Fleet particulars card - 'Mormacyork', ex name 'Anne Arundel', Turbine C3-Cargo, fleet James River, builder Federal, date built 1941, hull no. MC-43, service prior to lay-up Moore-McCormack Lines Inc., title USMA 'Trade-in / Reimbursable Agreement', entered James River Aug. 29, 1961 0815 EST, withdrawn 7-23-70 0945 EDT, 'SOLD SCRAP on PD-X-873 dated 7-1-70 to Lotti S.P.A. c/o Monseu Co., Inc. Contract MA-6002', preservation stopped pending Exchange Program sale (Champagne wire Aug. 10, 1961); MA-20 Record of Ship Sales - awarded Lotti S.p.A. 7-1-70, $181,823.00, contract MA-6002, molded dimensions 465'3"x69'6"x33'6", DWT 12,498, draft 29'1 5/8", advertised PD-X-811 9-5-68 (bids rejected), PD-X-813 10-9-68 (bids rejected), PD-X-864 3-25-70 (no bids received), PD-X-873 5-26-70 'as amended - opened 6-23-70 - Scrap hull domestic or foreign'. Two attached historical documents include a January 1942 Coast Guard radio-sealing certificate (Third Naval District) for the vessel in merchant service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1940-1970
- Population
- James River Reserve Fleet caretakers (1961-1970); 1970 breaking-yard workforce (Italy)
- Limitations
- Authoritative MARAD registry plus handwritten/typed status-card scans (partially legible, read directly). Cards record custody and sale events - no asbestos, materials, or condition-survey information; supports no asbestos claim. Year-built field varies by record (1940 vs 1941 - launch vs completion year; flagged in gaps).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-anne-arundel-ap76-04
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[6]Shipscribe U.S. Navy auxiliary ships data sheets, 'USS Anne Arundel (AP-76) Class' page (Stephen S. Roberts compilation from Navy registers, BuShips/SCB design records, BuOrd records, and MARAD files) [other_primary]
- Locator
- AP76 class page: characteristics block, construction/disposition tables, class notes (Auxiliary Vessels Board 9 Sep 42 directive; Army conversion 'must' items; BuOrd Jan-Mar 1943 armament changes), ship notes (MC hull 43 row)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Ship-design compilation naming this hull: construction row - AP-76 ANNE ARUNDEL, acquired 13 Sep 42, builder Federal SB & DD Kearny, keel 18 Jul 40, launched 16 Nov 40, commissioned 17 Sep 42; disposition row - decommissioned 21 Mar 46, struck 12 Apr 46, disposal 21 Mar 46, fate RTO (returned to owner); design 'MC C3-Cargo (Federal)'; 7,980 t light / 14,400 t limiting; complement 438 (1944); De Laval turbine 8,500 hp 1 screw 18.4 kt. Class notes (documenting the acquisition/conversion context): on 9 Sep 42 the Auxiliary Vessels Board directed acquisition of two WSA ships including MORMACYORK, 'already undergoing conversion to modified combat loaded transports by the Army' - the Army had taken custody at New York 19 Aug 42; 'must' items included troop accommodations, thirty-ton booms, maximum landing-craft davits, and bulk gasoline/diesel stowage; Oct 1942 boat inventory 11 LCV + 9 LCP + 2 LCM. BuOrd records armament changes Jan-Mar 1943 (5"/51 fitted then removed; two 40mm twins added mid-1943). Ship note: 'Ex merc. MORMACYORK, ex SEA WOLF (ID-5001E, completed Feb 41). Converted for Army by Robins DD (Todd), Brooklyn, N.Y., 20 Aug 42-20 Sep 42. Merc. MORMACYORK 1946. To NDRF 29 Aug 61. Sold by MA 1 Jul 70, to buyer 23 Jul 70.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1940-1970
- Population
- Federal Shipbuilding construction workforce (1940-41); Robins DD/Todd Brooklyn conversion workforce (Aug-Sep 1942); Atlantic Basin Iron Works alteration workforce (Dec 1942-Jan 1943); wartime crew and embarked troops (capacity ~2,100)
- Limitations
- Compiled secondary transcription of official Navy register, BuOrd, and MARAD records, not the registers themselves; figures used where consistent with NHHC/SDB/MARAD (its '438 (1944)' complement conflicts with SDB/DANFS 429 - logged in gaps). The 'ex SEA WOLF (ID-5001E)' pre-name is single-source - flagged in gaps. Contains no asbestos information; conversion and armament entries document work events, not materials content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-anne-arundel-ap76-05
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[7]Brahms v. Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc., 133 F. Supp. 283 (S.D.N.Y. June 30, 1955), Judge Walsh - CourtListener opinion 1981307 [court_record]
- Locator
- 133 F. Supp. 283, opinion text pp. 283-288 ('oiler on defendant's vessel'; 'S. S. Mormacyork'; Rio de Janeiro port call)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Litigation naming this hull in its merchant identity, classified OTHER LITIGATION (non-asbestos): plaintiff Saul A. Brahms, an oiler on 'defendant's vessel, S. S. Mormacyork,' sued Moore-McCormack Lines for damages (unseaworthiness/negligence) and maintenance and cure after slipping on the poop deck and fracturing his wrist; the court dismissed the damages claim at the close of plaintiff's case and awarded a six-month maintenance allowance. Because the only other merchant Mormacyork (MC hull 45) was in U.S. Navy service as USS Pelias (AS-14) throughout 1941-1970, the Moore-McCormack 'S.S. Mormacyork' of a 1955 opinion can only be this hull (MC hull 43, post-1946 merchant service).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- incident c. 1953-54; opinion 1955
- Population
- Merchant marine crew (postwar Moore-McCormack service)
- Limitations
- Adjudicated 1955 district-court opinion - a personal-injury/maintenance-and-cure matter containing no asbestos, materials, or exposure allegations; it establishes only that this hull was in Moore-McCormack merchant service in the period and that a ship-specific crew injury claim was litigated. Does not establish asbestos presence, exposure, or any product identification.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-anne-arundel-ap76-06
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[8]Consolidated era/design inference - BuShips SDB 1945 v3 machinery row for this hull + Shipscribe conversion notes + C3-E type data (MARAD registry) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v3 machinery table, AP section (ARUNDEL row, p. 202); https://www.shipscribe.com/usnaux/AP/AP76.html class/ship notes; MARAD Detail 3496/12589 type fields
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference: this hull carried a single-screw geared-turbine steam plant (two Foster Wheeler 'D'-type boilers at 465 psi / 765 deg F feeding one De Laval turbine, 8,500 shp) built 1940-41 at a Maritime Commission contract yard and twice rebuilt under wartime urgency - Army conversion at Robins DD (Todd), Brooklyn (Aug-Sep 1942, adding troop accommodations for ~2,100) and Navy alterations at Atlantic Basin Iron Works, Brooklyn (Dec 1942-Jan 1943). The machinery configuration and conversion scope are of the type for which boiler and fireroom insulation, main and auxiliary steam-line lagging, valve and flange gaskets, machinery packing, accommodation and galley insulation, and winch/windlass brake linings were commonly asbestos-containing in this era. Post-Navy disturbance phases: 1946 merchant refit, ~15 further years of commercial operation, nine years in James River NDRF lay-up (1961-1970), and 1970 breaking in Italy.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1940-1970
- Population
- Construction trades at Federal Kearny (1940-41); Army/Navy conversion workforce at Robins DD and Atlantic Basin Iron Works (1942-43); wartime crew and embarked troops; postwar merchant crew (1946-61); James River NDRF caretakers (1961-70); 1970 breaking-yard workers (Italy)
- Limitations
- Inference from the documented machinery plant, conversion scope, and construction era - NOT a hull record. No survey, specification, material schedule, or work package naming AP-76/MC hull 43 was located; establishes no asbestos content, quantity, location, individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-anne-arundel-ap76-07
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[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 and conversion of exactly this hull's era and type.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- 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/conversion generally; does not name this vessel, class, or either conversion yard (whether Robins DD Brooklyn or Atlantic Basin Iron Works 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-anne-arundel-ap76-08
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[10]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 of this hull's 1940-41 construction and 1942-43 combat-transport conversions - and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization in shipbuilding.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- 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 class 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-anne-arundel-ap76-09
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[11]Batch-2148 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS via Wayback; NavSource 22076; MARAD ShipHistory Details 3496 + 12589 with status-card scans and document PDFs; BuShips SDB 1945 v3; shipscribe AP76 class page; CourtListener API v4 sweeps (authenticated, fleet-paced); indexed-web litigation checks; VA BVA index; NARA record-group guides; NVR [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-anne-arundel-ap76-01 through sl-uss-anne-arundel-ap76-11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, court finding, or docketed asbestos case naming USS Anne Arundel / AP-76 / MC hull 43 / S.S. Mormacyork was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener results are all non-qualifying: exact-phrase '"USS Anne Arundel" asbestos' returned zero opinions; '"Anne Arundel" asbestos' returned 62 opinions, all returned hits reviewed and every one a name collision on Anne Arundel County, Maryland / City of Annapolis litigation and Maryland-docket venue references; '"AP-76"' returned 2,391 hits of appellate cause-number collisions (Texas criminal docket numbers et al.); '"Mormacyork"' returned two opinions - Brahms v. Moore-McCormack Lines (S.D.N.Y. 1955), documented non-asbestos injury litigation aboard this hull (ev-06), and Hume v. Moore-McCormack Lines, 121 F.2d 336 (2d Cir. 1941), a name collision: the seaman's Mormacyork service (6-20 June 1940) predates this hull's existence and belongs to the earlier Mormacyork (MC hull 45, by then in Navy hands as USS Pelias AS-14). Law-firm marketing pages (mesotheliomahelp.org and belluckfox.com Federal Shipbuilding Kearny ship lists) name the hull without primary support - excluded as a source per the no-law-firm-sources rule and logged in the batch report.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 2026-09-25
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1940-41 C3-E steam auxiliary with two documented wartime conversion/alteration events and a 1970 breaking is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials, and none of those disturbance phases left a located hazmat record. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility. All hits returned across the four pages of the '"Anne Arundel" asbestos' opinion sweep were individually reviewed - every one is a name collision on Anne Arundel County, Maryland / City of Annapolis litigation or Maryland venue references; none names the vessel.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-anne-arundel-ap76-10
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[12]NARA Guide to Federal Records: RG 24 (Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel - Navy deck logs), RG 19 (Records of the Bureau of Ships), RG 178 (Records of the U.S. Maritime Commission), RG 357 (Records of the Maritime Administration); War Department RG 336 (Office of the Chief of Transportation - Army conversion records); MARAD ShipHistory documents for this hull; Library of Virginia US Army Signal Corps photograph collection [other_primary]
- Locator
- https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/024.html ; /groups/019.html ; /groups/178.html ; /groups/336.html ; /groups/357.html ; https://vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/3496 (card/document scans)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - requires research-room or reproduction order; no spend authorized): Navy deck logs for USS Anne Arundel 1942-1946 (RG 24, NARA College Park); BuShips records incl. C3-E/transport-conversion files and the hull's Booklet of General Plans (RG 19 - four BuShips photo numbers already inventoried by NavSource: 19-N-34576, 19-N-34578, 19-N-35865, 19-N-44846, plus Navy photo 80-G-215088); USMC construction-contract records for MC hull 43 at Federal Shipbuilding (RG 178); MARAD/NDRF custody files covering the 1961-1970 James River lay-up under the trade-in/reimbursable agreement and the PD-X-873/contract MA-6002 sale file (RG 357) - the sale file is the most promising disposal-era hazmat lead; Army Transportation Corps records of the Aug-Sep 1942 Robins DD conversion (RG 336); Library of Virginia Signal Corps images of the ship embarking troops at Hampton Roads 5 Jun 1943.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1940-1970 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-anne-arundel-ap76-11