USS Arenac (APA-128)

Evidence

12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).

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

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Evidence ID

   uss-arenac-apa128-pkt-i-packet-md

2. [2]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 3 (NAVSHIPS 250-012, 1945), auxiliaries - transports, attack (APA) section, per-hull rows for ARENAC APA-128 (shipscribe.com scan of the official BuShips publication) [other_primary]

   Locator

   SDB1945v3 APA tables pp. 222-227 (dimensions, accommodations/personnel, machinery, generators/fuel, armament/cargo, construction rows); alphabetical index 'Arenac (ex-M.C.V. Hull 44) APA 128 - Auxiliary - Transport, Attack - 222'; M.C.V. hull cross-index 'M.C.V. Hull 44 (now Arenac) - APA 128'

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Official BuShips Ships' Data 1945 Vol. 3 carries per-hull rows for ARENAC APA-128 (ex-M.C. Hull 44): 455'0" overall / 436'6" waterline; beam 62'0"; limiting draft 24'0"; trial displacement 14,837 tons, limiting 12,450 tons; designed speed 17.7 knots; machinery 1 Joshua-Hendy turbine, 8,500 shp, 2 Babcock & Wilcox header-type boilers at 465 psi / 750 deg F, double Joshua-Hendy main reduction gears, 3 turbo-drive 300kW 120/240V DC ship's service generators, single screw; fuel 7,780 bbls fuel oil + 970 bbls diesel; total accommodations 99 officers + 593 enlisted (elevated vs the 56+480 class-standard rows - consistent with flagship assignment); troop accommodations 86 officers + 1,475 enlisted; largest boom 35 tons; armament 1 x 5"/38 cal (D.P.) + 4 twin and 1 quad 40mm (ultimate authorized); cargo 150,000 cu ft non-refrigerated, deadweight 5,800 tons total / 2,900 at limiting displacement; construction row - California S.B. Corp., Wilmington, Calif., date acquired 8 Jan 45, year built 1944, first commissioned 8 Jan 45; index rows 'Arenac (ex-M.C.V. Hull 44) APA 128' and 'M.C.V. Hull 44 (now Arenac) - APA 128'.

   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, builder, acquisition and commissioning dates. OCR of the scanned tables is columnar and partially garbled; values cross-verified against DANFS, NavSource, MARAD status card, and shipscribe. The 99+593 total-accommodations figure is unique among nearby class rows (sisters show 56+480) and is consistent with but not annotated as flagship staffing. Contains no materials, insulation, or asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-arenac-apa128-01

3. [3]DANFS, 'Arenac' entry, Naval History and Heritage Command (live NHHC URL returns 404 - verbatim text retrieved via Internet Archive Wayback capture 20251209184418) [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   DANFS entry body text + spec block (Wayback capture 20251209184418)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NHHC records: namesake - 'A county in Michigan'; spec block dp 12,450; l 455'; b 62'; dr 24'; s 17.7 k.; cpl 536; a. 1 5", 4 40mm., 18 20mm.; cl Haskell; T VC2-S-AP5. Laid down under Maritime Commission contract (MCV hull 44) 9 Jul 1944 at Wilmington, Calif., by California Shipbuilding Corp.; launched 14 Sep 1944, sponsored by Mrs. L. D. Worsham; delivered to Moore Dry-dock Co., Oakland, Calif., 24 Sep 1944 for completion; acquired by the Navy 8 Jan 1945 and placed in commission the same day, Comdr. J. H. Carrington in command. Service: shakedown/amphibious training off San Diego; Pearl Harbor 17 Mar 1945; two months carrying personnel/cargo to Eniwetok and Guam; Ulithi 12 May; underway for Okinawa 23 May, anchored off 27 May amid frequent air alerts; moored off Hagushi beach 3 Jun, unloaded by 5 Jun, took evacuees, departed 6 Jun for Saipan; Saipan 12 Jun, Guam 13-19 Jun, Saipan 20 Jun; returned to Okinawa 5 Jul via Ulithi; departed 8 Jul for west coast, San Francisco 28 Jul; shipyard availability at Richmond, Calif. 31 Jul-11 Aug; sailed for Pearl Harbor (news of Japan's capitulation en route), Hawaiian waters 17 Aug; Eniwetok 20 Aug; Ulithi 31 Aug; Manila 9 Sep; San Fabian, Luzon 18 Sep; sailed 1 Oct for Wakayama (arrived 7 Oct, ordered out for typhoon); entered Nagoya 28 Oct and debarked occupation troops; same day assigned Service Force Pacific Fleet for Magic Carpet duty; completed March 1946; via Panama Canal to Norfolk 8 Apr; preinactivation overhaul; out of commission in reserve 10 Jul 1946; struck from Navy list 1 Oct 1958; transferred to Maritime Administration for layup in the James River. One battle star.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   1944-1959

   Limitations

   Primary Navy historical entry - authoritative for service history, sponsor, command, and battle-star count. 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. Internal brevities: decommissioning location unstated (NavSource gives Yorktown, VA); MARAD transfer undated in the text (status card fixes permanent transfer 14 Jan 1959).

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-arenac-apa128-02

4. [4]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive - USS Arenac (APA-128), file 10/03/03128 [other_primary]

   Locator

   NavSource 03128.htm - construction timeline, TransRon/TransDiv assignments, campaign table, occupation-service periods, commanding-officer table, disposal entries, specifications block

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NavSource corroborates DANFS and adds detail: laid down 9 Jul 1944 as Maritime Commission VC2-S-AP5 hull (MCV hull 44) at California Shipbuilding Corp., Wilmington CA; launched 14 Sep 1944; acquired by US Navy 8 Jan 1945 from the Maritime Commission; commissioned 8 Jan 1945, CDR James H. Carrington USN (USNA 1925); assigned TransRon Twenty-Three (COMO A.S. Witherspoon) / TransDiv Sixty-Eight as flagship (CAPT C.R. Crutcher USN); campaign credit - Okinawa Gunto operation, assault and occupation 3-6 Jun 1945; Navy Occupation Service Medal periods 20 Sep-1 Nov 1945 and 24 Dec 1945-4 Jan 1946; decommissioned 10 Jul 1946 at Yorktown, VA; delivered to the Maritime Administration 15 Oct 1946 for lay-up NDRF James River Group, Lee Hall, VA; struck from Naval Register 1 Oct 1958; sold for scrapping 21 Aug 1974 to Consolidated Steel Corp., Brownsville, TX (PD-X-981) for $298,999.00, withdrawn from James River Reserve Fleet 25 Oct 1974. Spec block: 6,873 t lt / 14,837 t fl; 455' x 62'; speed 17.7 kts; complement 56 officers + 480 enlisted; troop accommodations 86 officers + 1,475 enlisted; boom 35 t; cargo 2,900 DWT / 150,000 cu ft non-refrigerated; boats 2 LCM, 1 open LCPL, 1 covered LCPL (Captain's Gig), 2 LCPR, 18 LCVP; armament 1 x 5"/38 DP + 1 quad and 4 twin 40mm + 10 single 20mm; fuel 7,780 bbls NSFO + 970 bbls diesel; propulsion 1 Joshua Hendy geared turbine, 2 B&W header-type boilers 465 psi 750 deg, double Joshua-Hendy main reduction gears, 3 x 300kW 120/240V DC generators, 1 propeller 8,500 shp. CO table: Carrington 8 Jan 45-12 Apr 46; LCDR William Joseph Lafferty USN 12 Apr 46-10 Jul 46. Radio call sign NDMX.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   1944-1974

   Limitations

   Specialist secondary compilation - detailed and consistent with NHHC/MARAD. Data quirks logged in gaps: (a) decommission location 'Yorktown, VA' vs DANFS's Norfolk/Hampton Roads framing; (b) 'Delivered to the Maritime Administration 15 Oct 1946' frames the same 10-15-46 event the MARAD custody card records as a USMC-to-Navy title transfer - descriptions diverge, date agrees; (c) spec-block complement 536 vs SDB's 99+593 total accommodations for this hull. Contains no asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-arenac-apa128-03

5. [5]U.S. Maritime Administration, ShipHistory database - ARENAC (APA-128), Ship History Detail 300, incl. scanned vessel status cards (cards 300_567AF.jpg [MA-363 reserve-fleet particulars], 300_AF.jpg [MA-20 record of ship sales], ca6b4dca-3d34-4df0-89cf-fc8702b5325a.png [MA-199 vessel status card]) and ARENAC.pdf continuation card [marad_nrc]

   Locator

   ShipHistory Detail 300 registry block, milestone table, status-card scans (cards 300_567AF.jpg, 300_AF.jpg, ca6b4dca-3d34-4df0-89cf-fc8702b5325a.png), ARENAC.pdf continuation card

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   MARAD ShipHistory registry record for this hull: Year Built 1944; Shipyard California Shipbuilding Corporation; General Type Naval Auxiliary; Specific Type 'APA Attack Transport'; MARAD Type VC2-S-AP5; length 455.00 ft; beam 46.10 ft (registry figure inconsistent with all other sources' 62 ft - data-entry anomaly logged in gaps); gross tons 7,612; draft summer 24 ft; fate 'Sold - Scrap'; milestones Acquisition 1/14/1959 'PERMANENT TRANSFER', Sold 8/21/1974 'Sold as scrap to Consolidated Steel Corp. under PD-X-981 for $298,999', Disposition/Withdrawal 10/25/1974. The MA-199 status card resolves the custody chain to the hour: shipyard 'Calif. SB Corp., Wilm. / Moore DD Co., Oakland'; date built '9-21-44 (incomplete) / 12-28-44'; hull MCV-44; gross tons 7612; DWT 4900; comments '9-21-44 to 9-24-44 - Allocated to Pope & Talbot, Inc., for purpose of shifting vessel from Calif. SB Corp to Moore DD Co., for completion'; delivered from shipyard to USMC Production Division, Owner agreement, Oakland 1:30pm PWT 12-28-44; operating history - USMC to Navy Dept., Oakland 2:00pm PWT 1-8-45, Loan Basis; same parties 10-15-46 Title Transfer; Navy Dept. to Maritime Admin., James River 1:45pm EST 1-14-59, Permanent Transfer; MARAD to Consolidated Steel Corp. 8/21/74, Purchase, Scrap; physically delivered 2:25pm EDT 10/25/74; vessel no. 0167050. The MA-363 reserve-fleet card adds: entered James River fleet Jan. 14, 1959 1545 hrs EST; category 'Mil. Aux. Transport, Attack'; service prior to lay-up Navy/Perm. Layup; title 'Reimbursable USMA - Perm. Transfer'; arrival draft Fwd 15'06" Aft 15'02"; withdrawn 10-25-74 1425 EDT 'Sold scrap under PD-X-981, 8-21-74 to Consolidated Steel Corp. for $298,999.00'; other data 'Reimbursable - (Group of 40 Transports: See Navy letter June 15, 1958; Marad reply June 20, 1958)'. The MA-20 sale card adds contract no. MA-7527; dimensions LOA 455' x 62'; location 'James River, Va., Resflt.'; remarks 'Advertised under PD-X-981 dated 7-10-74, opened 8-14-74 under two condition: (1) NTU (2) Scrap Hull. Award under condition (2) Scrap Hull'.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   1944-1974

   Limitations

   Authoritative MARAD registry plus handwritten status-card scans read with good confidence (entries cross-verified against NavSource and shipscribe chronology). The card's 10-15-46 'Title Transfer' row (USMC to Navy Dept.) conflicts with NavSource's framing of that date as delivery to MARAD for lay-up - the custody-vs-physical-layup distinction is unreconciled (logged in gaps). Registry beam field '46.10 ft' contradicts every other source's 62 ft - treated as a MARAD data-entry error, not carried. Handwritten 'DAMAGES' field partially legible ('to be changed from navy to marad ... joint list'), not relied on. Contains no asbestos, materials, or condition-survey information; supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-arenac-apa128-04

6. [6]Shipscribe U.S. Navy auxiliary ships data sheets, 'USS Haskell (APA-117) Class' page (Stephen S. Roberts compilation from Navy registers, BuShips/SCB design records, and MARAD files) [other_primary]

   Locator

   APA-117 class page: construction table (APA-128 row), disposition table (APA-128 row), class notes (turbine attributions; Moore DD fit-out; flagship radio-fitting direction), ship notes (APA-128 row)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Ship-design compilation naming this hull: construction table - APA-128 ARENAC, acquired 8 Jan 45, builder California SB, keel 9 Jul 44, launched 14 Sep 44, commissioned 8 Jan 45; disposition table - decommissioned 10 Jul 46, struck 1 Oct 58, disposal to MA/R 14 Jan 59, MA sale 21 Aug 74; ship note - 'Towed to Moore DD, Oakland, by civilian crew 21 Sep 44-24 Sep 44 for completion. In USN reserve 1946-58. To buyer 25 Oct 74.'; class notes - 'Of the California SB ships, APA-125, 128, 132, and 136 were fitted out by Moore DD'; turbine attribution - Joshua-Hendy in APA-118-21, 123, 126-28, 130, 132, 134-40, 146-50, 232-47 (APA-128 explicitly in the Joshua-Hendy group); flagship note - BuShips 5 Aug 44 direction to fit additional radios in designated flagship hulls (APA-148 et seq.) did not include APA-128, and class note that 'flagship fittings were minimal, consisting of a flag plot and a flag office but no additional accommodations' and 'actual outfitting of the ships may have varied substantially'.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   1944-1974

   Population

   California Shipbuilding construction workforce (1944); Moore Dry Dock completion/fit-out workforce (Sep-Dec 1944)

   Limitations

   Compiled secondary transcription of official Navy register, design, and MARAD records, not the registers themselves; used where consistent with NHHC/SDB/MARAD. All construction and disposal dates agree with DANFS/NavSource/MARAD card. The Moore DD fit-out note (APA-125, 128, 132, 136) is class-level documentation naming this hull explicitly. Contains no asbestos information.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-arenac-apa128-05

7. [7]shipbuildinghistory.com California Shipbuilding (CalShip) Los Angeles yard table, hull 44 row (MC no. TR12) [other_primary]

   Locator

   kcalifornia.htm CalShip hull table, hull-44 row (VC2-S-AP5 section)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   CalShip yard production table carries hull #44 ARENAC, type VC2-S-AP5: keel laid 9-Jul-44, launched 14-Sep-44, delivered 28-Dec-44; 67 days on ways, 105 days in water, 172 total days; disposition 'To USN as APA 128, scrapped.' The 28-Dec-44 delivery agrees with the MARAD card's completion/delivery to USMC Production Division at Oakland (12-28-44).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   1944

   Limitations

   Specialist secondary compilation; corroborating source only - its 'delivered 28 Dec 44' is the USMC delivery at the completion yard, not Navy acquisition. Table's 'MC no.' for this hull reads TR12 (a yard/contract-series notation distinct from MCV hull 44). Contains no asbestos information.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-arenac-apa128-06

8. [8]Consolidated era/design inference - BuShips SDB 1945 v3 machinery row for this hull + VC2-S-AP5 type data (MARAD registry; shipscribe APA-117 class page) + documented Moore Dry Dock completion [other_primary]

   Locator

   SDB1945v3 machinery table, APA section (ARENAC row); https://shipscribe.com/usnaux/APA/APA117.html class data; MARAD Detail 300

   Finding type

   asbestos_application

   Finding

   Era/design inference: this hull carried a single-screw geared-steam plant (one Joshua-Hendy turbine, 8,500 shp; two Babcock & Wilcox header-type boilers at 465 psi / 750 deg F) built at the peak of WWII asbestos usage at a Maritime Commission emergency yard - the machinery configuration for which boiler and fireroom insulation, main and auxiliary steam-line lagging, turbine lagging, valve and flange gaskets, machinery packing, and accommodation joiner insulation of the period were commonly asbestos-containing. Troop-space outfitting (accommodations for 86 officers + 1,475 enlisted) added interior insulation scope. Construction spanned two yards (CalShip Wilmington; Moore Dry Dock Oakland completion Sep-Dec 1944). Post-Navy custody (NDRF James River lay-up 1946-1974, no documented repair activation) and the 1974 breaking at Brownsville are the disturbance-phase pathways for this hull.

   Verification

   inferred

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   1944-1974

   Population

   Construction trades at California Shipbuilding, Wilmington (Jul-Sep 1944) and Moore Dry Dock, Oakland (Sep-Dec 1944); wartime crew and embarked troops; NDRF James River lay-up workers; 1974 breaking-yard workers

   Limitations

   Inference from the documented machinery plant and construction era - NOT a hull record. No survey, specification, or material schedule naming APA-128 was located; establishes no asbestos content, quantity, location, individual exposure, or causation.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-arenac-apa128-07

9. [9]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 construction program under which this VC2-S-AP5 attack transport was mass-produced - 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-arenac-apa128-08

10. [10]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. Relevant here because this hull spent Sep-Dec 1944 at Moore Dry Dock Co., Oakland for completion - a Navy contract yard of the surveyed type during the survey's own era (the Atlas yard record for Moore Dry Dock separately rates the site Exposure Level H on the W.A. Simons Trust California Site List).

    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 incl. Pacific-coast contract yards (era context)

    Limitations

    Era-level documentation of asbestos use in naval construction generally; does not name this vessel or establish that amosite pipe covering was applied to this hull during its Moore DD completion, nor whether Moore DD was among the specific yards surveyed - only that the survey covered Navy contract yards of the type Moore operated during the same period. 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-arenac-apa128-09

11. [11]Batch-2197 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS via Wayback; NavSource 03128; MARAD ShipHistory Detail 300 + three status-card scans + continuation card; BuShips SDB 1945 v3; shipscribe APA-117 class page; shipbuildinghistory CalShip yard table; CourtListener API v4 (opinion and docket sweeps); indexed-web litigation checks; VA BVA index; NARA record-group guides [other_primary]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-arenac-apa128-01 through sl-uss-arenac-apa128-12

    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 Arenac / APA-128 / MCV hull 44 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener exact-phrase '"USS Arenac"' opinion search returned count 0; '"APA-128"' opinion search returned 3 opinions that are term collisions, not the ship (Cleveland Integrity Services, LLC v. Byers/Frye, Del. Ch. C.A. 2024-0371/72-MTZ - contract dispute; National Organization for Women v. Social Security Administration, D.C. Cir. 1984, 736 F.2d 727, in two clusters - Administrative Procedure Act context); '"Arenac"' opinion sweep returned 274 hits dominated by Arenac County, Michigan litigation (the ship's namesake county: Arenac Property I LLC v. Arenac County Treasurer; Cady v. Arenac County; Linton v. Arenac County Road Commission; Walters/Grimore v. Arenac Circuit Judge; Michigan criminal matters); asbestos-qualified sweeps returned '"Arenac" asbestos' count 1 (Tebo v. Havlik / Burns v. Carver, Mich. 1984, 418 Mich. 350 - Michigan Supreme Court civil-procedure decision matching on the county reference, not the vessel) and '"APA-128" asbestos' count 0; the combined '"USS Arenac" OR "APA-128" OR "APA 128"' docket search returned 22 dockets / 25 documents, all collisions - APA = Administrative Procedure Act and association-name matches across civil dockets (Healthy Gulf v. Burgum; Assoc. of Private Sector Colleges v. Duncan; et al.), no asbestos, admiralty, or PI docket naming the hull. Law-firm marketing pages (asbestos-ships.com, simmonsfirm.com, mesotheliomaasbestoshelpcenter.com ship lists) assert era-typical asbestos content for this 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 1944 geared-steam attack transport is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials, and her two-yard construction (CalShip + Moore Dry Dock completion), ~28 years in NDRF custody, and 1974 breaking are undocumented disturbance phases. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility. CourtListener sweeps run under the shared fleet pacing budget: exact-phrase name 0; hull-number 3 collisions; 'Arenac' opinion sweep 274 hits, top ~20 reviewed in full - all namesake-county collisions, residual tail unreviewed; combined docket sweep 22 hits all classified collisions; asbestos-qualified sweeps '"Arenac" asbestos' count 1 (Tebo v. Havlik, Mich. 1984 - county collision) and '"APA-128" asbestos' count 0.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-arenac-apa128-10

12. [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); MARAD ShipHistory documents/status-card section for this hull [other_primary]

    Locator

    https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/024.html ; /groups/019.html ; /groups/178.html ; /groups/357.html ; https://vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/300 (status-card scans)

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Archival leads (not retrieved - requires research-room or reproduction order; no spend authorized): Navy deck logs for USS Arenac 1945-1946 (RG 24, NARA College Park); BuShips records incl. VC2-S-AP5 contract plans and the Booklet of General Plans for this design (RG 19); USMC construction-contract records for MCV hull 44 at California Shipbuilding, incl. the Pope & Talbot allocation and Moore Dry Dock completion arrangement (RG 178); MARAD/NDRF custody files covering the 1946-1974 James River lay-up, the 1958 'Group of 40 Transports' permanent-transfer correspondence (Navy letter 15 Jun 1958 / MARAD reply 20 Jun 1958, per the status card), and the 1974 PD-X-981 sale file incl. contract MA-7527 (RG 357) - the sale file is the most promising disposal-era hazmat lead.

    Verification

    unverified

    Role

    archival_lead

    Documentation level

    context_only

    Accessed

    2026-09-25

    Study period

    1944-1974 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-arenac-apa128-11