USS ARL-34

Evidence

14 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-14).

1. [1]research packet bh-packet.md (2 sources cited) [other_primary]

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Identity packet verdict: PHANTOM

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   negative_finding

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Evidence ID

   uss-arl-34-arl34-pkt-bh-packet-md

2. [2]ShipScribe, USS Coronis (ARL-10) class page - construction table row for ARL-34 and class notes (compiled from NavSea/official auxiliary-vessel records) [other_primary]

   Locator

   ARL-10 class construction table, ARL-34 row; ARL-34 detail line; class-notes paragraphs on the 2 May 44 and 1 Aug 44 CNO actions

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   ShipScribe USN auxiliary-ships reference, CORONIS (ARL-10) class construction table and class notes: ARL-34 listed unnamed, builder Chicago Bridge & Iron Seneca, keel 22 Jan 45, launched 18 Apr 45 - dates identical to LST-1141's. Detail line: 'To have been ex LST-1141 14 Aug 44 but conversion cancelled with ARL-25 by CNO on 1 Aug 44 and ship built as LST-1141. Commissioned as LST at New Orleans 9 May 45. Named STONE COUNTY 1 Jul 55, trf. to Thailand 12 Mar 70 as LANTA, stk. by USN 15 Aug 73, still in service 2002.' Class notes: under the 2 May 44 Auxiliary Vessels Board program, ARL 25-39 were to be built on LST hulls; on 1 Aug 44 CNO designated two LSTs field-converted in the Southwest Pacific as ARL 40-41 and in compensation ARL 25 and 34 were selected to complete as LSTs.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-26

   Study period

   1944-2002

   Limitations

   ShipScribe is a compiled reference reproducing official auxiliary-ship data - the standard published authority on USN auxiliaries, though not itself a primary document; its keel/launch dates match DANFS, NavSource, and shipbuildinghistory for this hull. Establishes the ARL-34<->LST-1141 identity linkage and the cancellation; contains no asbestos, insulation, or materials information. Internal inconsistency in the source: the class-note prose says ARL-34 completed as 'LST-1151' while the detail row says ex-LST-1141 - resolved against the detail row (see ev-10).

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-arl-34-arl34-01

3. [3]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS), 'Stone County' entry - verbatim text via Wayback capture of the NHHC page (live page returned 404 on 2026-09-26) [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   DANFS 'Stone County' full entry (Wayback capture 2025-01-21 of history.navy.mil .../danfs/s/stone-county.html; published 2015-09-24)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   DANFS entry for Stone County (LST-1141), verbatim: laid down 22 January 1945 by Chicago Bridge & Iron Co., Seneca, Ill.; launched 18 April; sponsored by Miss Gwendolyn K. Bartels; commissioned 9 May 1945, Lt. E. M. Biggs, USNR, in command. Shakedown 17-31 May 1945; San Pedro 6 Jul; Pearl Harbor 23 Jul; Apra Harbor, Guam 31 Aug; Saipan 5 Sep; Tokyo voyage early Oct; San Francisco 22 Dec 1945. Two-year China-coast tour May 1946-Apr 1949 (Shanghai, Sasebo, Tsingtao); decommissioned 24 Aug 1949 San Diego into Pacific Reserve Fleet. Recommissioned 3 Nov 1950; Korea tours May 1951-Feb 1952 and Jan-Nov 1953 (Area 'S' off Korea, Inchon, Pusan runs; 35 days in enemy-held Wonsan Harbor; Operation 'Big Switch' POW lifts). Named Stone County 1 Jul 1955 for counties in Missouri, Arkansas, and Mississippi. Vietnam service: Chu Lai 12 Sep 1965 (A Battery, 2d LAAM Bn); Todd Shipyard, San Pedro overhaul Dec 1965-14 Feb 1966; Danang-Chu Lai I Corps cargo Jul-Sep 1966; Danang/Naval Support Activity Apr-Oct 1968. Guam homeport Nov 1969; transferred under lease to Thailand 12 Mar 1970 as Lanta (LST-4); returned to U.S. custody and retransferred as a sale 15 Aug 1973; struck from the Navy list 15 Aug 1973. Four battle stars Korean service; four stars Vietnam service. DANFS header: dp. 3,960; l. 328'; b. 50'; dr. 11'2"; s. 11.6k; cpl. 119; trp. 147; a. 8 40mm; cl. LST-542.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-26

   Study period

   1945-1973

   Population

   Ship's company (13 officers/104 enlisted spec; DANFS header 119) plus embarked troops

   Limitations

   Authoritative service history for identity, milestones, and operations; contains no asbestos, insulation, or hazardous-material information. Does not record the ARL-34 designation at all - the cancelled conversion is documented only by ShipScribe. Vietnam award count ('four stars') conflicts with NavSource's five campaign stars - carried in gaps. Live NHHC page returned 404 on 2026-09-26; verbatim text cited via Wayback capture.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-arl-34-arl34-02

4. [4]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS Stone County (LST-1141) (page 10/16/161141) [other_primary]

   Locator

   NavSource LST-1141 page: milestone list, occupation/China service table, Korean and Vietnam campaign tables, CO roster, specifications block, ribbon precedence, photo captions (incl. NARA photo 80-G-390801, Tsingtao evacuees 19 Nov 1948, and ex-Lanta photo at Klong Jilad Pier 30 Jan 2012); page last updated 1 Mar 2024

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NavSource Amphibious Photo Archive page for USS Stone County (LST-1141): radio call sign NKHC; milestone chain matching DANFS (laid 22 Jan 45 Chicago Bridge & Iron Seneca; launched 18 Apr 45; commissioned USS LST-1141 9 May 45, LT. Edward M. Biggs USNR; decommissioned 24 Aug 49 San Diego, Pacific Reserve Fleet San Diego Group; recommissioned 3 Nov 50; named USS Stone County 1 Jul 55; decommissioned 12 Mar 70 at Apra, Guam and transferred under lease to Thailand as HTMS Lanta (LST-4); sold outright to Thailand under the Security Assistance Program 15 Aug 73; struck from the Naval Register 15 Aug 73; pennant changed LST-4 to LST-714 (NavSource: date unknown; Encyclopedia of Arkansas gives the renumbering window 1995-1997). Occupation/China service medal periods tabulated; Korean War campaigns (UN Summer-Fall Offensive Sep-Oct 1951; Second Korean Winter Jan 1952; Third Korean Winter Mar-Apr 1953; Korea Summer-Fall 1953) - four battle stars; Vietnam campaigns (Vietnam Defense Sep 1965; Vietnamese Counteroffensive Jun 1966; Phases II, IV, V) - five campaign stars; Combat Action Ribbon 5 Mar 1968; five RVN Gallantry Cross Unit Citations. CO roster lists 13 officers 1945-1970. Thai service: decommissioned by RTN date unknown; final disposition 'fate unknown'; Jan 2012 photograph shows the ex-HTMS Lanta grounded beside Klong Jilad Pier, Krabi, 'being prepared as a historical site.' Specification block: 1,625 t light / 4,080 t full / 2,366 t beaching; 328 ft oa x 50 ft; 11.6 kt trial; endurance 24,000 nm at 9 kt; complement 13 officers / 104 enlisted, troop accommodations 16 officers / 147 enlisted; 2 LCVP plus sectional pontoons amidships; ultimate design armament 2 twin + 4 single 40mm and 12 single 20mm; fuel 4,300 Bbls diesel; propulsion 2 GM 12-567A 900-hp diesels, single Falk main reduction gears, 3 diesel-drive 100 kW 230V D.C. ship's service generators, 2 propellers 1,700 shp, twin rudders.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-26

   Study period

   1945-2012

   Population

   Ship's company ~117 per spec block; embarked troops up to ~163

   Limitations

   Volunteer-compiled archival page quoting Navy sources; milestone chain reproduces DANFS and the spec block derives from BuShips data. Spec data are equipment descriptions only - no asbestos content stated or implied. Vietnam campaign count (five stars) conflicts with DANFS ('four stars') - in gaps. RTN decommission date and final disposition left open ('date unknown'/'fate unknown') - the 2007 decommission and Krabi museum status come from press sources (ev-09). No ARL-34 page exists in the archive - consistent with a designation that was never commissioned.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-arl-34-arl34-03

5. [5]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 2 (Jan 1945), LST design table (shipscribe.com scan) - consolidated with era amphibious-ship construction practice; yard periods per DANFS (ev-02) [other_primary]

   Locator

   SDB1945v2 LST design table; class-f/lst-1-class.class.json ev-lst-1-class-01/-03 carry the same machinery source

   Finding type

   asbestos_application

   Finding

   BuShips Ships' Data 1945 v2 LST design table documents the diesel machinery of the LST-542 group on which this hull was built (2x GM 12-567A, ~1,700 shp, 11.6 kt - no boilers). Era/design inference for a diesel-powered LST: asbestos-relevant applications concentrate in diesel exhaust lagging and gaskets, engine-room thermal/acoustic insulation, deck coverings, bulkhead and accommodation insulation, and winch/crane brake linings. The cancelled ARL-34 conversion would have added a repair-ship interior fit-out (shops and machinery) in the period when asbestos insulation was standard marine practice, but it was never performed - the hull was completed to the standard LST-542 design. Documented yard periods on this hull - the 1954 West Coast overhaul, the Dec 1965-14 Feb 1966 Todd Shipyard San Pedro overhaul, 1966 Sasebo hull repairs, and the 1969-70 Guam overhaul - are era-consistent disturbance events without documented asbestos content.

   Verification

   inferred

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-26

   Study period

   1945-2012

   Population

   Construction trades (Chicago Bridge & Iron, Seneca, 1945); ship's company ~117; overhaul yard workers (Todd San Pedro 1965-66; Guam 1969-70); RTN crews and shipyard workers (1970-2007); museum/yard workers, Krabi (2007-2012)

   Limitations

   Class/era inference only - the BuShips table does not name this hull and lists no insulation materials; no member hull of the LST/ARL family has a located ship-level asbestos record. The named yard periods are documented as events, but no asbestos scope is documented for any of them - disturbance is inference, not finding. Establishes no quantities, no present-day presence, and no exposure for any individual.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-arl-34-arl34-04

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) [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 program under which this LST-542 hull was built at an inland 'cornfield' yard - and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization in ship construction.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-26

   Study period

   1940s era documented; article 1987

   Population

   WWII shipyard workers and ship crews (class context)

   Limitations

   Program/era-level scholarly documentation of asbestos use in WWII shipbuilding generally; does not name this vessel 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-arl-34-arl34-05

7. [7]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]

   Locator

   GAO product page HRD-80-2 (full text blocked to automated fetch, HTTP 403; content via product-page description)

   Finding type

   gov_survey

   Finding

   GAO documented the Navy's asbestos-protection program: standing policy (1975) removed asbestos insulation only when damaged or required for repairs, modified 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas - meaning original-era insulation typically remained in place aboard in-service hulls for decades unless a yard period disturbed it. This hull predates the policy era: transferred under lease to Thailand 12 Mar 1970 and struck 15 Aug 1973, roughly five years before the earliest documented Navy asbestos-management policy.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   context_only

   Accessed

   2026-09-26

   Study period

   1979

   Population

   Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review

   Limitations

   Program-level documentation, not ship- or class-specific; the hull left U.S. Navy service in 1970 so no documented Navy asbestos-management policy ever applied to it - the row bears on sibling hulls retained longer and on the fleet picture only. Full-text pull remains an open lead.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-arl-34-arl34-06

8. [8]Department of the Navy (NHHC) letter to Sen. Daniel K. Akaka, Chairman, Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, ca. 2010 - enclosed 713-ship VSM/AFEM list (mirrored PDF) [other_primary]

   Locator

   Enclosed ship list, alphabetic block: 'STONE COUNTY LST-1141' between STERLET SS-392 and SUMMIT COUNTY LST-1146; letter text re deck logs at NARA

   Finding type

   gov_survey

   Finding

   An NHHC-compiled official list delivered to the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs names STONE COUNTY LST-1141 among 713 U.S. Navy ships that earned the Vietnam Service Medal or Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal for Vietnam service 1962-1975 - the Navy's own qualifying-service compilation behind the Blue Water Navy deck-log review program; the letter also documents that deck logs for Navy ships 1962-1975 were transferred to NARA custody under Title 44.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-26

   Study period

   1965-1968 service; letter ca. 2010

   Population

   Ship's company during Vietnam deployments 1965-1968

   Limitations

   Official Navy compilation naming this hull, but it documents qualifying Vietnam service only - it is the framework behind Agent Orange-era exposure review, not an asbestos finding; a service-medal list, not an adjudication of exposure aboard. Mirrored copy of a government document hosted by a veterans' post site; no NHHC original URL located.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-arl-34-arl34-07

9. [9]VA, 'Navy and Coast Guard Ships Associated with Service in Vietnam and Exposure to Herbicide Agents' ship list (2021 version, mirrored PDF; VA program pages describe the evolving list) [other_primary]

   Locator

   Ship list Category I header lines ('All vessels with the designation LST'); mirrored 2021 PDF at vfwfl.org/uploads/Documents/NavyandCoastGuardshipsVA.shipslist.2021.pdf; hull itself is not individually named - coverage is by designation

   Finding type

   regulatory

   Finding

   The Department of Veterans Affairs ship list for the Agent Orange presumption (38 CFR 3.307(a)(6)(iii)) framework) covers, under Category I 'Ships operating primarily or exclusively on Vietnam's inland waterways,' the categorical line 'All vessels with the designation LST [Landing Ship, Tank]' - a designation-level rule that encompasses this hull's type during its documented 1965-1968 in-theater service. The list also notes it is evolving and incomplete.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-26

   Study period

   1965-1968 service; list current through 2021

   Population

   Ship's company during Vietnam deployments 1965-1968

   Limitations

   A herbicide-exposure compensation framework, not an asbestos finding: it classifies every vessel designated LST as Category I, so coverage attaches to the designation, not to an adjudicated finding about this hull; the hull is not individually listed. Does not establish asbestos presence, exposure, or eligibility of any kind. Live VA list page not retrievable during this pass (publichealth.va.gov JS/404); 2021 mirrored PDF text verified.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-arl-34-arl34-08

10. [10]Phuket Gazette (via The Thaiger), 'Firemen scramble as Thai warship catches fire,' 3 July 2012, Kritsada Mueanhawong [reputable_press]

    Locator

    Article text: engine-room welding fire, dry-dock museum berth at Krabi Town, decommission date 30 Apr 2007

    Finding type

    vessel_history

    Finding

    Local press documents the hull's Thai museum era: the retired warship HTMS Lanta, kept in dry dock in front of the Krabi Provincial Administration Organization offices in Krabi Town as a museum and tourist attraction, caught fire in the engine room on 3 July 2012 while workmen were welding during repairs; firefighters extinguished the blaze in about 30 minutes with no injuries. The same report records the ship as built by the U.S. Navy in 1945, handed to the Royal Thai Navy in 1970, and decommissioned from active service 30 April 2007.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    context

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-26

    Study period

    2007-2012

    Population

    Museum/repair workmen, Krabi (2012)

    Limitations

    Contemporary local-press report of the museum-era hull; documents a repair/disturbance event (welding, engine room) and the 30 Apr 2007 RTN decommission date - no asbestos, insulation, or hazmat content stated or implied. Wikipedia's infobox gives RTN decommission as '2008' and the Encyclopedia of Arkansas as 'sometime after 1999' - 2007 carried on the contemporaneous report, variants in gaps.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-arl-34-arl34-09

11. [11]ShipScribe CORONIS (ARL-10) class page - internal inconsistency between class-note prose and the ARL-34/ARL-39 detail rows [other_primary]

    Locator

    Class notes paragraph (ARL 25/34 completion) vs ARL-34 detail row and ARL-39 QUIRINUS row ('Ex LST-1151')

    Finding type

    vessel_history

    Finding

    Source discrepancy resolved: ShipScribe's class-note prose states 'ARL 25 and 34 were selected to complete as LST-856 and LST-1151 respectively,' but the same page's ARL-34 detail row says 'To have been ex LST-1141 ... and ship built as LST-1141,' its construction-table ARL-34 row gives keel 22 Jan 45 / launch 18 Apr 45 (matching LST-1141 in DANFS and NavSource), and the ARL-39 (QUIRINUS) row independently shows 'Ex LST-1151 14 Aug 44' - LST-1151 actually became ARL-39. The prose 'LST-1151' is a typographical error; the physical ARL-34 hull is LST-1141, corroborated by the batch instruction, DANFS, NavSource, and the shipbuildinghistory yard table.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    correction

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-26

    Study period

    1944-1945

    Limitations

    Correction row: resolves which hull the ARL-34 slot maps to (LST-1141, not LST-1151). Flagged for this batch by the ARL-25 sibling record's gap note; resolved here against the same source's own detail rows plus three converging outside sources. No asbestos content.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-arl-34-arl34-10

12. [12]CourtListener API v4 search (via cl-auth-search.py): 'LST-1141' type=o count 0, type=r 3 incidental; 'ARL-34' type=o count 0, type=r 5 incidental; 'USS Stone County' type=o count 0 (2026-09-26); 'LST 1141' variant sweeps pending under fleet pacing [court_record]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-arl-34-arl34-07 through -11

    Finding type

    litigation_documented

    Finding

    CourtListener sweep: authenticated searches 2026-09-26 returned no opinion naming the hull under 'LST-1141' or 'ARL-34' (type=o, count 0 each) and none under 'USS Stone County' (type=o, count 0). Docket-index hits are incidental only: 'LST-1141' type=r returned 3 hits (Donoghue v. Local.Com Corp., S.D.N.Y. 1:07-cv-08550, securities; Attardi v. Bayer Corp., D. Mass. 91656, ERISA; Plummer v. Quinn, S.D.N.Y. 1:07-cv-06154, civil rights) - all Bates/exhibit strings inside scanned documents, none naming the vessel; 'ARL-34' type=r returned 5 hits (Rodriguez v. Reliance Standard Life, D.N.J.; Johnson v. ARL Transport LLC, N.D.W.Va. - party name 'ARL Transport'; Peterson v. Attorney General of Alabama, S.D.Ala.; Kilgore v. Walker, N.D.Cal.; Woodbridge v. City of Greenfield, D.Mass.) - all incidental, none naming the vessel. No qualifying asbestos litigation or other litigation naming this hull located. The class-level 'USS LST' asbestos sweep of 2026-09-16 (class-f LST-1-class profile) found no asbestos docket naming any specific LST hull.

    Verification

    partial

    Role

    negative_finding

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-26

    Study period

    2026-09-26

    Limitations

    Coverage note: opinion index swept for 'LST-1141', 'ARL-34', and 'USS Stone County' (all zero); docket index swept for both hull numbers (incidental exhibit/Bates hits only). 'LST 1141' space-variant sweeps and a qualified 'Stone County' asbestos sweep remained pending under the fleet pacing budget at write time - a coverage gap, not a cleared record; a bare 'Stone County' query is dominated by Arkansas/Mississippi/Missouri county name collisions and was not relied on. Even a completed sweep shows only absence of located litigation, not absence of exposure. LST hulls were hull-number-only until 1955, so hull-number sweeps are the operative coverage.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-arl-34-arl34-11

13. [13]Batch-2626 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS via Wayback capture; NavSource 161141; ShipScribe CORONIS class; shipbuildinghistory Seneca yard table; Encyclopedia of Arkansas; NHHC Senate-letter ship list; VA ship list; Phuket Gazette; MARAD ShipHistory; CourtListener; shipyards.json [other_primary]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-arl-34-arl34-01 through -13

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or adjudicated case naming this hull (LST-1141, Stone County, HTMS Lanta, or the cancelled ARL-34 designation) was found in the public sources searched - DANFS, NavSource, ShipScribe, the builder yard table, VA/NHHC lists, and local Thai press contain no asbestos or insulation-material statement; no MARAD ShipHistory record exists for the hull (see search_ledger).

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    negative_finding

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-26

    Study period

    2026-09-26

    Limitations

    Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1945-built LST is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials, and the hull survives in museum display after 62 years of service across two navies with multiple undocumented-materials yard periods. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-arl-34-arl34-12

14. [14]NARA records framework per NHHC Senate letter (deck logs to NARA, Title 44) and VA-NARA deck-log digitization program; NARA catalog; MARAD Vessel History Database [other_primary]

    Locator

    NHHC letter text (legion46annarbor.org mirror); news.va.gov deck-log digitization article; catalog.archives.gov (JS-gated, no NAID retrieved); vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov keyword searches 'STONE COUNTY', 'LST-1141', 'LANTA' - no card

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Archival leads confirmed at series level: the NHHC Senate-committee letter itself documents that deck logs for Navy ships of the 1962-1975 era were transferred to NARA under Title 44 (RG 24-style Navy deck-log holdings); VA's deck-log digitization collaboration with NARA covered Vietnam-era logs specifically. NARA RG 38 WWII war diaries and RG 24 deck logs for the 1945-1946 and 1949-1970 commissions, and RG 19 (Bureau of Ships) program files for the ARL 25-39 block and the 1 Aug 44 cancellation paperwork, are the unretrieved primary leads. No digitized LST-1141 war-diary NAID was located this session (catalog.archives.gov search is JS/API-gated to automated fetch). MARAD ShipHistory contains no card for this hull - consistent with direct Navy-to-Thailand transfer without MARAD custody.

    Verification

    partial

    Role

    archival_lead

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-26

    Study period

    1945-1973 records; digitization program 2020+

    Limitations

    Archival lead, not an asbestos finding: deck-log/war-diary existence is asserted at series level by the cited documents; no hull-specific NAID was retrieved (the NARA catalog's search is gated to scripted fetch). War diaries and deck logs document operations, not materials; whether any asbestos-specific document exists for this hull is unknown.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-arl-34-arl34-13