USS Autauga (AK-160)

Evidence

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

1. [1]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 C1-M-AV1 hull was mass-produced (Maritime Commission Design AV, contracts approved 1943-09-02 for 100 ships) - and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization aboard naval and merchant-type hulls.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   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 C1-M-AV1 type and does not establish that asbestos was aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-autauga-ak160-01

2. [2]shipscribe.com, USS Alamosa (AK-156) Class page - class notes (CNO-to-BuShips directive of 1 Jul 44 naming AK-156/158/160) and Ship Notes row for AK-160 [other_primary]

   Locator

   Class Notes paragraph ('On 1 Jul 44 CNO asked BuShips to convert three ships of this class (AK-156, 158, and 160) ... insulation and ventilation in the ammunition cargo holds and special stowage for pyrotechnics') and Ship Notes row 'AUTAUGA 2105 - Converted by USNDD Terminal Island 6 Dec 44 to 9 Jan 45'

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Ship-specific conversion-scope record: shipscribe class notes (compiled from Navy sources) record that on 1944-07-01 CNO asked the Bureau of Ships to convert three ships of this class - AK-156, AK-158, and AK-160, this hull among them - for service as ammunition tenders for advanced Central Pacific bases, 'the conversions to include insulation and ventilation in the ammunition cargo holds and special stowage for pyrotechnics'; the ships retained their AK classification. The ship note for AK-160 records the conversion by USNDD (U.S. Naval Dry Docks) Terminal Island, 6 Dec 44 to 9 Jan 45 - matching the conversion window in DANFS's service narrative.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-20

   Study period

   1944-1945

   Population

   USNDD Terminal Island conversion-yard trades (Dec 1944-Jan 1945); Navy crew embarked at conversion completion

   Limitations

   Ship-specific documentation that insulation was installed in this hull's ammunition cargo holds during the Terminal Island conversion - the insulating material is NOT identified (the word 'asbestos' does not appear); 1944-era ship insulation commonly contained asbestos, but asbestos content aboard this hull is not established by this record. shipscribe is a compiled reference (Tim Colton), not a primary document; the underlying CNO/BuShips directive is paraphrased, not quoted verbatim. Does not establish quantity, condition, exposure, or causation.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-autauga-ak160-02

3. [3]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Vol. I - 'Autauga' (AK-160) entry (canonical NHHC URL returned 404 on 2026-09-20 - standing link rot; verbatim text verified against the NavSource AK-160 reproduction and the en.wikipedia.org USS_Autauga transcription of the same entry) [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   DANFS 'Autauga' full entry (canonical: https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/a/autauga.html - 404 on access date; archive.org 'Temporarily Offline' + CDX timeouts prevented Wayback capture retrieval)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   DANFS 'Autauga' entry records: namesake Autauga County, Alabama. Laid down under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 2105) 1944-05-10 at Richmond, Calif., by Kaiser Cargo Co.; launched 1944-08-07, sponsored by Mrs. Leroy Lloyd; delivered to the Navy at her builder's yard and commissioned 1944-11-24. After conversion at the Navy Dry Docks, Terminal Island, Calif., 1944-12-06 to 1945-01-09, shakedown out of San Pedro 10-22 January, then Port Chicago to load cargo; departed San Francisco 1945-02-16, Marshalls stop, reached the Carolines a month later; reported to Commander, Service Squadron 10, at Ulithi as an ammunition issue and rework ship, issuing ammunition to ships and craft from patrol boats to battleships. Departed Ulithi 1945-07-09, reached Eniwetok 7-16 as ammunition issue and rework vessel of Service Division 102; after hostilities ended sailed for the U.S. 1945-11-08 having serviced almost 400 ships; reached Puget Sound Naval Shipyard 11-29; initially earmarked for delivery to the WSA at Norfolk but directed to remain in the 13th Naval District because of the Norfolk workload. Decommissioned 1946-06-24; delivered to WSA the next day; struck from the Navy List 1946-07-19. Merchant: acquired by KNSM of Amsterdam, renamed Hersilia, Dutch flag out of Amsterdam 1949-1962; sold to Saudi Lines, renamed Fauzia B, scrapped January 1971 at Hsinkang.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-20

   Study period

   1944-1971

   Population

   Ship's complement (~85 per SDB/NavSource); ammunition handling at Ulithi and Eniwetok

   Limitations

   Authoritative for identity, chronology, and operations. Contains no asbestos, insulation-material, or hazardous-material statement - the Terminal Island conversion is documented as an event only, with no materials scope described in the DANFS text. 'Almost 400 ships serviced' is a DANFS service-history figure, not an exposure datum. Live NHHC page 404s (standing defect); text verified via transcription mirrors, not the canonical page.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-autauga-ak160-03

4. [4]U.S. Maritime Administration, ShipHistory database - AUTAUGA (AKA-160), Ship History Detail 381 (registry fields; vessel status card scan e942d503-8ece-4490-a968-d06faa09cb60.png; reserve-fleet vessel-data card 381_711AF.jpg; tonnage fragment 381_711AB.jpg; AUTAUGA.pdf transfer ledger e17c45bc-1e8d-42c2-a56c-8e7252caf286.pdf) [marad_nrc]

   Locator

   ShipHistory Detail 381 - status-card scans read directly (cards/e942d503-8ece-4490-a968-d06faa09cb60.png custody face; cards/381_711AF.jpg reserve-fleet data card; documents/e17c45bc-1e8d-42c2-a56c-8e7252caf286.pdf two-page transfer ledger)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   MARAD ShipHistory records for this hull (Detail 381 'AUTAUGA (AKA-160)'): registry fields - year built 1944, Official No. 246830, shipyard 'Kaiser Company', MARAD type C1-M-AV1, ship length 338.40 ft, beam 50.00, gross 3,805 / net 2,123 tons, summer draft 21.00, displacement 7,450 (summer) / 2,382 (lightweight), fate 'Sold - Foreign Flag Op.', WWII mission flag; registry 'Specific Type' field reads 'AKA Attack Cargo Ship' - a registry label only (see correction row). Vessel status card (scan e942d503...png): O.N. 246830, type C1-M-AV1, MC Hull No. 2105, 'Built by Kaiser Cargo, Inc. At Richmond, Cal.' with annotation 'SY #4-#62', completed 11-24-44; 'Basis to W.S.A. 11-24-44 2:00PM PWT @ Richmond, Cal. del. by Builders to USMC'; allocation rows - 'Navy Dept. (Del. by USMC)' form LB at Richmond 11-24-44 2:00PM PWT; 'Reserve Fleet' at Olympia, Wash. 6-25-46 5:00PM PST 'from Navy Dept. - Surplus'; 'Pope & Talbot Inc.' GAA at Olympia 3-2-48 11:30AM; 'Deld to Koninkligke Nederlandsche Stoomboot Mattshappy (KNSM)' PUR at The Hague 4-3-48 11:30AM with '4-6-48 @ Seattle' delivery and 'Renamed HERSILIA'; footnote 'Without cost to Commission - Title Passed 4-3-48 11.30 AM'. Reserve-fleet vessel-data card (381_711AF.jpg): present name AUTAUGA, former AK-160, DWT 4967, ownership WSA, built Kaiser Cargo Inc. 1944, fleet/unit 'Olympia Fleetside P.G.50 D-4', date entered fleet 6-25-46, dimensions 321.4 x 50 x 29, 'Termination port, last voyage: HAMPTON ROADS' (unexplained - flagged in gaps), ships-papers notes 'Prelim alloc 584 1-30-48 / Kingdom of the Netherlands / Final alloc 579 2-13-48 / Tel wire 2-17-48', 'Date withdrawn from fleet 3-2-48 11:30AM - delivered to Pope & Talbot S.S. Co., Seattle, for purchaser'. Transfer ledger (AUTAUGA.pdf): Navy Department -> War Shipping Admin. 5:00PM PST 6-25-46 Olympia 'Surpl.'; WSA -> Reserve Fleet same moment 'Lay Up'; Reserve Fleet -> Pope & Talbot Inc. 11:30AM PST 3-2-48 Olympia 'GAA'; Pope & Talbot -> 'Koninklicke Stoomboat Maatschappy, N.V.' 2:00PM PST 4-6-48 Seattle 'Purch.'.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-20

   Study period

   1944-1948

   Limitations

   Authoritative government custody record for this hull; status-card handwriting read against typed fields (the '4-6-48 @ Seattle' delivery annotation and allocation numbers read with moderate confidence). Contains no asbestos, insulation-material, or machinery-manufacturer detail - supports no asbestos claim. The registry's 'AKA Attack Cargo Ship' label conflicts with all Navy sources carrying AK-160 (see correction row).

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-autauga-ak160-04

5. [5]NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive, USS Autauga (AK-160) page (compiled reference incl. DANFS transcription link, awards table, CO list, specifications, merchant-service block) [other_primary]

   Locator

   navsource.net/archives/09/13/130160.htm - full page incl. specifications block, commanding-officer table, merchant-service paragraph, photo credits

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NavSource Online (Service Ship Photo Archive, AK-160 page) records the same chronology as DANFS plus: call sign NEFP; ribbons American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal (no battle stars); command history LCDR George Louis Eastman USNR (1944-11-24 to 1945-06-09), LT Jack Albert Rininger USNR (1945-06-09 to 1945-10-01), LT James Michael Faulkner Jr. USNR (1945-10-01 to 1946-06-24); specs - 2,382 t (lt) / 7,450 t (fl), 338'8" x 50' x 21'1", 11.5 kts, complement 15 officers + 70 enlisted, largest boom 30 t, cargo capacity 3,945 DWT incl. 9,830 cu ft refrigerated / 227,730 cu ft non-refrigerated, armament 1x3"/50 DP + 6x20mm AA, fuel 6,300 bbls diesel, propulsion one Nordberg Diesel TSM 6 with two 250 kW 120/240 V DC diesel-drive ship's-service generators, single propeller 1,750 shp; merchant service - sold by the Maritime Commission 1948-04-06 to Koninklijke Nederlandsche Stoomboot Mj's., Amsterdam, removed from reserve fleet to Pope & Talbot Lines as agent for buyer, reflagged Dutch as MV Hersilia (Netherlands-Caribbean trade ~15 years, sometimes transiting Panama Canal to Peruvian ports), sold 1963 to Saudi Lines as MV Fauzia B; 'Final Disposition, disappeared from shipping registers in 1972, fate unknown'; NHHC photo NH 78145 (underway off San Francisco, late 1945).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-20

   Study period

   1944-1972

   Limitations

   NavSource is a privately compiled standard reference, not a government publication; its spec block presumably derives from standard compilations - the key figures are independently corroborated here by the BuShips SDB row and MARAD records. Merchant-era dates differ in detail from shipscribe (1948 vs 1949 service start; 'disappeared from registers 1972, fate unknown' vs 'scrapped 1971') - see correction row. No asbestos content; supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-autauga-ak160-05

6. [6]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 3 (NAVSHIPS 250-012, 1945), 'Auxiliaries - Cargo Ships (AK)' tables, AUTAUGA AK160 row [other_primary]

   Locator

   SDB 1945 v3, AK cargo-ship tables (scan pp. ~76-77 area): name/dimension/speed/displacement row; accommodations row (15 officers + 70 enlisted, boom 30 t, limiting displacement 7,450); machinery row ('Nordberg Diesel, TSM ... 1,750'); builder/commissioning row ('Permanente Metals Corp., Richmond, Calif. ... 24 Nov 44'); index 'AUTAUGA ... AK160'

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Official BuShips Ships' Data 1945 Vol. 3 carries a per-hull row for AUTAUGA AK160 in the 'Auxiliaries - Cargo Ships (AK)' tables: 'AUTAUGA (ex- M.C. Hull 2105)'; dimensions 338'6" oa / 320'0" wl x 50'0" beam; trial speed 11.5 kts; trial displacement 7,125 tons; limiting displacement 7,450 tons; largest boom 30 t; total accommodations 15 officers + 70 enlisted; machinery '1 Nordberg Diesel, TSM' rated 1,750; builder column reads 'Permanente Metals Corp., Richmond, Calif.'; commissioned 24 Nov 44.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-20

   Study period

   1945

   Population

   Ship's complement (85 berths)

   Limitations

   Authoritative wartime BuShips publication naming this hull - confirms identity, diesel machinery plant, armament-era configuration, and manning. OCR of the scanned columnar tables is partially garbled; values cross-checked against DANFS, NavSource, and the MARAD records. The builder column's 'Permanente Metals Corp.' conflicts with Kaiser Cargo, Inc. on the MARAD card/DANFS - the same Richmond Kaiser operating entity under a different corporate label (disclosed in correction row). Contains no asbestos or insulation-material statement; supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-autauga-ak160-06

7. [7]Shipscribe U.S. Navy auxiliary ships data sheets, 'USS Alamosa (AK-156) Class' page - class notes, construction and disposition tables, ship notes [other_primary]

   Locator

   AK-156 class page - Class Notes (Design AV history; CNO directive 1 Jul 44), Construction table AK-160 row, Disposition table AK-160 row, Ship Notes AK-160 row

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Shipscribe class compilation (Stephen S. Roberts, from Navy registers/BuShips/MARAD records) documents the C1-M-AV1 program and this hull's place in it: JCS asked the Maritime Commission on 15 Apr and 8 May 1943 for 100 small steel diesel freighters for South/Southwest Pacific inter-island supply; MC 'Design AV' (320' x 50' x 22', ~6,000 DWT, 11 kts) substituted diesel for the originally requested reciprocating steam plant; contracts approved 1943-09-02 (MC hulls 2101-2174 etc.). Construction table row for AK-160: acquired 24 Nov 44, Kaiser Cargo Richmond, keel 10 May 44, launch 7 Aug 44, commissioned 24 Nov 44. Disposition row: decommissioned 24 Jun 46, struck 19 Jul 46, to MC 25 Jun 46, 'MC/D 3 Apr 48'. Ship note: 'AUTAUGA 2105 - Converted by USNDD Terminal Island 6 Dec 44 to 9 Jan 45. Merc. HERSILIA (Dutch) 1948, scrapped 1971 as FAUZIA B.'

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-20

   Study period

   1943-1971

   Limitations

   Compiled secondary transcription of official Navy register, CNO/SecNav, and MARAD records, not the registers themselves - used where internally consistent and corroborated by the primary MARAD cards and DANFS (all custody dates agree). 'MC/D 3 Apr 48' reconciles with the status card's title-passed date; the card's physical-delivery date 4-6-48 matches NavSource's '6 April 1948'. No asbestos or materials information; supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-autauga-ak160-07

8. [8]Fleischer, W.E., Viles, F.J. Jr., Gade, R.L., and Drinker, P., 'A health survey of pipe covering operations in constructing naval vessels,' Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology 28(1):9-16 (1946) [other_primary]

   Locator

   PubMed record 21016030; J Ind Hyg Toxicol 28(1):9-16 (1946)

   Finding type

   gov_survey

   Finding

   The U.S. Maritime Commission-commissioned industrial-hygiene survey of WWII pipe-covering operations at Navy yards and Navy contract yards documented that 'an important ingredient of pipe covering material used on U.S. Navy vessels' was amosite asbestos - era-level evidence that insulating work during this hull's construction/conversion window was asbestos-intensive in naval construction generally.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-20

   Study period

   1944-45 survey; published 1946

   Population

   WWII naval-vessel construction pipe-coverers (class context)

   Limitations

   Era-level documentation of asbestos use in naval construction generally; does not name this vessel, class, or the Kaiser Richmond or Terminal Island yards, and the survey concerned steam-pipe covering - a limited application set on this diesel hull, though the ammunition-hold insulation scope is a separate documented installation. Establishes no asbestos content, exposure, or causation aboard this vessel.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-autauga-ak160-08

9. [9]shipbuildinghistory.com - Kaiser Richmond No. 4 yard page (compiled yard table and history); U.S. Navy BRAC Program Management Office, 'Former Long Beach Naval Complex' base summary (official Navy page); DANFS/NavSource for the Puget Sound event [other_primary]

   Locator

   shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencylarge/krichmond.htm (yard history + hull-62 row); bracpmo.navy.mil BRAC-Bases/California/Former-Long-Beach-Naval-Complex ('On 25 February 1943, the U.S. Naval Dry Docks activity (later to be renamed Long Beach Naval Shipyard) was established to encompass the existing Terminal Island facilities')

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   Facility context for yards that handled this hull: (a) Kaiser Richmond Yard No. 4 was an emergency yard developed by Kaiser Cargo, Inc., with three ways in the fifth wave of shipbuilding expansion; originally intended as an expansion of Richmond #3 (designated Richmond #3A), it was assigned separate management, renamed Richmond #4, located on the south side of the inner end of the channel at Wharf Street, and closed at the end of the war; the yard table carries this hull as yard no. 62, original name AUTAUGA, type C1-M-AV1, MC no. 2105, delivered Nov-44, 'To USN as AK 160, sold private 1947, scrapped 1972' (shipbuildinghistory). (b) U.S. Naval Dry Docks, Terminal Island - the Dec 1944-Jan 1945 conversion yard - is the facility established as the U.S. Naval Dry Docks activity on 1943-02-25 to encompass the existing Terminal Island facilities and later renamed Long Beach Naval Shipyard (Navy BRAC PMO base summary; shipyard wartime employment peaked at 16,091 in Aug 1945). (c) Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton - the decommissioning/inactivation yard (DANFS, NavSource).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   context_only

   Accessed

   2026-09-20

   Study period

   1940-1946

   Population

   Kaiser Richmond Yard No. 4 workforce (1944); USNDD Terminal Island workforce (1944-45); Puget Sound Navy Yard inactivation workforce (1945-46)

   Limitations

   Yard/facility-level context only - documents the builder, conversion, and inactivation facilities, but contains no asbestos or materials information for this hull and establishes nothing about materials installed aboard it. The related_shipyards 'long-beach-naval-shipyard' mapping rests on the Navy BRAC page's documented Terminal Island -> Long Beach NSY lineage.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-autauga-ak160-09

10. [10]Batch-838 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS via transcription mirrors; MARAD ShipHistory Detail 381 + status-card scans + transfer ledger; BuShips SDB 1945 v3; shipscribe AK-156 class page; NavSource; shipbuildinghistory (Kaiser Richmond #4); Navy BRAC PMO Terminal Island page; NVR hull check; CourtListener (API throttled; indexed-web check); web-wide litigation search; NARA catalog [other_primary]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-autauga-ak160-01 through sl-uss-autauga-ak160-13

    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 Autauga / AK-160 / MC hull 2105 / MV Hersilia / MV Fauzia B was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The hull left U.S. custody in 1948 - predating the Navy's asbestos-control programs of the late 1970s and NESHAP demolition rules - and was scrapped abroad (Taiwan, per compiled sources), so no U.S.-regulated abatement record was ever expected to exist. The ship appears on bulk law-firm marketing lists of Navy hulls; those lists enumerate every Navy ship and carry no ship-specific evidence - classified non-qualifying and not cited. No merchant operator ran the hull under U.S. flag (Navy bareboat attached at delivery; WSA custody was reserve-fleet lay-up; Pope & Talbot's GAA was delivery agency for the foreign purchaser), so there is no operator-level litigation pool to carry as context.

    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 1944 C1-M-AV1 hull with a documented insulation installation in its ammunition holds is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials. The CourtListener block leaves litigation coverage incomplete (see gaps); a future run should re-execute the opinion/docket sweeps for 'Autauga', 'AK-160', 'Hersilia', and 'Fauzia B'. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-autauga-ak160-10

11. [11]Cross-source reconciliation: DANFS 'Autauga' entry (transcription mirrors); NavSource AK-160 page; MARAD Detail 381 registry + status cards + transfer ledger; BuShips SDB 1945 v3 AK rows; shipscribe AK-156 class page; shipbuildinghistory Kaiser Richmond #4 table; NavalCoverMuseum AUTAUGA AK-160 page; HyperWar Ships of the U.S. Navy 1940-1945 AK index [other_primary]

    Locator

    Per-item: MARAD card faces and registry fields vs NavSource merchant-service block vs shipscribe disposition/ship-note rows vs SDB builder column vs NavalCoverMuseum designation list vs HyperWar class spec block

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Source discrepancies logged, not merged: (a) Builder name - 'Kaiser Cargo, Inc.' (DANFS, NavSource, MARAD status card 'Built by Kaiser Cargo, Inc. At Richmond, Cal. SY #4-#62') vs 'Permanente Metals Corp., Richmond, Calif.' (BuShips SDB builder column) vs 'Kaiser Company' (MARAD registry field) - Kaiser Cargo, Inc. adopted; the others are the same Kaiser Richmond operating entity under different corporate labels. (b) KNSM sale dates - MC title passed 4-3-48 11:30 AM and '4-6-48 @ Seattle' delivery per the status card; the transfer ledger carries Pope & Talbot -> KNSM 4-6-48 2:00 PM PST Seattle 'Purch.'; shipscribe disposition 'MC/D 3 Apr 48'; NavSource 'sold ... 6 April 1948'; NavalCoverMuseum 'sold 1949' and Wikipedia 'Dutch flag 1949-1962' - reconciled: title/authorization 4-3-48, physical delivery 4-6-48, Dutch-flag service from 1948-49. (c) Final fate - 'scrapped 1971 as FAUZIA B' (shipscribe) and 'scrapped January 1971 at Hsinkang' (Wikipedia's DANFS-derived text) vs NavSource 'disappeared from shipping registers in 1972, fate unknown' vs shipbuildinghistory 'scrapped 1972' - scrapped 1971 adopted; the 1972 register-removal lag is the likely reconciliation, not independently proven. (d) MARAD registry type label 'AKA-160 / AKA Attack Cargo Ship' vs uniform Navy AK-160 cargo-ship designation - registry label disclosed; no Navy reclassification to AKA documented. (e) Complement - 85 (SDB accommodations row 15 officers + 70 enlisted; NavSource agrees) vs DANFS class figure 'cpl. 79' vs shipscribe class table 69 vs MC Design AV intent 75 - the per-hull SDB figure carried. (f) Dimensions/tonnage - length 338'8" (NavSource) / 338'6" oa (SDB) / 338.5' oa (shipscribe) / 338.40 ft ship-length and 321.4' register length (MARAD registry vs card field); DWT 4,967 (reserve-fleet card) vs 3,945 (NavSource/MARAD cargo-capacity fields) vs ~6,000 design intent (shipscribe class notes); light displacement 2,382 (NavSource/MARAD) vs 2,474 (shipscribe class header); full-load 7,450 vs 7,435 (HyperWar class table); speed 11.5 vs 12 (HyperWar).

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    correction

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-20

    Study period

    1944-1972 (dates reconciled 2026-09-20)

    Limitations

    Resolves nothing by fiat - records which source says what so downstream consumers inherit the conflicts honestly. Where a primary record and a compiled reference disagree, the primary record (MARAD card, DANFS) is adopted and the variant disclosed. No asbestos content in any reconciled source.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-autauga-ak160-11

12. [12]NARA record-group guidance: RG 24 deck logs (post-1941 at Archives II, College Park); RG 19 (Bureau of Ships records); RG 178 (U.S. Maritime Commission records); RG 357 (MARAD records) [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; catalog.archives.gov returns only its JS application shell to automated query - no digitized AK-160 log confirmed

    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-160 (1944-46) at Archives II, College Park - the Terminal Island conversion, San Pedro shakedown, Port Chicago load-out, Ulithi/Eniwetok ammunition issue runs, and inactivation would be logged there; (b) Bureau of Ships conversion records for the U.S. Naval Dry Docks Terminal Island availability (1944-12-06 to 1945-01-09), flowing from the CNO directive of 1944-07-01 naming AK-156/158/160 - the likeliest surviving source identifying the ammunition-hold insulation material; (c) NARA RG 178 (U.S. Maritime Commission) Construction Division records may hold the MC hull 2105 contract and C1-M-AV1 outfitting specifications for Kaiser Richmond Yard No. 4 hull 62; (d) MARAD/NDRF custody and KNSM-sale file (RG 357) - the prelim/final allocation numbers 584/579 and 'Kingdom of the Netherlands' annotations on the card point to a surviving sale file.

    Verification

    unverified

    Role

    archival_lead

    Documentation level

    context_only

    Accessed

    2026-09-20

    Study period

    1944-1948 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-autauga-ak160-12