USS Braxton (APA-138)

Name
USS Braxton
Hull designation
APA-138
Vessel class
Haskell
Evidence tier
Tier 2
Evidence entries
12
Record ID
uss-braxton-apa138
Dataset version
2026.10.12-rc.1
Canonical URL
https://asbestosatlas.org/ships/uss-braxton-apa138

Evidence

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

  1. [1]research packet braxton-fill-packet.md (5 sources cited) [other_primary]
    Finding type
    vessel_history
    Finding
    Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    supporting
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Evidence ID
    uss-braxton-apa138-pkt-braxton-fill-packet-md
  2. [2]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 3 (NAVSHIPS 250-012, 1945), auxiliaries - transports, attack (APA) tables, per-hull rows for BRAXTON APA-138 (indexed 'Braxton (ex-M.C.V. Hull 54)') (shipscribe.com scan of the official BuShips publication) [other_primary]
    Locator
    SDB1945v3 pp. 228-233 APA tables: dimensions p.228, personnel p.229, machinery p.230, armament/cargo p.232, construction p.233 (BRAXTON row, item 34); ship index entries 'Braxton (ex-M.C.V. Hull 54) APA 138' and 'M.C.V. Hull 54 (now Braxton) APA 138'
    Finding type
    vessel_history
    Finding
    Official BuShips Ships' Data 1945 Vol. 3 carries per-hull rows for BRAXTON APA-138 (ex-M.C.V. Hull 54, item 34 in each table) across the APA tables: 455'0" overall / 436'6" waterline; beam 62'0"; 17.7 knots trial speed; 14,837 tons trial displacement; ship's company 56 officers + 480 enlisted with troop accommodations 86 officers + 1,475 enlisted; machinery 1 Joshua-Hendy turbine, 8,500 shp, 2 Babcock & Wilcox header-type boilers at 465 psi / 750F, single propeller; armament 1 x 5"/38 cal (D.P.) + 4 twin and 1 quad 40mm; cargo 150,000 cu ft non-refrigerated, deadweight 5,800/2,900 tons; builder California S.B. Corp., Wilmington, Calif.; date acquired 28 Dec 1944; year built 1944; date of first commission 29 Dec 1944.
    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 (notably the Joshua-Hendy turbine, not the Westinghouse set shown in generic class summaries), manning, builder, and key dates. Contains no materials, insulation, or asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim. Scan is OCR-degraded; row cells cross-checked against NavSource and DANFS spec blocks, and this hull's construction/machinery cells verified by row alignment against dated acquisition/commissioning values.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-braxton-apa138-01
  3. [3]DANFS, 'Braxton (APA-138)' entry, Naval History and Heritage Command (live NHHC URL returns 404 - verbatim text retrieved via Internet Archive Wayback capture 20140727204936 of the legacy history.navy.mil/danfs/b9/braxton-i.htm; the older print-DANFS short text corroborated via hazegray.org mirror capture 20200113041532) [nhhc_danfs]
    Locator
    DANFS Braxton (APA-138) entry body text + spec block (Wayback capture 20140727204936); print-DANFS mirror hazegray.org/danfs/amphib/apa138.htm via Wayback 20200113041532
    Finding type
    vessel_history
    Finding
    NHHC records: named for Braxton County, West Virginia (est. 15 Jan 1836, honoring Carter Braxton, signer of the Declaration of Independence); spec block dp. 14,837, l. 455', b. 62', dr. 24', s. 17.7 k. (trial), cpl. 536, troops 1,561, a. 1 5" 12 40mm 10 20mm, cl. Haskell, T. VC2-S-AP5. Laid down under Maritime Commission contract (MCV hull 54) 29 Aug 1944 at Wilmington, Calif., by California Shipbuilding Corp.; launched 3 Nov 1944; sponsored by Mrs. J. R. DeFrees; acquired on a loan-charter basis 28 Dec 1944; commissioned 29 Dec 1944 at Terminal Island, San Pedro, Comdr. William L. Bray USNR in command. Alterations/repairs at U.S. Naval Drydocks, Terminal Island 3-5 Jan 1945; shakedown Long Beach area from 9 Jan; collided with merchant tanker Mission Capistrano in heavy fog 14 Jan (damage to two LCVPs, three life rafts, hull); repairs, then reported to Amphibious Training Command, Pacific Fleet, at San Diego 23 Jan. Carried first embarked passengers incl. 86 WAVES to Pearl Harbor 24 Feb-1 Mar; convoy PD-372T to Eniwetok/Saipan/Guam Apr; casualty-and-USMC return leg to San Francisco 17 May; second westward run May-Jun; convoy UOK-39 to Okinawa, cargo discharge near Kinmu Wan 25 Jul; typhoon and enemy-air periods at Okinawa; convoy OKU-17 to Ulithi 10 Aug; embarked 2nd Bn 4th Marines at Guam 14-15 Aug; joined TF 31 (RAdm. Badger, Iowa BB-61) 19 Aug; anchored berth 40, Sagami Wan 29 Aug - the first Naval transport to enter Sagami Wan; disembarked occupation troops at Yokosuka 30 Aug (2nd Bn, 4th Marines landing at Futtsu Saki); Nagasaki occupation lift 23 Sep (2nd and 6th Marines); Nagoya 28-30 Oct (25th Infantry Division rear echelon - the ship's 'third load of occupation troops on Japan'); Magic Carpet return to San Pedro 13 Feb 1946; took aboard 164 former crew of the war-prize cruiser Prinz Eugen (IX-300) via LCI-1017 at San Pedro 9 Apr 1946; Panama Canal transit completed 17 Apr; Staten Island 23 Apr; one lift of 1,492 Army enlisted plus the Prinz Eugen crewmen to Bremerhaven 3-10 May; Staten Island 30 May; Norfolk 4 Jun; decommissioned at the Norfolk Shipbuilding and Drydock Company yard at 1015 on 27 Jun 1946; turned over to the War Shipping Administration 29 Jun 1946; stricken 19 Jul 1946; James River NDRF; sold 9 Apr 1973 to Union Minerals and Alloys Corp., New York, for scrapping.
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    supporting
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-09-25
    Study period
    1944-1973
    Limitations
    Primary Navy historical entry - authoritative for service history, custody chain, and disposal. 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.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-braxton-apa138-02
  4. [4]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive - USS Braxton (APA-138), file 10/03/03138 [other_primary]
    Locator
    NavSource 03138.htm - timeline, specifications block, awards table, commanding-officer list, photo captions
    Finding type
    vessel_history
    Finding
    NavSource timeline corroborates DANFS and adds detail: radio call sign NDOT; wartime assignment TransRon Twenty-four (COMO E. L. Short) / TransDiv Seventy-one (CAPT. W. P. Davis), Asiatic-Pacific Theater; awards - American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Service Medal with Asia clasp; commanding officers CDR William Allen Bray USNR (29 Dec 1944 - 15 Feb 1945) and CDR/CAPT Earl William Glines USNR (25 Feb 1945 - 27 Jun 1946); decommissioned 27 Jun 1946 at Norfolk; returned to Maritime Commission 29 Jun 1946 for NDRF James River Group, Berth S-21, Lee Hall, VA; struck from the Naval Register 19 Jul 1946; Repair Program withdrawal 13 Jun - 6 Oct 1955 to South Atlantic Steamship Co. under a General Agency Agreement; sold for scrapping 9 Apr 1973 to Union Minerals and Alloys Corp., New York City (sale PD-X-956 dated 5 Mar 1973) for $111,560.00. Spec block matches BuShips/DANFS (6,873 t light / 14,837 t full; 455' x 62' x 24'; 17.7 kt; 56 officers + 480 enlisted; troops 86 + 1,475; 1 Joshua-Hendy geared turbine, 2 B&W header-type boilers 465 psi/750F, double Joshua-Hendy reduction gears, three 300kW generators, one propeller, 8,500 shp; 1 x 5"/38 DP, 1 quad + 4 twin 40mm, 10 x 20mm; boats incl. 18 LCVPs). Contributor photo captions document a fire in Hold No. 4 about five miles off Oceanside, CA, probably early 1945 during a training exercise, and the ship's first group of WAVES embarked for Pearl Harbor, 1945; NARA photo 80-G-293951 shows the ship at anchor off San Pedro 18 Dec 1944, ten days before Navy acquisition.
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    supporting
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-09-25
    Study period
    1944-1973
    Limitations
    Specialist secondary compilation - detailed but non-official; consistent with DANFS, MARAD, and BuShips on all checkable points except the disposal-delivery date (NavSource prints 'withdrawn ... 11 July 1973 to River Development Corp., Kearny, N.J.' vs the MARAD vessel-data card's 11-7-73 delivery stamp - see correction row ev-05) and the first CO's middle name (NavSource 'William Allen' vs DANFS 'William L.'). Contains no asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-braxton-apa138-03
  5. [5]U.S. Maritime Administration, ShipHistory database - BRAXTON (APA-138), Ship History Detail 590, incl. digitized Reserve Fleet Division vessel-data cards and MA-20 Record of Ship Sales card [marad_nrc]
    Locator
    ShipHistory Detail 590 registry/milestone block; card scans 590_1094AF.jpg (vessel data front), 590_1094AB.jpg (back - permanent ballast report and berthing note), 590_AF.jpg (MA-20 Record of Ship Sales); BRAXTON.pdf custody-transfer card bundle (transfers Navy->WSA->Reserve Fleet 6-29-46; ->South Atlantic SS Line 6/13/55; ->Reserve Fleet 10/6/55)
    Finding type
    vessel_history
    Finding
    MARAD 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 62.00 ft; displacement summer 14,837 t / lightweight 6,873 t; Fate 'Sold - Scrap'; milestones Disposition and Withdrawal both 11/7/1973. Digitized vessel-data card (hull no. MCV-54, fleet/unit James River S-21, ownership 'WSA') documents: entered reserve fleet 6-29-46 (Lee Hall, Va.; termination port of last voyage NORFOLK; 3,104 bbls Bunker C fuel oil at entry); Repair Program FY1955 under GAA with South Atlantic - withdrawn June 13, 1955 (1230 hrs EST), returned James River Oct. 6, 1955 (1130 hrs EST); sold for scrap under PD-X-956, 4-9-73, to Union Minerals & Alloys for $111,560; date withdrawn/delivered 11-7-73 at 1145 EST. The MA-20 Record of Ship Sales card records PD-X-956 awarded to Union Minerals & Alloys Corp. 4-9-73, $111,560.00, contract MA-6927, advertised 3-5-73, opened 4-4-73 under two conditions ((1) NTU, (2) Scrap Hull-U.S.), award under condition (2), 24 months; dimensions 436'6" x 62' x 38'. Card back carries a permanent-ballast report: cement ballast in the #2 lower hold (62'6" wide x 39'9" long x approx. 8" deep) and #4 lower hold ('see sketch'), and a handwritten berthing note placing the ship head north between reserve-fleet neighbors Bandera and Relief.
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    supporting
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-09-25
    Study period
    1944-1973
    Limitations
    Authoritative government custody record - the primary source for reserve-fleet and disposal history. Handwritten/stamped entries partially legible (OCR-aided, read at 300dpi). The '11-7-73' delivery stamp and the 11/7/1973 milestones are November 7, 1973 - NavSource's '11 July 1973' reading is treated as a date-format error (see correction row ev-05). Contains no asbestos or materials information; supports no asbestos claim.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-braxton-apa138-04
  6. [6]Source cross-check - NavSource 03138 vs MARAD vessel-data card 590_1094AF.jpg / milestones, full DANFS (Wayback 20140727204936), hazegray print-DANFS (Wayback 20200113041532), Wikipedia derivative, and shipscribe APA class page [other_primary]
    Locator
    NavSource 03138.htm disposition line and CO table; MARAD card 590_1094AF.jpg box 22 ('11-7-73 1145 EST') and milestone table; DANFS entry body; hazegray apa138.htm spec block; shipscribe.com/usnaux/APA/APA117.html class machinery line
    Finding type
    historical_record
    Finding
    Source discrepancies resolved or flagged: (a) Disposal-delivery date - NavSource states the ship was 'withdrawn from the James River Reserve Fleet, 11 July 1973 to River Development Corp., Kearny, N.J.'; the MARAD vessel-data card stamps delivery '11-7-73 1145 EST' and the MARAD milestone table gives Disposition and Withdrawal as 11/7/1973. Adopted 7 November 1973 (the card is the primary record; '11 July' reads like a day/month transposition of 11-7-73). NavSource's 'River Development Corp., Kearny, N.J.' destination is not contradicted by the card but is uncorroborated in official records - carried as NavSource-only. (b) Sponsor - full DANFS and Wikipedia give 'Mrs. J. R. DeFrees'; the hazegray print-DANFS text transposes to 'Mrs. R. J. Defrees'; adopted J. R. DeFrees. (c) First CO - DANFS gives 'Comdr. William L. Bray, USNR'; NavSource expands to 'William Allen Bray'; the middle-name/initial conflict (L. vs Allen) is unresolved and flagged, not harmonized. (d) Complement - the hazegray print-DANFS spec block reads 'cpl. 692'; the full DANFS block and BuShips per-hull row give 536 ship's company plus 1,561 troops; adopted 536/1,561. (e) Machinery - generic Haskell-class summaries (incl. the batch class profile) print 'single Westinghouse geared turbine'; this hull's BuShips machinery row and NavSource both give Joshua-Hendy (turbine and main reduction gears); shipscribe's class page confirms Westinghouse/Joshua-Hendy/Allis-Chalmers supplier variation within the class. Adopted Joshua-Hendy for this hull. (f) Occupation-service window - NavSource prints '5 to 8 November 1945' Far East occupation service; DANFS has the ship sailing from Nagoya for San Pedro on 3 Nov 1945, with her documented in-Japan operations running Aug-Oct 1945 - the NavSource window is inconsistent with the operational record and is carried as reported but flagged.
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    correction
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-09-25
    Study period
    1944-1973 (sources 2001-2026)
    Limitations
    Resolves publication-level conflicts in official and secondary sources; none of the compared sources contains asbestos information; this row supports no asbestos claim.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-braxton-apa138-05
  7. [7]Consolidated era/design inference - BuShips SDB 1945 v3 machinery row for this hull + VC2-S-AP5 type data (shipscribe APA class pages; haskell-class.class.json background) [other_primary]
    Locator
    SDB1945v3 machinery table p.224 (BRAXTON row); shipscribe.com/usnaux/APA class data; haskell-class.class.json (class-f worktree) for class context
    Finding type
    asbestos_application
    Finding
    Era/design inference: this hull carried a single-screw geared-steam plant (one Joshua-Hendy turbine, two Babcock & Wilcox header-type boilers at 465 psi / 750F superheat) built at the peak of WWII asbestos usage - 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 1,561) added interior insulation scope. Documented ship-level disturbance/repair phases for this hull: post-commissioning alterations and repairs at U.S. Naval Drydocks, Terminal Island (3-5 Jan 1945); collision repairs after the 14 Jan 1945 Mission Capistrano collision; a hold fire off Oceanside during early-1945 training (photo-documented); the FY1955 Repair Program GAA withdrawal to South Atlantic Steamship Co. (Jun-Oct 1955); ~27 years of NDRF lay-up; and the 1973 sale/breaking.
    Verification
    inferred
    Role
    supporting
    Documentation level
    class_or_era
    Accessed
    2026-09-25
    Study period
    1944-1973
    Population
    Construction trades at California SB, Wilmington (1944); wartime crew and embarked troops; NDRF lay-up/repair and 1973 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-138 was located; establishes no asbestos content, quantity, location, individual exposure, or causation.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-braxton-apa138-06
  8. [8]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-braxton-apa138-07
  9. [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
    J Ind Hyg Toxicol 28(1):9-16; PubMed PMID 21016030
    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.
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    context
    Documentation level
    class_or_era
    Accessed
    2026-09-25
    Study period
    1944-1945 survey; published 1946
    Population
    WWII pipe coverers and naval-vessel construction trades (era context)
    Limitations
    Era-level documentation of asbestos use in naval construction generally; does not name this vessel, class, or builder yard and establishes nothing about this hull's materials, condition, or any individual exposure. (The study's contemporaneous 'not a dangerous occupation' conclusion has since been heavily criticized - cf. the 2026 critique at DOI 10.1177/10482911261446696 carried in the batch-155 class-mate record.)
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-braxton-apa138-08
  10. [10]Pruitt v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp., C.A. No. 18-1101-MN-SRF (D. Del., In re Asbestos Litigation / MDL-875 track) - Report and Recommendation (2020-07-30) and Memorandum Opinion, verified via ded.uscourts.gov opinion PDF [court_record]
    Locator
    ded.uscourts.gov opinion 18-1101_0.pdf; courts.delaware.gov opinion id=373110 (N23C-02-129 ASB order); CourtListener sweeps sl-uss-braxton-apa138-08 through -12
    Finding type
    litigation_documented
    Finding
    The located attack-transport asbestos docket resolves to another class: plaintiff John W. Pruitt Sr. alleged mesothelioma from asbestos exposure as a machinist mate stationed in 1958 on 'the USS Bayfield, an attack transport' (APA-33, Bayfield class) and in 1959 on USS Tolovana (AO-64, Cimarron-class oiler). Authenticated CourtListener API v4 sweeps for this hull (opinion and docket) returned no qualifying case - see search_ledger. No docketed asbestos opinion naming USS Braxton or APA-138 was located in indexed sources; the only true asbestos-docket hit, In re Braxton / Braxton v. Amchem Products, C.A. No. N23C-02-129 ASB (Del. Super. 2024), is a surname collision - the decedent is Marvin Jerry Braxton Jr., with no vessel or Navy involvement in the opinion text.
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    context
    Documentation level
    context_only
    Accessed
    2026-09-25
    Study period
    2018-2024 (dockets); sweeps run 2026-09-25
    Limitations
    Different hull and class - carried only to document that the APA-type litigation surface exists while no Braxton-specific docket was found. Deposition-stage exposure descriptions in Pruitt are allegations, not findings. The surname 'Braxton' collides with asbestos-plaintiff and attorney/judge names across the opinion corpus (43 hits reviewed, all name collisions - see search_ledger).
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-braxton-apa138-09
  11. [11]Batch-2208 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS via Wayback; NavSource 03138; MARAD ShipHistory Detail 590 + status-card scans + MA-20 sale card; BuShips SDB 1945 v3 per-hull rows; shipscribe APA class page; CourtListener authenticated opinion/docket sweeps; NVR; VA BVA index; NARA record-group guides; indexed-web asbestos-claim sweep [other_primary]
    Locator
    search_ledger rows sl-uss-braxton-apa138-01 through sl-uss-braxton-apa138-14
    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 Braxton / APA-138 / M.C.V. Hull 54 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). Law-firm marketing pages (asbestos-ships.com vessel page; simmonsfirm.com ship list; mesotheliomaasbestoshelpcenter.com list) assert or imply era-typical asbestos content for this hull without primary support - excluded as sources 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 transport is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials, and her ~27 years in NDRF custody, 1955 repair-program withdrawal, and 1973 breaking are undocumented disturbance phases. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-braxton-apa138-10
  12. [12]NARA Guide to Federal Records: RG 24 (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) [other_primary]
    Locator
    https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/024.html ; /groups/019.html ; /groups/178.html ; /groups/357.html
    Finding type
    historical_record
    Finding
    Archival leads (not retrieved - requires research-room or reproduction order; no spend authorized): Navy deck logs for USS Braxton Dec 1944 - Jun 1946 (RG 24, NARA College Park; WWII deck logs are also digitized via the NARA catalog partner program); the ship's war diary quoted in DANFS (e.g., the 27 Jul 1945 Okinawa entries) and the Nagasaki occupation action report NavSource references are record-group material of the same provenance; BuShips records incl. VC2-S-AP5 contract plans and Booklets of General Plans (RG 19); USMC construction-contract records for M.C.V. Hull 54 at California Shipbuilding (RG 178); and MARAD/NDRF custody files covering the 1946-1973 lay-up, the FY1955 Repair Program GAA work scope (South Atlantic Steamship Co.), and the PD-X-956/MA-6927 sale file (RG 357).
    Verification
    unverified
    Role
    archival_lead
    Documentation level
    context_only
    Accessed
    2026-09-25
    Study period
    1944-1973 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-braxton-apa138-11

Attribution

Compiled by
Paul Danziger; Rod de Llano
Publisher
Danziger & De Llano, LLP
License
CC-BY-4.0
Citation
Danziger, P., and De Llano, R. (2026). AsbestosAtlas Navy Vessel Asbestos Exposure Dataset. Danziger & De Llano, LLP. DOI: not yet assigned
Dataset version
asbestosatlas-ships-2026.10.12-rc.1
DOI
not yet assigned