USS Brevard (AK-164)

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, MC hulls 2101-2174 among them) - and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization aboard 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 or remains aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-brevard-ak164-01

2. [2]shipscribe.com, USS Alamosa (AK-156) Class page - Class Notes (Design AV development, 1943-09-02 MC contract approval, Navy/Army split) and Ship Notes row for AK-164 [other_primary]

   Locator

   Class Notes paragraphs (Design AV development; 'diesel instead of the requested reciprocating steam engines'; contract approval 2 Sep 43; 1944-07-01 CNO ammunition-tender conversion directive naming AK-156/158/160 only) and Ship Notes table row '164 BREVARD 2109'

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   shipscribe class notes (compiled from Navy sources) record the design and acquisition history of this class: the Maritime Commission's 'Design AV' (C1-M-AV1) was developed in 1943 for small steel coastal cargo ships for South/Southwest Pacific inter-island supply; it substituted diesel propulsion for the originally requested reciprocating steam plant and provided a Navy crew of 8 officers and 67 men; the MC approved contracts for 100 ships 1943-09-02 (MC hulls 2101-2174, 2194-2207, 2239-2250), of which the Navy manned 75 (AK 156-220 and AF 30-39). The ship note row for AK-164 reads: 'BREVARD 2109 - Converted by builder. Merc. ZEEHOND 1947, HESTIA 1948 (both Dutch). Scrapped 1970 as LEILA B.' This hull was NOT among the three ships (AK-156, AK-158, AK-160) converted to ammunition tenders under the 1944-07-01 CNO directive that added hold insulation.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-20

   Study period

   1943-1970

   Population

   Kaiser Cargo Yard No. 4 construction workforce (1944-45); Navy crew (1945-46)

   Limitations

   Ship-specific for identity and the 'converted by builder' disposition note, but it documents no materials scope - no insulation, asbestos, or outfitting-material statement is made for this hull; the ammunition-hold insulation directive expressly covered only AK-156/158/160, not this hull. shipscribe is a compiled reference (Tim Colton, coltoncompany lineage), not a primary document; underlying directives are paraphrased, not quoted verbatim. Does not establish asbestos presence, quantity, condition, exposure, or causation.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-brevard-ak164-02

3. [3]DANFS, 'Brevard' (AK-164) entry (verbatim transcription; live NHHC page returned 404 on the URL patterns tried 2026-09-20) [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   hazegray DANFS transcription, full entry

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   DANFS entry records: Brevard is a county in Florida; stat line (AK-164: dp. 2382; l. 338'6"; b. 50'; dr. 21'1"; s. 11.5 k.; cpl. 85; a. 1 3"; cl. Alamosa); launched 18 November 1944 by Kaiser Cargo, Inc., Richmond, Calif., under a Maritime Commission contract, sponsored by 'Mrs. Jack Wieringa'; acquired from the Maritime Commission 19 February 1945 and commissioned the same day, Lieutenant P. J. Wild, USNR, in command. Between 8 April and 19 October 1945 Brevard transported men and supplies among the Caroline, Marshall, Marianas, and Philippine Islands; on 19 October she departed Leyte and steamed to China, serving on occupation duty between 28 October 1945 and 22 January 1946. She returned to San Francisco via Pearl Harbor, arriving 14 March 1946, and commenced pre-inactivation overhaul; decommissioned 3 July 1946 and returned to the Maritime Commission the same day.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-20

   Study period

   1944-1946

   Population

   Construction trades (Kaiser Cargo Yard No. 4, 1944-45); commissioned crew (cpl. 85 per DANFS)

   Limitations

   Establishes identity, construction, service, and decommissioning timeline only - the DANFS entry contains no asbestos, insulation, or materials information and supports no asbestos claim; it also omits the laid-down date, the strike date, the merchant-service chain, and the Enoshima Maru rescue (covered by other rows). Live NHHC DANFS page 404s (standing NHHC link-rot issue from batch-01); citation is the verbatim hazegray mirror transcription.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-brevard-ak164-03

4. [4]U.S. Maritime Administration, ShipHistory database - BREVARD (AK-164), Ship History Detail 598, with digitized status cards (598_1110AF.jpg, 598_1110AB.jpg, WH_01.png), Transfer Order C-5087, and custody-ledger document [marad_nrc]

   Locator

   ShipHistory Detail 598; cards /cards/598_1110AF.jpg, /cards/598_1110AB.jpg, /cards/WH_01.png; documents /documents/Brevard_598_001.pdf (Transfer Order C-5087) and /documents/3d95330f-f3d2-4eae-a6de-cf4c182dd8f6.pdf (custody ledger)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   MARAD ShipHistory record for BREVARD (AK-164), Detail 598, with three digitized card faces and two documents read directly: (a) vessel status card - MC Hull No. 2109, type C1-M-AV1, flag Amer., 'Built by Kaiser Cargo, Inc. At Richmond, Cal.', 'SY#4', completed 2-19-45; custody entries 'Basis to W.S.A. 2-19-45 2:00PM PWT @ Richmond, Cal. del. by Builders to USMC' and '7-5-46 4:00PM PST @ Olympia, Wash. del. from Navy Dept. - Surplus'; allocation table: Navy Dept. (del. by USMC, LB, Richmond 2-19-45 2:00PM PWT), USMC Reserve Fleet (Olympia 7-5-46 4:00PM PST), Amer. Mail Line (GAA, Olympia 2-17-47 9AM PST), Kingdom of the Netherlands (Purch., Seattle 3-17-47 Mid. PST), with the handwritten note '(Title passed 3-17-47 3pm EST @ Hoboken)' and a sale-price figure reading approximately '$693,862.00' (see correction row). (b) reserve-fleet vessel-data card - fleet Olympia; DWT 4967; ownership WSA; 'Kaiser Cargo 1945'; date entered fleet 7-5-46; hull no. 2109; termination port, last voyage 'HAMPTON ROADS' (unexplained - see gaps); date withdrawn from fleet 2-17-47, delivered to 'Div. of Oper. (Amer. Mail Line GAA)'; red 'withdrawn' annotation across the preservation-work fields; a marginal note reads approximately 'Fleet Supt. notified by wire 2/17/47 not to remove ship's [gear/stores] until notified further' (partially legible). (c) Transfer Order No. C-5087 (11 February 1947): the United States Maritime Commission approves 'the Sale [to] Alien and Transfer to Netherlands Registry and Flag of the Undocumented Cargo Vessel BREVARD' under Section 37 of the Shipping Act 1916 (46 U.S.C. 835). (d) custody-ledger document restating the chain: Navy Dept. to WSA 7-5-46 Olympia (Surplus); WSA Reserve Fleet to Amer. Mail Line 2-17-47 Olympia (Lay Up G.A.A.); American Mail Line to U.S. Maritime Commission; U.S. Maritime Commission to Kingdom of the Netherlands 3-17-47 Seattle (Purchase). Detail-page fields: shipyard 'Kaiser Company'; MARAD type C1-M-AV1; 'AK Cargo Ship'; year built 1945; length 321.40 ft (register); beam 50.00; displacement 7450/2382; fate 'Sold - Foreign Flag Op.'

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-20

   Study period

   1945-1947 records

   Population

   Navy crew (1945-46); NDRF Olympia custody workforce (1946-47); American Mail Line crew (Feb-Mar 1947); foreign merchant crews and scrapping workers (1947-70)

   Limitations

   Authoritative for custody chain, milestones, and the alien-sale approval; status-card handwriting partially legible (read from scans - the sale-price figure could be $693,826.00 or $693,862.00, see correction row; the marginal wire note is best-effort). Contains no asbestos, insulation-material, or condition-survey information; supports no asbestos claim. The 'HAMPTON ROADS' termination-port datum conflicts with the Olympia lay-up narrative and is unexplained.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-brevard-ak164-04

5. [5]USS Brevard (AK-164) War Diary Feb-Dec 1945 and Ship's History letter of 1 Oct 1945 - U.S. Navy documents (CO letters to CincFlt/CNO/SecNav), scanned file contributed by Frank Gerhardt, hosted on NavSource [other_primary]

   Locator

   navsource.net/archives/09/13/pdf/130164a.pdf - p.1 (War Diary Feb 1945, Serial 017); Dec 1945 diary page (Serial 01, 2 Jan 1946); final pages (Ship's History, Serial 137, 1 Oct 1945)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Ship-authored primary documents hosted on NavSource (35-page scanned file): (a) War Diary for February 1945 (AK-164/A12 Serial 017, 19 April 1945, signed P. J. Wild) records that on 19 February 1945 at 'Richmond, California - Kaiser Cargo Inc., Yard #4' the ship was placed in commission at 1400 by Lt-Comdr. Hajek, USNR, representative of the Commandant TWELFTH Naval District (orders ND12-143/G serial 1286 of 18 Feb and serial 1287 of 19 Feb 1945), accepted by Lieutenant P. J. Wild, USNR, Commanding Officer; fitting-out period under Commandant TWELFTH Naval District followed - Treasure Island Pier #2 (fitting-out availability), Naval Supply Depot Oakland Pier #5 Berth K (loading stores/material), deperming at Pier #31 San Francisco, then underway 8 March for San Pedro shakedown under ComNorPac movement order #9-45. (b) War Diary for December 1945 (Serial 01, 2 January 1946, signed J. L. O. Elliott) records the ship on the Whangpoo River, Shanghai, China, discharging cargo all month, attached to Service Force Pacific Fleet (force and type commander), Service Squadron TEN (squadron operational commander), and Commander Task Unit 70.2.3 (local operational commander). (c) Ship's History letter to the Secretary of the Navy (Serial 137, 1 October 1945, received 22 Oct 1945) records: 'The U.S.S. Brevard is an ALAMOSA class (C1-M-AV1) cargo ship, built by Kaiser Cargo Inc., Richmond, California, keel laid on 2 September 1944, and launched at 1420 on 18 November 1944. The sponsor was Mrs. C. S. Wieringa, wife of the out-fitting superintendent, Kaiser Cargo Inc.'; named for Brevard County, Florida per the Alamosa-class county-naming custom; commissioned 19 February 1945 'at Kaiser Cargo Yard #4, Richmond, California'; April cargo deliveries to Hilo and Pearl Harbor; bases in order - Eniwetok, Guam, Saipan, Guam, Peleliu, Leyte, Ulithi, Guam, and Leyte at writing; 12,170 miles steamed and twelve thousand tons of cargo transported; reported to Service Force Pacific Fleet 7 March 1945, to Commander Service Squadron EIGHT 20 April 1945, to Commander Service Squadron TEN 17 May 1945; 'the ship neither encountered nor observed the enemy.'

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-20

   Study period

   1945-02-19 to 1945-12-31

   Population

   Commissioned crew (Lt. Wild to Dec 1945; Lt. Elliott from 4 Dec 1945 per NavSource CO table)

   Limitations

   Ship-authored contemporaneous Navy records - strong for construction events, command, and operations through Dec 1945; the scan is read page-by-page (no text layer). The documents contain no asbestos, insulation, or materials statements and support no asbestos claim. Coverage ends Dec 1945 - the Enoshima Maru rescue (Jan 1946), the voyage home, and the pre-inactivation overhaul are outside this file. NavSource is the host; the underlying documents are USN records.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-brevard-ak164-05

6. [6]NavSource Online, USS Brevard (AK-164) Service Ship Photo Archive page (specifications, commanding-officer table, merchant-service chain, disposition) [other_primary]

   Locator

   AK-164 page - chronology, specifications block, CO table, merchant service and final disposition lines

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NavSource Online (Service Ship Photo Archive, AK-164 page) records the same chronology as DANFS plus: laid down 2 September 1944 as Maritime Commission type C1-M-AV1 hull (MC hull 2109) at Kaiser Cargo Inc., Richmond, CA; call sign NEGE; China service 25 October 1945 to 30 January 1946; decommissioned and returned to the Maritime Commission 3 July 1946 at Olympia, WA; transferred 5 July 1946 for lay-up in the NDRF Olympia; struck from the Naval Register 8 October 1946; sold by the Maritime Commission 17 March 1947 to a Netherlands owner for $693,826.00, renamed Zeehond; resold 1948 to Koninglijke Nederlandsche Stoomboot Mj., Amsterdam, renamed Hestia; resold 1962 to Saudi Arabian owners, renamed Leila B; final disposition - sold for scrapping at Tientsin, China, August 1970. Specifications block: 2,382 t light / 7,450 t full; 338'6" x 50' x 29'2" limiting draft; 11.5 kts; one Nordberg TSM6 diesel, two diesel-drive 250 kW 120/240 V DC ship's-service generators, single propeller 1,750 shp; complement 15 officers + 70 enlisted; armament one 3"/50 DP and six 20mm; cargo capacity 3,945 DWT (227,730 cu ft non-refrigerated, 9,830 cu ft refrigerated); fuel diesel 6,300 bbls. CO table: LT Paul James Wild USNR 19 Feb 1945-4 Dec 1945; LT John Lewis Oliver Elliott USN 4 Dec 1945-3 Jul 1946.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-20

   Study period

   1944-1970

   Population

   Commissioned crew (85 per spec block); merchant crews under Dutch and Saudi flags (1947-70)

   Limitations

   Volunteer-maintained compiled index used for corroboration and specifications - its chronology agrees with DANFS and the MARAD cards on every shared datum; China-service dates (25 Oct-30 Jan) differ slightly from DANFS (28 Oct-22 Jan) and the sale price ($693,826.00) may differ from the card's handwritten figure - variances logged in the correction row. Contains no asbestos or materials information; supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-brevard-ak164-06

7. [7]Guinness World Records, official record page 'Most people rescued at sea, civillians' (USS Brevard AK-164, 4,296 people, Shanghai, 23 January 1946); The Seattle Times, 'WWII vet recalls 1946 rescue at sea as test of trust'; NavSource AK-164 photo pages incl. NHHC/NARA photo 80-G-362009 and COMSEVENTHFLT message reproduction [other_primary]

   Locator

   Guinness record page; seattletimes.com veteran profile; navsource.net/archives/09/13/130164a.htm (rescue photo captions incl. 80-G-362009, Jukong wharf 23 Jan 1946)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Guinness World Records maintains the entry 'Most people rescued at sea (civilians)': 4,296 Japanese civilians rescued by the crew of USS Brevard (AK-164), commanded by Lt. John Elliott, dated 23 January 1946, at Shanghai/Yangtze estuary, China - the civilians' ship Enoshima Maru was sinking after striking a mine just after the end of WWII; the record was claimed by a friend of crew member Frank Ottersbach. The Seattle Times (reputable press) carries a veteran-account profile of the same event - the ship leaving Shanghai port, the Enoshima Maru striking a mine, and the crew rescuing the passengers - and dates the departure 23 January 1946. NavSource's photo archive carries a NHHC-sourced U.S. Navy photo (NARA still-photo no. 80-G-362009) of the ship landing the repatriates at Jukong wharf, Shanghai, 23 January 1946, plus a Navy radio message from Admiral Cooke (COMSEVENTHFLT) congratulating Lt. Elliott and crew. NavSource's narrative and the ship-record-derived account carry the rescue on 22 January 1946 (1520-1550) - the one-day date variance is logged in the correction row.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-20

   Study period

   1946-01-22/23

   Population

   Crew of USS Brevard (rescue operations); 4,296 rescued Japanese civilians

   Limitations

   Documents a notable humanitarian event in the ship's history, not any materials or asbestos condition. Date conflict: Guinness and the Seattle Times carry 23 January 1946; NavSource and the ship-record-derived account carry 22 January 1946 (rescue beginning 1520) - both are disclosed; the NHHC photo documents the landing at Shanghai on 23 January. The rescue is beyond the digitized war diary's coverage (ends Dec 1945). Supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-brevard-ak164-07

8. [8]shipbuildinghistory.com - Kaiser Richmond No. 4 yard page (yard history + row for hull 66 / MC 2109); NPS Rosie the Riveter 'Historic Richmond Shipyards' page; HAER No. CA-326 (Library of Congress, 60-page report - no asbestos content) [other_primary]

   Locator

   shipbuildinghistory Kaiser Richmond No. 4 page - history paragraph and row 66/Brevard/2109; nps.gov/rori/learn/historyculture/historic-richmond-shipyards.htm; tile.loc.gov HAER CA-326 data PDF (searched - zero 'asbestos' hits)

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   Builder-yard context: 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 (shipbuildinghistory). The yard table carries this hull as yard no. 66, original name Brevard, type C1-M-AV1, MC no. 2109, delivered Feb-45, 'To USN as AK 164, sold private 1947, scrapped 1970'. NPS documents that Henry J. Kaiser's four-shipyard complex at Richmond became the most significant shipbuilding operation on the West Coast, with Yards No. 3 and No. 4 built in 1942 after Kaiser received Liberty-ship contracts (Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front NHP); HAER CA-326 documents the four Kaiser Richmond yards' prefabrication methods. None of these sources contains any asbestos or materials statement.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   context_only

   Accessed

   2026-09-20

   Study period

   1942-1946

   Population

   Kaiser Richmond Yard No. 4 construction workforce (1944-45)

   Limitations

   Yard-level context for the builder of this hull; documents the facility's emergency-yard nature and the hull's yard number, but contains no asbestos or materials information and establishes nothing about materials aboard this hull. The Atlas shipyards.json slug 'kaiser-shipyards' covers the Richmond complex generally, not Yard No. 4 specifically.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-brevard-ak164-08

9. [9]Kaminski v. Western MacArthur Co. (consolidated with In re Shipyard and Applicator Asbestos Cases), 175 Cal. App. 3d 445, 220 Cal. Rptr. 895 (Cal. Ct. App. 1st Dist. 1985) [court_record]

   Locator

   Opinion text, statement of facts (Kaminski employment and exposure findings, 1942)

   Finding type

   litigation_documented

   Finding

   Regional litigation context: in Kaminski v. Western MacArthur Co., 175 Cal. App. 3d 445 (1st Dist. 1985), the Court of Appeal reviewed a jury-verdict judgment for a shipfitter's helper exposed to asbestos in 1942 at the Bethlehem Shipyard in San Francisco and at Moore Drydock - Bay Area yards in the same wartime emergency-shipbuilding region as Kaiser Richmond. The opinion records trial findings that the plaintiff held asbestos cloth/blanket during welding, worked around others installing asbestos insulation, and that Western Asbestos Company 'supplied all or virtually all the asbestos products used at Bethlehem Shipyard, including asbestos cloth and pipe insulation' and performed much of the insulation work on destroyers built there; his mesothelioma was found caused by that wartime exposure.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   context_only

   Accessed

   2026-09-20

   Study period

   1942 exposure; opinion 1985

   Population

   WWII Bay Area shipyard workers (class/region context)

   Limitations

   Appellate-level findings for OTHER Bay Area yards (Bethlehem San Francisco, Moore Drydock Oakland) - NOT Kaiser Richmond and NOT this hull; it documents that wartime Bay Area emergency-shipyard work involved court-proven asbestos exposure, nothing more. Does not establish asbestos aboard this hull, at its building yard, or any exposure or legal eligibility for anyone associated with this vessel.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-brevard-ak164-09

10. [10]Batch-842 search ledger (this record): DANFS hazegray mirror; MARAD ShipHistory 598 + status cards + Transfer Order C-5087 + custody ledger; NavSource incl. war diary/ship's-history scan; HyperWar; shipscribe class page; shipbuildinghistory; NVR hull check; CourtListener (API throttled; site-index check); web-wide litigation search; Guinness; Seattle Times; NARA record-group guides [other_primary]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-brevard-ak164-01 through sl-uss-brevard-ak164-13

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming USS Brevard / AK-164 / MC hull 2109 / the merchant names Zeehond, Hestia, or Leila B was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The hull was sold foreign in March 1947 and scrapped at Tientsin, China in August 1970 - before the Navy's asbestos-control programs of the late 1970s and outside U.S. NESHAP demolition jurisdiction - so no U.S.-regulated abatement record was ever expected to exist for this hull. The ship appears on bulk law-firm marketing lists of Navy hulls (e.g., freeasbestostesting.com auxiliary-ships page, duboselawfirm.com cargo-ships list); those lists enumerate every Navy ship and carry no ship-specific evidence - classified non-qualifying and not cited.

    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 is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials, and the merchant-service (1947-70) and Chinese-scrapping (1970) phases are essentially undocumented. Direct CourtListener API queries were rate-limited (125/day quota exhausted; HTTP 429, ~4h backoff); the site-indexed check returned only name collisions (Brevard County, Florida litigation; unrelated vessels) - no hull-naming opinion - but an exhaustive opinion/docket sweep was not completed; residual litigation-discovery risk is noted rather than resolved. Does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-brevard-ak164-10

11. [11]Cross-source reconciliation: DANFS (hazegray mirror); ship's history letter Serial 137 (sponsor); NavSource AK-164 page; MARAD Detail 598 cards/documents; Guinness record page; Seattle Times; HyperWar AK-164 table; shipscribe class notes; usmm.org C1 type table [other_primary]

    Locator

    Per-item: DANFS sponsor line vs Serial 137 para. 1; DANFS service paragraph vs NavSource chronology; Guinness 'when' field vs NavSource rescue caption; MARAD card WH_01 price line vs NavSource merchant-service line; complement/spec blocks across sources

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Source discrepancies logged, not merged: (a) Sponsor - DANFS carries 'Mrs. Jack Wieringa'; the ship-authored 1 Oct 1945 history letter records 'Mrs. C. S. Wieringa, wife of the out-fitting superintendent, Kaiser Cargo Inc.' - the contemporaneous ship document is adopted; 'Jack' treated as a DANFS transcription variant (the superintendent's initials per compiled sources are consistent with C.S.). (b) China-service dates - DANFS: occupation duty 28 October 1945 to 22 January 1946; NavSource: China service 25 October 1945 to 30 January 1946 - both disclosed; the NHHC photo dates the Shanghai at-anchor portrait 27 October 1945, inside both windows. (c) Rescue date - Guinness and the Seattle Times carry 23 January 1946; NavSource and the ship-record-derived account carry 22 January 1946 (1520-1550); the NHHC photo shows survivors landed at Jukong wharf, Shanghai, on 23 January - the event spans both dates; Guinness's stated date and the ship-record date are both disclosed. (d) Sale price - NavSource carries $693,826.00; the MARAD status card's handwritten figure reads approximately '$693,862.00' - digit order ambiguous in handwriting; both disclosed, neither adjudicated. (e) Complement - DANFS 'cpl. 85'; NavSource 15 officers + 70 enlisted (=85) agrees; HyperWar carries 79; the Design AV intent was 8 officers + 67 men (75) - DANFS adopted. (f) Dimensions/draft - length 338'6" (DANFS/NavSource) vs 339' (HyperWar) vs 321.4' register (MARAD); draft 21'1" (DANFS) vs 21' (HyperWar) vs 29'2" 'limiting' (NavSource) vs ~22' loaded (Design AV) - all disclosed. (g) Power - 1,750 shp (NavSource/shipscribe) vs 1,700 hp (HyperWar) - NavSource adopted. (h) Displacement - 2,382 lt/7,450 full (DANFS stat line, NavSource, MARAD) vs 7,435 full (HyperWar); DWT 4,967 (reserve-fleet card) vs 3,945 (NavSource cargo capacity) vs 5,032 (usmm type table) vs 6,000 design intent - all disclosed.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    correction

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-20

    Study period

    1944-1970 (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, ship-authored letter) is adopted and the variant disclosed. No asbestos content in any reconciled source.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-brevard-ak164-11

12. [12]NARA record-group guidance: RG 24 deck logs (post-1941 at Archives II, College Park); RG 178 (U.S. Maritime Commission) Construction Division records; RG 181 (Naval Districts and Shore Establishments); NARA still-picture holdings (80-G series) [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 and /181.html; NARA still-photo identifier per NavSource caption (80-G-362009)

    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-164 (Feb 1945-Jul 1946) at Archives II, College Park - the Jan 1946 Enoshima Maru rescue, the voyage home via Pearl Harbor, and the Mar-Jul 1946 pre-inactivation overhaul would be logged there; the overhaul's performing yard is not named in any located source. (b) NARA RG 178 (U.S. Maritime Commission) Construction Division records may hold the MC hull 2109 contract and C1-M-AV1 outfitting specifications for Kaiser Richmond Yard No. 4 hull 66. (c) NARA RG 181 Twelfth Naval District records would cover the Treasure Island fitting-out availability and any San Francisco Bay area repair activity Feb-Jul 1946. (d) NARA still-photo holdings include the NHHC-collected U.S. Navy photo 80-G-362009 (survivor landing at Jukong wharf, Shanghai, 23 Jan 1946) and any companion frames of the rescue. (e) The war diary scan hosted on NavSource covers Feb-Dec 1945 only; the Jan-Jul 1946 diaries (if submitted) would sit in the same RG 38 operational-records series. (f) MARAD sale file for the 1947 Netherlands sale (Transfer Order C-5087 references; price ~$693,8xx) may carry condition statements; Dutch registry records for Zeehond/Hestia and the 1962 Saudi sale are unexplored.

    Verification

    unverified

    Role

    archival_lead

    Documentation level

    context_only

    Accessed

    2026-09-20

    Study period

    1944-1970 records

    Limitations

    Record-group mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; existence of asbestos-specific documents for this hull is unknown until surveyed in person. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-brevard-ak164-12