USS Chicot (AK-170)

Evidence

11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).

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 per shipscribe class notes) - and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization aboard merchant-type hulls.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-21

   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-chicot-ak170-01

2. [2]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, 'Chicot' (AK-170) entry - NHHC online edition (Wayback capture 2024-05-25; canonical NHHC URL returned 404 on 2026-09-21); print-edition transcription cross-checked via the losthistory.net/hazegray mirror [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   Full entry via Wayback Machine capture 20240525211931 of history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/c/chicot.html; canonical URL returned 404 (standing NHHC link rot, same as batches 01/833/834/841). Print mirror: https://losthistory.net/hazegray/danfs/auxil/ak170.htm (transcribed 1999-01-24)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NHHC DANFS 'Chicot' entry records: stat line (AK-170: dp. 2,382; l. 338'6"; b. 50'; dr. 21'1"; s. 12 k.; cpl. 85; a. 1 3"; cl. Alamosa); namesake 'A county in Arkansas' (Chicot County). Launched 1944-07-16 by Froemming Brothers, Inc., Milwaukee, Wis., under a Maritime Commission contract; sponsored by Mrs. F. Marasco; acquired by the Navy 1945-03-13; commissioned 1945-04-04, LCDR L. F. Marshall, USNR, in command. Sailed from Gulfport, Miss., 1945-05-10 for Honolulu, discharged cargo, voyaged to San Francisco, returned to Pearl Harbor with cargo 24 July; departed Pearl Harbor 30 July with cargo for Eniwetok; until 1946-03-10 carried cargo between Eniwetok, Ulithi, Tacloban, Saipan, Okinawa, Guam, Manus, Samar, and Subic Bay; departed Guam 10 March for the west coast; decommissioned at Seattle 1946-07-18 and returned to the Maritime Commission the next day. Reacquired 1947-05-14 and, after repair, recommissioned 1947-06-23; departed Seattle 18 July for Pearl Harbor; from 19 November sailed from Guam and Pearl Harbor carrying cargo between western Pacific islands - Saipan, Truk, Ponape, Manus, Kusaie; Hawaiian local operations, then an early-1949 Guam/Saipan voyage, returning to San Francisco 15 March; cleared San Pedro 1949-04-27 for western Pacific cargo duty, Pearl Harbor, and Japan; Guam-based until decommissioned there 1951-07-24 and transferred to the Department of the Interior.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-21

   Study period

   1944-1951

   Population

   Navy crew (cpl. 85 per DANFS stat line); cargo operations across the western Pacific, Pearl Harbor, and Japan

   Limitations

   Authoritative for identity, chronology, and operations. Contains no asbestos, insulation-material, or hazardous-material statement; the documented second-commission 'repair' (1947) and 1949 plans update are events only, with no materials scope described. DANFS speed figure (12 k.) conflicts with NavSource/shipscribe 11.5 kts - see correction row.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-chicot-ak170-02

3. [3]U.S. Maritime Administration, ShipHistory database - CHICOT (AK-170), Ship History Detail 942 (status-card scans: 1C6_01.png custody/allocation face, 942_1711AF.jpg reserve-fleet vessel-data card, 942_1711AB.jpg tonnage/BHP fragment, 942_AF.jpg + 942_AB.jpg Interior-sale card; CHICOT.pdf transfer ledger) [marad_nrc]

   Locator

   ShipHistory Detail 942 - status-card scans read directly (cards/1C6_01.png, cards/942_1711AF.jpg, cards/942_1711AB.jpg, cards/942_AF.jpg, cards/942_AB.jpg; documents/257b5480-36e1-4768-9158-00505fae5de3.pdf transfer ledger)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   MARAD ShipHistory record for CHICOT (AK-170), Detail 942: MARAD type C1-M-AV1; shipyard 'Froemming Brothers'; year built 1945; official number 246730; register dimensions 323.90 ft x 50.10 ft; gross 3,805 / net 2,123; fate 'Sold - Foreign Flag Op.'; mission World War II; milestones Entry/Acquisition 1946-07-19, Withdrawal 1947-05-14. The digitized status-card set reads: custody/allocation face (1C6_01.png) - Name CHICOT (AK-170), flag AMER., type C1-M-AV1, Hull No. 2143; 'Built by' field typed 'Pendleton SY Co., Inc. At New Orleans, La.' with handwritten annotation pointing to 'Froemming Bros., Milwaukee - 2/45'; 'Completed 3-13-45'; basis to WSA 7-19-46 3:00 PM PST at Olympia, Wash. 'from Navy Dept. - Surplus'; allocation table - USMC Reserve Fleet Olympia Wash. 7-19-46; Navy Department title Olympia Wash. 5-14-47; DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (OFFICE OF TERRITORIES - PACIFIC DIVISION) title 7-24-51; 'Sold to Jones & Guerrero Co., Inc. 9-19-60'; 'Change flag of registry to Panama 6/21/68'; 'RENAMED SAN LUIS'. Reserve-fleet vessel-data card (942_1711AF.jpg): former AK-170; ownership WSA; fleet 'Pu.G.So.' (Puget Sound), unit Row D-25; 'NAVY OPERATED' annotation; built Froemming Bros., Milwaukee, Wisc. 1945; entered fleet 7-19-46; hull no. MC-2143; 'Termination port, last voyage: HAMPTON ROADS'; length 323.9' / breadth 50.1' / depth 26.5'; withdrawn 5-14-47 9:AM delivered to U.S. NAVY. Tonnage fragment (942_1711AB.jpg): 3805 gr / 3123 net (net figure conflicts with 2123 on the other card and the Detail page - logged); draft 21 5/8; 'BHP 1700'; 'Dkcy Blr.' (donkey boiler); 'Oil eng.' Interior-sale card (942_AF.jpg / 942_AB.jpg): 'Built in February 1945 by Froemming Bros., Inc. for MC and delivered to the Navy without exchange of funds. Subsequently transferred by Navy to the Department of Interior'; location Commercial Harbor, Agana, Guam; advertised for sale by Dept. of Interior under Invitation for Bids No. 1-OT-2-60 pursuant to Sec. 201(c) PL 152, 81st Congress; bids opened 3-7-60, high bid of $237,250 from James and Guerrero Company, Inc. of Agana, Guam (U.S. citizen corporation organized under laws of Guam), vessel to operate between Guam and Australia; Commerce (MarAd) letter of 5-5-60 gave its 'blessing' to the sale. The CHICOT.pdf transfer ledger independently records the same custody events: 7-19-46 3 PM Olympia Wash. Surplus Navy Dept. -> W.S.A.; Lay Up W.S.A. -> Reserve Fleet; Olympia Wash. Title Reserve Fleet -> Navy Department 5-14-47.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-21

   Study period

   1945-1972

   Population

   Reserve-fleet layup personnel (Olympia, Wash., 1946-47); Dept. of Interior / Trust Territories crews (1951-60); James and Guerrero merchant crew (1960-72)

   Limitations

   Authoritative government custody record for this hull; status-card handwriting read against typed fields. 'Built by' shows the Pendleton reassembly yard over the Froemming builder annotation - a card-level quirk, not a builder dispute (see correction row). Sale-line buyer reads 'Jones & Guerrero' vs 'James and Guerrero' on the Interior-sale card and in NavSource - logged. 'Built in February 1945' is a completion-framing date vs delivery-to-MC 1944-10-21 and delivery-to-Navy 1945-03-13 - logged. Contains no asbestos, insulation-material, or machinery detail beyond 'BHP 1700', 'Oil eng.', and 'Dkcy Blr.' - supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-chicot-ak170-03

4. [4]NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive, USS Chicot (AK-170) page (compiled reference incl. DANFS transcription, awards table, CO list, specifications, merchant-service chronology, photo captions) [other_primary]

   Locator

   navsource.net/archives/09/13/130170.htm - full page incl. specifications block, commanding-officer table, occupation-service dates table, merchant-service lines, photo captions (incl. NARA photo 80-G-498613 and Trust Territories drydock photo)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NavSource Online (Service Ship Photo Archive, AK-170 page) records the same Navy chronology as DANFS plus: call sign NEGZ; ribbons American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Service Medal with Asia clasp (qualifying periods 10-25 Nov 1945, 25 Jan-8 Feb 1946, 18 Aug-7 Sep 1950, 1-25 Jan 1951), National Defense Service Medal (no battle stars); commanding officers LCDR Lawrence F. Marshall USNR (1945-04-04 to Dec 1945), LCDR Herbert H. Kirchhoff USNR (Dec 1945 to Apr 1946), LCDR William B. Studley Jr. USNR (Apr 1946 to 1946-07-18), LCDR Rudolph L. Ward USN (from 1947-06-23); specs - 2,382 t (lt) / 7,450 t (fl); 338'6" x 50' x '29 ft 2 in (limiting)' (a figure inconsistent with every other source - DANFS 21'1", shipscribe 21.1' lim, MARAD 21 5/8; treated as a NavSource typo, see correction row); 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 TSM6, two diesel-drive 250 kW 120/240 V DC generators, single propeller, 1,750 shp. Merchant endgame: sold 1960-09-19 to James and Guerrero Co., Inc., Agana, Guam; 'Reflagged Panamanian, renamed MV San Luis'; final disposition sold for scrapping in Panama in 1972. Photo captions include a NARA-held US Navy photo (80-G-498613) of Chicot loading turkeys at Pearl Harbor 1949-02-01 for the Trust Territory livestock program, and 'MV Chicot' drydocked in U.S. Trust Territories / Dept. of Interior service.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-21

   Study period

   1944-1972

   Population

   Navy crew (two commissions, 1945-46 and 1947-51); Dept. of Interior / Trust Territories crews (1951-60); merchant and Panama demolition workforce (1960-72)

   Limitations

   NavSource is a privately compiled standard reference, not a government publication; its merchant-service and ribbon details are not independently corroborated by a primary record beyond the MARAD card's 1960 sale and 1968 flag entries. Its '29 ft 2 in' draft conflicts with DANFS 21'1" and every other source - treated as a typo and logged in the correction row. The Trust Territories photo caption dates DOI service '1947-1960' loosely (DOI title was 1951-07-24). No asbestos content; supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-chicot-ak170-04

5. [5]shipscribe.com, USS Alamosa (AK-156) Class page - construction and disposition tables, class notes (Design AV development history and Great Lakes delivery process), ship note for AK-170/MC hull 2143 [other_primary]

   Locator

   shipscribe.com/usnaux/AK/AK156.html - Construction table row 170|CHICOT (Froemming Bros, keel 22 Apr 44, launch 16 Jul 44, acq. 13 Mar 45, commiss. 4 Apr 45); Disposition table row 170|CHICOT (24 Jul 51 | 18 Jan 52 | 24 Jul 51 | Trf.); Ship Notes '170 CHICOT 2143 ...'; Class Notes paragraphs (Design AV history, Great Lakes transit, armament changes listing AK-170)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Class register and ship note: shipscribe's USS Alamosa (AK-156) Class page (compiled from official Navy ship registers) lists AK-170 Chicot acquired 1945-03-13, built by Froemming Bros., keel 1944-04-22, launched 1944-07-16, commissioned 1945-04-04; final decommission 1951-07-24, struck 1952-01-18, disposal 1951-07-24, fate 'Trf.' (transferred - to the Department of the Interior), no MA sale. Ship note for AK-170 (MC hull 2143): 'Delivered to MC in Great Lakes 21 Oct 44 and arrived at New Orleans 4 Dec 44. Reassembled by Pendleton SY, New Orleans and delivered to MC and Navy 13 Mar 45. Decomm. 18 Jul 46, to MC 19 Jul 46, stk. 31 Jul 46. From MC 14 May 47, on list and recomm. 23 Jun 47 for service in the Marianas. To Interior Department 24 Jul 51. Sold 19 Sep 60, merc. CHICOT 1960, scrapped 1972 as SAN LUIS.' Class notes document the design origin: on 1943-04-02 the JCS Joint Military Transportation Committee convened a subcommittee that recommended small steel cargo vessels for South/Southwest Pacific local and inter-island supply; the Maritime Commission developed 'Design AV' (320' length, 50' beam, 6,000 DWT, 11 kts) which 'used diesel instead of the requested reciprocating steam engines'; MC approved contracts for 100 ships 1943-09-02 (MC hulls 2101-2174, 2194-2207, 2239-2250); Great Lakes-built hulls were towed incomplete via Chicago and the Mississippi to New Orleans for reassembly and Navy completion - the transit Chicot made Oct-Dec 1944. The class armament notes list AK-170 among hulls whose 3"/50 mount was landed by 1949 (2<4-20mmT carried 1951-57).

   Verification

   partial

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-21

   Study period

   1943-1972

   Limitations

   shipscribe is a compiled reference (Tim Colton lineage), not a primary document; its tables derive from official registers but are paraphrased. First-strike date '31 Jul 46' conflicts with NavSource '2 Aug 46' - logged in correction row. The Great Lakes dismantling/tow description is class-level process documentation (detailed for lead hull AK-168); Chicot's own delivery dates are in the ship note, but the specifics of her tow (bridge clearances, deck stowage) are not separately documented for this hull. No asbestos content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-chicot-ak170-05

6. [6]USS Chicot (AK-170) War Diary, April-August 1945 - ship-generated report to the Chief of Naval Operations, digitized scan hosted by NavSource (22-page image PDF) [other_primary]

   Locator

   navsource.net/archives/09/13/pdf/130170a.pdf - pages sampled directly (Apr 1945 daily entries pp. 2-4; May 1945 transit entries pp. 5-8); no text layer - remaining pages unreviewed in this pass

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   The ship's own war diary (April-August 1945, digitized scan hosted by NavSource from the NARA-submitted original) documents her first weeks in detail: commissioned 1945-04-04 at N.S.D. Westwego, La. - Comdr. J. T. Chipman, USNR, accepting for the Commandant, Eighth Naval District, LCDR L. F. Marshall, USNR, commanding; deperming at the Naval Deperming Station, Westwego; bottom preparation resting on keel blocks in Todd-Johnson Dry Dock No. 5, Algiers, La.; on 1945-04-08 a strong wind set the ship onto LBF Section B while mooring, 'stove a 12-inch hole in port bow and sprung Frame 8' - repaired at Todd-Johnson; May: 80,469 gallons of fuel at the Avondale Fuel Docks, ammunition load at N.A.D. Lansdale (304 rounds 3"/50, 12,960 rounds 20mm, small arms), general cargo loading at Gulfport, Miss. (Berth #1, West Pier, N.S.D.), departure 1945-05-10 for Guantanamo Bay, Cristobal arrival 22 May, Panama Canal transit 23 May, Balboa departure en route Pearl Harbor.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-21

   Study period

   1945-04-04 to 1945-08 (diary coverage)

   Population

   Crew of USS Chicot (April-May 1945); Todd-Johnson Dry Dock workforce (bow repair); N.S.D. Westwego / N.A.D. Lansdale / Gulfport dock and ammunition-handling personnel

   Limitations

   Primary ship-generated record for this hull, but image-only scan: sampled pages verified as quoted; pages covering June-August 1945 operations were not reviewed in this pass. Documents real yard/dock events (Pendleton-adjacent New Orleans fit-out, Todd-Johnson drydocking and bow repair, ammunition and fuel loading) but contains no asbestos, insulation, or materials statement - the bow-repair scope is not described. Events are carried as events; no materials inference is drawn.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-chicot-ak170-06

7. [7]shipbuildinghistory.com - Froemming Bros. yard page (emergencylarge/froemming.htm) and Pendleton Shipyard page (emergencysmall/pendleton.htm) - compiled yard tables and histories [other_primary]

   Locator

   Froemming Bros. page - yard history paragraph and row for hull 15 / MC 2143 (Chicot); Pendleton page https://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencysmall/pendleton.htm - yard history paragraph

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   Builder-yard context: Froemming Bros. was a wartime-only yard in operation 1942-1945 on the north side of the Kinnickinnic River just west of South 1st Street, Milwaukee (site later Wagner Iron Works, now Milwaukee Marine Yacht). The yard table carries this hull as yard hull no. 15, original name Chicot, type C1-M-AV1, MC no. 2143, delivered Oct-44, disposition 'To USN as AK 170, sold private 1951, scrapped 1973' (disposition values conflict with the MARAD card, NavSource, and shipscribe - she went to the Department of the Interior in 1951 and was sold private in 1960; see correction row). Reassembly-yard context: Pendleton Shipyard Company, New Orleans (formed 1941 by Pendleton E. Leyde; Florida Avenue Wharf), whose primary activity was handling inspection and delivery to the Navy of small vessels built by inland shipyards and shipped down the Mississippi - the facility that reassembled this hull per the shipscribe ship note and the MARAD card's 'Built by ... Pendleton SY Co., Inc.' annotation.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   context_only

   Accessed

   2026-09-21

   Study period

   1942-1945

   Population

   Froemming Bros. construction workforce (Milwaukee, 1944); Pendleton Shipyard reassembly workforce (New Orleans, 1944-45)

   Limitations

   Yard-level context for the builder and reassembly yard of this hull; documents the facilities' wartime nature and the hull's yard number, but contains no asbestos or materials information and establishes nothing about materials aboard this hull. Neither Froemming Bros. (Milwaukee) nor Pendleton Shipyard (New Orleans) has an Atlas shipyards.json yard_id - related_shipyards is empty and the missing yards are carried in gaps.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-chicot-ak170-07

8. [8]Internet Archive item ak170bogp1949 - 'USA - AK-170 USS Chicot Booklet of General Plans (1949)', Navy Yard Long Beach, dated 1949-01-14 (ship-design-drawings collection) [other_primary]

   Locator

   archive.org/details/ak170bogp1949 - item metadata and file listing (00 cover photo.jpg; 01 cover, dimensions, profiles, superstructure decks & above.jpg; 02 main deck & below, sections.jpg; ak170bogp1949.pdf). Item page resolves HTTP 200; metadata API confirms title/date/creator

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   A digitized official Navy Booklet of General Plans exists for this specific hull: 'USA - AK-170 USS Chicot Booklet of General Plans (1949)', dated 1949-01-14, produced by Navy Yard, Long Beach, California (Robert Churchill Collection, Foute Man Productions upload). Item contents: cover photo (1945), cover/dimensions/profiles/superstructure decks sheet, and main-deck-and-below/sections sheet. The BoGP's existence documents a mid-life Navy plans update during her second commission (consistent with the 1949 armament change in the class register). Its image-only sheets (~110 MB, no text layer) were not reviewed in this pass; if reviewed, they could establish design-level spaces and any insulation callouts for this hull.

   Verification

   unverified

   Role

   archival_lead

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-21

   Study period

   1949 (plans date)

   Limitations

   Document existence and identity verified via item metadata; contents unreviewed - image scans without OCR. NOTE the uploader's metadata carries wrong build dates for this hull ('laid down june 17 1943 / launched december 12 1943 / completed february 19 1944') against every Navy and MC record (keel 1944-04-22, launched 1944-07-16) - a metadata defect, not a source conflict; the yard data (Froemming, MC 2143, yard nr 15, official nr 246730) is correct. Even once reviewed, plan callouts are design documents - they would show what was specified, not what was installed or what remains. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-chicot-ak170-08

9. [9]Batch-848 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS canonical + Wayback capture; hazegray DANFS mirror; MARAD ShipHistory 942 + five status-card scans + transfer ledger; NavSource page + war diary scan; shipscribe class register; shipbuildinghistory Froemming and Pendleton yard pages; NVR hull check; CourtListener API v4 (authenticated); web-wide litigation search; NARA catalog; Internet Archive [other_primary]

   Locator

   search_ledger rows sl-uss-chicot-ak170-01 through sl-uss-chicot-ak170-13

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming USS Chicot / AK-170 / MC hull 2143 / MV Chicot / MV San Luis was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The hull was transferred to the Department of the Interior in 1951, sold into Guamanian/Panamanian service in 1960, and scrapped in Panama in 1972/73 - predating NESHAP demolition rules and outside U.S. 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., duboselawfirm.com cargo-ship inventory); 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

   2026-09-21

   Study period

   2026-09-21

   Limitations

   Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1944-45 C1-M-AV1 hull built to wartime emergency specifications is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials. The CourtListener sweep was completed with authentication: 'USS Chicot' and 'AK-170' return zero opinions; the 2,112 bare-'Chicot' opinion hits are Arkansas-name collisions dominated by the res judicata precedent Chicot County Drainage Dist. v. Baxter State Bank, 308 U.S. 371 (1940), cited as authority - not the ship; 'Chicot asbestos' hits are the same citation collisions (spot-checked). Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-chicot-ak170-09

10. [10]Cross-source reconciliation: DANFS via Wayback capture + hazegray print mirror; NavSource AK-170 page; MARAD Detail 942 status cards; shipscribe AK-156 class page and ship note; shipbuildinghistory Froemming yard table; war diary scan [other_primary]

    Locator

    Per-item: MARAD cards 1C6_01/942_AF/942_AB/942_1711AF/942_1711AB vs NavSource merchant-service lines vs shipscribe ship note; stat lines and spec blocks across sources; shipbuildinghistory froemming.htm row 15

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Source discrepancies logged, not merged: (a) First strike - NavSource 'Struck from the Naval Register, 2 August 1946' vs shipscribe ship note 'stk. 31 Jul 46'; NavSource adopted, variant disclosed (second strike 1952-01-18 agrees across sources). (b) Merchant buyer - MARAD card sale line 'Jones & Guerrero Co., Inc.' vs the card's own reverse-side 'James and Guerrero Company, Inc.' and NavSource/Wikipedia 'James and Guerrero'; the fuller form adopted, variant disclosed. (c) Panama flag timing - MARAD card 'Change flag of registry to Panama 6/21/68' vs NavSource 'Reflagged Panamanian' framed at the 1960 sale; the card's 1968 date adopted (she may have kept U.S./Guam registry 1960-68), variant disclosed. (d) Scrapping year - 1972 Panama (NavSource; shipscribe 'scrapped 1972 as SAN LUIS') vs 'scrapped 1973' (shipbuildinghistory yard table); 1972 adopted, variant disclosed. (e) 'sold private 1951' (shipbuildinghistory) vs transfer to Dept. of the Interior 1951-07-24 and private sale 1960-09-19 (MARAD card, DANFS, NavSource, shipscribe) - yard-table error, not adopted. (f) Draft - NavSource '29 ft 2 in (limiting)' vs DANFS 21'1", shipscribe 21.1' lim, MARAD card 21 5/8 and Detail-page 21.0 - NavSource figure treated as a typo. (g) Speed - DANFS 's. 12 k.' vs 11.5 kts (NavSource, shipscribe). (h) Power - 1,750 shp (NavSource, shipscribe) vs 'BHP 1700' (MARAD card fragment). (i) Net tonnage - 2,123 (MARAD Detail page and card 942_AF) vs '3123 net' (card fragment 942_1711AB) - fragment digit treated as error. (j) Length - 338'6" oa (DANFS, NavSource) vs 338.5' oa / 320.0' wl (shipscribe) vs 323.9' register (MARAD). (k) Build date - MARAD card 'Built in February 1945' (completion framing) vs keel 1944-04-22 / MC delivery 1944-10-21 / Navy delivery 1945-03-13; 'Completed 3-13-45' on the same card reconciles. (l) Trust Territories caption - NavSource photo dates DOI service '1947-1960' loosely vs DOI title 1951-07-24. (m) Complement - DANFS cpl. 85 / NavSource 15+70 vs shipscribe class register 69 vs Design AV intent 75 - DANFS carried.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    correction

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-21

    Study period

    1944-1973 (dates reconciled 2026-09-21)

    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, war diary) is adopted and the variant disclosed. No asbestos content in any reconciled source.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-chicot-ak170-10

11. [11]NARA record-group guidance: RG 24 deck logs (post-1941 at Archives II, College Park); RG 178 (U.S. Maritime Commission) Construction Division records; Internet Archive item ak170bogp1949; University of Hawaii digital library (Trust Territories photo source) [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 API returned non-JSON application shell to automated query on 2026-09-21 - no digitized AK-170 log confirmed; archive.org/details/ak170bogp1949 resolves (HTTP 200)

    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-170 at Archives II, College Park - both commissions (1945-46 and 1947-51) would log drydockings, repairs, and port calls including the post-reacquisition 'repair' DANFS notes; (b) the full 22-page April-August 1945 war diary scan (pages beyond the sampled April-May entries) may describe shakedown, further yard periods, and cargo operations; (c) NARA RG 178 (U.S. Maritime Commission) Construction Division records may hold the MC hull 2143 contract and C1-M-AV1 outfitting specifications for Froemming Bros. hull 15, plus the Pendleton reassembly documentation; (d) the 1949 Booklet of General Plans for this hull (Internet Archive ak170bogp1949) - image sheets unreviewed; (e) Department of the Interior / Office of Territories records for the 1951-60 Trust Territories service period (ship operation, maintenance, drydocking) are an untapped run - the Hawaii digital-library source credited on the NavSource photo is a starting point; (f) NDRF Olympia Group records for the 1946-47 layup.

    Verification

    unverified

    Role

    archival_lead

    Documentation level

    context_only

    Accessed

    2026-09-21

    Study period

    1944-1973 records

    Limitations

    Record-group and item mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; existence of asbestos-specific documents for this hull is unknown until surveyed in person. Even the ship-specific BoGP is a design document - specifications, not installation proof. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-chicot-ak170-11