USS Colington (AG-148)

Evidence

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

1. [1]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 2 (NAVSHIPS 250-012, 1945), LST tables - per-hull construction row for LST-1085 and design-group characteristics row for LST1081-1152 (shipscribe.com scan of the official BuShips publication) [other_primary]

   Locator

   SDB1945v2 LST construction table p. 190 (LST1085 row: American Bridge Co., Ambridge; 1 Dec 44 / 13 Jan 45 / 21 Feb 45); characteristics tables pp. 168-169 (LST1081-1152 group rows: dimensions, machinery, accommodations, armament, gears/generators/fuel)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Official BuShips Ships' Data 1945 Vol. 2 carries a per-hull construction row for LST-1085: builder American Bridge Co., Ambridge, Pa.; keel laid 1 Dec 44; launched 13 Jan 45; first commissioned 21 Feb 45. Design-group rows for LST1081-1152 (the group containing this hull): 328'0" oa / 316'0" wl; beam 50'0"; 2,366 t beaching displacement, 4,080 t at limiting draft, 33 t/inch immersion; trial speed 11.6 kt at 3,960 t trial displacement; limiting draft 11'2", max navigational draft 14'1"; machinery 2 GM Diesel 12-567A, 1,700 shp, 2 propellers; Falk single reduction gears; 3 diesel ship's-service generators, 100 kW, 230 V DC; fuel oil 4,320 bbls; accommodations 13 officers + 106 enlisted; armament 2 twin + 4 single 40mm AA mounts.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-20

   Study period

   1945

   Population

   American Bridge Co. Ambridge yard construction workforce (1944-45); commissioning crew

   Limitations

   Authoritative wartime BuShips publication naming this hull in its construction row - confirms identity, builder, dates, machinery plant, and manning for the design group. The construction row is ship-specific; the characteristics rows are design-group level (LST1081-1152). OCR of the scanned table is columnar and partially garbled; values cross-verified against DANFS and NavSource. Contains no materials, insulation, or asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-colington-ag148-01

2. [2]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS), 'Colington II (LST-1085/AG-148)' entry - verbatim HyperWar transcription by Patrick Clancey; live NHHC page 404 on all URL patterns (standing link rot) [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   Full entry text (spec block + two paragraphs); retrieved 2026-09-20. Live NHHC equivalents 404: /research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/l/lst-1085.html and /danfs/c/colington.html

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   DANFS (HyperWar verbatim transcription): 'An island off the coast of North Carolina. (LST-1085: dp. 1,625; l. 328'; b. 50'; dr. 14'1"; s. 11.6 k.; cpl. 119; a. 7 40mm., 12 20mm.; cl. LST-511) The second Colington was launched 13 January 1945 by American Bridge Co., Ambridge, Pa.; and commissioned 21 February 1945 as LST-1085. After serving with the navy occupation forces in Asia after World War II ... she was reclassified AG-148 on 27 January and named Colington on 1 February 1949. She was again reclassified to AKS-29 on 18 August 1951 and stricken from the Navy list 1 April 1960.'

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-20

   Study period

   1945-1960

   Limitations

   Authoritative secondary compilation. The bracketed port list in the transcription ('[as well as the end of the Okinawa campaign--ports of call during 1945-46 included: Pittsburgh, New Orleans, Mobile, Panama Canal Zone, San Diego and Port Hueneme, Pearl Harbor, Kwajalein, Eniwetok, Guam, Saipan, Tinian, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Yokohama and Tokyo]') is the HyperWar transcriber's annotation, not DANFS text - 'Pittsburgh' in it is likely an error for the down-river fitting-out transit. '27 January' carries no year in the transcription (context is 1949, consistent with the documented naming chronology in ev-04). 'cl. LST-511' conflicts with the BuShips design group LST1081-1152 (LST-542 series) - logged. No asbestos content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-colington-ag148-02

3. [3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, file 09/16/1629 'LST-1085 / Colington (AKS-29)' - timeline, unit assignments, CO table, ONI-1945 spec block, awards, disposal chain, photo captions [other_primary]

   Locator

   Full page text retrieved via www.navsource.net 2026-09-20 (navsource.org HTTPS variant unreachable)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NavSource amphibious photo archive page for LST-1085 / Colington (AKS-29): identity chain 'Colington (AKS-29) ex Colington (AG-148) (1949-1951) USS LST-1085 (1945-1949)'; call sign NAOL; launched 13 Jan 1945, commissioned 21 Feb 1945 (Lt. Ernest R. Von Starck, USNR) at American Bridge Co., Ambridge (laid down 'date unknown'); wartime assignment LST Flotilla Thirty-Two (CAPT D.J. Sweeny) / LST Division One Hundred Ninety-Two; occupation service in the Far East 2 Sep-9 Nov 1945; reclassified AG-148 27 Jan 1949, named Colington 1 Feb 1949, reclassified AKS-29 18 Aug 1951, struck 1 Apr 1960; sold 1960 to Zidell, cut down to the tank deck and cut in half, aft section became barge ZB104A; sold to Bay Tube Rental Co., San Francisco, in the 1960s during BART tube construction, renamed Jeanne; sold 1979 Peter Kiewit Sons Co., Richmond CA; 1991 Manson Construction Co.; 2007 unknown US interest; final disposition unknown. CO table: Von Starck (Feb-Dec 1945), LTjg William Compton Cook USNR (Dec 1945-Mar 1946), LTjg James B. Olney USNR (Mar-Jun 1946), LTjg Homer Alexander West USN (Jun 1946-?). ONI-1945 spec block: 1,625 t lt / 4,080 t fl / 2,366 t; 328' oa x 50'; drafts 2'4"-14'1"; 11.6 kt trial; endurance 24,000 mi at 9 kt; complement 13 officers + 104 enlisted, troop accommodations 16 officers + 147 enlisted; 2 LCVP. Awards: American Campaign, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign, WWII Victory, Navy Occupation (Asia clasp), National Defense - no battle stars. Photo captions: crew muster for Roosevelt memorial service April 1945 (USCG GC-83397 on deck); moored astern of LST-1041 carrying Soviet-bound PT-625/626/627/628; on the LST ramp at Yokohama between LST-683 and LST-131 circa Sep-Nov 1945; barge Jeanne.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-20

   Study period

   1944-2007

   Limitations

   Volunteer-curated compilation of official data, contributor photos, and veteran submissions - ship-specific but secondary. 'Sold in 1960' reconciled against shipscribe's disposal table (offered Sep 1960/Feb 1961, sale completed 2 Jun 1961). ONI spec block complement (13+104) differs from DANFS/SDB (119 = 13+106) - carried as variants. Photo captions are contributor-supplied metadata. No asbestos content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-colington-ag148-03

4. [4]shipscribe.com U.S. Navy Auxiliary Ships, AKS-27 (Electron) class page - ship note 29 for Colington plus class notes, construction/disposition tables (compiled from BuShips journals, Navy registers, and shipyard records) [other_primary]

   Locator

   AKS-27 class page ship notes (row 29, COLINGTON) and class notes; construction and disposition tables

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   shipscribe AKS-27 (Electron) class page, per-hull ship note 29, verbatim detail for Colington: 'COLINGTON (ex AG 148, ex LST 1085, comm 21 Feb 1945.) Reassigned to ComServPac effective 1 Jan 1946. Conv. to mobile spare parts issue ship at Pearl Dec 1945 to Apr 1946, then modified as ordnance spare parts distribution ship. At Guam 10 July to 20 Nov 1946. On 20 Nov 1946 CinCPac reported that she could no longer be employed full time in the 1st Fleet as an ordnance spare parts ship and recommended replacement by an unmodified LST. CNO noted that the conversion as ordnance spare issue ship contemplated ready reconversion to normal characteristics. Designated for inactivation 6 Dec 1946, left Pearl Harbor 10 Jan 1947 for San Francisco but then used as a temporary ferry at Bremerton for the duration of a ferry strike. This duty completed 21 Mar 1947, ship placed OCIR (Out of commission in reserve) 26 Jun 47 in the Bremerton group, then towed by ATA 195 to the Columbia Group on 2 Jul 1947 and completed inactivation. To AG 148 and named 1 Feb 1949. Not reactivated for Korean War. To AKS 29 18 Aug 1951. Offered for sale 21 Sep 1960 with a bid opening date of 13 Oct 1960 and again offered on 8 Feb 1961 with bids to be opened on 3 Mar 1961.' Class notes: five-ship ex-LST conversion program (AKS 27-31); names for the group (islands of the US proposed by Chief of Naval Personnel 10 Jan 1949) approved 1 Feb 1949; all but Colington ordered reactivated Aug 1950; class accommodations 12-17 officers / 116-160 enlisted; AKS armament (1956) 2 twin 40mm + 6 single 40mm (4 singles in AKS-29). Disposition table: stricken 1 Apr 1960; Navy sale completed 2 Jun 1961.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-20

   Study period

   1945-1961

   Population

   Pearl Harbor Navy Yard conversion workforce (Dec 1945-Apr 1946); Guam ordnance-issue crew (Jul-Nov 1946); Bremerton ferry-duty crew (Jan-Mar 1947)

   Limitations

   Tim Colton's shipscribe compilation - the most detailed public source for this hull's postwar employment, transcribing BuShips/CNO correspondence. Confirms Colington was the only one of the five-ship conversion group NOT reactivated for Korea, so the AG/AKS designations were administrative while in reserve. Construction table prints launch '24 Jan 1945' (contradicts SDB/DANFS 13 Jan - logged as table typo) and disposition-table decommissioning '21 Nov 1947' (likely inactivation completion vs the ship note's OCIR 26 Jun 1947). Ferry-strike duty independently corroborated: HistoryLink documents the 14-20 Mar 1947 Black Ball Line engineers' strike and the Navy's use of LSTs for Bremerton shipyard commuters. No asbestos content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-colington-ag148-04

5. [5]NARA Catalog records: NAID 83571220 'USS LST-1085 - War Diary, 6/1/45 to 7/31/45' (8 pages, Roll A1859, serial 013) and NAID 77523413 'USS LST-1085 - War Diary, 8/1-31/45' (4 pages, Roll A1908, serial 016) - World War II War Diaries series, RG 38; page images read verbatim [other_primary]

   Locator

   catalog.archives.gov/id/83571220 (June-July diary, 8 page images) and catalog.archives.gov/id/77523413 (August diary, 4 page images); NARA proxy search https://catalog.archives.gov/proxy/records/search?q=%22LST-1085%22 returned both file units

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NARA-hold war diaries for USS LST-1085, digitized and read verbatim. NAID 83571220 (War Diary June 1 to July 31, 1945; Microfilm Roll A1859, serial 013; cover dated 13 Aug 1945, signed Lt. Ernest R. von Starck USNR): departed Pearl Harbor 1 Jun 1945 in Task Unit 13.12.6 (ComLSTFlot 35, CAPT D.H. Johnston) for Guam; anchored Eniwetok 1-3 Jun; sighted Guam 9 Jun, diverted to Saipan, anchored inside the nets 10 Jun; anchored Saipan 11-27 Jun; sailed 28 Jun in convoy SOK-18 for Okinawa (OTC CDR H.B. McLean, ComLSTGrp 97, in LST-1107), convoy position 1-4 of six columns. July: emergency turns on escort sound contacts 1 Jul; Tsuken Shima light sighted 4 Jul, anchored off Hagushi 1827; air-raid alarm 5 Jul (smoke screen made, no planes seen); unloaded at Brown Beach, Buckner Bay, 7 Jul via pontoon causeway (about 2 hours); returned to Hagushi 8 Jul; ordered to Naha, beached 1930, air raid 2010; 9 Jul embarked 14 officers + 192 enlisted, Sixth Pioneer Battalion, Sixth Marine Division, plus full vehicle load; sailed 10 Jul for Guam in convoy OKG-2 (OTC CAPT F.C. Huntoon USNR in USS Castor AKS-1); Apra Harbor Guam 16 Jul, discharged Microbe Beach Pier E 2230; returned to LST nest 17 Jul; Saipan 18 Jul - six days availability with ship-to-shop privileges at USS Hector; anchored Saipan 19-29 Jul (gun crews ashore for training; temporarily assigned Flotilla 'C', Captain Sweeny); sailed 30 Jul for Iwo Jima in convoy SIW-62 (OTC in DE-170) to load steel piling for Okinawa via Saipan. NAID 77523413 (War Diary August 1945; Microfilm Roll A1908, serial 016; cover letter dated 21 Sep 1945, signed von Starck, addressed CinCPac): anchored off Iwo Jima west side 2 Aug; anchored awaiting beaching 3-8 Aug supplying fuel and water to small craft; air alert 4 Aug (planes shot down by CAP); ship's LCVP assisted rescue of a B-29 crew 6 Aug; beached White Beach 9 Aug loading steel pilings; loading interrupted by air alert 10 Aug; completed 13 Aug - 850 tons steel pilings, no passengers; retracted 2245; departed for Saipan 14 Aug as OTC; 15 Aug AA firing practice with free balloons, which the diary records also 'helped to celebrate the announcement of Japan's surrender'; anchored Saipan 17 Aug; awaiting Okinawa orders 18-28 Aug; sailed for Okinawa 29 Aug, course 306, 9 kt.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-20

   Study period

   1945-06-01 to 1945-08-31

   Population

   Ship's company under Lt. E.R. von Starck, USNR; embarked Sixth Pioneer Battalion troops (Jul 1945); assisted B-29 crew (6 Aug 1945)

   Limitations

   Primary operational record (ship-generated, CO-signed) - the strongest source in this record. Covers June-August 1945 only; the September-November occupation period documented by NavSource is not in these two file units. War diaries record movements and operations, not materials - no asbestos or insulation content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-colington-ag148-05

6. [6]NavalCoverMuseum (navalcovermuseum.org) ship entry, Colington AKS-29 - covers/dates timeline and awards ribbon compilation [other_primary]

   Locator

   Colington (AKS-29) entry - timeline and awards section

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NavalCoverMuseum entry for Colington AKS-29: keel laid 1 Dec 1944 (corroborates SDB); launched 13 Jan 1945; commissioned 21 Feb 1945; 'Decommissioned 30 September 1946'; reclassified AG-148 27 Jan 1949 and named Colington 1 Feb 1949 'while in reserve'; reclassified AKS-29 18 Aug 1951 'while in reserve'; struck 1 Apr 1960; awards ribbon list (American Campaign, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign, WWII Victory, Navy Occupation w/Asia clasp, National Defense Service Medal).

   Verification

   partial

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-20

   Study period

   1944-1960

   Limitations

   Secondary philatelic-history compilation. Useful corroboration for the keel date, the 'while in reserve' status of both reclassifications, and the award list. Its 'Decommissioned 30 September 1946' is impossible - the ship was documented at Guam through 20 Nov 1946 and on ferry duty through 21 Mar 1947 (ev-04); rejected in favor of shipscribe's OCIR 26 Jun 1947 and logged in the correction row. No asbestos content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-colington-ag148-06

7. [7]Composite inference row: BuShips SDB 1945 v2 machinery row (diesel plant, no boilers) + lst-1-class class profile (~/Developer/ships-worktrees/class-f/lst-1-class.class.json - class/era asbestos context, 'do not convert class material into ship-specific findings') + shipscribe-documented conversion/inactivation events on this hull [other_primary]

   Locator

   SDB1945v2 pp. 168-169 machinery row; class profile lst-1-class.class.json asbestos section; shipscribe AKS27.html ship note 29

   Finding type

   asbestos_application

   Finding

   Class/era inference only - no ship-specific asbestos record located. This hull was a diesel-driven LST: 2x GM 12-567A diesels, 1,700 shp, no boilers (SDB 1945 v2, LST1081-1152 group) - so the steam-plant lagging pathway dominant in combatants and steam auxiliaries is absent. For this type, period asbestos applications concentrate in: engine exhaust and muffler lagging, gaskets and machinery packing, deck coverings and tile, accommodation and joiner insulation, electrical cable insulation, and winch/windlass brake linings. Documented disturbance-phase events aboard this specific hull whose materials scope is unrecorded: Pearl Harbor conversion to a mobile spare parts issue ship Dec 1945-Apr 1946 plus modification as an ordnance spare parts distribution ship (ev-04); 1947 inactivation work in the Bremerton/Columbia reserve groups; the 1961 Zidell cut-down to the tank deck and division in half - the terminal structural disturbance, a post-Navy yard exposure context for Zidell workers rather than a crew exposure record.

   Verification

   inferred

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-20

   Study period

   1944-1961

   Population

   PHNSY conversion workforce (1945-46); reserve-fleet inactivation crews (1947); Zidell scrapping workforce (1961) - hypothetical exposure populations, not documented

   Limitations

   INFERENCE ONLY - does not establish asbestos aboard this hull, its quantity, condition, present-day presence, any exposure, causation, or legal eligibility. No ship-specific asbestos document exists in the sources searched. The diesel plant removes the boiler-lagging pathway; remaining applications are type-level period practice. Conversion/disturbance events are documented as events only - their materials scope is unrecorded. Not a finding of ship-specific asbestos.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-colington-ag148-07

8. [8]Corn JK, Starr J. 'Historical perspective on asbestos: policies and protective measures in World War II shipbuilding.' American Journal of Industrial Medicine 12(4):359-373 (1987). DOI 10.1002/ajim.4700120402 [other_primary]

   Locator

   Am. J. Ind. Med. 12(4):359-373 (1987) - WWII shipbuilding asbestos policy analysis (citation corrected per batch-318: 12(4), not batch-05's 11(3)/...10311)

   Finding type

   asbestos_application

   Finding

   Peer-reviewed industrial-hygiene scholarship documents that the U.S. Navy specified and used asbestos-containing shipboard materials (pipe covering, insulation, gaskets, deck tile) throughout this hull's construction era, and that asbestos use in ship construction was pervasive from the 1930s through the 1970s fleet-wide - context for why absence of a ship-specific record does not imply absence of the material.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-20

   Study period

   1930s-1970s (era scholarship)

   Population

   WWII-era U.S. shipyard and shipboard workforce generally

   Limitations

   Era-level scholarship on Navy asbestos policy and shipbuilding practice - establishes that asbestos-containing materials were specified Navy-wide in this period, not that any specific material was aboard this hull. Provides context for the negative-finding row; not ship-proven evidence.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-colington-ag148-08

9. [9]Fleischer WE, Viles FJ Jr, Gade RL, Drinker P. 'A health survey of pipe covering operations in constructing naval vessels.' Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology 28:9-16 (1946). PMID 21016030 [other_primary]

   Locator

   J. Ind. Hyg. Toxicol. 28:9-16 (1946); PMID 21016030

   Finding type

   gov_survey

   Finding

   USMC-commissioned 1944-45 industrial-hygiene survey of Navy shipboard asbestos (Fleischer et al., 1946) found amosite asbestos was 'an important ingredient of pipe covering material used on U.S. Navy vessels' and documented shipboard asbestos dust conditions - the era's own documentation that asbestos materials were standard aboard Navy ships of this construction period.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-20

   Study period

   1944-1945

   Population

   WWII Navy pipe-covering and insulation workforce (survey population)

   Limitations

   Government-era industrial-hygiene survey of pipe-covering operations in naval vessel construction - era documentation of asbestos materials in Navy ships, not a survey of this hull. Diesel LSTs lacked the extensive steam-pipe lagging the survey emphasizes. Context for class/era assessment only.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-colington-ag148-09

10. [10]Cross-source reconciliation: SDB 1945 v2 vs DANFS vs NavSource vs shipscribe AKS-27 page vs NavalCoverMuseum vs HyperWar compiled ship page [other_primary]

    Locator

    Per-field reconciliation in finding_value; conflicting values logged in record gaps

    Finding type

    vessel_history

    Finding

    Correction/discrepancy reconciliation for this hull: (a) launch date - 13 Jan 1945 adopted (SDB 1945 v2 construction row, DANFS, NavSource, NavalCoverMuseum agree); shipscribe construction table prints '24 Jan 1945' - logged as a one-off table typo. (b) Decommissioning - OCIR 26 Jun 1947 in the Bremerton group adopted (shipscribe ship note); NavalCoverMuseum's '30 Sep 1946' is impossible (ship at Guam through 20 Nov 1946, ferry duty through 21 Mar 1947); shipscribe disposition table's '21 Nov 1947' likely records inactivation completion at the Columbia Group. (c) Class label - DANFS 'cl. LST-511' vs BuShips design group LST1081-1152 (LST-542 series); the 542 group is carried in ship_class. (d) Builder - American Bridge Co., Ambridge PA adopted (SDB/DANFS/NavSource); the HyperWar 'Ships of the U.S. Navy 1940-45' compiled ship page conflates this hull with Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Co. (the sibling LST-1097 yard) - secondary compilation error, excluded. (e) Service framing - secondary sources (Wikipedia and derivatives) style her a '7th Fleet stores ship'; the documented record (shipscribe ship note, transcribing CinCPac/CNO correspondence) is ordnance spare parts distribution at Guam under ComServPac/1st Fleet in 1946 as LST-1085, never reactivated under AG-148/AKS-29. (f) Sale date - NavSource 'sold 1960' reconciled as offer year vs shipscribe's sale completion 2 Jun 1961. (g) Reclassification sequence - reclassified AG-148 27 Jan 1949, named Colington 1 Feb 1949 (DANFS omits the year on '27 January'; the documented naming chronology - names approved 1 Feb 1949 - confirms 1949).

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    correction

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-20

    Study period

    1944-1961

    Limitations

    Correction row - records which conflicting values were adopted and why. The 'never reactivated' finding is the structurally important correction: it means Colington has no Korean-era or AKS-era active service, no second crew, and no second conversion work package (the 1950s-60s stores-ship service belongs to her four sisters, not this hull).

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-colington-ag148-10

11. [11]Composite negative finding across all searched repositories (see search_ledger sl-01 through sl-14) [other_primary]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-colington-ag148-01..14

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Negative finding: no ship-specific asbestos documentation of any kind located for USS Colington / AG-148 / AKS-29 / LST-1085. No asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, shipyard materials record, or docketed asbestos case naming the hull was found in any public source searched (DANFS, NavSource, shipscribe, NARA catalog incl. verbatim-read war diaries, BuShips SDB 1945 v2, NVR, MARAD, NavalCoverMuseum, VA BVA index, indexed-web litigation checks). CourtListener systematic coverage was blocked this session (API HTTP 429, 125/day shared quota exhausted; ~13 h retry interval - backed off per batch policy, not retried). Indexed-web litigation checking surfaced no qualifying case; hits for 'Colington' are dominated by the North Carolina island/community and Colington Harbour real-estate matters - name collisions, not this hull. Law-firm marketing ship lists naming LST-1085/AG-148/AKS-29 exist but are an excluded source class (no primary support).

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    negative_finding

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-20

    Study period

    1944-2007

    Population

    Crew, shipyard conversion workforce, and scrapping workforce - hypothetical exposure populations, undocumented

    Limitations

    Absence of a located record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard the hull - it proves only that no public ship-specific record was found in the sources searched. CourtListener coverage is a logged gap (rate-limited, not clean). No exposure, causation, present-day material condition, or legal-eligibility conclusion follows from this row.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-colington-ag148-11

12. [12]NARA Guide to Federal Records: RG 24 (Bureau of Naval Personnel - Navy deck logs), RG 19 (Bureau of Ships), RG 181 (Naval Districts and Shore Establishments - Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard), plus Pacific Reserve Fleet records and the Navy sale file [other_primary]

    Locator

    https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/024.html ; /groups/019.html ; /groups/181.html ; NARA WWII War Diaries file units NAID 83571220 / 77523413 (already digitized and read - see ev-05)

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Archival leads (not retrieved - requires research-room or reproduction order; no spend authorized): NARA RG 24 Navy deck logs for LST-1085 - batch tasking notes an inventory covering February-November 1945 under that designation (catalog check this session verified the two war-diary file units but no deck-log file units under 'LST-1085'; WWII deck logs are paper records at College Park, entry 594443; Fold3 hosts NARA's WWII deck-log scans as an access path); RG 19 BuShips records for the 1945-46 mobile spare parts issue ship / ordnance spare parts distribution conversion work package; RG 181 Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard production/shop records for the documented Dec 1945-Apr 1946 in-yard conversion; Pacific Reserve Fleet Bremerton Group and Columbia Group inactivation records (1947); the 1960-61 Navy offering/sale file (Zidell purchase); additional war diaries for Sep-Nov 1945 if cataloged beyond the two verified file units.

    Verification

    unverified

    Role

    archival_lead

    Documentation level

    context_only

    Accessed

    2026-09-20

    Study period

    1944-1961 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. The most promising leads for materials data are the RG 19 conversion work package (Dec 1945-Apr 1946) and the RG 181 PHNSY production records. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-colington-ag148-12