Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, 'Colquitt' (AK-174) entry (hazegray transcription mirror; canonical NHHC page returned 404 on 2026-09-21) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry 'Colquitt' (AK-174), full entry text and stat line
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS: 'Colquitt - A county in Georgia.' AK-174 stat line: dp. 7,125; l. 338'6"; b. 50'; dr. 21'1"; s. 12k.; cpl. 85; a. 1 x 3"; cl. Alamosa. Entry text: Colquitt (AK-174) was launched 21 January 1945 by Froemming Bros., Milwaukee, Wis., under a Maritime Commission contract; sponsored by Mrs. Fred Zillman; transferred to the Navy 17 August 1945; commissioned 22 September 1945, Lieutenant Commander F. E. Miner, USCG, in command; transferred to the Coast Guard 2 days later and served until decommissioned 11 March 1946, on which date her transfer to the Coast Guard became permanent; renamed and reclassified Kukui (WAK 186) by the Coast Guard.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-21
- Study period
- 1945-01-21 to 1946-03-11
- Population
- Navy/USCG ship's company during the 2-day Navy commission and 1945-46 transition (complement 85 per DANFS stat line)
- Limitations
- Transcription mirror of the official DANFS entry - the canonical history.navy.mil URL for this entry returned 404 on 2026-09-21 (standing NHHC link-rot defect noted since BATCH-01). Contains no asbestos or materials information; establishes identity and the unusually short Navy commission only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-colquitt-ak174-01
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[2]shipscribe.com (Tim Colton compilation), USS Alamosa (AK-156) Class page - C1-M-AV1 class design notes and per-hull AK-174 construction/custody note [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipscribe AK-156 class page: construction table row 174 and AK-174 notes paragraph; class design paragraph (Design AV diesel substitution)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- shipscribe construction table for AK-174 Colquitt: MC hull 2147, built by Froemming Bros., keel laid 26 Oct 1944, launched 21 Jan 1945, acquired 17 Aug 1945, commissioned 22 Sep 1945. Per-hull note: 'Delivered to MC in Great Lakes 11 Mar 45 and arrived at New Orleans 5 May 45. Reassembled by Port Houston Iron Works, Houston, Texas and delivered to MC and Navy 31 Jul 45. Assigned to the Coast Guard for operation 7 Sep 45 (had been assigned to the Coast Guard for manning 28 Dec 44) and used to support the construction of LORAN stations in the Pacific. Transferred permanently to the Coast Guard 11 Mar 46 as KUKUI (WAK-186). Loaned to Philippine Navy 1 Mar 72 as MACTAN, purchased 1 Aug 80, and decommissioned 7 June 2001.' The same class page records sister AK-215 Tipton (MC 2169) as going 'to Coast Guard as UNALGA (WAK-185) 1946' - the second of the two class transfers to the Coast Guard. Class notes: the C1-M-AV1 design used diesel rather than the reciprocating steam plant originally requested; Navy complement intent 8 officers + 67 men; class spec Nordberg TSM6 diesel, 1,750 hp, 1 screw, 11.5 kts.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-21
- Study period
- 1944-10-26 to 2001-06-07
- Population
- Construction trades at Froemming Bros. (Milwaukee) and Port Houston Iron Works (Houston); USCG crew from manning assignment 1944-12-28
- Limitations
- Secondary research compilation of Navy/Maritime Commission records, not itself a primary record; consistent with DANFS on every shared point (launch, acquisition, commission, permanent transfer). The Great Lakes delivery, Port Houston reassembly, Coast Guard manning assignment, and Philippine disposition dates are carried from this compilation without independent primary verification. No asbestos or materials information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-colquitt-ak174-02
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[3]NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive, USCGC Kukui (WAK-186) ex-USS Colquitt (AK-174) page (compiled reference incl. DANFS transcription, USCG service chronology, commanding-officer list, campaign ribbons, USCG Historian's Office photos) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource page 09/13/130174: chronology block, command-history table, ribbon display, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource compilation: laid in 1944 as MC type C1-M-AV1 hull (MC hull 2147) at Froemming Brothers, Inc., Milwaukee, WI; launched 21 Jan 1945; transferred to the Navy 17 Aug 1945; commissioned USS Colquitt (AK-174) 22 Sep 1945 (LCDR Frank E. Miner, USCG); decommissioned and transferred to the US Coast Guard 24 Sep 1945; permanent transfer to USCG and decommissioned 11 Mar 1946; struck from the Naval Register 20 Mar 1946; recommissioned USCGC Kukui (WAK-186) 24 Sep 1945; decommissioned February 1972; transferred to the Republic of the Philippines 1 Mar 1972 for resupply of military posts and lighthouses; commissioned into the Philippine Navy, renamed Mactan; deleted by the Philippine Navy 7 Jun 2001. Call sign NEIZ. Ribbon bar: American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal, National Defense Service Medal. CO list: LCDR Miner (22-24 Sep 1945), CDR Shebley (24 Sep 1945-11 Mar 1946). Photo caption: 'Kukui was one of two ships of this class transferred to the Coast Guard in 1946.'
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-21
- Study period
- 1944 to 2001-06-07
- Population
- USCG crew, 1945-1972 (the hull's dominant service period)
- Limitations
- Volunteer secondary compilation; acceptable here because every Navy-side milestone it prints matches DANFS. The stricken date (20 Mar 1946), call sign, ribbon bar, and CO list are not in the DANFS entry and rest on this compilation - flagged as secondary in gaps. No asbestos or materials information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-colquitt-ak174-03
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[4]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 documenting that asbestos was used extensively as a fireproofing and insulating material in U.S. shipbuilding during WWII - the emergency shipbuilding program and era under which this hull was built (Froemming Bros., Milwaukee, 1944-45, a wartime emergency yard operating 1942-1945) and reassembled (Port Houston Iron Works, Houston, 1945).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-21
- Study period
- 1940s era documented; article 1987
- Population
- WWII shipyard workers and ship crews (class/era context)
- Limitations
- Program/era-level documentation of asbestos use in WWII shipbuilding generally; does not name this hull, the C1-M-AV1 type, the Alamosa class, or either yard, and does not establish that asbestos was or remains aboard this vessel, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-colquitt-ak174-04
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[5]shipbuildinghistory.com (Colton compilation), Froemming Bros. yard page, Milwaukee WI - yard history and hull build table [other_primary]
- Locator
- Froemming Bros. yard page, build table row 19 and yard-description paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Froemming Bros. was a wartime emergency yard on the north side of the Kinnickinnic River (west of South 1st Street), Milwaukee, in operation only 1942-1945. Its build table lists yard hull 19 as 'Colquitt', type C1-M-AV1, MC hull 2147, delivered Feb-45, disposition 'To USN as AK 174, to USCG 1946 as Kukui (WAK 186)' - corroborating this hull's builder, yard number, and MC hull from a second secondary compilation.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-21
- Study period
- 1942-1945
- Population
- Froemming Bros. construction trades, Milwaukee, 1944-45 (builder context)
- Limitations
- Secondary shipyard compilation, not a primary record; consistent with DANFS and shipscribe on shared points. Contains no asbestos or materials information - documents builder-yard context only and establishes nothing about materials aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-colquitt-ak174-08
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[6]Batch-852 search ledger (this record): DANFS entry (hazegray mirror); shipscribe class compilation; NavSource compilation; MARAD ShipHistory name searches (COLQUITT/KUKUI/MACTAN/2147); NVR quickfind; CourtListener API v4 name/hull searches; USCG Historian site (blocked); NARA record-group mapping [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-colquitt-ak174-01 through sl-uss-colquitt-ak174-10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming USS Colquitt (AK-174), MC hull 2147, or USCGC Kukui (WAK-186) was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). MARAD's Vessel History Database returned no record under any of the hull's names (consistent with a hull that passed Navy-to-Coast-Guard-to-Philippines without returning to Maritime Commission/NDRF custody). NVR does not cover hulls stricken in 1946. CourtListener: zero hits on the exact ship name; the single 'AK-174' hit and all 'Colquitt' hits were name collisions (county/surname; a different vessel named Kukui; the WLB-203 buoy tender).
- 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 - the hull was built and reassembled inside the documented peak of WWII shipbuilding asbestos use, and served 26 more years under the Coast Guard. Does not establish that asbestos is or is not present; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility. Coast Guard-era litigation may proceed under cutter name variants and Philippine-era proceedings would not surface in U.S. searches.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-colquitt-ak174-05
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[7]Archival leads (not retrieved/verified against originals - no spend authorized): USCG Historian's Office 'Kukui, 1946' cutter file (listed in the office's Historic Ships index as 'KUKUI (1946 USCG); AK 174; WAK 186; ex-USS COLQUITT'; site returned HTTP 403 to automated access 2026-09-21); scanned 1948 USCGC Kukui (WAK-186) cruise report hosted on private mirror loran-history.info (underlying record is a USCG command document); NARA paths: RG 178 (USMC Construction Division - Froemming contract/MC hull 2147 and Port Houston Iron Works reassembly file), RG 26 (USCG cutter logs/records 1945-1972), RG 24 (Navy deck logs, Sep 1945 commission) [other_primary]
- Locator
- https://www.history.uscg.mil/Historic-Ships/ (index listing, via Wayback capture); https://www.loran-history.info/kukui/kukui.htm + /Kukui_1948_Cruise_Report.pdf; https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/178.html
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Lead inventory: (1) The USCG Historian's Office maintains a 'Kukui (1946)' cutter file - confirmed to exist via the office's Historic Ships index, but the site blocks automated access; not retrieved. The office's Long Blue Line article on BMCM Dave Duren describes 'the cargo-carrying cutter Kukui out of Honolulu, Hawaii' - the Honolulu homeport. (2) A scanned 15 Oct 1948 cruise report from the Commanding Officer, CGC KUKUI (WAK-186), to Commander 14th Coast Guard District exists on a private LORAN-history mirror - a real USCG primary document documenting the ship's LORAN-station supply mission from Honolulu; the same mirror's ship page carries the TK-90 Philippine designation and era complement figures (112 in 1950, 51 in 1966). The mirror is a lead, not an evidence source. (3) NARA record groups mapped for this hull's paper trail.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-21
- Study period
- 1945-1972 records
- Limitations
- Leads only: the USCG historian file was not retrieved (HTTP 403); the cruise-report scan was not verified against the USCG/NARA original; no box-level retrieval performed. The RG 178 construction file (Froemming MC 2147 + Port Houston reassembly) is the plausible path for hull materials data. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-colquitt-ak174-06
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[8]Cross-source reconciliation: DANFS (hazegray mirror); shipscribe AK-156 class page; NavSource AK-174 page; Wikipedia/secondary compilations [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS entry text vs NavSource chronology vs shipscribe class table/note vs Wikipedia infobox
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Source conflicts identified and resolved/logged: (a) Navy 'decommissioned' - DANFS says the ship 'served until decommissioned 11 March 1946' while NavSource/Wikipedia print a 24 Sep 1945 Navy decommissioning on same-day USCG transfer; DANFS's own text makes the Navy commission nominal after the 24 Sep transfer, so the record carries the 24 Sep 1945 operational hand-off and the 11 Mar 1946 permanent transfer/decommissioning as separate events. (b) Displacement - DANFS stat line prints dp. 7,125 while shipscribe class data gives 2,474 light / 7,450 limiting; the DANFS figure is carried as printed and the variance logged in gaps. (c) Complement - DANFS 85 vs shipscribe class 69 vs USCG-era 112 (1950)/51 (1966); carried separately, not merged. (d) Call sign - NavSource prints NEIZ while Wikipedia infobox prints NRCQ; not resolved, logged in gaps. (e) Stricken 20 Mar 1946 rests on secondary sources only (not printed in DANFS); carried flagged.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-21
- Study period
- 1945-2001
- Limitations
- Documents editorial reconciliation across secondary compilations; none of the reconciled points carries asbestos significance and no primary register page was checked for the stricken date.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-colquitt-ak174-07