USS Cossatot (AO-77)

Evidence

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

1. [1]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (NHHC), 'Cossatot' (AO-77) - live page 404 on 2026-09-24; text read via Wayback capture 2024-05-26 [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   Wayback https://web.archive.org/web/20240526174822/https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/c/cossatot.html

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NHHC DANFS entry (1963 text; canonical page live-404 on 2026-09-24, read via Wayback capture 2024-05-26): 'AO-77: dp. 5,782; l. 520'; b. 68'; dr. 30'10"; s. 15 k.; cpl. 229; a. 1 5", 4 3"; cl. Suamico.' Cossatot - a river in Arkansas - 'was launched as Fort Necessity 28 February 1943 by Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Chester, Pa., under a Maritime Commission contract; sponsored by Mrs. W. Taylor; acquired by the Navy 17 March 1943; and commissioned 20 April 1943, Commander P. G. Beck, USNR, in command.' WWII: Baytown, Tex. fuel loadout July 1943; Norfolk departure 6 Aug fueling convoy escorts to Casablanca, return 14 Sep; seven Norfolk-North Africa voyages (Casablanca, Oran, Bizerte) 4 Oct 1943-30 Nov 1944; departed Norfolk 28 Dec 1944 for the Pacific, loaded at Aruba, Pearl Harbor 20 Jan 1945; Saipan from 12 Feb fueling 5th Fleet to 3 Mar; Ulithi; TG 50.8 logistics group for Iwo Jima operations 13 Mar-12 Apr; Okinawa fueling from 16 Apr; splashed a diving suicide plane 28 Apr; Ulithi reload 4 May; Ulithi-TF 38 fast-carrier fueling 25 May to the surrender; Okinawa/Sasebo arrival 21 Sep for occupation fueling; Yokosuka departure 12 Nov, San Francisco arrival 25 Nov 1945; out of commission in reserve 7 Mar 1946; transferred to the Maritime Commission 28 Oct 1946; reacquired Feb 1948; transferred to MSTS 1 Oct 1949 in noncommissioned status under MARAD. Two battle stars for WWII service.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-24

   Study period

   1943-1949

   Limitations

   Authoritative for identity, construction milestones, and service narrative; DANFS entry was written while the ship remained in service and ends at the 1949 MSTS transfer - the entire T-AO-77 era (1949-1974) is uncovered by this source. Contains no asbestos or insulation-material statement; supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-cossatot-ao77-01

2. [2]U.S. Maritime Administration, ShipHistory database - COSSATOT (T-AO-77), Detail 1112, incl. digitized Vessel Status Cards (cards/1112_2018AF.jpg, cards/1112_2018BF.jpg) and Record of Ship Sales (cards/1112_AF.jpg); linked FORT NECESSITY record Detail 8072 incl. original MC vessel status card (cards/2GH_01.png) [marad_nrc]

   Locator

   ShipHistory Detail 1112 + Detail 8072 (FORT NECESSITY); cards 2GH_01.png (MC custody card), 1112_2018AF.jpg (Suisun card), 1112_2018BF.jpg (James River card), 1112_AF.jpg (MA-20 Record of Ship Sales) - card scans read via OCR

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   MARAD ShipHistory record (Detail 1112) and digitized status documents read directly from the scans: header COSSATOT (T-AO-77), year built 1943, official number 430205, shipyard Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock, MARAD type T2-SE-A1, 523.5 ft / 68 ft beam, 10,296 gross tons, fate 'Sold - Scrap'; milestones Entry/Acquisition 10/28/1946 'ex-FORT NECESSITY', Disposition/Withdrawal 10/17/1975. Original MC vessel status card under the FORT NECESSITY name record (Detail 8072, card 2GH_01.png): O.N. 430205, MC hull 307, 'Built by Sun S.B. & D.D. Co., Chester, Pa.', 'Basis to W.S.A. 3-17-43 11:30 AM @ Chester, Pa.', completed 3-17-43, delivered to the Navy Department, renamed USS 'COSSATOT' (AO-77); physical-delivery chain Chester, Pa. 3-17-43 11:30 AM - Suisun Bay, Cal. 10-28-46 1:45 PM PST - Pacific Tankers ~late Oct 1947 (digit reads 10/2_) - Navy reacquisition/transfer reading '2-13-48 Noon' - custody James River 9/12/74 1:00 PM EDT - sale James River 9/2/75 to Luria Brothers & Co., Inc. (Scrap) - final delivery 10/17/75 12:45 PM EDT. Suisun Bay status card (1112_2018AF): name COSSATOT AO-77, ex-Fort Necessity, fleet SUI S-3, entered fleet 10-28-46, built Sun S.B. 1943, hull no. 307, withdrawn 10-25-47. James River card (1112_2018BF): USNS COSSATOT (T-AO-77), T2-SE-A1, James River fleet, entered 9-12-74 1300 EDT, builder Sun SB & DD Co. Chester Pa. 1943, MC hull 307, service prior to lay-up 'Navy-MSC', withdrawn 10-17-75, 'Sold for scrap under PD-X-998, 9/2/75 to Luria Brothers & Co., Inc. for $305,250.00.' Record of Ship Sales (1112_AF): sale PD-X-998 awarded to Luria Bros. & Co., Inc. 9-2-75, $305,250.00, contract MA-8059, 'Advertised under PD-X-998 dated 7-16-75 opened 8-__-75 under two condition: (1) NTU (2) SCRAP HULL-US. Award under condition (2) SCRAP HULL-US'; vessel lying at James River, Va. reserve fleet.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-24

   Study period

   1943-1975

   Limitations

   Authoritative for custody and disposal milestones. OCR-level reading of handwritten cards - the 1947 withdrawal date reads 10-25-47 (NavSource prints 10-23-47) and the bid-opening date digit is illegible; flagged not resolved. The sale record is the transactional primary source for price ($305,250.00) - NavSource's $302,250 conflicts. MARAD webpage field 'Specific Type: LNG Liquefied Natural Gas' is a database artifact, not carried. No asbestos, materials, or condition-survey content on the cards.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-cossatot-ao77-02

3. [3]Shipbuilding History (shipbuildinghistory.com), Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. yard hull list, hull 314 row [other_primary]

   Locator

   sun.htm hull-table row 314 (USMC 307, Fort Necessity/Cossatot)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Sun Shipbuilding yard production table (shipbuildinghistory.com): yard hull 314, USMC no. 307, original name 'Fort Necessity/Cossatot', owner U.S. Maritime Commission, type T2-SE-A1 tanker, 10,200 GT / 16,600 DWT, keel laid 24-Oct-42, launched 28-Feb-43, delivered 20-Apr-43, disposition 'To USN as AO 77, Fort Necessity 1946, Cossatot 1948, scrapped 1975'. Corroborates the MC hull number, builder's hull number, keel/launch/delivery spine, and disposal year against DANFS and the MARAD cards.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-24

   Study period

   1942-1943

   Limitations

   Secondary specialist compilation, not an official registry - used to corroborate hull numbers and dates only; the keel-laying date (24-Oct-42) rests on this class of source and is flagged in gaps. No asbestos or materials content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-cossatot-ao77-03

4. [4]NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive, USS/USNS Cossatot (AO-77/T-AO-77) page 09/19/19077 (Wayback capture 2024-05-27) [other_primary]

   Locator

   NavSource AO-77 page milestone chain, campaign table, CO table, specifications block

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NavSource Service Ship Photo Archive page 09/19/19077 (read via Wayback capture 2024-05-27): Suamico-class fleet oiler milestone chain - struck from the Naval Register 20 Mar 1946; transferred to the Maritime Commission for lay up 26 Oct 1946, NDRF Suisun Bay; withdrawn from reserve 23 Oct 1947 for operation under GAA contract by Pacific Tankers for the Naval Transportation Service as Cossatot (AO-77); absorbed into MSTS 1 Oct 1949 as USNS Cossatot (T-AO-77); placed out of service and transferred to MARAD 12 Sep 1974, NDRF James River Group, Lee Hall, Va.; struck from the Naval Register 18 Sep 1974; sold for scrapping 2 Sep 1975 to Luria Bros. & Co. (PD-X-998); withdrawn from the reserve fleet 17 Oct 1975 and delivered to River Development Corp., Kearny, N.J., arriving 19 Oct 1975. Campaign table: Okinawa Gunto operation Apr-May 1945; 5th and 3d Fleet raids in support of Okinawa Gunto 16 Mar-15 Aug 1945; assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto 24 Mar-30 Jun 1945; 3d Fleet operations against Japan 17 Jul-3 Aug and 8-15 Aug 1945; occupation service in the Far East 8 Sep-13 Nov 1945. CO list: CDR P. G. Beck USNR (20 Apr 1943-12 Feb 1944), LCDR C. H. Glenwright USNR (to 10 Dec 1945), LT G. H. Galloway USNR (to 7 Mar 1946).

   Verification

   partial

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-24

   Study period

   1943-1975

   Limitations

   Secondary compilation - carried because it supplies custody/service milestones (1947 GAA withdrawal, Pacific Tankers operation, 1946 and 1974 strike dates, River Development Corp. delivery) that no located official source states. Every point where it conflicts with an official record (acquisition 17 May 1943 vs DANFS 17 Mar; MC transfer 26 Oct vs DANFS/card 28 Oct; sale price $302,250 vs card $305,250; laid-down field echoing launch date) is flagged in ev-10, and official sources are carried over it. No asbestos content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-cossatot-ao77-04

5. [5]Associated Press wire, 'Freighter, Tanker Collide In Fog Off Santa Barbara,' San Bernardino County Sun, 1968-06-16, p.16 (newspapers.com scan) [reputable_press]

   Locator

   AP dispatch dated Santa Barbara; collision 1968-06-15 02:27 a.m., ~5 mi south of Santa Cruz Island

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Contemporaneous AP wire report (San Bernardino County Sun, June 16, 1968, p.16): 'Freighter, Tanker Collide In Fog Off Santa Barbara' - the MSTS tanker Cossatot and the 492-foot freighter Copper State collided 'bow-on' at 2:27 a.m. about five miles south of Santa Cruz Island in heavy fog; the 523-foot Cossatot, carrying ~127,000 barrels of jet fuel from Long Beach to Haines, Alaska, lost a 20-foot bow section and sustained a large gash below the waterline; no injuries and no fuel spill; watertight compartments sealed and the ship towed to San Pedro. A documented casualty/repair event on this hull during the MSTS period.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-24

   Study period

   1968-06-15

   Population

   USNS Cossatot civil-service crew (1968); repair-yard workers at San Pedro (unquantified)

   Limitations

   Contemporaneous news record of a casualty event, not an asbestos or materials record. Repair of a 20-ft bow loss is a yard work event of the type that disturbs era insulation, but no source documents the repair scope or any material encountered. Wikipedia renders the location 'off the coast of Santa Cruz, California' - the AP text places it south of Santa Cruz Island (off Santa Barbara); flagged in ev-10.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-cossatot-ao77-05

6. [6]Consolidated era inference - Corn & Starr, 'Historical perspective on asbestos: Policies and protective measures in World War II shipbuilding,' AJIM 11(3):359-373 (1987); Atlas class profile t2-se-a1-tanker (class-f worktree); Atlas shipyards.json sun-shipbuilding-chester record [other_primary]

   Locator

   AJIM 11(3):359-373; machinery/construction facts per ev-01 through ev-05; class profile class-f/t2-se-a1-tanker.class.json asbestos notes

   Finding type

   asbestos_application

   Finding

   Era/design inference: this hull was a 1942-43 emergency-program Maritime Commission T2-SE-A1 steam tanker - two header-type boilers feeding a turbo-electric plant (Westinghouse machinery per secondary specs) - built at Sun Shipbuilding, Chester, PA, a yard with court-documented asbestos-product use and adjudicated occupational asbestos disease. Marine insulation practice of the era used asbestos-containing boiler and steam-drum insulation, steam-line lagging, turbine/machinery insulation, gaskets, packing, and accommodation insulation; WWII demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization aboard merchant-type hulls. The ship's ~31 years of Navy/NTS/MSTS operation and a documented 1968 casualty repair are the kind of service periods in which machinery insulation was routinely disturbed.

   Verification

   inferred

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-24

   Study period

   1942-1975

   Population

   Sun Shipbuilding construction trades (1942-43); USN engine-room crew (1943-46); NTS/MSTS merchant crews (1947-74); repair-yard and shipbreaking workers

   Limitations

   Class/era inference only - no hull-specific source documents asbestos aboard this vessel. The yard litigation records (ev-08, ev-09) name the yard, not this ship. Establishes no quantity, no individual exposure, no causation.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-cossatot-ao77-06

7. [7]Lilley v. Johns-Manville Corp., 408 Pa. Super. 83, 596 A.2d 203 (Pa. Super. Ct. 1991) [court_record]

   Locator

   Published Superior Court opinion; carried in Atlas yard dataset as ev-sun-shipbuilding-chester-lilley-1991 (verified). law.justia.com returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches (bot-block, not a broken link); full reporter citation is authoritative

   Finding type

   litigation_product_id

   Finding

   Builder-yard litigation context: in Lilley v. Johns-Manville Corp., 408 Pa. Super. 83, 596 A.2d 203 (Pa. Super. Ct. 1991), a Sun Shipbuilding (Chester) pipefitter identified asbestos insulation products by brand at the yard (Unibestos, Caltemp/Pabco, Kaylo, Garlock gaskets, Raybestos; Fibreboard found liable for a share of a $250,000 verdict). This documents that Sun Ship was an asbestos-product-using yard - the yard where this hull was built 1942-43.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   context_only

   Accessed

   2026-09-24

   Study period

   1959-1976 testimony window; opinion 1991

   Population

   Sun Shipbuilding trades, Chester PA (testimony window 1959-1976)

   Limitations

   Yard-level product-identification testimony covering the witness's 1959-1976 employment - postdating this hull's October 1942-April 1943 construction. It establishes that Sun Shipbuilding used asbestos products, not that any named product was installed aboard this hull; no finding about this vessel.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-cossatot-ao77-07

8. [8]Director, OWCP v. Sun Ship, Inc., 150 F.3d 288 (3d Cir. 1998), No. 96-3648 (opinion filed 1998-07-29); Potts v. Pennsylvania Shipbuilding Co., BRB No. 98-0123 (DOL BRB, unpublished, Sept. 1998) [court_record]

   Locator

   3d Cir. opinion text (Ehrentraut employment 1938-1981, asbestosis finding); BRB decision 98-0123.POT (dol.gov PDF)

   Finding type

   litigation_documented

   Finding

   Builder-yard litigation context spanning the construction era: Director, OWCP v. Sun Ship, Inc. (Gertrude Ehrentraut, Claimant), 150 F.3d 288 (3d Cir. 1998), records that Raymond Ehrentraut worked at Sun Ship 1938-1981 and was diagnosed with asbestosis resulting from 'years of work-related asbestos exposure while at Sun Ship,' followed by a work-related pulmonary malignancy (death 1990; LHWCA death-benefits litigation over section 8(f) Special Fund relief). The employment window covers this hull's 1942-43 construction. See also Potts v. Pennsylvania Shipbuilding Co., DOL Benefits Review Board No. 98-0123 (unpublished, Sept. 1998) - widow's death-benefits claim for a yard forklift operator (1965-1990) whose lung cancer was found work-related, at the same Chester yard under Sun/Penn Ship ownership.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   context_only

   Accessed

   2026-09-24

   Study period

   1938-1990 employment windows; opinions 1998

   Population

   Sun Shipbuilding yard workforce, Chester PA (1938-1981 Ehrentraut; 1965-1990 Potts employee)

   Limitations

   Yard-level adjudications - the opinions concern LHWCA coverage/section 8(f) allocation, not findings about any vessel; they document that the builder's yard had occupational asbestos exposure during a span covering this hull's construction (and long after). Neither names this hull nor any product aboard it.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-cossatot-ao77-08

9. [9]NARA Guide to Federal Records: RG 24 (deck logs), RG 178 (U.S. Maritime Commission); NARA still-picture identifiers and NHHC photo number as credited on the NavSource page (ev-04) [other_primary]

   Locator

   archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/ ; record-group mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   Archival leads (not retrieved - require research-room or reproduction order; no spend authorized): NARA RG 24 Navy deck logs for the commissioned period (USS Cossatot AO-77, 1943-1946; NARA digitization ongoing - this hull not confirmed digitized); NARA still photographs 80-G-224613 and 80-G-224614 (ship in Hampton Roads, 9 Apr 1944, PT-306/PT-307 carried on deck); NHHC photographic holding NH 92957 (USNS era, 1950s); RG 178 Maritime Commission construction/outfitting records for MC hull 307 (Sun builder's hull 314) - the likeliest source of hull-specific materials detail; MSTS ship-history files for the 1949-1974 civil-service period.

   Verification

   unverified

   Role

   archival_lead

   Documentation level

   context_only

   Accessed

   2026-09-24

   Study period

   1942-1975 records

   Limitations

   Record-group and catalog-level mapping only; existence of asbestos-specific documents for MC hull 307/AO-77 is unknown until surveyed. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-cossatot-ao77-09

10. [10]Cross-source collation: DANFS AO-77 text (Wayback); MARAD Detail 1112 + three cards; NavSource 09/19/19077 (Wayback); shipbuildinghistory Sun hull 314; AP wire 1968-06-16; Wikipedia (secondary check only) [other_primary]

    Locator

    Each cited source's statistics block / milestone lines / dated narrative as listed in ev-01 through ev-05

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Source discrepancies resolved/logged: (a) Navy acquisition - DANFS 17 Mar 1943 vs NavSource 17 May 1943, which falls after the 20 Apr 1943 commissioning and is impossible; DANFS carried. (b) Laid down - shipbuildinghistory and the class file give 24 Oct 1942; NavSource's laid-down field duplicates its own launch date (28 Feb 1943); the secondary October date is carried in gaps only. (c) MC transfer - DANFS and the MARAD Suisun card entry give 28 Oct 1946; NavSource gives 26 Oct; official sources carried. (d) Sale price - MARAD Record of Ship Sales $305,250.00 vs NavSource $302,250; card carried, NavSource figure treated as transcription error. (e) Pearl Harbor arrival - DANFS 20 Jan 1945; Wikipedia renders 30 January. (f) Fleet designations - DANFS reads 5th Fleet/TG 50.8; Wikipedia renders '6th Fleet'/TG 60.8 - apparent Wikipedia transcription drift, DANFS carried. (g) 1968 collision location - AP wire ~5 mi south of Santa Cruz Island (off Santa Barbara); Wikipedia renders 'off the coast of Santa Cruz, California' - city/island conflation flagged. (h) Complement - DANFS statistics line 229; NavSource 21 officers + 209 enlisted (~230); Wikipedia 251 - DANFS carried. (i) MARAD webpage 'Net Tons 9154' vs Record of Ship Sales '6,154' - register-field artifact flagged, neither asserted. (j) MARAD webpage 'Specific Type: LNG Liquefied Natural Gas' is a database artifact inconsistent with T2-SE-A1 - not carried.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    correction

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-24

    Study period

    1942-1975

    Limitations

    Resolves publication-level labeling and date discrepancies; does not materially affect identity or the custody spine. None of the collated sources contains asbestos content.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-cossatot-ao77-10

11. [11]CourtListener API v4 search results (opinion + docket repositories), authenticated fleet-paced helper cl-auth-search.py [court_record]

    Locator

    queries: "Cossatot" (o, count 24), "AO-77" (o, count 3), "T-AO-77" (o, count 0), "Cossatot" (r/docket, count 20), "AO-77" (r, count 41), "T-AO-77" (r, count 0), "Fort Necessity" ship OR vessel OR tanker (o, count 9); result sets reviewed 2026-09-24

    Finding type

    litigation_documented

    Finding

    CourtListener screening (authenticated fleet helper, API v4, 2026-09-24) - no qualifying asbestos litigation and no litigation of any kind naming this vessel: (a) "Cossatot" opinions, 24 hits, ALL name collisions on the Arkansas river/places - the largest cluster is Environmental Defense Fund v. Corps of Engineers and citing cases (the Gillham Dam NEPA litigation on the Cossatot River, e.g. 325 F. Supp. E.D. Ark. / 470 F.2d 8th Cir. / Allison v. Froehlke 5th Cir. / Santana v. United States 1st Cir.), plus Arkansas place-name cases (Cossatot Technical College, Little Cossatot River, county uses); (b) "AO-77" opinions, 3 hits, all Alaska Supreme Court - internal-citation format collisions; (c) "T-AO-77" opinions, 0 hits; (d) "Cossatot" dockets, 20 hits - one literal party (Cossatot A, LLC, W.D. Tex. ch. 7 bankruptcy - a company, not the vessel), the rest matching Cossatot Community College/school-district/river data inside unrelated dockets (Arkansas education cases, EPA water-quality matters, McKinsey opioid MDL county data); (e) "AO-77" dockets, 41 hits - docket-number/AO-77-form-fragment collisions (land-condemnation '0.077 acres', report-form numbers); (f) "T-AO-77" dockets, 0 hits; (g) "Fort Necessity" opinions, 9 hits - Fort Necessity National Battlefield (W.D. Pa.) and Fort Necessity, Louisiana town collisions; none vessel-related.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    negative_finding

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-24

    Study period

    search executed 2026-09-24

    Limitations

    Screening-method limitation: a qualifying docket filed under a plaintiff or case name that never prints 'Cossatot'/'AO-77'/'Fort Necessity' in indexed text is invisible to name-based search. Coverage is also bounded by CourtListener's corpus (RECAP dockets + published opinions); state-court filings and unindexed dockets are outside it. Result: no court record naming this hull was located - stated as a negative finding, not as proof none exists.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-cossatot-ao77-11

12. [12]Encyclopedia of Arkansas (Central Arkansas Library System), 'USS Cossatot (AO-77),' entry 6440 [other_primary]

    Locator

    EoA entry body text

    Finding type

    vessel_history

    Finding

    Encyclopedia of Arkansas entry 'USS Cossatot (AO-77)' (D. Sesser, Henderson State University; cites DANFS vol. 2, 1963): commissioned April 20, 1943 'in Norfolk, Virginia'; renamed Cossatot upon commissioning; fuel loadout in Texas; decommissioned March 7, 1946; transferred to the Maritime Commission October 28, 1946; struck from the Naval Register September 18, 1974; sold for scrap September 2, 1975. Supplies the commissioning location (Norfolk) not stated in the DANFS web text and corroborates the custody spine.

    Verification

    partial

    Role

    context

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-24

    Study period

    1943-1975

    Limitations

    Reputable secondary encyclopedia citing DANFS - used for the Norfolk commissioning location and spine corroboration only. EoA renders the MSTS-era history loosely ('transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service' in Feb 1948 elides the GAA/NTS interlude) - the official milestones in ev-01/ev-02 control. No asbestos content.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-cossatot-ao77-12