USS Elizabeth C. Stanton (AP-69)

Evidence

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

1. [1]DANFS, 'Elizabeth C. Stanton (AP-69)' entry, Naval History and Heritage Command (published 2015-07-07; live NHHC URL returns 404 - verbatim text retrieved via Internet Archive Wayback capture 20251209101858) [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   DANFS entry body text + spec block (Wayback capture 20251209101858)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NHHC records: launched 22 December 1939 as Sea Star by Moore Dry Dock Co., Oakland, Calif., under Maritime Commission contract; sponsored by Mrs. Richard J. Welch; transferred to the Navy 13 September 1942; commissioned 17 September 1942, Commander D. A. Frost, USN (Ret), in command. Sailed Norfolk 24 Oct 1942; landed troops and equipment in the assault on North Africa 8 Nov 1942; second rapid North Africa voyage; returned Norfolk 24 Apr 1943; flagship for amphibious exercises in Chesapeake Bay. Sailed 10 May 1943 for the Mediterranean; action in the invasion of Sicily; six days off the island discharging troops and combat cargo and fighting off enemy aircraft; landed troops at Salerno 9 Sep 1943 in the initial assault; carried reinforcements Bizerte/Oran to Naples through end of October; then New York overhaul. Returned to duty Jan 1944; two voyages carrying troops/cargo to the British Isles for the Normandy buildup; departed Belfast 14 Mar for Algeria; troops to Naples; amphibious exercises and antisubmarine patrols to August; action in the southern France initial landings; supported the operation throughout the Mediterranean until returning to the States 8 Nov 1944. After New York overhaul, sailed for the Pacific 4 Jan 1945, arriving Espiritu Santo 23 Feb; redeployed troops Pearl Harbor to New Hebrides, Marianas, Marshalls, Solomons, Carolines, Okinawa Gunto; San Francisco 11 Jul brief repairs; August transport of occupation troops to Japan; returned to west coast late 1945. On 20 Jan 1946 carried from Long Beach 1,800 German prisoners of war with Army guards to Liverpool and Le Havre; returned New York 5 Mar; decommissioned 3 Apr 1946 and returned to the Maritime Commission the same day. Five battle stars for WWII. Spec block: dp. 7,980; l. 492'; b. 69'6"; dr. 28'6"; s. 18 k.; cpl. 429; a. 4 3"; cl. Elizabeth C. Stanton.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   1939-1946

   Population

   Wartime ship's company (429 authorized) and embarked troops (capacity ~2,095); 1,800 German POWs + Army guards on the Jan-Feb 1946 crossing

   Limitations

   Primary Navy historical entry - authoritative for identity, service history, and disposal. Contains no asbestos or materials information; supports no asbestos claim. Live NHHC page 404s (standing link rot, cf. BATCH-01); the Wayback capture is the verbatim NHHC text. Commissioning-CO attribution (CDR Frost) conflicts with the NavSource CO roster (CAPT Dierdorff at commissioning; Frost from 22 Jan 1945) - logged in gaps. DANFS dates Sicily action '8 July' vs NavSource campaign table 9-15 July - logged in gaps.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-elizabeth-c-stanton-ap69-01

2. [2]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 3 (NAVSHIPS 250-012, 1945), auxiliaries - transports (AP) section, per-hull rows for STANTON, ELIZABETH C. (AP-69) (shipscribe.com scan of the official BuShips publication) [other_primary]

   Locator

   SDB1945v3 AP tables, printed pp. 212-217 (dimensions p. 212; personnel/troops p. 213; machinery/boilers p. 214; reduction gears/generators/fuel p. 215; armament/cargo p. 216; construction p. 217); M.C. hull cross-index and name index entries for AP-69

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Official BuShips Ships' Data 1945 Vol. 3 carries per-hull rows for 'STANTON, ELIZABETH C. (ex-Mormacstar ex-M.C. Hull 52), AP-69': 492'1" overall / 465'0" pp; beam 69'6"; trial speed 18.4 knots; trial displacement 11,760 tons, limiting displacement 14,400 tons, limiting draft 24'0"; machinery - 1 De Laval steam turbine, 8,000 shp, single screw, 2 Foster-Wheeler 'D'-type boilers at 465 psi / 765 deg F, De Laval double reduction gears; ship's service generators 1 diesel-drive 300 kW + 2 turbo-drive 300 kW (120/240 V DC); fuel NSFO 26,100 bbls + diesel 315 bbls; ship's company 39 officers + 390 enlisted; troop accommodations 125 officers + 1,970 enlisted; largest boom 30 t; armament 4 x 3"/50 cal (D.P.) + 2 twin and 2 single AA mounts (40mm per NavSource spec block - SDB row's armament columns are OCR-columnar); non-refrigerated cargo 154,708 cu ft; built by Moore D.D. Co., Oakland, Calif.; acquired 13 Sept 42; year built 1939; commissioned 17 Sept 42.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   1945

   Limitations

   Authoritative wartime BuShips publication naming this hull - confirms identity, machinery plant, manning, builder, acquisition, and commissioning. 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-elizabeth-c-stanton-ap69-02

3. [3]U.S. Maritime Administration, ShipHistory database - MORMACSTAR, Ship History Detail 11889, incl. scanned vessel status cards and declassified wartime documents [marad_nrc]

   Locator

   ShipHistory Detail 11889 registry block; status-card scans 9decf7de-2785-4d58-81fe-20de4e6785df.png (front) and badec6b4-ff4b-4c02-857f-96a0e9f2c98e.png (back, disposal entries)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   MARAD ShipHistory registry for this hull: Official No. 240208; year built 1941; shipyard 'Moore Shipbuilding Company'; general type General Cargo / break bulk; MARAD type T6-S-F93A; gross 7,773 / net 4,585; fate 'Sold - No Further Info'. Scanned vessel status cards record: Hull No. 52, built by Moore D.D. Co. at Oakland, Calif., completed 1-30-41, D.W.T. 12,557, speed 16; 'built with const. differential subsidy - Moore McCormack Lines - Sect 502 and 504' (Merchant Marine Act construction-differential subsidy). Custody/charter chain on the card: basis to WSA 1-18-42 9 AM PST at San Francisco from M. McCormack Lines (allocated to Moore-McCormack Lines under TCA same time); War Dept. custody New York 8-11-42 7:17 PM EWT; Navy Dept. sub-bareboat New York 9-13-42 12:01 AM - annotated 'Renamed ELIZABETH C. STANTON (AP-69)'; redelivery to Moore-McCormack Lines under GAA, New York 4-3-46 6:30 PM EST; final redelivery from bareboat Baltimore, Md. 8-24-46 12:01 PM EST; sold to Peninsular Navigation Corp. 2-14-61, renamed JACQUELINE SOMECK 2-14-61; sold to Moore-McCormack Lines 12-18-63; sold to Windward Steamship Corp. 2-28-64, renamed NATIONAL SEAFARER 2-28-64; sold to Vancor Steamship Corp.; 'SOLD FOREIGN (JAPAN) FOR SCRAP 9-67.'

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   1941-1967

   Population

   Moore Dry Dock construction workforce (1939-41); WSA/Mooremack merchant crews (1941-42); Army custody and Navy conversion workforce (Aug-Sep 1942); postwar merchant crews (1946-1967); 1967 Japan breaking-yard workers

   Limitations

   Authoritative government custody/identity record resolving the post-Navy name chain and scrapping disposition. Handwritten card entries read with high confidence except the undated Vancor Steamship purchase. Registry 'Year Built 1941' reflects completion/delivery (30 Jan 1941); the ship launched 22 Dec 1939. MARAD type code 'T6-S-F93A' is a later assignment - contemporaneous MC designation was C3 (shipbuildinghistory/NavSource/SDB). Contains no asbestos, materials, or condition-survey information; supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-elizabeth-c-stanton-ap69-03

4. [4]Declassified NARA documents hosted on MARAD ShipHistory Detail 11889 - U.S. Coast Guard / Navy Dept. 14th Naval District vessel boarding sheet for SS MORMACSTAR, Honolulu, T.H., 7 February 1942 (Declassified NARA Project NW 63684); Coast Guard radio-apparatus sealing report, New York, July/August 1942 (Mormacstar_11889_003.pdf) [marad_nrc]

   Locator

   Mormacstar_11889_004.pdf (boarding sheet, 2 pp.); Mormacstar_11889_003.pdf (radio sealing report); Detail 11889 documents tab

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   Scanned primary documents for MORMACSTAR's pre-Navy wartime service: the 14th Naval District boarding sheet dated 7 Feb 1942 at Honolulu records SS MORMACSTAR (American freighter, home port San Francisco; master Harry de Bar; agents/charter 'U.S.A.T. Service' - U.S. Army Transport Service) with embarked passengers/troops (handwritten counts partially legible: '61 in all. 14 Navy' passengers; cargo/manifest annotations). The Coast Guard radio sealing report at New York (prepared July 1942; arrival noted 31 July 1942, last port Guayaquil, Ecuador; desired departure unknown) records owner 'Moore McCormack Lines' and describes sealing of the vessel's radio apparatus - documenting WSA-period operation under Mooremack agency immediately before War Department custody and Navy acquisition.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   1942

   Population

   Embarked Army personnel and merchant crew, Feb-Aug 1942 Pacific and Atlantic voyages

   Limitations

   Genuine primary-source scans, but handwritten/typed entries are only partially legible via OCR; agent/charterer fields read with moderate confidence ('U.S.A.T. Service' reading inferred from Army Transport Service context). Establishes pre-Navy service pattern only; contains no asbestos or materials information; supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-elizabeth-c-stanton-ap69-04

5. [5]NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive - USS Elizabeth C. Stanton (AP-69), file 09/22/22069 (live fetch failed 2026-09-25; verbatim text via Internet Archive Wayback capture 20250207083012) [other_primary]

   Locator

   NavSource 22069.htm - timeline, campaign tables, occupation-service table, commanding-officer table, specifications block, merchant-service entries (Wayback capture 20250207083012)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NavSource timeline corroborates DANFS and adds detail: laid down as SS Sea Star, MC type C3 hull (MC hull 52), Moore Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Oakland; launched 22 Dec 1939; transferred to Moore McCormack Lines under a Transportation Corps Agreement at San Francisco 18 Jan 1942; custody to War Department 11 Aug 1942; acquired by the Navy 13 Sep 1942 as a bareboat ('Bare Bottom') charter; commissioned 17 Sep 1942. Campaign credits: Algeria-Morocco landings 8-11 Nov 1942; Sicilian occupation 9-15 Jul 1943; Salerno landings 9-21 Sep 1943; invasion of Southern France 15 Aug-25 Sep 1944; Okinawa Gunto assault/occupation 3-8 Jun 1945. Navy Occupation Service Medal periods 19 Sep-11 Oct 1945 and 19-29 Nov 1945. Decommissioned and turned over to the Maritime Commission 3 Apr 1946 at New York; five battle stars; struck from the Naval Register 17 Apr 1946. Merchant service: redelivered to Moore McCormack Lines 3 Apr 1946 under General Agency Agreement, renamed Mormacstar; sold to Peninsular Navigation Corp 14 Feb 1961 (Jacqueline Someck); re-sold to Moore McCormack 18 Dec 1963; re-sold to Windward Steam Ship Corp 28 Feb 1964 (National Seafarer); sold for scrapping in Japan September 1967. CO table: CAPT Ross A. Dierdorff USN (Ret.) 17 Sep 42-17 Feb 44; CAPT Wilbur A. Wiedman 17 Feb 44-22 Jan 45; CDR Daniel A. Frost 22 Jan 45-3 Apr 46. Spec block: 7,980 t light / 14,400 t full; 492'1" x 69'6" x 24'; 18.4 kts trial; officers 39 / enlisted 390; troop accommodations 125 officers / 1,970 enlisted; cargo 600 DWT, 154,798 cu ft non-refrigerated; largest boom 30 t; armament 4 single 3"/50 DP + 2 twin 40mm + 2 single 40mm; fuel NSFO 26,100 bbls / diesel 315 bbls; propulsion one De Laval steam turbine, two Foster-Wheeler 'D'-type boilers 465 psi / 765 deg F, single propeller 8,000 shp.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   1939-1967

   Limitations

   Specialist secondary compilation - detailed but non-official; consistent with DANFS, SDB, and MARAD card. CO roster contradicts DANFS on the commissioning CO (Dierdorff vs Frost) - discrepancy logged in gaps, not resolved. Armament detail (added 40mm mounts) reflects later-war fits vs the SDB authorized row. Contains no asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-elizabeth-c-stanton-ap69-05

6. [6]Shipscribe U.S. Navy auxiliary ships data sheets, 'USS Elizabeth C. Stanton (AP-69) Class' page (Stephen S. Roberts compilation from Navy registers, Auxiliary Vessels Board records, BuShips/SCB design records, and MARAD files) [other_primary]

   Locator

   AP-69 class page: characteristics block, construction/disposition tables, class notes (Aug 1942 CominCh directive, Auxiliary Vessels Board 3 Aug 1942), ship notes (AP-69 row)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Ship-design compilation naming this hull: class design MC C3-Cargo (Moore) for AP-69 / C3-M for AP-70 ('the designs were probably nearly identical'); AP-69 keel 21 Sep 1939, launched 22 Dec 1939, acquired 13 Sep 1942, commissioned 17 Sep 1942; decommissioned 3 Apr 46, struck 17 Apr 46, disposed 3 Apr 46 (returned to owner). Ship note: 'Ex merc. MORMACSTAR, possibly ex SEA OWL (ID-5006A, completed Jan 41). Converted for Army by Atlantic Basin IW [Iron Works], Brooklyn, N.Y., 11 Aug 42-20 Sep 42. Merc. MORMACSTAR 1946. Scrapped 1967 as NATIONAL SEAFARER.' Class note documents the conversion program: on 1 Aug 1942 CominCh directed partial conversion and Navy manning of ten named vessels (AP 42-43, 66-73) for 'prospective movements overseas of U.S. troops' (the North Africa landings); on 3 Aug 1942 the Auxiliary Vessels Board recommended acquisition - three from the Army and seven including MORMACSTAR and MORMACSUN from WSA; conversions were to be completed within 30 days 'or as soon thereafter as possible'; MORMACSTAR and MORMACSUN were among four ships (AP-67 and 69-71) whose conversion was accomplished and paid for by the Army; Navy personnel had full access during conversion but the Board recommended the ships not be acquired/commissioned until major conversion features were complete. Merchant armament estimated 1-4"/50 + 1-3"/50; Navy conversion called for stowage for 20 landing boats and 2 tank lighters; as converted, two Welin davits and most boats carried on deck. Class complement listed as 564 (1944).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   1942

   Population

   Atlantic Basin Iron Works conversion workforce (Aug-Sep 1942); Navy personnel aboard during conversion

   Limitations

   Compiled secondary transcription of official Navy register, board, and MARAD records, not the registers themselves; consistent with DANFS/SDB/MARAD on all overlapping points. 'Possibly ex SEA OWL (ID-5006A)' is the compiler's hedge on a pre-launch contract name - unverified, not carried as an alias. Complement 564 (1944) conflicts with DANFS/SDB 429 - logged in gaps. Contains no asbestos information; the conversion-yard note documents a work event (Atlantic Basin Iron Works, 11 Aug-20 Sep 1942) whose materials scope is undocumented.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-elizabeth-c-stanton-ap69-06

7. [7]Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc. v. Maryland Ship Ceiling Company, Inc., 311 F.2d 663 (4th Cir. 1962), CourtListener opinion 259178 [court_record]

   Locator

   311 F.2d 663 (4th Cir. 1962); CourtListener opinion 259178; also cited in later indemnity-line cases (e.g., American Export Lines v. Atlantic & Gulf Stevedores, 313 F.2d 414)

   Finding type

   litigation_documented

   Finding

   A ship-specific reported decision names this hull in her merchant identity: ship ceiling carpenters Richard F. Jenkins and Frank J. Malikowski (employees of Maryland Ship Ceiling Co.) were made ill and injured by noxious fumes and gases while performing ship ceiling services in the hold of the steamship MORMACSTAR in Baltimore harbor on 21 November 1959 - the vessel had loaded fumigated tobacco (hydrogen cyanide) at Norfolk on 20 Nov 1959 and arrived Baltimore the next morning with hatches battened. The carpenters sued the shipowner (Moore-McCormack Lines) alleging unseaworthiness/negligence; the appeal litigated the shipowner's indemnity claim against the stevedoring/ship-ceiling contractor under the Ryan Stevedoring line of cases. This is admiralty/indemnity litigation - NOT an asbestos case.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   1959-1962

   Population

   Maryland Ship Ceiling Company carpenters working holds aboard this hull, Baltimore, 21 Nov 1959

   Limitations

   Court record naming this hull (as S.S. Mormacstar, Official No. 240208, in Moore-McCormack US-flag service - hull identity fixed by the 1946-1961 Mormacstar window; after 28 Feb 1964 the hull was National Seafarer and the name migrated to a later Moore-McCormack ro/ro liner). Documents an occupational-injury event aboard this hull in port but involves fumigant fumes, not asbestos; establishes no asbestos content, exposure, or causation. Classified 'other litigation' in the batch ledger.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-elizabeth-c-stanton-ap69-07

8. [8]Consolidated era/design inference - BuShips SDB 1945 v3 machinery row for this hull (De Laval turbine + 2 Foster-Wheeler 'D' boilers, 465 psi / 765 deg F) + C3-Cargo type data (shipscribe AP-69 class page) [other_primary]

   Locator

   SDB1945v3 machinery table, AP section p. 214 (STANTON row); https://shipscribe.com/usnaux/AP/AP69.html class data and conversion notes

   Finding type

   asbestos_application

   Finding

   Era/design inference: this hull carried a single-screw geared-turbine steam plant (one De Laval turbine, 8,000 shp, on two Foster-Wheeler 'D'-type boilers at 465 psi / 765 deg F) completed January 1941 under a Merchant Marine Act construction-differential subsidy and converted September 1942 to a combat-loaded transport (berthing/messing for ~2,095 troops, Welin davits and 20 landing boats, ammunition and gasoline stowage) at Atlantic Basin Iron Works, Brooklyn - machinery and outfitting of exactly the configuration whose boiler and fireroom insulation, steam-line lagging, turbine lagging, gaskets, packing, accommodation insulation, and winch brake linings were commonly asbestos-containing in this construction/conversion era. Disturbance-phase events for this hull include the 1942 combat conversion, wartime overhauls at New York (late 1943 and late 1944 per DANFS), 1946 reactivation to merchant service, 1961-1964 resale/refit events, and the 1967 Japan breaking.

   Verification

   inferred

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   1939-1967

   Population

   Moore Dry Dock construction trades (1939-41); Atlantic Basin Iron Works conversion workforce (Aug-Sep 1942); wartime crew and embarked troops; New York overhaul workforces (1943-44); postwar merchant crews; 1967 Japan breaking-yard workers

   Limitations

   Inference from the documented machinery plant, construction era, and documented yard events - NOT a hull record. No survey, specification, or material schedule naming this hull was located; establishes no asbestos content, quantity, location, individual exposure, or causation. Pre-war merchant construction (1939-41) predates the wartime asbestos surge but falls within the era when asbestos was standard marine steam-plant insulation.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-elizabeth-c-stanton-ap69-08

9. [9]Fleischer, W.E., Viles, F.J. Jr., Gade, R.L., and Drinker, P., 'A health survey of pipe covering operations in constructing naval vessels,' J Ind Hyg Toxicol 28(1):9-16 (Jan 1946), PMID 21016030 [other_primary]

   Locator

   PubMed record PMID 21016030; article pp. 9-16 (pipe covering material section)

   Finding type

   gov_survey

   Finding

   The U.S. Maritime Commission-commissioned industrial-hygiene survey of WWII pipe-covering operations at two Navy yards and two Navy contract yards documented that 'an important ingredient of pipe covering material used on U.S. Navy vessels is amosite' - i.e., asbestos insulation was standard material in wartime naval-vessel construction and conversion of exactly this hull's era.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   survey ~1944-45; published 1946

   Population

   WWII pipe coverers and insulators at Navy and contract yards (era context)

   Limitations

   Era-level documentation of asbestos use in naval construction generally; does not name this vessel, class, or yards (whether Atlantic Basin Iron Works was among the surveyed contract yards is unverified) and establishes nothing about this hull's materials, condition, or any individual exposure. (The study's exculpatory 'not a dangerous occupation' conclusion has since been heavily criticized - see the 2026 critique at DOI 10.1177/10482911261446696.)

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-elizabeth-c-stanton-ap69-09

10. [10]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 of this hull's September 1942 combat-loaded transport conversion and wartime overhauls - and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization in shipbuilding.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    context

    Documentation level

    class_or_era

    Accessed

    2026-09-25

    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 class and does not establish that asbestos was or is aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-elizabeth-c-stanton-ap69-10

11. [11]Batch-2140 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS via Wayback; BuShips SDB 1945 v3; MARAD ShipHistory Detail 11889 + status-card and document scans; NavSource 22069 via Wayback; shipscribe AP-69 class page; CourtListener name/hull/merchant-name sweeps (partially paced-blocked); indexed-web litigation and VA BVA checks; NARA record-group guides; OAC finding aid for SF Maritime NHP HDC 1065 [other_primary]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-elizabeth-c-stanton-ap69-01 through sl-uss-elizabeth-c-stanton-ap69-12

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, court finding, or docketed asbestos case naming USS Elizabeth C. Stanton / AP-69 / MC hull 52 / Official No. 240208 / Mormacstar (hull 196) / Jacqueline Someck / National Seafarer was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener sweeps (authenticated, fleet-paced) classified: 'Elizabeth C. Stanton' exact-phrase - one name collision (Beard v. Stanton, S.C. 1881, a probate case about a person); 'Mormacstar' - six opinions: one ship-specific but non-asbestos (Moore-McCormack v. Maryland Ship Ceiling, 311 F.2d 663, 4th Cir. 1962 - fumigant-fume injury; see ev-07), one plausibly-this-hull non-asbestos customs appraisement (International Commercial Co. v. United States, 26 Cust. Ct. 607 (1951), cargo carried Aug/Oct 1947), four name collisions on the later Moore-McCormack ro/ro liner Mormacstar or the company (Rupp v. ITO, 479 F.2d 674 + companion opinion, 2d Cir. 1973 - June 1970 ro/ro vessel; Clairol v. Moore-McCormack, N.Y. App. Div. 1981 - container shipment; OSG Bulk Ships v. United States, D.D.C. 1996 - 'Mormac Marine' entity); '"Elizabeth C. Stanton" asbestos', '"USS Elizabeth C. Stanton"', and '"AP-69" asbestos' - all zero. Residual merchant-name sweeps ('Jacqueline Someck', 'National Seafarer') were fleet-pacing blocked at query time - low-probability tramp-operation names assessed via indexed-web checking, which surfaced no qualifying case; law-firm marketing pages name the hull without primary support and are an excluded source class.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    negative_finding

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-25

    Study period

    2026-09-25

    Limitations

    Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1939-41 steam merchant ship converted for combat loading in 1942 is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials, and her documented disturbance events (1942 conversion, wartime overhauls, 1946 reactivation, 1967 breaking) are undocumented for materials scope. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility. Late-period merchant names 'Jacqueline Someck' and 'National Seafarer' remained unqueried via API at report time (fleet pacing) - residual coverage rests on indexed-web checking.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-elizabeth-c-stanton-ap69-11

12. [12]NARA Guide to Federal Records: RG 24 (Bureau of Naval Personnel - Navy deck logs), RG 19 (Bureau of Ships), RG 178 (U.S. Maritime Commission), RG 248 (War Shipping Administration), RG 357 (Maritime Administration); Online Archive of California finding aid for Moore Dry Dock Company Ships Plans collection (HDC 1065), Historic Documents Department, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park (NPS) [other_primary]

    Locator

    https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/024.html ; /groups/019.html ; /groups/178.html ; /groups/248.html ; /groups/357.html ; https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt6d5nf1zx/ ; https://vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/11889 (status-card and document scans)

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Archival leads (not retrieved - requires research-room or reproduction order; no spend authorized): Navy deck logs for USS Elizabeth C. Stanton 1942-1946 (RG 24, NARA College Park); BuShips conversion records for the Aug-Sep 1942 Army-funded conversion at Atlantic Basin Iron Works, Brooklyn, incl. any conversion specifications and Booklet of General Plans (RG 19); USMC construction-contract and construction-differential subsidy file for MC hull 52 (Sect. 502/504 CDS noted on the MARAD status card) at Moore Dry Dock (RG 178); WSA charter/allocation records for the Jan 1942 TCA and Apr 1945 sub-charter chain (RG 248); MARAD sale/custody files for the 1961, 1963, 1964 transactions and the 1967 foreign scrap sale (RG 357); and the Moore Dry Dock Company Ships Plans collection (HDC 1065, ~21,700 drawings 1882-1962, covering vessel construction and conversions incl. boilers, piping, ventilation, and insulation-adjacent systems) at SF Maritime NHP - the builder's own drawing archive, within whose date range yard hull 196 (this vessel) falls; item-level holdings for hull 196 not verified against the container list.

    Verification

    unverified

    Role

    archival_lead

    Documentation level

    context_only

    Accessed

    2026-09-25

    Study period

    1939-1967 records

    Limitations

    Record-group and collection mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; existence of asbestos-specific documents for this hull is unknown until surveyed in person. The HDC 1065 finding aid is collection-level; whether hull 196 drawings survive in the collection is unverified. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-elizabeth-c-stanton-ap69-12