USS Fortune (IX-146)

Evidence

15 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-15).

1. [1]research packet mu-packet.md (2 sources cited) [other_primary]

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Evidence ID

   uss-fortune-ix146-pkt-mu-packet-md

2. [2]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS), 'Fortune' (IX-146) entry - transcription hosted by hazegray/losthistory.net; live NHHC pages (danfs/f/fortune.html and fortune-ii.html) returned 404 on 2026-09-29 [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   DANFS IX-146 entry, full text

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   DANFS entry for the second Fortune (IX-146): built 1921 by Doullut & Williams, New Orleans, as City of Elwood; acquired by the Navy 16 February 1944; commissioned 19 February 1944, LCDR K. H. Carlson, USNR, in command; reclassified AVS-2 on 25 May 1945. Commissioned at Pearl Harbor; sailed 16 May 1944 for Kwajalein, her base for cargo operations to Eniwetok, Manus, and Ulithi until 10 January 1945, when she became fleet issue ship at Ulithi; sailed from Ulithi 24 April with passengers for Alameda, arriving 20 May; lay in various California shipyards until decommissioned 18 October 1945 and transferred to the War Shipping Administration the same day. Statistics line: dp. 13,250 (f.); l. 411'9"; b. 55'; dr. 27'2"; s. 12 k.; cpl. 163; a. 1 4", 1 3".

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-29

   Study period

   1921-1945

   Population

   Ship's company, 163 (Feb 1944 - Oct 1945)

   Limitations

   Authoritative Navy history transcription (canonical NHHC URL currently 404 - standing NHHC link-rot issue first logged in BATCH-01). DANFS establishes the service timeline and hull stats; it names no California shipyard and contains no asbestos, materials, or conversion-scope information - supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-fortune-ix146-01

3. [3]NavSource Naval History, Service Ship Photo Archive, USS Fortune (AVS-2) ex USS Fortune (IX-146) (archives/09/50/5002.htm) [other_primary]

   Locator

   NavSource AVS-2/IX-146 page - chronology, spec block, photo captions

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NavSource Service Ship Photo Archive chronology for USS Fortune (AVS-2) ex IX-146: USSB Design 1037 freighter City of Elwood; Navy Identification Number 4413A; call sign NJTS; completed/delivered 18 March 1921; acquired by United States Lines under GAA charter 5 December 1941; acquired by the Navy 16 February 1944 at Pearl Harbor; commissioned 19 February 1944; redesignated AVS-2 25 May 1945; decommissioned and transferred to WSA 18 October 1945 for lay-up NDRF Suisun Bay; struck from Naval Register, date unknown; sold for scrapping to American Iron & Steel Co., Emeryville, CA, for $5,954.00. Spec block: 13,250 t (fl.), 411'9" x 55' x 27'2", 11.5 kts, complement 13 officers + 150 enlisted, diesel fuel 7,410 bbls. Awards: American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal. Sole CO: LCDR Konrad H. Carlson, USNR. Official photos: NARA RG-80-G-71311 (City of Elwood, 20 June 1943) and NHHC NH 84652 (Fortune as AVS-2, post-May 1945).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-29

   Study period

   1921-1946

   Limitations

   Volunteer-compiled naval archive - secondary compilation quality, though its milestones match the primary MARAD status cards and DANFS. Its spec-block engine entry ('George A. Fuller Co. triple-expansion') conflicts with McKellar's turbine design note - see correction row. 'Sold for scrapping 3 August 1946' conflicts with the status card's 3-4-46 award / 8-30-46 delivery - card controls; strike date 'unknown' here but given as 1 Nov 45 by Shipscribe. No asbestos or materials information; supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-fortune-ix146-02

4. [4]N.L. McKellar, 'Steel Shipbuilding Under the U.S. Shipping Board, 1917-1921' (The Belgian Shiplover No. 93, May/June 1963), Contract4.pdf - Doullut & Williams section; digitized at Shipscribe.com [other_primary]

   Locator

   Contract4.pdf p.1: Design 1037 header note and Doullut & Williams hull list (OCR-verified)

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   Official USSB construction history (McKellar, Steel Shipbuilding Under the U.S. Shipping Board 1917-1921): Design 1037 'Federal type' steel cargo, 9,600 dwt, standard dimensions 395.5 x 55 x 35; 'Turbines, except those by Fuller, which had triple expansion. All oil fuel.' Doullut & Williams Shipbuilding Co., New Orleans, built 8 hulls under EFC contract 1907-1914 with no cancellations. Line entry: 'CITY OF ELWOOD, Yd No 1910 cpl 4.21 O/N 220962. (USSB 21-43)/FORTUNE (USN 43-46, IX146 then AVS2)/ CITY OF ELWOOD (USMC 46-46)/(ren.in documents only)/BU as-FORTUNE at Emeryville, Cal. 1946.' Same contract produced yard hull 1913 WARD, which became USS Supply (IX-147 then AVS-1) - a Design 1037 sister on the identical IX-to-AVS conversion path.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-29

   Study period

   1919-1946

   Population

   Construction trades (Doullut & Williams, New Orleans, 1919-21)

   Limitations

   Standard scholarly reconstruction of USSB/EFC contracts - treated as primary-quality for construction and custody lineage. 'USN 43-46' is a coarser custody bracket than the status card's 1944-02-16 Navy delivery; 'cpl 4.21' vs card 'completed 3-18-21' - card controls for the day. Confirms scrapping at Emeryville 1946 under the FORTUNE name. No asbestos or materials content; supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-fortune-ix146-03

5. [5]shipbuildinghistory.com (T. Colton), Doullut & Williams yard table, New Orleans LA [other_primary]

   Locator

   Doullut & Williams hull table, row 4 (USSB 1910 / O.N. 220962)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Shipbuildinghistory.com yard table for Doullut & Williams (New Orleans): yard hull 4, USSB no. 1910, O.N. 220962, City of Elwood, U.S. Shipping Board cargo ship, 6,171 GT, delivered March 1921; disposition note 'Converted to diesel 1929, later Fortune (AVS 1) 1944, scrapped 1946.' Every one of the yard's eight EFC hulls (1907-1914) carries the same 'Converted to diesel 1929' note, consistent with the USSB Diesel Program Phase II. Yard history: firm formed 1907 by Milton P. Doullut and W. H. Williams; yard at the Lake Pontchartrain end of the Industrial Canal; postwar successor Doullut & Ewin.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-29

   Study period

   1921-1946; conversion 1928-29

   Limitations

   Enthusiast-maintained but standard public reference for U.S. yard hull lists; the 1929 diesel conversion is corroborated in detail by Shipscribe's Design 1037 notes and by the MARAD card's 'MV'/'MS' motor-vessel notations and diesel-oil fuel entries. Table prints 'AVS 1' - transposition error for AVS-2 (sister Ward/Supply was AVS-1); DANFS/NavSource/Shipscribe control at AVS-2. No materials content; supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-fortune-ix146-04

6. [6]U.S. Maritime Administration ShipHistory database: CITY OF ELWOOD Detail/7373 (status card 1DV_01) and FORTUNE Detail/1685 (status cards 1685_3113AF/AB) [marad_nrc]

   Locator

   ShipHistory Detail 7373 and 1685 - milestone tables plus digitized status-card scans (transcribed from card images)

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   MARAD ShipHistory database and digitized vessel status cards for O.N. 220962. City of Elwood card (Detail/7373): Off. No. 220,962; 'MS' motor-ship notation; DWT 9,116; gross 6,197; net 3,822; bale 441,447 cu.; hull no. 1910; 'Built by Doullut & Williams at New Orleans, La. Completed 3-18-21'; custody chain - United States Lines Co. (GAA) delivered New York 12-5-41 12:01AM; Navy Dept. 'now U.S.S. Fortune' (BB - bareboat charter) Pearl Harbor 2-16-44 9:00AM; Laid Up Fleet Suisun Bay 10-18-45 2:20PM PST; American Iron and Steel Co., Emeryville, Calif. 8/30/46 ($5,954.00). Fortune card (Detail/1685, front/back): 'FORTUNE / former CITY OF ELWOOD'; type 'CARGO MV'; owner USMC; 'A flat tow to fleet' on Navy redelivery; 6,197 gr. / 3,822 net; draft 27'2.5"; '3950 BHP / 1 Waste Heat Boiler'; preservation sections II-III completed 10/20/45; 'Per Weber 1-7-46: Invitation to bid issued'; sold to American Iron + Metal, award 3-4-46; withdrawn from fleet 8-30-46 delivered to Amer. Iron + Metal Corp.; 'scrap completely'; 'Condition Report in File.' Database milestones: Disposition and Withdrawal both 8/30/1946; fate 'Sold - Scrap.'

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-29

   Study period

   1921-1947

   Population

   Merchant crew (1941-44); Navy crew (1944-45); breakers at Emeryville (1946-47)

   Limitations

   Primary custody documents - contemporaneous WSA/USMC status cards (handwritten entries partially legible, read from scans). Card values control over secondary sources on custody dates, diesel config, and sale terms. Card faces mix buyer renderings ('Iron and Steel' vs 'Iron + Metal') - logged in correction row. The cards establish machinery type (motor vessel, 3,950 BHP, one waste-heat boiler) but no materials content; 'Condition Report in File' indicates a condition survey exists in USMC records - not digitized here. Supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-fortune-ix146-05

7. [7]Shipscribe.com U.S. Navy auxiliary records, 'USS Supply (AVS-1) Class' page (S.S. Roberts, compiled 2008) - class table, disposition table, class notes, ship notes [other_primary]

   Locator

   AVS-1 class page - construction/disposition tables, class notes (Auxiliary Vessels Board minutes paraphrase), FORTUNE ship note

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Shipscribe AVS-1 class record (compiled from official Navy sources by S.S. Roberts) for the two-hull Supply class, both ex-EFC Design 1037. Construction table: FORTUNE keel 27 Feb 1919, launched 1921, acquired 16 Feb 44, commissioned 19 Feb 44. Disposition table: decommissioned 18 Oct 45, struck 1 Nov 45, MA sale 4 Mar 46. Ship note: 'Ex merc. CITY OF ELWOOD (ID-4413A, completed 18 Mar 21). Ex IX-146 25 May 45. Merc. CITY OF ELWOOD 1946, to buyer 30 Aug 46, scrapped by 14 Jan 47.' Machinery line: 'Busch-Sulzer Diesel, 1 screw.' Class notes: on 22 Sep 43 CinCPac approved ComAirPac's request for five General Stores Issue Ships for the Central and South Pacific; on 30 Oct 43 the Auxiliary Vessels Board recommended acquiring the motorships CITY OF ELWOOD and WARD (available at New York, described as 'little more than hulks in very poor material condition and with unreliable engines') as Unclassified Auxiliaries (IX) with a minimum ~10-day WSA conversion at New York - shelving, cribbing and binning for aviation stores, a makeshift aircraft-engine de-preservation room, limited crating facilities, and 'no repairs or alterations for accommodation of naval crews'; 'much additional conversion work had to be done at Pearl [Harbor]' after the Navy took them over. FORTUNE was assigned to support aircraft carriers at Kwajalein and Ulithi; returned to the U.S. May 1945 'for repairs and alterations that lasted beyond the end of the war,' in poor mechanical condition, intended for refit as a floating aviation storage facility. The AVS designation was recommended by ComAirPac 2 Feb 45 and became effective 25 May 45 for IX-147, 146, 174, 204 and AG 92-94 (AVS-1 through AVS-7).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-29

   Study period

   1919-1947

   Population

   Conversion-yard workers (New York late 1943; Pearl Harbor Navy Yard 1944); ship's company

   Limitations

   Secondary compilation of official records (Auxiliary Vessels Board minutes paraphrased, Navy data sheets) - consistently authoritative, but a transcription layer; underlying Board minutes would be the primary source (NARA RG 19/80). Provides strike date (1 Nov 45) and keel date (27 Feb 19) absent from other sources. Documents conversion scope as minimum stowage outfitting at New York plus substantive work at Pearl Harbor - no materials content stated; supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-fortune-ix146-06

8. [8]Shipscribe.com, 'EFC Design 1037 (Federal type): Notes & Illustrations' - USSB Diesel Program Phase II paragraph and Design 1037 specification block [other_primary]

   Locator

   Design 1037 notes - 'The USSB Diesel Program, Phase II (1927-29)' paragraph and Specifications block

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   Shipscribe Design 1037 notes document the USSB Diesel Program Phase II (1927-29): a 6 June 1924 amendment to the Merchant Marine Act of 1920 authorized diesel installation in government vessels; by resolution of 15 September 1927 the Board authorized conversion of all eight Doullut & Williams Design 1037 hulls (EFC 1907-1914). CITY OF ELWOOD's entry: converted at Newport News, contract 20 October 1928, Busch-Sulzer single-acting engines (3950 bhp), commissioned 11 June 1929 - the 3,950-bhp figure matching the MARAD status card. Design 1037 original specification per the same page: steel shelter-deck cargo, 9,600 dwt designed; 410.25' oa x 55' x 26.5' loaded draft; propulsion '1 screw, 1 G.E. turbine, 3 Scotch boilers, 2500 SHP, 11 kts'; five holds/hatches.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-29

   Study period

   1924-1929

   Population

   Conversion-yard workers (Newport News, 1928-29)

   Limitations

   Ship-specific within the Diesel Program paragraph (names City of Elwood, yard, contract and commissioning dates); design spec block is class-level. Establishes Newport News as the 1929 conversion yard and Busch-Sulzer as the diesel builder. Contains no asbestos or insulation-material statement; supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-fortune-ix146-07

9. [9]HyperWar (ibiblio.org), 'Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-45: Aviation Stores Issue Ships' - AVS-2 USS Fortune page (compiled from wartime Navy ship data) [other_primary]

   Locator

   AVS-2 Fortune spec entry

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   HyperWar 'Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-45' entry for AVS-2 Fortune (Supply-class aviation stores issue ship): displacement 13,900 t; length 412 ft; beam 55 ft; draft 27 ft; 11 knots; armament 1x4"/50, 1x3"/50 DP, 8x20mm; complement 163; 'Diesel engines, single screw, 3,950 hp'; built Doullut & Williams, commissioned as City of Elwood 1921; acquired and commissioned as Fortune (IX-146) 19 February 1944; reclassified AVS-2 25 May 1945.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-29

   Study period

   1944-1945

   Limitations

   Wartime Navy specification compilation - its diesel/single-screw/3,950 hp figure agrees with the MARAD card's 3,950 BHP, confirming the motor-vessel configuration during Navy service. Spec figures differ slightly from DANFS (13,900 vs 13,250 t; 11 vs 12 kts) - normal source variance, logged not merged. No asbestos or materials content; supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-fortune-ix146-08

10. [10]Cross-source reconciliation across MARAD cards 1DV_01 and 1685_3113AF/AB; McKellar Contract4.pdf; NavSource 09500201; DANFS IX-146 transcription; Shipscribe AVS-1 class and Design 1037 pages; shipbuildinghistory Doullut & Williams table [other_primary]

    Locator

    Each discrepancy keyed to its sources in finding_value

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Source discrepancies reconciled: (a) Hull symbol - MARAD name-history prints 'FORTUNE (IX-156 / AVS-2)'; DANFS, NavSource, and Shipscribe all give IX-146 - treated as a MARAD data-entry typo. (b) Original machinery - McKellar/Shipscribe give GE turbine + 3 Scotch boilers (2,500 shp) for Design 1037; NavSource's 'one George A. Fuller Co. triple-expansion steam engine' appears to carry another yard's engine fit (Fuller built the reciprocating-engine units, not this D&W hull); McKellar controls; moot after the 1929 diesel conversion. (c) Scrapper identity and dates - City of Elwood card: 'American Iron and Steel Co., Emeryville' 8/30/46; Fortune card: 'Amer. Iron + Metal Corp.,' award 3-4-46, delivered 8-30-46; NavSource: 'American Iron & Steel, Co., Emeryville... 3 August 1946.' Award (1946-03-04) and fleet withdrawal/delivery (1946-08-30) are distinct events; '3 August' likely conflates them; scrapping complete by 14 Jan 47 per Shipscribe. (d) Completion - status card 'Completed 3-18-21'; McKellar 'cpl 4.21'; Shipscribe keel 27 Feb 19 / launch 1921. (e) shipbuildinghistory prints 'Fortune (AVS 1)' - AVS-1 was sister Ward/Supply; this hull is AVS-2. (f) Strike date - NavSource 'unknown'; Shipscribe disposition table gives 1 Nov 45 - Shipscribe adopted as the sourced value.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    correction

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-29

    Study period

    1919-1947

    Limitations

    Resolves identifier, machinery, buyer-name, sale-date, strike-date, and completion-date conflicts in favor of primary documents (status cards) or the design/class histories (McKellar, Shipscribe); residual ambiguities are in gaps. No asbestos content in any source reviewed.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-fortune-ix146-09

11. [11]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

    AJIM 11(3):359-373, abstract and article

    Finding type

    asbestos_application

    Finding

    Peer-reviewed historical study documents that asbestos was used extensively as a fireproofing and insulating material in U.S. shipbuilding during WWII - the era and program under which this 1921 hull was naval-outfitted (New York minimum conversion late 1943; substantive conversion at Pearl Harbor 1944) and held in California shipyards for repairs/alterations (1945). Asbestos use in machinery spaces, piping, and accommodation/fire insulation was standard practice for auxiliaries of the period.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    context

    Documentation level

    class_or_era

    Accessed

    2026-09-29

    Study period

    1940s era documented; article 1987

    Population

    WWII shipyard workers and ship crews (class context)

    Limitations

    Program/era-level scholarship only - does not name this vessel and does not establish asbestos was or remained aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation. This hull's diesel configuration (post-1929) materially narrows the machinery-insulation baseline versus a steam auxiliary, and no conversion-yard work order has been located.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-fortune-ix146-10

12. [12]CourtListener API v4 search (authenticated, fleet-paced via cl-auth-search.py), 2026-09-29 [court_record]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-fortune-ix146-09 through -11

    Finding type

    litigation_documented

    Finding

    CourtListener sweep for this hull's names and symbols: "USS Fortune" (type=o) returned 0 opinions; "AVS-2" asbestos (type=o) returned 0 opinions; "IX-146" (type=o) returned 3 opinions, all name collisions (Pease v. Wachovia SBA Lending, Md. 2010 - credit-agreement statute; G. ex rel. K. v. Hawaii, D. Haw. 2011 - IDEA disability; In re Charles Storer, Tex. App. 2015 - power of attorney) with no vessel or asbestos connection; "City of Elwood" (type=o) returned 380 opinions, all municipal-name collisions (e.g., Hinton v. City of Elwood, 997 F.2d 774 (10th Cir. 1993) - Elwood, Kansas; Caldwell v. City of Elwood, Indiana) - vessel/maritime/asbestos terms appear zero times in the result set; "Fortune" asbestos ship (type=r, docket level) returned 720 loose-match dockets, top-ranked results all unrelated commercial/IP matters with zero vessel-related hits (only match was the query URL itself). No qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull, its merchant name, or its hull symbols was located across completed opinion- and docket-level searches.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    negative_finding

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-29

    Study period

    2026-09-29

    Limitations

    Absence of a located docket does not prove absence of filings - CourtListener coverage is strongest for published opinions; state-court filings and unindexed federal matters are outside coverage. 'Fortune' is a high-collision term (magazine, surnames), 'IX-146' collides with document section numbering, and 'City of Elwood' collides with the Kansas/Indiana municipalities - the sweep is nonetheless clear of qualifying hits at both opinion and docket level.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-fortune-ix146-11

13. [13]Batch-4716 search ledger (this record), rows sl-uss-fortune-ix146-01 through -14 [other_primary]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-fortune-ix146-01 through sl-uss-fortune-ix146-14

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, condition-report release, or docketed case naming this hull under any designation (City of Elwood / IX-146 / AVS-2) was found in the public sources searched - DANFS, MARAD ShipHistory detail pages and digitized status cards, McKellar USSB construction history, Shipscribe class and design records, NavSource photo archive, HyperWar ship-data pages, shipbuildinghistory yard table (see search_ledger).

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    negative_finding

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-29

    Study period

    2026-09-29

    Limitations

    Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a hull naval-outfitted in 1944 is era-consistent with asbestos-containing conversion materials, and the status card's 'Condition Report in File' implies an unsurveyed (for this purpose) government file. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility. The hull was scrapped in 1946-47, so no surviving-fabric survey is possible.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-fortune-ix146-12

14. [14]U.S. government list, 'American Flag ships in foreign trade or trade with U.S. possessions as of April 1939' - digitized transcription at usmm.org (U.S. Merchant Marine veterans site) [other_primary]

    Locator

    ships1939.html, American Pioneer Line block - 'City of Elwood | American Pioneer Line | 6,197'

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    The government's April 1939 list of American-flag ships in foreign trade (transcribed at usmm.org) lists 'City of Elwood' under the American Pioneer Line at 6,197 gross tons - corroborating the interwar USSB allocation of this hull to American Pioneer Line service (New York/Baltimore to Oriental ports per secondary compilations).

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    supporting

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-29

    Study period

    1939

    Population

    Merchant crew (interwar American Pioneer Line service)

    Limitations

    Volunteer transcription of an official period list; establishes operator allocation and tonnage as of April 1939, nothing else. No asbestos or materials content; supports no asbestos claim.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-fortune-ix146-14

15. [15]NARA Guide to Federal Records: RG 24 (deck logs), RG 181 (Naval Districts and Shore Establishments), RG 178 (US Maritime Commission), RG 248 (War Shipping Administration); NARA RG-80-G photo series [other_primary]

    Locator

    Record-group mapping only; catalog.archives.gov proxy search for 'Fortune IX-146' returned no usable result

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Archival leads (not retrieved - no spend authorized): NARA RG 24 WWII deck logs for Fortune (IX-146/AVS-2), Feb 1944 - Oct 1945 - would resolve the unnamed California shipyards and day-by-day issue-ship operations; NARA RG 181 (naval district/shipyard records, incl. Pearl Harbor Navy Yard / 14th Naval District) - the likely repository for the 1944 conversion work scope ('much additional conversion work' per class notes) and any 1945 California refit work orders; Auxiliary Vessels Board minutes (NARA RG 19/80) underlying the Shipscribe class-notes paraphrase, incl. the October 1943 acquisition recommendation; NARA RG 178 (U.S. Maritime Commission) and RG 248 (War Shipping Administration) vessel files for O.N. 220962 - including the 1928-29 dieselization contract record (Newport News) and the 1945-46 lay-up/sale file (status card notes 'Condition Report in File'); NARA still photo RG-80-G-71311 (City of Elwood, 20 June 1943) and NHHC photo NH 84652 (Fortune as AVS-2, post-May 1945).

    Verification

    unverified

    Role

    archival_lead

    Documentation level

    context_only

    Accessed

    2026-09-29

    Study period

    1919-1947 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. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-fortune-ix146-13