USS General D. E. Aultman (AP-156)

Evidence

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

1. [1]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (Naval Historical Center), 'General D. E. Aultman' entry - via Internet Archive Wayback capture 2010-12-07 of history.navy.mil/danfs/g2/general_d_e_aultman.htm (live NHHC page 404 on 2026-09-25; link rot standing per BATCH-01) [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   DANFS entry body 'General D. E. Aultman' (namesake bio, ship data line, service narrative)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   DANFS entry (Naval Historical Center; live NHHC URL 404 - verified verbatim via 2010-12-07 Wayback capture of history.navy.mil/danfs/g2/general_d_e_aultman.htm): namesake Brig. Gen. Dwight Edward Aultman, USA (1872-1929), West Point 1894, San Juan Hill/Santiago veteran, WWI artillery commander, DSM, last commander of Field Artillery School Fort Sill. Ship data line: AP-156; dp. 9,950 (lt.); l. 522'10"; b. 71'6"; dr. 24'; s. 16 k.; cpl. 356; trp. 3,823; a. 4 5", 4 40mm., 16 20mm.; cl. General G. O. Squier; T. C4-S-A1. Launched 18 February 1945 under Maritime Commission contract by Kaiser Co., Inc., Yard 3, Richmond, Calif.; sponsored by Mrs. Alma H. Aultman; acquired by the Navy and commissioned 20 May 1945, Captain S. P. Swicegood, USCG, in command. After shakedown out of San Diego, underway 30 June for France; transited Panama Canal, arrived Marseilles 24 July, embarked troops, nurses, and Red Cross workers for the Pacific; sailed 26 July; one day out of Balboa when Japan capitulated 15 August. Arrived Humboldt Bay, New Guinea, 4 September; carried troops to Manila; returned to Portland 11 October 1945. Assigned to the Magic-Carpet fleet; two Magic-Carpet voyages to the Far East; decommissioned at San Francisco 15 March 1946; returned to the Maritime Commission for transfer to the Army Transportation Service, serving in the Pacific. Reacquired by the Navy 1 March 1950; joined MSTS with a civil-service crew; after the June 1950 Korean War outbreak transported troops to Korea; sailed to the western Pacific until returned to the Maritime Commission 4 June 1958; entered the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Calif.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   1945-1958

   Population

   USCG crew ~356; embarked troops ~3,200-3,800 per voyage; nurses and Red Cross personnel

   Limitations

   Authoritative official ship history for identity, construction, and service chronology; contains no asbestos or insulation-material statement. Several dates differ from the more granular USCG war history (shakedown departure 30 Jun vs 1 Jul; Marseilles 24 vs 22 Jul; Humboldt Bay 4 vs 2 Sep; Portland 11 vs 12 Oct) - reconciled in correction row; day-level variance carried in gaps.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-general-d-e-aultman-ap156-01

2. [2]U.S. Coast Guard Historical Section, 'The Coast Guard at War' Volume II, Transports (official monograph, 1 May 1949), section 'USS General D. E. Aultman (AP-156)' - HyperWar/ibiblio transcription [other_primary]

   Locator

   USS GENERAL D. E. AULTMAN (AP-156) section (commissioning/description, 'Three voyages in three months', decommissioning); index entry p. 21

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Official U.S. Coast Guard war history 'The Coast Guard at War - Transports & Escorts, Vol. II: Transports' (USCG HQ Historical Section, 1 May 1949) devotes a ship section to AP-156: built at Kaiser Shipyard No. 3, Richmond; commissioned there 20 May 1945, CAPT S. P. Swicegood USCG first CO; CDR E. H. Thieler USCG relieved him 12 August 1945 at Panama; CDR Benjamin B. Sherry USCG took command 11 February 1946. Dimensions per monograph: 523 ft, 72-ft beam, 15,900-ton displacement, 26-ft draft, 17-kt average speed, 9,600-mile cruising radius; accommodated 221 troop officers and 3,107 enlisted besides her crew. Shakedown San Diego through 22 June 1945; 4-day post-shakedown availability San Pedro. Three voyages in 8.5 months as a Navy transport: (1) departed San Pedro 1 July 1945, Canal Zone 8 July, Marseilles 22 July; embarked 3,298 troops of the 1367th Engineers, 229 General Hospital troops, port companies; departed 26 July for Manila via Canal Zone and Hollandia - in the Panama locks power failed, steering lost, ship swung into canal bank bending her screw and denting hull plates, drydocked and repaired by 12 August; Japan's surrender reported the second day out (14 August); Humboldt Bay 2 September; Manila 13 September (troops discharged, CG/Navy personnel embarked); departed 17 September; Naha Bay, Okinawa, 20-27 September, loading to 3,162 miscellaneous casuals plus 84 Army nurses; bound for San Francisco but diverted to Portland, Oregon, arriving 12 October 1945; drydocked for further Panama-damage repair until 5 November. (2) Departed Astoria 7 November; Tacloban 19 November (16 officers + 125 enlisted CG/Navy aboard); Agusan, Mindanao - 3,525 enlisted and 234 officers of the 31st Army Division embarked; San Francisco 14 December 1945. (3) Departed 29 December 1945, Magic-Carpet detail to Nagoya; picked up replacements 14 January 1946; returned San Pedro 3 February 1946. Decommissioned as a Navy transport 15 March 1946 'at Terminal Island, San Francisco' and redelivered to the War Shipping Administration, which delivered her to the War Department.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   1945-1946

   Population

   USCG officers and crew (three named COs); embarked troops/nurses per voyage (~3,100-3,700 outbound); 31st Army Division lift

   Limitations

   Primary official service history compiled from Coast Guard records - strongest ship-specific operational source; documents the USCG manning and embarked populations voyage by voyage. Contains no asbestos or materials information; supports no asbestos claim. Internal geographic error: 'Terminal Island, San Francisco' (Terminal Island is San Pedro/LA Harbor; the ship's last voyage ended at San Pedro). Troop accommodations (221+3,107) conflict with MARAD card/DANFS 3,823; CO surname rendered 'Thieler' here vs NavSource 'Thiele'; monograph includes a third CO (Sherry) absent from NavSource's CO list.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-general-d-e-aultman-ap156-02

3. [3]U.S. Maritime Administration, ShipHistory database - GENERAL D. E. AULTMAN (AP-156), Detail 1808, incl. digitized vessel status cards (Suisun Bay MA-383 particulars card 1808_3344AF.jpg; master custody card scan) [marad_nrc]

   Locator

   ShipHistory Detail 1808 particulars + milestones; status card scans (MA-383 fleet card; Vessel Status Card O.N. 511487) - cards/1808_3344AF.jpg and documents/GeneralDEAultman_1808_001.pdf

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   MARAD ShipHistory database record (Detail 1808) and its two digitized status cards document the custody chain to the hour: GENERAL D. E. AULTMAN (AP-156), U.S. Official No. 511487, type C4-S-A1, Kaiser Company, completed 5-20-45, ship length 522.84 ft, beam 71.50, displacements 17,250/9,950, missions WWII + Korean War, fate 'Sold - Scrap.' Custody card: 'Basis to W.S.A. 5-20-45 1:00PM PWT @ Richmond, Calif. del. by Builder to USMC'; allocation table - Navy Dept. (Del. by USMC) LB at Richmond 5-20-45 1:00PM PWT; War Dept. BB at San Fran., Cal. 3-15-46 10:30AM PST; transfer of title to War Dept. 8-30-46; NAVY DEPT. TITLE 3-1-50; Reserve Fleet (Permanent Transfer) Suisun Bay 6-3-58 6:45pm PDST; 'Containership Chartering Service, Inc. (Sea-Land Service, Inc.)' TITLE 11-6-67 11:30AM PST; 'Renamed "PORTLAND" 3-68 (Converted to Containership)'; 'Sold to Reynolds Leasing Corp. 6/11/75'; 'Sold to Taiwan for scrapping 12/11/86.' Suisun Bay MA-383 particulars card: fleet Suisun Bay, entered June 3, 1958, 1845 hrs PDST; withdrawn 11-6-67 1130 PST; reason 'Exchange Ship (Contract MA-4422) for WILKES BARRE. Application No. 320 Sea-Land Service, Inc.'; title USMA Perm. Layup (reimbursable); 'Troop cap. 3823', passengers 'Off. 228 Enlisted 3595'; arrival draft Fwd. 19'06" - Aft. 19'06"; 'Group 22 Transports'; service prior to lay-up 'Navy Perm. transfer'; other data - permanent layup with reimbursement for preservation costs, correspondence notes MSTS letter Mar 1 / Marad reply Mar 6, 1958, Navy letter Apr 29 / Marad reply May 15, 1958. Database milestones table: Entry + Acquisition 6/3/1958; Disposition 11/6/1967 'EXCHANGE PROGRAM'; Withdrawal 11/6/1967.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   1945-1986

   Population

   NDRF Suisun Bay custodial period 1958-1967; Sea-Land exchange/conversion context 1967-1968

   Limitations

   Authoritative for government-custody milestones and the 1967 exchange disposition; card handwriting legible and internally timestamped. Contains no asbestos, materials, or condition-survey information; supports no asbestos claim. Resolves several secondary-source conflicts: San Francisco redelivery (vs Oakland/Terminal Island framings), bareboat 3-15-46 + title 8-30-46 two-step Army transfer (vs single-date framings), Containership Chartering Service, Inc. named with parent Sea-Land Service, Inc., and precise withdrawal/disposal timestamps.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-general-d-e-aultman-ap156-03

4. [4]Shipscribe.com (Stephen S. Roberts), 'USS General G. O. Squier (AP-130) Class' register - construction/disposition tables, AP-156 ship note, class notes [other_primary]

   Locator

   Construction table (AP-156 row); Disposition table (AP-156 row); Ship Notes (156/713 entry); Class Notes (C4-S-A1 program history)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Shipscribe Auxiliary Vessels register for the General G. O. Squier (AP-130) class (Stephen S. Roberts, NVR/MC-derived tables, compiled 2009): construction table gives AP-156 keel 6 Nov 44, launch 21 Feb 45, acquired/commissioned 20 May 45 at Kaiser Richmond #3, MC hull 713. Ship note: 'Decomm, to MC, and to Army 15 Mar 46, stk. 28 Mar 46. Initial Army peacetime conversion by Kaiser, Richmond, 29 Apr 46 to 26 Jun 46. From Army to MSTS 1 Mar 50, reinst. 28 Apr 50. To buyer 6 Nov 67. Merc. PORTLAND (container ship) 1968, scrapped 1986.' Disposition table: decomm Jun 58, strike 4 Jun 58, disposal 3 Jun 58 to MA, MA sale Nov 67. Class notes document the C4-S-A1 design's origin (George Sharp/American Hawaiian Lines plans taken over by the Maritime Commission Oct 1941), the 30-ship Richmond Yard 3 contract (Army transport program, AP-110 to AP-159 range), the April 1943 Army-Navy agreement for Navy manning of all fifty transports, and postwar Army/MSTS conversions including lifeboat/davit changes.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   1944-1986

   Population

   Kaiser Richmond Yard 3 construction workforce (1944-45); Army conversion workforce at Kaiser Richmond (Apr-Jun 1946)

   Limitations

   Meticulous NVR/MC-derived register widely used as the auxiliary-ship reference - but secondary, not the NVR itself. Launch 21 Feb 45 conflicts with DANFS/NavSource 18 Feb (carried in gaps); the 'Strike' column value 4 Jun 58 conflicts with NavSource's second strike of 1 Dec 1959 (carried in gaps). No asbestos or materials content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-general-d-e-aultman-ap156-04

5. [5]NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive, 'USNS General D. E. Aultman (T-AP-156) ex USAT / USS (AP-156)' page 09/22/22156 - chronology, specifications, merchant service, awards, CO list, photo captions (incl. NHHC 80-G-437387) [other_primary]

   Locator

   Ship chronology bullets; Merchant Service block; Specifications block; photo caption table; awards ribbons

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NavSource Service Ship Photo Archive page 09/22/22156 (Mike Smolinski contributor): chronology - launched 18 February 1945 (MC hull 713, Kaiser Shipbuilding Yard No. 3, Richmond); acquired and commissioned USS General D. E. Aultman (AP-156) 20 May 1945, CAPT Stephen P. Swicegood USCG; WWII passenger transport in Asiatic-Pacific and Europe-Africa-Middle East theaters; occupation service Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater 20-27 September 1945; decommissioned 15 March 1946 at Oakland, CA; struck from Naval Register 28 March 1946; delivered to Maritime Commission; transferred 30 August 1946 to U.S. Army Transportation Service, commissioned USAT General D. E. Aultman; reacquired by Navy 1 March 1950, MSTS, placed in service USNS General D. E. Aultman (T-AP-156); out of service and returned to MARAD 4 June 1958 for NDRF Suisun Bay; struck 1 December 1959. Merchant service: title transfer to Sea-Land Services, Inc. 6 November 1967; converted to containership by Willamette Iron & Steel Co., Portland, OR, 1968; sold to Reynolds Leasing Corp. 11 June 1975; resold by Reynolds for scrapping to Taiwan 11 December 1986. Specifications: complement 32 officers + 324 enlisted; troop accommodations 228 officers + 3,595 enlisted; one Westinghouse geared turbine, two Babcock & Wilcox header-type boilers 465 psi/765 F, double Westinghouse main reduction gears, three 400 kW 240V DC turbo-generators, single propeller 9,000 shp, 13,300 bbls NSFO; armament 4x5"/38, 4 twin 1.1" (replaced by 2 twin 40mm), 16x20mm; call sign NDNI. Awards: American Campaign, EAME, Asiatic-Pacific, WWII Victory, Navy Occupation (Europe clasp), National Defense, Korean Service, UN Service, ROK War Service. COs: CAPT Swicegood (to 12 Aug 1945), CAPT Edward Hodges Thiele USCG (12 Aug 1945-15 Mar 1946). Photo captions document: Willamette River arrival at Portland October 1946 with 3,499 officers, nurses and soldiers from the Okinawa area (Oregonian photo by Frank Sterrett); USNS arrival Naval Station Subic Bay 2 October 1951 disembarking MCB-3 (NHHC photo 80-G-437387); ship 'was maned by the US Coast Guard during WWII.'

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   1945-1986

   Population

   USCG crew; Army/MSTS crews; merchant crews 1968-1986

   Limitations

   Volunteer-compiled but standard reference archive built from official sources - its facts corroborate (and are corroborated by) DANFS, the USCG monograph, and the MARAD cards where they overlap; conflicts carried in gaps (Oakland vs San Francisco decommissioning; 30 Aug as single Army-transfer event vs card's two-step; 1 Dec 1959 strike vs Shipscribe column; EAME-theater occupation credit during Pacific voyage). No asbestos or materials content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-general-d-e-aultman-ap156-05

6. [6]Vatuone v. United States, 94 F. Supp. 592 (N.D. Cal. Dec. 20, 1950) (Harris, J.), CourtListener cluster 8741672, opinion 8724925 [court_record]

   Locator

   94 F. Supp. 592-593 (full opinion text via CourtListener API v4, opinion id 8724925)

   Finding type

   litigation_documented

   Finding

   Other litigation (not asbestos) naming this hull: Vatuone v. United States, 94 F. Supp. 592 (N.D. Cal. 1950), Harris, J. Libel under the Public Vessels Act (46 U.S.C.A. sec. 781 et seq.) by the administratrix of Paul D. Vatuone, a civilian employee of the United States (Department of the Army, rigger, water division, maintenance and repair branch, Shop Section, Fort Mason, San Francisco) who was injured while working aboard 'the USAT General D. E. Aultman, a public vessel of the United States owned and operated by the United States' and died. The government moved to bar the claim on three grounds: exclusivity of the U.S. Employees' Compensation Act (5 U.S.C.A. sec. 751 et seq.); exclusivity of the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act via 46 U.S.C.A. secs. 742, 789; and election of remedy (the libelant had filed a compensation claim). The court held she could elect her remedy because suit was commenced before any award was made and she never accepted compensation (returned the $137.28 check; following Mandel v. United States, 74 F. Supp. 754, Gibbs v. United States, 94 F. Supp. 586, and Wright v. United States, 95 F. Supp. 77). Disposition: motion to dismiss DENIED; libelant AWARDED $40,000 plus costs under the Public Vessels Act on the trial evidence.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   injury aboard during USAT period; opinion filed 1950-12-20

   Population

   Civilian Army maintenance workforce (riggers), Fort Mason water division; injury date unstated in the opinion (vessel styled USAT - i.e., 1946-1950 period)

   Limitations

   A reported district-court merits judgment involving THIS hull - documents that the vessel operated as an Army public vessel and that maintenance/repair workers (riggers, Fort Mason water division) worked aboard during the USAT period. It is a fatal-injury admiralty case, NOT asbestos litigation: the opinion contains no asbestos, dust, or insulation allegation and establishes nothing about exposure. Documents workforce presence aboard, not hazard.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-general-d-e-aultman-ap156-06

7. [7]Farris v. Warren Pumps, LLC, No. 3:08-cv-00231 (N.D. Cal.); CourtListener docket 4171221 (pacer_case_id 199386); MDL-875 member case; terminated 2014-09-22 [court_record]

   Locator

   CourtListener docket metadata + docket entries 17-35 (MDL-875 transfer order; settlement/stipulated-dismissal sequence); complaint doc 1 (19 pp., Brayton Purcell form complaint, indexed text contains 'General D. E. Aultman')

   Finding type

   litigation_documented

   Finding

   Pleading-stage asbestos-litigation mention (not a finding): Farris v. Warren Pumps, LLC, No. 3:08-cv-00231 (N.D. Cal.), a 28:1332 diversity asbestos personal-injury/products-liability complaint filed 14 January 2008 by plaintiff James Farris (Brayton Purcell LLP), nature of suit 368 'P.I.: Asbestos', assigned to Judge Charles R. Breyer. A CourtListener docket-level search for the exact phrase 'General D. E. Aultman' returns this docket and only this docket - the phrase appears in the docket's indexed text, which includes the 19-page complaint (document 1; the remaining available documents are orders, stipulations, and notices). The case was an MDL-875 member case (Transfer Order No. 338 to E.D. Pa., 27 Feb 2009; later returned) and resolved by settlements and stipulated dismissals: e.g., orders granting dismissal with prejudice of asbestos-exposure claims occurring on or after 5 December 1980 as to Huntington Ingalls Inc. f/k/a Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding (5 Mar 2014; 3 Jun 2014), and notice of entry of dismissal of Warren Pumps, LLC (22 Sep 2014). No published opinion in the case names the vessel, and no exposure allegation against this hull was ever adjudicated.

   Verification

   partial

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   complaint filed 2008-01-14; terminated 2014-09-22

   Population

   Plaintiff James Farris (alleged); no adjudicated exposed population

   Limitations

   Classified at the LESS-final stage per litigation discipline: the hull name appears inside a products-liability COMPLAINT - a pleading allegation by a single plaintiff, never adjudicated; the case ended in settlements/stipulated dismissals with no merits finding on this ship. The exact sentence context (plaintiff's exposure-site schedule vs boilerplate vessel list) was not viewable at research time - the RECAP text pull was pending behind the fleet pacing budget; either way it is complaint-stage only. Establishes that a plaintiff alleged some connection to this hull; does not establish exposure, causation, product identification, or outcome.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-general-d-e-aultman-ap156-07

8. [8]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); plant specification: NavSource AP-156 specifications block; design/program context: Shipscribe AP-130 class notes [other_primary]

   Locator

   AJIM 11(3):359-373 (abstract/article); NavSource specifications block; https://usnaux.shipscribe.com/AP/AP130.html class notes

   Finding type

   asbestos_application

   Finding

   Class/era inference only: this hull is a WWII Maritime Commission C4-S-A1 steam transport built 1944-45 at Kaiser Richmond Yard 3 - squarely inside the era and program for which peer-reviewed historical scholarship documents extensive asbestos use as fireproofing and insulation in U.S. shipbuilding, during the period when the federal government had reserved asbestos supply for shipbuilding. Her documented plant - two Babcock & Wilcox header-type boilers at 465 psi/765 F feeding a Westinghouse geared turbine (9,000 shp) on a single screw - is a steam installation of exactly the type era-typically insulated with asbestos-containing materials. Era-consistent applications for the type: boiler and steam-drum insulation; steam-line lagging; turbine and auxiliary-machinery insulation; valve and flange gaskets; machinery packing; accommodation/galley insulation; winch and windlass brake linings.

   Verification

   inferred

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   1944-1986

   Population

   Kaiser Richmond Yard 3 construction trades (1944-45); USCG engineering ratings (1945-46); Army transport engineering crews (1946-50); MSTS engineering crews (1950-58); Willamette Iron & Steel conversion workers (1968); merchant engineering crews (1968-86)

   Limitations

   Era/program-level documentation and design-type inference, not a hull record: the study does not name this vessel, no C4-S-A1 material schedule was located, and nothing establishes that asbestos was or remains aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, individual exposure, or causation. Class/era evidence may contextualize but never upgrades to ship-specific.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-general-d-e-aultman-ap156-08

9. [9]USCG 'The Coast Guard at War' Vol. II Transports (Panama casualty + Portland drydock); Shipscribe AP-156 ship note + class notes (Kaiser 1946 conversion; 1947-48 safety-at-sea round); MARAD status cards (Suisun Bay layup; PORTLAND rename 3-68); NavSource merchant-service entry (Willamette conversion) [other_primary]

   Locator

   USCG monograph voyage narrative; Shipscribe AP-156 ship note and class notes; MARAD MA-383 card 'other data' block and custody card merchant entries; NavSource merchant-service block

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Repair and conversion events aboard the hull (documented as events; asbestos scope not documented): (a) Panama Canal casualty, July-August 1945 - power failure in the locks, collision with canal bank, bent screw and dented hull plates; drydocked (site unnamed in source) and repaired by 12 August 1945; (b) Portland, Oregon, drydock repair for the same Panama damage, 12 October-5 November 1945 (USCG war history); (c) initial Army peacetime conversion by the builder, Kaiser, Richmond, 29 April-26 June 1946 (Shipscribe ship note); (d) Army-era safety/civilian-crew conversions per class pattern (Shipscribe class notes document the 1947-48 'safety-at-sea' conversion round for the C4 transports; this hull's specific conversion file not located); (e) MSTS-period operation 1950-58 then NDRF permanent layup at Suisun Bay 1958-67 (MARAD card: 'Permanent layup - with reimbursement for costs of preservation and special mooring devices required before FY 1960'); (f) 1968 containership conversion by Willamette Iron & Steel Co., Portland, OR (NavSource merchant-service entry; renamed PORTLAND March 1968 per MARAD card).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   1945-1968

   Population

   Canal Zone repair/drydock workers (1945); Portland drydock workers (1945); Kaiser Richmond conversion trades (1946); Willamette Iron & Steel conversion workers (1968)

   Limitations

   Documents repair/conversion events at which asbestos-containing materials - if present - could have been disturbed; the sources say nothing about insulation materials, asbestos abatement, or worker protection at these events, so any asbestos scope is inference only. The events themselves are documented; the asbestos relevance is not.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-general-d-e-aultman-ap156-09

10. [10]MARAD custody cards (Detail 1808); DANFS entry; USCG war history AP-156 section; Shipscribe AP-156 ship note/disposition table; NavSource chronology [other_primary]

    Locator

    Custody card allocation table + MA-383 withdrawal block; DANFS narrative; USCG voyage narrative; Shipscribe tables; NavSource bullets

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Source discrepancies reconciled: (a) Army transfer - NavSource's single 'Transferred, 30 August 1946, to the US Army Transportation Service' and Shipscribe's 'to Army 15 Mar 46' are two steps of one transaction on the MARAD custody card: bareboat delivery to the War Department at San Francisco 3-15-46 10:30AM PST plus transfer of title 8-30-46; both dates are correct for their step. (b) NDRF entry - DANFS/NavSource '4 June 1958' vs MARAD card + database milestones 3 June 1958 (entered Suisun Bay 1845 PDST; custody card 6-3-58 6:45pm PDST): MARAD timestamp adopted. (c) Decommissioning location - DANFS 'San Francisco' + MARAD card delivery '@ San Fran., Calif.' adopted; NavSource 'Oakland' and USCG 'Terminal Island, San Francisco' (Terminal Island is San Pedro) carried as unresolved alternates. (d) Buyer naming - secondary sources variously give 'Sea-Land Services, Inc.' (NavSource) and 'Containership Chartering Service of Wilmington, Delaware' (derivative texts): the custody card names 'Containership Chartering Service, Inc. (Sea-Land Service, Inc.)' - both correct, subsidiary-plus-parent. (e) Voyage dates - USCG monograph's granular log (departed 1 Jul, Marseilles 22 Jul, Humboldt Bay 2 Sep, Portland 12 Oct) vs DANFS (30 Jun, 24 Jul, 4 Sep, 11 Oct): monograph adopted for voyage-level detail as the contemporaneous official record; DANFS variants noted.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    correction

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-25

    Study period

    1945-1986

    Limitations

    Resolves publication-level discrepancies among official and secondary framings; does not affect identity or the custody timeline materially. No asbestos content in any of these sources.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-general-d-e-aultman-ap156-10

11. [11]Batch-2084 search ledger (this record): DANFS/Wayback; USCG 'Coast Guard at War - Transports'; MARAD ShipHistory 1808 + 2 status cards; Shipscribe AP-130; NavSource 09/22/22156; CourtListener API v4 searches (exact name, variants, AP-156, T-AP-156, 'Aultman' asbestos, docket); web asbestos search; NARA deck-log guidance [other_primary]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-general-d-e-aultman-ap156-01 through sl-uss-general-d-e-aultman-ap156-13

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat or condition disclosure, and no adjudicated case naming this hull (as USS/USNS/USAT General D. E. Aultman, AP-156/T-AP-156, MC hull 713, or SS Portland) was found in the public sources searched - DANFS, the official USCG war history, MARAD ShipHistory + both status cards, Shipscribe, NavSource, and CourtListener name/hull/docket searches (see search_ledger). The only asbestos-docket hit (Farris v. Warren Pumps) is a pleading-stage complaint mention, not a finding (ev-...-07); the only other litigation (Vatuone) is a 1950 injury case with no asbestos content (ev-...-06). Law-firm marketing pages list the ship as an asbestos exposure site but are non-authoritative and uncited - excluded per source rules.

    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 1945 steam transport is era-consistent with retained asbestos-containing materials through her service life, and the hull is gone (scrapped Taiwan 1986), so no present-day survey is possible. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-general-d-e-aultman-ap156-11

12. [12]NARA deck-log guidance (archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy + navy-online); NARA Guide to Federal Records RG 178 and RG 26; USCG muster-roll finding aid; NHHC photo credit per NavSource; MARAD card contract notation MA-4422/App. 320 [other_primary]

    Locator

    NARA Navy deck-log page; https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/178.html ; USCG Historian CG Military Muster Rolls 1941-49 finding aid; NavSource photo table; MARAD card withdrawal block

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Archival leads (not retrieved - require research-room or reproduction order; no spend authorized): (1) Navy deck logs for AP-156, 1945-46 - RG 24, Entry 118 (NARA Special List #44 series; digitization of WWII logs ongoing in National Archives Catalog series 'Logbooks of the U.S. Navy Ships and Stations, 1941-1978', NAID 594258, College Park). (2) MSTS deck logs 1950-58 - College Park per NARA logbook guidance. (3) U.S. Coast Guard muster rolls, RG 26, Entry 108A (USCG Military Muster Rolls 1941-49) - personnel-level record of the Coast Guard crew. (4) RG 178 (U.S. Maritime Commission) construction/contract records for MC hull 713, incl. Kaiser Richmond Yard 3 contract file; WSA/War Department transfer file (1946 deliveries). (5) NHHC photograph 80-G-437387 (Subic Bay, 2 Oct 1951, MCB-3 disembarkation). (6) Sea-Land/Wilkes-Barre exchange file under MARAD contract MA-4422 (exchange program application No. 320) - potential conversion-scope documentation.

    Verification

    unverified

    Role

    archival_lead

    Documentation level

    context_only

    Accessed

    2026-09-25

    Study period

    1945-1986 records

    Limitations

    Record-group and finding-aid mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; existence of asbestos-specific documents for this hull is unknown until surveyed. The MA-4422 exchange file is a promising lead for 1968 conversion scope. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-general-d-e-aultman-ap156-12