Evidence
13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).
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[1]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 and emergency Maritime Commission program under which this C4-S-A1 hull (MC 667) was built at Kaiser Richmond Yard 3 in 1944-45, when the federal government had reserved asbestos supply for shipbuilding. For a steam-turbine transport of this type, era-typical applications were boiler and steam-drum insulation, steam-line lagging, valve and flange gaskets, machinery packing, insulation board in accommodation spaces, and winch/windlass brake linings.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- 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); here: Kaiser Richmond Yard 3 trades and USCG ship's company
- Limitations
- Program/era-level scholarly documentation of asbestos use in WWII shipbuilding generally; does not name this vessel and does not establish that asbestos was or remains aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, individual exposure, or causation. The product list is era-typical inference for the C4-S-A1 steam plant, not a ship specification.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-general-h-f-hodges-ap144-01
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[2]Fleischer, W.E., Viles, F.J. Jr., Gade, R.L., and Drinker, P., 'A health survey of pipe covering operations in constructing naval vessels,' Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology 28(1):9-16 (1946), PMID 21016030 [other_primary]
- Locator
- J Ind Hyg Toxicol 1946 Jan;28:9-16; PMID 21016030 (no abstract at PubMed; full text via journal facsimile)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Contemporaneous U.S. Navy/Maritime Commission-era industrial-hygiene survey (fieldwork in two Government Navy yards and two Navy contract yards, published January 1946 - the construction period of this hull) states that 'an important ingredient of pipe covering material used on U.S. Navy vessels is amosite,' a South African asbestos mineral, used in felt and pipe covering for its low thermal conductivity, light weight, strength, and refractoriness. Documents that amosite asbestos pipe covering was standard material in naval-vessel construction of this era.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- survey conducted 1940s, published 1946
- Population
- Pipe coverers and insulation workers at WWII Navy and Navy-contract yards (class context)
- Limitations
- Industry/era-level survey of pipe-covering operations at four anonymized yards (A-D), not a survey of this hull or of Kaiser Yard 3; establishes material standard for the type, not presence aboard AP-144. The paper's 'not a dangerous occupation' conclusion is criticized in later literature as a flawed epidemiological reading - cited here only for the materials documentation, not its health conclusion. Does not establish quantity, condition, individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-general-h-f-hodges-ap144-02
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[3]Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. CA-326-L, 'Rosie the Riveter National Historical Park, Kaiser Shipyards' (Tassava written historical report, National Park Service, Library of Congress record); with NPS Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front NHP 'Historic Richmond Shipyards' page (nps.gov/rori) [haer]
- Locator
- HAER CA-326-L written historical data, pp. 15-16 (Yard 3 construction), p. 30 (8,000-ton steel figure), pp. 43-44 (Squier turbine/outfitting); LOC ca3393data.pdf; https://www.nps.gov/rori/learn/historyculture/historic-richmond-shipyards.htm
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Federal written history documents the construction environment of this hull's builder: Kaiser erected the 156-acre Yard No. 3 at Potrero Point, Richmond, beginning January 1942, around five 590-by-100-foot graving docks specifically to build the C4 troop transports - this hull's type. The C4s were far more complex than Liberty ships (~8,000 tons of steel each; the NPS park page puts it at ~130,000 components vs ~9,600 for a Liberty); Yard 3 needed six months to launch its first C4 (GENERAL GEORGE O. SQUIER, AP-130, MC hull 653) and nine months of outfitting work with Maritime Commission inspectors and imported Westinghouse 'gear men' to install the turbine engine.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1940-1946 (report 2006-2007 era)
- Population
- Kaiser Richmond Yard 3 workforce (1942-1945)
- Limitations
- Documents the builder yard and C4 program, not this named hull - hull 667 is not individually described. The full written report contains NO asbestos or insulation-material statement; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-general-h-f-hodges-ap144-03
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[4]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS), 'General H. F. Hodges' / AP-144 - Haze Gray & Underway transcription mirror (canonical NHHC page history.navy.mil/.../danfs/g/general-h-f-hodges.html returned 404 on 2026-09-25; standing NHHC link-rot issue since batch-01) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS AP-144 entry, full text (hazegray transcription via losthistory.net mirror; hyperwar USN page lists specs only)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record: namesake Major General Harry Foote Hodges (1860-1929), USMA graduate, Army engineer (Chief Engineer, Department of Cuba; assisted in building the Panama Canal), A.E.F. division commander in WWI (Distinguished Service Medal). Launched 1945-01-03 under Maritime Commission contract by Kaiser Co., Inc., Yard 3, Richmond, Calif. (sponsor Mrs. Hodges Dickson); acquired by the Navy and commissioned April 1945, Comdr. C. H. Hilton, USCG, in command. WWII: sailed San Francisco 1945-05-10 with 3,000+ troops and Army nurses; Hollandia, Manila, Leyte, Biak over two months; back to San Francisco 1945-07-04; departed 7-08 for New York via Panama Canal, departed 8-05 for Naples - at sea at the Japanese capitulation; returned Boston 8-31; two Suez-Canal voyages to India returning U.S. troops (second reached New York Christmas Eve); departed New York 1946-01-31 for Ceylon and India, continuing via Pacific islands to the U.S., arriving 1946-03-28 (USCG voyage table: Seattle 3-19); decommissioned Seattle 1946-05-13 and returned to the Maritime Commission for transfer to the Army Transport Service. MSTS: reacquired 1950-03-01, civil-service crew, New York-to-European-port troop/dependent/supply runs and Bremerhaven-to-New York refugee lifts; 1958 amphibious exercise off North Carolina; returned to Maritime Administration 1958-06-10 (transcription prints '1058'), NDRF Hudson River. Type data: C4-S-A1-class General G. O. Squier; dp. 9,950; l. 522'10"; b. 71'6"; dr. 24'; s. 16 k.; cpl. 356; trp. 3,823; a. 4 5", 4 40mm., 16 20mm.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1945-1958 (entry compiled ~1960s)
- Population
- USCG ship's company 1945-1946; embarked troops, veterans, and refugees on transport runs
- Limitations
- Authoritative Navy narrative history; compiled circa 1960s ('where she remains' is a compilation-era statement). Contains no asbestos or materials statement; supports no asbestos claim. Transcription contains typographical artifacts ('a April 1945,' '1058'); the commissioning day's precise date (April 6) and the out-of-service date rest on USCG history, NavSource, and the MARAD status card.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-general-h-f-hodges-ap144-04
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[5]U.S. Maritime Administration, ShipHistory database - GENERAL H. F. HODGES (AP-144), Ship History Detail 1816, incl. digitized vessel status cards (/cards/1816_3357AF.jpg Form MA-383 Reserve Fleet Ship Particulars; /cards/31c4e7f0-3b31-49c7-8ca7-fc313849598e.png Vessel Status Card) [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- ShipHistory Detail 1816 milestone table + status card scans read directly (Form MA-383 Reserve Fleet Ship Particulars; Vessel Status Card O.N. 509,958)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD record + vessel status cards (primary custody documents): Year Built 1945; Official No. 509958; MARAD type C4-S-A1; MC Hull No. 667; Kaiser Co., Inc., Richmond SY; completed 4-6-45. Basis to W.S.A.: delivered by builders to USMC at Richmond 4-6-45 1:00 PM PWT; to Navy Dept. same time (LB agreement). Navy Dept. surplus to War Dept. at Seattle 5-13-46 10:00 AM PST (BB agreement; permanent 'Trans.' entry 8-30-46). NAVY DEPT. TITLE 3-1-50. Reserve Fleet (Permanent Transfer), Hudson River 6-16-58 11:45 AM EDST (status card particulars: 'Reimbursable,' perm. layup, Group 22 Transports; arrival draft fwd 18'0" aft 23'2"; MSTS letter 3-1-58/Marad reply 3-6-58, Navy letter 4-29-58/Marad reply 5-15-58 re preservation and special mooring costs before FY 1960). Withdrawn 8-3-67 10:30 AM EST - 'Exchange Program,' contract MA-4350, delivered to Merrimac Transport Inc./James River Transport, Inc.; exchange ship received: LEBANON. Renamed 'JAMES' 8-67. Sold 6-20-79 'to Keun Hwa Iron Steel Works and Enterprise Ltd. (for scrapping in Taiwan)' (card spelling; NavSource renders 'Kuen Hwa Iron and Steel Works Enterprise Ltd.'). ShipHistory milestones corroborate: Entry/Acquisition 6-16-58; Disposition/Withdrawl 8-3-67 'EXCHANGE PROGRAM'; Fate 'Sold - Scrap'; missions WWII and Korean War. A partially legible handwritten damages/annotation block references a 'Champagne memo 6-2-61' and 1961 Air Force correspondence (a struck-through line and 'see air force ltr 8-4-61') - consistent with a cancelled conversion interest, not asserted as fact.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1945-1979
- Population
- NDRF Hudson River lay-up workforce (1958-1967); MSTS inactivation crews (1958)
- Limitations
- Authoritative for government custody, contract, and flag milestones; status cards are custody documents and contain NO materials, condition-survey, or asbestos data. Handwriting partially legible (card images read 2026-09-25); the 1961 annotation is not resolved. Merchant-period owners between the 1967 exchange and the 1979 scrapping sale are not itemized on the cards (Ogden SS Co. ownership and IMO 6903175 rest on compiled sources).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-general-h-f-hodges-ap144-05
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[6]U.S. Coast Guard, 'The Coast Guard at War: Transports & Escorts, Vol. II - Transports,' Historical Section, Public Information Division, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 1949-05-01 - USS GENERAL H. F. HODGES (AP-144) section (HyperWar/ibiblio transcription) [other_primary]
- Locator
- USCG V2-Transports index page, AP-144 section (between the preceding General-class entry and AP-155 General A. W. Brewster)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official USCG war-history section for this hull: built at Kaiser Shipyard No. 3, Richmond, Calif.; commissioned April 6, 1945; shakedown exercises and post-shakedown availability at Oakland; maiden voyage embarked troops at San Francisco. 'The Hodges was 523 feet long with a 72 foot beam and displaced 15,900 tons... drew 26 feet and at an average speed of 17 knots had a cruising radius of 9600 miles. She accomodated 5830 personnel including 112 crew members. Her only commanding officer was Captain Carl H. Hilton, USCG.' Five voyages in one year - one around the world (Philippines; Naples; Karachi; Calcutta x2): EASTBOUND - San Francisco 5/11/45 to Finschaven 5/26, Hollandia 5/27, Manila 6/3; New York 8/6/45 to Naples 8/17; Boston 9/8/45 via Gibraltar 9/16 and Port Said 9/22 to Calcutta 10/3; New York 11/8/45 via Port Said 11/22 to Karachi 11/29; New York 1/31/46 via Port Said 2/15 and Colombo 2/25 to Calcutta 3/1. WESTBOUND - Manila 6/6/45 (Tacloban 6/14, Biak 6/17, Woendi 6/19) to San Francisco 7/4/45, then to New York 7/23; Naples 8/21/45 to Boston 8/31; Calcutta 10/6/45 (Ceylon 10/7, Suez 10/19) to New York 11/1; Karachi 12/1/45 (Suez 12/9) to New York 12/25; Calcutta 3/5/46 to Seattle 3/19/46. Decommissioned at Seattle May 13, 1946, Coast Guard crew removed.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1945-1946 (published 1949)
- Population
- USCG ship's company 1945-1946; embarked troops/nurses on five voyages
- Limitations
- Official USCG historical-section publication (1949), ship-specific and voyage-detailed; minor conflicts with DANFS (SF departure 5/11 vs 5/10; Seattle arrival 3/19 vs 3/28; '112 crew members' vs DANFS cpl. 356; disp. 15,900 vs 17,250 fl) are logged in gaps - DANFS type-data figures control. Contains no asbestos or materials statement; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-general-h-f-hodges-ap144-06
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[7]Manhat v. United States, 220 F.2d 143 (2d Cir. 1955), Medina, J. (affirming S.D.N.Y., 113 F. Supp. 595 and 121 F. Supp. 196); cert. denied June 6, 1955 - CourtListener clusters 7011019 and 236002 [court_record]
- Locator
- Opinion 220 F.2d 143 (2d Cir., argued 1954-12-09, decided 1955-02-09, No. 32, Docket 23089; cert. denied 1955-06-06); district rulings 113 F. Supp. 595 and 121 F. Supp. 196 (S.D.N.Y.)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Verified court record naming this hull as United States Naval Ship 'General H. F. Hodges': on 1951-04-05 a 27-foot aluminum lifeboat (weighing ~2.5 tons) suspended outboard fell from the ship onto Pier 45, Brooklyn, injuring Gavor Manhat, an employee of Stuart Marine Painting Corp. who had been ordered aboard to scrape, dust, and paint it. The ship 'was undergoing certain alterations and repairs which were being performed by Project [Construction Corporation] under a written contract with the United States'; Project had sublet the lifeboat cleaning and painting to Stuart. The district court found no negligence and no unseaworthiness (res ipsa rejected - the probable cause was that someone in the boat moved the Rottmer-type releasing gear's handle to the release position); the Second Circuit affirmed, and the Supreme Court denied certiorari. Documents a substantial early-1951 Navy-contract repair/alteration period aboard this hull at Pier 45 (Project had a February 1950 Department of the Navy contract 'for the repair and alteration of vessels' and was 'ordered to make some repairs on the General H. F. Hodges' in March 1951).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1951-1955
- Population
- Project Construction Corp. and Stuart Marine Painting Corp. repair workforce aboard USNS General H. F. Hodges at Pier 45, Brooklyn (early 1951)
- Limitations
- Personal-injury/unseaworthiness litigation, NOT asbestos litigation and not exposure evidence - classified 'other litigation.' Litigation-stage discipline: a completed adjudication through appeal; the United States and the contractors prevailed on negligence and unseaworthiness. The February 1950/March 1951 Navy repair contract is court evidence of a yard period aboard this hull; asbestos scope of that work is not addressed by the opinion and is not inferred here.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-general-h-f-hodges-ap144-07
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[8]Project Construction Corp. v. Stuart Marine Painting Corp., 144 F. Supp. 932 (E.D.N.Y. 1956), Galston, J. - CourtListener cluster 8740132 [court_record]
- Locator
- Opinion 144 F. Supp. 932-933 (E.D.N.Y., filed 1956-09-21, No. 19791)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Verified court record naming this hull in the same 1951 repair period: Project Construction Corp., holder of a February 1950 Department of the Navy contract 'for the repair and alteration of vessels,' was ordered in March 1951 'to make some repairs on the General H. F. Hodges' and subcontracted the lifeboat 'cleaning, scaling and painting' to Stuart Marine Painting. After the lifeboat fell onto Pier 45 and was severely damaged, Project sued Stuart for ~$8,000 replacement cost; Stuart answered that the loss was caused by Project's failure to secure the boat and by permitting it to swing out over the pier. On Project's Rule 56 motion the court held the Manhat rulings did not settle Stuart's liability and DENIED summary judgment - 'the issues herein should be resolved by trial and not on motion.' Final outcome not traced.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1951-1956
- Population
- Project Construction Corp. and Stuart Marine Painting Corp. repair workforce aboard USNS General H. F. Hodges (1951)
- Limitations
- Contractor-v-subcontractor indemnity/property-damage litigation, NOT asbestos litigation and not exposure evidence - classified 'other litigation.' Litigation-stage discipline: interlocutory order denying summary judgment; no merits adjudication of liability is in the record reviewed. Establishes the fact of contracted repair work aboard the hull in March-April 1951, not the materials involved.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-general-h-f-hodges-ap144-08
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[9]In re: Asbestos Products Liability Litigation (No. VI), MDL No. 875 (J.P.M.L., Judge Eduardo C. Robreno), docket entry 6922 attachment 3 (filed 2011-03-25): complaint in Lantta v. A.W. Chesterton Company et al., No. 3:11-cv-00068 (W.D. Wis., filed 2011-01-25) [court_record]
- Locator
- MDL No. 875 master docket entry 6922, attachment 3 'Complaint WIW 3:11-00068' (recap gov.uscourts.jpml.375294.6922.3); underlying case W.D. Wis. 3:11-cv-00068 (filed 2011-01-25, Magistrate Judge Crocker)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- This vessel's name appears in the text of a private plaintiff's asbestos complaint: a CourtListener docket search for 'General H. F. Hodges' returned one hit - the MDL-875 master docket, via a 'Notice of Potential Tag-Along' (entry 6922, filed 2011-03-25 by defendant Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend, LLC) whose attachment 3 is the complaint in Lantta v. A.W. Chesterton Company et al., 3:11-cv-00068-slc (W.D. Wis.), a diversity asbestos personal-injury suit ('368 P.I.: Asbestos'). The vessel name matches within the 30-page complaint attachment, consistent with a plaintiff's ship/service-location allegation; the precise naming context within the complaint was not extracted, and the disposition of the naming allegation is not traced.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 2011
- Population
- James S. Lantta (plaintiff, asbestos PI suit)
- Limitations
- PLEADING-STAGE ALLEGATION ONLY - a complaint's vessel naming is an allegation, not a finding: no adjudication of exposure aboard this hull, and the complaint text naming the ship was not read in context (matched by full-text docket search). Under litigation-stage discipline this is classified at the pleading stage, the least final stage; it is not evidence that the plaintiff was aboard or exposed aboard this vessel. No other qualifying asbestos opinion or docket naming the hull was located.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-general-h-f-hodges-ap144-09
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[10]Associated Press / Herald-Tribune and Fox News reporting (2009-05) on pre-sinking environmental remediation of ex-USNS General Hoyt S. Vandenberg (T-AGM-10), a same-type General G. O. Squier-class C4-S-A1 hull built at Kaiser Richmond Yard 3 (as General Harry Taylor, AP-145); MARAD ShipHistory Detail 1821 corroborates reefing disposal 2009 [reputable_press]
- Locator
- Herald-Tribune/AP 2009-05-26 and Fox News/AP 2009-05-28 cleanup inventories; MARAD ShipHistory Detail 1821 milestones (transfer 3/30/2007, sunk 5/27/2009)
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- Class-level corroboration that hulls of this type carried asbestos to end of life: sister C4-S-A1 transport General Harry Taylor (AP-145, later USAF/Navy missile-tracker USNS General Hoyt S. Vandenberg T-AGM-10), built at the same Kaiser Yard 3, underwent months of pre-sinking cleanup at Norfolk before reefing off Key West 2009-05-27; press reports attribute to the remediation removal of 81 bags of asbestos, 193 tons of potentially carcinogenic materials, 46 tons of floatable refuse, ~300 lb of mercury-containing materials, and ~185 55-gallon drums of paint chips, with permitting across ~18 federal/state/local agencies. MARAD milestones confirm transfer to the State of Florida 2007-03-30 and intentional sinking 2009-05-27.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 2007-2009 (sister hull built 1943-44)
- Population
- Remediation workforce on sister hull Vandenberg (2008-2009); divers (post-sinking)
- Limitations
- Sister-hull evidence only - documents asbestos aboard a same-type, same-yard, same-era hull at disposal, NOT aboard AP-144. Quantities are press-reported figures from cleanup organizers (no government remediation manifest located; the Vandenberg atlas record in batch-9530 likewise found no hull-specific abatement document). The sister hull's decades of USAF instrumentation service mean its 2009 material load is not a baseline for this hull's wartime configuration.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-general-h-f-hodges-ap144-10
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[11]Batch-2072 search ledger (this record): DANFS transcription; MARAD ShipHistory 1816 + status cards; USCG Coast Guard at War AP-144 section; HAER CA-326-L; NavSource page; CourtListener name/hull/docket searches; UK TNA manifest series; cruise-book scan [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-general-h-f-hodges-ap144-01 through sl-uss-general-h-f-hodges-ap144-12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, construction specification, or adjudicated asbestos finding names AP-144, T-AP-144, MC hull 667, ON 509958, or SS James in the public sources searched. MARAD status cards, the DANFS entry, the USCG war-history section, and the HAER Kaiser-yards report contain no asbestos or insulation-material statement. CourtListener hits classified: 'General H. F. Hodges' = Manhat + Project Construction (non-asbestos injury/contract matters, classified 'other litigation'); the sole asbestos-matter hit is the Lantta complaint naming the hull - a pleading-stage allegation, not a finding (ev-09); 'AP-144' = docket-number/string collisions only (22 hits, none vessel-related); 'T-AP-144' = no result (see search_ledger).
- 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 asbestos-containing materials, documented sister-hull remediation (ev-10) is class-consistent, and one plaintiff has alleged (not proven) exposure context naming this hull (ev-09). The hull's refit/conversion periods (1946 Army conversion; the court-documented March-April 1951 Pier 45 repair/alteration; 1950s refits; 1967-68 merchant conversion) are undocumented at materials level, and she was scrapped in Taiwan in 1979 leaving no present-day survey population. 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-h-f-hodges-ap144-11
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[12]NARA Guide to Federal Records: RG 24 (Navy deck logs, 'Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations,' NAID 594258 series), RG 178 (U.S. Maritime Commission), RG 248 (War Shipping Administration); NARA research guide 'Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessels up through 1961' (RG 19 Bureau of Ships correspondence; RG 38 material inspection reports); UK National Archives BT 26/1275/173 (MSTS passenger list, New York-Southampton 1951-06-13); WWII cruise book 1945-46 digitized by private collector (navysite.de) [other_primary]
- Locator
- archives.gov RG guides 24/178/248 + asbestos research guide; catalog.archives.gov series 594258; discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk C9162863; navysite.de/cruisebooks/ap144-45
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - no box-level work or paid reproduction authorized): (a) RG 24 Navy deck logs for USS AP-144, 1945-04 to 1946-05 (commissioned Navy service; NDL/NAID 594258 digitization status for this hull unverified); (b) RG 178 USMC Construction Division and West Coast Director for Construction files - path for Kaiser Richmond Yard 3 / MC hull 667 construction and outfitting specifications; (c) NARA's asbestos-research guide points naval-vessel asbestos research to Bureau of Ships correspondence (RG 19) and material inspection reports (RG 38) - the record groups most likely to hold any materials-specific file for this hull; (d) Army Transport Service USAT logs and MSTS records for the 1946-1958 period, incl. the February 1950 Navy repair-and-alteration contract under which the 1951 Pier 45 work was performed; (e) UK TNA BT 26/1275/173 passenger manifest documents a 1951-06-13 New York-to-Southampton MSTS crossing; (f) a 1945-46 ship's cruise book exists as a private-collector digitization (navysite.de) - a period shipboard document that could be examined for accommodation/machinery detail.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1979 records
- Limitations
- Record-group mapping only; existence of asbestos-specific documents for this hull is unknown until surveyed in person. The cruise-book scan is an unofficial collector site - content unverified. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-general-h-f-hodges-ap144-12
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[13]Data conflicts across official and compiled sources: MARAD status card 'MC Hull No. 667' vs NavSource/Wikipedia 'MC hull 711'; USCG '112 crew members' vs DANFS cpl. 356; voyage-date and specification variants; stricken dates [other_primary]
- Locator
- MARAD status cards 1816; USCG V2-Transports AP-144; DANFS AP-144; NavSource 09/22/22144; NavalCoverMuseum AP-144 page; batch-2068 AP-140 record (MC 663)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Conflicts resolved and logged: (a) MC hull number - the MARAD vessel status card (primary custody document) reads 'MC Hull No. 667,' consistent with the Yard 3 C4 sequence documented for sisters (AP-130 General G. O. Squier = MC 653; AP-140 General M. B. Stewart = MC 663 per its own status card); compiled 'MC hull 711' (NavSource/Wikipedia) is rejected as a transcription/contract-block error - the same error pattern resolved for AP-140 in batch-2068 - and not carried as fact. (b) Commissioning date - DANFS transcription's bare 'April 1945' is filled out as 1945-04-06 by the USCG war history ('commissioned April 6, 1945'), NavSource, and the status-card builder-delivery stamp (4-6-45 1:00 PM PWT). (c) DANFS transcription artifacts 'a April 1945' and '10 June 1058' are typographical; the MSTS out-of-service date is carried as 1958-06-10 per NavSource/NavalCoverMuseum. (d) USCG history figures 'disp. 15,900 t / accomodated 5830 personnel including 112 crew members' conflict with DANFS type data (9,950 lt / 17,250 fl; cpl. 356; trp. 3,823) - DANFS figures carried, USCG variants logged. (e) Voyage-date variants (SF departure 5/10 DANFS vs 5/11 USCG; Seattle arrival 3/28 DANFS vs 3/19 USCG) - both logged, not merged. (f) Stricken dates - NavalCoverMuseum's 1946-06-19 (first strike) and 1958-07-24 (second strike) are unverified compiled claims; NavSource lists 'date unknown' - carried as unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1979
- Limitations
- Resolves publication-level discrepancies among official and compiled sources; the MC-hull correction rests on the MARAD card plus class-sequence consistency - a definitive original MC contract register was not pulled. No asbestos content in any of these sources.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-general-h-f-hodges-ap144-13