Evidence
13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).
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[1]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, 'General J. H. McRae (AP-149)' entry - live NHHC page returned HTTP 404 on 2026-09-25; cited via Internet Archive Wayback Machine capture 2024-11-21 of the official NHHC page (published 2015-07-10) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS AP-149 entry: namesake bio, parenthetical specifications line, construction/service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS records: C4-S-A1 transport (9,950 t lt; 522'10" x 71'6" x 24'; 16 k; cpl. 356; trp. 3,343; 4x5", 8x1.1", 16x20mm; General G. O. Squier class), launched 1944-04-26 under Maritime Commission contract by Kaiser Co., Inc., Yard 3, Richmond CA, sponsored by Mrs. Doris May Stallingo of San Francisco; acquired by the Navy 1944-06-19; commissioned 1944-08-08 at Richmond, Comdr. T. R. Cowie in command. WWII service: shakedown San Francisco/Los Angeles; sailed Seattle 1944-09-20 with 2,800+ troops for Honolulu; second Honolulu voyage returned with 3,000 passengers including 240 Japanese POWs; San Francisco to Finschhafen New Guinea (arrived 1944-12-07); Long Beach to Calcutta via Melbourne (arrived 1945-02-20), then Townsville to Madang New Guinea with RAAF troops, via Admiralty and Caroline Islands to Saipan (1945-04-10); 3,100 Australian troops Townsville to Biak and Morotai (1945-05-01); Panama Canal transit to Le Havre embarking 4,000+ troops to Newport News; second France voyage ended Hampton Roads 1945-08-28; Norfolk via Suez to Karachi embarking 3,000 troops to New York (1945-10-15); further voyages to Khorramshahr Iran and Karachi ending New York 1945-12-24. Decommissioned New York 1946-02-27, returned to WSA for peacetime Army transport service. Reacquired 1950-03-01 for MSTS; civilian-manned, New York-United Kingdom to February 1953, then San Francisco-Japan runs; inactivated San Diego 1954-10-29, Pacific Reserve Fleet; transferred to Maritime Administration 1960-06-30, NDRF Suisun Bay. Four battle stars for Korean War service. Namesake Maj. Gen. James H. McRae (1863-1940), 78th Division commander Meuse-Argonne, DSM recipient.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1943-1960
- Limitations
- Authoritative for identity, construction, and Navy/MSTS service history. Contains no asbestos, insulation-material, survey, or crew-health statement; supports no asbestos claim. Live NHHC URL (history.navy.mil/.../general-j-h-mcrae-ap-149.html) 404s as of 2026-09-25 - same NHHC link rot documented in BATCH-01; Wayback capture of the official page cited instead of a third-party transcription.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-general-j-h-mcrae-ap149-01
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[2]NavSource Online Service Ship Photo Archive, 'USNS General J. H. McRae (T-AP-149) ex USAT General J. H. McRae (1946 - 1950) USS General J. H. McRae (AP-149) (1944 - 1946)' - archive page 22149 (Gary P. Priolo, last updated 2025-11-28) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Chronology bullet list, Korean War campaign table, Navy Occupation Service Medal table, Merchant Service block, Specifications block, Commanding Officers list
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource archive page records: laid down date unknown as MC type C4-S-A1 hull (MC hull 666 per NavSource - error, see correction row) at Kaiser Co., Inc., Yard No. 3, Richmond CA; launched 1944-04-26; acquired by Navy 1944-06-16; commissioned 1944-08-08 at Richmond, CDR Terrence R. Cowie; WWII service in Asiatic-Pacific and Europe-Africa-Middle East theaters; decommissioned 1946-02-27 New York; struck 1946-03-12; transferred to WSA, loaned to War Department and commissioned USAT 1946-02-27; returned to Maritime Commission 1947-06-30 for NDRF Suisun Bay layup; reacquired by Navy 1950-03-01, placed in service as USNS General J. H. McRae (T-AP-149) under MSTS. Korean War campaigns: Communist China Spring Offensive 1951-05-06/07; UN Summer-Fall Offensive 1951-08-22/26; Second Korean Winter 1952-03-29/30; Third Korean Winter 1953-03-25/26 (four battle stars). Navy Occupation Service Medal (Europe) periods: nine date ranges 1951-03-16 through 1953-01-17. Out of service San Diego 1954-10-29, Pacific Reserve Fleet; struck from Naval Register 'date unknown'; transferred to MARAD 1960-02-24 for NDRF Suisun Bay. Merchant chain: title transferred 1968-07-16 to Hudson Waterways Corp./McRae Shipping Corp. (MARAD exchange program), renamed SS Transhawaii; converted to containership 1970-03-12; sold to Puerto Rico Maritime Authority 1975-03-05, renamed SS Aguadilla; sold to Merchant Terminal Corp. 1982-09-25, renamed SS Amco Voyager; sold to American Coastal Lines 1984-02-11; sold to Steamco Co. June 1985; sold to Janet Navigation Inc. 1985-11-19, renamed SS Voyager; sold for scrapping in Taiwan 1986-10-02. Specifications block: 9,950 t lt / 17,250 t fl; 522'10" x 71'6" x 26'6"; 16.5 kts; complement 34 officers + 391 enlisted; troop capacity 229 officers + 3,114 enlisted; cargo 1,900 DWT; one Westinghouse geared turbine, two B&W header-type boilers 465 psi/765 F, double Westinghouse main reduction gears, three 400 kW generators, single propeller 9,000 shp; NSFO 13,300 bbls; armament 4x5"/38, four twin 1.1" (replaced by two twin 40mm), 16 single 20mm.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1986
- Limitations
- Volunteer-maintained photo archive whose chronology tracks DANFS and adds merchant-career, specification, campaign-date, and commanding-officer detail; not itself a government record - treated as supporting where it adds detail, verified against DANFS/MARAD/shipscribe where they overlap. 'MC hull 666' contradicts two government status cards reading MC-706 (correction row). Contains no asbestos or insulation-material statement; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-general-j-h-mcrae-ap149-02
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[3]U.S. Maritime Administration, ShipHistory database - GENERAL J. H. McRAE (AP-149), Ship History Detail 1824, including digitized status card images 1824_3375AF.jpg (front, 1947-48 episode), 1824_3375AB.jpg (manuscript note slip), and 1824_3375BF.jpg (Form MA-383, 1960-68 episode) [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- ShipHistory Detail 1824 milestone table; status card images via /cards/1824_3375AF.jpg, /cards/1824_3375AB.jpg, /cards/1824_3375BF.jpg (hull no., entered/withdrawn, reason, specification fields read directly)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- MARAD ShipHistory record and two digitized reserve-fleet status cards: U.S. Official No. 515621; year built 1944; shipyard Kaiser Company; type C4-S-A1, category 'Trooper'; 522.84 ft x 71.5 ft; 13,000 gross / 8,377 net tons; displacement 17,250 t summer / 9,950 t lightweight; fate 'Sold - Scrap'. Card 1 (Suisun H-27, first custody episode): name 'GENERAL J. H. McRAE' (Navy operated), built 'Rich. #3' 1944, entered fleet 1947-06-30 (2500 hrs), reason 'Navy surplus', HULL NO. 706, troop capacity notation 229 off. / 3,114 enl. = 3,343; handwritten marginalia 'Navy Title has Army 3-1-50'; ships papers 'Released to Army'; withdrawn 1948-05-07 (1257 hours), delivered to U.S. Army; attached note slip records an Army request for the ship. Card 2 (Form MA-383, second custody episode): AP-149 General J. H. McRae, builder 'Rich. #3' 1944, HULL NO. MC-706, service prior to lay-up 'Navy (Navy title 3-1-50)', title 'Navy' stamped over 'Temp. Custody / Reimbursable'; entered Suisun Bay 1960-02-24 1250 hrs PST (arrival draft Fwd 19'06" Aft 21'00"); handwritten 'Title transfer Marad 6-30-60' and 'From Navy Reserve Fleet, San Diego, Calif.'; Marad preservation correspondence Navy letter 1959-11-17, Marad reply 1959-11-30; passengers 3,343 (Off. 229 - Enl. 3114); withdrawn 1968-07-25 1130 PDST, reason 'Exchange Program ship left for Hudson Waterways for conversion to containership (some equipment aboardship will be retained by Govt.) The Exchange ship is DOROTHY a Liberty ship, being sold under PD-X-805 at Baltimore'. Database milestones: Entry/Acquisition 1947-06-30 ('GEN JAMES H. McRAE'), Disposition/Withdrawal 1948-05-07 'Navy xfer to Army'; Entry 1960-02-24 'From NavResFlt San Diego'; Disposition/Withdrawal 1968-07-25 'EXCHANGE PROGRAM'.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1968
- Limitations
- Authoritative for government custody milestones, the 1968 exchange, and the MC-706 hull number (both cards read by this researcher). Card handwriting partially legible - 'Maj. Vellerie' name and one marginal annotation read approximately. MARAD coverage ends at the 1968 withdrawal; post-exchange merchant record comes from NavSource and the Flota Mercante opinion. Contains no asbestos, materials, or condition-survey information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-general-j-h-mcrae-ap149-03
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[4]shipscribe.com, 'USS General G. O. Squier (AP-130) Class' class data file (Stephen S. Roberts) - transcription of official Navy Ship Data/MC construction and disposal lists; usnaux.shipscribe.com/AP/AP130.html [other_primary]
- Locator
- Class header (design/machinery/complement), Construction table AP-149 row, Disposition table AP-149 row, Ship Notes AP-149 entry, Class Notes
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official Navy/MC data compilation (shipscribe class file): AP-149 GENERAL J. H. McRAE - keel 1943-11-13, launch 1944-04-26, Navy acquisition 1944-06-19, commission 1944-08-08, builder Kaiser Richmond #3; MC hull 706. Disposition: out of service October 1954; struck from Naval Register 1960-07-01; disposal (title to MA) 1960-06-30; MA sale 1968-07-16. Ship note: decommissioned, to MC, and to Army 1946-02-27, struck 1946-03-12; initial Army peacetime conversion by Atlantic Basin Iron Works, Brooklyn, 1946-03-19 to 1946-05-27; in NDRF 1947-06-30 to 1948-05-07, second conversion completed ca. Dec 1948; from Army to MSTS 1950-03-01, reinstated 1950-04-28; inactivated 1954-10-29, USN reserve 1954-60; to NDRF 1960-02-24; to buyer 1968-07-25; mercantile TRANSHAWAII (container ship, 633 ft oa) 1969, AGUADILLA 1975, AMCO VOYAGER 1982, VOYAGER 1985, scrapped 1986. Class context: C4-S-A1 design derived from George Sharp's American Hawaiian Lines cargo design taken over by the Maritime Commission Oct 1941; Kaiser Richmond #3 purpose-built for the C4 program (30 of 50 Army transports, AP 110-159); Navy manning decision April 1943; ships designed for civilian crews with minimal troopship conversion.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1943-1986
- Limitations
- Researcher-transcribed official Navy and Maritime Commission tabular data (Ships Data U.S. Naval Vessels / MC hull lists) - secondary transcription of primary records; dates reconcile with MARAD status cards wherever they overlap (1947-06-30 entry, 1948-05-07 withdrawal, 1960-02-24 entry, 1968-07-25 withdrawal). Sole source for keel date, strike date, and Army conversion yard; those items carried with source attribution. Contains no asbestos or insulation-material statement; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-general-j-h-mcrae-ap149-04
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[5]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) - applied to this hull's NavSource-documented plant specifications [other_primary]
- Locator
- AJIM 11(3):359-373; plant data from NavSource specifications block (same archive page as ev-02)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- This hull's documented plant - two Babcock & Wilcox header-type boilers (465 psi, 765 F), one Westinghouse geared turbine, double Westinghouse main reduction gears, three 400 kW ship's-service generators, single screw - is a full WWII high-pressure steam installation. Peer-reviewed scholarship 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 C4-S-A1 transport was mass-produced at Kaiser Yard No. 3, Richmond; wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization aboard government-contracted hulls.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1943-1945
- Population
- Construction trades (Kaiser Yard 3, Richmond, 1943-44; Atlantic Basin Iron Works, Brooklyn, 1946 conversions); Navy engine-room crew; USAT/MSTS engineering crew; post-1968 containership conversion yard workers
- Limitations
- Program/era-level scholarly documentation of asbestos use in WWII shipbuilding generally; neither source names this vessel and the plant specification does not itself state insulation content. Asbestos presence aboard this hull is era inference, not ship-proven. Does not establish quantity, location, condition, present-day presence, individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-general-j-h-mcrae-ap149-05
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[6]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 28:9-16 (1946), PMID 21016030 [other_primary]
- Locator
- J Ind Hyg Toxicol 28:9-16 (Jan 1946); PubMed record PMID 21016030
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A 1946 industrial health survey of pipe-covering operations in the construction of U.S. naval vessels documents amosite asbestos as a standard ingredient of pipe-covering material used on Navy vessels, with asbestos cloth and asbestos cement likewise in use; pipe coverers at two government Navy yards and two Navy contract yards were X-rayed and asbestosis cases identified. The survey describes the insulation materials and work practices under which naval transports of this hull's type and era were built.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1946 publication covering wartime construction
- Population
- Pipe coverers/insulators at Navy and Navy-contract yards, 1940s
- Limitations
- Era/program-level documentation of asbestos use in naval-vessel construction; the surveyed yards are anonymized in the published paper, so Kaiser Richmond Yard 3 cannot be confirmed as a surveyed site, and the study does not name this hull. The study's overall 'not a dangerous occupation' conclusion is itself disputed in later literature. Does not establish presence, quantity, or condition of asbestos aboard this vessel, nor any individual exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-general-j-h-mcrae-ap149-06
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[7]Hedley-Whyte, J., and Milamed, D. R., 'Asbestos and Ship-Building: Fatal Consequences,' Ulster Medical Journal 77(3):191-200 (2008), PMID 18956802 / PMC2604477 [other_primary]
- Locator
- PMC2604477; sections on U.S. wartime yard sites naming the Richmond Permanente yards (p. 194ff and Fig. 4)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Peer-reviewed historical review of asbestos in shipbuilding locates the wartime emergency shipbuilding program - including the Kaiser 'Permanente' yards at Richmond, California, where this hull was built - within the concentration of asbestos-related disease mortality around 1941-45 wartime yard sites, with shipyard-worker proportional mortality for asbestosis far exceeding other occupations.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1941-1945 program
- Population
- Wartime Kaiser yard workforces (Richmond CA); shipbuilding trades generally
- Limitations
- Review-level scholarship naming the Kaiser Richmond (Permanente) yards within the wartime asbestos-era shipbuilding program; documents yard/community-level risk, not this hull. Does not establish asbestos presence, quantity, or exposure aboard AP-149. Verification_status 'inferred' reflects inference to this vessel, not doubt about the source.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-general-j-h-mcrae-ap149-07
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[8]In re Joint Eastern and Southern Districts Asbestos Litigation (Robinson v. United States), 891 F.2d 31 (2d Cir. 1989), CourtListener opinion 533004 [court_record]
- Locator
- 891 F.2d 31; CourtListener opinion 533004
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Second Circuit ruling on mesothelioma claims by a mariner aboard War Shipping Administration vessels; the court barred personal-injury claims against the United States on discretionary-function grounds. This hull was returned to WSA custody 1946-02-27 concurrent with Army Transportation Service operation - the fleet-level jurisdictional context applicable to any asbestos claim framed against the government for the WSA/ATS period; the opinion names no vessel and is not a hull finding.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1989 ruling; covers wartime-WSA-era claims
- Population
- Merchant mariners / maritime plaintiffs in WSA-vessel litigation
- Limitations
- Controlling appellate authority for government-liability questions on WSA-era vessels only; names no hull, adjudicates no exposure aboard this vessel, and the ship's WSA custody was nominal title-holding while operated by the Army Transportation Service. Provides no exposure evidence for AP-149.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-general-j-h-mcrae-ap149-08
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[9]Complaint of Flota Mercante Grancolombiana, S.A., 440 F. Supp. 704 (S.D.N.Y. 1977), Brieant DJ - CourtListener opinion/cluster 1817778, docket 72 Civ. 4036-CLB [court_record]
- Locator
- 440 F. Supp. 704, 'The Vessels' section; CourtListener 'Transhawaii' opinion search returned this as the sole opinion hit
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- A docketed admiralty opinion names this hull under her merchant identity: the court's 'Vessels' section states 'The TRANSHAWAII is a steam turbine containership of United States registry. Although she began life as a C-4 troop transport, in 1968 and 1969 she was converted and rebuilt by Maryland Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. of Baltimore' - a judicial finding confirming the hull's origin as a C-4 troop transport, its 1968-69 containership conversion at Maryland Shipbuilding & Drydock, Baltimore, and post-conversion particulars (13,487 gross / 9,630 net tons; 632 ft 10.5 in x 71 ft 6 in). The action arose from the 1972-09-14 collision off Cape Hatteras between M/V REPUBLICA DE COLOMBIA and S.S. TRANSHAWAII (owned and operated by Hudson Waterways Corporation).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1972-1977
- Population
- Merchant marine officers and crew (1970s containership period); longshoremen at collision litigation ports
- Limitations
- Maritime collision/liability litigation, NOT asbestos or toxic-exposure litigation - the opinion addresses materials aboard the hull only by describing the conversion. It is ship-specific documentation of identity and the 1968-69 conversion, not exposure evidence. Conversion date here (1968-69 construction complete) precedes NavSource's 'converted to container ship 1970-03-12' entry (likely delivery/completion milestone); carried as approximate range.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-general-j-h-mcrae-ap149-09
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[10]Batch-2076 search ledger (this record): DANFS/NHHC (Wayback capture), NavSource 22149, MARAD ShipHistory Detail 1824 + status cards, shipscribe AP130 class file, HAER CA-326-L, CourtListener API v4 name/hull searches (opinion + docket), NARA logbook guidance [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-general-j-h-mcrae-ap149-01 through -15
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, insulation schedule, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or asbestos case naming General J. H. McRae (AP-149 / T-AP-149 / USAT / SS Transhawaii / SS Aguadilla / SS Amco Voyager / SS Voyager) was found in the public sources searched - DANFS, NavSource, MARAD ShipHistory + both status cards, shipscribe official-data compilation, and HAER CA-326-L contain no asbestos or insulation-material statement; CourtListener searches returned zero opinions for 'General J. H. McRae', 'T-AP-149', 'McRae Shipping', and 'SS Aguadilla'; 'General McRae' returned three name collisions (19th-century North Carolina cases); 'AP-149' returned eighteen name collisions (appeal/docket/license numbers); 'Aguadilla ship' returned municipality/person collisions only; 'Transhawaii' returned the single non-asbestos collision case at ev-09 (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 1944 Kaiser-built steam transport is era-consistent with asbestos-containing insulation, and CourtListener coverage is not the full docket universe (PACER and state dockets not searched; 'Amco Voyager' query stood down by fleet pacing at session end). 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-j-h-mcrae-ap149-10
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[11]MARAD status cards 1824_3375AF.jpg and 1824_3375BF.jpg (hull no., date fields) vs NavSource archive 22149 (MC 666; acquired 16 Jun; complement; merchant block) vs DANFS (acquired 19 Jun; cpl. 356) vs shipscribe AP130 (keel/strike/sale dates; MC# 706) vs usmaritimecommission.de C4 drawings page (MC-706 corroboration) [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Status cards 'HULL NO.' and ENTERED/WITHDRAWN fields; NavSource 'Laid down'/Specifications/Merchant Service blocks; DANFS narrative; shipscribe Construction/Disposition/Ship Notes tables
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Source discrepancies resolved/logged: (a) Maritime Commission hull number - two MARAD reserve-fleet status cards (government records) read '706' and 'MC-706', the shipscribe official-data table gives MC# 706, and the MC-design drawings archive independently lists 'MC-706 ... Transhawaii (ex- General J.H. McRae)'; NavSource gives 'MC hull 666' - carried as an error (per shipscribe, MC 666 is AP-143 General H. B. Freeman). Government card value 706 adopted. (b) Acquisition date - NavSource 'acquired by the Navy 16 June 1944' vs DANFS/shipscribe 'acquired 19 June 1944'; the 16 June figure corresponds to completion/delivery under MC contract while 19 June is the Navy acquisition date - distinct events carried as such. (c) Complement - DANFS 'cpl. 356' vs NavSource 34 officers + 391 enlisted (425) vs shipscribe class table 340 (1944); all carried separately, not merged. (d) MARAD transfer - physical custody at Suisun Bay NDRF 1960-02-24 1250 PST per status card ('From Navy Reserve Fleet, San Diego'), title transfer to MARAD 1960-06-30 per status-card marginalia and shipscribe/DANFS, struck from Naval Register 1960-07-01 per shipscribe (NavSource 'date unknown', NavalCoverMuseum 'July 1960') - reconciled as sequential steps. (e) 1968 exchange - title transfer/MA sale 1968-07-16 (shipscribe, NavSource) vs withdrawal delivered 1968-07-25 (MARAD card) - sale approval vs delivery. (f) Keel date 1943-11-13 appears only in shipscribe's official-data compilation; DANFS and NavSource give none - carried with attribution. (g) Final disposition - NavSource/shipscribe 'sold for scrapping Taiwan 1986-10-02'/'scrapped 1986' vs Wikipedia infobox 'scrapped 1987' - sale vs demolition completion.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1943-1986
- Limitations
- Resolves publication-level identifier and date discrepancies without materially affecting identity or the custody timeline. None of the sources involved carries asbestos content; the correction function is identity/chain-of-custody accuracy only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-general-j-h-mcrae-ap149-11
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[12]Historic American Engineering Record, HAER No. CA-326-L, 'Rosie the Riveter National Historical Park, Kaiser Shipyards' (O'Connor et al., NPS/Library of Congress), ca3393data.pdf [haer]
- Locator
- HAER CA-326-L historical overview: Yard 3 construction and C4-program sections (pp. 15-16, 43-44 of transcription)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Federal engineering documentation of the builder site: HAER CA-326-L records that Kaiser erected Richmond Yard 3 (begun January 1942, 156 acres at Potrero Point) specifically for the C4 Army troop-transport contract, with five 590' x 100' graving docks; the first C4 was laid in an incomplete basin mid-May 1942; the class lead ship General G. O. Squier took six months to launch and required Westinghouse gear specialists and an MC chief inspector to complete her turbine installation; a C4 troopship required about 8,000 tons of steel. This documents the construction program at the yard that built this hull (MC 706).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1940-1946 yard history
- Population
- Kaiser Yard 3 workforce (Richmond, 1942-1946)
- Limitations
- Federal documentation of the builder yard and C4 program, not of this hull - the document does not name AP-149 and contains no asbestos or insulation-material statement (full text searched). Documents the construction environment only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-general-j-h-mcrae-ap149-12
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[13]NARA, 'Logbooks of the US Navy at the National Archives' (RG 24 Entry 118) and '1941-1959 Deck Logs' guidance pages; NARA Catalog interactive search [other_primary]
- Locator
- https://www.archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy ; https://www.archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/digitized-logs
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival lead (not retrieved - requires research-room or reproduction order; no spend authorized): NARA Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel, RG 24, Entry 118 (National Archives Identifier 581208) holds Navy logbooks; the 1941-1959 deck-log series at College Park would cover this hull's 1944-46 USS deck logs and the 1950-54 USNS period if retained; muster rolls for the Navy crew are in the same record group. MSTS-era operational records for civilian-manned transports may sit in separate MSTS/MSC series. Deck logs and muster lists could corroborate shipboard conditions and personnel during the asbestos era.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1954 records
- Limitations
- Record-group mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; digitization status of AP-149's specific logs not confirmed (NARA Catalog search requires an interactive session and did not resolve hull-specific file units via automated access). Existence of any asbestos-specific document is unknown until surveyed. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-general-j-h-mcrae-ap149-13