USS General W. G. Haan (AP-158)

Evidence

13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).

1. [1]NavSource Online Service Ship Photo Archive, USNS General W. G. Haan (T-AP-158) page - Specifications block, propulsion section (volunteer-maintained archival transcription; via Wayback capture 2024-12-09); shipscribe.com General G. O. Squier (AP-130) class page - class machinery data (Westinghouse turbine, 1 screw, 9,000 HP) [other_primary]

   Locator

   NavSource 'Specifications' block (Propulsion); shipscribe https://www.shipscribe.com/usnaux/AP/AP130.html class data header

   Finding type

   asbestos_application

   Finding

   The vessel's documented machinery plant is a high-pressure steam installation of the WWII emergency construction era: two Babcock & Wilcox header-type boilers at 465 psi / 765 deg F superheat, one Westinghouse geared turbine, double Westinghouse main reduction gears, and three 400 kW 240 V DC ship's-service generators driving a single propeller. In this configuration and era, boiler and steam-drum insulation, steam-line lagging, turbine insulation, flange gaskets, valve packing, and insulation felts were commonly manufactured with asbestos fiber.

   Verification

   inferred

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   1945-1986

   Population

   Construction trades (Kaiser Yard No. 3, Richmond, 1945); Navy engineering crews (WWII); USAT engine crews (1946-50); MSTS civilian engine crews (1950-58); Bethlehem Baltimore conversion-yard workers (1946); containership-conversion yard workers (1968-69); 1986 Taiwan shipbreakers

   Limitations

   Plant description comes from a volunteer-maintained secondary archive and a specialist class compilation, not a Navy specification sheet, and neither source states 'asbestos'; asbestos presence aboard this specific hull is era/design inference, not ship-proven. Does not establish quantity, location, exposure, or causation. Hull was scrapped in Taiwan in 1986; no present-day material condition exists to document.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-general-w-g-haan-ap158-01

2. [2]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 program and era under which this C4-S-A1 hull was mass-built at Kaiser Richmond - and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization aboard merchant-type and auxiliary hulls.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   1940s era documented; article 1987

   Population

   WWII shipyard workers and ship crews (class context)

   Limitations

   Program/era-level scholarly documentation of asbestos use in WWII shipbuilding generally; does not name this vessel, does not establish that asbestos was installed or remained aboard this hull, and says nothing about quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-general-w-g-haan-ap158-02

3. [3]Associated Press via Herald-Tribune (Sarasota), 'Crews busy preparing ship for a final journey to the sea floor,' 2009-05-26; EPA/MARAD National Guidance: Best Management Practices for Preparing Vessels Intended to Create Artificial Reefs (May 2006); FR Doc. E6-7274 [reputable_press]

   Locator

   Herald-Tribune article (removal quantities paragraph); FR E6-7274 (71 FR, EPA-HQ-OW-2004-0003)

   Finding type

   abatement_record

   Finding

   A sister C4-S-A1 hull built at the same Kaiser Yard No. 3 - USNS General Hoyt S. Vandenberg (ex-USS General Harry Taylor, AP-145, MC-660) - retained asbestos aboard into the 2000s: during preparation for intentional sinking as an artificial reef off Key West (2009-05-27), cleanup crews at two Norfolk, Va., shipyards removed 81 bags (~71 cubic yards) of asbestos plus 193 tons of other potentially carcinogenic materials under the EPA/MARAD Best Management Practices framework for vessel reefing (Federal Register notice E6-7274, 2006-05-12).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   2009 (abatement event); 1943-2009 (retention period documented)

   Population

   Norfolk shipyard abatement crews (2009 reef prep, sister hull)

   Limitations

   Documents asbestos aboard a same-type, same-yard sister hull - not aboard General W. G. Haan. Establishes that C4-S-A1 construction retained asbestos decades after build, supporting era-consistency of the inference for this hull; proves nothing about this hull's own materials, exposure, or any individual claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-general-w-g-haan-ap158-03

4. [4]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, 'General W. G. Haan' entry (hazegray.org transcription, Wayback capture 2022-09-10; live NHHC DANFS URL returned 404 on 2026-09-25 - link rot per Batch-01 standing issue) [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   DANFS entry, full text (namesake paragraph + ship history + spec block: 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)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   DANFS records: General W. G. Haan (AP-158), named for Maj. Gen. William George Haan (b. Crown Point, Ind., 4 Oct 1863; USMA 1889; commanded the 32d Division in France and headed VII Corps on occupation duty in WWI; d. Washington, D.C., 26 Oct 1924), was launched 20 March 1945 under Maritime Commission contract by Kaiser Co. Inc., Yard 3, Richmond, CA; sponsored by Miss Helen Coxhead; acquired by the Navy and simultaneously commissioned 2 August 1945. WWII service: shakedown out of San Diego; departed 4 September 1945 for the southwest Pacific (Eniwetok, Leyte, Manila); returned to Seattle 22 October with veterans; two further Japan/Philippines voyages; decommissioned Baltimore 7 June 1946 and returned to WSA for transfer to the Army Transport Service. Reacquired 1 March 1950 for MSTS (civilian crew): until 1953 carried displaced East Europeans under the International Refugee Organization; 1952 support voyages to Thule, Greenland, and Goose Bay, Labrador; European voyages to March 1955 (Reduced Operational Status, New York); December refugee voyage New York-Bremerhaven embarking Hungarian Revolution refugees, arriving 7 January 1957 (DANFS prints 'December 1958' - internally inconsistent; December 1956 adopted per NavSource); ROS again 7 January 1957; Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Orange, TX; returned to the Maritime Administration 22 October 1958; NDRF Beaumont.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   1945-1958

   Population

   Navy crew 356 (DANFS cpl.); embarked troops up to trp. 3,823; MSTS civilian crew; IRO displaced persons and Hungarian refugees carried 1950-1957

   Limitations

   Authoritative for identity, construction, and service history; contains no asbestos, insulation-material, or condition-survey statement - supports no asbestos claim. Cited via transcription mirror because the canonical NHHC URL is not retrievable. Entry's commissioning-CO name (Comdr. J. V. Rylander) conflicts with the NavSource officer table (CDR A. R. Bolileau USN) and its 'December 1958' print for the refugee voyage conflicts with NavSource 'December in 1956' - see gaps and correction row.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-general-w-g-haan-ap158-04

5. [5]U.S. Maritime Administration, ShipHistory database - GENERAL W. G. HAAN (AP-158), Ship History Detail 1849, incl. digitized status cards 1849_3424AF, 88408c8d-551c-48f5-a186-c6e61c656f74, 7444bcb6-fd3f-4b06-8615-b0e101a854c3 [marad_nrc]

   Locator

   ShipHistory Detail 1849 milestone table + status card scans (cards read directly; MA-383 'RESERVE FLEET - SHIP PARTICULARS' and WSA-era 'VESSEL STATUS CARD' front/back)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   MARAD ShipHistory database (Detail 1849) and digitized status cards (Form MA-383 front/back plus WSA-era allocation card) document the complete custody chain: MC Hull No. 715, built by Kaiser Co., Inc. Richmond Yard 3 (card annotation '#3 #29' = yard hull 29), completed 7-31-45; 'Basis to W.S.A. 6-7-46 3:00PM EST @ Balt., Md. from Navy Dept. - Surplus'; War Dept. bareboat 6-7-46, War Dept. Transfer 8-30-46; 'NAVY DEPT. TITLE 3-1-50'; 'Reserve Fleet (Permanent Transfer) - Beaumont, Texas - 10-22-58 4:00pm CST'; 'Hudson Waterways Corp. (Exchange Program) TITLE - Beaumont, Tex. - 8-8-68 9:35AM CDT (Physical Delivery) 8-8-68'; renamed 'TRANSOREGON' 11/69; sold to Puerto Rico Maritime Shipping Authority 10/14/74; renamed 'MAYAGUEZ' 3/4/75; sold to Merchant Terminal Corp. 9/25/82, renamed 'AMCO TRADER' 9/25/82; Steamco Co. 6/85; Crestwood Corp. renamed 'TRADER' 11/19/85; 'Sold Foreign-Rep. of China for scrapping (Per Coast Guard Documentation) 10/2/86'. MA-383: type C4-S-A1, fleet Beaumont, entered 10-22-58 1600 hrs CST, arrival draft Fwd 20' Aft 23', 'Cap. 3825 Transport', Passengers 3823 (Off. 228 Enl. 3595), Group 22 Transports, title 'Reimbursable / USMA - Perm. Transfer', preservation-cost correspondence 1958; withdrawn 8-8-68 0935 CDT 'Exchange Program/To Hudson Waterways for conversion to containership. Exchange ship is DUTCHESS. Exchange Contract MA-4568.'

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   1945-1986 records; custody events 1945-1986

   Population

   NDRF Beaumont caretakers (1958-1968); Hudson Waterways conversion-yard and merchant crews (1968-74); PRMSA crews (1974-82); subsequent merchant operators' crews (1982-86); 1986 shipbreakers

   Limitations

   Primary government custody/disposal record; contains no asbestos, materials, or condition-survey information - supports no asbestos claim. Card spells the 1982 merchant name 'AMCO TRADER' where secondary sources give 'Anco Trader'; card's 'Cap. 3825' category annotation vs printed 'PASSENGERS 3823' is a trivial variance. The final sale is documented 'per Coast Guard Documentation' - the breaker yard itself is unnamed.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-general-w-g-haan-ap158-05

6. [6]NavSource Online Service Ship Photo Archive, USNS General W. G. Haan (T-AP-158) - chronology, occupation-service table, merchant service, commanding-officer table, and specifications (via Wayback capture 2024-12-09) [other_primary]

   Locator

   Chronology block; Navy Occupation Service Medal period table; Merchant Service paragraphs; Commanding Officers table; Specifications block

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NavSource archive: USS General W. G. Haan (AP-158) commissioned 2 August 1945, CDR Almerian R. Bolileau USN (USNA 1926) in command - the sole commanding officer listed, to 7 June 1946; Asiatic-Pacific Theater WWII; Occupation service Far East 16-29 November 1945; decommissioned 7 June 1946 at Baltimore, MD; to WSA/Army Transportation Service same day; commissioned USAT General W. G. Haan; reacquired 1 March 1950 for MSTS as USNS T-AP-158; Navy Occupation Service Medal (Europe) periods 1953-1955 (six listed periods); Reduced Operational Status March 1955 New York; fully operational December 1956; ROS 7 January 1957; Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Texas Group, Orange, TX; merchant service: Hudson Waterway Corp. exchange, SS Transoregon; PRMSA 14 October 1974; SS Mayaquez 4 March 1975 'not involved in Mayaquez Incident'; Merchant Terminal Corp. 20 September 1982, SS Anco Trader; Steamco Co. June 1985; Crestwood Corp. 19 November 1985, SS Trader; sold for scrapping 2 October 1986 to a Taiwan scrapper. Specifications block as fielded.

   Verification

   partial

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   1945-1986

   Population

   Navy crew (1945-46); USAT civilian crew (1946-50); MSTS civilian crew incl. stewards department (1950-58); refugee passengers (1950-57); merchant crews (1968-86)

   Limitations

   Volunteer-maintained secondary archive. Custody milestones, MC hull 715, the Hudson exchange, PRMSA sale, renamings, and the 10/2/86 foreign scrap sale are corroborated by the MARAD status cards - but NavSource's 'Transferred to MARAD ... 20 October 1968' is wrong on day and year (cards: 22 Oct 1958), its 'title transfer ... November 1969' conflates the Transoregon renaming with the 8-8-68 delivery, 'Merchant Terminal Corp 20 September 1982' conflicts with the card's 9/25/82, 'Anco Trader' vs card 'AMCO TRADER', its laid-down 'date unknown' is superseded by shipscribe's 4 Jan 1945, and its CO table (Bolileau) conflicts with DANFS (Rylander). Also contains a template artifact: the 1950 call-sign cell is labeled 'USNS General M.M. Ptrick (T-AP-150)'.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-general-w-g-haan-ap158-06

7. [7]shipscribe.com, 'GENERAL G. O. SQUIER (AP-130)' class page (Stephen S. Roberts compilation) - construction/disposition tables, class notes, AP-158 ship note [other_primary]

   Locator

   Class data header; Construction table row AP-158; Disposition table row AP-158; Class Notes paragraphs; Ship Notes entry '158 GEN. W. G. HAAN MC-715'

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   shipscribe.com (S. S. Roberts USN auxiliary compilation), General G. O. Squier (AP-130) class page: construction table records AP-158 acquired/commissioned 2 August 1945, Kaiser Richmond #3, keel 4 January 1945, launched 20 March 1945; disposition table records MSTS-era deactivation October 1957, Naval Register strike 22 October 1958, MARAD disposal 22 October 1958, MA sale 6 August 1968; ship note (MC-715): 'Completed 31 Jul 45. Decomm, to MC, and to Army 7 Jun 46, stk. 19 Jun 46. Initial Army peacetime conversion by Bethlehem Steel, Baltimore, begun ca. June 1946. From Army to MSTS 1 Mar 50, reinst. 28 Apr 50. Inactivated (Ready Reserve) by MSTS at Orange, Texas, 1957. To buyer 8 Aug 68. Merc. TRANSOREGON (container ship, 633 feet oa) 1969, MAYAGUEZ 1975, AMCO TRADER 1982, TRADER 1985, scrapped 1986.' Class notes document the C4 design origin (George Sharp/American Hawaiian Lines, taken over by the Maritime Commission late October 1941), the Navy-manning conversions, the 1947-48 Army safety-at-sea conversion round (Welin-davit removal, lifeboat rearrangement - AP-158 named among hulls still carrying Welin davits at 1950 Navy delivery that later received the revised lifeboat arrangement), and the 1960s commercial-container conversion demand that sold off the type.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   1945-1986

   Population

   Bethlehem Steel Baltimore conversion workforce (ca. June 1946); NDRF Beaumont (1958-68); Hudson Waterways containership-conversion workforce (1968-69, yard unlocated)

   Limitations

   Specialist secondary compilation built from official records (MC/MA files, NVR); dates it supplies (keel 4 Jan 45; first strike 19 Jun 46; NVR reinstatement 28 Apr 50; second strike 22 Oct 58; Bethlehem Baltimore conversion ca. June 1946) are specific and internally consistent with the MARAD cards except the 6-vs-8 Aug 1968 sale-day variance - card adopted. Contains no asbestos or insulation-material statement - supports no asbestos claim. The Bethlehem conversion and the 633-ft containership rebuild are yard events whose insulation-disturbance scope is undocumented.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-general-w-g-haan-ap158-07

8. [8]United States v. New York Foreign Trade Zone Operators, Inc., 304 F.2d 792 (2d Cir. 1962), Docket 26883 (CourtListener cluster 257595) [court_record]

   Locator

   Opinion text pp. 792-795 (facts, dockage contract, Garcia injury 1/20/1957, FECA assignment, jury verdict, reversal/new-trial order); cluster 257595 sub-opinions incl. concurrence

   Finding type

   litigation_documented

   Finding

   Non-asbestos litigation naming this hull: United States v. New York Foreign Trade Zone Operators, Inc., 304 F.2d 792 (2d Cir. 1962) - on 20 January 1957 Joseph Garcia, a waiter (civilian crew) aboard the USNS General W. G. Haan, then docked at Pier 16, Stapleton, Staten Island under a Navy dockage contract, slipped on the icy pier 'stringpiece' and was seriously injured. After receiving Federal Employees' Compensation Act benefits he assigned his third-party claim to the United States, which sued the pier operator in negligence (the contract obliged the operator to provide seamen safe access). A jury found for the defendant (trial November 1960); the Second Circuit (Waterman, J.) reversed and ordered a new trial, holding the chief steward's official accident report admissible under the Federal Business Records Act; a concurrence agreed a new trial was required but disputed the report's admissibility. The opinion also documents the ship's civilian MSTS crew structure (waiter, chief steward) and the ship's Pier 16 layup berth.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   1957-01-20 (injury); 1960 (trial); 1962-06-20 (opinion)

   Population

   USNS civilian crew (steward's department; waiter Joseph Garcia; chief steward Gordon; seaman Matthews); Pier 16 Stapleton pier workers

   Limitations

   A slip-and-fall negligence case - no asbestos allegation anywhere in the record; classified as other litigation, NOT as exposure evidence. Documents crew structure and the ship's Jan-1957 Stapleton layup. The appellate disposition is a reversal ordering a new trial; the outcome of any retrial was not located. Establishes no asbestos fact.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-general-w-g-haan-ap158-08

9. [9]Erdman v. Hudson Waterways Corp., 713 F. Supp. 706 (S.D.N.Y. 1989) (CourtListener search result; opinion text reviewed via public mirror) [court_record]

   Locator

   713 F. Supp. 706 - asbestos-allegation paragraph (diagnosis, government-owned vessels) and SAA service-ruling paragraphs

   Finding type

   litigation_documented

   Finding

   Operator-level asbestos litigation (no vessel named): Erdman v. Hudson Waterways Corp., 713 F. Supp. 706 (S.D.N.Y. 1989) - a seaman alleged asbestos-related illness (diagnosed 10/31/1986, 'changes in both lung bases resulting from exposure to asbestos') from service aboard U.S. government-owned vessels, suing the vessel title-holder/operator named in the caption and the United States under the Jones Act, general maritime law, and the Suits in Admiralty Act. The government's Rule 12(b)(1) motion was granted for failure to meet the SAA 'forthwith service' requirement (service completed 80 days after filing) - a jurisdictional/procedural dismissal, not an adjudication of the exposure allegation. Hudson Waterways Corp. is this hull's documented title-holder under the MARAD Exchange Program, 8 August 1968 to 14 October 1974 (MARAD status card) - the operator window covers the hull's SS Transoregon period, but the opinion names no vessel.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   context_only

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   service period unstated; diagnosis 1986; opinion 1989-05-31

   Population

   Merchant seamen aboard government-owned/Hudson-operated hulls (allegation level)

   Limitations

   Names the operator of this hull during its Exchange-Program window (1968-74) but names NO vessel - it is not evidence that asbestos was aboard this hull or that Erdman served on it. Disposition is a jurisdictional service ruling: exposure unadjudicated at any stage; classified at that level per litigation-stage discipline, never as exposure proof.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-general-w-g-haan-ap158-09

10. [10]Morales v. Puerto Rico Marine Management, Inc., 474 F. Supp. 1172 (D.P.R. 1979) (located via public web index; PRMSA exact-phrase CourtListener query blocked by fleet pacing) [court_record]

    Locator

    Opinion, Rule 4.7 long-arm discussion - 'unseaworthy condition of exposed asbestos dust' recital naming SS GUAYAMA

    Finding type

    litigation_documented

    Finding

    Operator-level asbestos-condition allegation (different hull named): Morales v. Puerto Rico Marine Management, Inc., 474 F. Supp. 1172 (D.P.R. 1979) - a Jones Act/unseaworthiness action by a seaman against PRMMI and the Puerto Rico Maritime Shipping Authority (this hull's owner/operator 1974-1982 as SS Mayaquez); the opinion's long-arm analysis refers to 'the ship with the alleged unseaworthy condition of exposed asbestos dust' (SS GUAYAMA - a different PRMSA vessel), which never docked or departed Puerto Rico during plaintiff's service. Documents that asbestos-condition unseaworthiness allegations reached PRMSA's fleet in litigation, without naming this hull.

    Verification

    partial

    Role

    context

    Documentation level

    context_only

    Accessed

    2026-09-25

    Study period

    service 1977; opinion 1979

    Population

    PRMSA/Navieras merchant seamen (allegation level, different hull)

    Limitations

    Names a different PRMSA vessel (SS GUAYAMA), not this hull - operator-context only, not evidence of asbestos aboard Mayaquez/AP-158. The allegation is a pleading-stage unseaworthiness claim inside a personal-injury action; no adjudicated asbestos finding. Direct CourtListener verification of the PRMSA surface is pending (fleet pacing); open-web index coverage located no case naming Mayaquez/Transoregon/Amco Trader/Trader.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-general-w-g-haan-ap158-10

11. [11]Batch-2086 search ledger (this record): DANFS (mirror), MARAD ShipHistory 1849 + status cards, NavSource 22158, shipscribe AP-130 class page, shipbuildinghistory Kaiser Permanente No. 3 table, CourtListener name/hull/surname/commercial/docket searches, USCG historian's cutters-and-craft list (absence check), VA BVA public index, NARA RG mapping [other_primary]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-general-w-g-haan-ap158-01 through -16

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat or disposal disclosure, NDRF materials declaration, or asbestos pleading/opinion naming this hull under any of its documented identities (USS/USAT/USNS General W. G. Haan, AP-158, T-AP-158, MC-715, ON 516060, SS Transoregon, SS Mayaquez, SS Amco/Anco Trader, SS Trader) was found in the public sources searched. DANFS, MARAD status cards, shipscribe class notes, and NavSource contain no asbestos or insulation-material statement. CourtListener coverage: exact-name opinion search returned only the 1962 slip-and-fall FTZ case; exact-name RECAP docket search returned zero; hull-number searches returned only docket-number and citation collisions; 'Haan asbestos' returned five surname collisions (property, malpractice-era, and cited-party tokens); commercial-identity searches returned zero for 'Transoregon' and 'Anco Trader/Amco Trader' and city/party collisions for 'Mayaguez'; operator-level asbestos litigation exists (Erdman/Hudson Waterways; Morales/PRMSA-Guayama) but names no vessel. VA/BVA public index review surfaced no decision naming this hull.

    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 Kaiser-built steam transport is era-consistent with installed asbestos-containing materials, and a same-type sister hull retained documented asbestos until 2009. Equally, era inference does not establish presence aboard this hull, quantity, exposure of any individual, or legal eligibility. The hull was scrapped in Taiwan in 1986; no present-day survey is possible. One CourtListener query (PRMSA exact phrase) remained pacing-blocked; the PRMSA litigation surface was covered via the public web index.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-general-w-g-haan-ap158-11

12. [12]NARA Guide to Federal Records: RG 178 (U.S. Maritime Commission), RG 24 (Navy deck logs), RG 336 (Office of the Chief of Transportation); MARAD status card Exchange Contract MA-4568 reference; USCG documentation citation on status card [other_primary]

    Locator

    RG 178 guide; https://www.archives.gov/research/military/logbooks ; RG 336 guide; MARAD card 'Exchange Contract MA-4568' and '(Per Coast Guard Documentation)' annotations

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Archival leads (not retrieved - require research-room or reproduction order; no spend authorized): NARA RG 178 (Records of the U.S. Maritime Commission) - Construction Division contract and outfitting files for MC hull 715 (Kaiser Yard 3 hull 29); WWII Navy deck logs for AP-158 in RG 24 at College Park (machinery/insulation remarks incidental only); USAT-period operation and the documented ca.-June-1946 Bethlehem Steel Baltimore conversion under RG 336 (Office of the Chief of Transportation) and any Army contract files; MSTS-period records incl. the 1958 ROS/permanent-transfer correspondence quoted on the MA-383 card (MSTS ltr 3/1/58, MARAD reply 3/6/58, Navy ltr 4/29/58, MARAD reply 5/15/58); the MARAD Exchange Contract MA-4568 file for the 8/8/68 Hudson Waterways transfer (exchange ship DUTCHESS) - disposal files for exchange-program hulls can carry condition reports or material declarations; USCG vessel documentation file for O.N. 516060 (the 10/2/86 foreign-sale citation); the unlocated 1968-69 containership-conversion yard's records.

    Verification

    unverified

    Role

    archival_lead

    Documentation level

    context_only

    Accessed

    2026-09-25

    Study period

    1945-1986 records

    Limitations

    Record-group mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; existence of asbestos-specific documents for MC hull 715 / AP-158 is unknown until surveyed in person. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-general-w-g-haan-ap158-12

13. [13]MARAD status cards 1849_3424AF + WSA-era card (custody entries verbatim) and milestones; DANFS entry; NavSource chronology/merchant/CO blocks; shipscribe construction/disposition tables and ship note; USCG cutters-and-craft list (Wayback 2008-04-23) absence check [other_primary]

    Locator

    Card custody rows (6-7-46 WSA; 8-30-46 War Dept.; 3-1-50 Navy title; 10-22-58 RF; 8-8-68 Hudson; 11/69 rename; 10/14/74 PRMSA; 3/4/75 MAYAGUEZ; 9/25/82 AMCO TRADER; 6/85 Steamco; 11/19/85 TRADER; 10/2/86 foreign scrap)

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Source discrepancies resolved or isolated: (a) MARAD transfer year - NavSource 'Transferred to the Maritime Administration ... 20 October 1968' is contradicted by DANFS ('returned to the Maritime Administration 22 October 1958'), the MARAD milestones (Entry + Acquisition 10/22/1958), and the status card ('Reserve Fleet (Permanent Transfer) - Beaumont, Texas - 10-22-58 4:00pm CST'); 22 October 1958 adopted, NavSource error rejected. (b) Hudson Waterways transfer - NavSource 'title transfer ... November 1969' conflates the TRANSOREGON renaming (card: 'Renamed TRANSOREGON 11/69') with the title+physical delivery 8-8-68 9:35AM CDT; card adopted. (c) DANFS 'December 1958' for the Hungarian-refugee voyage is internally impossible (refugees 'from the ... Hungarian Revolution' of Oct-Nov 1956; ship again ROS 7 January 1957; NavSource 'Returned to Fully Operational Status December in 1956') - December 1956 adopted. (d) Strike dates - shipscribe supplies 19 Jun 1946 (first), 28 Apr 1950 (reinstatement), 22 Oct 1958 (second) where NavSource lists 'date unknown'; shipscribe adopted. (e) Commissioning CO - DANFS 'Comdr. J. V. Rylander' vs NavSource officer table 'CDR Bolileau, Almerian Robinson USN (USNA 1926), 2 Aug 1945-7 Jun 1946' - UNRESOLVED, both carried; the ship's absence from the USCG cutters-and-craft list supports Navy (not Coast Guard) manning either way. (f) Merchant-name/date variants - card 'AMCO TRADER' 9/25/82 vs NavSource 'Anco Trader' 9/20/82; card 'Merchant Terminal Corp.' vs NavSource same-name 'Merchant Terminal Corp'; card adopted, variant noted. (g) MA sale day - card 8-8-68 vs shipscribe '6 Aug 68'; card adopted. (h) NavSource call-sign cell labels the 1950 USNS sign 'USNS General M.M. Ptrick (T-AP-150)' - a page-template artifact; NMEL retained but flagged.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    correction

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-25

    Study period

    1945-1986

    Limitations

    Resolves publication-level discrepancies against the primary cards; the one unresolved conflict (commissioning CO) is carried in gaps rather than merged. No asbestos content in any of these sources.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-general-w-g-haan-ap158-13