USS General W. P. Richardson (AP-118)

Evidence

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

1. [1]research packet cj-packet.md (5 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Evidence ID

   uss-general-w-p-richardson-ap118-pkt-cj-packet-md

2. [2]DANFS / Naval History and Heritage Command, 'General W. P. Richardson (AP-118)' (published 13 July 2015) [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   NHHC DANFS ship-history page (live-verified 200 OK; canonical page lives under /content/history/nhhc/ path - the /research/ alias URL returns 404 to plain fetch)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   DANFS entry: laid down under Maritime Commission contract 2 February 1944 by Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Kearny, N.J.; named General R. M. Blatchford (AP-118) 15 April 1944; renamed General W. P. Richardson 1 July 1944; launched 6 August 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Brebon B. Somervell; acquired by the Navy 31 October 1944; commissioned at Bayonne, N.J., 2 November 1944, Captain Joseph S. Rosenthal, USCG, in command. WWII service (DANFS narrative): Boston-Southampton crossing December 1944; three Newport News/Boston-Naples rotation and casualty voyages January-March 1945 including 5,500 British troops Naples-Marseilles; Le Havre April 1945 carrying over 1,000 liberated American POWs; summer/fall 1945 four round-trip Boston-France voyages (two Le Havre, two Marseilles); October-November 1945 Boston-Karachi via Suez returning 5,000+ veterans; November 1945-January 1946 New York-Naples-Suez-Khorramshahr, Iran, embarking 3,800 Persian Gulf Command troops, returning via Naples and Casablanca 23 January 1946. Decommissioned New York 14 February 1946, returned to Maritime Administration for Army transport service until 10 March 1948; chartered 6 May 1949 as SS La Guardia for American Export Lines until 4 January 1952; brief charter service under American President Lines and 'the Havana Steamship Co.'; purchased 10 July 1956 by 'Textian, Inc.' and renamed Leilani. Spec block: dp. 11,450 lt; l. 622'7"; b. 75'6"; dr. 25'6"; s. 21k; cpl. 466; trp. 5,289; a. 4 x 5", 16 x 1.1", 20 x 20mm; cl. General John Pope; T. P2-S2-R2.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-10-05

   Study period

   1944-1956

   Population

   USCG crew (466 complement) and embarked troops (up to ~5,289 per voyage) 1944-1946

   Limitations

   Authoritative for Navy-era identity, construction, commissioning, and WWII voyage narrative. DANFS text ends at the 1956 sale and does not document the later merchant chain in detail; 'Textian, Inc.' (10 July 1956 purchaser) conflicts with the MARAD status card ('Textron, Inc.') - see correction row ev-05. Entry contains no asbestos or materials statement; supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-general-w-p-richardson-ap118-01

3. [3]NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive, 'USAT General W. P. Richardson ex USS General W. P. Richardson (AP-118)' (navsource.net archives 09/22/22118) [other_primary]

   Locator

   NavSource 22118 page - class header timeline, merchant-service section, specifications block (live-verified 200 OK; cite .net not .org)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NavSource AP-118 page: General John Pope class transport; USCG-manned in WWII; laid down 2 February 1944 as General R. M. Blatchford (MC type P2-S2-R2, MC hull 676) at Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Kearny, N.J.; renamed 1 July 1944; launched 6 August 1944; acquired 31 October 1944; commissioned 2 November 1944 at Bayonne, N.J., CAPT Joseph S. Rosenthal USCG; Europe-Africa-Middle East and Asiatic-Pacific theater service; decommissioned 14 February 1946; struck from the Naval Register 12 April 1946; to Maritime Commission for assignment to US Army Transportation Service as USAT General W. P. Richardson; returned to MC by the Army 10 March 1948. Merchant chain per NavSource: chartered by American Export Lines 6 May 1948, converted at Pascagoula, renamed SS LaGuardia; returned 1 December 1951; 'reacquired (date unknown) by the US Army Transportation Service for troop service in Korea'; returned to MC November 1952 for NDRF James River; bought by Hawaiian Steamship Co. and renamed SS Leilani 5 February 1957; laid up San Francisco 29 December 1958; seized by Federal Government 12 May 1959 and auctioned June 1959; bought by American President Lines 25 July 1960, refitted at Seattle, renamed SS President Roosevelt; sold to D & A Chandris 1970 as SS Atlantis; Ares Shipping Corp. October 1972 as SS Emerald Seas; later Eastern Steamship; Festival Cruises 1992 as SS Sapphire Seas; laid up Piraeus October 1994; SS Ocean Explorer 1 summer 1998 for Lisbon Expo 98 hotel ship; World Cruise Co. service November 1999-May 2000; laid up Eleusis, Greece; scrapped in India 2005. Specs: displacement 11,450 lt / 20,175 fl; 622'7" x 75'6" x 25'6"; 20.6 kts; complement 40 officers + 426 enlisted; troop capacity 393 officers + 4,876 enlisted; 2,700 DWT; armament 4 x single 5"/38, 4 x twin 40mm, 16 x 1.1" replaced by 20 x single 20mm; propulsion 2 De Laval turbines, 4 Foster-Wheeler D-type boilers 465 psi/763 deg F, double De Laval main reduction gears, 4 x 400 kW generators, twin propellers, 8,500 shp.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-10-05

   Study period

   1944-2005

   Population

   USCG crew 1944-46; USAT civilian crew 1946-48; merchant crews 1948-2000

   Limitations

   Volunteer-compiled archive of official-derived data; several merchant-chain dates conflict with the MARAD status cards (AEL charter start 1948 vs 1949; seizure 12 May vs 10 May 1959; APL purchase 25 July vs award 28 July/title 11 August 1960) and the 'reacquired by USATS for Korea' statement is not corroborated by the custody card, which shows commercial GAA charters (APL, US Lines) then NDRF - see correction row ev-05. No asbestos content; supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-general-w-p-richardson-ap118-02

4. [4]U.S. Maritime Administration, ShipHistory database - GENERAL W. P. RICHARDSON (AP-118) Detail 8223, with linked name records LA GUARDIA (Detail 2913) and LEILANI (Detail 2990) [marad_nrc]

   Locator

   ShipHistory Detail 8223 fields; Detail 2913 milestones (Entry/Acquisition 11/25/1952 'SEE-LEILANI'); Detail 2990 milestones (Entry/Acquisition 8/28/1959 'ex-LA GUARDIA')

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   MARAD ShipHistory record (Detail 8223): GENERAL W. P. RICHARDSON (AP-118); year built 1944; U.S. Official Number 257200; shipyard Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock; general type Naval Auxiliary, specific type AP Transport; MARAD type P2-S2-R2; length 622.60 ft, beam 75.50 ft; 17,830 gross / 10,000 net tons; cargo capacity 144,012 cu ft; fate 'Transferred - U.S. Govt.'; name-history links to LA GUARDIA (Detail 2913, fleet entry 11/25/1952) and LEILANI (Detail 2990, Suisun Bay fleet entry 8/28/1959 'ex-LA GUARDIA', fate 'Transferred - Foreign'). Mission listed: World War II.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-10-05

   Study period

   1944-1970

   Limitations

   Authoritative government vessel-history record for identity, dimensions, official number, and custody milestones. Contains no asbestos, materials, or condition information; supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-general-w-p-richardson-ap118-03

5. [5]MARAD vessel status cards: 2NX_01.png / 2NX_02.png (GEN. W. P. RICHARDSON); 2913_AF.jpg / 2913_AB.jpg / 2913_5417AB.jpg (LA GUARDIA); 2990_5565AF.jpg / 2990_AF.jpg (LEILANI); plus companion PDFs GEN. W.P. RICHARDSON.pdf, LA GUARDIA.pdf, LEILANI.pdf, PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT.pdf [marad_nrc]

   Locator

   Status-card images linked from Detail pages 8223, 2913, 2990 (cards/2NX_01.png, 2NX_02.png, 2913_AF.jpg, 2913_AB.jpg, 2913_5417AB.jpg, 2990_5565AF.jpg); handwriting partially OCR/eyeball-aided

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   MARAD vessel status cards (digitized scans, read at full resolution) document the official custody/allocation chain: USMC receipt from builder at Bayonne 10-31-44 3:30PM EWT; Navy Dept. 10-31-44; War Dept. Brooklyn, N.Y. 2-14-46 2:00PM EST; USMC (reconversion - Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp.) Pascagoula 3-10-48 2:30PM; American Export Lines bareboat charter as LA GUARDIA, Mobile 5-6-49; AEL GAA to 1-4-52 / 1-11-52 (card-internal variance); American President Lines GAA New York 1-11-52; United States Lines Co. GAA New York 7-25-52; Reserve Fleet James River 11-25-52 1:30PM EST. LA GUARDIA card: 'Sold to Hawaiian Steamship Company, Limited on 2-9-56 for the sum of $3,850,438 under mortgage terms. Sale authorized by Private Law 361, 84th Congress, approved August 9, 1955'; withdrawn from James River fleet 6-27-56; sold to Textron, Inc. Philadelphia 7-10-56 under a long-term agreement with Hawaiian SS continuing as operator (operating name 'Hawaiian Textron, Inc.' from 4-58); renamed LEILANI with first trip 2-5-57; 1957 converted at New York for the Hawaiian trade at a cost of $3,320,000; laid up San Francisco late 1958; seized by United States Marshal 5-10-59, San Francisco (Textron default under Title XI); Marshal's bill of sale conveying title to Maritime Administration 6-9-59; advertised for sale under PD-X-565 (7-28-59, bids opened 8-18-59; sole bid by Fomento Turistico Maritimo S.A. (Mexican) $3,400,000 rejected as not responsive); to Reserve Fleet Suisun Bay 8-28-59 1:00PM PDST (LEILANI fleet card: 'Hawaiian Textron, Inc. Foreclosure'); advertised under PD-X-579 dated 5-18-60, bids opened 6-30-60, award 7-28-60 to American President Lines, Ltd., sale price $3,200,000; withdrawn 8-5-60 for conversion (GAA), title passed 8-11-60 4:40PM PDST; renamed PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT 10-60; transferred to Greek flag 4-10-70 as ATLANTIS.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-10-05

   Study period

   1944-1970

   Limitations

   Primary custody record of the government registry agency; resolves multiple secondary-source date conflicts (see correction row ev-05). Card-internal variance on AEL charter end (1-4-52 vs 1-11-52) noted. Contains no asbestos, materials, or condition information; supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-general-w-p-richardson-ap118-04

6. [6]MARAD status cards (see ev-04) against DANFS (Textian; 6 May 1949), NavSource 22118 (12 May 1959; 25 July 1960; 1948 charter; Korea reacquisition), shipscribe AP110 class page (scrapped 2004) [marad_nrc]

   Locator

   Status-card scans at cards/2NX_01.png, 2NX_02.png, 2913_AF.jpg, 2913_AB.jpg, 2913_5417AB.jpg, 2990_5565AF.jpg; DANFS entry; NavSource timeline; shipscribe AP-110 class notes

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   Source discrepancies resolved against the MARAD status cards: (a) American Export Lines charter start - NavSource says 6 May 1948; DANFS and the status card both give 6 May 1949 (the 1948 date is the 3-10-48 reconversion delivery to USMC/Ingalls at Pascagoula); card date adopted. (b) 1956 purchaser - DANFS names 'Textian, Inc.' (10 July 1956); the status cards record sale to Hawaiian Steamship Co., Ltd. 2-9-56 (Private Law 361, 84th Cong.) and a further sale to 'Textron, Inc.' 7-10-56, with operating name 'Hawaiian Textron, Inc.' from 4-58; 'Textian' is treated as a DANFS-text error for Textron. (c) Korea-era custody - NavSource/Wikipedia assert reacquisition by the Army Transportation Service for Korean War troop service; the status card shows no Army custody in 1951-52, instead APL GAA 1-11-52, United States Lines GAA 7-25-52, NDRF James River 11-25-52 - the claim is not corroborated and is logged in gaps. (d) Federal seizure - NavSource 12 May 1959 vs status card 'United States Marshal (Seized)' 5-10-59 and Marshal's bill of sale 6-9-59; card dates adopted. (e) APL purchase - NavSource '25 July 1960' vs card award 7-28-60 under PD-X-579, withdrawal 8-5-60, title passed 8-11-60; card chain adopted. (f) Scrapping year - shipscribe says 2004; NavSource and Wikipedia say 2005; unresolved, carried as a range.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   correction

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-10-05

   Study period

   1948-2005

   Limitations

   Resolves publication-level discrepancies in secondary framings using the primary custody record; the status cards are handwritten in part and one price figure is ambiguous ($3,850,438 front card vs possibly $5,850,458 stamped on fleet card). No asbestos content in any cited source.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-general-w-p-richardson-ap118-05

7. [7]Shipscribe.com (S. S. Roberts), 'USS General John Pope (AP-110) Class' - class notes and AP-118 ship row [other_primary]

   Locator

   AP-110 class page: class notes (P2-S2-R2 program history) and ship-list rows for hull 676

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Shipscribe General John Pope (AP-110) class page (compiled from BuShips/NVR records by Stephen S. Roberts): MC design P2-S2-R2; Federal Shipbuilding received a contract 16 January 1942 for ten P2-S2-R2 transports as part of an Army program for fifty transports (AP 110-159); designed for civilian crews but the Army could not man them - April 1943 Army/Navy agreement that the Navy would man and operate all fifty on Army schedules (the reason this hull carried a commissioned USCG crew). AP-118 line entry: 'Ex GENERAL R. M. BLATCHFORD 10 Jun 44. Decomm, to MC, and to Army 14 Feb 46. Initial Army peacetime conversion by Todd SYs, Hoboken, 11 Mar 46 to 21 May 46. From Army to MC 10 Mar 48 for commercial operation and converted by Ingalls SB, Pascagoula, to Design P2-S2-R7. To American Export Lines as LA GUARDIA 6 May 49, to NDRF 25 Nov 52. Sold 9 Feb 56 as LEILANI, seized by Federal Marshal 10 May 59 and to NDRF 28 Aug 59. Sold 11 Aug 60 as PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, became Greek ATLANTIS 10 Apr 70, later EMERALD SEAS, SAPPHIRE SEAS, and OCEAN EXPLORER 1. Scrapped in India 2004.'

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-10-05

   Study period

   1942-2004

   Population

   Todd Hoboken conversion yard workers (Mar-May 1946); Ingalls Pascagoula reconversion workers (1948-49)

   Limitations

   Semi-official compilation of BuShips/NVR source data - corroborates the status-card chain (Army conversion by Todd Shipyards Hoboken; Ingalls reconversion; 1956/1959/1960 transactions) but gives the Ingalls conversion design as 'P2-S2-R7' where the status card reads 'P2-S2-R10' (unresolved - see gaps) and lists 'Ex GENERAL R. M. BLATCHFORD 10 Jun 44' vs DANFS rename date 1 July 1944. No asbestos content; supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-general-w-p-richardson-ap118-06

8. [8]Owens-Illinois, Inc., Industrial Health Survey of Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Kearny, NJ (Aug. 30-Sep. 2, 1944); as cataloged in the project shipyard record for federal-shipbuilding-kearny (shipyards.json) citing Owens-Illinois interrogatory exhibit #20, Heathman v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp., Brazoria County TX (1990) [other_primary]

   Locator

   shipyard-exposure-map yard record federal-shipbuilding-kearny (flagship evidence ev-federal-kearny-ihs-1944); document image at toxicdocs.org

   Finding type

   gov_survey

   Finding

   Government-program-era industrial hygiene documentation at this hull's builder, during this hull's fitting-out window: an Industrial Health Survey of Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Kearny, NJ, conducted 30 August-2 September 1944 (this hull was launched at that yard 6 August 1944 and delivered to the Navy there 31 October 1944) documented insulator work with Johns-Manville Superex asbestos pipe covering and boiler insulation in confined shipboard spaces, with dust counts measured during cutting and fitting operations. The survey was later introduced as Owens-Illinois interrogatory exhibit #20 in asbestos litigation (Heathman v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp., Brazoria County TX, 1990).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-10-05

   Study period

   1944

   Population

   Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock insulators and pipefitters, Kearny NJ, Aug-Sep 1944 (wartime peak construction)

   Limitations

   Yard-level survey, not a hull record: documents asbestos products in use by insulators at the building yard during the exact weeks this hull was fitting out - the strongest contextual asbestos evidence available for this vessel, but it does not name AP-118, does not prove installation aboard this hull, and does not establish quantity, location, condition, individual exposure, or causation. Survey was conducted by a manufacturer (Owens-Illinois) with commercial interest in the findings; dust counts are in pre-fiber-count-era units (mppcf).

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-general-w-p-richardson-ap118-07

9. [9]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, era, and emergency USMC construction regime under which this P2-S2-R2 hull (MC 676) was built at Federal Shipbuilding, Kearny - and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization aboard government-ordered merchant/auxiliary-type hulls.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-10-05

   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 and does not establish that asbestos was or is aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-general-w-p-richardson-ap118-08

10. [10]Era inference built on: NavSource AP-118 specifications block (Foster-Wheeler boilers, De Laval turbines); DANFS spec block (P2-S2-R2); shipscribe class notes (Federal P2-S2-R2 design); documented conversion timeline (MARAD status cards, shipscribe); Kearny yard survey (ev-07) [other_primary]

    Locator

    NavSource specifications block; MARAD cards (conversion dates); shipscribe AP-110 page

    Finding type

    asbestos_application

    Finding

    Era inference: this hull's documented WWII plant - four Foster-Wheeler D-type oil-fired boilers (465 psi, 763 deg F) feeding two De Laval geared steam turbines on twin screws - is the type of high-pressure steam installation that era-consistently carried asbestos-containing thermal insulation on boilers, steam drums, steam lines and valves, flange gaskets, machinery packing, and accommodation-space insulation; winch and windlass brake linings are the standard era application for deck machinery. The hull additionally underwent three documented yard conversions where insulation disturbance/replacement would have been typical work: Todd Shipyards Hoboken (Mar-May 1946, Army peacetime conversion), Ingalls Pascagoula (1948-49, P2-S2-R7/-R10 passenger reconversion), New York (1957, Hawaiian-trade conversion), and Seattle (1960-62, APL refit as President Roosevelt).

    Verification

    inferred

    Role

    supporting

    Documentation level

    class_or_era

    Accessed

    2026-10-05

    Study period

    1944-2005

    Population

    Federal SB Kearny construction trades (1944); Todd Hoboken and Ingalls Pascagoula conversion trades (1946, 1948-49); USCG crew and embarked troops (1944-46); merchant crews and passengers (1948-2000); Indian shipbreakers (2004-05)

    Limitations

    Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, work package, or abatement record located for AP-118 in any of its five operational careers. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. Conversion work scopes are documented as events; their insulation content is inference.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-general-w-p-richardson-ap118-09

11. [11]Batch-2048 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS; NavSource 22118; MARAD ShipHistory 8223/2913/2990 + status cards; shipscribe AP-110; CourtListener name/hull/asbestos-variant queries; NVR; NARA catalog lead [other_primary]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-general-w-p-richardson-ap118-01 through -14

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming USS General W. P. Richardson (AP-118) or its merchant names was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener API v4 (authenticated helper): '"General W. P. Richardson"' opinion search = 0 hits; '"General W. P. Richardson"' docket search = 0 hits; '"AP-118"' opinion search = 42 hits, all page-1 results classified name collisions (appellate docket-number strings such as '23-AP-118'); '"AP-118"' docket search = 289 hits / 2,252 documents, all bankruptcy adversary-proceeding docket-number collisions ('6:17-ap-00118' pattern); '"AP-118" asbestos' opinion variant = 0 hits (variant justified because the base query overflowed 20 results on a high-collision token). DANFS, NavSource, MARAD record and status cards contain no asbestos statement. Law-firm listicle content asserting asbestos aboard (asbestos-ships.com and similar) excluded by source policy.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    negative_finding

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-10-05

    Study period

    2026-10-05

    Limitations

    Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1944 wartime steam transport built at a documented asbestos-use yard, surviving unmodified original spaces is era-consistent with retained asbestos-containing materials, and the hull had 60 years of post-Navy commercial life with no public hazmat disclosure located. Merchant-era names (La Guardia, Leilani, President Roosevelt, Atlantis, Emerald Seas, Sapphire Seas, Ocean Explorer I) were not separately queried on CourtListener - a deliberate quota-discipline scope decision logged in the report; crew-era claims under those names remain an open lead. Does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-general-w-p-richardson-ap118-10

12. [12]NARA logbook guidance (RG 24 Entry 118, NAID 581208); NARA Guide to Federal Records RG 178; USCG Historian historic-ships index; MARAD PD-X docket references on status cards [other_primary]

    Locator

    archives.gov navy logbook page; archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/178.html; web.archive.org capture of history.uscg.mil Historic-Ships index

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Archival leads (not retrieved - requires research-room or reproduction order; no spend authorized): (a) NARA RG 24 Entry 118 deck logs - post-1940 Navy deck logs at College Park; this USCG-manned hull's Nov 1944-Feb 1946 logs would record ports, drills, and casualties but not normally materials; (b) NARA RG 178 (U.S. Maritime Commission) construction and technical files for MC hull 676 / P2-S2-R2 - the likeliest locus for an outfitting/insulation materials list; (c) USCG Historian's Office unit file for AP-118 (historic-ships index lists the hull; no dedicated page located); (d) MARAD/MARAD-successor file PD-X-565 / PD-X-579 sale dockets and any reconditioning records for the 1957 New York and 1960-62 Seattle refits; (e) Indian scrapping-yard documentation (Alang, 2004-05) is held, if at all, by Gujarat Maritime Board records - not digitized.

    Verification

    unverified

    Role

    archival_lead

    Documentation level

    context_only

    Accessed

    2026-10-05

    Study period

    1944-2005 records

    Limitations

    Record-group mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; existence of asbestos-specific documents for MC hull 676 is unknown until surveyed in person. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-general-w-p-richardson-ap118-11