USS Grainger (AK-184)

Evidence

11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).

1. [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 program under which this C1-M-AV1 hull was mass-produced (Maritime Commission Design AV; contracts approved 1943-09-02 for the first 100 ships, MC hulls 2101-2174/2194-2207/2239-2250, per shipscribe class notes) - and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization aboard merchant-type hulls.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-21

   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 or the C1-M-AV1 type and does not establish that asbestos was or remains aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-grainger-ak184-01

2. [2]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, 'Grainger (AK-184)' entry, NHHC online edition (Cressman, published 2016-08-07/updated 8-08; live NHHC URL returned 404 on 2026-09-21 - verbatim text retrieved via Internet Archive Wayback capture 20240525214342) [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   DANFS 'Grainger (AK-184)' full entry via Wayback capture 2024-05-25 of history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/g/grainger.html; canonical NHHC URL 404 (standing link rot, cf. batches 01, 833, 848)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NHHC DANFS 'Grainger (AK-184)' entry (Robert J. Cressman, updated 2016-08-08) records: namesake 'A county in Tennessee' (Grainger County); stat line (AK-184: displacement 7,125; length 338'6"; beam 50'; draft 21'1"; speed 11.5 knots; complement 85; armament 1 3-inch, 6 20 millimeter; class Alamosa). Laid down under Maritime Commission contract (M.C. Hull 2115) at Superior, Wisc., by Walter Butler Shipbuilding Co., Inc.; launched 1944-05-07, sponsored by Mrs. Carl Bong; commissioned 1945-01-26, Lt. Henry J. Johnson in command. Shakedown out of Westwego, La., and Galveston, Tex.; school-ship duty at Naval Training Center, Miami (cargo handling and ship operation/maintenance training) until 1945-09-14; departed New Orleans via Canal Zone to San Pedro (arrived 10-12). Departed San Francisco 1945-10-31 for Saipan, Tinian, Guam, and Seeadler Harbor, Manus; departed Manus 1946-02-17, reached San Francisco via Pearl Harbor 5-13; Seattle 5-26 for inactivation overhaul; decommissioned Seattle 1946-07-25, returned to the Maritime Commission the next day entering the MC reserve fleet facility at Olympia, Wash.; stricken 1946-08-15. Withdrawn from the Reserve Fleet 0700 on 1947-05-09 and redelivered to the Navy; recommissioned 1947-06-12 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Lt. Cmdr. Ralph E. Deckwa in command; name reinstated on the Navy List 6-23. San Diego 7-18, then Port Hueneme; departed 8-21 via Pearl Harbor to Guam (arrived 10-19) for Marianas/Eastern Carolines supply duty with occasional Palau trips; arrived Pearl Harbor 1949-04-09; after overhaul departed 7-13 via San Francisco to Seattle (8-16); Kodiak and Adak cargo operations 8-28 to 10-02; cleared Seattle a week later for Guam, arriving five days before Christmas; six months Marshalls/Marianas supply. Korea: loaded aircraft ammunition and cleared Guam 1950-07-14 to rearm Valley Forge (CV-45) with TF 77 (Adm. Struble) - completed at Sasebo 7-24 due to weather; assigned to the Logistics Support Group (Capt. Bernard L. Austin), Seventh Fleet, as replenishing ammunition ship; underway 9-15 for the Inchon landings, participated 9-16 and remained at Inchon to 10-07; Sasebo to Guam 10-28; Marianas/Carolines logistics; departed Kwajalein 1951-03-02 for Pearl Harbor (3-13); Midway/Kwajalein support until 1953-06-18; Sasebo 7-12; Inchon voyage with refrigerated and dry stores for occupation troops 10-06 to 10-13; Sasebo-Yokosuka until 1954-03-19; Pearl Harbor 4-02; Kwajalein/Midway runs; rotated to Sasebo 1955-03-05, arrived 3-29; visits incl. Buckner Bay, Subic Bay, Kaohsiung, Hong Kong. Departed Yokosuka 1955-09-11 via Pearl Harbor to Long Beach (10-20); shifted to San Diego 10-22 for inactivation overhaul; decommissioned 1956-02-07 to the San Diego Group, Pacific Reserve Fleet; stricken 1960-04-01. Advertised for sale twice (7-07 and 8-11 1960), both bids rejected; The Learner Co. purchased the vessel as a scrap hull 1960-10-17, title transfer 1960-12-14, delivered at San Diego. Two battle stars for Korean War service.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-21

   Study period

   1943-1961

   Population

   Navy crew (85 per DANFS stat line); embarked cargo-handling trainees at NTC Miami (war diary: ~6 officers + ~80 enlisted weekly)

   Limitations

   Authoritative Navy historical entry - controls chronology, identity, campaigns, and disposal narrative. Contains no asbestos, insulation-material, or hazardous-material statement - the Pendleton reassembly, the four documented overhauls, and the Todd Galveston availability are documented as events only, with no materials scope described. Entry itself misspells the ship 'Granger' in the final cruise sentence. Sale narrative (two advertisements, Learner award) reconciles with the MARAD cards, which add a third advertisement.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-grainger-ak184-02

3. [3]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 3 (NAVSHIPS 250-012, 1945), auxiliaries - cargo ships (AK) section, per-hull rows for GRAINGER AK-184 (shipscribe.com scan of the official BuShips publication) [other_primary]

   Locator

   SDB1945v3 AK tables pp. 88-93 (dimensions, limiting displacement/accommodations/boom, machinery, armament/cargo, construction rows); index p. 88 column refs ('Grainger (ex-M.C. Hull 2115) - AK184' and 'M.C. Hull 2115 (now Grainger)'); PDF pp. 107-112 scanned images verified directly

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Official BuShips Ships' Data 1945 Vol. 3 carries a per-hull row for GRAINGER AK-184 (ex-M.C. Hull 2115) across the cargo-ship tables: 338'6" overall / 320'0" wl; beam 50'0"; 11.5 knots; 7,125 tons (dimensions table) and 7,450 tons limiting displacement with 32 TPI and 21'1" limiting draft (accommodations table); total accommodations 15 officers + 70 enlisted; largest boom 30 tons; armament 1 x 3"/50 cal (D.P.), cargo 227,730 cu ft non-refrigerated / 9,830 cu ft refrigerated / 3,945 DWT; machinery 1 screw, Nordberg Diesel TSM6, 1,750 HP, two diesel-drive 250 kW 120/240 V DC ship's-service generators, fuel 6,300 bbls diesel; construction table: built by Walter Butler S.B., Inc., Superior, Wis., 'Date acquired or building' 23 Dec 44, year built 1944, 'Date of first commission' printed as 23 Jan 45 (vs DANFS 26 Jan - see correction row); index entries 'Grainger (ex-M.C. Hull 2115) AK184 - Auxiliary-Cargo Ship - p. 88' and 'M.C. Hull 2115 (now Grainger) AK 184'.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-21

   Study period

   1945

   Limitations

   Authoritative wartime BuShips publication naming this hull - confirms identity, machinery plant (diesel, no steam plant), manning accommodations, builder, and the '23 Jan 45' first-commission variant (scanned image verified; conflicts with DANFS 26 Jan - carried in correction row, not merged). Contains no materials, insulation, or asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-grainger-ak184-03

4. [4]U.S. Maritime Administration, ShipHistory database - GRAINGER (AK-184), Ship History Detail 1995 (registry block; five status-card scans /cards/1995_3715AF.jpg custody face, /cards/1995_3715AB.jpg tonnage/BHP fragment, /cards/2TN_01.png vessel status card, /cards/15acf7a5-a18e-4999-881f-984a55c6d22a.jpg index card, /cards/96a6437d-8a7c-4910-8ec7-3a07d03b1ab2.jpg disposal card - all read directly) [marad_nrc]

   Locator

   ShipHistory Detail 1995 - characteristics block, milestones table, status-card scans read directly (1995_3715AF.jpg reserve-fleet card face; 1995_3715AB.jpg draft/BHP/donkey-boiler fragment; 2TN_01.png custody card; 96a6437d-...jpg disposal card with PD-X-582/585/588 advertising history; 15acf7a5-...jpg 'see card' index slip)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   MARAD ShipHistory record for GRAINGER (AK-184), Detail 1995: year built 1944; official number 246436; shipyard 'Walter Butler Shipbuilders'; MARAD type C1-M-AV1; ship length 339.00 ft; beam 50.00 ft; gross 3,805 / net 2,123; fate 'Sold - Scrap'; missions World War II and Korean War; milestone Withdrawal 10/17/1960 'Sold for scrap'. The digitized status-card set reads: card face - 'GRAINGER (AK184)', Flag AMER., Type C1-M-AV1, former MAR. #0767467, Hull No. MC-2115, 'Built by Walter Butler SB Inc., Superior, Wis.' with handwritten annotation 'At New Orleans, La.', 'Completed 12-23-44', 'Basis to W.S.A. 7-26-46 4:00PM PST @ Olympia, Wash. from Navy Dept. - Surplus'; custody table - USMC Reserve Fleet at Olympia, Wash. delivered 7-26-46 4:00PM PST, 'REDELIVERED TO U.S. NAVY 5-9-47', 'Maritime Adm. (Transferred)' by Title at San Diego 12-14-60 3:00PM PST, 'The Learner Co. (Scrap)' by Purchase at San Diego 12-14-60 3:00PM PST. Reserve-fleet vessel-data card: ownership WSA; fleet 'Pug. So. S-29' (partially legible unit notation); entered fleet 7-26-46; 'withdrawn & redel. to Navy 5-9-47'; 'Termination port, last voyage: HAMPTON ROADS' (unexplained against the documented West Coast/Gulf service - flagged, not resolved); length 323.9 / breadth 50.1 / depth 26.5; delivered to U.S. NAVY DEPT. 5-9-47. Data fragment: 'Draft 21 5/8', 'BHP 1700', 'Dky Blr' (donkey boiler). Disposal card: 'AK-184 (GRAINGER) - Cargo Vessel, Basic Design C1-M-AV1'; 'Oct. 17, 1960 - Awarded to The Learner Co. - PD-X-588 - Scrap Hull - Japan'; 'Purchase Price - $51,000.00 - Contract MA-2371'; 'Built: Sep. 30/44 (Walter Butler ShipBldg., Inc. Superior, Wis.)'; 'Length (over-all) 339', Beam 50'; Gross 3805, Net 2123, DWT 4963, Lt. Disp. 3000T'; owner Navy Department; location San Diego; remarks - '7/7/60 - Advertised under PD-X-582, Opened 7/28/60, Scrap Hull, USA'; '7/28/60 - Bid Rejected'; '8/11/60 - Readvertised-PD-X-585, Opened 9/1/60, Scrap Hull, US'; '9/1/60 - Bid Rejected'; '9/20/60 (or 9/21) - Readvertised-PD-X-588, Opened 10/12/60, Scrap Hull, Foreign'.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-21

   Study period

   1944-1961

   Population

   NDRF Olympia caretakers (1946-47); San Diego Group Pacific Reserve Fleet caretakers (1956-60); 1960-61 breaking-yard workers (Japan)

   Limitations

   Authoritative government custody record for this hull; status-card handwriting read against typed fields ('Pug. So. S-29' fleet notation, the struck-out readvertising day '20/21', and the tonnage scrawl are partially legible). Contains no asbestos, insulation-material, or condition-survey information; the only machinery detail is 'BHP 1700' plus 'Dky Blr' (a donkey/auxiliary boiler aboard a diesel-driven hull) - supports no asbestos claim. Card establishes the sale was a foreign scrap-hull sale (Japan) with physical delivery at San Diego.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-grainger-ak184-04

5. [5]NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive, USS Grainger (AK-184) page (compiled reference incl. DANFS transcription, awards/campaign table, CO list, specifications block, and the war-diary scan link) [other_primary]

   Locator

   navsource.net/archives/09/13/130184.htm - chronology, Korean War campaign table, awards ribbon list, specifications block, commanding-officer table, photo captions (incl. NHHC photos NH 78565, NH 89486), war-diary link 130184a.pdf

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NavSource Online (Service Ship Photo Archive, AK-184 page) records the same Navy chronology as DANFS plus: call sign NELU; ribbon set - China Service Medal (extended), American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Medal (Asia clasp), National Defense Service Medal, Korean Service Medal (2), United Nations Service Medal, Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive); Korean War campaign table - 'North Korean Aggression 8 September to 9 October 1950' and 'Inchon Landing 16 to 17 September 1950' (two battle stars); 'During the Korean War USS Grainger was assigned to China service from 15 to 18 January 1954'; 'Completed, 23 December 1944'; laid up NDRF Olympia, WA 1946-07-26; recommissioned Puget Sound NSY Bremerton 1947-06-12; laid up Pacific Reserve Fleet San Diego Group after 1956 decommissioning; 'Final Disposition, sold for scrapping in Japan, 17 October 1960, to The Learner Co. (PD-X-588) for $51,000.00'; title transfer to MARAD 1960-12-14; withdrawn 12-14-60; specs - 2,382 t (lt) / 7,450 t (fl), 338'6" x 50' x 29'2" (limiting - conflicts with DANFS/SDB 21'1", flagged), 11.5 kts, complement 15 officers + 70 enlisted, boom 30 t, cargo 3,945 DWT (227,730 cu ft non-refrig / 9,830 cu ft refrig), armament 1x3"/50 DP + 6x20mm AA, fuel 6,300 bbls diesel, one Nordberg Diesel TSM6 + two 250 kW diesel-drive generators, single propeller 1,750 shp; CO table - LT Henry J. Johnson USNR (1945-01-26 to 10-01), LT Kenneth G. Rorie USNR (1945-10-01 to 1946-07-25), decommissioned, LCDR Ralph Emerson Deckwa USN (1947-06-12 - ?), CDR J. F. Hesson (1953); links the ship's own war diary scan (Mar-Nov 1945).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-21

   Study period

   1944-1961

   Limitations

   NavSource is a privately compiled standard reference, not a government publication; campaign dates presumably derive from the CNO campaign lists - not independently re-verified at primary source. Its limiting-draft figure '29'2"' conflicts with DANFS/SDB 21'1" (see correction row); a photo caption dates 'sea trials January-February 1945' in the Great Lakes, inconsistent with the documented Sep-Oct 1944 delivery transit (flagged). No asbestos content; supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-grainger-ak184-05

6. [6]shipscribe.com, USS Alamosa (AK-156) Class page - construction table (AK-184 row), disposition table (AK-184 row), ship note for AK-184 (MC 2115), class notes (Design AV development and the Great Lakes transit procedure), later-armament table [other_primary]

   Locator

   shipscribe.com/usnaux/AK/AK156.html - Construction table row 184, Disposition table row 184, Ship Notes AK-184 row, Class Notes (Design AV paragraphs; Great Lakes transit paragraph; 'Later ships ... New Orleans ... conversion yards in Texas'), Later armaments line naming AK-184

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   shipscribe USS Alamosa (AK-156) Class page (Stephen S. Roberts compilation from Navy registers, BuShips/SCB design records, and MARAD files): construction table row - GRAINGER acquired 23 Dec 44, builder Walter Butler SB Superior, keel 16 Dec 43, launched 7 May 44, commissioned 26 Jan 45; disposition table row - decommissioned 7 Feb 56, struck 1 Apr 60, sold 17 Oct 60, 'MA/S' (Maritime Administration sale); ship note (MC hull 2115) - 'Delivered to MC in Great Lakes 30 Sep 44 and arrived at New Orleans 31 Oct 44. Reassembled by Pendleton SY, New Orleans, and delivered to MC and Navy 23 Dec 44. Decomm. 25 Jul 46, to MC 26 Jul 46, stk. 15 Aug 46. From MC 9 May 47, recomm. 12 Jun 47, on list 23 Jun 47 for service in the Marianas. In USN reserve 1955-60. To buyer 14 Dec 60, scrapped by 21 Aug 61.' Class notes document the C1-M-AV1 program: Design AV substituted diesel for the requested reciprocating steam engines; Great Lakes-built ships were taken by Navy ferry crews to New Orleans in MC custody for completion/conversion - the first such transit (AK-168) required complete removal of the bridge deck and superstructure deck, all masts/kingposts/rigging, and the stack at Chicago to pass under bridges, with pontoons aft to clear 13-foot shallows and a ~3-week tow from Lockport to New Orleans, the process this hull's documented 30 Sep-31 Oct 1944 Great Lakes-to-New Orleans delivery followed; later ships 'either converted by the MC at New Orleans or were moved from New Orleans to conversion yards in Texas by the MC'. Later armament tables carry AK-184 among the hulls landed of the 3"/50 in 1949 and rearmed 1952-55.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-21

   Study period

   1943-1961

   Population

   Walter Butler Superior construction workforce (1943-44); Navy ferry crew on the Great Lakes-New Orleans transit (Sep-Oct 1944); Pendleton Shipyard reassembly trades (Oct-Dec 1944)

   Limitations

   Compiled secondary transcription of official Navy register, design, and MARAD records, not the registers themselves; per-hull figures cross-verified here against DANFS, SDB 1945, and the MARAD cards (all agree on custody dates). The transit-procedure description is documented verbatim for AK-168 (Charlevoix) and stated as the practice for Great Lakes-built ships generally - Grainger's own delivery dates are ship-specific, but the dismantling detail is class-level documentation applied to this hull's delivery. The 1949/1952-55 armament changes name AK-184 in the class tables. No asbestos content; supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-grainger-ak184-06

7. [7]USS Grainger (AK-184) War Diary, March-November 1945 - ship-generated CONFIDENTIAL reports to the Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet (serials AK184/A12-1-06 through -025); scanned original hosted by NavSource (130184a.pdf) [other_primary]

   Locator

   NavSource-hosted scan 130184a.pdf, 30 pp.; serial 06 (11 Apr 1945) school-ship training description; serial 023 (1 Oct 1945) Todd Galveston Dry Dock yard-availability entries 1-4 Sep; serial 025 (1 Dec 1945) Seeadler Harbor cargo-discharge entries

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   The ship's own war diary (March-November 1945, digitized scan hosted by NavSource from the NARA-submitted original, contributor attribution stamp 'Contributed by Frank Gerhardt') documents this hull's first commission in detail: serial 06 (AK184/A12-1, dated 1945-04-11, Lt. Henry J. Johnson) reports Grainger operating as a school ship under the Commanding Officer, U.S. Naval Training Center, Miami - training 'around six (6) officers and eighty (80) enlisted personnel' weekly bound for Auxiliary Cargo Vessels under construction or conversion, with dockside cargo-handling instruction at Pier Two Monday-Wednesday, a Thursday three-day cruise to Northern Anchorage, Miami, and Friday-Saturday ship-handling instruction in the Florida Straits under CTG 23.2 routing. Serial 023 (dated 1945-10-01) records a ship-specific yard event: moored 1 September 1945 port side to S/S Round Splice, berth 'EB', Todd Galveston Dry Dock, Galveston, Texas, 'undergoing yard availability in accordance with basic orders' per COTCLant dispatch 172107 of August 1945; '1200 Completed yard availability period' 4 September, then underway to Pier #20 Galveston to load stores, departing 5 September for New Orleans. Serial 025 (dated 1945-12-01, signed by Lt. Kenneth G. Rorie - matching the documented CO change of 1945-10-01) closes the period with the ship moored at Seeadler Harbor, Manus, discharging cargo 25-30 November 1945.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-21

   Study period

   1945-03 to 1945-11

   Population

   NTC Miami trainees (~6 officers + ~80 enlisted weekly, per the diary); Todd Galveston Dry Dock trades (Sep 1945); embarked crew

   Limitations

   Primary ship-generated document for this hull - confirms the Miami school-ship duty, a named-yard availability event (Todd Galveston Dry Dock, completed 4 Sep 1945), and the first postwar Pacific cargo run. Contains no materials, insulation, or asbestos information; the yard availability's work scope is not described ('in accordance with basic orders' only) - a documented disturbance-phase event whose asbestos scope is unrecorded. Coverage is March-November 1945 only; no diary pages for the 1947-56 commission were located.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-grainger-ak184-07

8. [8]shipbuildinghistory.com - Walter Butler Shipbuilders Superior yard page (compiled yard table and history; automated fetch blocked by Mod_Security, content verified via search-index snippets and the navalmarinearchive.com mirror of the SBH AK table); Wisconsin Historical Society 'Wartime Shipbuilding' marker (hmdb.org transcription, marker erected 1990, Superior, Douglas County, Wis.) [other_primary]

   Locator

   shipbuildinghistory Walter Butler Superior yard page (search-index snippet: 'took over Lake Superior Shipbuilding at the outset of the war... North 1st and Hammond Avenue'); navalmarinearchive.com/sbh/navalships/ak.html AK table row 'AK 184 - Grainger - Butler Superior - 33 - C1-M-AV1 - 2115'; hmdb.org marker m=223799

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   Builder-yard context: Walter Butler Shipbuilders, Inc. took over the Lake Superior Shipbuilding yard at North 1st and Hammond Avenue, Superior, Wis., in 1942 and built ships under the Emergency Shipbuilding Program; the Wisconsin Historical Society 'Wartime Shipbuilding' marker records that the Walter Butler Company built fifty-two ships (eighteen coastal freighters, twenty-two ocean-going cargo ships, and twelve frigates) and that in May 1943 Butler's 5,000 workers launched five large cargo ships in a single day. The C1-M-AV1 table carries this hull as Walter Butler yard no. 33, MC hull 2115. The yard's Great Lakes location is why this hull was delivered to the MC still on the Lakes (30 Sep 44), partially dismantled at Chicago for the canal/river transit, and reassembled at Pendleton Shipyard, New Orleans - construction-phase material handling documented for the class, with this hull's dates ship-specific.

   Verification

   partial

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   context_only

   Accessed

   2026-09-21

   Study period

   1942-1945

   Population

   Walter Butler Superior construction workforce (~5,000 workers per the state marker; 1943-44 for this hull)

   Limitations

   Yard-level context for the builder of this hull; documents the facility's emergency-yard nature and location but contains no asbestos or materials information and establishes nothing about materials aboard this hull. Direct automated fetch of shipbuildinghistory.com was blocked (Mod_Security 'Not Acceptable') - yard-page content verified only via search-index snippets and the navalmarinearchive mirror; marker text is a transcription of a state historical marker (reputable but secondary).

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-grainger-ak184-08

9. [9]Batch-860 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS via Wayback; BuShips SDB 1945 v3 per-hull rows (scanned images verified); MARAD ShipHistory Detail 1995 + five status-card scans; NavSource 130184 + war-diary scan 130184a.pdf; shipscribe AK-156 class page; shipbuildinghistory/navalmarinearchive yard tables; NavalCoverMuseum; CourtListener API v4 (authenticated); web-wide litigation/name-collision search; VA BVA index; NARA catalog [other_primary]

   Locator

   search_ledger rows sl-uss-grainger-ak184-01 through sl-uss-grainger-ak184-13

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located in the searches completed: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming USS Grainger / AK-184 / MC hull 2115 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). RESIDUAL GAP: the authenticated CourtListener opinion sweep was blocked by the shared daily quota (HTTP 429 at both attempts - see sl-uss-grainger-ak184-10), so 'no qualifying case' rests on the indexed-web litigation check rather than a completed API sweep. The hull was sold in October 1960 as a foreign scrap hull (Japan) under PD-X-588 / MA-2371 - predating the Navy's asbestos-control programs of the late 1970s and NESHAP demolition rules - so no U.S.-regulated abatement record was ever expected to exist for this hull. The ship appears on bulk law-firm marketing lists of Navy hulls (mesotheliomasymptoms.com dedicated hull page; freeasbestostesting.com and duboselawfirm.com list rows); those lists enumerate every Navy ship and carry no ship-specific evidence - classified non-qualifying and not cited.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   negative_finding

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-21

   Study period

   2026-09-21

   Limitations

   Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1944 C1-M-AV1 hull with a documented auxiliary boiler, refrigerated holds, and six documented yard/dockyard events (Pendleton reassembly, Todd Galveston availability, two inactivation overhauls, one reactivation, one Pearl Harbor overhaul) is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials. CourtListener authenticated queries were quota-blocked at the time of research (HTTP 429 twice; shared 2,800/day key exhausted before this batch ran); the litigation negative therefore rests on indexed-web checking, not a completed API sweep - residual risk recorded in the ledger. Does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-grainger-ak184-09

10. [10]Cross-source reconciliation: DANFS via Wayback; BuShips SDB 1945 v3 (scan-verified); MARAD status cards (scan-verified); NavSource; shipscribe; shipbuildinghistory/navalmarinearchive tables; Wikipedia (variant tracking only, not a cited source) [other_primary]

    Locator

    SDB1945v3 PDF p. 112 construction table ('23 Jan 45' read on the rendered scan); MARAD Detail 1995 cards; navsource.net 130184.htm spec block and photo captions; DANFS entry body

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Source discrepancies logged, not merged: (a) First commissioning - DANFS text, NavSource, and shipscribe agree on 1945-01-26; the official BuShips SDB 1945 construction table prints '23 Jan 45' (scanned image verified, not an OCR artifact); shipbuildinghistory/navalmarinearchive tables carry '25-Jan-45' and Wikipedia's infobox follows that variant while its own body text says 26 January - DANFS adopted. (b) Limiting draft - DANFS and SDB print 21'1"; the MARAD card fragment reads 'Draft 21 5/8'; NavSource's spec block prints '29' 2" (limiting)', inconsistent with the class design (21-22 ft) - 21'1" adopted, variants disclosed. (c) Length - SDB/DANFS/NavSource 338'6" oa, MARAD 339' register - vs Wikipedia infobox '388 ft 8 in', which conflicts with the entire primary record and is excluded. (d) Power - SDB/NavSource/shipscribe 1,750 shp vs MARAD card 'BHP 1700' - both disclosed, SDB carried. (e) Complement - DANFS cpl. 85 / NavSource and SDB 15 off + 70 enl (85) vs shipscribe class register 69 vs Design AV intent 75 (8 officers + 67 men) - DANFS adopted. (f) Disposal geography - NavSource 'sold for scrapping in Japan' vs DANFS 'delivered at San Diego' - reconciled by the MARAD disposal card: PD-X-588 was a 'Scrap Hull - Japan' (foreign) sale with physical delivery at San Diego 1960-12-14; the Japanese breaking site itself is unverified. (g) DANFS text misspells the ship 'Granger' in the 1955 departure sentence. (h) MARAD reserve-fleet card 'Termination port, last voyage: HAMPTON ROADS' is unreconciled with the documented Seattle/Olympia service (the same unexplained card datum appears on sister Alamosa's card - carried as a form artifact, not a voyage). (i) NavSource photo caption dates Great Lakes sea trials 'January-February 1945' - inconsistent with the documented 30 Sep-31 Oct 1944 lakes-to-New Orleans delivery and winter ice conditions; treated as a caption error (trials were late 1944), not carried.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    correction

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-21

    Study period

    1943-1961 records

    Limitations

    Discrepancy record only - reconciles conflicting primary and secondary data without asserting any asbestos content. Where a printed primary source and DANFS disagree (23 vs 26 Jan 1945 commissioning), DANFS is adopted and the variant is disclosed rather than silently merged.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-grainger-ak184-10

11. [11]NARA record-group guidance: RG 24 deck logs (post-1941 at Archives II, College Park); RG 38 (CNO records incl. war diaries); RG 178 (U.S. Maritime Commission) Construction Division records; RG 19 (Bureau of Ships); MARAD sale documentation (PD-X-588 / MA-2371 referenced on the status cards) [other_primary]

    Locator

    archives.gov/research/military/logbooks (post-1941 Navy deck logs at College Park); archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/178.html and /groups/019.html; catalog.archives.gov returned only its JS application shell to automated query on 2026-09-21 - no digitized AK-184 log confirmed

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Archival leads (not retrieved - require research-room or reproduction orders; no spend authorized): (a) NARA RG 24 deck logs for AK-184 covering both commissions (1945-46 and 1947-56) at Archives II, College Park - the Pendleton reassembly, the Todd Galveston availability, all four overhauls, and the ammunition-issue operations would be logged there; (b) NARA RG 38 war-diary originals (the scanned March-November 1945 diary derives from this series); (c) NARA RG 178 (U.S. Maritime Commission) Construction Division records may hold the MC hull 2115 contract and C1-M-AV1 outfitting specifications for Walter Butler yard no. 33; (d) BuShips records (RG 19) including any C1-M-AV1 Booklet of General Plans; (e) MARAD sale documentation for PD-X-588 / contract MA-2371 (The Learner Co. scrap-hull purchase) - the most promising disposal-era lead; (f) Pendleton Shipyard and Todd Galveston Dry Dock yard records, if extant.

    Verification

    unverified

    Role

    archival_lead

    Documentation level

    context_only

    Accessed

    2026-09-21

    Study period

    1943-1961 records

    Limitations

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

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-grainger-ak184-11