USS Great Sitkin (AE-17)

Evidence

14 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-14).

1. [1]CourtListener opinion search: 'USS Great Sitkin' [court_record]

   Finding type

   litigation_documented

   Finding

   CourtListener opinion search 'USS Great Sitkin' returned 0 results (2026-10-07)

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   negative_finding

   Documentation level

   context_only

   Limitations

   zero-hit search; absence of hits is not proof of no litigation

   Evidence ID

   uss-great-sitkin-ae17-cl-name-opinion

2. [2]CourtListener docket search: 'USS Great Sitkin' [court_record]

   Finding type

   litigation_documented

   Finding

   CourtListener docket search 'USS Great Sitkin' returned 9 result(s) (2026-10-07); individual records not reviewed

   Verification

   unverified

   Role

   archival_lead

   Documentation level

   context_only

   Limitations

   hit count only — underlying dockets/opinions not individually reviewed; name query may match same-named vessels

   Evidence ID

   uss-great-sitkin-ae17-cl-name-docket

3. [3]CourtListener opinion search: 'AE-17' [court_record]

   Finding type

   litigation_documented

   Finding

   CourtListener opinion search 'AE-17' returned 4303 result(s) (2026-10-07); individual records not reviewed

   Verification

   unverified

   Role

   archival_lead

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Limitations

   hit count only — underlying dockets/opinions not individually reviewed

   Evidence ID

   uss-great-sitkin-ae17-cl-hull-opinion

4. [4]CourtListener docket search: 'AE-17' [court_record]

   Finding type

   litigation_documented

   Finding

   CourtListener docket search 'AE-17' returned 186155 result(s) (2026-10-07); individual records not reviewed

   Verification

   unverified

   Role

   archival_lead

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Limitations

   hit count only — underlying dockets/opinions not individually reviewed

   Evidence ID

   uss-great-sitkin-ae17-cl-hull-docket

5. [5]Board of Veterans' Appeals, Citation Nr. 1417365, Decision Date 04/17/2014, Docket No. 09-02 393 (VA Regional Office, Newark, NJ) - official VA decision text [court_record]

   Locator

   Sections II (factual background - March 2007 Form 21-4138 statement; ship assignment recital) and III (reasons and bases - exposure concession and ship list); ORDER paragraph (denial of COPD service connection)

   Finding type

   litigation_documented

   Finding

   VA administrative adjudication, ship-specific: In Board of Veterans' Appeals Citation Nr. 1417365 (decided 2014-04-17, Docket No. 09-02 393, Newark NJ RO), the Board reviewed service records showing the Veteran (USN active duty February 1959-November 1962) 'was assigned to work in the engine rooms of several Navy ships during his service, to include the U.S.S. Northampton, the U.S.S. Macon, the U.S.S. Providence, the U.S.S. Newport News and the U.S.S. Great Sitkin.' Exposure to asbestos 'was conceded by the RO in the January 2008 and December 2009 rating decision,' and the Veteran's claim for 'asbestos-related pleural disease with fibrosis' was GRANTED service connection (December 2009 rating decision). The issue on appeal - service connection for COPD as due to asbestos or as secondary to the service-connected pleural disease - was DENIED: every medical opinion of record attributed the COPD to a 40+ year smoking history, and the Board found no medical nexus between COPD and asbestos exposure/pleural plaques.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-19

   Study period

   1959-1962 (service/exposure period); 2007-2014 (claim through BVA decision)

   Population

   Navy engineman (USN 1959-1962) assigned to engine-room duty aboard five named ships including Great Sitkin; ship's company complement 267 (DANFS)

   Limitations

   Stage discipline: this is a VA benefits adjudication, not tort litigation - the exposure 'concession' was made by the Regional Office for compensation purposes and accepted by the Board ('the Board accepts the Veteran's claim that he was exposed to asbestos during service'), covering his service across FIVE named ships with no per-ship apportionment. The record does not adjudicate that asbestos existed aboard Great Sitkin specifically - it concedes in-service exposure during an assignment set that included her. The product description ('steam pipes which were coated with asbestos in the engine rooms'; 'asbestos wrapping around the steam pipes in all the engine rooms and boiler rooms'; 'asbestos dust filled the air aboard the ships') is claimant testimony describing general conditions aboard the ships he served, not a surveyed finding about this hull. The asbestos-related disease claim was granted at RO level (pleural disease with fibrosis); the COPD claim denied here was decided on medical causation (smoking), not on exposure. Does not establish exposure for any other crew member, the ship's asbestos inventory, or any tort liability.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-great-sitkin-ae17-01

6. [6]Board of Veterans' Appeals, Citation Nr. 1504671, Decision Date 01/30/2015, Docket No. 10-44 973 (VA Regional Office, Newark, NJ) - official VA decision text [court_record]

   Locator

   Introductory paragraph (unadjudicated COPD-asbestos issue, 38 C.F.R. 19.9(b) referral); Reasons and Bases (stressor recital 'while serving aboard the USS Great Sitkin AE 17'); REMAND order

   Finding type

   litigation_documented

   Finding

   Second VA docket naming the hull, claim-stage only: In BVA Citation Nr. 1504671 (decided 2015-01-30, Docket No. 10-44 973, Newark NJ RO), the record recites that 'the issue of service connection for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) as due to asbestos and lead paint exposure has been raised by the record in a July 2014 statement, but has not been adjudicated by the Agency of Original Jurisdiction (AOJ)' - the Board lacked jurisdiction and referred it to the AOJ under 38 C.F.R. 19.9(b). The same decision records the Veteran's contention that while serving aboard USS Great Sitkin AE-17 the ship encountered rough seas and ammunition stored on the main deck - including 1000- and 500-pound bombs - broke loose, that he feared for his life trying to stop the bombs, and that the incident involved 'resulting fires, injuries to other sailors, and near explosions'; the PTSD claim grounded on that stressor was REMANDED (with the hernia-rating issue) for a new VA examination per the Court's July 2014 memorandum decision.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-19

   Study period

   service period not stated; 2010-2015 (claim through remand)

   Population

   Navy veteran claimant aboard Great Sitkin during a claimed heavy-weather ammunition-adrift incident (period not stated in the decision)

   Limitations

   Stage discipline: the asbestos-related COPD issue in this docket is a RAISED BUT UNADJUDICATED claim - less final than the conceding rating decisions behind ev-01 and not evidence that any adjudicator accepted exposure aboard this hull in this docket. The ammunition-adrift incident is claimant testimony ('the Veteran contends'; 'the Veteran described'), not a verified casualty report; no date is given for it in the decision and no official casualty record was located. Whether this claimant is the same veteran as ev-01 cannot be verified - both dockets share the Newark RO and an engine-room/asbestos claim theme but BVA decisions are anonymized; treated as separate dockets. Remand means no final Board disposition on PTSD/hernia issues. Does not establish the ship's asbestos inventory or any other person's exposure.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-great-sitkin-ae17-02

7. [7]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS), 'Great Sitkin (AE-17)' - hazegray/losthistory transcription of the Naval History Division text [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   DANFS AE-17 full entry incl. spec block; live NHHC DANFS page for this hull returned 404 (standing NHHC link-rot finding from Batch-01) - transcription mirror used

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Official service record (DANFS): namesake is the Great Sitkin volcano in the Aleutian Islands. Launched under Maritime Commission contract by North Carolina Shipbuilding Co., Wilmington, N.C., 20 January 1945 (sponsor Miss Anne L. Dimon[sic]); commissioned at Charleston, S.C., 11 August 1945, Lt. Comdr. William F. Smith in command. After Norfolk shakedown she sailed to New York '2 November' (1945) to begin dumping condemned ammunition in an assigned area off Sandy Hook, N.J., continuing that duty nearly a year and returning to Norfolk November 1946. Late-1940s pattern: Caribbean and Canal Zone ammunition-replenishment trips, twice to Gibraltar, plus local operations. From 1951 she served as a mobile ready-reserve ammunition source, deploying regularly to the Mediterranean for the 6th Fleet including Lebanon and Suez crises; otherwise operating out of New York on Atlantic/Caribbean fleet maneuvers. During the Cuban missile crisis she sailed for the Caribbean 23 October 1962 carrying reserve ammunition for quarantine-force ships and departed the area 16 December. Three 6th Fleet deployments with NATO exercises August 1963-July 1965; after a three-month overhaul she left Bethlehem Steel Shipyard, Hoboken, N.J., December 1966 for Guantanamo Bay refresher training. Spec block: dp. 13,910; l. 459'2"; b. 63'; dr. 28'3"; s. 16 k; cpl. 267; a. 1-5", 4-3", 4-40mm, 16-20mm; class line reads 'Wrangell.'

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-19

   Study period

   1945-1967

   Population

   Ship's company (complement 267 per DANFS spec block); alongside units receiving ammunition

   Limitations

   Authoritative identity, construction, and service history; contains no asbestos, insulation, or hazardous-material information. The published DANFS text ends ca. 1967 (written while the ship was still in service) - it does not cover the 1968 Vietnam deployment or the 1973 decommissioning. 'Sailed to New York 2 November' is printed without year in the transcription and reads against the post-shakedown November 1945 timing (Wikipedia restates as 25 November 1945) - the DANFS framing is adopted for the record; see correction row.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-great-sitkin-ae17-03

8. [8]U.S. Maritime Administration, ShipHistory database - GREAT SITKIN (AE-17), Detail 5932; digitized status cards MA-199 (Vessel Status Card) and MA-20 (Record of Ship Sales, PD-X-971 / contract MA-7281) [marad_nrc]

   Locator

   ShipHistory Detail 5932 (identity/spec/fate fields); status-card scans https://vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/cards/5932_AF.jpg (MA-20) and https://vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/cards/0ce09653-b1b8-4929-a5b1-f24d90cacced.png (MA-199)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   MARAD custody and disposition record: ShipHistory Detail 5932 identifies GREAT SITKIN (AE-17), year built 1945, North Carolina Shipbuilding Company, MARAD type C2-S-AJ1, naval auxiliary / AE ammunition ship, length 459.16 ft, beam 63.00 ft, 8,258 gross tons, fate 'Sold - Scrap,' Vietnam War mission flag. The two digitized status-card scans are primary documents: the MA-199 Vessel Status Card records official/vessel no. 0772306, MA hull M.C.-1706, builder's hull 197, 10,775 DWT, 'Date (Built) 2/19/45,' delivered from shipyard to 'U.S.M.C. (Loaned to U.S. Navy)'; operating history rows record USMC-to-Navy Department title transfer 1/14/46, Navy Department-to-Maritime Administration permanent transfer 2/25/74, and MARAD-to-Ship's Inc. 'Purchase' with remarks 'Scrap' 2/25/74. The MA-20 Record of Ship Sales (disposal PD-X-971, contract MA-7281) records award to Ship's, Inc. dated 2-25-74, purchase price $152,666.00, location of vessel Philadelphia, Pa., and remarks that the hull was advertised under PD-X-967 (bids rejected), then re-advertised under PD-X-971 as amended dated 1-17-74, bids opened 2-20-74, under two conditions '(1) NTU (2) SCRAP HULL-US,' award made under condition (2).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-19

   Study period

   1945-1974

   Population

   Inactive-fleet custody personnel (Philadelphia, 1973-74); Ship's, Inc. scrapping workforce (Camden, NJ, 1974)

   Limitations

   Authoritative for government custody milestones and the disposal contract; contains no asbestos, hazmat, or materials-condition information, and the 'SCRAP HULL-US' condition is a sale condition (US scrapping), not a hazmat finding. The 2/25/74 award/transfer dates reconcile imperfectly with NavSource's 'sold by DRMS 1 March 1974 to US Ship Co. for $152,666.60' - buyer-name, price-last-digit, and seller-agency variants carried in the correction row rather than adjudicated. The cards record custody, not the physical dismantling dates (March-October 1974 per NavSource).

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-great-sitkin-ae17-04

9. [9]shipscribe.com (Stephen S. Roberts), 'USS Mount Hood (AE-11) Class' - construction, disposition, and ship-note tables compiled from U.S. Navy and Maritime Commission records [other_primary]

   Locator

   Construction table (AE-17 row); Disposition table (AE-17 row); Class Notes (C2-S-AJ1 design differences; conversion-yard delivery pattern; 1950 readiness note); Ship Notes (AE-17 ferry commission and NYd Charleston conversion)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Class-data compilation (shipscribe.com, Stephen S. Roberts, 'USS Mount Hood (AE-11) Class' page, compiled 2001 from Navy/MC records): AE-17 GREAT SITKIN, MC hull 1706 - acquired by the Navy 19 Feb 1945; built by North Carolina SB; keel 23 Nov 1944; launched 20 Jan 1945; commissioned 11 Aug 1945; decommissioned 2 Jul 1973; stricken 2 Jul 1973; disposal/MA sale 25 Feb 1974 (fate 'MA/S'). Ship note: 'Delivered 99.0% complete. Ferry comm. 19-21 Feb 45, converted by NYd Charleston (S.C.).' Class notes document that the C2-S-AJ1 differed from the standard C2 (full scantling rather than shelter-deck type, greater draft and tonnage), that all C2-AJ hulls were built at the Newport-News-operated wartime North Carolina Shipbuilding yard, that AE 16-19 were delivered incomplete but able to steam unarmed to conversion yards, and that November 1944 conversion specifications added underway-transfer capability for ammunition including aircraft bombs. The same notes record that when Korea broke out in 1950 all Mount Hood-class units except MOUNT KATMAI and GREAT SITKIN were in reserve - i.e., Great Sitkin remained continuously in commission.

   Verification

   partial

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-19

   Study period

   1944-1974

   Population

   Ship's company; Charleston Navy Yard conversion workforce (Feb-Aug 1945)

   Limitations

   Carefully compiled secondary reference, not itself an official document - its keel date (23 Nov 1944), ferry-commission dates, and Charleston Navy Yard conversion attribution are adopted as the best available record (corroborated in part by the association's published command-history material) but are not traced to a primary order. Its complement figure (256, 1944) conflicts with DANFS's 267 - DANFS adopted for the complement field. Contains no asbestos or materials information.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-great-sitkin-ae17-05

10. [10]NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive, USS Great Sitkin (AE-17), page 09/05/0517 - specification block, Vietnam campaign table, commanding-officer list, disposition chronology (contributed by Al Grazevich) [other_primary]

    Locator

    NavSource 0517 header/spec block, Vietnam War Campaigns table, final-disposition line, and CO list; page content verified via search-index excerpts (direct fetch unstable during research); campaign and disposition data corroborated in type by Wikipedia's AE-17 article citing the same

    Finding type

    vessel_history

    Finding

    NavSource Online Service Ship Photo Archive (page 09/05/0517): records the hull as Mount Hood-class; laid down date unknown; MC type C2-S-AJ1 hull 1706 at North Carolina Shipbuilding Co., Wilmington; launched 20 January 1945; commissioned 11 August 1945 at Charleston, S.C., LCDR William F. Smith; Vietnam War campaign table: Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase IV (1-12 May 1968 and 25 May-8 June 1968) and Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase V (23 September-4 October 1968); 'earned two campaign stars for Vietnam War service'; struck from the Naval Register 2 July 1973; final disposition 'sold by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service for scrapping, 1 March 1974 to US Ship Co., Camden, N.J. for $152,666.60, dismantled March to October 1974'; radio call sign NUID; commanding-officer roster (29 officers) ending with LCDR James W. La Pean Sr. (23 March-2 July 1973).

    Verification

    partial

    Role

    supporting

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-19

    Study period

    1945-1974

    Population

    Ship's company during the 1968 WestPac/Vietnam deployment; crew roster across 29 commanding officers 1945-1973

    Limitations

    Volunteer-compiled archival page quoting Navy/DANFS material - the campaign-date tables and the DRMS/US-Ship-Co./$152,666.60 disposition chain are NavSource-compiled and diverge from the MARAD status card's 2/25/74 award, 'Ship's, Inc.' buyer name, and $152,666.00 price (see correction row); campaign-star count (2, matching the two listed campaigns) conflicts with the ship association's '3 campaign stars' medal list - unresolved. Contains no asbestos or materials information.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-great-sitkin-ae17-06

11. [11]hazegray DANFS AE-17 transcription; greatsitkin.org ship-history page and medal list; NavSource 09/05/0517; shipscribe AE-11 class table; MARAD status cards; Wikipedia AE-17 article (secondary restatement) [other_primary]

    Locator

    Per-item locators in the underlying evidence rows (ev-03 through ev-06)

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Source discrepancies resolved or carried: (a) Sponsor surname - hazegray DANFS transcription prints 'Miss Anne L. Dimon'; the ship association and Wikipedia give 'Anne L. Dimond,' daughter of Alaska congressional delegate Judge Anthony J. Dimond - 'Dimond' adopted (consistent with the delegate's family name; 'Dimon' treated as transcription truncation). (b) Vietnam campaign stars - NavSource lists two campaigns (Phase IV, Phase V) and 'two campaign stars'; the ship association's medal list reads 'Viet Nam Service Medal with 3 campaign stars' - unresolved, carried distinctly. (c) Disposal chain - MARAD MA-20/MA-199 cards: award+transfer to Ship's, Inc. 2/25/74 at $152,666.00, vessel located Philadelphia; NavSource/Wikipedia: DRMS sale 3/1/74 to 'US Ship Co.,' Camden NJ at $152,666.60, dismantled Mar-Oct 1974 - MARAD card adopted as the federal custody record, NavSource chain carried as the trade-press-style variant; dismantling window not independently verified. (d) New York arrival for ammunition dumping - DANFS transcription '2 November' (year unstated, contextually 1945); Wikipedia restates as '25 November 1945' - DANFS adopted. (e) Complement - DANFS spec block 267; shipscribe class table 256 (1944) - DANFS adopted.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    correction

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-19

    Study period

    1944-1974 (records); discrepancies identified 2026-09-19

    Limitations

    Resolves publication-level discrepancies for the record's own fields; the unresolved items (campaign-star count, DRMS-vs-MARAD disposal framing, boiler maker/count in secondary spec blocks) are also logged in gaps. None of these sources contains asbestos information.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-great-sitkin-ae17-07

12. [12]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 covering both this hull's Maritime Commission C2-S-AJ1 construction (Wilmington, N.C., keel November 1944 - February 1945) and her naval conversion to an ammunition ship at the Charleston Navy Yard (February-August 1945). The documented C2-S-AJ1 steam plant (header-type boilers at ~450 psi feeding a geared turbine) implies era-typical asbestos-relevant applications aboard a ship of this type: boiler and steam-drum insulation, steam-line lagging, valve and flange gaskets, machinery packing - and, for an ammunition ship, insulation of magazine/stowage spaces built to Navy conversion specifications.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    context

    Documentation level

    class_or_era

    Accessed

    2026-09-19

    Study period

    1940s era documented; article 1987

    Population

    WWII shipyard workers and ship crews (class context); North Carolina Shipbuilding construction trades (1944-45); Charleston Navy Yard conversion workforce (1945)

    Limitations

    Program/era-level scholarship; does not name this vessel or class and does not establish that any specific material aboard this hull contained asbestos. The machinery/magazine application list is era inference from the documented steam plant and conversion type, not ship-proven - the only ship-specifically documented product descriptions are the claimant-level engine-room/boiler-room steam-pipe insulation statements in the BVA record (ev-01). Does not establish quantity, present-day presence, individual exposure beyond the adjudicated claimant set, or causation.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-great-sitkin-ae17-08

13. [13]Batch-484 search ledger (this record): DANFS/hazegray; NHHC live page (404); MARAD ShipHistory 5932 + status cards; shipscribe AE-11 class page; NavSource 0517 (index excerpts); greatsitkin.org full text (zero asbestos mentions); VA BVA fulltext (two qualifying decisions); NVR detail URL (redirects to shell); CourtListener API v4 + HTML (both rate-limit blocked); site:courtlistener.com index search (name collisions only) [other_primary]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-great-sitkin-ae17-01 through sl-uss-great-sitkin-ae17-12

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Negative finding within its scope: beyond the VA adjudications (ev-01, ev-02), no hull asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, specification itemization, or additional qualifying litigation naming this hull was located in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The ship association's six command-history narrative pages and deck-log extracts contain zero mentions of 'asbestos' (full-text check of all six history files). The Naval Vessel Register carries no detail record for AE-17 (ships disposed before 1987 are not in the live register; the detail URL redirects to the site shell). The 1973-74 inactivation and 1974 Camden scrapping left no public hazmat/abatement documentation. Law-firm marketing ship-list pages naming the hull or the builder yard were excluded as non-authoritative per batch rules.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    negative_finding

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-19

    Study period

    2026-09-19

    Limitations

    Scope-limited: 'no record located' covers hull surveys, abatement, hazmat disclosures, specification itemizations, and qualifying litigation beyond the two VA decisions in the sources searched - it does not negate the affirmative BVA concession, and absence of a located survey does not prove absence of other asbestos aboard (a 1945 steam hull scrapped in 1974 without a located abatement record is era-consistent with retained ACM through end of life). The CourtListener docket-level check is incomplete (API 429 both attempts; HTML 403); dedicated docket verification remains an open item.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-great-sitkin-ae17-09

14. [14]NARA Guide to Federal Records: RG 19 (Bureau of Ships), RG 24 (Bureau of Naval Personnel / deck logs), RG 178 (U.S. Maritime Commission); NHHC command-history holdings; greatsitkin.org provenance note for OPNAV 5750-1 reports and purchased deck-log copies [other_primary]

    Locator

    https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/019.html ; https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/178.html ; https://www.greatsitkin.org/shiphistory.html (provenance statement)

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Archival leads (not retrieved - require research-room or reproduction orders; no spend authorized): NARA RG 24 deck logs cover the commissioned period 1945-1973; the ship association states its year-by-year narratives were 'extracted from the ship's Annual Command History Report (Report Symbol OPNAV 5750-1)' obtained from the Department of the Navy, Naval Historical Center - those command histories sit in NHHC/NARA custody and include the 1968 WestPac deployment and 1973 decommissioning sequence; NARA RG 19 (Bureau of Ships) may hold the C2-S-AJ1-to-AE conversion package for MC hull 1706 including outfitting/materials specifications for the Charleston Navy Yard conversion; RG 178 (U.S. Maritime Commission) Construction Division records may hold the North Carolina Shipbuilding contract/hull file (contract context for hull 1706; MARAD card cites contract MA-7281 for disposal).

    Verification

    unverified

    Role

    archival_lead

    Documentation level

    context_only

    Accessed

    2026-09-19

    Study period

    1944-1974 records

    Limitations

    Record-group mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; existence of asbestos-specific documents for MC hull 1706 / AE-17 is unknown until surveyed in person. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-great-sitkin-ae17-10