USS Hamblen (APA-114)

Evidence

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

1. [1]NHHC, 'Hamblen (APA-114)' DANFS ship-history page (Published 2015-07-14; partial update by Dr. Timothy L. Francis 2007-06-26) - live URL 404s 2026-09-25; verbatim text via Wayback capture 20211114215747; older shorter DANFS text mirrored at losthistory.net/hazegray danfs/amphib/apa114.htm [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   NHHC DANFS Hamblen page, full entry incl. spec block and wartime narrative; https://losthistory.net/hazegray/danfs/amphib/apa114.htm (pre-2007 shorter text)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NHHC DANFS entry for Hamblen (APA-114) (2015 publication, partial update 2007): 'A county in Tennessee.' Spec block: 'displacement 16,100 tons; length 492'; beam 69'6"; draft 26'6"; speed 16 knots; complement 479; armament 2 5-inch guns, 8 40mm machine guns; class Bayfield; T. C3-S-A2.' Narrative: laid down under Maritime Commission contract (MC Hull 876) by Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp., Pascagoula, Miss., 16 February 1944; launched 30 July 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Hugh B. Vickery, wife of Navy Commander Vickery; converted to a troop transport at Waterman Shipbuilding Co., Mobile, Ala.; acquired by the Navy 9 June 1945; commissioned 12 June 1945, Capt. George M. Wauchope, USNR, in command. Shakedown Galveston 22 June-13 July; San Juan 25 July; Honolulu via Panama 11 August; Transport Squadron 22, Fifth Fleet Amphibious Force; 5th Marine Division elements from Hilo via Saipan in TG 54.2 to Sasebo 22 September; TG 54.4 to Lingayen Gulf 3 October (Army 32d Division); Sasebo 14 October (diverted from mined Fukuoka); second lift Manila/Lingayen 26-28 October to Wakayama 2 November; departed Japan 5 November; San Pedro 24 November 1945; Magic Carpet voyage Okinawa 26 December to Tacoma 17 January 1946; released 23 January 1946; Canal Zone 22 February; decommissioned Norfolk 1 May 1946; returned to Maritime Commission six days later; struck Navy List 8 May 1946; sold to Isthmian Lines 1948, merchant ship Steel Voyager.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   1944-1948

   Limitations

   Authoritative Navy ship history naming this hull - confirms identity, builder, dates, conversion yard (Waterman Shipbuilding, Mobile - a detail present only in the post-2007 NHHC update), and service record. Contains no materials, insulation, or asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-hamblen-apa114-01

2. [2]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 3 (NAVSHIPS 250-012, 1945), auxiliaries - transports, attack (APA) tables, per-hull row 116 for HAMBLEN APA-114 (shipscribe.com scan of the official BuShips publication) [other_primary]

   Locator

   SDB1945v3 APA tables printed pp. 246-251 (PDF pp. ~265-270): dimensions row 116 (HAMBLEN ex-M.C. Hull 876, APA 114), personnel/displacement row 116, machinery row 116 ('1 do / 8,500 / 2 do / 465 / 765' resolving to G.E. turb. + F.W. "D"), armament/cargo row 116, construction row 116 ('do' builder = Ingalls, year 1944, acquired/commission blank); alphabetical index 'Hamblen (ex-M.C. Hull 876) APA 114'

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   Official BuShips Ships' Data 1945 Vol. 3 carries per-hull rows for HAMBLEN APA-114 (row 116, ex-M.C. Hull 876): 492'0" overall / 465'0" waterline; beam 69'6"; trial speed 18.4 knots at trial displacement 11,760 tons; limiting displacement 16,100 tons; tons per inch immersion 58; limiting draft 26'6"; ship's company 41 officers + 437 enlisted; troop accommodations 91 officers + 1,470 enlisted; largest boom 30 t; machinery 1 G.E. turbine (ditto chain), 8,500 shp, 2 'F. W. "D"' boilers at 465 psi / 765F (ditto chain resolves to the explicit GRUNDY APA-111 row); armament 2 x 5"/38 cal (D.P.) + 4 twin 40mm (ultimate authorized); cargo 180,500 cu ft non-refrigerated, 7,900 t total / 4,500 t cargo deadweight; builder 'do' (= Ingalls S. B. Co., Pascagoula, Miss.); year built 1944; date-acquired and date-of-first-commission fields blank (hull commissioned 12 Jun 1945, after the volume's data cutoff).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   1945

   Limitations

   Authoritative wartime BuShips publication naming this hull - confirms identity, machinery plant (Foster-Wheeler boilers for the Ingalls-built group, against B&W 'D' entries for Western Pipe-built sisters), manning, and builder. Contains no materials, insulation, or asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim. Armament figure is the ultimate authorized fit; actual as-built fit may have differed.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-hamblen-apa114-02

3. [3]U.S. Maritime Administration, ShipHistory database - HAMBLEN (APA-114), Ship History Detail 2068, incl. digitized NDRF reserve-fleet face card (2068_3842AF.jpg) and full vessel status card (2Y3_01.png) [marad_nrc]

   Locator

   ShipHistory Detail 2068 data block; cards/2068_3842AF.jpg (reserve-fleet face card); cards/2068_3842AB.jpg (manuscript strip); cards/2Y3_01.png (full vessel status card - custody chain and disposal)

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   MARAD ShipHistory registry (Detail 2068, 'HAMBLEN (APA-114)') plus digitized vessel status cards read directly: reserve-fleet face card - Type C3-S-A2, hull no. 876, 'Ingalls 1945', fleet/unit 'JR 7' (James River Group), date entered fleet 5-7-46, 'Reconversion Bethlehem Hoboken' annotation, termination port last voyage 'NEW YORK', date withdrawn 1-22-47 delivered to Div. of Oper. Full vessel status card - 'Basis to W.S.A. 5-7-46 12:35PM EDT @ Lee Hall, Va. from Navy Dept. - Surplus'; custody rows: Reserve Fleet Lee Hall 5-7-46; Moran Towing & Transp. Co. towing at Lee Hall 1-22-47 2PM EST; Bethlehem Steel Co. Hoboken Division custody New York 1-24-47 2PM EST; 'Held to Isthmian SS Co' purchase Hoboken NJ 5-4-48 11AM; 'Name changed to STEEL VOYAGER'; 'Sold to Long Jong Industrial Co., Ltd. for scrapping in Kaohsiung, Taiwan 8/16/73'. Registry data block: Year Built 1945; Shipyard Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation; MARAD Type 'C3-2-A2' (field quirk for C3-S-A2); length 492.0 ft; beam 69.5 ft; displacement light 8,100 t; fate 'Sold - Scrap'; milestones/documents/plans tabs empty.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   1945-1973

   Limitations

   Authoritative government custody record for this hull - confirms MC hull 876, builder, reserve-fleet entry 1946-05-07, reconversion custody at Bethlehem Hoboken 1947, sale to Isthmian 1948-05-04, and 1973 scrapping sale. Status-card handwriting partially legible (read directly from scans). Contains no asbestos, materials, or condition-survey information; supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-hamblen-apa114-03

4. [4]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, 'Attack Transport APA Hamblen APA-114' page (volunteer-compiled; sources incl. DANFS, Friedman 'U.S. Amphibious Ships and Craft', and fleet compilations) [other_primary]

   Locator

   NavSource file 10/03/03114 - chronology bullets, spec block, CO table, merchant-service entries, ribbons

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NavSource Online Amphibious Photo Archive entry for USS Hamblen (APA-114): Bayfield-class attack transport, MC type C3-S-A2, MC hull 876, Ingalls Shipbuilding Co., Pascagoula; laid down 16 February 1944; launched 30 June 1944 (conflicts with DANFS/shipscribe 30 July - see correction row); acquired and commissioned 12 June 1945, Capt. George M. Wauchope, USNR; Asiatic-Pacific Theater; occupation service 23 September 1945-1 January 1946; decommissioned 1 May 1946 Norfolk; struck Naval Register 8 May 1946; returned to Maritime Commission 7 May 1946 for lay-up NDRF James River Group, Lee Hall; merchant service - towed 22 January 1947 by Moran Towing from Lee Hall to Hoboken, delivered 24 January 1947 to Bethlehem Steel Shipyard Hoboken for reconversion, sold 4 May 1948 to Isthmian Lines renamed SS Steel Voyager; final disposition sold 16 August 1973 to Long Jong Industrial Co. Ltd. for scrapping at Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Spec block: 11,760 t lt / 16,100 t fl; 492'; 69'6" beam; 25' draft; 18.4 kts trial; complement 41 officers + 437 enlisted; troop accommodations 91 officers + 1,470 enlisted; 1 G.E. geared turbine, 2 Foster and Wheeler D-type boilers 465psi 765deg, 8,500 shp, 1 propeller; 12 LCVP + 4 LCM(6) + 3 LCPL; radio call sign NZWJ. COs: Wauchope 12 Jun 1945-10 Mar 1946; Clayton R. Dudley 10 Mar-1 May 1946.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   1944-1973

   Limitations

   Volunteer-compiled secondary compilation consistent with DANFS/SDB/MARAD on all points except the launch date (30 June vs 30 July - see correction row). Contains no asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-hamblen-apa114-04

5. [5]NHHC DANFS (ev-01) vs NavSource APA-114 page (ev-04) vs MARAD status cards (ev-03) vs BuShips SDB 1945 v3 (ev-02) vs shipscribe APA34 class page; secondary variants via NavalCoverMuseum wiki, shipbuildinghistory.com, isthmianlines.com, Wikipedia [other_primary]

   Locator

   shipscribe BAYFIELD class Part 1 construction/disposition table row APA-114 ('9 Jun 45 | Ingalls SB, Pascagoula | 16 Feb 44 | 30 Jul 44 | 12 Jun 45'; '1 May 46 | 8 May 46 | 7 May 46 | MC/D | 4 May 48'); MARAD card rows; NavSource timeline

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   Source discrepancies resolved in favor of the official/primary sources: (a) Launch date - DANFS/NHHC and the shipscribe class compilation both print 30 July 1944; NavSource prints 30 June 1944, and Wikipedia's infobox plus law-firm page asbestos-ships.com repeat 30 June while their own prose repeats DANFS's 30 July; the isthmianlines.com Steel Voyager event list prints '7/30/44 Launched'. 30 July 1944 adopted. (b) Decommission - DANFS, NavSource, and shipscribe read 1 May 1946; NavalCoverMuseum wiki prints 'May 11 1946' and asbestos-ships.com repeats it; 1 May adopted. (c) Complement - SDB 1945 per-hull row and NavSource: 41 officers + 437 enlisted (478) ship's company plus 91 + 1,470 troop accommodations; DANFS spec block reads 'cpl. 479'; secondary sources print '51 officers + 524 enlisted' (575); the SDB figure is adopted. (d) Merchant sale - MARAD status card and shipscribe document purchase delivery to Isthmian SS Co. 4 May 1948 at Hoboken; shipbuildinghistory prints 'Sold 1947'; the card's 4 May 1948 is adopted (1947 corresponds to reconversion-custody, not title transfer). (e) 'Year built' - SDB and isthmianlines print 1944 (launch year); MARAD registry prints 1945 (completion/acceptance year); 1944 carried with the MARAD variant noted.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   correction

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   1944-1973

   Limitations

   Resolves publication-level discrepancies among secondary compilations; does not affect identity or custody timeline materially. No asbestos content in any of these sources.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-hamblen-apa114-05

6. [6]Franke, K., and Paustenbach, D., 'Government and Navy knowledge regarding health hazards of asbestos: A state of the science evaluation (1900 to 1970),' Inhalation Toxicology 23(sup3):1-20 (2011), PMID 22200078 + BuShips SDB 1945 v3 APA-114 machinery row (ev-02) + MARAD status-card custody/conversion events (ev-03) + DANFS conversion-yard statement (ev-01) [other_primary]

   Locator

   Inhalation Toxicology 23(sup3):1-20, era analysis blocks covering WWII naval construction and service; SDB v3 APA machinery table row 116; MARAD card custody rows; isthmianlines.com Steel Voyager event list (secondary)

   Finding type

   asbestos_application

   Finding

   Era/design inference: as completed (1944-45), this hull carried a Maritime Commission C3-S-A2 steam installation - one GE geared turbine fed by two Foster-Wheeler 'D'-type boilers at 465 psi/765F, 8,500 shp, single screw - machinery of a type and era for which the U.S. Navy and Maritime Commission specified asbestos-containing thermal insulation, gaskets, and packing. Peer-reviewed scholarship documents that the Navy required and used asbestos-containing shipboard materials across the era spanning this hull's construction (1944-45) and entire naval service (1945-46). Documented work history concentrating candidate disturbance points: construction at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula (1944); the 1944-45 attack-transport conversion at Waterman Shipbuilding Co., Mobile, Ala. (fitting-out of berthing and accommodation for 1,561 troops on the completed C3 hull); the 1946-47 merchant reconversion at Bethlehem Steel Hoboken Division (custody 1-24-47; secondary compilation prices the conversion contract at $516,698); a 1947 reefer-space installation of 55,000 cu ft by Ingalls at Birmingham, Ala.; reserve-fleet lay-up Lee Hall 1946-47; ~25 years merchant operation with documented repair availabilities (New York, Baltimore, 1948-59+); and the 1973 breaking at Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

   Verification

   inferred

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   1944-1973

   Population

   Ingalls Pascagoula construction workforce (1944); Waterman Shipbuilding Mobile conversion workforce (1944-45); ship's company and embarked troops (1945-46); Bethlehem Hoboken and Ingalls Birmingham reconversion workforces (1947); Isthmian merchant crews and repair-yard workers (1948-73); Long Jong breaking-yard workforce, Kaohsiung (1973)

   Limitations

   Era/program-level scholarship combined with this hull's documented steam plant - establishes that asbestos-containing insulation was Navy/MC-standard practice in Hamblen's construction and service era, NOT that any survey or record confirms asbestos aboard this specific hull. No hull-specific insulation specification, survey, abatement, or removal record was located. The Waterman conversion, Bethlehem Hoboken reconversion, and Ingalls Birmingham reefer installation are documented yard availabilities whose asbestos scope is inference, not record. Does not establish quantity, location, condition, individual exposure, or causation.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-hamblen-apa114-06

7. [7]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 program under which this C3-S-A2 hull was built, converted, and operated.

   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 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-hamblen-apa114-07

8. [8]Fleischer, W.E., Viles, F.J. Jr., Gade, R.L., and Drinker, P., 'A health survey of pipe covering operations in constructing naval vessels,' J Ind Hyg Toxicol 28(1):9-16 (Jan 1946), PMID 21016030 [other_primary]

   Locator

   PubMed record PMID 21016030; article pp. 9-16 (pipe covering material section)

   Finding type

   gov_survey

   Finding

   The U.S. Maritime Commission-commissioned industrial-hygiene survey of WWII pipe-covering operations at two Navy yards and two Navy contract yards documented that 'an important ingredient of pipe covering material used on U.S. Navy vessels is amosite' - i.e., asbestos insulation was standard material in wartime naval-vessel construction of exactly this hull's era and type.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   survey ~1944-45; published 1946

   Population

   WWII pipe coverers and insulators at Navy and contract yards (era context)

   Limitations

   Era-level documentation of asbestos use in naval construction generally; does not name this vessel, class, or builder yard and establishes nothing about this hull's materials, condition, or any individual exposure. (The study's exculpatory 'not a dangerous occupation' conclusion has since been heavily criticized - see the 2026 critique at DOI 10.1177/10482911261446696.)

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-hamblen-apa114-08

9. [9]Ingalls Shipbuilding, Inc. v. Director, OWCP, 519 U.S. 248 (1997); Overly v. Ingalls Shipbuilding, Inc., 74 Cal. App. 4th 164 (1999) [court_record]

   Locator

   519 U.S. 248 (syllabus/opinion - LHWCA credit); 74 Cal. App. 4th 164 (facts section - Pascagoula assignment, mesothelioma)

   Finding type

   litigation_documented

   Finding

   The construction yard is a documented asbestos-litigation yard: Ingalls Shipbuilding, Inc. v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, 519 U.S. 248 (1997) - shipfitter Jefferson Yates worked at Ingalls's Pascagoula shipyards and was diagnosed with asbestosis, chronic bronchitis, and possible malignancy in 1981 (Supreme Court disposed of the LHWCA credit issue); and Overly v. Ingalls Shipbuilding, Inc., 74 Cal. App. 4th 164, 87 Cal. Rptr. 2d 626 (1999) - a Westinghouse field engineer with a 1960-1964 assignment partially at the Pascagoula yard diagnosed with mesothelioma in 1996, jury award affirmed as modified. These adjudicated records document asbestos exposure conditions at the yard that built this hull in 1944.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   context_only

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   1960-1999 litigation record; yard era 1938-present

   Population

   Ingalls Pascagoula yard workforce (era context)

   Limitations

   Yard-level litigation documentation - both cases name Ingalls Shipbuilding and concern conditions at the Pascagoula yard; NEITHER names this hull or any vessel. The exposures litigated postdate (1981 dx; 1960-64 assignment) Hamblen's 1944-45 construction. Establish yard-environment context only: no ship-specific exposure, quantity, product, or causation finding for APA-114.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-hamblen-apa114-09

10. [10]Pruitt v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp., C.A. No. 18-1101-MN-SRF (D. Del., In re Asbestos Litigation / MDL-875 track) - Report and Recommendation (2020-07-30) and Memorandum Opinion, verified via ded.uscourts.gov opinion PDFs [court_record]

    Locator

    Report & Recommendation, Facts section (plaintiff's ship assignments); https://www.ded.uscourts.gov/sites/ded/files/opinions/18-1101_1.pdf

    Finding type

    litigation_documented

    Finding

    The located attack-transport asbestos docket names the lead ship of this same class: plaintiff John W. Pruitt Sr. alleged mesothelioma from asbestos exposure as a machinist mate stationed in 1958 on 'the USS Bayfield, an attack transport' (APA-33, Bayfield class - the class lead ship of Hamblen's class) and in 1959 on USS Tolovana (AO-64, Cimarron-class oiler). No docketed asbestos opinion naming USS Hamblen, APA-114, MC Hull 876, or her merchant name Steel Voyager was located in CourtListener or indexed sources.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    context

    Documentation level

    context_only

    Accessed

    2026-09-25

    Study period

    opinions 2020; service 1958-1963

    Population

    Navy veterans of Bayfield-class APAs (class context)

    Limitations

    Same class but different hull - carried only to document that the Bayfield-class/APA litigation surface exists while no Hamblen-specific docket was found. Deposition-stage exposure descriptions are allegations, not findings. See search_ledger for CourtListener coverage detail.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-hamblen-apa114-10

11. [11]Batch-2183 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS (live 404; Wayback 2021 capture) + hazegray mirror; BuShips SDB 1945 v3 per-hull row; MARAD ShipHistory Detail 2068 + status cards; NavSource; shipscribe; isthmianlines.com; shipbuildinghistory.com; CourtListener name/hull searches; NVR; NARA catalog [other_primary]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-hamblen-apa114-01 through sl-uss-hamblen-apa114-15

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, insulation specification, hazmat disclosure, court finding, or docketed asbestos case naming USS Hamblen, APA-114, MC Hull 876, or her merchant name Steel Voyager was found in the public sources searched - the NHHC DANFS entry, BuShips SDB 1945 v3, MARAD record and status cards, NavSource, and shipscribe contain no asbestos or insulation-material statement; CourtListener name/hull searches returned zero ship references (see search_ledger).

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    negative_finding

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-25

    Study period

    2026-09-25

    Limitations

    Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1944-45 steam plant and wartime accommodation fit-out are era-consistent with installed asbestos-containing materials, and the 1973 Taiwan breaking dispersed whatever remained. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-hamblen-apa114-11

12. [12]NARA Guide to Federal Records: RG 24 (Bureau of Naval Personnel - Navy deck logs), RG 19 (Bureau of Ships), RG 178 (U.S. Maritime Commission), RG 357 (Maritime Administration); MARAD ShipHistory documents/cards for this hull (status cards retrieved; no documents listed) [other_primary]

    Locator

    https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/024.html ; /groups/019.html ; /groups/178.html ; /groups/357.html ; MARAD Detail 2068 cards tab (retrieved)

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Archival leads (record groups mapped; no box-level retrieval; no spend authorized): Navy deck logs for USS Hamblen Jun 1945-May 1946 (RG 24, 'Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations' series 594258 - catalog API not reachable this session, digitization status of this hull's logs unverified; sister hulls in the batch-2169/2177 series located digitized deck-log file units); BuShips records incl. C3-S-A2 contract plans and Booklets of General Plans (RG 19); USMC construction-contract records for M.C. Hull 876 at Ingalls Pascagoula incl. outfitting/insulation schedules (RG 178); MARAD/NDRF custody files underlying the status cards - Lee Hall lay-up, Bethlehem Hoboken reconversion correspondence, and the 1948 Merchant Ship Sales Act sale to Isthmian (RG 357); Waterman Shipbuilding, Mobile, conversion records would sit with the yard's corporate papers or MC/WSA contract files, location unverified.

    Verification

    unverified

    Role

    archival_lead

    Documentation level

    context_only

    Accessed

    2026-09-25

    Study period

    1944-1973 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-hamblen-apa114-12