USS Hampton (APA-115)

Name
USS Hampton
Hull designation
APA-115
Vessel class
Frederick Funston
Evidence tier
Tier 2
Evidence entries
12
Record ID
uss-hampton-apa115
Dataset version
2026.10.12-rc.1
Canonical URL
https://asbestosatlas.org/ships/uss-hampton-apa115

Evidence

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

  1. [1]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 3 (NAVSHIPS 250-012, 1945), auxiliaries - transports, attack (APA) tables, per-hull row serial 117 for HAMPTON APA-115 (shipscribe.com scan of the official BuShips publication) [other_primary]
    Locator
    SDB1945v3 APA tables printed pp. 258-263: dimensions row, personnel row, machinery row (serial 117, inherited 'do.' = 1 G.E. turb. / 2 F.W. 'D' boilers), armament/cargo row, construction row; alphabetical index 'HAMPTON APA115 -> 117'
    Finding type
    vessel_history
    Finding
    Official BuShips Ships' Data 1945 Vol. 3 carries a per-hull row for HAMPTON APA-115 (ex-M.C. Hull 877): 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"; accommodations 41 officers + 437 enlisted, troop capacity 91 officers + 1,470 enlisted; largest boom 30 t; machinery 1 G.E. turbine, 8,500 shp, 1 propeller, 2 Foster Wheeler 'D' boilers at 465 psi / 765F; armament 2 x 5"/38 cal (D.P.) + 4 twin 40mm; cargo 180,500 cu ft non-refrigerated, 7,900 t total / 4,500 t DWT; built by Ingalls S.B. Corp., Pascagoula, Miss.; acquired 17 Feb 1945; year built 1944; date of first commission 17 Feb 1945.
    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, manning, builder, and key dates. Contains no materials, insulation, or asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim. Armament figure is the authorized fit; actual in-service 20mm/40mm fit may have differed.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-hampton-apa115-01
  2. [2]DANFS, 'Hampton II (APA-115)' entry (filed as hampton-iii.html), Naval History and Heritage Command (live NHHC URL returns 404 - verbatim text retrieved via Internet Archive Wayback capture 20251209184420) [nhhc_danfs]
    Locator
    DANFS entry body text + spec block (Wayback capture 20251209184420 of hampton-iii.html)
    Finding type
    vessel_history
    Finding
    NHHC records: the first Hampton retained its former name, while the second was named after a county in South Carolina. APA-115 launched 25 Aug 1944 under Maritime Commission contract by Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp., Pascagoula, Miss.; sponsored by Mrs. Harry Gilmore; commissioned 17 Feb 1945, Comdr. W. H. Ferguson in command. Shakedown out of Galveston; arrived Newport 20 Mar 1945 for duty as a training ship for pre-commissioning crews; departed 7 May for Norfolk to embark troops for Hawaii; sailed 19 May; Pearl Harbor via Panama Canal 9 Jun; embarked over 1,000 members of the 34th Construction Battalion; Guam 6 Jul 1945; San Francisco 25 Jul; sailed 13 Aug; Samar Island via Ulithi and Eniwetok 7 Sep; landed occupation troops at Aomori Bay, Honshu 25 Sep; returned to Okinawa for more units; during Oct carried troops to Jinsen (Korea), Chefoo and Tsingtao (China); departed Tsingtao for Portland via Okinawa and Leyte, arriving 28 Oct 1945; two Magic Carpet voyages to Guam; returned from second voyage 10 Feb 1946; Norfolk 7 Mar; decommissioned 30 Apr 1946; returned to Maritime Commission 1 May; sold 1947 to Pope and Talbot Lines, renamed P. & T. Explorer. Spec block: dp. 8,393 (lt.); l. 492'; b. 69'6"; dr. 26'6"; s. 18 k.; cpl. 475; a. 2 5", 8 40mm.; cl. Bayfield.
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    supporting
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-09-25
    Study period
    1944-1947
    Limitations
    Primary Navy historical entry - authoritative for service history and dates. Contains no asbestos or materials information; supports no asbestos claim. Live NHHC page 404s (standing link rot, cf. BATCH-01); the Wayback capture is the verbatim NHHC text. Internal discrepancy: page header 'Hampton II' vs entry text 'the third Hampton' - see ev-06/gaps.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-hampton-apa115-02
  3. [3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive - USS Hampton (APA-115), file 10/03/03115 [other_primary]
    Locator
    NavSource 03115.htm - specifications block, medal/occupation table, commanding-officer table, merchant-service and disposal entries, photo captions
    Finding type
    vessel_history
    Finding
    NavSource timeline corroborates DANFS and adds detail: Bayfield-class attack transport, MC type C3-S-A2 ('MC Hull 876' - superseded, see ev-06); launched 25 Aug 1944; commissioned 17 Feb 1945, CDR William Hays Ferguson USN (USNA 1919), sole CO 17 Feb 1945-30 Apr 1946; WWII Asiatic-Pacific Theater; Navy Occupation Service Medal period 12 Sep-9 Oct 1945; China Service Medal (extended) 10-13 Oct 1945; decommissioned Norfolk 30 Apr 1946; returned to Maritime Commission 1 May 1946 for NDRF Lee Hall, VA; struck 8 May 1946; towed 20 Nov 1946 by Moran Towing & Transportation Co. under Special Agreement Lee Hall to Brooklyn NY; custody transferred 22 Nov 1946 to Todd Shipyards Corp., Erie Basin, Brooklyn; sold 20 Jun 1947 to Pope & Talbot Inc., renamed SS P & T Explorer; sold Sep 1963 to American Foreign Steamship Corp., renamed SS American Falcon; sold for scrapping 17 May 1973 to Yung Tai Steel and Iron Works Co. Ltd., Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Ribbon set (no battle stars): China Service Medal (extended), American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Service Medal w/ Asia clasp. Spec block: 8,100 t lt / 16,100 t fl; 492'6" x 69'6" x 26'6"; 18.4 kt trial; complement 41 off + 437 enl; troops 91 off + 1,470 enl; boom 30 t; cargo 4,500 DWT / 180,500 cu ft non-refrig; boats 12 LCVP + 4 LCM-6 + 3 LCP(L) Mk IV; armament 2x5"/38 DP, 4 twin 40mm, 18x20mm; fuel NSFO 8,510 bbls + diesel 750 bbls; propulsion 1 G.E. geared turbine, 2 Foster Wheeler D-type boilers 465 psi/765F, double G.E. reduction gears, 4x 300kW 240V DC turbo-drive generators, 8,500 shp, single propeller. Photos include commissioning-day dinner menu at Ingalls Pascagoula (17 Feb 1945) and Oregon Journal photo of Hampton docking at Portland, OR 29 Oct 1945 on Magic Carpet duty.
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    supporting
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-09-25
    Study period
    1944-1973
    Limitations
    Specialist secondary compilation - detailed but non-official; consistent with NHHC except MC hull number (NavSource '876' vs SDB/MARAD-card/shipscribe '877' - adopted 877, see ev-06) and light displacement (8,100 t vs DANFS 8,393 t). Contains no asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-hampton-apa115-03
  4. [4]U.S. Maritime Administration, ShipHistory database - HAMPTON (APA-115), Ship History Detail 2075, including digitized vessel status cards (cards/2075_3854AF.jpg, 2075_3854AB.jpg, 2YC_01.png) [marad_nrc]
    Locator
    ShipHistory Detail 2075 registry block + Status Cards tab (2075_3854AF/AB reserve-fleet card front/back, 2YC_01 custody-allocation card - card text read from scanned images)
    Finding type
    vessel_history
    Finding
    MARAD ShipHistory registry for this hull: Year Built 1945; Official Number 252524; Shipyard 'Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation'; MARAD Type C3-S-A2; length 468.50 ft; beam 69.60 ft; Fate 'Sold - Scrap'. Digitized vessel status cards document the full custody chain: card header 'HAMPTON (APA-115), Hull No. 877, Built by Ingalls SB Corp. at Pascagoula, Miss., Completed 2-17-45'; 'Basis to W.S.A. 2-17-45 11:00AM CWT @ Pascagoula, Miss. del. by builders to USMC' and allocated to Navy Dept. (Form LB) the same day and time; arrived Reserve Fleet Lee Hall, Va. 5-1-46 5:35PM EDT 'from Navy Dept.-Surplus' (fleet/unit 'JR 7'); withdrawn 11-20-46 - Moran Towing & Transportation Co. under Special Agreement, Lee Hall Va. 11-20-46 12N EST; Todd Shipyards Corp. (Brooklyn Div.) custody, New York N.Y., 11-22-46 10:20PM EST; Pope & Talbot Inc. GAA 6-20-47 5:30PM EDT (delivery port struck from 'New York, NY' to 'Hoboken, N.J.' on the card); Pope & Talbot Inc. purchase, Hoboken N.J., 6-20-47 7:58PM EDT ('Title passed @ San Fran. 6/20/47 3:58 PM PST.'); renamed P & T EXPLORER; sold to American Foreign Steamship Corp. 9-63, renamed 'AMERICAN FALCON' 9-63; sold to Yung Tai Steel & Iron Works Co., Ltd., Kaohsiung, 5-17-73 'for scrapping in Taiwan.' Reserve-fleet card annotations: former name 'TROOPSHIP'; 'Del'd for recon.' and 'Todd - Brooklyn - Erie Basin'; back card 'Reconversion vessel. Bids for conversion to be opened Oct. 2, 1946.'
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    supporting
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-09-25
    Study period
    1945-1973
    Limitations
    Authoritative MARAD registry plus digitized original status cards - the strongest source for custody chain and merchant disposition. Contains no asbestos or materials information; supports no asbestos claim. Registry 'Ship Length 468.50' is the MC register length, not the Navy overall length (492 ft per SDB/DANFS).
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-hampton-apa115-04
  5. [5]shipscribe.com U.S. Navy Auxiliary Ships - BAYFIELD (APA-33) class, Part 1 (basic APA fit), class data, construction/disposition tables, class notes, and per-ship notes (Stephen S. Roberts compilation) [other_primary]
    Locator
    APA34.html construction table row APA-115, disposition table row APA-115, ship-notes row '115 HAMPTON 877', class notes (APA 106-116 MC Military Program paragraph)
    Finding type
    vessel_history
    Finding
    shipscribe class-page rows for APA-115 HAMPTON (MC# 877): builder Ingalls SB, Pascagoula; keel 4 Mar 44; launch 25 Aug 44; commissioned 17 Feb 45; decommissioned 30 Apr 46; struck 8 May 46; returned MC/D 1 May 46; MA sale 20 Jun 47. Ship note: 'Merc. P & T EXPLORER 1947. Scrapped 1973 as AMERICAN FALCON.' Class notes: on 6 Dec 1943 the Maritime Commission informed the Secretary of the Navy that 11 of the requested APAs would be C3s - four from Western Pipe and seven from Ingalls; 'These, APA 106-116, were all completed as APAs by their builders under the MC Military Program, although the MC sent APA 112-114 to another yard for completion' (Guilford, Sitka, Hamblen went to Waterman SS Corp., Mobile; Hampton was completed by Ingalls at Pascagoula). The Part-1 table carries the basic APA fit (no relief-AGC alterations).
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    supporting
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-09-25
    Study period
    1944-1973
    Limitations
    Specialist secondary compilation (Roberts) consistent with DANFS, SDB, and the MARAD cards on all overlapping data points. Contains no asbestos or materials information; supports no asbestos claim.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-hampton-apa115-05
  6. [6]Source reconciliation - BuShips SDB 1945 v3 + MARAD status cards + shipscribe + DANFS vs NavSource and NHHC-internal labeling [other_primary]
    Locator
    SDB1945v3 row 117; MARAD cards 2075_3854AF/AB + 2YC_01; shipscribe APA34 rows; DANFS Wayback capture; NavSource 03115.htm; NavSource PCS-1386 file 12/071386.htm (rename date 15 Feb 1956)
    Finding type
    historical_record
    Finding
    Source discrepancies resolved in favor of the primary sources: (a) MC hull number - NavSource (and Wikipedia, repeating it) 'MC Hull 876' vs BuShips SDB row 'CI - M.C. Hull 877', MARAD status cards 'Hull No. 877', and shipscribe 'MC# 877'; MC hull 876 is Hamblen (APA-114) - adopted 877. (b) Keel-laying date - NavSource 'date unknown' vs shipscribe construction table 4 Mar 44 - adopted 1944-03-04. (c) Name ordinal - NHHC page header/index 'Hampton II (APA-115)' and the DANFS name-history paragraph ('the second was named after a county in South Carolina') vs DANFS entry text 'The third Hampton (APA-115)'; PCS-1386 did not receive the name Hampton until 15 Feb 1956, so APA-115 (commissioned 17 Feb 1945) is unambiguously the second Navy Hampton - the DANFS body's 'third' appears to be a print-era editorial artifact; discrepancy logged, not silently harmonized. (d) Complement - DANFS spec block 'cpl. 475' vs SDB per-hull row and NavSource 41 off + 437 enl = 478 - adopted 478 (SDB). (e) Light displacement - DANFS 8,393 t vs NavSource 8,100 t - unresolved; no schema field, carried in gaps. (f) Year built - MARAD registry/card 1945 vs SDB construction-table column 1944 - adopted 1945 (completion/delivery year per MARAD). (g) Merchant buyer name - MARAD card 'Pope & Talbot Inc.' vs DANFS 'Pope and Talbot Lines' - same firm, card notation adopted. (h) Merchant scrapping buyer - MARAD card 'Yung Tai Steel & Iron Works Co., Ltd.' matches NavSource; consistent.
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    correction
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-09-25
    Study period
    1944-1973
    Limitations
    Resolves secondary-source conflicts against primary sources (BuShips, MARAD card, DANFS, shipscribe). The name-ordinal and light-displacement variants remain open where sources genuinely conflict. None of the compared sources contains asbestos information; this row supports no asbestos claim.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-hampton-apa115-06
  7. [7]Consolidated era/design inference - BuShips SDB 1945 v3 machinery row for this hull + C3-S-A2 type data + documented work events (Ingalls build-to-APA completion 1944-45; Todd Erie Basin reconversion Nov 1946-Jun 1947; merchant service 1947-73; Taiwan breaking 1973) [other_primary]
    Locator
    SDB1945v3 machinery table serial 117; MARAD status cards (reconversion note; Todd custody; sale chain); shipscribe APA34 class notes (APA 106-116 completed by builders under MC Military Program)
    Finding type
    asbestos_application
    Finding
    Era/design inference: this hull carried a single-screw geared-steam plant (one General Electric turbine, two Foster Wheeler 'D'-type boilers at 465 psi / 765F superheat) built at the peak of WWII asbestos usage - the machinery configuration for which boiler and fireroom insulation, main and auxiliary steam-line lagging, turbine lagging, valve and flange gaskets, machinery packing, and accommodation joiner insulation of the period were commonly asbestos-containing. The documented work history concentrates the candidate disturbance points: construction and attack-transport completion at Ingalls Pascagoula (1944-45); the 1946-47 merchant reconversion at Todd Shipyards Corp., Erie Basin, Brooklyn (MARAD card: 'Reconversion vessel. Bids for conversion to be opened Oct. 2, 1946'; Todd custody 11-22-46; sale 6-20-47); 26 years of merchant operation under two owners; 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
    Construction trades at Ingalls Pascagoula (1944-45); wartime crew, embarked troops, and Seabees (1945-46); Todd Erie Basin reconversion workers (1946-47); merchant crews and repair yards (1947-73); Taiwan breaking-yard workers (1973)
    Limitations
    Inference from the documented machinery plant, construction era, and documented refit/disposal events - NOT a hull record. No survey, specification, or material schedule naming APA-115 or MC Hull 877 was located; establishes no asbestos content, quantity, location, individual exposure, or causation.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-hampton-apa115-07
  8. [8]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 construction program under which this C3-S-A2 hull was built.
    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 or class 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-hampton-apa115-08
  9. [9]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-hampton-apa115-09
  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 Hampton's class) and in 1959 on USS Tolovana (AO-64, Cimarron-class oiler). No docketed asbestos opinion naming USS Hampton, APA-115, MC Hull 877, P & T Explorer, or American Falcon was located.
    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 Hampton-specific docket was found. Deposition-stage exposure descriptions are allegations, not findings. CourtListener opinion sweeps and docket sweeps ran clean (all collisions) - see search_ledger rows 06-08.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-hampton-apa115-10
  11. [11]Batch-2184 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS via Wayback; NavSource 03115; MARAD ShipHistory Detail 2075 + status cards; BuShips SDB 1945 v3; shipscribe APA-34 class page; CourtListener opinion/docket sweeps; indexed-web litigation checks; NARA record-group guides [other_primary]
    Locator
    search_ledger rows sl-uss-hampton-apa115-01 through sl-uss-hampton-apa115-12
    Finding type
    historical_record
    Finding
    No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, court finding, or docketed asbestos case naming USS Hampton / APA-115 / M.C. Hull 877 / P & T Explorer / American Falcon was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener: 'USS Hampton' 0 opinion hits; 'APA-115' 2 hits, both token collisions (Administrative Procedure Act context) with no ship reference; 'Hampton asbestos' 382 hits, all Hampton city/county/person/law-firm name collisions; 'USS Hampton' docket 3 hits (US v. Burke criminal docket and a bankruptcy) - non-qualifying name artifacts; bare 'Hampton' docket 98,611 hits, all person-name collisions on inspection. Law-firm marketing pages list the hull among Ingalls-built ships (mesotheliomavets.com Ingalls page) and on a non-profit-style ship list (asbestos-ships.com) without primary support - excluded as sources per the no-law-firm-sources rule.
    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 geared-steam transport completed under the wartime MC Military Program is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials, and her documented 1946-47 reconversion, 26-year merchant career, and 1973 Taiwan breaking are undocumented disturbance phases. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-hampton-apa115-11
  12. [12]NARA Guide to Federal Records: RG 24 (Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel - Navy deck logs), RG 19 (Records of the Bureau of Ships), RG 178 (Records of the U.S. Maritime Commission), RG 357 (Records of the Maritime Administration); MARAD ShipHistory status cards for this hull (retrieved; no documents/plans 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 2075 cards tab (retrieved)
    Finding type
    historical_record
    Finding
    Archival leads (not retrieved - requires research-room or reproduction order; no spend authorized): Navy deck logs for USS Hampton Feb 1945-Apr 1946 (RG 24, NARA College Park); BuShips records incl. C3-S-A2 contract plans, Booklets of General Plans, and the MC Military Program APA-completion file for the Ingalls APA 106-116 group (RG 19); USMC construction-contract records for M.C. Hull 877 at Ingalls Pascagoula (RG 178); MARAD/NDRF custody files covering the May 1946 lay-up, the October 1946 conversion bid opening, the Todd Erie Basin reconversion (Nov 1946-Jun 1947), and the June 1947 sale to Pope & Talbot (RG 357); Todd Shipyards Erie Basin yard records for the 1946-47 reconversion (corporate archives/Hagley-type repositories).
    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. NARA Catalog API did not return records for deck-log digitization status of this hull at session time.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-hampton-apa115-12

Attribution

Compiled by
Paul Danziger; Rod de Llano
Publisher
Danziger & De Llano, LLP
License
CC-BY-4.0
Citation
Danziger, P., and De Llano, R. (2026). AsbestosAtlas Navy Vessel Asbestos Exposure Dataset. Danziger & De Llano, LLP. DOI: not yet assigned
Dataset version
asbestosatlas-ships-2026.10.12-rc.1
DOI
not yet assigned