Evidence
13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).
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[1]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 3 (NAVSHIPS 250-012, 1945), auxiliaries - transports, attack (APA) tables, per-hull row 118 for HANOVER APA-116 (shipscribe.com scan of the official BuShips publication) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v3 APA tables: dimensions row (printed p. 246 / PDF p. 265), personnel row (printed p. 247 / PDF p. 266), machinery row (printed p. 248 / PDF p. 267), armament/cargo row (printed p. 250 / PDF p. 269), construction row (printed p. 251 / PDF p. 270); alphabetical index lists 'Hanover (ex-M.C. Hull 878) APA116'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official BuShips Ships' Data 1945 Vol. 3 carries a per-hull row for HANOVER APA-116 (ex-M.C. Hull 878): 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 accommodations 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 (ultimate authorized) + 20mm; cargo 180,500 cu ft non-refrigerated, 7,900 t total / 4,500 t cargo DWT; built by Ingalls S.B. Corp., Pascagoula, Miss.; acquired 31 Mar 1945; year built 1944; date of first commission 31 Mar 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 ultimate authorized fit; the shipscribe class compilation records the APA 106-116 group's later actual fit as 2 twin 40mm. Scanned-PDF OCR renders the year-built digit poorly ('1914' for '1944'); value reconciled against keel 15 Mar 1944 and launch 18 Aug 1944.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hanover-apa116-01
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[2]DANFS, 'Hanover (APA-116)' entry, Naval History and Heritage Command (live NHHC URL returns 404 - verbatim text retrieved via Internet Archive Wayback capture 20251209190205; verbatim transcription also at hazegray mirror) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry body text + spec block (Wayback capture 20251209190205; hazegray mirror losthistory.net/hazegray/danfs/amphib/apa116.htm)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC records: Hanover - 'A county in Virginia.' APA-116 launched under Maritime Commission contract by Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp., Pascagoula, Miss., 18 Aug 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Stanley M. Bebler; loaned to the Navy and simultaneously commissioned 31 Mar 1945, Comdr. J. H. Henderson in command. Shakedown off Galveston; Gulfport, Miss. 3 May 1945 loading Marines and SeaBees; underway 6 May; Pearl Harbor 24 May; Hawaiian training to 6 Jun; sailed for San Francisco, diverted to Portland, Oreg., arriving 19 Jun. Underway 1 Jul for Eniwetok (arrived 14 Jul); convoy to Ulithi 3 days later; Okinawa 12 Aug 1945, unloaded replacement troops. Embarked Army units; sailed 5 Sep for Jinsen, Korea, occupation duty, unloaded 8 Sep; returned Okinawa 14 Sep; rode out the great typhoon of September 1945; loaded troops for occupation of China; arrived Taku 30 Sep. Magic-Carpet fleet; arrived San Francisco on last voyage 6 Feb 1946; via Panama Canal to Norfolk, arriving 9 Mar; decommissioned 11 May 1946; returned to the Maritime Commission the next day; sold to Matson Navigation Co. in 1947, sailed as Hawaiian Wholesaler until 1961, then Ventura for Matson's Oceanic Steamship Co. Spec block: dp. 8,100 (lt.); l. 492'; b. 69'6"; dr. 26'6"; s. 16 k.; cpl. 479; a. 2 5", 8 40 mm.; cl. Bayfield; T. C3-S-A2.
- 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, namesake, 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. DANFS omits keel date and strike date.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hanover-apa116-02
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive - USS Hanover (APA-116), file 10/03/03116 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 03116.htm - specifications block, campaign/ribbon table, occupation-service table, commanding-officer table, merchant-service and disposal entries
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline corroborates DANFS and adds detail: Bayfield-class attack transport, MC type C3-S-A2, MC hull 878, built Ingalls Shipbuilding Co., Pascagoula, MS (keel date not given); launched 18 Aug 1944; acquired by Navy and commissioned 31 Mar 1945, CDR James Hugh Henderson USNR (to 20 Oct 1945), then CAPT Joseph Anthony Callaghan USN (20 Oct 1945-11 May 1946); call sign NZPB. Asiatic-Pacific Theater assignment; Navy Occupation Service Medal periods 2 Sep-11 Oct 1945 and 13-27 Jan 1946; China Service Medal (extended) 18 Nov-2 Dec 1945; ribbons also include American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal. Decommissioned 11 May 1946 at Norfolk, Va.; returned to Maritime Commission 12 May 1946 for lay-up in NDRF James River Group, Lee Hall, Va.; struck 23 May 1946. Merchant service: towed 13 Jan 1947 by Moran Towing and Transportation Co. under GAA from Lee Hall to East Boston; custody to Bethlehem Steel Shipyard, East Boston, 18 Jan 1947 for reconversion; sold 23 Dec 1947 to Matson Navigation Co. (SS Hawaiian Wholesaler); sold 25 Mar 1961 to Oceanic Steamship Co., a Matson subsidiary (SS Ventura); sold 21 Jan 1971 to Pacific Far East Lines (name retained); sold 6 Apr 1972 to Excelsior Marine Corp. (SS Entu); final disposition sold for scrapping 30 Jun 1972 to Yung Tai Steel & Iron Works, Ltd., Taiwan. Spec block: 11,760 t lt / 16,100 t fl; 492' x 69'6" x 25'; 18.4 kt trial; officers 41 + enlisted 437; troop accommodations 91 off + 1,470 enl; boom 30 t; cargo 4,500 DWT / 180,530 cu ft non-refrigerated; boats 12 LCVP + 4 LCM(Mk-6) + 3 LCP(L)(MK-IV); armament 2 x 5"/38 DP single, 4 twin 40mm, 2 twin 20mm, 18 single 20mm; 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. main reduction gear, 4 x 250 kW 250V DC ship's-service generators, 8,500 shp, single propeller.
- 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, SDB, shipscribe, and the MARAD card except the strike date (NavSource 23 May 1946 vs shipscribe 21 May 1946 - unresolved, see ev-06) and the draft figure (25' vs SDB limiting draft 26'6"). Contains no asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hanover-apa116-03
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[4]U.S. Maritime Administration, ShipHistory database - HANOVER (APA-116), Ship History Detail 2084, including digitized vessel status cards (cards/2084_3869AF.jpg, 2084_3869AB.jpg, 2YL_01.png, 2YL_02.png) [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- ShipHistory Detail 2084 registry block + Status Cards tab (2YL_01.png card front; 2YL_02.png card back; 2084_3869AF/AB James River reserve-fleet card - card text read from scanned images)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD ShipHistory registry for this hull: Year Built 1945; Official Number 252623 (see ev-06 - registry digitization conflicts with the card's handwritten O.N. 252633 and with shipbuildinghistory/IML/NavalCoverMuseum 252633); Shipyard 'Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation'; MARAD Type C3-S-A2; length 468.5 ft, beam 69.6 ft; displacement 16,100 t summer / 11,760 t lightweight; Fate 'Sold - Scrap'. Digitized vessel status cards document the full custody chain: MC Hull 878 built by Ingalls SB Corp. at Pascagoula, Miss., completed 3-31-45; delivered by builder to USMC and allocated to Navy Dept. (Form LB) 3-31-45 2:00PM CWT at Pascagoula; delivered from Navy Dept. (surplus) to Reserve Fleet at Lee Hall, Va. 5-12-46 1:30PM EDT (James River unit S3); withdrawn 1-13-47 10:30AM EST - Moran Towing & Transp. Co. Inc. GAA tow to Boston for reconversion (delivered to Operations Dept., Norfolk); custody to Bethlehem Steel Co., East Boston, Mass. 'to be reconv.' 1-18-47 4:15PM EST; sold under Merchant Ship Sales Act 1946 to Matson Navig. Co. at San Francisco 12-23-47 1:50PM PST, renamed 'HAWAIIAN WHOLESALER'; 'Sold' to Oceanic Steamship Co. 3-25-61, renamed 'VENTURA' 3-25-61; sold to Pacific Far East Line, Inc. 1-21-71; sold to Excelsior Marine Corp. 4-6-72, renamed 'ENTU'; Yung Tai Steel & Iron Works Co., Ltd. purchaser 6-30-72 'for scrapping in Taiwan'; 'Vessel surrendered at Seattle, Wash. on 1/11/73.'
- 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, recording the exact times/places of each transfer. Contains no asbestos or materials information; supports no asbestos claim. Registry ON field (252623) conflicts with the card's handwritten ON and all other sources (252633) - treated as a digitization typo, logged in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hanover-apa116-04
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[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-116, disposition table row APA-116, class notes (9 Nov 43 JCS / 6 Dec 43 MC / 10 Jan 44 AVB paragraphs), ship notes table APA-116/MC#878
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- shipscribe class-page row for APA-116 HANOVER (MC# 878): builder Ingalls SB, Pascagoula; keel 15 Mar 44; launch 18 Aug 44; acquired/commissioned 31 Mar 45; decommissioned 11 May 46; struck 21 May 46; disposal 12 May 46 (MC/D); MA sale 23 Dec 47. Ship note: 'Merc. HAWAIIAN WHOLESALER 1947. Scrapped 1972-73 as ENTU (ex VENTURA).' Class notes record the procurement context: on 9 Nov 43 JCS asked the Maritime Commission for 130 standard APAs; on 6 Dec 43 the MC advised that 11 would be C3s - four Western Pipe hulls (APA 106-109) and seven Ingalls hulls (APA 110-116, Hanover the last) - 'all completed as APAs by their builders under the MC Military Program' (the MC sent APA 112-114 to Waterman SS Corp., Mobile, for completion; Hanover was not among them); Auxiliary Vessels Board directed acquisition 10 Jan 44. Class armament table lists the APA 106-116 group at '2-5"/38 2-40mmT 18-20mm' actual later fit.
- 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 card on all overlapping data points except the strike date (shipscribe 21 May 1946 vs NavSource 23 May 1946). Provides the keel date absent from DANFS/NavSource. Contains no asbestos or materials information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hanover-apa116-05
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[6]Source reconciliation - NHHC DANFS + BuShips SDB 1945 v3 + MARAD ShipHistory/status cards + shipscribe vs NavSource vs shipbuildinghistory.com [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS body/spec block; SDB1945v3 row 118 (printed pp. 246-251); MARAD Detail 2084 + cards 2YL_01/02, 2084_3869AF/AB; NavSource 03116.htm; shipscribe APA34 tables; shipbuildinghistory.com Ingalls table hull 422
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Source discrepancies resolved or logged: (a) Strike date - NavSource 23 May 1946 vs shipscribe 21 May 1946; DANFS silent; adopted shipscribe 21 May with the alternative logged in gaps. (b) U.S. official number - MARAD registry field 252623 vs the MARAD card's handwritten 'O.N. 252633', shipbuildinghistory Ingalls table (hull 422, O.N. 252633), International Maritime Library MVUS record, and NavalCoverMuseum (citing the Dept. of Commerce Annual List of Merchant Vessels) all 252633; adopted 252633, MARAD registry 252623 treated as a digitization typo. (c) Ship's company - SDB per-hull row 41 off + 437 enl = 478 vs DANFS spec block cpl. 479; adopted SDB 478. (d) Light displacement - DANFS 8,100 t vs shipscribe class 7,845 t light vs SDB/MARAD 11,760 t (trial/lightweight) - unresolved; schema has no displacement field. (e) Draft - SDB limiting draft 26'6" (DANFS agrees) vs NavSource 25'; adopted SDB/DANFS. (f) Year built - MARAD '1945' (completion) vs keel Mar 1944 + launch Aug 1944; year_built adopted as 1945 (completion/commissioning year, MARAD-consistent). (g) Armament - SDB '4 twin' 40mm is the ultimate authorized fit; shipscribe records the APA 106-116 group's actual fit as 2 twin 40mm; NavSource adds 2 twin 20mm over the 18 singles.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1973
- Limitations
- Resolves secondary-source conflicts against primary sources (DANFS, BuShips, MARAD card). The strike-date and light-displacement variants remain open. None of the compared sources contains asbestos information; this row supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hanover-apa116-06
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[7]Consolidated era/design inference - BuShips SDB 1945 v3 machinery row for this hull + C3-S-A2 type data + documented refit/disposal events (builder-completed APA fit at Ingalls 1944-45; Bethlehem Steel East Boston reconversion Jan 1947; 25-year merchant career; Taiwan breaking 1972-73) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v3 machinery table row 118; shipscribe APA34 class notes; MARAD status cards (reconversion custody 1-18-47; scrapping sale 6-30-72)
- 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: all construction and attack-transport outfitting at Ingalls Pascagoula 1944-45 (APA 106-116 group completed as APAs by their builders under the MC Military Program); the January 1947 Bethlehem Steel East Boston reconversion for merchant service; 25 years of merchant operation across four owners; and the 1972-73 breaking in Taiwan.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1973
- Population
- Construction/outfitting trades at Ingalls Pascagoula (1944-45); wartime crew and embarked troops; Bethlehem Steel East Boston reconversion workers (1947); merchant crews and repair yards (1947-72); Taiwan breaking-yard workers (1972-73)
- 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-116 or MC Hull 878 was located; establishes no asbestos content, quantity, location, individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hanover-apa116-07
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[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-hanover-apa116-08
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[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-hanover-apa116-09
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[10]Madison v. Matson Nav. Co., 103 F. Supp. 749 (S.D. Cal. 1952), No. 13531 - CourtListener opinion 8732678 [court_record]
- Locator
- Opinion, 103 F. Supp. 749 (Docket No. 13531, filed 1952-03-24)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Docketed ship-specific litigation, non-asbestos: longshoreman Kermet H. Madison sued under the general maritime law for injuries sustained while removing the middle strongback from the 'tween deck of No. 4 hold of the American steam vessel Hawaiian Wholesaler - this hull in its Matson merchant-service identity. The court found the libelant had failed to prove either negligence or unseaworthiness and dismissed the libel without costs. Classified 'other litigation': a stevedoring injury case containing no asbestos allegation or finding.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1952 (opinion); injury circa 1951-52
- Population
- Longshoreman / stevedoring gang (merchant-service era)
- Limitations
- Merits-level defense outcome in a non-asbestos admiralty libel - documents that a litigated injury event occurred aboard this hull (merchant era) and that no asbestos theory was pleaded; establishes nothing about asbestos presence, exposure, or causation. Opinion text via CourtListener index record and case-text mirror (exa.ai); reporter citation 103 F. Supp. 749 confirmed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hanover-apa116-10
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[11]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 Hanover's class) and in 1959 on USS Tolovana (AO-64, Cimarron-class oiler). No docketed asbestos opinion naming USS Hanover, APA-116, MC Hull 878, or her merchant names 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 Hanover-specific docket was found. Deposition-stage exposure descriptions are allegations, not findings. CourtListener opinion sweeps for exact name and hull number ran clean; the bare-name sweep was dominated by Hanover Insurance / New Hanover County collisions - see search_ledger.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hanover-apa116-11
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[12]Batch-2185 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS via Wayback; NavSource 03116; MARAD ShipHistory Detail 2084 + status cards; BuShips SDB 1945 v3; shipscribe APA-34 class page; shipbuildinghistory.com Ingalls table; CourtListener opinion/docket sweeps; indexed-web litigation checks; NARA record-group guides [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-hanover-apa116-01 through sl-uss-hanover-apa116-13
- 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 Hanover / APA-116 / M.C. Hull 878 / Ingalls 422 / Hawaiian Wholesaler / Ventura / Entu was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener: 'USS Hanover' 0 opinion hits and 0 docket hits; 'APA-116' 6 opinion hits and 30 docket hits, all Administrative Procedure Act / regulatory token collisions with no ship reference; 'Hanover asbestos' 537 opinion hits dominated by Hanover Insurance and New Hanover County name collisions, no ship reference in inspected results; 'Hawaiian Wholesaler' 1 opinion hit - Madison v. Matson Nav. Co. (1952), a non-asbestos stevedoring libel (ev-10); '"Entu" asbestos' 1 hit, Texas municipal name collision. A law-firm marketing page (asbestos-ships.com) lists the hull with generic era-typical content and no primary support - excluded as a source 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 built under the MC Military Program is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials, and her documented 1947 reconversion, 25-year merchant career, and 1972-73 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-hanover-apa116-12
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[13]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 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 2084 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 Hanover 1945-1946 (RG 24, NARA College Park); BuShips records incl. C3-S-A2 contract plans and Booklets of General Plans (RG 19); USMC construction-contract records for M.C. Hull 878 at Ingalls Pascagoula (RG 178); MARAD/NDRF custody files covering the May 1946 Lee Hall lay-up, the Jan 1947 Bethlehem Steel East Boston reconversion, and the Dec 1947 Merchant Ship Sales Act sale to Matson (RG 357); and Bethlehem Steel East Boston yard records for the 1947 merchant reconversion (Hagley Museum Bethlehem collection).
- 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-hanover-apa116-13