USS Kishwaukee (AOG-9)

Name
USS Kishwaukee
Hull designation
AOG-9
Vessel class
Patapsco
Evidence tier
Tier 2
Evidence entries
12
Record ID
uss-kishwaukee-aog9
Dataset version
2026.10.12-rc.1
Canonical URL
https://asbestosatlas.org/ships/uss-kishwaukee-aog9

Evidence

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

  1. [1]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, 'Kishwaukee (AOG-9)' entry, Naval History and Heritage Command (no live NHHC page located - all candidate URLs 404, consistent with the standing NHHC link-rot issue documented in BATCH-01; verbatim DANFS text via the NavSource transcription block and corroborated by the public-domain DANFS text incorporated in Wikipedia's USS Kishwaukee article) [nhhc_danfs]
    Locator
    NavSource 09/20/2009.htm DANFS transcription block; Wikipedia 'USS Kishwaukee' DANFS-derived narrative
    Finding type
    vessel_history
    Finding
    DANFS records: launched 24 Jul 1943 by Cargill Shipyard, Savage, Minn., sponsored by Mrs. John Shipp; commissioned 27 May 1944. After shakedown, cleared Norfolk 8 Jul 1944, joined the Service Squadron at Pearl Harbor 10 Aug; two-month central Pacific shuttle; arrived off Leyte late Oct 1944 as station tanker fueling ships through the Philippine campaign until sailing 1 Feb 1945 for Palau/Caroline Islands operations; late Mar 1945 sailed for the Ryukyus to fuel ships in the Okinawa invasion, remaining as station tanker through constant enemy air raids until Okinawa was secured; arrived Sasebo 22 Dec 1945; six months as station tanker in the Far East; cleared Japan 5 Jul 1946, San Pedro 31 Jul. Pacific Fleet service 1946-1950 Pearl Harbor-based, alternating Far East tours with South/Central Pacific cruises; Korean War - supplied fuel to Pacific staging areas, station ship out of Sasebo Nov-Dec 1950; post-armistice Pearl Harbor-Pacific islands-Alaska shuttles; 1954 unloaded cargo in French Indochina; Aug 1954 carried aviation gasoline to Formosa during the Formosa Straits crisis; returned Pearl Harbor 17 Oct; Hawaii-Marshalls runs until sailing for the West Coast 10 Nov 1957; Astoria 11 Dec; decommissioned Seattle 2 Apr 1958; struck from Navy List 1 Jul 1960; MARAD Reserve Fleet until Oct 1965 when name reappeared on Navy List; extensive overhaul at Swan Island Shipyard, Portland, Ore.; recommissioned 1 Sep 1966; Pearl Harbor 7 Oct; sailed for Far East 5 Dec, arrived Subic Bay via Guam 22 Dec; entered combat zone 31 Dec; operated out of Da Nang, South Vietnam, 2 Jan-Apr 1967 supplying fuel for naval-aircraft strikes; Yokosuka 30 Apr; Pearl Harbor 15 May, ServRon 5. Decommissioned 15 Jan 1970 Naval Station Pearl Harbor; laid up INACTSHIPMAINTFAC West Loch; struck from Naval Register 1 Aug 1974. Two battle stars WWII; seven campaign stars Vietnam.
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    supporting
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-09-25
    Study period
    1944-1970
    Population
    Crew - WWII Pacific service incl. Leyte and Okinawa station-tanker duty; Korea, Indochina 1954, Formosa Strait; Vietnam combat-zone service 1967-1969
    Limitations
    Primary Navy historical entry - authoritative for service history, custody milestones, and campaign credit framing. Contains no asbestos or materials information; supports no asbestos claim. NHHC live page absent (404 on all URL patterns probed 2026-09-25); text verified against two independent DANFS reproductions (NavSource transcription block; Wikipedia public-domain incorporation). 'West Loch' so rendered in NavSource; Wikipedia renders 'West Lock' - same Pearl Harbor facility.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-kishwaukee-aog9-01
  2. [2]U.S. Maritime Administration, ShipHistory database - KISHWAUKEE (AOG-9), Ship History Detail 2887, incl. three scanned MARAD cards (Form MA-199 Vessel Status Card; Form MA-383 Reserve Fleet - Ship Particulars; Form MA-20 Record of Ship Sales) [marad_nrc]
    Locator
    ShipHistory Detail 2887 registry block and milestone table; status-card images /cards/3X5_01.png (MA-199), /cards/2887_5367AF.jpg (MA-383), /cards/2887_AF.jpg (MA-20)
    Finding type
    vessel_history
    Finding
    MARAD registry and scanned cards for this hull: Year Built 1943; Shipyard 'Cargill'; MARAD Type T1-MT-M1; LOA 310'9"; gross 2,782 t (status card) / 2,575 t (particulars card - discrepancy in gaps); MA-199 records 'delivered from shipyard to Dept. of Navy 5-27-44' and the custody chain: Navy Dept. to Reserve Fleet, Astoria, Ore., 1:20 pm PST 2-25-60 (custody); fleet custody to Maritime Adm. 12:00 mid PDST 6-30-60 (permanent transfer); Maritime Adm. to Dept. of Navy 10:00 am PDST 8-31-65 (permanent transfer). MA-383 particulars card: type 'G.M. Diesel / Navy Built Tanker,' category 'Mil. Tanker,' fleet Astoria, entered 25 Feb 1960 1320 hrs PST, withdrawn 31 Aug 1965 0845 PDST reason 'Navy P.T.', trial speed 14.0 knots, and 'Sold for Operation 12-18-78 to Mid Pacific Sea Harvesters, Ltd. Private Law -95-20'; card cites 'Navy preservation: See Navy letter Jan. 11, 1960 / Marad reply Jan. 20, 1960.' MA-20 Record of Ship Sales: awarded to Mid Pacific Sea Harvesters, Ltd., 12-18-78, purchase price $56,480, contract no. MA-9187, remarks 'Award under Private Law 95-20.'
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    supporting
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-09-25
    Study period
    1944-1978
    Population
    NDRF Astoria group caretakers (1960-1965); disposal-process handlers (1974-1978)
    Limitations
    Authoritative MARAD registry plus scanned handwritten cards read with high confidence. Registry milestone table is incomplete - it shows only the 2/25/1960 entry/acquisition and no withdrawal or disposal row; the 1965 Navy reacquisition and 1978 sale appear only on the scanned cards. Card 'breadth 37'' conflicts with NavSource beam 48'6" (logged in gaps). Contains no asbestos, materials, or condition-survey information; supports no asbestos claim.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-kishwaukee-aog9-02
  3. [3]Private Law 95-20, 95th Congress, approved November 15, 1977 (S. 854), 91 Stat. 1657 - 'An Act To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to sell two obsolete vessels to MidPacific Sea Harvesters, Incorporated, and for other purposes' (U.S. Statutes at Large scan via Wikisource) [other_primary]
    Locator
    91 Stat. 1657 (Private Law 95-20); Statutes at Large vol. 91 page image, Wikisource index page 1691
    Finding type
    regulatory
    Finding
    An Act of Congress naming this hull: 'the Secretary of Commerce is authorized, within two years after enactment of this Act, to sell, subject to such conditions he deems are appropriate in the national interest, the two obsolete vessels AOG-1 Patapsco and AOG-9 Kishwaukee for the purpose of conversion and operation in the fisheries of the United States to Mid-Pacific Sea Harvesters, Incorporated, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Hawaii, for their appraised value for operation or their scrap value in the domestic market, whichever is greater' - with conditions that conversion work be performed in the United States, the vessels be documented and operated under U.S. law and conform to international fishery conventions, and that if scrapped within five years of sale they be scrapped domestically.
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    supporting
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-09-25
    Study period
    1977-1978
    Population
    1978 fishing-conversion and later breaking-yard workforces (event-level)
    Limitations
    Authoritative statutory text naming AOG-9 verbatim - establishes the congressional authorization and statutory conditions for the 1978 sale (a documented custody/disposal event). Contains no asbestos or materials information; supports no asbestos claim. The five-year domestic-scrapping window closed 1983; the reported ~1997 Shanghai breaking falls outside it.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-kishwaukee-aog9-03
  4. [4]NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive - USS Kishwaukee (AOG-9), file 09/20/2009 [other_primary]
    Locator
    NavSource 09/20/2009.htm - spec block, WWII/Vietnam campaign tables, occupation/China-service table, CO table, disposal lines
    Finding type
    vessel_history
    Finding
    NavSource adds timeline/spec detail consistent with DANFS and MARAD: laid down 22 Sep 1942 at Cargill Inc., Savage, MN; commissioned 27 May 1944, LT. Francis M. Hillman, USNR, in command; WWII campaign credits - Leyte operation (Oct 1944-Feb 1945 window) and Okinawa Gunto assault/occupation 29 Mar-30 Jun 1945; Navy Occupation Service Medal and extended China Service Medal periods tabulated 1945-1948 plus April/June 1954 Formosa-area dates; MARAD custody transfer 25 Feb 1960 for lay-up in the Astoria, OR, NDRF group; permanent title transfer 30 Jun 1960; reacquired 31 Aug 1965; Vietnam campaign table - Counteroffensive Phases II, III, IV, VI; Tet Counteroffensive; Tet/69 Counteroffensive; Summer-Fall 1969 (through 20 Jul 1969); decommissioned 15 Jan 1970 Naval Station Pearl Harbor, laid up INACTSHIPMAINTFAC West Loch; struck 1 Aug 1974; 'Disposed of by MARAD sale, 18 December 1978, to Mid Pacific Sea Harvesters Inc., for conversion to a fishing vessel'; final disposition 'scrapped at Shanghai.' Spec block: 1,850 t light / 2,270 t full; 310'9" x 48'6" x 11'1"; 14 kt; complement 9 officers + 118 enlisted; armament 4 single 3"/50 DP + 12 single 20mm AA; cargo 2,040 DWT oil / 7,975 bbls + gasoline 410,510 gal; propulsion four General Motors 16-278A diesels, Fairbanks Morse main reduction gears, twin screws, 3,300 shp. CO table opens with LCDR Hillman 27 May 1944 - 12 May 1945, then LT John Virgil Scott Jr., USNR.
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    supporting
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-09-25
    Study period
    1942-1978
    Limitations
    Specialist secondary compilation - detailed but non-official; consistent with NHHC/DANFS and the MARAD cards where checkable. 'Scrapped at Shanghai' carries no date and no cited source. Direct fetch of navsource.org was bot-blocked during research; content verified via search-index extraction of the same page. Contains no asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-kishwaukee-aog9-04
  5. [5]National Archives, 'Navy Deck Logs Available in the National Archives Catalog' - Kishwaukee (AOG-9) index entry (RG 24, Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations; Blue Water Navy deck-log digitization) [other_primary]
    Locator
    archives.gov 'Navy Deck Logs Available' page, Kishwaukee (AOG-9) section; example catalog IDs 179405523+ (1956 series), 218156773+ (1967 series); https://catalog.archives.gov/id/220242806 (VA NDL batch series)
    Finding type
    historical_record
    Finding
    NARA's official digitized deck-log index lists this hull with digitized logs for: all of 1956; all of 1957; Jan-Apr 1958; Sep-Dec 1966; all of 1967, 1968, and 1969; and Jan 1970 - covering the run-up to first decommissioning and the entire second commission (recommissioning through the Vietnam deployments and into the Jan 1970 decommissioning month). WWII logs (1944-1946) are not digitized (RG 24 / Special List 44 at Archives I).
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    archival_lead
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-09-25
    Study period
    1956-1970 (digitized); 1944-1946 logs not digitized
    Population
    Crew of record per monthly logs (officer lists through spring 1956; muster rolls thereafter)
    Limitations
    Index-level verification only - the NARA list confirms the digitized files exist (per-month catalog.archives.gov IDs linked from the index page); individual logbooks were not opened. Deck logs document operations and personnel, not materials; asbestos content is not expected and not asserted. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-kishwaukee-aog9-05
  6. [6]Ellis, William, 'Savage Shipyard,' MNopedia, Minnesota Historical Society (first published 2018-01-08) [other_primary]
    Locator
    MNopedia 'Savage Shipyard' article - yard history, production count, workforce, river-transit/fitting-out description, Kishwaukee mention
    Finding type
    vessel_history
    Finding
    Minnesota Historical Society documents the builder yard and names this ship: the Navy re-purposed Cargill's Savage barge yard in 1942 (strategic inland location; large labor pool); the Army Corps of Engineers dredged 14 miles of the Minnesota River to 9 ft with a 20-ft launching pool at the yard bank ($250,000); the original six-ship contract grew to 18 Patapsco-class AOGs plus 4 Army tugboats; peak employment ~3,500 with women about a quarter of the workforce; completed hulls transited the Minnesota and Mississippi rivers to New Orleans for final fitting-out. MNopedia names USS Kishwaukee specifically for 'a particularly long military life, supporting other ships in Okinawa and then delivering fuel for Navy planes in Vietnam.' Class particulars given: crews of 131; 310 ft x 48 ft; ~15.5 knots; cargo fuel and ammunition up to ~1,880 tons.
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    supporting
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-09-25
    Study period
    1942-1945
    Population
    Cargill Savage construction workforce (peak ~3,500, ~25% women), 1942-1945
    Limitations
    Authoritative state-historical-society source for the yard and its AOG program; names this hull but is narrative-level. Contains no asbestos or materials information; supports no asbestos claim. Its 131-crew figure is a class-level figure (see complement discrepancy in gaps).
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-kishwaukee-aog9-06
  7. [7]Consolidated era/design inference - documented T1-MT-M1 diesel-electric machinery (NavSource spec block; MARAD card 'G.M. Diesel') + wartime Cargill Savage construction (MNopedia) [other_primary]
    Locator
    NavSource spec block; MARAD MA-383 card ('G.M. Diesel'); MNopedia Savage Shipyard (wartime production context); DANFS (Swan Island overhaul, West Loch lay-up); Private Law 95-20 (conversion conditions)
    Finding type
    asbestos_application
    Finding
    Era/design inference: this hull is a diesel-electric T1-MT-M1 gasoline tanker built 1942-1944 at a wartime emergency inland yard at the peak of WWII asbestos usage - a configuration for which exhaust-system and muffler lagging, engine-room thermal insulation, machinery gaskets and packing, accommodation/joiner insulation and deck covering, electrical insulation, and winch/windlass brake linings of the period were commonly asbestos-containing. Diesel-electric auxiliaries lack the boiler/fireroom insulation scope of steam auxiliaries but carried the same era materials elsewhere. Documented disturbance-phase events for this hull: the 1965-66 Swan Island Shipyard overhaul (DANFS 'extensive overhaul'), the 1970-1974 Pearl Harbor inactivation lay-up (INACTSHIPMAINTFAC West Loch), the 1978 fishing-vessel conversion under Private Law 95-20 (statutorily required U.S. conversion work), and the eventual Shanghai breaking.
    Verification
    inferred
    Role
    supporting
    Documentation level
    class_or_era
    Accessed
    2026-09-25
    Study period
    1942-1997
    Population
    Cargill Savage construction trades (1942-44); wartime and Vietnam-era crews; Swan Island overhaul workforce (1965-66); INACTSHIPMAINTFAC West Loch lay-up crews (1970-74); 1978+ conversion and breaking workers
    Limitations
    Inference from the documented machinery plant, builder, and era - NOT a hull record. No survey, specification, material schedule, or abatement record naming AOG-9 was located; establishes no asbestos content, quantity, location, condition, individual exposure, or causation. The four disturbance events are documented; their asbestos scope is inference.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-kishwaukee-aog9-07
  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 T1-MT-M1 gasoline tanker was mass-produced at the Cargill Savage yard - and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization in shipbuilding.
    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-kishwaukee-aog9-08
  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 (whether Cargill Savage was among the surveyed contract yards is unverified) 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-kishwaukee-aog9-09
  10. [10]Source-discrepancy resolutions - MARAD status-card images (Detail 2887) vs Wikipedia and NavalCoverMuseum framings [marad_nrc]
    Locator
    MA-383 card (/cards/2887_5367AF.jpg) 'G.M. Diesel'; MA-20 card (/cards/2887_AF.jpg) '12-18-78 ... $56,480 ... MA-9187 ... Private Law 95-20'
    Finding type
    historical_record
    Finding
    Primary cards resolve three secondary-source defects: (a) Propulsion - Wikipedia's infobox reads '4 x General Electric diesel-electric engines'; the MARAD MA-383 card types the plant 'G.M. Diesel' and NavSource specs it as four General Motors 16-278A diesels - General Motors, not General Electric. (b) Sale date - the MA-20 Record of Ship Sales reads '12-18-78' (18 December 1978); Wikipedia's body text '12 December 1978' is a misreading of the card, while the NavalCoverMuseum wiki's 'Sold November 1 1979' matches no primary record located. (c) Post-sale identity - 'converted to the fishing vessel Vicky Rae, scrapped in Shanghai 1997' traces to Wikipedia/secondary compilations; the MARAD cards document the sale to Mid Pacific Sea Harvesters, Ltd., for fishery operation but no vessel rename or breaking date - Vicky Rae and 1997 are unverified secondary claims.
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    correction
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-09-25
    Study period
    1944-1997
    Limitations
    Corrects publication-level discrepancies against primary MARAD card images; does not affect identity or custody timeline materially. No asbestos content in any source corrected here.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-kishwaukee-aog9-10
  11. [11]Batch-2025 search ledger (this record): DANFS via NavSource transcription + Wikipedia public-domain text; MARAD ShipHistory Detail 2887 + three status-card scans; Private Law 95-20 statute text (Statutes at Large vol. 91); NARA digitized deck-log index; NavSource 2009 file; MNopedia; CourtListener API v4 opinion and docket sweeps; indexed-web litigation checks [other_primary]
    Locator
    search_ledger rows sl-uss-kishwaukee-aog9-01 through sl-uss-kishwaukee-aog9-12
    Finding type
    historical_record
    Finding
    No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, specification, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, court finding, or docketed asbestos case naming USS Kishwaukee / AOG-9 / Cargill hull 5 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener coverage completed without quota interruption: opinion search 'Kishwaukee' returned 178 clusters - every examined hit a name collision on Illinois river-named entities (Kishwaukee Community Hospital, Auto Corral, Special Drainage District, Valley Water Authority, Community College, Harrison Kishwaukee LLC); 'Kishwaukee' + asbestos returned 9 hits, all collisions - the only two non-Illinois asbestos opinions (Washington Water Power v. Graybar, 774 P.2d 1199 Wash. 1989; Continental Insurance v. Page Engineering, 783 P.2d 641 Wyo. 1989) match solely via citations to Kishwaukee Community Health Services Center v. Hospital Bldg. & Equipment Co., 638 F. Supp. 1492 (N.D. Ill. 1986), a hospital-construction case (verified in opinion text); 'AOG-9' opinion search returned zero; RECAP docket sweep on 'Kishwaukee' returned ~4,427 dockets, all sampled top hits Illinois collisions (college, street-address forfeitures, auto-corral bankruptcy). Law-firm marketing pages (asbestos-ships.com dedicated hull page; mesotheliomasymptoms.com) assert era-typical content for this hull without primary support - excluded source class.
    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 1943 diesel-electric auxiliary is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials, and the 1965-66 overhaul, 1970-74 inactivation, 1978 conversion, and breaking are undocumented disturbance phases. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility. CourtListener full-text opinion ranking was reviewed only to the depth returned by the API's relevance ordering for each query; PACER dockets were sampled at the top of ~4,427 name matches, not exhaustively.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-kishwaukee-aog9-11
  12. [12]NARA Guide to Federal Records: RG 24 (Bureau of Naval Personnel - Navy deck logs), RG 19 (Bureau of Ships), RG 357 (Maritime Administration); MARAD MA-383 card preservation-correspondence reference; Swan Island Shipyard 1965-66 overhaul file [other_primary]
    Locator
    https://www.archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy-online (Kishwaukee index); https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/024.html ; /groups/019.html ; /groups/357.html ; MARAD MA-383 card 'OTHER DATA' field
    Finding type
    historical_record
    Finding
    Archival leads (partially digitized / otherwise unretrieved - no spend authorized): (a) digitized Kishwaukee deck logs 1956-1958 and Sep 1966-Jan 1970 are in the NARA catalog (RG 24, Blue Water Navy project - per-month catalog IDs linked from the NARA index page); WWII logs 1944-1946 are in RG 24/Special List 44 at Archives I, not digitized; (b) the MARAD MA-383 card cites 'Navy preservation: See Navy letter Jan. 11, 1960 / Marad reply Jan. 20, 1960' - the lay-up preservation correspondence, potentially the closest thing to a materials-condition record for this hull; (c) RG 357 MARAD records for the Astoria NDRF group and the MA-9187 sale file (1978 - disposal-era hazmat lead); (d) RG 19 BuShips T1-MT-M1 design records and Booklet of General Plans; (e) the 1965-66 Swan Island Shipyard overhaul file (work scope undocumented; Port of Portland yard records).
    Verification
    unverified
    Role
    archival_lead
    Documentation level
    context_only
    Accessed
    2026-09-25
    Study period
    1942-1978 records
    Limitations
    Record-group and document mapping only - the deck-log digitization is verified at index level but logs were not opened; preservation letters, the sale file, and overhaul records were not retrieved; existence of asbestos-specific documents for this hull is unknown until surveyed. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-kishwaukee-aog9-12

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