USS Laurentia (AF-44)

Name
USS Laurentia
Hull designation
AF-44
Vessel class
Adria
Evidence tier
Tier 2
Evidence entries
12
Record ID
uss-laurentia-af44
Dataset version
2026.10.12-rc.1
Canonical URL
https://asbestosatlas.org/ships/uss-laurentia-af44

Evidence

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

  1. [1]CourtListener opinion search: 'USS Laurentia' [court_record]
    Finding type
    litigation_documented
    Finding
    CourtListener opinion search 'USS Laurentia' returned 0 results (2026-10-07)
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    negative_finding
    Documentation level
    context_only
    Limitations
    zero-hit search; absence of hits is not proof of no litigation
    Evidence ID
    uss-laurentia-af44-cl-name-opinion
  2. [2]CourtListener docket search: 'USS Laurentia' [court_record]
    Finding type
    litigation_documented
    Finding
    CourtListener docket search 'USS Laurentia' returned 2 result(s) (2026-10-07); individual records not reviewed
    Verification
    unverified
    Role
    archival_lead
    Documentation level
    context_only
    Limitations
    hit count only — underlying dockets/opinions not individually reviewed; name query may match same-named vessels
    Evidence ID
    uss-laurentia-af44-cl-name-docket
  3. [3]CourtListener opinion search: 'AF-44' [court_record]
    Finding type
    litigation_documented
    Finding
    CourtListener opinion search 'AF-44' returned 5329 result(s) (2026-10-07); individual records not reviewed
    Verification
    unverified
    Role
    archival_lead
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Limitations
    hit count only — underlying dockets/opinions not individually reviewed
    Evidence ID
    uss-laurentia-af44-cl-hull-opinion
  4. [4]CourtListener docket search: 'AF-44' [court_record]
    Finding type
    litigation_documented
    Finding
    CourtListener docket search 'AF-44' returned 94045 result(s) (2026-10-07); individual records not reviewed
    Verification
    unverified
    Role
    archival_lead
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Limitations
    hit count only — underlying dockets/opinions not individually reviewed
    Evidence ID
    uss-laurentia-af44-cl-hull-docket
  5. [5]Naval History and Heritage Command, DANFS, 'Laurentia' (AF-44) - canonical live page returned HTTP 404 on 2026-09-20; DANFS text verified via the hazegray/losthistory.net transcription mirror [nhhc_danfs]
    Locator
    DANFS 'Laurentia' entry (AF-44), full narrative and spec block; mirror https://losthistory.net/hazegray/danfs/auxil/af44.htm ; canonical dead URL https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/l/laurentia.html
    Finding type
    vessel_history
    Finding
    DANFS (NHHC) record for Laurentia (AF-44): namesake note - 'A star.' Spec block: dp. 3,139 (lt.); l. 338'6"; b. 50'; dr. 21'1"; s. 11.5 k.; cpl. 84; a. 1 3", 6 20mm.; cl. Adria; T. R1-M-AV3. 'Laurentia (AF-44) was laid down [as Wall and Crown] under Maritime Commission contract by Pennsylvania Shipyards, Inc., Beaumont, Tex., 23 October 1944; launched 12 December 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Oscar Hayes; acquired by the Navy 19 May 1945 for transfer to Galveston, Tex.; and commissioned 5 June 1945, Lt. John Janus in command.' Service narrative: after shakedown, loaded frozen and refrigerated provisions at Mobile and departed for the Pacific 27 June 1945; Pearl Harbor 11 July; sailed 7 August carrying cold stores to American bases in the Marshalls, the Marianas, and the Palaus; returned to Pearl Harbor 28 September carrying 250 veterans; sailed for the Philippines 6 October, reached Tacloban, Leyte 23 October and supplied ships in Leyte Gulf until sailing for the United States 9 November; arrived San Francisco 2 December. Deployed for the Far East 14 December; reached Yokosuka 10 January 1946; for almost 3 months provisioned ships out of Yokosuka and supported occupation operations along the eastern coast of Honshu; arrived San Francisco 15 May; decommissioned there 18 June and returned to the WSA; on 6 November the Maritime Commission transferred her to the Army under bareboat charter for supply operations in the Pacific. Reacquired by the Navy 1 July 1950, assigned to MSTS and reclassified T-AF-44; manned by a civilian crew, operated in the Far East during the Korean conflict, based at Yokohama and Kobe, provisioning American ships in Japanese ports and steaming the sea supply line between Japan and South Korea carrying supplies to Inchon and Pusan; departed Yokohama for the United States 27 February 1954; reached New Orleans 9 April via Pearl Harbor and the Canal Zone; sailed 10 May on a circular supply run to American bases in the Caribbean, principally the Canal Zone, Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico; 'Since 1954 she has maintained this pattern of operations out of New Orleans and Mobile' with MSTS.
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    supporting
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-09-20
    Study period
    1944-1969
    Population
    Ship's company (84 per spec block); 250 embarked Pacific veterans carried Sep 1945; civilian MSTS crew 1950-1969
    Limitations
    Authoritative for identity, construction, and service history through the entry's drafting (ends mid-narrative: 'at present she continues to serve in the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico' - the text predates the 1969 layup and 1973 disposal, which the MARAD cards cover, ev-02). Mirror transcription contains a transcriber's note correcting 'Beamont' to Beaumont and appending disposal-era dates (decommissioned 1970, broken up 1973) sourced to Silverstone - the appended note is secondary, not DANFS text, and is corroborated by MARAD/shipscribe. The '6 November' Army-transfer date conflicts with NavSource/shipscribe and the MARAD custody card's 4 November - flagged in gaps. Contains no asbestos, insulation-material, or hazardous-material statement. Supports no asbestos claim.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-laurentia-af44-01
  6. [6]U.S. Maritime Administration, ShipHistory database - LAURENTIA (AF-44) Detail 2967 and WALL AND CROWN Detail 11506, including three scanned status cards (2967_AF.jpg, 2967_5521AF.jpg, 7AY_01.png) and custody document WALL AND CROWN.pdf, read verbatim from the card images [marad_nrc]
    Locator
    ShipHistory Detail 2967 data block + milestones + status cards /cards/2967_AF.jpg and /cards/2967_5521AF.jpg; Detail 11506 card 7AY_01.png and document /documents/9a0a74b3-0d7a-4e0e-b1e7-65fc6dea8e1d.pdf
    Finding type
    vessel_history
    Finding
    MARAD ShipHistory records (Detail 2967 'LAURENTIA (AF-44)' and Detail 11506 'WALL AND CROWN') plus three digitized status cards and one custody document, all read directly. Detail 2967 data block: year built 1945; shipyard Pennsylvania Shipyards; general type Naval Auxiliary, specific type AF Store Ship; MARAD type R1-M-AV3; length 321.30 ft (registered/molded), beam 50.00 ft; gross 3,784 / net 2,152 tons; fate 'Sold - Scrap.' Milestones: Entry and Acquisition 12/2/1969; Disposition and Withdrawal 7/10/1973 (content 'CUST 1969 NDRF 1969'). Form MA-383 Reserve Fleet card (2967_AF.jpg): LAURENTIA AF-44, type R1-M-AV3, category 'Dry Cargo Reefer', fleet Suisun Bay; builder 'Pennsylvania SY', built 1945, hull MC-2206, service prior to lay-up 'Navy'; entered 12-2-69 1230 PST; withdrawn 7-10-73 1100 PDT; reason 'Sold scrap under PD-X-959, 6-14-73 to China Dismantled Vessel Trading Corp. for $145,000.00'; damages notation 'scrap'. Form MA-20 Record of Ship Sales (2967_5521AF.jpg): LAURENTIA (T-AF-44), sale doc PD-X-959, contract MA-6985, year built 1945, molded dimensions 321'4" x 50' x 29', gross 3784 / net 2152, DWT 5211, draft 23'5"; awarded to China Dismantled Vessel Trading Corp. 6-14-73 for $145,000.00; location Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet; 'Built by Pennsylvania Shipyards, Beaumont, Texas'; remarks: advertised under PD-X-882 (bids rejected), PD-X-952 (bid rejected), PD-X-957 (bid rejected), then PD-X-959 dated 5-9-73 opened 6-12-73 - 'Dismantled Hull - Foreign'. WALL AND CROWN custody card (WALL AND CROWN.pdf, partially legible OCR of handwriting): Navy Dept redelivery/transfer rows showing War Dept 11-4-46, GAA rows including 'Overlakes Freight Corp' and 'New Orleans' - consistent with the 1946 merchant operation under MC charter and the 4 November Army transfer.
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    supporting
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-09-20
    Study period
    1945-1973
    Population
    MSTS civilian crew (1950-1969); NDRF Suisun Bay preservation crews (1969-1973); shipbreaking workforce of China Dismantled Vessel Trading Corp., Taiwan (1973)
    Limitations
    Primary government custody record and the strongest source in this file - the cards document the complete disposal chain: NDRF entry 1969-12-02, three rejected-bid advertisements (PD-X-882/-952/-957), the PD-X-959 sale 1973-06-14, and physical withdrawal 1973-07-10. The WALL AND CROWN custody card is only partially legible (handwritten entries, OCR-aided) - the 'Overlakes Freight Corp' general-agent rows and 'War Dept 11-4-46' entry are best-effort reads, flagged partial in confidence terms. MARAD web data block's registered length (321.30 ft) and draft-summer field (23.40, labeled tons) differ from DANFS overall figures (338'6" oa, 21'1" draft) - a registration-vs-overall framing difference, both carried in context. Cards carry no asbestos, materials, hazmat, or condition-survey information (pre-hazmat-inventory era; foreign dismantlement). Supports no asbestos claim.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-laurentia-af44-02
  7. [7]NavSource Online, Service Ship Photo Archive, USNS Laurentia (T-AF-44) page (navsource.net/archives/09/06/0644.htm) - non-official archive compiling official register data, NHHC photo NH 81399, and DANFS [other_primary]
    Locator
    NavSource AF-44 page: chronology, awards table, specifications block, commanding-officer list
    Finding type
    vessel_history
    Finding
    NavSource Online Service Ship Photo Archive compilation for USS Laurentia (AF-44) / USNS Laurentia (T-AF-44): laid down 23 October 1944 as MV Wall and Crown, Maritime Commission type R1-M-AV3 (MC hull 2206), Pennsylvania Shipyards, Inc., Beaumont, TX; launched 12 December 1944; acquired 19 May 1945; commissioned 5 June 1945, LT. John Janus in command; assigned Asiatic-Pacific Theater WWII; Occupation service in the Far East 6 January-15 April 1946; decommissioned 18 June 1946 at San Francisco; returned to the Maritime Commission 6 November 1946 for assignment to the US Army; placed in commission by the Army as USAT Laurentia 4 November 1946; re-acquired by the Navy 1 July 1950, placed in service by MSTS as USNS Laurentia (T-AF-44); placed out of service 2 December 1969 and turned over to MARAD for NDRF lay up at Suisun Bay; title passed to MARAD 19 February 1970; struck from the Naval Register, date unknown; final disposition broken up for scrapping 14 June 1973 to China Dismantled Vessel Trading Corp. for scrapping in Taiwan, delivered 10 July 1973. Call sign NVJW. Awards: American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Service Medal (Asia clasp), National Defense Service Medal, Philippines Liberation Medal. Specifications: displacement 3,139 t (lt) / 7,435 t (fl); length 338'6"; beam 50'; draft 18'; speed 11.5 kts (trial); complement 10 officers + 74 enlisted; largest boom 10 t; cargo 3,170 DWT - non-refrigerated 47,610 cu ft, refrigerated 114,580 cu ft; armament one single 3"/50 DP mount, six single 20mm AA mounts; diesel fuel 6,300 bbls; propulsion one Nordberg Diesel TSM engine, three 250 kW 120V/240V ship's service generators, single propeller 1,700 shp. COs: LT Janus (5 Jun 1945-13 Dec 1945); LT Esperanza (13 Dec 1945-18 Jun 1946).
    Verification
    partial
    Role
    context
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-09-20
    Study period
    1944-1973
    Population
    Ship's company 1945-46 (84 per spec block); civilian MSTS crew 1950-1969
    Limitations
    Secondary compilation reproducing official register/status-card data; every checkable date corroborated against MARAD cards and shipscribe (NDRF entry 12-2-69, title to MARAD 19 Feb 70, sale 14 Jun 73, delivery 10 Jul 73 all match). 'Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown' is superseded in part by shipscribe's compiled strike dates (3 Jul 46 and 28 Apr 70) - the discrepancy is logged in gaps. Specifications are descriptive only and do not state or imply asbestos content. Supports no asbestos claim.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-laurentia-af44-03
  8. [8]Shipscribe.com, 'USS Adria (AF-30) Class' page (usnaux/AF/AF30.html), S. S. Roberts 2004 - secondary compilation from Naval Vessel Register / Bureau of Ships / Maritime Commission records [other_primary]
    Locator
    AF-30 class page: Design/Construction/Disposition tables, Class Notes, Ship Notes row 44 LAURENTIA (MC 2206)
    Finding type
    historical_record
    Finding
    Shipscribe (Stephen S. Roberts) class compilation for the ADRIA (AF-30) class, from official records: design MC R1-M-AV3, a refrigerated variant of the C1-M-AV1 developed 1943 for the south/southwest Pacific supply problem; 17 ships AF-30 through AF-39 and AF-41 through AF-47, all built Pennsylvania Shipyards, Beaumont, Tex. Class notes: JCS asked MC for 100 small freighters 15 April 1943; MC decided December 1943 to complete ten as reefers with two of three main holds refrigerated; Auxiliary Vessels Board approved acquisition of 75 ships 10 January 1944; April 1944 re-plan assigned the first ten Penn SY C1-M-AV1 hulls (MC 2194-2203) to be completed by the builder as R1-M-AV3 AFs rather than post-converted; second group (MC 2204-07, 2332, 2338-39) became AF-41 through AF-47; MC refrigerating-machinery delays led the Navy to supply its own designed machinery for AF 30-39, installed at fitting-out yards. Class data: 3,139 t light / 7,435 t lim; 338.5 ft oa, 320.0 ft pp; 50.0 ft beam; 21.1 ft draft; 11.5 kts; 1 Nordberg diesel, 1 screw, 1,700 hp; original armament 1-3"/50, 6-20mm; complement 69 (1944). Construction table row AF-44 LAURENTIA: acquired 19 May 45; keel 23 Oct 44; launch 12 Dec 44; comm 5 Jun 45. Disposition row: decomm 1970; strike 28 Apr 70; disposal 19 Feb 70; fate MA/T; MA sale 14 Jun 73. Ship note 44: 'Ex merc. WALL AND CROWN. Keel 23 Oct 44. Converted by Todd Galveston DD, Galveston, Tex. (in service for ferrying 19-20 May 45). To MC 18 Jun 46, stk. 3 Jul 46. Operated as Merc. WALL AND CROWN under charter from MC 1946, to Army 4 Nov 46. Reinstated on list as LAURENTIA (T-AF-44) ca. 7 Jun 50, from Army to MSTS 1 Jul 50. To NDRF 2 Dec 69, to buyer 10 Jul 73.'
    Verification
    partial
    Role
    supporting
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-09-20
    Study period
    1944-1973
    Population
    Pennsylvania Shipyards construction workforce (1944); Todd Galveston Dry Docks conversion workforce (May 1945)
    Limitations
    Secondary compilation from official registers and MC records - used where consistent with DANFS and the MARAD cards, and it supplies details they lack: the Todd Galveston Dry Docks conversion yard (DANFS says only 'for transfer to Galveston'), the two strike/reinstatement events (3 Jul 46 and 28 Apr 70, vs NavSource 'date unknown'), and the interim merchant operation as WALL AND CROWN under MC charter. Its 'decomm 1970' is looser than NavSource's 'out of service 2 Dec 1969' (the NDRF entry date on the card) - the card is carried. Complement 69 (1944) conflicts with DANFS 84 - discrepancy logged in gaps. No asbestos, materials, or condition information; supports no asbestos claim.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-laurentia-af44-04
  9. [9]Inference row keyed to this record's own documentation: DANFS class data (T. R1-M-AV3, 11.5 k., cpl. 84); NavSource plant and cargo specs (Nordberg Diesel TSM; 114,580 cu ft refrigerated capacity; 10 t booms); shipscribe design notes (R1-M-AV3 refrigerated variant of C1-M-AV1 base freighter; Navy-furnished refrigerating machinery for the class; Todd Galveston conversion note) [other_primary]
    Locator
    ev-uss-laurentia-af44-01, -03, -04 (design, plant, refrigerated-capacity, and conversion documentation)
    Finding type
    asbestos_application
    Finding
    Class/era inference: the hull was built October 1944-June 1945 as a Maritime Commission R1-M-AV3 refrigerated stores ship (a refrigerated variant of the C1-M-AV1 design) at Pennsylvania Shipyards, Beaumont, with a diesel plant (one Nordberg Diesel TSM, 1,700 shp - no boilers or steam lines) and refrigerated cargo spaces (114,580 cu ft refrigerated capacity - two of three main holds refrigerated per the class design notes) - construction period and ship type for which era-typical asbestos applications included machinery and exhaust insulation, pipe lagging, valve and flange gaskets, machinery packing, electrical cable insulation, refrigeration-space and cold-room insulation, winch and windlass brake linings, and accommodation fireproofing/deck coverings. The hull additionally underwent one documented fitting-out availability (conversion to naval stores ship at Todd Galveston Dry Docks, May 1945) whose materials scope is undocumented.
    Verification
    inferred
    Role
    supporting
    Documentation level
    class_or_era
    Accessed
    2026-09-20
    Study period
    1944-1973
    Population
    Pennsylvania Shipyards construction trades (1944-45); Todd Galveston Dry Docks conversion trades (May 1945); ship's company (1945-46); USAT crew (1946-50); civilian MSTS crew (1950-69); NDRF Suisun Bay preservation crews (1969-73); Taiwan shipbreaking workforce (1973)
    Limitations
    Era/design inference only - no source names asbestos aboard this hull, and no R1-M-AV3 material specification was located. Diesel plant means the classic boiler/steam-line lagging inference does not apply; refrigerated-cargo insulation of the era was variously cork, mineral, or asbestos-containing - material is unknown for this design. The Todd Galveston conversion is a documented shipyard availability whose asbestos scope is inference, not record. Does not establish presence, quantity, location, condition, individual exposure, or causation.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-laurentia-af44-05
  10. [10]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 Maritime Commission emergency-construction program under which this R1-M-AV3 hull was built - and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization in ship construction.
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    context
    Documentation level
    class_or_era
    Accessed
    2026-09-20
    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-laurentia-af44-06
  11. [11]Batch-542 search ledger (this record): DANFS/NHHC via hazegray transcription mirror; MARAD ShipHistory Details 2967 + 11506 incl. 3 status cards and WALL AND CROWN.pdf custody card (read verbatim); NavSource AF-44; shipscribe AF-30 class page; NARA Special List 44; NVR coverage check; CourtListener 'Laurentia' opinion search (completed) + hull-number searches (throttled); general web-index litigation search; VA BVA index [other_primary]
    Locator
    search_ledger rows sl-uss-laurentia-af44-01 through sl-uss-laurentia-af44-11
    Finding type
    historical_record
    Finding
    No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, museum record, or docketed case naming USS/USNS/USAT Laurentia, AF-44/T-AF-44, or MV Wall and Crown was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener opinion search on 'Laurentia' returned 7 hits, all name collisions - verified examples: Chrysanti v. Ashcroft (9th Cir. 2004), an immigration appeal by petitioner Maria Laurentia Chrysanti; Warger v. Shauers, 574 U.S. 40 (2014), where 'Laurentia' is respondent's counsel Laurentia C. McKessar (the same attorney whose name produced the Waymo v. Uber docket collision on the general web index); the remaining hits (St. Rose v. Thompson N.Y. App. Div. 2022; Houle v. Vallieres Mass. 1932; Marvick v. Donhowe Iowa 1921; Miles Construction Co. v. Krumrey Minn. 1965; Callaghan v. Commissioner T.C. 1960) are non-vessel, non-asbestos matters by caption, court, and posture. Hull-number searches ('AF-44', 'T-AF-44', 'Laurentia' + 'AF-44') could not be completed: CourtListener throttled the session (HTTP 429; the 125/day shared quota was exhausted mid-session) - per batch rule the queries were logged rather than retried, and the litigation surface was covered by a general web-index search that returned only a law-firm marketing listicle (freeasbestostesting.com, excluded source class) and the attorney name collision. The VA BVA index returned no decision naming this hull or Wall and Crown. MARAD status cards carry no hazmat notation.
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    negative_finding
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-09-20
    Study period
    2026-09-20
    Limitations
    Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1944-45 wartime refrigerated auxiliary is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials. The disposal path disposed of both ship and records: sold 1973 to China Dismantled Vessel Trading Corp. for dismantlement abroad, pre-dating hazmat-conditioned scrapping documentation; no scrapping-side survey is known to exist. CourtListener coverage is partial - the exact-name opinion search completed cleanly but hull-number and docket-surface queries were throttled (logged in the ledger); residual uncertainty is confined to hull-string mentions in text, which the web-index fallback did not surface. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-laurentia-af44-07
  12. [12]NARA Special List 44 (Named Vessels), Laurentia (AF-44) entry 6/5/1945-11/30/1945; MARAD ShipHistory status-card and document references (ev-02); shipscribe class-notes machinery provenance (ev-04) [other_primary]
    Locator
    NARA Special List 44 named-vessel table, 'Laurentia (AF-44)'; MARAD Detail 11506 custody card; PD-X-959/MA-6985 on the MA-20 card
    Finding type
    historical_record
    Finding
    Archival leads (not retrieved - require research-room or reproduction order; no spend authorized): NARA Special List 44 (Named Vessels) lists deck logs for Laurentia (AF-44) covering 5 June 1945-30 November 1945 (the entire commissioned Navy period); post-1950 MSTS-era logs sit in later RG 24 deck-log series / civilian-crewed MSTS records. Further leads: Maritime Commission contract records for MC hull 2206 / the R1-M-AV3 design (Navy-furnished refrigerating machinery noted in shipscribe class notes - a machinery provenance lead for materials schedules); Todd Galveston Dry Docks conversion records (May 1945); the MARAD custody correspondence file for WALL AND CROWN/LAURENTIA (the custody card's general-agent rows reference correspondence not digitized); the PD-X-959 sale file (dtd 5-9-73, contract MA-6985) and the rejected-bid files PD-X-882/-952/-957 document the 1973 disposal and may hold condition declarations; U.S. Army Transportation Corps records cover the USAT Laurentia period (1946-1950).
    Verification
    unverified
    Role
    archival_lead
    Documentation level
    context_only
    Accessed
    2026-09-20
    Study period
    1944-1973 records
    Limitations
    Record-group and file mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; existence of asbestos-specific documents for MC hull 2206 / AF-44 is unknown until surveyed. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-laurentia-af44-08

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