Evidence
12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).
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[1]research packet m-packet.md (8 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED. No name collision found. — real identity: USS Lycoming; hull: APA-155; designation: attack transport (APA)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lycoming-apa155-pkt-m-packet-md
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[2]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 3 (NAVSHIPS 250-012, 1945), auxiliaries - transports, attack (APA) tables, per-hull rows for LYCOMING APA-155 (indexed 'Lycoming (ex-M.C.V. Hull 121) APA 155', item 158 in the APA tables) (shipscribe.com scan of the official BuShips publication) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v3 APA tables (printed APA section incl. construction table p. 257): LYCOMING row, item 158; index entry 'Lycoming (ex - M.C.V. Hull 121) APA 155'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official BuShips Ships' Data 1945 Vol. 3 carries per-hull rows for LYCOMING APA-155 (ex-M.C.V. Hull 121, item 158) across the APA tables: 455'0" overall / 436'6" waterline; beam 62'0"; draft 24'0"; 12,450 tons limiting; ship's company 56 officers + 480 enlisted with troop accommodations 86 officers + 1,475 enlisted; largest boom 35 t; machinery 1 Westinghouse turbine ('Westgh. turb.'), 8,500 shp, 2 Babcock & Wilcox header-type boilers ('B. & W. hdr.') at 465 psi / 750F, single propeller; armament 1 x 5"/38 cal (D.P.) + 4 twin and 1 quad 40mm + 10 x 20mm; cargo 150,000 cu ft non-refrigerated, deadweight 5,800/2,900 tons; builder row reads 'Oregon S. B. Corp., Portland, Oreg.'; year built 1944; acquired/commissioned 20 Sept 1944.
- 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, the Westinghouse machinery plant (not the Joshua-Hendy set shown in generic class summaries), manning, builder, and key dates. Contains no materials, insulation, or asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim. Scan is OCR-degraded; row cells cross-checked against NavSource and DANFS spec blocks.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lycoming-apa155-01
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[3]DANFS, 'Lycoming' entry, Naval Historical Center/NHHC (live NHHC URL https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/l/lycoming.html returns 404 - verbatim legacy text retrieved via Internet Archive Wayback capture 20040314015041 of history.navy.mil/danfs/l33/lycoming.htm) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Wayback capture 20040314015041 of http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/l33/lycoming.htm (legacy DANFS text; no modernized rewrite located for this hull)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC records: named for 'A county in northern Pennsylvania' (Lycoming County); spec block dp. 6,873, l. 455', b. 62', dr. 24', s. 17.7 k., cpl. 536, trp. 1,566, a. 1 5" 12 40mm. 10 20mm., cl. Haskell, T. VC2-S-AP5. Laid down 30 May 1944 by Oregon Shipbuilding Corp., Portland, Oreg., under a Maritime Commission contract; launched 25 July 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Schuyler N. Pyne, wife of Captain (later Rear Admiral) Pyne; acquired by the Navy and commissioned at Astoria, Oreg., 20 September 1944, Comdr. D. B. Coleman in command. Service: shakedown off the west coast; Seattle 1 November 1944 as training ship for new attack transport crews; departed with 1,411 troops for Pearl Harbor and the western Pacific; Leyte 24 February (1945); assigned Transport Squadron 13; debarked 1,294 officers and men of the Army's 7th Division Artillery with ordnance and supplies at Okinawa 1-5 April despite kamikaze attacks; returned to the U.S. 11 May; within a week 1,200 men en route to Manila (arrived 12 June); temporary Seventh Fleet transfer for New Guinea-to-Philippines troop relocation; San Francisco 3 August; at sea for the Marianas at the Japanese surrender (2 September); Saipan 9 September; assigned TF 54 for occupation troops; Nagasaki debarkation 23 September with 2d Division Marines; Magic Carpet voyages - 2,400 veterans from New Hebrides/New Caledonia to San Francisco 13 November; 2,013 from Okinawa to Seattle early January 1946; Norfolk 9 February; decommissioned 14 March 1946; returned to WSA 21 March; entered NDRF James River. One battle star for World War II service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Limitations
- Authoritative Navy history text; contains no asbestos or materials information; supports no asbestos claim. Live NHHC page 404s (standing link rot, cf. BATCH-01); the 2004 Wayback capture is the verbatim legacy Naval Historical Center DANFS text. Spec block 'trp. 1,566' conflicts with BuShips/NavSource troop accommodations 1,561 - flagged in correction row.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lycoming-apa155-02
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[4]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive - USS Lycoming (APA-155), file 10/03/03155 (navsource.org fetch failed; navsource.net mirror retrieved) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 03155.htm - timeline, specifications block, awards table, commanding-officer list, photo captions (incl. NHHC photos NH 43561, NH 83478)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline corroborates DANFS and adds detail: radio call sign NDRT; laid down 30 May 1944 as Maritime Commission type VC2-S-AP5 hull (MCV hull 121) at Oregon Shipbuilding Group, Portland, OR; launched 25 July 1944; acquired and commissioned 20 September 1944 at Astoria, OR, CDR David B. Coleman USN in command; wartime assignment Asiatic-Pacific Theater, TransRon Fourteen (COMO D. L. Ryan USN) / TransDiv Forty-Two (CAPT A. R. Mack USN); Okinawa Gunto operation 1-5 April 1945 (one battle star); Navy Occupation Service Medal Asia clasp windows 16-26 September and 13-19 December 1945; decommissioned 14 March 1946 at Norfolk, VA; returned to the Maritime Commission 21 March 1946 for NDRF James River, Lee Hall, VA; struck from the Naval Register 28 March 1946; final disposition sold for scrapping 9 April 1973 to Union Minerals & Alloys, delivered under PD-X-956 dated 5 March 1973 for $111,560.00, withdrawn 6 June 1973. Spec block matches BuShips (6,873 t light / 14,837 t full; 455' x 62' x 24' lim; 17.7 kts; 1 Westinghouse geared turbine, 2 B&W header-type boilers 465 psi/750F, double Westinghouse main reduction gears, three 300kW 120/240V DC ship's service turbo-generators, one propeller 8,500 shp; 56 officers + 480 enlisted; troop accommodations 86 officers + 1,475 enlisted; 1 x 5"/38 DP, 4 twin + 1 quad 40mm, 10 x 20mm; boats 2 LCM, 18 LCVP, 2 LCPR, 2 LCPL incl. covered captain's gig; cargo 150,000 cu ft / 2,900 DWT; fuel 7,780 bbl NSFO + 970 diesel; largest boom 35 t). Awards: American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1 star), WWII Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Service Medal with Asia clasp. CO list: CDR David Buncombe Coleman (later RADM) 20 Sep 1944 - 4 Aug 1945; CAPT Emmett John Sullivan USN (USNA 1927) 4 Aug 1945 - 14 Mar 1946. A 1944-46 cruise book, 'In Our Wake,' exists and supplied several photographs.
- 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 DANFS, BuShips, and the MARAD card on all checkable points. Prints builder as 'Oregon Shipbuilding Group' vs DANFS/MARAD 'Oregon Shipbuilding Corp./Company' - same Portland yard; both readings recorded. Contains no asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lycoming-apa155-03
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[5]U.S. Maritime Administration, ShipHistory database - LYCOMING (APA-155), Ship History Detail 3128, incl. digitized Reserve Fleet Division vessel-data card scans read directly (3128_5821AF.jpg front; 3128_5821AB.jpg back annotation strip) [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- ShipHistory Detail 3128 registry block + status-card scans 3128_5821AF.jpg (vessel-data card front) and 3128_5821AB.jpg (back annotation strip)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- MARAD primary custody record for this hull, read directly from the digitized card: present name/number 'LYCOMING / APA155', type VC2-S-AP5, 'Mil. Aux.', fleet/unit 'JR', ownership WSA, 'Oregon SB' 1944, hull no. MCV-121; date entered fleet 3-21-46; termination port of last voyage NORFOLK; fuel oil at fleet entry 1,055 bbls Bunker C. Card documents: Repair Program 1956 - 'Withdrawn July 22, 1955 - 1020 hrs EST, GAA - T.J. Stevenson' and 'Returned JR Nov. 7, 1955 - 1245 hours EST, GAA - T.J. Stevenson'; 'Flooding reported Mar. 15, 1961' (entry-inventory line); fuel-removal annotations referencing a 'Champagne memo' dated Nov-Dec 1961 ('#62 Champagne File'); ship's-papers line recording damage by Army craft FS-207 in a collision dated 7-6-50; 'Sold for scrap under PD-X-956, 4-9-73 to Union Minerals & Alloys Corp. for $111,560'; 'Date withdrawn from fleet 0930 EDT 6-6-73'. Card-back annotation strip reads 'alongside audubon' (moored alongside USS Audubon APA-149 in the reserve fleet). Registry fields: Year Built 1944; Shipyard 'Oregon Shipbuilding Company'; General Type 'Naval Auxiliary'; Specific Type 'AP/APA/LPA'; MARAD Type VC2-S-AP5; Fate 'Sold - Scrap'; milestone '1946REPAIR PRG Withdrawl 6/6/1973' (fleet withdrawal 6 Jun 1973).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1973
- Population
- NDRF caretakers, Lee Hall/James River (1946-1973); T.J. Stevenson GAA repair-program workforce (Jul-Nov 1955); Union Minerals & Alloys shipbreaking workforce (1973)
- Limitations
- Authoritative government custody record - the primary source for reserve-fleet, repair-program, and disposal history. Handwritten/stamped entries partially legible (read at full resolution; several cursive fuel-removal notes are uncertain - logged in gaps). No asbestos, insulation, or hazmat annotation appears on the card scans - an absence of a record entry, not evidence nothing was stripped or abated. The 1955 repair-program withdrawal, the 1950 collision damage, and the 1961 flooding/fuel-removal entries are documented as events only; work scope is not recorded on the card. Registry 'General Type Naval Auxiliary' is a dataset convention for an APA; carried as printed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lycoming-apa155-04
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[6]Commander Transport Squadron Twelve (ComNAGASAKIGroup; cover line also carries a C.T.G. designator, partially legible in the scan), 'Action Report - Landing of Occupation Forces, Nagasaki, Japan, September 1945' (52-page scanned Navy action report, hosted on NavSource; contributed by Douglas Gritzinger) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource-hosted PDF 03138a.pdf, cover (ComTransRon 12 / ComNAGASAKIGroup, 'Landing of Occupation Forces NAGASAKI JAPAN September-1945'), Part II Preliminaries loading table p. ~6 (TransDiv 34 (Temp.) ship list, LYCOMING row), and narrative sortie entry (T.U. 54.19)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Primary Navy action report for the Nagasaki occupation landing names this hull: in the group's loading table under TRANSPORT DIVISION THIRTY-FOUR (Temp.), 'LYCOMING (APA-155)' is listed with 1,064 personnel, 45 vehicles, and 500 short tons of cargo embarked for the landing; the report records that the NAGASAKI Group (ComTransRon 12 as C.T.G.) embarked the 2d Marine Division at Saipan, sortied as T.U. 54.19 under C.T.G. 54.19, and commencing 23 September 1945 landed troops and equipment in the Nagasaki harbor area without enemy opposition, with unloading of transports completed 28 September. Corroborates DANFS's statement that Lycoming was 'assigned to TF 54' and sailed 'with 20 other transports for a peaceful debarkation at Nagasaki, Japan, 23 September.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- September 1945
- Population
- 2d Marine Division troops embarked aboard APA-155; ship's crew (occupation-lift context only)
- Limitations
- Squadron-level operational document naming the hull as an embarked lift - confirms the ship's assignment and loading for the Nagasaki occupation landing; contains no materials, maintenance, insulation, or asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim. Scan is degraded; figures read via OCR on the loading table (1,064 personnel / 45 vehicles / 500 tons as printed); the cover's C.T.G. designator is partially legible - the report body reads T.U. 54.19 / C.T.G. 54.19, consistent with DANFS's TF 54 at force level.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lycoming-apa155-05
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[7]Source cross-check - shipscribe HASKELL (APA-117) class page (Tim Colton compilation) vs MARAD status card, DANFS (Wayback 20040314015041), NavSource 03155, and BuShips SDB 1945 v3 per-hull rows [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipscribe.com/usnaux/APA/APA117.html construction table (APA-155 row) + disposal row + hull-notes row ('155 LYCOMING 121 Repaired while inactive 22 Jul 55-7 Nov 55. To buyer 6 Jun 73.') + class notes (hospital-ship diversion; turbine-assignment list); shipbuildinghistory.njscuba.net/us-navy-large/apa/ (APA-155 row, '7 Sep 1944' cell)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Source discrepancies resolved or flagged: (a) Hospital-ship diversion - shipscribe class notes record that on 20 Mar 1944 CominCh asked JCS approval to divert six hulls (initially APA 151-156, including Lycoming) for conversion to hospital ships, and that the 22 May 1944 Auxiliary Vessels Board arrangement substituted six C4-S-B2 hulls building at Sun (AH 12-17) instead; Lycoming therefore completed as an attack transport. (b) Machinery - generic class summaries print 'Westinghouse, Joshua-Hendy, or Allis-Chalmers'; this hull's BuShips machinery row ('Westgh. turb.'), NavSource spec block, and shipscribe's turbine-assignment list (Westinghouse in APA-151-80) agree this hull was Westinghouse. (c) Troop capacity - DANFS spec block 'trp. 1,566' vs BuShips/NavSource 86 officers + 1,475 enlisted (1,561). Adopted 1,561 per the official per-hull table. (d) Builder naming - NavSource 'Oregon Shipbuilding Group' vs DANFS 'Oregon Shipbuilding Corp.' / MARAD 'Oregon Shipbuilding Company' - same Portland yard (Kaiser Co.); adopted 'Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation'. (e) Dates - shipscribe construction row: Acq. 20 Sep 44 / keel 30 May 44 / launch 25 Jul 44 / commission 20 Sep 44; disposal row: decomm. 14 Mar 46 / stricken 28 Mar 46 / to MC 21 Mar 46 / sold 9 Apr 73; hull note: 'Repaired while inactive 22 Jul 55-7 Nov 55. To buyer 6 Jun 73.' All agree with DANFS/NavSource/MARAD. (f) shipbuildinghistory table prints a '7 Sep 1944' date for APA-155 - likely a Maritime Commission completion/delivery date preceding the 20 Sep Navy acquisition; page could not be re-retrieved this session to confirm the column - flagged, not adopted.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1973 (sources 1945-2026)
- Limitations
- Resolves publication-level conflicts across official and secondary sources; none of the compared sources contains asbestos information; this row supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lycoming-apa155-06
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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); machinery data per BuShips SDB 1945 v3 per-hull row for APA-155 and NavSource ship-data sheet [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v3 machinery table (LYCOMING row, item 158); shipscribe.com/usnaux/APA/APA117.html class data; haskell-class.class.json (class-f worktree) for class context; AJIM 11(3):359-373
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference: this hull carried a single-screw geared-steam plant (one Westinghouse turbine, two Babcock & Wilcox header-type boilers at 465 psi / 750F superheat) built and fitted out at peak 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. Troop-space outfitting (accommodations for 1,561) added interior insulation scope. Documented ship-level disturbance/repair phases for this hull: construction at Oregon Shipbuilding, Portland (May-Sep 1944); the FY1956 Repair Program GAA withdrawal to T.J. Stevenson (Jul-Nov 1955); collision damage by Army craft FS-207 (Jul 1950) and a flooding event (Mar 1961) implying repair activity; and the 1973 breaking by Union Minerals & Alloys.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1973
- Population
- Construction trades at Oregon Shipbuilding, Portland (1944); wartime crew and embarked troops; NDRF lay-up/repair workforces (1950 collision repair, 1955, 1961 flooding); Union Minerals & Alloys shipbreakers (1973)
- Limitations
- Inference from the documented machinery plant and construction era - NOT a hull record. No survey, specification, or material schedule naming APA-155 was located; establishes no asbestos content, quantity, location, individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lycoming-apa155-07
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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
- J Ind Hyg Toxicol 28(1):9-16; PubMed PMID 21016030
- 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
- 1944-1945 survey; published 1946
- Population
- WWII pipe coverers and naval-vessel construction trades (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 contemporaneous 'not a dangerous occupation' conclusion has since been heavily criticized - cf. the 2026 critique at DOI 10.1177/10482911261446696 carried in the batch-155 class-mate record.)
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lycoming-apa155-08
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[10]CourtListener API v4 authenticated opinion/docket sweeps, 2026-09-25 (via fleet-paced cl-auth-search.py) [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener sweeps sl-uss-lycoming-apa155-08 through -11; Schillinger Genetics cluster 4852562
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Authenticated CourtListener sweeps returned no qualifying case for this hull: 'USS Lycoming' opinions count=0; 'USS Lycoming' dockets count=0; 'APA-155' opinions count=1 - a single hit, Schillinger Genetics, Inc. v. Benson Hill Seeds, Inc., C.A. No. 2020-0260-MTZ (Del. Ch., opinion filed 2021-02-01), a corporate/seeds dispute where 'APA-155' is a document/section reference, not a vessel - name collision. The 'Lycoming asbestos' opinion sweep (count=49) is collision-dominated: every hit reviewed is a namesake - Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas / Commonwealth Court opinions sitting in or citing Lycoming County, prevailing-wage appeals where 'asbestos' appears incidentally, and asbestos products cases naming AVCO Corporation's 'Lycoming-Spencer Division' or related Lycoming Engines aircraft-engine entities (e.g., Geier v. Board of Public Education, Pa. Commw. 2017; Sikkelee v. Precision Airmotive, M.D. Pa.) - none involve the vessel.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- sweeps run 2026-09-25
- Limitations
- Zero hits at any litigation stage for exact-name queries; 'APA-155' and 'Lycoming asbestos' hits are name collisions (Lycoming County PA; Avco/Lycoming Engines aircraft-engine defendants; incidental term co-occurrence). 'APA-155' docket sweep and deeper pages of the asbestos sweep pending under fleet pacing - logged in search_ledger; interim classification subject to that screen. A name match is not a finding: no complaint, discovery record, or judgment names this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lycoming-apa155-09
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[11]Batch-2227 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS via Wayback (legacy l33 capture); NavSource 03155 + ComTransRon 12 Nagasaki action report PDF; MARAD ShipHistory Detail 3128 + status-card scans; BuShips SDB 1945 v3 per-hull rows (item 158); shipscribe APA class page; CourtListener authenticated opinion/docket sweeps; NVR; VA BVA index; NARA catalog; indexed-web asbestos-claim sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lycoming-apa155-01 through sl-uss-lycoming-apa155-14 (plus -13a hull-number docket sweep, pending)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, repair-scope record, hazmat disclosure, court finding, or docketed asbestos case naming USS Lycoming / APA-155 / M.C.V. Hull 121 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 2026-09-25
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1944 geared-steam transport is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials, and her 27 years in NDRF custody, the 1950 collision repair, the 1955 repair-program withdrawal, the 1961 flooding event, and the 1973 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-lycoming-apa155-10
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[12]NARA Guide to Federal Records: RG 24 (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) [other_primary]
- Locator
- https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/024.html ; /groups/019.html ; /groups/178.html ; /groups/357.html ; NavSource 03155 photo captions (cruise book 'In Our Wake'; NHHC NH 43561 / NH 83478)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - requires research-room or reproduction order; no spend authorized): Navy deck logs for USS Lycoming Sep 1944 - Mar 1946 and the ship's war diary (RG 24, NARA College Park; WWII deck logs are also digitized via the NARA catalog partner program); BuShips records incl. VC2-S-AP5 contract plans and Booklets of General Plans (RG 19); USMC construction-contract records for M.C.V. Hull 121 covering the Oregon Shipbuilding build (RG 178); and MARAD/NDRF custody files covering the 1946-1973 lay-up, the FY1956 Repair Program GAA work scope (T.J. Stevenson), the 1950 Army-craft collision and 1961 flooding repair records, and the PD-X-956 sale file (RG 357). Non-NARA leads: the ship's 1944-46 cruise book 'In Our Wake' (photo content reproduced on NavSource) and NHHC photo catalog items NH 43561 and NH 83478 (live NHHC pages currently 404).
- 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-lycoming-apa155-11