USS Marathon (APA-200)

Name
USS Marathon
Hull designation
APA-200
Vessel class
Haskell
Evidence tier
Tier 2
Evidence entries
11
Record ID
uss-marathon-apa200
Dataset version
2026.10.12-rc.1
Canonical URL
https://asbestosatlas.org/ships/uss-marathon-apa200

Evidence

11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).

  1. [1]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, 'Marathon I (APA-200)', Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Naval History Division; HyperWar/ibiblio transcription [nhhc_danfs]
    Locator
    DANFS entry, full text (namesake line, specs block + service narrative)
    Finding type
    vessel_history
    Finding
    Marathon (APA-200), VC2-S-AP5 (class Haskell): built under Maritime Commission contract; laid down by Kaiser Shipbuilding Co., Vancouver, Wash.; launched 1944-10-07 (sponsor Mrs. E.L. Greene); acquired by the Navy on loan charter 1944-10-27; commissioned 1944-10-28, Comdr. J.W. McElroy in command. Specs block: dp. 10,680; 455' x 62'; dr. 24'; 17.7 k; cpl. 692; armament 1 5", 12 40mm, 10 20mm. Shakedown then amphibious training off southern California and in Hawaiian Islands; departed Pearl Harbor 1945-01-24 for Espiritu Santo (arrived 02-02) and Guadalcanal (arrived 02-07); amphibious exercises for Okinawa. Underway for Ulithi 03-22, sailed for Ryukyus 03-27; D-day 1945-04-01 dispatched boats toward the beaches commencing with smoke boats, continued unloading into the afternoon losing one landing craft with no casualties; in assault zone until 04-05. Saipan to Pearl Harbor (arrived 04-20) for maintenance; San Francisco troop embarkation; Pearl 06-08; departed 06-10 via Eniwetok/Ulithi; reached Okinawa 07-14, Buckner Bay. On 22 July while at anchor in Buckner Bay her hull trembled with the force of a violent explosion - postwar examination of Japanese records indicates the explosion, which resulted in extensive damage, was caused by a kaiten (one-man suicide submarine) launched by I-53. Following prolonged repairs, sailed 09-16 to Nagasaki to embark ex-POWs of varying nationality for Okinawa; October to February 'she swept minefields in the Nagoya, Hiro Wan, and Ise Wan areas.' Headed for the United States late February 1946; decommissioned and returned to her owners at San Francisco 8 May. Two battle stars.
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    supporting
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-09-25
    Study period
    1944-1946
    Population
    Ship's company (692) and embarked troops (~1,475 capacity); ex-POW passengers embarked 1945-09
    Limitations
    Authoritative for identity, construction, operational history, and disposition. Live NHHC DANFS page 404s (standing NHHC link rot; research/histories/... pattern tried) - transcription mirror cited. DANFS's 'she swept minefields' is loose phrasing for an attack transport - NavSource's campaign table frames the same period as 'Minesweeping operations Pacific' participation; carried as written with the NavSource framing noted. Contains no asbestos or materials statement; supports no asbestos claim.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-marathon-apa200-01
  2. [2]U.S. Maritime Administration, ShipHistory database - MARATHON (APA-200), Ship History Detail 3178, incl. digitized status cards (Vessel Status Card 4PB_01.png; Reserve Fleet Division - Vessel Data card 3178_5914AF/AB.jpg; Record of Ship Sales form MA-20, 3178_AF.jpg) [marad_nrc]
    Locator
    ShipHistory Detail 3178, milestone table + status card scans 4PB_01.png, 3178_5914AF.jpg, 3178_5914AB.jpg, 3178_AF.jpg
    Finding type
    vessel_history
    Finding
    MARAD ShipHistory record (Detail 3178) and four digitized status cards document the custody chain and the unrepaired war damage for MARATHON (APA-200), MCV hull 668, VC2-S-AP5, built Kaiser Co., Inc. 1944: Vessel Status Card (4PB_01.png) shows 'At Astoria, Ore.' in the built-at field, completed 10-27-44, 'Basis to W.S.A. 10-27-44 5:30PM PWT @ Astoria, Ore. del. by Builders to USMC' and '5-8-46 1:45PM PST @ Suisun Bay, Calif. from Navy Dept.-Surplus'; allocations: Navy Dept. (del. by USMC) on LB basis Astoria 10-27-44; Reserve Fleet Suisun Bay 5-8-46; Coastwise Line (Repair Program) GAA Suisun Bay 10-20-55 10:30am PST; Reserve Fleet (Repair Program) Suisun Bay 4-6-56 12:15pm PST; Union Minerals & Alloys Corporation (Scrap) purchase Suisun Bay 4/18/75, delivered 5/23/75 9:30am PDT. Reserve Fleet card front (3178_5914AF.jpg) reads 'Kaiser-Vancouver 1944,' fleet 'Suis.', date entered fleet 5-8-46, hull MCV-668; 'Vessel damaged $475,000 - see R.L. Hicks memo of 4-3-51, also Capt. Dinneen's letter to P.W. Price of 4-6-51'; 'Recommended for Scrap. Severely damaged, Est. cost $900,000. Ref. Gorman memo 12/21/51. Chairman, Trial & Guarantee Bd. recommended scrapping after removal of machinery'; 'Repair damage over $100,000 per Mar AD - Navy Planning Group Sept. 23, 1953'; fuel-on-entry 6 Diesel / 492 Bunker C bbls; 'Sold for scrap under PD-X-995, 4-18-75, to Union Minerals & Alloys Corp. for $220,000.00'; withdrawn/delivered '0930 PDT 5-23-75.' Card back (3178_5914AB.jpg): 'Repair Program 1956 - Marathon - VC2-S-AP5 - Suisun Bay / Withdrawn Oct. 20, 1955 - 1050 hours PST - GAA-Coastwise' with struck-through 'To be scrapped - useable machinery to be used on Colbert / Approved by Administrator Aug. 4, 1955,' replaced by 'To be repaired - cost approx. $500,000 / See Petersen wire Nov. 8, 1955'; 'Returned SB April 6, 1956 - 1215 hrs PST'; handwritten 'Non operable spent $350,000. Cond report in file'; 'HIT BY TORPEDO (FORWARD ON PORT SIDE) 7-22-45'; 'Ship's bell taken off by P&S and given to (Navy) MARATHON PG-89 2-6-68.' Form MA-20 Record of Ship Sales (3178_AF.jpg): contract MA-7863, purchaser Union Minerals & Alloys Corp., date 4-18-75, price $220,000.00, vessel at Suisun Bay Resflt., light ship weight 5,800, dimensions 436' x 62' x 38', remarks 'Advertised under PD-X-985 - bids rejected / Advertised under PD-X-995 dated 3-11-75 - opened 4-15-75 under two condition: (1) NTU (2) SCRAP HULL / Award under condition (2) SCRAP HULL.'
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    supporting
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-09-25
    Study period
    1944-1975
    Population
    NDRF caretaker crews (Suisun Bay, 1946-1975); repair-program workers (1955-56); disposal/scrapping workers (1975)
    Limitations
    Authoritative for government custody, damage-repair accounting, and disposal chain; cards read directly from scans. Documents that the 22 July 1945 war damage was never repaired to operational standard ($475,000 entry estimate; $900,000 scrap-recommendation estimate; failed 1955-56 repair program at ~$350,000 spent, 'Non operable'). 'Torpedo' wording on the card is the MARAD clerk's shorthand for the event DANFS attributes to a kaiten. Contains no asbestos, materials, or condition-survey information; supports no asbestos claim.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-marathon-apa200-02
  3. [3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS Marathon (APA-200) page; NHHC photo NH 65019 (via Wikimedia Commons mirror) [other_primary]
    Locator
    navsource.org 10/03/03200 (navsource.net mirror fetch) - construction/campaign/CO/specification blocks; Wikimedia Commons category (NH 65019)
    Finding type
    vessel_history
    Finding
    NavSource Amphibious Photo Archive page for USS Marathon (APA-200) corroborates and supplements DANFS: laid down 4 July 1944 as MC type VC2-S-AP5 (MCV hull 668) at Kaiser Shipbuilding Corp., Vancouver, WA; launched 7 October 1944; acquired loan-charter 27 October 1944; commissioned 28 October 1944, CDR John W. McElroy USNR in command (CO table: McElroy 28 Oct 1944 - 9 Jun 1945; CDR Alexander MacIntyre USN (USNA 1929) 9 Jun - 29 Nov 1945; CDR Jesse Howard Bloodworth USNR 29 Nov 1945 - 9 May 1946). Assigned Asiatic-Pacific, TransRon Eighteen (COMO J.G. Moyer USN) / TransDiv Fifty-Three (flagship, CAPT W.N. Thornton USN). Campaigns: Okinawa Gunto operation (assault and occupation, 1-5 April 1945); Minesweeping operations Pacific - Nagoya (Honshu) 13-25 Oct 1945, Kure-Hiroshima (Honshu) 30 Oct - 2 Dec 1945, Kobe (Honshu) 3 Jan - 20 Feb 1946; Navy Occupation service 2 Sep 1945 - 27 Feb 1946. Decommissioned 9 May 1946 at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA; struck from the Naval Register 15 August 1946; returned to Maritime Commission 8 May 1946 for layup NDRF Suisun Bay, Benicia, CA; final disposition sold for scrapping 18 April 1975 to Union Minerals and Alloys, removed 23 May 1975 to NASSCO, Terminal Island, CA. Awards: Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive 22 July 1945), American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2), WWII Victory Medal, Navy Occupation Service Medal (Asia clasp); personnel awards note lists a Silver Star to Kenneth Earl Starrett BM2 USNR and 'Purple Heart (36 KIA, 13 WIA, 22 July 1945).' Specs: 6,873 t (lt) / 14,837 t (fl); propulsion one Allis-Chalmers geared turbine, two CE header-type boilers, 3 turbo-drive 300 kW 120/240 D.C. generators, one propeller 8,500 shp. NHHC image NH 65019 (underway, San Francisco Bay, c. 1945-46) exists in the NHHC series (live NHHC photo page 404s; image mirrored on Wikimedia Commons).
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    supporting
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-09-25
    Study period
    1944-1975
    Population
    Ship's company, embarked troops, and flag staff
    Limitations
    NavSource is unofficial but standard Navy-vessel compilation consistent with DANFS/MARAD; discrepancies flagged not merged: decommission 9 May 1946 Mare Island vs DANFS 'decommissioned and returned ... at San Francisco 8 May'; struck 15 Aug 1946 vs Wikipedia-derived 8 May; casualty note '36 KIA, 13 WIA' vs Navy Memorial lost-at-sea log of 35 sailors; scrapping attribution 'NASSCO, Terminal Island' vs NASSCO's documented San Diego yard (possible conflation with National Metal & Steel, Terminal Island) - see gaps. No asbestos content; supports no asbestos claim.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-marathon-apa200-03
  4. [4]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data U.S. Naval Vessels Vol. III (1945, NAVSHIPS 250-012), shipscribe.com scan (Google digitization) [other_primary]
    Locator
    SDB 1945 v3 APA characteristics tables, list no. 164 MARATHON/APA-200 - dimensions table p. 258, complement/draft table p. 259, machinery table p. 260, generators p. 261, armament/cargo table p. 262, builder/dates table p. 263 (scan pp. 276-281)
    Finding type
    vessel_history
    Finding
    Bureau of Ships 'Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels,' 1945 ed., Vol. III (NAVSHIPS 250-012) carries named MARATHON (APA-200) rows in the APA characteristics tables (volume pp. 258-263, scan pp. 276-281): list no. 164, 'MARATHON (ex-M.C.V. Hull 668) APA 200'; 455 ft 0 in OA / 436 ft 6 in; beam 62 ft; 17.7 kt; 14,837 tons (full load) / 12,450-ton line; limiting draft 24 ft 0 in; ship's company 99 officers / 593 enlisted (vs class-typical 56/480, consistent with TransDiv 53 flagship assignment); troop capacity 87 officers / 1,475 enlisted; 35 boats; machinery '1 ... do.' under A-C turbine ditto with '2 ... do.' C.E. header-type boilers, 465 psi / 750 deg F, 8,500 shp, 1 propeller - the Kaiser-Vancouver machinery variation (1 Allis-Chalmers turbine, 2 Combustion Engineering header-type boilers); 3 turbo-drive 300 kW 120/240 V D.C. ship's-service generators; armament 1x 5"/38 cal. (D.P.), 4 twin + 1 quad 40-mm; cargo 150,000 cu ft non-refrigerated / none refrigerated, 5,800 t total / 2,900 t deadweight; built Kaiser Co., Vancouver, Wash.; acquired 27 Oct 44; year built 1944; date of first commission 27 Oct 44.
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    supporting
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-09-25
    Study period
    1945
    Limitations
    Official wartime BuShips publication naming this hull; OCR of scanned tables is degraded but the row is legible and internally consistent (sister rows read identically for machinery). BuShips lists 'date of first commission 27 Oct 44' vs DANFS commissioned 28 Oct 1944 - 1-day discrepancy flagged. No asbestos or insulation-material statement; supports no asbestos claim.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-marathon-apa200-04
  5. [5]United States Navy Memorial, Navy Log - Marathon (APA-200) ship page and Lost At Sea roster [museum_official]
    Locator
    Navy Log ship page, 'Kaiten Attack at Buckner Bay' summary + Lost At Sea log (35 names, 2 pp.)
    Finding type
    vessel_history
    Finding
    U.S. Navy Memorial 'Navy Log' page for Marathon (APA-200) records 'Date Lost: Sunday, July 22, 1945 - Kaiten Attack at Buckner Bay, Okinawa,' repeating the DANFS account that postwar examination of Japanese records attributes the explosion to a kaiten launched by submarine I-53, and a Lost At Sea log listing 35 sailors killed (name-by-name roster, all USN).
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    supporting
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-09-25
    Study period
    1945-07-22
    Population
    Ship's company and embarked personnel killed/wounded in the 22 July 1945 attack
    Limitations
    Congressionally chartered memorial's name-level casualty roster - authoritative for the killed-in-action count as memorialized (35). NavSource's personnel-awards note reads '36 KIA, 13 WIA' - discrepancy flagged in gaps; wounded figure otherwise undocumented in the sources read. No asbestos content; supports no asbestos claim.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-marathon-apa200-05
  6. [6]Consolidated era inference - BuShips SDB 1945 v3 machinery row for this hull + DANFS damage/repair history + MARAD custody and repair-program card record [other_primary]
    Locator
    Hull machinery row (ev-04); damage/repair/custody chronology (ev-01, ev-02)
    Finding type
    asbestos_application
    Finding
    Era/design inference: the VC2-S-AP5 attack transport is a geared-steam ship built 1944 at Kaiser Vancouver - this hull's documented plant is 1 Allis-Chalmers turbine, 8,500 shp, fed by 2 Combustion Engineering header-type boilers at 465 psi / 750 deg F superheated - a Kaiser-system yard at the peak of wartime asbestos application. Typical applications for the type: boiler and fireroom insulation; steam-line and turbine lagging; valve/flange gaskets; machinery packing; accommodation and joiner insulation for troop berthing; winch/windlass brake linings. The hull's documented disturbance events are the pathways where such materials would have been handled: the 22 July 1945 kaiten/torpedo war-damage event with extensive damage and 'prolonged repairs' (DANFS), the 1955-56 Repair Program withdrawal to Coastwise Line under GAA ($350,000 spent, returned non-operable - a documented repair-era work event on this hull), 29 years of NDRF lay-up at Suisun Bay (1946-1975), and the 1975 disposal scrapping.
    Verification
    inferred
    Role
    supporting
    Documentation level
    class_or_era
    Accessed
    2026-09-25
    Study period
    1944-1975
    Population
    Construction trades (Kaiser Shipbuilding, Vancouver, 1944); ship's company/embarked troops (1944-46); post-attack repair crews (1945); 1955-56 repair-program workers; NDRF caretaker crews (1946-75); disposal-phase scrapping workers (1975)
    Limitations
    Class/era inference only - no ship-level asbestos record exists for this hull. Establishes no quantities, no locations, no condition, and no exposure for any individual aboard. War damage, repair, lay-up, and disposal events are documented as events; their materials scope is not documented.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-marathon-apa200-06
  7. [7]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 VC2-S-AP5 attack transport was built - and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization aboard merchant-type and auxiliary hulls.
    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 and does not establish that asbestos was aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-marathon-apa200-07
  8. [8]DOT Office of Inspector General, 'Report on the Program for Scrapping Obsolete Vessels, Maritime Administration,' MA-2000-067 (2000-03-10) [other_primary]
    Locator
    MA-2000-067, summary p. ii and 'Obsolete Vessels Pose Environmental Risks' section
    Finding type
    gov_survey
    Finding
    DOT Office of Inspector General audit of MARAD's obsolete-vessel scrapping program documents that the deteriorating National Defense Reserve Fleet vessels awaiting disposal 'contain hazardous substances such as asbestos and solid and liquid polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs),' and that inspection of 'worst condition' vessels found 'asbestos hanging from pipes below deck,' lead-based paint, and PCBs - the NDRF fleet environment (Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet) in which this hull lay for 29 years (1946-1975).
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    context
    Documentation level
    context_only
    Accessed
    2026-09-25
    Study period
    audit published 2000; fleet conditions described 1990s
    Population
    NDRF maintenance and disposal workers (fleet-level)
    Limitations
    Fleet-level audit documentation of asbestos in obsolete NDRF vessels generally; the report postdates this hull's 1975 withdrawal by 25 years and does not name her. Establishes that the reserve-fleet environment and disposal pathway handled asbestos-containing ships; establishes nothing about materials aboard this specific hull.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-marathon-apa200-08
  9. [9]NARA Guide to Federal Records / logbook guidance: RG 24 Entry 118 deck logs; RG 19 BuShips; RG 178 USMC construction records; MARAD card-document references [other_primary]
    Locator
    NARA deck-log guidance page; RG 19/24/178 record-group guides; MARAD card citations
    Finding type
    historical_record
    Finding
    Archival lead (not retrieved - requires research-room or reproduction order; no spend authorized): NARA RG 24 (Bureau of Naval Personnel), Entry 118 (NAID 581208) holds WWII deck logs - APA-200 logs 1944-46 would record daily operations, the 22 July 1945 damage event, and underway repairs; NARA RG 19 (Bureau of Ships) holds construction and repair records that may include the post-kaiten repair work package; NARA RG 178 (U.S. Maritime Commission) holds contract/construction records for MCV hull 668 at Kaiser Shipbuilding, Vancouver; and the MARAD internal documents cited on the status cards (R.L. Hicks memo 4-3-51; Capt. Dinneen letter to P.W. Price 4-6-51; Gorman memo 12-21-51; Petersen wire 11-8-55; the 1956 condition report) would reside in MARAD/NARA inactive-ship files.
    Verification
    unverified
    Role
    archival_lead
    Documentation level
    context_only
    Accessed
    2026-09-25
    Study period
    1944-1975 records
    Limitations
    Record-group mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; existence of asbestos-specific documents for MCV 668 / APA-200 is unknown until surveyed in person. WWII deck-log digitization is partial (NAID 581208). Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-marathon-apa200-09
  10. [10]CourtListener API v4 search (authenticated via cl-auth-search.py), opinion and RECAP docket indexes - this record's search ledger; Jacob v. PLENCO complaint OCR (RECAP doc 1, gov.uscourts.gud.14512.1.0.pdf) read for hull attribution [court_record]
    Locator
    search_ledger rows sl-uss-marathon-apa200-05 through sl-uss-marathon-apa200-09
    Finding type
    litigation_documented
    Finding
    CourtListener authenticated searches returned no qualifying result for this hull: opinion search '"USS Marathon"' returned zero; '"USS Marathon" asbestos' returned zero; '"APA-200"' returned 1 hit, a name collision - SCO Group v. Novell (D. Utah 2010, opinion 2541998), a copyright/IP case whose 'APA-200' string is an exhibit-style reference, not the vessel; docket-index search '"USS Marathon"' (type=r) returned 2 hits, both resolving elsewhere - Jacob v. Plastics Engineering Co. (PLENCO) (D. Guam 2019, 1:19-cv-00108), an asbestos personal-injury complaint whose Exhibit A names 'USS Marathon PG-89' at Guam Ship Repair Facility 9/14/1971-12/13/1971 and 6/6/1973-9/21/1973 - the Asheville-class gunboat (the same hull that received APA-200's ship's bell in 1968), not this transport, which lay continuously in the Suisun Bay NDRF 1946-1975 - and United States v. QTC Medical Services (C.D. Cal., False Claims Act, non-asbestos); broad '"Marathon" asbestos ship' opinion sweep returned 117 hits, all name collisions on page-1 review - Marathon Oil/industry and climate litigation plus generic maritime dockets, none naming the vessel. A prior class-wide sweep (class-f profile, 2026-09-16) found no asbestos docket naming any Haskell-class member.
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    negative_finding
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-09-25
    Study period
    2026-09-25
    Limitations
    RECAP-indexed text only; county-named hulls under-cover filings that omit hull numbers, and asbestos litigation often names shipbuilders/operators rather than hulls. The Jacob v. PLENCO PG-89 collision is significant - 'USS Marathon' docket hits must be attributed by hull number (PG-89 gunboat, not APA-200). Absence of a docketed case does not establish absence of exposure; no exposure finding made.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-marathon-apa200-10
  11. [11]Batch-2272 search ledger (this record): DANFS/HyperWar; MARAD ShipHistory Detail 3178 + 4 status-card scans; NavSource 10/03/03200; BuShips SDB 1945 v3 (shipscribe scan); U.S. Navy Memorial Navy Log; DOT OIG MA-2000-067; CourtListener name/hull/docket searches; NARA path mapping [other_primary]
    Locator
    search_ledger rows sl-uss-marathon-apa200-01 through sl-uss-marathon-apa200-13
    Finding type
    historical_record
    Finding
    No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, shipyard work package, hazmat disclosure, or docketed asbestos case naming USS Marathon (APA-200) was found in the public sources searched - DANFS, NHHC imagery, MARAD ShipHistory + 4 status-card scans, NavSource, BuShips SDB 1945 v3, U.S. Navy Memorial, and CourtListener (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 hull retained in NDRF custody 29 years is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials, and the 1945 battle-damage repairs, the 1955-56 repair program, and the 1975 scrapping are undocumented disturbance points. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-marathon-apa200-11

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