Evidence
12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).
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[1]research packet i-packet.md (1 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-allendale-apa127-pkt-i-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) section, per-hull rows for ALLENDALE APA-127 (shipscribe.com scan of the official BuShips publication) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v3 APA tables pp. 246-251 (machinery p. 248 'Joshua-Hendy turb. ... 8,500 ... 2 B. & W. hdr.'; construction p. 251); ship index p. 674; M.C. hull cross-index p. 712
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official BuShips Ships' Data 1945 Vol. 3 carries per-hull rows for ALLENDALE APA-127 (ex-M.C.V. Hull 43): machinery row - 1 propeller, 'Joshua-Hendy turb.' (geared steam turbine), 8,500 shp, 2 Babcock & Wilcox header-type boilers at 465 psi / 750 deg F; construction row - California S.B. Corp., Wilmington, Calif., acquired 21 Nov 44, year built 1944, first commission 22 Nov 44; armament row consistent with class fit - 1 x 5"/38 cal (D.P.), 4 twin + 1 quad 40mm; ship index 'Allendale (ex-M.C.V. Hull 43) ... APA 127' and M.C. hull cross-index 'M.C.V. Hull 43 (now Allendale) APA 127'.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1945
- Limitations
- Authoritative wartime BuShips publication naming this hull - confirms identity, machinery plant (Joshua-Hendy turbine - the per-hull row, not the generic Westinghouse in class-level compilations), builder, acquisition, and commissioning. OCR of the scanned table is columnar and partially garbled; values cross-verified against DANFS, NavSource, shipscribe, and the MARAD status card. Contains no materials, insulation, or asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-allendale-apa127-01
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[3]DANFS, 'Allendale (APA-127)' entry, Naval History and Heritage Command (live NHHC URL returns 404 - verbatim text retrieved via Internet Archive Wayback capture 20250202215456, published 2015-07-09) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Allendale entry, full text; Wayback capture 2025-02-02 of history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/a/allendale.html
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC records: named for Allendale County, 'a county in southwestern South Carolina'; laid down under Maritime Commission contract (MCV hull 43) 1 Jul 1944 at Wilmington, Calif., by California Shipbuilding Corp.; launched 9 Sep 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Frank Hill; acquired 21 Nov 1944; commissioned 22 Nov 1944 at San Pedro, Capt. J. J. Twomey in command. Spec block: dp 12,450; l 455'; b 62'; dr 24'; s 17.7 k.; cpl 536; a. 1 5", 12 40mm., 10 20mm.; cl. Haskell; T. VC2-S-AP5. Service: TransDiv 57/TransRon 19 Pacific Fleet; Pearl Harbor 10 Jan 1945; Okinawa - sortied 27th with TU 51.13.24, outer transport area 1 Apr, cargo discharged by 9 Apr under frequent air harassment; Saipan 13 Apr; San Francisco 5 May; Leyte lift (San Pedro Bay 10 Jun); Oro Bay 24 Jun, Hollandia 1 Jul, Manila 8 Jul; San Diego 4 Aug; occupation troops to Wakayama 27 Sep and X Army Corps to Hiro Wan, Honshu 21 Oct; Magic Carpet via Samar 1 Nov to San Francisco Bay 22 Nov; drydock Hunters Point Naval Shipyard 27 Nov 1945 for repairs; Norfolk 30 Jan 1946; decommissioned 14 Mar 1946; to Maritime Commission 20 Mar 1946 for James River layup; struck 28 Mar 1946. One battle star.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Limitations
- Primary Navy historical entry - authoritative for service history and disposal narrative. Contains an uncorrected internal date misprint: the transit leg reads 'set sail on 22 March' yet 'reached Leyte on 16 March' (arrival preceding departure); the Okinawa phase dates (sortie 27th, arrival 1 April, discharge complete the 9th) are internally consistent and match the official campaign credit - the departure/arrival transit dates are flagged, not resolved (see gaps). Contains no asbestos or materials information; supports no asbestos claim. Live NHHC page 404s (standing link rot, cf. BATCH-01); the Wayback capture is verbatim NHHC text.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-allendale-apa127-02
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[4]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive - USS Allendale (APA-127), file 10/03/03127 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource APA-127 page: chronology, Asiatic-Pacific campaign table, spec block, commanding-officer table, photo caption
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline corroborates DANFS and adds detail: Maritime Commission contract MCV-43 at California Shipbuilding Corp., Wilmington CA; launched 9 Sep 1944; acquired 21 Nov 1944; commissioned 22 Nov 1944, CAPT John J. Twomey USN (USNA 1917), sole commanding officer 22 Nov 1944 - 14 Mar 1946; wartime assignment TransRon Nineteen (COMO C. D. Edgar USN) / TransDiv Fifty-Seven (CAPT G. F. Galpin USN); campaign credit - Okinawa Gunto operation, assault and occupation 1-9 Apr 1945; Navy occupation service Far East 20-26 Oct 1945; decommissioned Norfolk 14 Mar 1946; returned to Maritime Commission 20 Mar 1946 for NDRF James River Group, Lee Hall, VA; struck from the Naval Register 28 Mar 1946; withdrawn 14 Sep - 13 Nov 1954 to Grace Lines Inc. (Repair Program, General Agency Agreement); sold for scrapping 4 Mar 1988 to CJW Shipping and Trading Co., Ltd., for scrapping at Kaohsiung, withdrawn from the James River Reserve Fleet 23 Nov 1988; one battle star. Spec block adds: 6,873 lt / 12,450 fl tons; 455' x 62'; 17.7 kts; complement 56 officers + 480 enlisted; troops 86 + 1,475; armament 1 x 5"/38 DP + 1 quad + 4 twin 40mm + 10 single 20mm; boats 2 LCM, 1 open LCPL, 1 covered LCPL (captain's gig), 2 LCPR, 18 LCVP; largest boom 35 t; cargo 150,000 cu ft / 2,900 DWT; fuel NSFO 7,780 bbl + diesel 970 bbl; 1 Joshua-Hendy geared turbine, double Westinghouse main reduction gears, three 300 kW 120/240V DC ship's-service generators, 8,500 shp, 1 propeller. Ribbon order: American Campaign; Asiatic-Pacific (1); WWII Victory; Navy Occupation (Asia clasp). Photo 100312701 (at anchor, c. 1945, location unknown, USN photo).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1988
- Limitations
- Specialist secondary compilation - detailed but non-official; consistent with NHHC DANFS, the MARAD status card (Grace Line dates 9/14/54 and 11/13/54 match exactly), and BuShips. The disposal detail (CJW Shipping and Trading Co., Kaohsiung breaking) comes from NavSource's status-card transcription - the visible MARAD card page ends at 1954 and the MARAD web milestones confirm only 'Sold - Scrap' + withdrawal 11/23/1988. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-allendale-apa127-03
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[5]U.S. Maritime Administration, ShipHistory database - ALLENDALE (APA-127), Ship History Detail 161, incl. scanned vessel status card (ALLENDALE.pdf, 2-page custody-card scan) [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Detail 161 registry fields + milestones; status-card scan ALLENDALE.pdf (document aa706c69-43f1-4944-b8bc-dc1b10d2ec7d), custody table front page
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD ShipHistory registry record for this hull: Year Built 1944; U.S. Official Number 133984; Shipyard 'California Shipbuilding Corporation'; General Type Naval Auxiliary; Specific Type 'APA Attack Transport'; MARAD Type VC2-S-AP5; length 455.00 ft; beam 62.00 ft; displacement 12,450 t summer / 6,873 t light; fate 'Sold - Scrap'; web milestones - Entry 3/20/1946, Acquisition 3/20/1946, Disposition 11/23/1988 ('CUST 1946 NDRF 1954'), Withdrawal 11/23/1988. The scanned status card documents the custody chain: Navy Department -> War Shipping Admin., 12:30 p.m. EST 3-20-46, Lee Hall, Va., 'Surplus'; War Shipping Admin. -> Reserve Fleet, same date, 'Lay Up'; Reserve Fleet -> Grace Line, Inc., 11:00 a.m. EST 9/14/54, James River, 'Layup/GAA'; Grace Line, Inc. -> Reserve Fleet, 12:10 p.m. EST 11/13/54, 'GAA/layup' - a documented ~2-month repair-program activation in 1954.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1988
- Limitations
- Authoritative MARAD registry plus scanned handwritten status card - dates and custody entries read with high confidence from the card image. The card's visible page ends with the 1954 return; the 1988 sale is documented only by the registry fate field and milestone dates (buyer name and breaking site come from NavSource). Documents custody, the 1954 repair-program withdrawal, and disposal; contains no asbestos, materials, or condition-survey information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-allendale-apa127-04
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[6]Shipscribe U.S. Navy auxiliary ships data sheets, 'USS Haskell (APA-117) Class' page (Stephen S. Roberts compilation from Navy registers, BuShips/SCB design records, and MARAD files) [other_primary]
- Locator
- APA117.html class data block + construction table APA-127 row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Ship-design compilation naming this hull in the HASKELL (APA-117) class construction table: ALLENDALE - builder California SB; keel 1 Jul 44; launch 9 Sep 44; acquired 21 Nov 44; commissioned 22 Nov 44. Class data: MC design VC2-S-AP5; 6,873 t light / 12,450 t limiting; 455' oa x 62' x 24' lim; original armament 1-5"/38, 1-40mmQ, 4-40mmT, 10-20mm (1944-45 fit); complement 536 (1944); 17.7 kts; 8,500 hp; machinery note 'Westinghouse, Joshua-Hendy, or Allis-Chalmers turbine, 1 screw' - documenting that turbine manufacture varied by hull within the class (the per-hull BuShips row names Joshua-Hendy for APA-127, ev-01).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1988
- Population
- California Shipbuilding construction workforce (1944); Grace Line repair workforce (1954); NDRF James River caretakers (1946-1988); 1988 breaking-yard workers
- Limitations
- Compiled secondary transcription of official Navy register, design, and MARAD records, not the registers themselves; its keel (1 Jul 44), launch (9 Sep 44), acquired (21 Nov 44), and commissioning (22 Nov 44) dates agree with DANFS, the BuShips construction row, and the shipbuildinghistory CalShip yard list (hull 43: keel 1-Jul-44, launch 9-Sep-44, delivered 21-Nov-44, 143 total days) - no construction-date conflict for this hull. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-allendale-apa127-05
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[7]Consolidated era/design inference - BuShips SDB 1945 v3 machinery row for this hull + shipscribe APA-117 class page VC2-S-AP5 type data [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v3 APA machinery table ALLENDALE row (p. 248); APA117.html class machinery line
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference: this hull carried a single-screw geared-steam plant (one Joshua-Hendy turbine per the BuShips row, 8,500 shp, two Babcock & Wilcox header-type boilers at 465 psi / 750 deg F superheat) built at the peak of WWII asbestos usage at a Maritime Commission emergency yard - the machinery configuration for which boiler and fireroom insulation, main and auxiliary steam-line lagging, turbine and turbo-generator lagging, valve and flange gaskets, machinery packing, and accommodation joiner insulation of the period were commonly asbestos-containing. Troop-space outfitting (86 officers + 1,475 enlisted berthing) added interior insulation scope. Documented disturbance events - the November 1945 Hunters Point drydock repair period, the Sep-Nov 1954 Grace Line repair-program activation, ~42 years of James River NDRF lay-up, and the 1988 breaking at Kaohsiung - are documented events whose asbestos scope is unrecorded.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1988
- Population
- Construction trades at California Shipbuilding, Wilmington (1944); wartime crew and embarked troops; Hunters Point drydock crews (1945); Grace Line repair workforce (1954); NDRF lay-up caretakers and 1988 breaking-yard workers
- Limitations
- Inference from the documented machinery plant and construction era - NOT a hull record. No survey, specification, or material schedule naming APA-127 was located; establishes no asbestos content, quantity, location, individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-allendale-apa127-06
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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) [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 VC2-S-AP5 attack transport was mass-produced - 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-allendale-apa127-07
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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
- 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 California Shipbuilding Wilmington was among the surveyed contract yards is unverified) and establishes nothing about this hull's materials, condition, or any individual exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-allendale-apa127-08
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[10]National Archives, Special List 44 - Named Vessels (Navy logbooks index), 'Allendale (APA-127)' entry [other_primary]
- Locator
- Special List 44 - Named Vessels table, 'Allendale (APA-127)' row
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's Special List 44 named-vessel index lists deck-log coverage for Allendale (APA-127): begin 11/22/1944 (date of commissioning), end 6/30/1945 - covering the ship's commissioning, shakedown, Okinawa operation, and first post-operation lift cycle. Deck logs are RG 24 records at NARA College Park; WWII-era logs are progressively digitized in the National Archives Catalog.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1945 records
- Limitations
- Index-level confirmation that logs exist for this hull and period; the logs themselves were not retrieved or reviewed. Deck logs rarely record materials - they are an itinerary/operations lead, not an asbestos record. Coverage ends 6/30/1945; logs for Jul 1945-Mar 1946 (occupation, Magic Carpet, Hunters Point drydock, decommissioning) are not listed in this index segment and their availability is unverified.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-allendale-apa127-09
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[11]Batch-2196 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS via Wayback; NavSource 03127; MARAD ShipHistory Detail 161 + status-card scan; BuShips SDB 1945 v3; shipscribe APA-117 class page; shipbuildinghistory CalShip yard list; NARA Special List 44; CourtListener name/hull sweeps; law-firm marketing lists (excluded) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-allendale-apa127-01 through sl-uss-allendale-apa127-13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, court finding, or docketed asbestos case naming USS Allendale / APA-127 / MC hull MCV-43 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener: '"USS Allendale"' opinion search returned zero hits (clean HTTP 200); '"APA-127"' returned 8 opinions, all statutory-section collisions (state/federal Administrative Procedure Act citations - e.g., Delaware Chancery and Washington appellate APA section references), none naming the ship; '"Allendale" asbestos' returned 39 opinions, first-page review resolves all to name collisions (Borough of Allendale N.J., Allendale Automotive Enterprise, party/place names in insurance and asbestosis dockets) - none naming the vessel; docket-index sweeps: '"USS Allendale"' returned zero hits and '"Allendale" asbestos' returned 191 dockets, first-page review all name collisions (Allendale Charter Township civil rights; 'Allendale' street addresses in bankruptcy filings; school-district names in the W.R. Grace claims docket) - the exact-phrase zero means no docket names the ship. Law-firm marketing ship lists name this hull as an asbestos ship (simmonsfirm.com ships list; freeasbestostesting.com amphibious-ships list) without primary support - excluded source class per batch rules; reviewed and not carried.
- 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 VC2-S-AP5 steam auxiliary is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials, and her ~42 years in NDRF custody, the undocumented-scope 1954 repair activation, and the 1988 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-allendale-apa127-10
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[12]NARA Guide to Federal Records: RG 24 (Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel - Navy deck logs, Entry 118 for 1941+), 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 ; deck-log guidance https://www.archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy-deck-logs-1941-1959
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - requires research-room or reproduction order; no spend authorized): Navy deck logs for USS Allendale (RG 24, Entry 118, NARA College Park; Special List 44 confirms indexed coverage 11/22/1944-6/30/1945, ev-09); BuShips records incl. VC2-S-AP5 contract plans and the Booklet of General Plans for this design (RG 19); USMC construction-contract records for MC hull MCV-43 at California Shipbuilding (RG 178); MARAD/NDRF custody files covering the 1946-1988 James River lay-up, the 1954 Grace Line GAA repair file, and the 1988 disposal-sale file (RG 357) - the sale file is the most promising disposal-era hazmat lead.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1988 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-allendale-apa127-11