Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, 1945, Vol. III (NAVSHIPS 250 series), U.S. Navy Department / Bureau of Ships, 'Auxiliaries - Coastal Transports (Small), (APc)' tables, pp. 280-285 [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB 1945 Vol. III, APc section pp. 280-285 (class characteristics) and pp. 284-285 (individual vessel machinery/builder tables)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Navy's official 1945 data book names this hull: 'APc37 (ex-AMc154)' built by Anderson & Cristofani, San Francisco - keel laid 25 Jun 42, launched 7 Sep 42, first commissioned 11 Jan 43, official number 34; individual-vessel machinery entry lists G.M. 8-268A diesel, 500 shaft horsepower, S. & K. (Snow & Knobstedt) reduction gear. Class table: 103'3" oa x 21'3" x 9'3" limiting draft, 258 t limiting displacement, designed 10 kts (no trials), single screw, two diesel-drive 30 kW 120V D.C. ship's service generators, 145 bbls diesel oil, 3 officers + 22 enlisted ship's company, 66 enlisted troop capacity, 2-ton boom, 20 mm and smaller armament - and notes 'Wood hulls.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1945 (publication); 1942 (construction)
- Population
- Ship's company 3 officers + 22 enlisted; up to 66 embarked troops
- Limitations
- Establishes construction, identity, and machinery only. Contains no asbestos or materials-content information. Keel date (25 Jun 42) conflicts with shipscribe's construction table (5 Jul 42); official figure carried. NavSource's 400 shp spec conflicts with this official 500 shp entry.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-amc-154-amc154-01
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[2]Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, 1945, Vol. II (NAVSHIPS 250-011), U.S. Navy Department / Bureau of Ships, hull-number cross-reference index [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB 1945 Vol. II, 'List of Naval Vessels' cross-reference index, AMc section
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official index entry reads 'AMc154 Now APc37' - documenting in a Navy publication that the hull ordered as coastal minesweeper AMc-154 (CNO directive of 19 Jan 42 for AMc 150-199; this unit ordered 19 Feb 42) was completed and commissioned as the small coastal transport APc-37. One hull, two designations; never a second hull and never commissioned as AMc-154.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1945
- Limitations
- Confirms identity consolidation only; contains no service, materials, or asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-amc-154-amc154-02
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[3]USS APc-37 War Diary, September 1945 - Department of the Navy, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations / Office of Naval Records and Library; NARA (National Archives at College Park), National Archives Identifier 77529305; signed by D. F. McBain, Ensign, USNR, Commanding Officer [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA NAID 77529305, single scanned page (Sep 1945 installment); catalog page https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77529305
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Primary monthly war diary: 1-15 Sep 1945 operated as Guard Mail Ship on the Tulagi-Guadalcanal run (daily round trips 1-6 Sep lying over at Kukum Dock, then two round trips weekly; carried guard mail, U.S. mail, passengers, general cargo); 10 Sep Lt.(jg) W. F. Simmons Jr. relieved by Ens. D. F. McBain; 16-24 Sep 'In Renard Sound, Russell Islands for drydocking, generator overhaul, and routine repairs'; 25-30 Sep transported 74 native laborers from the Russells to Choiseul Island (Bambatana Bay, Katurasele, Tipisako, Tomba Tomba), returning to NAB FM Renard Sound. Documents the late-war Solomons transport/mail role and a 9-day drydocking and maintenance availability aboard this hull under operational control CTU 92.5.6 (Capt. Walter George Thompson).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1945-09
- Population
- Ship's company (~25) and embarked passengers/laborers
- Limitations
- Establishes operations and a documented drydocking/generator-overhaul event; the diary records the availability but not its material scope - no mention of insulation, lagging, or any asbestos-relevant work. Absence of asbestos mention in this diary is not evidence of absence aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-amc-154-amc154-03
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[4]NavSource Online Service Ship Photo Archive, USS APc-37 page (volunteer transcription of official Navy records and campaign lists) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource page 09/23/23037 (specifications, campaigns, commanding officers, disposition)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Secondary compilation for this hull: commissioned 11 Jan 1943 (LT Arthur W. Bergstrom USNR); assigned APc Flotilla Five (LT G. D. Winsor USNR), APc Group Fourteen (LTjg J. C. Dean USNR), APc Division Twenty-Seven; Asiatic-Pacific campaigns credited - Consolidation of Solomon Islands (southern Solomons, 11 May 1943) and Treasury-Bougainville operation (Treasury Island landing, 27 Oct 1943); two battle stars; six-officer command roster ending with LTjg Robert D. Wastrom through decommissioning; decommissioned 10 Apr 1946 San Francisco; struck 10 Nov 1946 (sic - see limitations); sold 10 Nov 1947, removed 13 Nov 1947; fate unknown. Explicitly notes 'There is no DANFS history available for APc-37' and no photographs are held.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1943-1946 (service); page accessed 2026-09-22
- Population
- Ship's company (~25); embarked troops
- Limitations
- Volunteer-maintained transcription, not an official publication. Strike date (10 Nov 1946) conflicts with shipscribe's disposition table (1 May 1946) and is a probable transcription slip - it replicates the 10 Nov 1947 sale date exactly one year early, and NavSource's own sister-ship pages (APc-36, -38, -39) agree with shipscribe strike dates; shipscribe figure carried. NavSource 400 shp and 3-ton boom specs conflict with the official 500 shp / 2-ton boom entries. Campaign/battle-star data mirrors official CNO participation lists but was not independently re-verified against the underlying list. 'No DANFS history' confirmed - no NHHC entry exists for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-amc-154-amc154-04
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[5]Shipscribe (S. Roberts), 'USS APc-1 Class' - construction and disposition tables compiled from official Navy/Maritime Commission records [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipscribe.com/usnaux/APC/APC01.html - construction table row 37, disposition table row 37, ship note 37, class notes
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Disposition table for APc-37: decommissioned 10 Apr 46, struck 1 May 46, Maritime Commission sale 10 Nov 47, delivered 13 Nov 47 (MC/D). Ship note: 'Ex AMc-154. Sold (delivered) by MC, buyer's name not recorded.' Construction table: ordered 19 Feb 42, Anderson & Cristofani, keel 5 Jul 42, launched 7 Sep 42, commissioned 11 Jan 43. Class notes document the AMc 150-199 -> APc 1-50 conversion program (CNO 'raider transport' request 13 Apr 42; APc category created 22 Apr 42; wood-hulled 103-ft design).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Limitations
- Reputable secondary compilation (S. Roberts/Colton shipbuilding references), not the underlying MC sale document itself. Construction-table keel date (5 Jul 42) conflicts with the official Ships' Data figure (25 Jun 42) - official carried; shipscribe's strike date (1 May 46) preferred over NavSource's anomalous 10 Nov 46 for the reasons noted in ev-04. No asbestos or materials content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-amc-154-amc154-05
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[6]San Francisco Recreation & Parks Department / Planning Department documents, 900 Innes Ave. (India Basin) - Anderson & Cristofani boatyard site, Phase I ESA / Historic Resource Evaluation materials [other_primary]
- Locator
- SF Rec & Park doc '900 Innes Parcel 3-A Shipwright's Cottage' PDF; SF Planning HPC packets 2014-002541ENV (India Basin HRE)
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- The builder's yard itself is a documented brownfield: the Anderson & Cristofani boatyard operated at 900 Innes Ave., India Basin (yard name in use 1926-1988), and the site's Shipwright's Cottage building materials are documented as contaminated with asbestos and lead-based paint in city environmental documents.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 2013-2017 (environmental documentation); yard operation to 1988
- Population
- Yard workforce (historic); site remediation workers (contemporary)
- Limitations
- Establishes asbestos contamination in the builder's yard BUILDINGS only - not in any vessel built there. Wooden-hull boatyard practice and building-stock contamination do not document shipboard asbestos aboard APc-37; included strictly as builder-site context.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-amc-154-amc154-06
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[7]James R. Shultz, 'Long Way Home, a Pacific Odyssey of WWII' (Creative Arts Book Company, 1996, ISBN 0-88739-114-1) - crew memoir covering wartime service aboard APc-37 and PC-804, as indexed by splinterfleet.org (Ted Treadwell's patrol-craft reference site) [other_primary]
- Locator
- splinterfleet.org/books - 'Long Way Home' entry (Shultz, 1996)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A named crew member is documented aboard this hull: James R. Shultz published a wartime memoir covering his service on APc-37 (and PC-804) in the Pacific - the only book-length first-person account located for this vessel.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- WWII service era; memoir 1996
- Population
- Individual crew member
- Limitations
- Memoir bibliographic data verified via the splinterfleet.org index; the book's contents were not inspected - it documents crew presence aboard the hull only. No asbestos, exposure, or illness claim is attributed to or implied by this source.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-amc-154-amc154-07
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[8]Batch-1501 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS; NARA war diary (NAID 77529305); official Ships' Data 1945 Vols. II-III; NavSource/shipscribe secondary compilations; CourtListener (authenticated API rate-limited; indexed search fallback); SF city environmental documents; splinterfleet memoir index [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-amc-154-amc154-01 through sl-uss-amc-154-amc154-10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos record located for this hull or class: no asbestos survey, abatement record, museum/owner hazmat disclosure, shipyard work package, or docketed case naming APc-37 or AMc-154 was found in the sources searched (see search_ledger). No class-level asbestos itemization exists for the APc-1 wooden-hulled diesel transport type in the inspected record.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 2026-09-22
- Limitations
- Absence of a located record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - era-typical components on a 1942 diesel craft (gaskets, exhaust lagging, packing) cannot be ruled out, and the documented drydocking/generator-overhaul availability at Renard Sound (Sep 1945) is an unexamined maintenance event for materials. CourtListener coverage is additionally qualified: the authenticated API was rate-limited (2,800/day cap) during this batch and only the indexed-search fallback was available.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-amc-154-amc154-08
