Evidence
13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).
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[1]NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive, file 09/23/23027 - 'USS APc-27' vessel page (G. P. Priolo compilation; image NH-81034 credited to US Naval History and Heritage Command, courtesy D. M. McPherson 1974) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource Service Ship Photo Archive, USS APc-27 page 09/23/23027 (milestones list, campaign table, specifications block, commanding-officers table)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Per-hull record for APc-27: 'Originally planned as Coastal Minesweeper AMc-163. Laid down, 9 June 1942, at Fulton Ship Yard, Antioch, CA. Launched, 1 July 1942. Commissioned USS APc-27, 5 December 1942, LTjg. P. C. Smith USNR in command.' Asiatic-Pacific Theater campaign credit: New Georgia Group operation - New Georgia-Rendova-Vangunu occupation, 1 July 1943. Post-Southwest-Pacific assignment chain: APc Flotilla Five (LT G. D. Winsor USNR), APc Group Thirteen (LT D. V. Horsburgh USNR), APc Division Twenty-Five (LT Dennis Mann). Occupation service in the Far East 3 September - 29 November 1945. Decommissioned 1 April 1946; struck 17 April 1946; 'Final Disposition, fate unknown'; one battle star for WWII service. Specifications: 100 t (lt) / 234 t (fl) / 258 t (lim); 103'3" x 21'3" x 9'3"; 10 kts; complement 3 officers + 22 enlisted; troop capacity 66; 2-ton boom; four single 20mm AA; diesel fuel 145 bbls; one Exeter DMG-6 diesel engine plus two diesel-drive 30 kW 120 V D.C. ship's service generators, single propeller, 300 shp. Call sign NCRF. Commanding-officer roster of six USNR officers: LTjg P. C. Smith (Dec 1942-Jan 1944), LTjg John R. Olds (Jan-Jul 1944), LTjg Charles P. Hirth Jr. (Jul-Oct 1944), ENS Seymour Slive (Oct 1944-Aug 1945), ENS Virgil E. Harris Jr. (Aug-21 Nov 1945), LTjg Milton W. Richards Jr. (21 Nov 1945-1 Apr 1946). NavSource states 'There is no history record for USS APc-27 available at Navsource' and holds one NHHC photo (NH-81034, underway in San Francisco Bay circa 1945-46).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- Ship's company of a ~100-258 ton wooden coastal transport (1942-1946), 3 officers + 22 enlisted per spec; embarked troops (up to 66 rated capacity)
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation (the standard per-hull reference for small Navy craft), not a primary document. Conflicts with shipscribe's register-derived data on keel (9 Jun vs 3 Jun 1942), launch (1 Jul vs 31 Jul 1942), and the decommissioning/stricken dates (1 Apr/17 Apr 1946 vs 7 May/21 May 1946 - NavSource's dates match shipscribe's rows for siblings APc-23/26/36/45, suggesting possible templating); 'fate unknown' is superseded by the documented MC sale to Frank Leslie Fulton (ev-02, ev-06). Contains no materials or asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-amc-163-amc163-01
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[2]shipscribe.com, USS APc-1 Class page - register-derived construction table (APc-27 row), disposal table (APc-27 row), and ship note (APc-27) [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipscribe.com/usnaux/APC/APC01.html - 'Construction' table row 27; 'Disposal' table row 27; 'Ship Notes' APc-27 entry; class header specifications
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Register-derived per-hull data for APc-27: construction row - ordered 19 Feb 42, Fulton SY, keel 3 Jun 42, launched 31 Jul 42, commissioned 5 Dec 42; disposal row - decommissioned 7 May 46, struck 21 May 46, disposal 8 Mar 47, fate MC/D, Maritime Administration sale 4 Mar 47; ship note - 'Ex AMc-163. Sold (delivered) by MC to Frank Leslie Fulton, Antioch, Cal.' Class header data: design Navy APC-1; displacement 161 t light / 258 lim; 103.25' oa, 98.2' wl x 21.25' e x 9.25' lim; original armament 4-20mm single; complement 21 (1944); 10 kts; 400 HP diesel, 1 screw.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Population
- Navy crew of APc-27 (1942-1946); Fulton Shipyard construction trades (1942)
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation transcribing Naval Vessel Register and Maritime Commission records - authoritative for the construction/disposal chain but not a scan of the underlying documents. Conflicts with NavSource on keel/launch/decomm/strike dates are unresolved (correction row ev-10). The MA sale date (4 Mar 47) precedes the disposal delivery date (8 Mar 47) in the same row - ordering quirk carried as printed. Contains no materials or asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-amc-163-amc163-02
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[3]shipscribe.com, USS APc-1 Class page - Class Notes (procurement history of the APc-1 class from the AMc-150-199 coastal-minesweeper order) [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipscribe.com/usnaux/APC/APC01.html - 'Class Notes' section (AMc-to-APc procurement narrative)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Class-level procurement history documenting why 'AMc-163' exists as a designation: the Navy ordered AMc 150-199 (a second batch of 50 wooden coastal minesweepers, 96-ft fishing-boat-derived design) on 19 Jan 42; the Bureau of Ships issued a modified design in February 1942 (103 ft overall); on 13 Apr 42 the CNO requested the 50 vessels be built as 'raider transports, AP'; the District Craft Development Board recommended the change 20 Apr 42 and the category 'Coastal transport (small), APc' was created 22 Apr 42 - AMc 150-199 became APc 1-50, 'though not respectively.' Intended roles: transport of 2 officers + 74 men for a 24-hour voyage; 50 men + 1,500 cu.ft. cargo for 24 hours; or 17 tons cargo for 2,500 miles, with a 2-ton boom on the foremast serving an 8x7-foot hatch. Wood hulls, diesel propulsion, ~10 knots. Program later scrambled by LCIL competition, British requisitions, and cancellations.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1940-1943
- Population
- Design/procurement context for the APc-1 class (115 units programmed, ~100 built)
- Limitations
- Class/program-level history, not a hull record - it documents the designation system and design intent, not this hull's materials. It establishes that AMc-163 was a pre-construction designation only (the APc category existed ~6 weeks before this hull's keel was laid). Contains no asbestos information; the 'wood hull' datum is design-level, consistent with all compiled sources.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-amc-163-amc163-03
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[4]NARA war diary, 'USS APc-27 - War Diary, 6/1/43 to 8/31/43', National Archives Identifier 135947305 (NARA College Park, Textual Reference; creator: Office of Naval Records and Library; micro serial 55556), digitized via the Digital Public Library of America and hosted on Wikimedia Commons (23-page scan set; pages 1, 2, 10, 13, 14 read directly) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAID 135947305; DPLA identifier c10ae6971b58d6b4788211f8b19b3fff; Wikimedia Commons file set 'USS APc-27 - War Diary, 6-1-43 to 8-31-43' - page 1 (June cover), page 2 (Jun 1-2), page 10 (Jun 22-25), page 13 (July cover), page 14 (Jul 1)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The vessel's own combined log/diary for June-August 1943, submitted monthly by P. C. Smith, Lt. USNR, Commanding Officer, to CominCh U.S. Fleet (copies CinCPac and Commander Landing Craft Flotillas, South Pacific Force). Verified content (pages read): June 1-2, 1943 - anchored Tulagi Harbor; underway to Lunga Point, Guadalcanal; embarked ninety Army troops, four officers, and complete field equipment; joined convoy of three LSTs, five LCTs, one AM and one SC; moored Renard Sound, Banika Island, Russell Islands, discharged troops; returned to Tulagi. June 22-25 - watered at Govana Inlet, Florida Island; 24 June took a stern line from APc-37 and towed her clear of a reef at Carter City, Govana Inlet; Purvis Bay. July 1, 1943 - 'Steaming as before enroute to Segi Point, New Georgia Island, leading Task Unit 31.3.22 composed of selves, and LCT's 62, 129, 323, & 58. Ship darkened and in condition of readiness. LCT's loaded with troops and equipment to take part in the occupation of Segi Point.' She ran aground 0946 on an uncharted reef in Panga Bay ('reef not charted on Secret Chart prepared from various sources for use in invasion operations'), transferred Lt. Margettes to LCT-62, worked free at 1123 with two Higgins boats towing and engines full astern ('no apparent damage to ship'), and anchored off Segi Point at 1152 - the opening landing of the New Georgia operation for which she earned her battle star.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1943-06-01 to 1943-08-31
- Population
- Ship's company (officers and crew of APc-27); ~90 embarked Army troops on the June 1 Banika run; troops carried by LCTs of Task Unit 31.3.22
- Limitations
- Primary source for operations only - a Confidential operational log/diary recording movements, convoy composition, and events; it contains no materials, refit, or asbestos information. Only the June-August 1943 submission was located digitized (23-page set; five pages read directly for this record); other months exist in the same NARA war-diary series but were not retrieved or viewed. Deck logs are a separate series (RG 24, ev-05).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-amc-163-amc163-04
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[5]NARA, Special List #44 (by ship number), index to U.S. Navy deck logs 1801-1947 held in the National Archives - 'APC-27 12/5/1942 6/30/1945' entry [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf (pdftotext -layout verified), 'APC-27 12/5/1942 6/30/1945' row; digitized-logs listing at archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy-online (no APc-27 entry)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Special List #44 indexes this hull's deck logs in the National Archives deck-log collection (RG 24) under 'APC-27, 12/5/1942 - 6/30/1945' - a single range running from her commissioning date through mid-1945. There is NO 'AMC-163'/'AMc-163' entry in the index - consistent with the planned-designation status (no minesweeper-phase logs were ever generated). The NARA 'Navy Deck Logs Available in the National Archives Catalog' page lists no APc-27/APC-27 among digitized logs - the logs exist as physical holdings, undigitized. Coverage ends 6/30/1945; the final ~9 months of commissioned service (through decommissioning in 1946) are unindexed.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1942-1945 (indexed coverage)
- Limitations
- Index-level finding only - the logs were not retrieved (no paid reproduction authorized) and their contents, including stations, operations, repairs, and any material events, are unknown. SL-44 indexes physical holdings, not digitization status. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-amc-163-amc163-05
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[6]shipbuildinghistory.com (Colton), Fulton Shipyard Antioch CA delivery table - 'APc 27' row; 'US Navy Coastal Transports APc' table (navalmarinearchive.com mirror) - APc-27 row [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/small/fulton.htm - 'APc 27' delivery row; navalmarinearchive.com/sbh/smallships/auxapc.html - 'APc 27' row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Independent yard-table corroboration: the Fulton Shipyard delivery table gives 'APc 27 | US Navy | Transport | 100 (tons) | delivered 5-Dec-42 | Planned as AMc 163, sold 1947'; the 'US Navy Coastal Transports APc' table gives 'APc 27 | Fulton SY | Antioch CA | 100 | 103 | 1942 | To MARAD 1947'. Builder context from the same source: Fulton Shipyard was started in 1924 by Frank Fulton and Angeline Fulton Fredericks on a San Joaquin River site first developed as a shipyard in 1918 by Jarvis Bros.; the yard closed in 1999. The MC buyer of record, 'Frank Leslie Fulton, Antioch, Cal.' (ev-02), shares the yard family name - consistent with a postwar return to the builder's orbit, though the relationship is not stated in any located source.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1924-1999 yard history; 1942-1947 this hull
- Population
- Fulton Shipyard construction workforce (1942)
- Limitations
- Shipyard-history compilation, secondary but corroborating NavSource and shipscribe independently on builder, delivery date, planned-AMc designation, and 1947 sale. 'Sold 1947' names no buyer - the buyer detail comes from the shipscribe/MC ship note. The Fulton-family inference is a flagged supposition, not a documented relationship. No asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-amc-163-amc163-06
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[7]hazegray.org transcription, USS Denver (CL-58) deck log & war diary, September 1943 - 'U.S.S. APC 27' entry [other_primary]
- Locator
- hazegray.org/navhist/denver/logsep43.htm - September 1943 log, Pekoa Channel anchorage entry (0214)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Third-party primary-log corroboration of this hull's South Pacific presence: the September 1943 deck log of USS Denver (CL-58), at anchor in Pekoa Channel, Espiritu Santo Island, New Hebrides Group, records '0214 U.S.S. APC 27 underway and shifted berth in order to clear this anchorage, due to the swing of the U.S.S. DENVER, which imperiled the APC 27.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1943-09
- Population
- Crew of APc-27 (anchorage maneuver, September 1943)
- Limitations
- A transcription (hazegray) of another vessel's log - it names this hull only as a ship present in the anchorage on one date in September 1943. Corroborates Espiritu Santo presence the month after the diary's August 1943 coverage ends; contributes presence data only, no materials or asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-amc-163-amc163-07
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[8]Design-bounded assessment compiled from NavSource and shipscribe/Fulton specifications for this hull (ev-01, ev-02, ev-06) and the documented APc-1 class design history (ev-03) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navsource.net/archives/09/23/23027.htm specifications block; shipscribe.com/usnaux/APC/APC01.html class header + class notes; shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/small/fulton.htm 'APc 27' row
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Design-level assessment of the asbestos-relevant profile: this craft carried a single diesel engine (~300-400 shp) on one screw in a ~100-258 ton WOODEN-hulled transport - no boilers, no steam distribution system, no turbines. The principal asbestos vectors documented aboard steam-era naval vessels - boiler and steam-drum lagging, steam-line insulation, turbine and condenser insulation - are absent by design in this type. Residual era-typical applications remain plausible but are undocumented for this hull: diesel exhaust and muffler insulation, engine gaskets and packing, electrical insulation (two 30 kW DC generators aboard), accommodation/joiner materials, and brake linings on the 2-ton boom and windlass gear. Unlike the converted-fishing-vessel AMc/YP small craft, provenance here is resolved: she was ordered 19 Feb 42 as a Navy-contract build to the BuShips-modified AMc-150-199 design, so naval small-craft specifications applied - but the class's specific materials/insulation specification is not documented in any located source.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- Ship's company (~21-25 by competing sources) plus embarked troops; construction trades at Fulton Shipyard, 1942
- Limitations
- Class/design inference, not a ship-specific finding: the absence of a steam plant removes the dominant asbestos vectors but does not prove the absence of asbestos aboard - WWII-era gaskets, packing, electrical components, and interior materials could still contain asbestos, and the shipyard's fitting-out practice is undocumented. Nothing in the cited sources names an asbestos product installed on this hull. Does not establish presence, absence, exposure, or causation for any individual.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-amc-163-amc163-08
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[9]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 under which this small wooden diesel transport was built at a California yard in 1942 - and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization in ship construction.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1940s era documented; article 1987
- Population
- WWII shipyard workers and ship crews (era context)
- Limitations
- Program/era-level scholarly documentation of asbestos use in WWII shipbuilding generally; does not name this vessel, its class, or Fulton Shipyard and does not establish that asbestos was or remains aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation. Applies most plausibly to the construction trades at the builder's yard rather than to a wooden diesel hull's crew.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-amc-163-amc163-09
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[10]Source-conflict and coverage reconciliation across NavSource, shipscribe register data, Fulton yard table, NARA SL-44 and war-diary scans, HyperWar register tables, and NHHC/DANFS availability checks [other_primary]
- Locator
- navsource.net/archives/09/23/23027.htm; shipscribe.com/usnaux/APC/APC01.html; shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/small/fulton.htm + navalmarinearchive.com/sbh/smallships/auxapc.html; sl-44-ship-number.pdf; ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/ register tables
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Publication-level discrepancies reconciled or logged: (a) Keel - 3 Jun 42 (shipscribe register data) vs 9 Jun 42 (NavSource); unresolved, shipscribe carried. (b) Launch - 31 Jul 42 (shipscribe) vs 1 Jul 42 (NavSource); unresolved, shipscribe carried. (c) Decommission/strike - 7 May 46 / 21 May 46 (shipscribe disposal table) vs 1 Apr 46 / 17 Apr 46 (NavSource); NavSource's dates match shipscribe's rows for siblings APc-23/26/36/45, suggesting templating rather than hull-specific data - unresolved, shipscribe carried. (d) Fate - 'fate unknown' (NavSource) vs documented MC sale to Frank Leslie Fulton, Antioch (shipscribe ship note; Fulton table 'sold 1947'; auxapc 'To MARAD 1947') - the sale is documented; post-sale fate remains unknown. (e) Complement - 3 officers + 22 enlisted (NavSource) vs 21 (shipscribe class figure, 1944); unresolved. (f) Propulsion - 300 shp Exeter DMG-6 (NavSource) vs 400 HP class figure, 'some units 500 HP' (shipscribe); unresolved. (g) Troop capacity - 66 (NavSource) vs design intent 74 troops (shipscribe class notes). (h) Designation - 'AMc-163' is documented only as a planned designation: three independent compilations (NavSource, Fulton table, shipscribe ship note) plus the class procurement history show the APc category was created 22 Apr 42, weeks before keel-laying - she was never a commissioned or administered minesweeper. (i) Register coverage - APc small transports are absent from the HyperWar Navy register-derived tables checked (ships-dm, ag, an, at, ix, sc, av). (j) NARA SL-44 indexes 'APC-27' logs only - no 'AMC-163' entry exists.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1942-1947 records
- Limitations
- Documents publication-level discrepancies so the record is auditable; does not alter identity or the service timeline. None of the conflicting figures bear on asbestos documentation; they are carried so downstream users do not treat either compilation as definitive.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-amc-163-amc163-10
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[11]Batch-1511 search ledger (this record): NavSource 09/23/23027; shipscribe APc-1 class page; shipbuildinghistory Fulton/auxapc tables; NARA SL-44 + navy-online listing + war-diary NAID 135947305; hazegray Denver log; NHHC DANFS candidate checks; NVR; HyperWar register tables; CourtListener API (throttled) + web-index fallback; shipyards.json; Wikipedia class table [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-amc-163-amc163-01 through sl-uss-amc-163-amc163-14
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or verified docketed case naming APc-27 or AMc-163 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The vessel does not appear in the Naval Vessel Register (NVR excludes vessels disposed of before 1987; she was disposed of 1947). As an unnamed hull, the craft does not appear on law-firm/marketing asbestos ship lists at all - those lists key on ship names. No litigation material of any kind naming this hull was located even at the pleading level. The CourtListener API check could not be executed - authenticated daily quota (2800/day) exhausted at research time - so the litigation surface is incompletely searched; the web-index fallback returned no vessel hits.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 2026-09-22
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - WWII-era construction practices leave residual uncertainty for gaskets, packing, electrical and engine-adjacent insulation even in a small wooden diesel craft. The litigation check is incomplete because CourtListener was throttled (2800/day shared quota exhausted); re-run is a documented gap. Does not establish presence, absence, exposure, causation, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-amc-163-amc163-11
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[12]NARA Guide to Federal Records: RG 24 (deck logs), RG 38 (CNO WWII war diaries), RG 19 (Bureau of Ships), RG 178 (Maritime Commission); plus NARA SL-44 deck-log index and war-diary NAID 135947305 for this hull [other_primary]
- Locator
- https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/024.html ; /groups/038.html ; /groups/019.html ; /groups/178.html ; sl-44-ship-number.pdf 'APC-27' row; NAID 135947305
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - requires research-room or reproduction order; no spend authorized): Navy deck logs for APC-27 covering 12/5/1942-6/30/1945 (SL-44 indexed, RG 24 - the likeliest primary for stations, repairs, and material events during commissioned service; note the final nine months to decommissioning are unindexed); additional months of the RG 38 war-diary series (June-August 1943 digitized as NAID 135947305; the micro publication (serial 55556) holds further submissions not yet located online); BuShips contract and plan records for the AMc-150-199/APc order at Fulton (RG 19 - could hold the construction/materials specifications that would bound the asbestos question); the Maritime Commission disposal file for the March 1947 sale to Frank Leslie Fulton (RG 178 - the likeliest custody document and the best lead for post-Navy ownership, since no mercantile name is recorded for her in the shipscribe MC notes where siblings show them); and USCG merchant-vessel documentation files for any post-1947 commercial identity (official number unlocated).
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1942-1947 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. The shipscribe MC note's absence of a 'Merc.' name suggests she may never have been documented commercially, but that inference is unverified. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-amc-163-amc163-12
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[13]NavSource APc-27 commanding-officer roster ('ENS. Slive, Seymour, USNR - October 1944 - August 1945') read against obituaries for art historian Seymour Slive (1920-2014): Harvard Gazette (2014) and Boston Globe (2014) - U.S. Naval Reserve service in the South Pacific 1942-1946, rising to lieutenant [reputable_press]
- Locator
- navsource.net/archives/09/23/23027.htm commanding-officers table row 04; news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2014/07/art-historian-seymour-slive-93/; bostonglobe.com Slive obituary 2014-06-18
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Personnel datum of note: NavSource's commanding-officer roster lists 'ENS. Slive, Seymour, USNR' commanding APc-27 from October 1944 to August 1945. Published obituaries document that Seymour Slive (1920-2014) - later the preeminent American scholar of Dutch art and longtime Harvard professor/Fogg Museum director - served in the U.S. Naval Reserve in the South Pacific 1942-1946 and rose to lieutenant. The unusual name, branch, theater, and dates all coincide: the APc-27 commanding officer is in all likelihood the same man, though no located source states the ship by name.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1944-1945 (command); 2014 (obituaries)
- Population
- ENS Seymour Slive USNR (commanding officer, Oct 1944-Aug 1945)
- Limitations
- Identification is strong but not primary-confirmed: the obituaries document the service period, branch, and theater but do not name APc-27; the NavSource roster is a secondary compilation. Carried as context - a personnel color note, not an exposure finding. No asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-amc-163-amc163-13