Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]NavSource Naval History, USS APc-14 service ship photo archive page (hull chronology, specification block, commanding officers, awards, post-Navy ownership chain, foundering) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource APc-14 page (archives/09/23/23014.htm), chronology + specifications + CO table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Hull planned as coastal minesweeper AMc-175 and completed as APc-1-class small coastal transport APc-14: laid down 28 April 1942 at Henry G. Marr Boatbuilding Co., Damariscotta, ME; launched 7 September 1942; commissioned USS APc-14 on 28 January 1943 (ENS Billie H. Fowlkes, USNR); decommissioned 19 March 1946 at Seattle; struck from the Naval Register 28 March 1946; transferred to MARAD 1947 and sold into fishing service as FV Northland (Petersburg Cooperative Trading Co., Ketchikan, AK, 1947; McKinley Distributors 1949; Farwest Wrangell 1950; Whitney and Co. 1958; Murray Suthergreen 1960; Lloyd N. Whaley / Menshikot Fisheries, Ketchikan, 1966); foundered off Baranof Island, AK, 8 May 1966. Awards listed: American Campaign Medal and WWII Victory Medal only (no battle stars). Spec block: 100 t light / 258 t full; 103'3" x 21'3" x 9'3"; 10 kts; complement 3 officers + 22 enlisted; troop capacity 66; four single 20mm AA mounts; one General Motors 8-268A diesel, Snow & Knobstedt reduction gear, single screw, 400 shp; two 30 kW diesel-driven 120V DC generators.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1942-1966
- Population
- Crew (3 officers, 22 enlisted plus embarked troops); post-Navy fishing crews
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer-maintained archival compilation, not an official Navy source; it is used here because no DANFS entry exists for this hull (the page itself states so). Contains no asbestos information and establishes no exposure; the ownership chain is as compiled from register data and not independently re-verified.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-amc-175-amc175-01
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[2]Shipscribe (Stephen S. Roberts), 'Class: APC-1' - construction and disposition tables compiled from Bureau of Ships / Maritime Commission data [other_primary]
- Locator
- usnaux.shipscribe.com/APC/APC01.html, construction table row 14 and disposition table row 14
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Shipscribe's APc-1-class construction table records APc-14 ordered 19 February 1942 from Harry G. Marr, keel laid 29 April 1942, launched 7 September 1942, commissioned 28 January 1943; the disposition table records decommissioned 19 March 1946, struck 28 March 1946, disposal 24 February 1947 by Maritime Commission delivery (MC/D) with MA sale 24 February 1947. Class data: diesel machinery, single screw, 400 hp, 10 knots; class complement 21 (1944).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation of official BuShips/MC tabular data, not the underlying documents. Keel date (29 Apr 1942) differs by one day from NavSource (28 Apr 1942) - unresolved. Class complement figure (21, 1944) differs from the NavSource hull spec (3 officers + 22 enlisted); hull spec carried in the record. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-amc-175-amc175-02
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[3]Shipbuilding History (Tim Colton), Henry G. Marr yard construction list (yard table row for ON 252987) [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.njscuba.net/us-comm-small/marr/ - Marr yard table, ON 252987 row
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The Henry G. Marr yard table lists U.S. Official No. 252987, vessel 'AMc-175/APc 14', owner US Navy, type coastal freighter/transport, 103 ft, delivered 28 January 1943, 'sold 1947 as Northland' - confirming the AMc-175-to-APc-14 consolidation, the official number, and the merchant name Northland.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Limitations
- Secondary shipbuilding-record compilation. The yard table's tonnage figure ('147d') is an ambiguous register/measurement figure and is not carried in the record. Confirms designation consolidation and merchant name; contains no asbestos information. Yard is named 'Harry G. Marr' here and 'Henry G. Marr Boatbuilding Co.' in NavSource - variant noted.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-amc-175-amc175-03
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[4]NavSource Naval History, Coastal Minesweeper (AMc) index ('AMc-175 Reclassified APc-14') and Small Coastal Transport (APc) index ('APc-14 ex AMc-175') [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource AMc index row 'AMc-175 Reclassified APc-14'; APc index row 'APc-14 ex AMc-175'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- AMc-175 existed only as a planned designation within the AMc-150-199 coastal-minesweeper program; the hull was redirected to the APc-1-class small coastal transport design and commissioned as APc-14. NavSource's minesweeper index carries 'AMc-175' only as a cross-reference ('Reclassified APc-14') linking to the APc-14 page - there is no separate minesweeper entry and no vessel ever served as USS AMc-175. This record therefore consolidates AMC-175/AMc-175 as an alias of the APc-14 hull and corrects vessel_type to small coastal transport.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1942
- Limitations
- Documents the designation redirection, not construction detail; whether the hull was ever formally assigned the AMc-175 designation in a contract modification (vs. planned only) is not resolved by this source. The redirection was program-wide: NavSource's APc index maps AMc-150-199 series numbers to APc hulls.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-amc-175-amc175-04
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[5]U.S. Navy photograph, Navy Yard Charleston S.C. photo #765-43 (Dry Dock #2, 9 April 1943), via NavSource APc-14 page [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource APc-14 page, photo caption block (image 092301401); caption repeated on APc-20 page
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- A U.S. Navy photograph documents APc-14 on the blocks in Dry Dock #2, Navy Yard Charleston, S.C., on 9 April 1943, alongside APc-16, APc-20, APc-6, APc-7, APc-8, APc-18, and YAG-13 - the only documented Navy-yard availability located for this hull during its commissioned service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1943-04-09
- Population
- Charleston Naval Shipyard drydock workers (potential, unquantified)
- Limitations
- Documents presence at Charleston Naval Shipyard on that date only; the scope, purpose, and duration of the availability are not documented. The photograph caption carries no asbestos information and establishes no exposure for crew or yard workers.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-amc-175-amc175-05
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[6]NavSource APc-14 specification block (machinery: one General Motors 8-268A diesel, single screw, 400 shp; wooden APc-1-class hull) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource APc-14 page, specifications block (propulsion section)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- The documented propulsion plant - a single 400-shp General Motors 8-268A diesel on one screw, in a wooden 103-ft hull, with no boilers and no steam system - bounds the era-consistent asbestos inference for this vessel: the boiler/steam-line lagging pathway does not apply. Applications typical of WWII-era small diesel Navy craft are confined to engine-exhaust lagging, machinery gaskets and packing, electrical insulation, asbestos-cement/fireproofing board in machinery spaces, and brake linings on deck machinery.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-22
- Study period
- 1942-1966
- Population
- Construction trades (Damariscotta, 1942); Navy engine-room crew (1943-46); fishing crews (1947-66)
- Limitations
- Era/design-level inference applied to documented machinery - no hull-specific insulation survey, specification sheet, or abatement record was located. Does not establish that asbestos was or remains aboard (the hull was lost in 1966), nor quantity, condition, individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-amc-175-amc175-06
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[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
- AJIM 11(3):359-373, abstract and article
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Peer-reviewed historical study documenting that asbestos was used extensively as a fireproofing and insulating material in U.S. shipbuilding during WWII - the program and era under which this wooden-hulled coastal transport was built at a small Maine yard in 1942.
- 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 (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-amc-175-amc175-07
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[8]Batch-1524 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS lookup; NavSource hull and index pages; Shipscribe APC-1 class table; shipbuildinghistory Marr yard and APc tables; MARAD ShipHistory public database; CourtListener (API + Google site-index proxy); general web litigation search [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-amc-175-amc175-01 through sl-uss-amc-175-amc175-08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no DANFS entry exists for this hull, and no asbestos survey, abatement contract, museum/regulator hazmat disclosure, MARAD status card, or docketed case naming APc-14 or AMc-175 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The hull foundered off Baranof Island, AK, on 8 May 1966 and no longer exists.
- 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 - era-consistent materials may have been present. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility. CourtListener API returned a 2800/day rate-limit response during the session; a Google site-index proxy search returned no hull-named litigation - residual coverage risk is logged in the ledger.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-amc-175-amc175-08