USS AMc-182 (AMC-182)

Evidence

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

1. [1]NavSource Naval History, USS APc-28 page (Service Ship Photo Archive; compiled from official Navy records), file 09/23/23028 [other_primary]

   Locator

   USS APc-28 page - construction/service chronology, awards block, Asiatic-Pacific campaign table, occupation-service line, specifications block, commanding-officer list, 'no DANFS history available' flag

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Identity and service record for this hull: originally planned as coastal minesweeper AMc-182; laid down 1942-06-26 at Fulton Shipyard, Antioch, CA; launched 1942-08-04 per NavSource (conflicts with the official 8/14 - see ev-09); commissioned USS APc-28 on 1942-12-17 (LT A. Berens Nelson, USNR). Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater in APc Flotilla Five (LT G. D. Winsor, USNR), APc Group Thirteen (LT D. V. Horsburgh, USNR), APc Division Twenty-Five (LT Dennis Mann). Campaign credit: Okinawa Gunto operation - assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 27-30 June 1945 - one battle star. Awards line: American Campaign Medal; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1); World War II Victory Medal; Navy Occupation Service Medal (Asia clasp). Occupation duty in the Far East 1945-09-03 to 1945-11-28. Decommissioned 1945-11-28; stricken 1945-12-19; NavSource's final-disposition line reads 'fate unknown' (conflict with ShipScribe's documented loss - see ev-04, ev-09). Spec block: 100 t light / 258 t full, 103'3" x 21'3" x 9'3", 10 knots, one Enterprise DMG-6 diesel single screw 400 shp, two diesel-drive 30 kW 120 V DC generators, 145 bbls diesel, four single 20mm AA mounts, complement 3 officers + 22 enlisted, troop capacity 66, largest boom capacity 3 t (conflicts with the official 2 t class figure - flagged). Five commanding officers listed (Nelson to 1943-04; LTjg Austin D. Shean USNR to 1944-04; LTjg Harry A. Finigan USNR to 1944-08-06; LTjg Jack Nelson Wall USNR to 1945-03; LTjg Allen L. Toombs USNR to 1945-11-28).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-22

   Study period

   1942-1945

   Population

   Crew (3 officers + 22 enlisted); embarked troops (capacity 66)

   Limitations

   NavSource is a private archival compilation of official Navy data, not a government publication; no DANFS entry exists for this hull (NavSource states so explicitly), so dates, unit assignments, and the CO list rest on this compilation. Launch date (8/4) conflicts with BuShips/ShipScribe (8/14), boom capacity (3 t) conflicts with the official class figure (2 t), and the 'fate unknown' disposition conflicts with ShipScribe/shipbuildinghistory's documented typhoon loss and 1946 destruction - all logged in ev-09 and gaps. Contains no asbestos information and supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-amc-182-amc182-01

2. [2]U.S. Navy Department, Bureau of Ships, 'Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, 1945,' Volume III, NAVSHIPS 250-012 - official publication, digitized scan at shipscribe.com [other_primary]

   Locator

   p. 280-281 (APc class characteristics, incl. wood-hull and no-trials notes), p. 282 (individual machinery row 'APc28 (ex-AMc182)' - Enterprise DMG-6, 400 shp), p. 283 (individual construction row APc28: Fulton S.Y. Antioch, keel 26 Jun 42, launch 14 Aug 42, first comm. 17 Dec 42); text extracted via pdftotext -layout

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Official U.S. Navy publication rows for this hull: BuShips 'Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, 1945,' Vol. III (NAVSHIPS 250-012), p. 282 machinery table lists 'APc28 (ex-AMc182)' with an Enterprise DMG-6 engine, 400 shaft horsepower, no reduction gear; p. 283 construction table lists APc28 built by Fulton S.Y., Antioch, Calif., keel laid 26 Jun 42, launched 14 Aug 42, date of first commission 17 Dec 42. Class characteristics (pp. 280-281): wood hulls; 103'3" overall, 98'2" waterline, 21'3" extreme beam; 10 knots design speed with the note that no trial runs or model-basin tests were made; 258 tons limiting displacement, 9'3" limiting draft; ship's company 3 officers + 22 enlisted; troop capacity 66 enlisted; largest boom capacity 2 tons; one propeller, diesel, single shaft; 2 diesel-driven 30 kW 120 V DC ship's-service generators; 145 bbls diesel oil; 'APC's carry only 20 mm. and smaller guns.'

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-22

   Study period

   1945 publication; data as of wartime

   Population

   Crew (3 officers + 22 enlisted); embarked troops (capacity 66)

   Limitations

   Official BuShips publication and the strongest source in this record - it names the hull, confirms the AMc-182 to APc-28 identity, and fixes builder/dates/machinery. It is a characteristics register, not an operational history: it does not cover campaigns, the October 1945 loss, or disposition, and its launch date (8/14) conflicts with NavSource (8/4) - logged in ev-09 and gaps. Contains no asbestos or materials information and supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-amc-182-amc182-02

3. [3]ShipScribe (Stephen S. Roberts), USS APc-1 Class page - construction table, disposal table, class notes, ship notes (compiled from BuShips/CNO/District Craft Development Board records and Ships' Data U.S. Naval Vessels) [other_primary]

   Locator

   Construction table row 28 (Ord. 13 Mar 42, Fulton SY, keel 26 Jun 42, launch 14 Aug 42, commiss. 17 Dec 42); disposal table row 28 (decomm. 28 Nov 45, struck 19 Dec 45, disposal 9 Oct 45, fate Lost); Class Notes (procurement history); Ship Notes row 28

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Construction-record row: APc-28 ordered 1942-03-13 under the AMc 150-199 coastal-minesweeper program; built by Fulton Shipyard (keel 1942-06-26, launch 1942-08-14, commission 1942-12-17 - keel/launch/commission all concurring with BuShips 1945). Disposal row: decommissioned 1945-11-28, struck 1945-12-19, disposal entry 1945-10-09, fate 'Lost' - i.e., the loss date precedes decommissioning. Ship note for row 28: 'Ex AMc-182. Driven hard aground by typhoon at Okinawa. Destroyed by burning 9 Mar 46.' Class procurement history documented from CNO/BuShips records: CNO directed 50 AMc-type hulls on 1942-01-19; BuShips issued modified-design specs Feb 1942; on 1942-04-13 CNO requested the 50 vessels be built as 'raider transports, AP'; the 'Coastal transport (small), APc' category was created 1942-04-22 on the District Craft Development Board's recommendation (three intended roles incl. a 2,500-mile cargo run with a 2-ton boom); AMc 150-199 became APc 1-50 'though not respectively' - which is how AMc-182 landed at APc-28 while its number-adjacent sisters scattered across APc 11-12 and 183-186-era hulls.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-22

   Study period

   1942-1946

   Population

   Construction trades (Fulton Shipyard, Antioch, 1942)

   Limitations

   Secondary scholarly compilation of primary BuShips/CNO records, not the records themselves; the construction and disposal tables name this hull and the ship note confirms AMc-182 and APc-28 are one hull. It is the only located source giving the loss narrative ('driven hard aground by typhoon at Okinawa... destroyed by burning 9 Mar 46') - corroborated by shipbuildinghistory's 'Destroyed 1946' but not by an official action or casualty report. Contains no asbestos information and supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-amc-182-amc182-03

4. [4]ShipScribe APc-1 class ship note row 28 + disposal table row 28; NHHC 'Typhoons and Hurricanes: Pacific Typhoon at Okinawa, October 1945' (faq102-6, Wayback capture of history.navy.mil); shipbuildinghistory.com Coastal Transports (APc) table, APc-28 row [other_primary]

   Locator

   shipscribe.com/usnaux/APC/APC01.html ship note + disposal row 28; NHHC faq102-6 storm narrative and casualty/loss figures (live history.navy.mil URL 404 - Wayback capture used); shipbuildinghistory.com/smallships/auxapc.htm 'Destroyed 1946'

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Loss of the hull: ShipScribe's ship note records APc-28 'driven hard aground by typhoon at Okinawa' with the disposal table entering 1945-10-09 as the loss date - the day Typhoon Louise struck the Okinawa anchorages. NHHC's published account of that storm (archived capture of 'Typhoons and Hurricanes: Pacific Typhoon at Okinawa, October 1945') records winds of 80 knots with 30-35 ft waves in the bay: 12 ships and craft sunk, 222 grounded, 32 severely damaged; personnel casualties 36 killed, 47 missing, 100 seriously injured. APc-28, then on occupation duty at Okinawa (NavSource: occupation service 1945-09-03 to 1945-11-28), was among the grounded craft; she was decommissioned in place 1945-11-28, stricken 1945-12-19, and the hulk was destroyed by burning 1946-03-09. shipbuildinghistory's APc table independently reads 'Destroyed 1946.'

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-22

   Study period

   1945-10-09 to 1946-03-09

   Population

   Crew aboard at grounding; any salvage/burning detail crews (1945-1946)

   Limitations

   The hull-specific grounding and burning rest on ShipScribe's compilation plus shipbuildinghistory's concurrence - no official casualty or board report was retrieved, and the NHHC pamphlet's referenced vessel-listing appendix was not located in the Wayback captures tried, so APc-28's presence on NHHC's own grounding list is unverified. The fleet-level storm toll is event context, not a ship-specific finding. NavSource's 'fate unknown' is resolved against this documented loss (ev-09). Contains no asbestos information and supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-amc-182-amc182-04

5. [5]National Archives and Records Administration, Special List #44 (deck-log holdings by ship number, RG 24 deck-log collection index) [other_primary]

   Locator

   SL-44 ship-number index, 'APC-28 1/1/1943-11/27/1945' row (pdftotext -layout verified); no 'AMC-182' row; 'AMC-28 (Mocking Bird) 6/12/1941-2/18/1944' is a different hull; digitized-logs listing at archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy-online (no APC-28 entry)

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   NARA Special List #44 (Navy deck-log finding aid, indexed by ship number) lists APC-28 deck logs held at the National Archives in a single block: 1/1/1943 through 11/27/1945 - coverage running to the day before decommissioning, so the logs span the Okinawa Gunto operation, the 1945-10-09 typhoon grounding, and the write-off. No AMC-182 entry exists in the index, consistent with the minesweeper designation never being an operating identity (the separate 'AMC-28 (Mocking Bird)' row is a different, earlier coastal minesweeper hull - not this vessel). The NARA 'Navy Deck Logs Available in the National Archives Catalog' page lists no APC-28 among digitized logs - the logs exist as physical holdings, undigitized.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   archival_lead

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-22

   Study period

   1943-1945 (indexed coverage)

   Limitations

   Finding aid only - the deck logs themselves were not retrieved or read, and their contents (stations, the June 1945 Okinawa operation, the October 1945 grounding and abandonment, any material/conditions notes) are unknown. The indexed block ends 11/27/1945, the day before decommissioning. SL-44 indexes physical holdings, not digitization status. Not an asbestos record.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-amc-182-amc182-05

6. [6]U.S. EPA, Superfund Enterprise Management System site profile CAD009151762 (Fulton Shipyard, Antioch CA) + shipbuildinghistory.com Fulton Shipyard yard history [other_primary]

   Locator

   EPA CERCLA site information block (NPL status, non-NPL status, address, EPA ID); shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/small/fulton.htm (yard founding/closure, APc-28 row: US Navy transport, 100 t, delivered 17-Dec-42)

   Finding type

   environmental_record

   Finding

   The builder's site is a CERCLA-inventory cleanup location: EPA Superfund profile for FULTON SHIPYARD (EPA ID CAD009151762), 307 Fulton Shipyard Rd, Antioch, CA 94509, Contra Costa County - not on the NPL; non-NPL status 'Other Cleanup Activity: State-Lead Cleanup' under EPA Region 09. The yard that built this hull (founded 1924 by Frank Fulton and Angeline Fulton Fredericks on the former Jarvis Bros. site on the San Joaquin River; closed 1999) is therefore an environmentally tracked industrial site.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   context_only

   Accessed

   2026-09-22

   Study period

   Site record current as of access; yard operated 1924-1999

   Population

   Yard workforce and site vicinity (site-level, not hull-level)

   Limitations

   Yard-site record, not a vessel record: the EPA summary tab does not itemize contaminants, no asbestos finding is stated, and nothing connects site contamination to this hull's construction. Documents only that the construction site is a tracked cleanup location - relevant to the shipyard layer of the atlas, not to this hull's materials.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-amc-182-amc182-06

7. [7]BuShips Ships' Data 1945 Vol. III APc class block (wood hull, diesel, single shaft, 103 ft) + individual machinery row 'APc28 (ex-AMc182)' Enterprise DMG-6 [other_primary]

   Locator

   SDB 1945 v3 pp. 280-281 (class block, wood-hull footnote, machinery summary), p. 282 (APc28 machinery row)

   Finding type

   asbestos_application

   Finding

   Design-level asbestos-relevance inference for this hull type: the APc-1 class was a wood-hulled craft of ~103 ft powered by a single diesel on one screw with no boilers and no steam plant (BuShips Ships' Data 1945: wood hulls, one propeller, diesel, single shaft; no trial runs), so the dominant WWII naval-asbestos pathways (boiler insulation, turbine lagging, steam-line lagging) do not apply. Asbestos-relevant applications for a 1942 naval auxiliary of this type are limited to era-typical items: diesel exhaust-system lagging, engine gaskets and packing, electrical insulation/switchboard backing, deck-covering and non-skid compounds, adhesives/mastics, and friction linings on deck machinery.

   Verification

   inferred

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-22

   Study period

   1942-1946 Navy service and destruction

   Population

   Construction trades (Fulton Shipyard, Antioch, 1942); engine-room crew; 1945-1946 salvage/burning crews at Okinawa

   Limitations

   The wood-hull diesel platform is documented for this hull; the list of asbestos-relevant applications is era inference, not documentation - no material survey, specification, or maintenance record names asbestos aboard this hull. Does not establish presence, quantity, location, condition, or individual exposure.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-amc-182-amc182-07

8. [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 scholarship documents that asbestos was used extensively as a fireproofing and insulating material in U.S. shipbuilding during WWII - the era and program under which this 1942 wooden auxiliary was built - and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization across naval and merchant 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 documentation of asbestos use in WWII shipbuilding generally; does not name this vessel, does not address small wooden auxiliaries specifically, and does not establish that asbestos was or is aboard this hull, nor quantity, condition, exposure, or causation.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-amc-182-amc182-08

9. [9]Source-conflict reconciliation across BuShips Ships' Data 1945 Vol. III, NavSource APc-28 page, ShipScribe APc-1 class table/notes, shipbuildinghistory APc table, NARA SL-44 (AMC-28 Mocking Bird row), and public compilations for the cancelled AM-182 and Dutch MSC-182 [other_primary]

   Locator

   SDB 1945 v3 pp. 282-283 (APc28 ex-AMc182 row); navsource.net 09/23/23028 (spec block, 'fate unknown' line); shipscribe.com/usnaux/APC/APC01.html (rows 28, class notes); shipbuildinghistory.com/smallships/auxapc.htm (APc-28 'Destroyed 1946'); sl-44-ship-number.pdf (AMC-28 row); AM-182 cancellation per globalsecurity.org AM-136 class unit list and usnavy.skyrocket.de Admirable table ('cancelled 9.4.1942')

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   Identity, collision, and source-error reconciliation: (a) ONE HULL, TWO DESIGNATIONS - AMc-182 was the ordered-as designation under the AMc 150-199 program; the April 1942 CNO/District Craft Development Board redirect completed her as APc-28, and she never served as a minesweeper. BuShips 1945 prints 'APc28 (ex-AMc182)' and ShipScribe's ship note reads 'Ex AMc-182' - this record consolidates both designations; they are not two vessels. (b) NAME COLLISIONS - AMc-182 must not be conflated with (i) AM-182, an Admirable-class steel minesweeper cancelled 1942-04-09 before construction, never named or built (globalsecurity.org/usnavy compilations; navypedia class list); (ii) USS Mocking Bird (AMc-28), an earlier 96-ft coastal minesweeper sharing only the numeral 28 (SL-44 row 'AMC-28 (Mocking Bird)'); (iii) MSC-182 (ex-AMS-182), a Dutch-built MSC-172-class coastal minesweeper struck 1991 - different navy program and era entirely. (c) DATE/FIGURE CONFLICTS - launch 1942-08-14 (BuShips Ships' Data 1945 and ShipScribe - carried) vs 1942-08-04 (NavSource); largest boom 2 t (BuShips class block and class design intent) vs 3 t (NavSource spec block); light displacement 100 t (NavSource) vs 161 t (ShipScribe class data); 258 t limiting consistent across sources; NavSource labels 258 t 'full' where BuShips labels it 'limiting.' (d) DISPOSITION CONFLICT - NavSource's 'fate unknown' vs ShipScribe's documented loss note ('driven hard aground by typhoon at Okinawa; destroyed by burning 9 Mar 46') corroborated by shipbuildinghistory 'Destroyed 1946' - the documented loss is carried. (e) ORDERING-DATE SPREAD - the class table's 'Ord.' column gives 1942-03-13 for APc-28 while number-adjacent program hulls carry 1942-02-19 and 1942-04-29 dates - consistent with the scrambled contracting documented in the class notes.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   correction

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-22

   Study period

   1942-1946 records

   Limitations

   Documents publication-level discrepancies so the record is auditable; prevents indexing errors (treating AMc-182/APc-28 as separate hulls; merging with the cancelled AM-182, Mocking Bird AMc-28, or Dutch MSC-182; carrying NavSource's 'fate unknown' over the documented loss). None of the conflicting figures bear on asbestos documentation. No asbestos content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-amc-182-amc182-09

10. [10]Batch-1532 search ledger (this record): NavSource APc-28 page; BuShips SDB 1945 v3; ShipScribe APc-1 class page; NHHC/DANFS check; NARA SL-44 + digitized-logs page; NVR; MARAD ShipHistory; shipbuildinghistory APc + Fulton yard pages; NHHC Okinawa-typhoon pamphlet (Wayback); EPA CERCLA CAD009151762; NavalCoverMuseum; Wikipedia; CourtListener API v4 (blocked) + web-index fallback; builder-litigation check [other_primary]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-amc-182-amc182-01 through sl-uss-amc-182-amc182-15

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or museum record names this hull; no DANFS entry exists (NHHC returns no ship-history page; NavSource states so explicitly); no verified docketed case naming AMc-182 or APc-28 was found in the public sources searched. The vessel does not appear in the Naval Vessel Register (NVR covers only modern dispositions; struck 1945) and MARAD ShipHistory holds no record for this small naval craft (she was lost and destroyed, never entering MARAD custody). The hull does not survive in any form - grounded 1945-10-09 and burned to destruction 1946-03-09 - so no structure, museum file, or reserve-fleet record exists from which a survey could be expected. CourtListener litigation searches were attempted but blocked by API rate-limit on the research date (search_ledger sl-07) - litigation status is therefore unverified rather than confirmed negative; a web-index fallback returned no vessel hits, and no qualifying asbestos docket names builder Fulton Shipyard (sl-14).

    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 hull's 1946 destruction forecloses any present-day survey but does not bear on wartime-era content. Litigation coverage is incomplete because CourtListener was throttled (2,800/day shared quota exhausted); re-run is a documented gap. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-amc-182-amc182-10

11. [11]NARA Guide to Federal Records: RG 24 (deck logs); NHHC faq102-6 pamphlet with unresolved vessel-listing link; EPA SEMS administrative record for CAD009151762 [other_primary]

    Locator

    SL-44 'APC-28' row; web.archive.org capture of history.navy.mil/faqs/faq102-6.htm ('for listing of vessels' link target unresolved); cumulis.epa.gov site record

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Archival leads (not retrieved - requires research-room or reproduction order; no spend authorized): (a) NARA deck logs for APC-28 covering 1/1/1943-11/27/1945 (SL-44 indexed, RG 24 - the likeliest primary for stations, the June 1945 Okinawa Gunto operation, the October 1945 grounding, and any material events); (b) the vessel-listing appendix referenced inside NHHC's 'Pacific Typhoon at Okinawa, October 1945' pamphlet (a 'for listing of vessels' link exists in the archived page but the appendix capture did not resolve - it may name APc-28 in an official grounding list); (c) the CinCPac report extract on the October 1945 typhoon cited by the same NHHC pamphlet; (d) Fulton Shipyard construction records - no public archive of the yard's hull files is located (yard closed 1999; the EPA/DTSC administrative record for site CAD009151762 is the available official file).

    Verification

    unverified

    Role

    archival_lead

    Documentation level

    context_only

    Accessed

    2026-09-22

    Study period

    1942-1946 records

    Limitations

    Record-group and identifier mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; existence of asbestos-specific documents for this hull is unknown until surveyed. The deck-log block ends 11/27/1945 (day before decommissioning). Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-amc-182-amc182-11