Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]NavSource Online Service Ship Photo Archive, APL-10 page (navsource.net/archives/09/71/7110.htm) - volunteer-compiled archive republishing Naval Vessel Register-derived entries; no DANFS entry exists for this hull [other_primary]
- Locator
- APL-10 service-history entry and specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- APL-10, APL-2-class non-self-propelled barracks ship: built by Nashville Bridge Co., Nashville, TN; ordered 1943-11-18, laid down 1944-07-12, launched 1944-09-19, placed in service 1945-01-06. WWII tow itinerary: New Orleans to Pearl Harbor by ATA-187 (Jan-Feb 1945); Pearl Harbor to Eniwetok by ATA-214 (1945-03-23 to 04-14); Ulithi to Leyte by ATA-186 (1945-05-07 to 05-13); stationed Leyte May-Sep 1945; Buckner Bay, Okinawa to Shanghai by ATA-122 (1945-10-21 to 10-28); stationed Shanghai through at least April 1946, where she carried the informal name 'Casa Marina' on her bow and in Navy correspondence. Placed out of service (date unknown); struck from the Naval Register 1973-06-01; sold by DRMS 1974-08-06. Awards: American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-1974
- Population
- Crew (5 officers + 66 enlisted) and up to 583 embarked personnel per accommodation rating
- Limitations
- NavSource is a secondary compilation, not an official publication - underlying build/strike/disposal dates are NVR-derived and are corroborated by the Shipscribe class table (ev-02); no DANFS entry exists, so this is the most detailed public history of the hull. Page's 'no DANFS' note is boilerplate text displaying 'APL-9'. No asbestos or materials information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-10-apl10-01
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[2]Shipscribe.com, U.S. Navy auxiliary vessels data - APL-2 class page (republishes Naval Vessel Register-derived construction and characteristics data) [other_primary]
- Locator
- APL-2 class page, construction table row APL-10 and class characteristics block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Shipscribe APL-2-class construction table corroborates the build record: ordered 18 Nov 43, builder Nashville Bridge, keel 12 Jul 44, launched 19 Sep 44, in service 6 Jan 45. Class data: design 'Navy APL-2', 1,300 tons light / 2,600 full load, 261.2' oa x 260.0' wl x 49.2' x 8.5'; machinery 'None'; complement 71 + 583 troops; original armament 4-20mm.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1943-1945
- Limitations
- Shipscribe is a private reference site republishing NVR-derived data - treated as a mirror of official register data, consistent with NavSource (ev-01) on all shared data points. Class-level '4-20mm' armament conflicts with the NavSource ship-specific 'armament none' (see gaps). No asbestos or materials information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-10-apl10-02
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[3]Hampton Roads Naval Museum public affairs handout, 'MCPON Black - More Than Just a Gunner's Mate' (Jim Leuci, MCPO USN Ret.), hosted on history.navy.mil [museum_official]
- Locator
- PDF handout, service-chronology section (1946 USS Doyle C. Barnes entry context); live URL currently returns 404 - text verified via search-indexed document excerpt
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- An official Hampton Roads Naval Museum (NHHC system) handout biography of MCPON Delbert D. Black records: 'he was transferred, on February 4, 1946, to Commander Service Division (COMSERVDIV) 101 located aboard a floating barge/barracks ship APL 10 in Shanghai, China.' Confirms COMSERVDIV 101 was embarked aboard this hull at Shanghai in early 1946.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1946
- Population
- COMSERVDIV 101 staff and Shanghai-station personnel berthed aboard, 1945-46
- Limitations
- Official Navy museum publication but the live PDF URL now 404s (NHHC link rot - same pattern as Batch-01); the quoted passage was verified through the indexed document text, not a full retrieval. Confirms unit embarked aboard, not asbestos conditions. No asbestos or materials information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-10-apl10-03
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[4]Library of Virginia, World War II Separation Notices: Navy collection (NAVPERS-553), FromThePage transcription work 1142092_003_145_001 [other_primary]
- Locator
- FromThePage work record 1142092_003_145_001, 'service-vessels-and-stations' field (indexed transcription; direct page fetch returns 403 to automated access)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A Library of Virginia WWII Navy separation notice (NAVPERS-553), transcribed via the FromThePage crowdsourcing platform, lists 'USS APL 10' among the sailor's service vessels and stations alongside 'ComServDiv 101 BF ADC' and 'CTU 70.2.3' - a primary personnel record tying an enlisted man to this hull during the Shanghai-period occupation duty.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1945-1946
- Population
- Individual enlisted crewmember (unnamed in indexed excerpt)
- Limitations
- Content verified via indexed transcription snippet, not a full-page retrieval (FromThePage returns 403 to automated fetch). A separation notice documents duty stations, not conditions aboard; contains no asbestos or materials information. The same collection is a lead for locating additional APL-10 crew records - query 'USS APL 10' within the LoVA collection.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-10-apl10-04
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[5]NavSource APL-10 page (disposition entries); corroborated by Ketchikan AKGenWeb documented-boat list (USCG documentation-derived: 'SC 263 | SELEY FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | NASHVILLE BRIDGE CO | 1944 | Freight Barge | 1292 | 259.4') [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource disposition block; AKGenWeb 'Boats Q-Z' Ketchikan list, SC 263 row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Merchant afterlife chain: after the 1974-08-06 DRMS sale the hull was documented by the U.S. Coast Guard as merchant freight barge Western Trader (Official No. 561018) under Arctic Trading & Transportation Co., Juneau, AK (circa 1974); later Marine Leasing Corp., Seattle as MLC 263; then Seley Family Limited Partnership, Ketchikan, AK as SC 263. The Ketchikan vessel listing records SC 263 as a Nashville Bridge Co.-built 1944 freight barge of 1,292 GT and 259.4 ft - matching this hull's builder, year, and dimensions. Coast Guard documentation expired September 2015; fate unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1974-2015
- Population
- Commercial barge crews and Alaska marine trades handling/working the barge, c.1974-2015
- Limitations
- Chain corroborated by two independent compilations (NavSource; USCG-documentation-derived Alaska vessel lists) and consistent on builder/year/tonnage/length. The individual sale dates for Marine Leasing Corp. and Seley Family are not documented ('date unknown'). ON 561018 was not independently retrieved from USCG NVDC/PSIX - documentation expiry (Sept 2015) ends the public record. No asbestos or materials information; freight-barge conversion scope (whether the barracks superstructure was retained or stripped) is undocumented.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-10-apl10-05
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[6]shipbuildinghistory.com 'Barracks Ships and Barges (APB, APL)' table and navalmarinearchive.com 'Nashville Bridge Co. (NABRICO) Barges' table (the corrected-against sources); NavSource and AKGenWeb records (ev-01, ev-05) as the correcting record [other_primary]
- Locator
- auxapl.htm APL-10 row ('Scrapped 1974'); nashvillebarges.html APL 10 row ('"Casa Marina", scrapped 1974')
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Source discrepancy corrected: secondary shipyard tabulations (shipbuildinghistory.com APL table; Naval Marine Archive Nashville Bridge barge table) record APL-10 as 'scrapped 1974' / '"Casa Marina", scrapped 1974'. The documented record shows the hull was NOT scrapped - the DRMS 1974-08-06 transaction was a disposal sale, and the hull was placed in USCG-documented merchant barge service (Western Trader ON 561018, then MLC 263, then SC 263) continuously documented until September 2015.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1974-2015
- Limitations
- The 'scrapped' framing conflates the DRMS disposal sale with destruction; USCG documentation through 2015 disproves scrapping in 1974. Whether the barge was eventually scrapped, sank, or still exists after the 2015 documentation expiry is unknown. No asbestos information in any of these sources.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-10-apl10-06
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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
- 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 emergency construction program under which this 1944 barracks barge was built - and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization aboard naval and merchant-type hulls.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1940s era documented; article 1987
- Population
- WWII shipyard workers and ship crews (class context)
- Limitations
- Program/era-level scholarship on 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-apl-10-apl10-07
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[8]Shipscribe APL-2 class characteristics (machinery/complement) and NavSource APL-10 specifications block (3x 100 kW diesel generators, accommodation 583) for hull configuration; AJIM 1987 (ev-07) for era documentation [other_primary]
- Locator
- Shipscribe class characteristics block; NavSource specifications block
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Design/era inference applied to this hull's documented configuration: an APL-2-class barracks barge has no propulsion machinery (Shipscribe class data: 'Machinery: None'), no boilers, and no steam plant - power came from three diesel generator sets and the mission spaces were berthing, messing, galley, bakery, laundry, and sick bay for up to 583 personnel. WWII-era accommodation craft of this type were built with thermal insulation on heating and hot-water piping, insulation around galley and laundry equipment, gasket and packing materials on machinery, fireproofing, and floor coverings - applications that in 1944 commonly contained asbestos - but no ship-specific materials list for APL-10 has been located.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Nashville Bridge construction trades (1944); embarked personnel up to 583; crew of 71
- Limitations
- Asbestos content is era inference, not ship-proven: no APL-10 specifications, materials list, survey, or abatement record was located. Importantly, the absence of a steam plant removes the boiler/steam-line insulation pathway dominant on powered WWII vessels - the plausible asbestos surface here is accommodation/building materials and machinery gaskets/packing, which is a different and generally lower-mass exposure profile. Does not establish presence, quantity, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-10-apl10-08
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[9]Batch-2463 search ledger (this record): NavSource APL-10; Shipscribe APL-2 class; NHHC/DANFS check; HRNM MCPON Black handout; Library of Virginia separation notices; CourtListener searches; AKGenWeb/navalmarinearchive merchant listings; MARAD ShipHistory check [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-apl-10-apl10-01 through sl-uss-apl-10-apl10-09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, condition survey, or docketed case naming APL-10 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The hull has no DANFS entry; NavSource, Shipscribe, and the merchant-era documentation trail contain no asbestos or insulation-material statement.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1944 naval accommodation barge is era-consistent with asbestos-containing construction materials, and the merchant-era freight-barge conversion may have disturbed or retained original fabric. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-10-apl10-09
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[10]NARA Guide to Federal Records: RG 19 (Bureau of Ships), RG 24 (deck logs), RG 38 (Office of the Chief of Naval Operations / war diaries), RG 313 (naval operating forces); USCG National Vessel Documentation Center historical documentation files [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA RG guides 19/24/38/313; NVDC vessel documentation program
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - require research-room or reproduction order; no spend authorized): (a) NARA RG 24 deck logs - non-self-propelled craft logs for APL-10 covering 1945-46 may exist; (b) NARA RG 38 WWII war diaries and RG 313 records of naval operating forces - ComServDiv 101 and Naval Unit Shanghai records would document occupancy and conditions aboard this barge; (c) NARA RG 19 Bureau of Ships records - APL-2-class plans/specifications are the likeliest source of any as-built materials list; (d) U.S. Coast Guard NVDC historical documentation file for Official No. 561018 - merchant-era identity chain and any declared material condition through the 2015 documentation expiry.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-2015 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-apl-10-apl10-10
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[11]CourtListener API v4 opinion search via authenticated fleet helper (cl-auth-search.py) [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-apl-10-apl10-07 through sl-uss-apl-10-apl10-09
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener API v4 opinion search for '"APL-10" asbestos' returned 0 hits - no opinion text naming this hull in an asbestos context. The complementary queries (bare '"APL-10"', '"USS APL-10"', '"Casa Marina" barge, and the RECAP docket index) could not be completed in-session: the fleet-wide authenticated pacing budget was spent and the helper returned stand-down guidance on every attempt; logged as blocked, retry owed.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- Partial sweep: only the asbestos-qualified hull query completed (0 hits); bare-name and docket-index coverage is owed. A name-match search cannot prove no filing exists - pleadings that omit the hull number or index only a party name would not surface, and asbestos complaints against a barge would typically name the operator (Arctic Trading, Marine Leasing, Seley) rather than 'APL-10'.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-10-apl10-11