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-11 page (chronology, spec block, awards display, official-photo captions incl. Boston Navy Yard BOSTS-10120, 1st Naval District Commandant photo, Mare Island yard photo 3404-46 with yard-log note) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource APL-11 page - class line, chronology bullets, specifications block, awards display, photo captions (09711101-09711104 incl. Mare Island 3404-46 caption quoting the yard log); page notes 'There is no DANFS history currently available for APL-11'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource record for this hull: APL-2-class non-self-propelled barracks ship, nickname 'The New Yorker' (crews named un-named APLs for luxury hotels). Built by Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown, MA; ordered 15 January 1944; laid down 5 August 1944; launched 4 September 1944; delivered and placed in service 10 October 1944, LT Richard Stoler Myers, USNR, in charge. Assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater; towed Boston-San Diego with APL-12 by ATA-214 (13 November 1944-January 1945); San Diego-Pearl Harbor with APL-12 by ATA-201 (26 January-12 February 1945); Eniwetok-Ulithi by ATA-201 (10-17 April 1945); Ulithi-San Pedro Bay, P.I., by Current (ARS-22) (19-24 May 1945); San Pedro Bay-Hong Kong by Tolowa (ATF-116) (19 October-October 1945); served at Hong Kong through at least April 1946; placed out of service, date unknown; struck from the Naval Register 1 September 1973; sunk as an aerial target by ComNavAirPac 18 March 1974. Spec block: 1,300 t light / 2,660 t full; 260.0 ft wl / 261.2 ft oa; beam 49 ft; draft 8 ft 6 in limiting; complement 5 officers / 66 enlisted; accommodation 6 officers / 583 enlisted; three diesel-drive 100 kW 450 V A.C. ship's-service generators; diesel fuel 1,000 bbls. Awards: American Campaign Medal; Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal; WWII Victory Medal; Philippine Liberation Medal. Mare Island photo 3404-46 (20 September 1946): craft used by the yard to berth sailors of decommissioning ships, drydocked 27 September-11 October 1946, last shipyard-log entry a fire call 24 December 1946.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-1974
- Population
- Craft crew (5 officers / 66 enlisted complement); embarked transient berthing population up to 6 officers / 583 enlisted at Hong Kong and Mare Island
- Limitations
- Volunteer-compiled secondary archive; consistent with shipscribe, NVR, and official 1st Naval District photography on the carried facts. Documents chronology, specs, and photo-caption detail - not materials or asbestos content. The Pearl Harbor-Eniwetok tow leg is absent from the chronology; the Hong Kong arrival day and the out-of-service date are not given. '18 March 1974' sinking date conflicts with the shipscribe disposition column's '18 May 74' - logged in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-11-apl11-01
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[2]Naval Vessel Register, 'NO NAME (APL 11)' detail page (NAVSEA official register; live nvr.navy.mil is behind Navy SSO login; data read via Wayback capture 2017-01-26) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR SHIPSDETAIL_APL_11 page, Wayback capture 2017-01-26 (captures 2016-11-06 to 2017-01-26)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NVR official register record for this craft: register name 'NO NAME (APL 11)'; type BARRACKS CRAFT (N-S-P); UIC 01631; class 'APL 2'; status 'Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise' with date status changed 05/01/1973; builder 'Naval Shipyard Boston'; propulsion type 'none'; custodian US NAVY; record last updated 05/30/2002. All milestone-date fields (award, keel, launch, delivery, commission, decommission, stricken) are blank on the register record.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-1974
- Limitations
- Official register data for a pre-1987 disposal - the record is nearly empty (status line, UIC, class, builder, propulsion 'none', custodian only); the 05/01/1973 status-change date precedes the 1 September 1973 stricken date given by NavSource/shipscribe and is read as the register's status-line update, not a separate event. NVR documents status/type fields, not materials or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-11-apl11-02
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[3]Shipscribe USS APL-2 class file (construction and disposition tables compiled from Auxiliary Vessels Board / BuShips records; class notes; ship note for APL-11) [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipscribe APL02.html - construction table row APL-11, disposition table row APL-11, class notes (FY increments, APL 2-13 program paragraph), ship notes row APL-11
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Shipscribe record for this hull: construction table - APL-11 ordered 15 Jan 44, builder NYd Boston, keel 5 Aug 44, launched 4 Sep 44, delivered/in-service 10 Oct 44; ship note - 'Completed 9 Oct 44, delivered 10 Oct 44. Out of service in reserve by Jan 47. Expended as target 1974 (authorized for expenditure by COMNAVAIRPAC in WEPTRAEX 11-14 Mar 74)'; disposition table - strike 1 Sep 73, disposal 18 May 74, fate 'Tgt.' Class header: design Navy APL-2, 1,300 light / 2,600 full tons, 261.2 ft oa x 260.0 ft wl x 49.2 ft e x 8.5 ft full, original armament 4-20mm, complement 71 + 583 troops, machinery 'None'. Class notes: FY 1942 increment for APL 11-13 and 23-26; the craft were 'pure service craft' - standard non-self-propelled 2,000-ton 260-foot Navy covered barges with a two-story barracks built on top, ordered by the Auxiliary Vessels Board to house repair-force personnel so EC-2 repair-ship conversions and tenders could work three shifts; the 260-foot type was developed for long-distance ocean towing with a ship-style raised bow and skegs.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-1974
- Population
- Boston Navy Yard construction workforce 1944; craft crew and embarked berthing population 1944-47
- Limitations
- Compiled-from-records secondary source (Stephen Roberts' Shipscribe project reproducing Auxiliary Vessels Board/BuShips data) - internally its disposition column prints '18 May 74' against its ship note's WEPTRAEX 11-14 Mar 74 authorization window and NavSource's '18 March 1974' sinking; the conflict is logged in gaps, not reconciled. Documents dates and program context, not materials or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-11-apl11-03
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[4]Digital Commonwealth / National Archives at Boston catalog record: 'APL-11 Barracks Ship. Build by NYBos. Completed 10/09/1944' - 1st Naval District Commandant photograph, October 1944 (Administrative History of the First Naval District in WWII, 1946) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Digital Commonwealth permalink https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/fx71bp60g (NARA Boston, Vol IX, PD 119, accession 1138081); NavSource captions 09711103-09711104
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official U.S. Navy photographic record for this hull: 1st Naval District - Commandant photograph captioned 'APL-11 Barracks Ship. Build by NYBos. Completed 10/09/1944,' October 1944, held at the National Archives at Boston (collection 'Photographs of the First Naval District,' series 'Administrative History of the First Naval District in World War II, 1946'). Confirms builder (Boston Navy Yard) and completion date independently of the NavSource compilation; NavSource carries the same official photography (Boston Navy Yard photo BOSTS-10120, 4 October 1944, credited to the National Park Service Charlestown Boston Naval Shipyard archive, and a 1st Naval District Commandant stern view of 9 October 1944).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-10
- Limitations
- Photographic documentation of the completed craft at the builder - establishes construction fact and official-record custody, not materials or asbestos content. The image itself is unsampled for materials; no fitment or insulation detail is legible in catalog description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-11-apl11-04
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[5]NavSource APL-11 page DANFS line; NHHC DANFS URL probe; NARA Special List 44 named-vessel logbook inventory [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource APL-11 page footer; history.navy.mil DANFS probe 404; archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/special-list-44-named
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No DANFS ship-history entry exists for APL-11 (NavSource prints 'There is no DANFS history currently available for APL-11'; live NHHC URL history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/a/apl-11.html returns 404). NARA Special List 44 named-vessel logbook inventory contains no APL-designated entry - the string 'APL' does not appear in the inventory (verified 2026-09-26), so no named-vessel deck-log coverage exists for this craft through that finding aid.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- Absence of DANFS coverage is expected for an un-named noncommissioned service craft and does not indicate missing research; SL44 covers named vessels only, so its silence does not prove no logbook exists - craft records could survive in district or yard administrative files (e.g., the 1st Naval District and Mare Island records that produced the photos above).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-11-apl11-05
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[6]Shipscribe APL-2 class notes (Auxiliary Vessels Board program records) + NavSource APL-11 spec block + NVR propulsion field + Corn & Starr era scholarship [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipscribe APL02.html class notes + class header; NavSource spec block; NVR propulsion type 'none'; Corn & Starr, Am. J. Ind. Med. 11(3):359-373 (1987)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference for this hull type: the APL-2 class were standard non-self-propelled 2,000-ton 260-foot Navy covered barges topped by a two-story barracks - accommodation for 6 officers / 583 enlisted, galley/messing/berthing spaces, heating/ventilation runs, plumbing, and three diesel-driven 100 kW 450 V A.C. ship's-service generators, with NO propulsion plant and no boilers (NVR propulsion type 'none'; shipscribe class header 'Machinery: None'). A craft built in a U.S. naval shipyard in 1944 falls inside the era when asbestos was used extensively as a fireproofing and insulating material in WWII U.S. shipbuilding (Corn & Starr); era-standard asbestos applications relevant to a non-powered berthing craft are insulation/linings in the barracks structure, heating and plumbing pipe insulation, deck coverings, electrical insulation, and gaskets/packing on the generators, pumps, and fittings - expressly not boiler or main-steam lagging, which this craft did not carry.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Boston Navy Yard construction workforce 1944; craft crew and embarked berthing population 1944-47
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no ship-specific asbestos record supports 'documented aboard this hull' wording; establishes no quantities, no locations, and no individual exposure. The inference set is deliberately narrowed to a non-powered craft's plant and accommodations; extending it to boiler/steam systems would be unsupportable for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-11-apl11-06
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[7]NHHC-hosted Navy oral-history handout, 'MCPON Black - More Than Just a Gunner's Mate' (Hampton Roads Naval Museum public affairs PDF) [other_primary]
- Locator
- history.navy.mil HRNM 'MCPON Black - More Than Just a Gunner's Mate' handout PDF (ComServDiv 101 aboard APL-10, Shanghai, Feb 1946)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Class-role context for APL-11's Hong Kong service: an NHHC-hosted Navy oral-history handout documents that in early 1946 ComServDiv 101 personnel were berthed aboard sister craft APL-10 at Shanghai, China - the same floating-barracks function NavSource records for APL-11 at Hong Kong through at least April 1946. Both Boston Navy Yard-built sisters served occupied-China berthing duty in the same period.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1946
- Population
- Embarked ComServDiv berthing population aboard sister craft (class context)
- Limitations
- Context only - names a different hull (APL-10), documents the type's role rather than this craft's conditions, and contains no materials or asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-11-apl11-07
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[8]Atlas shipyard dataset (shipyard-exposure-map/client/src/data/shipyards.json): boston-naval-shipyard (tier 3) and mare-island-naval-shipyard (tier 2) yard-level records [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipyards.json yard_id boston-naval-shipyard, mare-island-naval-shipyard
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Yard-level context for the two facilities tied to this hull: builder Boston Naval Shipyard (Charlestown) is tier 3 in the Atlas dataset with a documented asbestos-product row (John Crane gaskets and sealing materials alleged in litigation, In re John Crane Inc., Tex. App. 2003) and WWII peak employment 50,128; Mare Island Naval Shipyard (Vallejo), where the craft was photographed berthing decommissioning crews and drydocked 27 September-11 October 1946, is tier 2 with a documented product list (Unibestos, Marinite, Transite, Kaylo, Careytemp, Gold Bond, pump/valve packing, gaskets, bonnet insulation, refractories), a 1998 disposal EIS/EIR ACM record, and litigation (Collins v. Plant Insulation Co., 185 Cal. App. 4th 260 (2010), welder at Mare Island 1976-1994).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-1946 (yard events); litigation 2003/2010
- Population
- Boston Navy Yard trades 1944; Mare Island drydock trades Sep-Oct 1946
- Limitations
- Yard-level records only - they document conditions and litigation at the builder and at the documented 1946 drydock yard, not aboard this hull. No element of this row is evidence of asbestos aboard APL-11.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-11-apl11-08
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[9]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) - program-level context [gao]
- Locator
- GAO HRD-80-2 (Oct 1979), product description
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- GAO documented that the Navy's standing asbestos-removal policy dates from 1975 (remove asbestos insulation only when damaged or required for repairs, modified 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas). This hull was struck 1 September 1973 and expended as a target in 1974 - before any standing Navy asbestos-control program and before disposal-phase hazmat documentation practices - so no pre-disposal abatement or environmental record is expected to exist for the hull; whatever materials were aboard went down with it.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1975-1979 policy era vs. 1944-1974 custody of this hull
- Limitations
- Program-level context only - GAO HRD-80-2 does not name this hull or class; it bounds what documentation could exist, it does not establish that asbestos was or was not aboard. gao.gov returns 403 to automated fetches; product-page description relied on per BATCH-01 standing note.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-11-apl11-09
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[10]CourtListener API v4 opinion and docket sweeps for 'APL-11' / 'USS APL-11' (authenticated, cl-auth-search.py) [court_record]
- Locator
- cl-auth-search.py sweeps 2026-09-26; search_ledger rows sl-uss-apl-11-apl11-10a through sl-uss-apl-11-apl11-10d
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener sweeps for this hull (authenticated, fleet-paced): 'APL-11' unquoted type=o returned 1,212 opinion hits - all identifier collisions on top-20 inspection (tribal-insurance appeals incl. Muscogee Creek Nation v. Lexington Ins. and Choctaw Nation v. Lexington Ins., procedural/disciplinary, family-law, and criminal matters where 'APL-11' appears as an exhibit/policy/document string; none maritime or asbestos); '"APL-11"' quoted type=o returned 1 hit - State Trading Corp. v. Rosen (Conn. 1939), a contract case predating the vessel (name collision); '"APL-11"' quoted type=r returned 63 dockets / 83 documents, all identifier collisions (Apple securities/patent/antitrust litigation, American President Lines labor and marine-contract cases, ANDA patent suits, bankruptcy dockets - 'APL-11' appears as an exhibit/document/policy string; zero hits contain 'asbestos', 'mesothelioma', 'navy', 'ship', or 'barracks'); '"USS APL-11"' returned zero opinion and zero docket hits. No qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull was located.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- sweep 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- Zero/collision-only results bound the indexed public record; docket-level asbestos references can exist without indexed opinions, and state-court asbestos dockets are incompletely indexed on CourtListener. The unquoted 1,212-hit mass was classified from top-20 case names, courts, and dates - none is plausibly maritime or asbestos; deeper pages of a collision-only result set were not exhaustively inspected. The 63-docket quoted sweep was classified from the returned case names, courts, suitNature codes, and full-text snippets across all returned rows.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-11-apl11-10
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[11]Batch-2464 search ledger (this record): NavSource APL-11 page, shipscribe APL-2 class file, Naval Vessel Register APL-11 page via Wayback, NARA Boston / Digital Commonwealth photo record, NARA Special List 44, NHHC DANFS probe, HyperWar probe, hazegray probe, CourtListener sweeps, marketing-list sweep, NPS Charlestown publication probe [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-apl-11-apl11-01 through sl-uss-apl-11-apl11-12 (incl. -10a/-10b/-10c/-10d)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for APL-11: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, disposal hazmat disclosure, museum documentation, or docketed asbestos case naming the craft was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The hull was expended as a target in 1974 - before the Navy's documented asbestos-control program era (GAO HRD-80-2: standing removal policy dates from 1975) and before disposal hazmat documentation practices - so no U.S.-custody abatement or disposal-phase material record is expected to exist.
- 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-yard-built craft is consistent with retained era materials through its service life. Does not establish that asbestos is or is not present; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility. The hull's destruction by sinking eliminates any prospect of a present-day survey.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-11-apl11-11