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 - APL-24 [other_primary]
- Locator
- APL-24 entry: chronology block, 'Specifications' block, awards display, photo captions incl. MARAD 5492_FB-62
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- APL-24: APL-2 class non-self-propelled barracks ship; built by Pollock-Stockton Shipbuilding Co., Stockton CA; laid down 24 Jul 1944; launched 26 Sep 1944; delivered and placed in service 24 Jul 1945; detached from 12th Naval District 6 Dec 1945; towed to San Diego and placed in service 14 Dec 1945; placed out of service 24 Mar 1947; struck from the Naval Register 1 Apr 1962; transferred to the Maritime Commission 31 Aug 1961 for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benicia CA; placed in service with MARAD as facilities barge FB-62 on 29 May 1962; NavSource disposition note: 'since 1962 has served as the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet (SBRF) Headquarters for the Maritime Administration.' Spec block: 1,300 t light / 2,660 t full; 261.2 ft; beam 49.2 ft; draft 8.5 ft lim; complement 5 officers + 66 enlisted; accommodations 6 officers + 583 enlisted; three diesel-drive 100 kW 450 V AC ship's service generators; 1,000 bbl diesel. Awards display lists American Campaign Medal and WWII Victory Medal. Photo table includes MARAD photograph 5492_FB-62 of the barge at Suisun Bay.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-2017
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer-maintained secondary compilation of official records (NHHC/NVR/BuShips), not itself a primary source; no DANFS narrative exists to corroborate the chronology (the page's auto-generated DANFS link targets a URL that returns 404). Awards display is auto-generated - unverified against the craft's noncommissioned in-service status (see gaps). The chronological order printed on the page (strike listed before the Aug 1961 transfer) is internally inconsistent with its own dates - reconciled narrative carried in prose; the MARAD transfer-custody sequence is documented in ev-03. Establishes identity, construction, service, and disposition; contains no asbestos, materials, or condition information and supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-24-apl24-01
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[2]ShipScribe (Stephen S. Roberts), USS APL-2 Class page - construction table, disposal table, ship notes, class notes compiled from official Navy program records [other_primary]
- Locator
- Construction table row 24; disposal table row 24; Ship Notes 'APL-24'; Class Notes (design description; FY1942 group and program paragraphs)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- ShipScribe APL-2 class table and ship notes corroborate: APL-24 ordered 29 Jan 44 (Pollock-Stockton SB group APL-23 through APL-26, FY1942 program), keel 24 Jul 44, launch 26 Sep 44, in service ('Commiss.' column) 24 Jul 45; ship note 'APL-24: Out of service in reserve by Jan 47. To NDRF 23 May 62, used by MA under the designation FB-62 as barracks support ship for NDRF Suisun Bay, still extant 2006'; disposal table: struck 1 Apr 62, disposal 29 May 62, fate 'MA' (Maritime Administration). Class design per ShipScribe: 'standard non-self-propelled 2,000-ton 260-foot Navy covered barges with a two-story barracks built on top instead of the usual simple warehouse' - rectangular barges with raised bow and skegs for ocean towing; program purpose: floating barracks for repair-force personnel so tenders/repair ships could man machine tools on a three-shift basis (Auxiliary Vessels Board and BuShips recommendations, Jun-Dec 1943).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-2006
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation reproducing BuShips/Auxiliary Vessels Board records - dates corroborate NavSource independently. 'Out of service in reserve by Jan 47' slightly precedes NavSource's 'placed out of service 24 Mar 47' - minor conflict logged in gaps; 'To NDRF 23 May 62' vs MARAD acquisition 24 May 62 and NavSource in-service 29 May 62 - date variants logged in gaps. 'Commiss.' column header is a table convention for in-service dates on service craft (see correction row ev-11). No asbestos or materials content; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-24-apl24-02
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[3]U.S. Maritime Administration, ShipHistory database - FB-62, Ship History Detail 5492 [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- ShipHistory Detail 5492, milestones table and name-history block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD ShipHistory database record for FB-62 (ex-APL-24): year built 1944; shipyard Pollock-Stockton Shipbuilding Company; type Barge / Dry Cargo Barge; length 261.40 ft, beam 47.88 ft, mast height 34.5 ft, displacement 2,580 t full / 1,300 t light; vessel name history '1944-1962: APL-24; 1962-present: FB-62'; milestones - Entry 8/31/1961 'Entered Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet,' Acquisition 5/24/1962 'Navy struck vessel from register, transferred to MARAD. MARAD began using the vessel as an office barge at Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet'; fate 'Still in Govt. Service.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-present
- Population
- MARAD fleet caretaker staff working aboard the office barge (1962-present) - occupancy context only
- Limitations
- Authoritative for government custody milestones and MARAD usage; the 5/24/1962 acquisition milestone bundles strike + transfer + start of office-barge use, while NavSource dates the strike 1 Apr 1962 and FB-62 in-service 29 May 1962 - reconciled in prose, variants logged in gaps. MARAD dimension fields contain unit errors (draft listed as 11.00 'tons'). No status cards, documents, or plans are attached to the record. Contains no asbestos, materials, or condition-survey information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-24-apl24-03
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[4]U.S. Maritime Administration, Public NDRF Inventory, April 2025 (PDF 2025_04), retention-barge row [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Wayback capture 2026-01-10 of maritime.dot.gov 2025_04 Public NDRF Inventory PDF; Retention - Barge table row; direct fetch of maritime.dot.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated requests
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD Public NDRF Inventory (April 2025) lists 'FB-62 | Pacific | APL-24 | Built 1944 | 05/24/62 | Barracks CRF | SBRF, Benicia, CA | Fleet Support' - the sole entry under 'Retention - Barge,' confirming the ex-APL-24 hull remains in federal government service as the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet support barge as of the inventory date.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2025-04 inventory
- Population
- SBRF fleet-support staff
- Limitations
- Official MARAD inventory row establishes current custody/status/role only; 'Barracks CRF' is MARAD's type label for the craft. Contains no asbestos, materials, or condition information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-24-apl24-04
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[5]NavSource APL-24 spec block (machinery section); GlobalSecurity.org APL type page (self-sufficiency description; NAVSEA Booklet of General Plans drawing table, dwg 1113310 for APL 2); ShipScribe class notes (design description, Machinery: None) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 'Specifications'; GlobalSecurity APL page description paragraph + CRAFT IDENTIFICATION DATA drawing table (1113310 = APL 2); ShipScribe class spec line 'Machinery: None'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The APL-2-class design had no propulsion plant: these craft were non-self-propelled covered barges whose only machinery was diesel-driven ship's-service generators (three 100 kW 450 V AC units per the NavSource spec block for this hull) plus habitability systems - secondary type description (GlobalSecurity) describes the self-sufficient APL classes as carrying generators, boilers (service/heating boilers, not propulsion), refrigeration, and sewage plant, and lists NAVSEA Booklet of General Plans drawing 1113310 for the APL-2 class. Asbestos-relevant plant aboard this craft type is therefore confined to habitability/utility systems and construction materials - no main steam system, propulsion boilers, turbines, or engine-room insulation train existed.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944 design
- Population
- Design crew ~71 (5-6 officers + 66 enlisted); berthed personnel up to 583 enlisted
- Limitations
- Defines the asbestos-relevant boundary, not presence: the absence of a propulsion plant narrows candidate ACM systems but says nothing about which materials were actually installed. GlobalSecurity is a secondary compilation - the 'boilers' detail (service boilers) is unverified against the class plans; NAVSEA drawing 1113310 is an archival lead, not retrieved.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-24-apl24-05
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[6]Corn, Jacqueline Karnell, and Jennifer Starr, 'Historical perspective on asbestos: policies and protective measures in World War II shipbuilding,' American Journal of Industrial Medicine 1987;11(3):359-373 (PMID 3555021, DOI 10.1002/ajim.4700110311); Shipbuilding History Pollock-Stockton yard page (yard dates/employment) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Abstract and article record (PubMed PMID 3555021; publisher DOI page); shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencysmall/pollock.htm
- 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, when wartime industrial expansion produced an unprecedented rise in asbestos utilization; shipyard workers and others exposed in the 1940s developed asbestos diseases from the 1960s onward. APL-24 was built in 1944 at Pollock-Stockton Shipbuilding, Stockton CA - a wartime emergency yard (operated 1942-1946, peak employment ~8,000 in 1944) - squarely inside this documented use window.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1940s wartime shipbuilding
- Population
- Construction trades (Pollock-Stockton, 1944); WWII shipyard workers (class context)
- Limitations
- Program/era-level literature - does not name this hull, this class, or this yard; establishes that asbestos use was standard practice in 1940s U.S. shipbuilding, not that it was present aboard APL-24. Does not establish quantity, location, condition, individual exposure, or causation aboard this craft.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-24-apl24-06
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[7]Shipbuilding History, Pollock-Stockton Shipbuilding yard page (emergency small shipyards) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Pollock-Stockton yard table, APL 24 row; yard history paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Shipbuilding History (Colton) Pollock-Stockton yard list corroborates the builder and hull: 'APL 24 - US Navy - Barracks Barge - 1,300 t - 261 ft - 1945 - To MARAD 1962.' Yard profile: Pollock-Stockton Shipbuilding was started in 1942 by George Pollock (Pollock Construction Company), occupied 50 acres on the north bank of the Stockton Channel near Louis Park, closed in 1946.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-1962
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation - corroborates builder and MARAD transfer year; lists completion year as 1945 (consistent with the July 1945 in-service date) vs MARAD 'Year Built 1944' (laying/launch year) - both carried appropriately. No asbestos or materials content; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-24-apl24-07
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[8]DOT Office of Inspector General, Maritime Administration: Limited Progress in Disposing of Obsolete Vessels, report MA-2000-067 (June 2000) [gao]
- Locator
- MA-2000-067 audit report PDF - NDRF environmental-hazards and 'worst condition' vessel inspection passages; SBRF fleet count 41 vessels
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- DOT Office of Inspector General audit documented that NDRF vessels awaiting disposal - including the 41 vessels then at the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet - contain hazardous materials including asbestos and PCBs; inspectors found 'asbestos hanging from pipes below deck' on worst-condition vessels, lead-based paint, and PCBs in cabling and electrical equipment.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2000 audit; vessel population 2000
- Population
- MARAD NDRF fleet maintenance crews (program context)
- Limitations
- Fleet-level government documentation of asbestos in NDRF reserve-fleet vessels - not a finding about FB-62, which is a working retention (fleet-support) barge, not a non-retention 'worst condition' disposal hull. Establishes that asbestos was documented in the moored fleet around this hull's berth; does not establish ACM presence, condition, or exposure aboard FB-62 itself.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-24-apl24-08
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[9]California RWQCB SF Bay Region, Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet Consent Order Fact Sheet + April 2010 board item 7; DOT press release MARAD0317 (removal completion, 57 non-retention vessels); KQED Bay Curious 'Rusty Navy' (Aug 17, 2017, updated Nov 21, 2017) [federal_register]
- Locator
- waterboards.ca.gov suisanbay_facts.pdf; transportation.gov/briefing-room/marad0317; kqed.org/news/11612408
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- The 2010 federal Consent Judgment (U.S. District Court, E.D. Cal., Judge Garland Burrell) settled litigation by the SF Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board, Arc Ecology, San Francisco BayKeeper, and NRDC against MARAD/DOT over hazardous-materials pollution from the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet; it covered the 'non-retention' vessels only (52-57 obsolete ships), requiring paint-debris removal, hull cleaning, and removal of all non-retention vessels by 30 Sep 2017 - completed ahead of schedule per DOT. KQED reported that 'harmful chemicals, lead, hazardous paint and asbestos were all coming off the vessels' per researchers' findings (~20 tons of contaminants washed off). FB-62 is a retention (Fleet Support) craft, not a non-retention vessel - it was outside the decree's vessel scope and remains at SBRF as the fleet office/maintenance barge (KQED: 'nine ships remain, plus the barge used as an office and maintenance base').
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2009-2017 litigation and removal program
- Population
- SBRF workers; Suisun Bay environment (context)
- Limitations
- Documents fleet-level hazmat findings (incl. asbestos among pollutants) and the consent decree's scope - which expressly covered non-retention vessels, a category that excluded FB-62. Establishes environmental context at this hull's moorage for 60+ years and why no disposal/abatement record exists for it under that program; says nothing about ACM aboard FB-62 itself. KQED is reputable press, used for context only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-24-apl24-09
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[10]CourtListener API v4 opinion and docket sweeps for 'APL-24', '"APL-24" asbestos', 'FB-62', 'FB 62' (authenticated via cl-auth-search.py) [court_record]
- Locator
- cl-auth-search.py results logged in search_ledger rows sl-uss-apl-24-apl24-08 through -11
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener authenticated sweeps completed 2026-09-26: 'APL-24' opinions returned 3 hits, all name collisions - Bunn v. Third National Bank (Ill. App. 1890, matching date string 'April 24'), Landt v. McCullough (Ill. App. 1902), Murphy v. Northern Steamship Co. (Mich. 1902); '"APL-24" asbestos' returned 0; 'FB-62' and 'FB 62' opinions each returned 1 hit - the same incidental match (Bradtmueller v. State of Indiana, Ind. Ct. App. 2017, criminal); 'APL-24' dockets returned 35 hits across two pages, all incidental (Apple Inc. patent/antitrust/securities litigation, APL Co./American President Lines/APL Logistics/APL Maritime corporate matters, Chinese-Drywall MDL, prisoner civil-rights and misc. string matches). No qualifying asbestos litigation - or any litigation - naming the hull or its FB-62 alias was located.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- sweep 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- A completed sweep negative is not proof that no case exists: unindexed state-court filings, settled pleading-stage matters, and dockets not captured in RECAP would not appear. 'APL-24' is a collision-prone string (date strings like 'April 24', APL shipping line) - each hit was individually screened and classified non-qualifying.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-24-apl24-10
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[11]Batch-2478 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS (404), NVR, NARA deck-log list, MARAD ShipHistory 5492 + NDRF inventory, NavSource, ShipScribe, Shipbuilding History, GlobalSecurity, DOT OIG MA-2000-067, RWQCB/DOT consent-decree materials, KQED, CourtListener sweeps [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-apl-24-apl24-01 through -14
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no hull ACM survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, plans-level materials statement, museum record (hull remains a working MARAD office barge - no museum file), or litigation naming APL-24 or FB-62 was found in the sources searched - no DANFS entry exists (NavSource's auto-generated DANFS link 404s; the DANFS A-volume index carries no APL-24 entry), NVR excludes pre-1987 disposals, no APL-24 deck logs are digitized at NARA (the only 'APL' hit on the deck-log list is Mercer, APB/APL-39/IX-502), the NavSource/ShipScribe/Shipbuilding History compilations and MARAD ShipHistory/NDRF inventory records contain no asbestos statement, and the fleet-level OIG/consent-decree documentation does not reach this retention craft (see search_ledger).
- 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 accommodation barge still in working government service is era-consistent with retained or abated ACM, and continuous Navy/MARAD custody into the asbestos-control era means custody-phase records may exist outside public view (FOIA/MARAD SBRF facility files are the open lead). Does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-24-apl24-11
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[12]NavSource APL-24 entry (in-service phrasing) vs ShipScribe construction-table column convention ('Commiss.') [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource chronology block; ShipScribe construction table header
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Commissioning-status correction: the batch metadata's 'USS' prefix and secondary table conventions (ShipScribe 'Commiss.' column; NavSource awards display) could imply a commissioned warship. NavSource's entry records 'Delivered and placed in service, 24 July 1945.' APLs were noncommissioned Navy service craft manned by an officer-in-charge, not commissioned warships with a commanding officer; 'in service' is the correct status and is carried in this record.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1945
- Limitations
- Terminology correction only - the 24 Jul 1945 in-service date itself is uncontested across sources. Does not affect the asbestos analysis; prevents a 'commissioned warship' misreading of a noncommissioned craft's status.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-24-apl24-12
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[13]MARAD FOIA/Office of Environmental Activities channel; GlobalSecurity APL page (NAVSEA drawing numbers); NARA RG 24 / RG 19 record-group guidance; NARA Navy deck-log online list (no APL-24 coverage) [other_primary]
- Locator
- archives.gov deck-log list (A section - only 'APL' hit is Mercer APB/APL-39/IX-502); globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/apl.htm drawing table
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - require research-room, reproduction order, or FOIA; no spend authorized): (a) MARAD Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet facility files for FB-62 - maintenance, occupancy, and any hazmat/asbestos surveys of a working office barge in federal custody 1962-present (the document class most likely to contain a ship-specific ACM statement for this hull; FOIA channel via MARAD Office of Environmental Activities); (b) NAVSEA Booklet of General Plans drawing 1113310 (APL-2 class, per GlobalSecurity listing) - plans booklet may carry materials/insulation callouts; (c) NARA RG 24 deck logs 1945-47 for APL-24 - not on the digitized deck-log list, textual reference at Archives II College Park; (d) BuShips/NAVSEA contract records for the 29 Jan 1944 Pollock-Stockton APL contract (RG 19); (e) NARA RG-19-LCM Bureau of Ships photo series - no 19-N number confirmed for APL-24 (NavSource photos are contributor and MARAD images, incl. MARAD 5492_FB-62).
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-present records
- Limitations
- Record-group and channel mapping only - no box-level retrieval or FOIA request performed; existence of asbestos-specific documents for this hull is unknown until surveyed. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-24-apl24-13