Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet ap-packet.md (4 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: APL-25 (no ship name assigned; "USS" prefix used in
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-apl-25-apl25-pkt-ap-packet-md
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[2]Shipscribe, 'USS APL-2 Class' (APL02) - construction and disposition tables compiled from official U.S. Navy vessel registers [other_primary]
- Locator
- APL-25 rows in Construction and Disposition tables; Ship Notes; class header characteristics
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Register-based compilation record for this hull: ordered 29 January 1944; built by Pollock-Stockton Shipbuilding Co., Stockton, CA; laid down 24 July 1944; launched 24 December 1944; commissioned 28 September 1945; stricken 1 June 1973; disposal (sale) 20 December 1973; fate 'Sold.' Ship note: 'Out of service in reserve by Jan 47. Merc. MCL-25 ca. 1973.' Class characteristics for the Navy APL-2 design: 1,300 tons light / 2,600 full load; 261.2 ft oa x 49.2 ft x 8.5 ft; no propulsion machinery; complement 71 + 583 troops; original armament 4-20mm.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-1973
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation of official register data (Naval Vessel Register / BuShips-derived), not itself a primary document; dates corroborate the NVR disposal row and the batch tasking's 28 September 1945 service-entry date. Contains no asbestos, materials, or condition information; supports no asbestos claim. 'MCL-25' merchant note conflicts with the MLC-262 identity in other compilations - treated as unresolved.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-25-01
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[3]Naval Vessel Register (NAVSEA), 'US Navy Hulls in a Non Active status' index - APL 25 row (Wayback capture 2016-09-27) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Inactive-vessels index, 'NO NAME' APL block, APL 25 row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official Naval Vessel Register non-active-hulls listing: 'NO NAME | APL 25 | 12/01/1973 | Disposed of, by Navy Sale.' The live NVR covers disposals from 1987 onward only; the row is preserved in a September 2016 Wayback Machine capture of the NVR inactive-vessels index.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1973
- Limitations
- Confirms stricken/disposed status and Navy sale - does not identify buyer, subsequent use, or scrapping; 12/01/1973 NVR date vs. 20 Dec 1973 sale-completion date in the register compilation is a normal disposal-milestone difference, not a contradiction. No asbestos or condition content; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-25-02
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[4]Shipscribe, 'USS APL-2 Class' (APL02) - Class Notes summarizing Auxiliary Vessels Board / BuShips / CNO program actions [other_primary]
- Locator
- Class Notes section: APL program rationale (11 Jun 43, 28 Dec 43, 22 Nov-14 Dec 43 actions); construction contract history
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Program/design context for the type this hull belongs to: standard non-self-propelled 2,000-ton 260-foot Navy covered barges fitted with a two-story barracks superstructure; the Auxiliary Vessels Board recommended the barges to house repair-force personnel so that tender/repair-ship machinery could be worked on a three-shift basis; BuShips recommended 56 APLs in December 1943. APL 23-26 were the Pollock-Stockton contracts of 29 January 1944 (FY42 program per the class notes).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- Repair-ship/tender crews berthed aboard (class context); construction trades (Stockton, 1944)
- Limitations
- Documents design purpose and construction program at class level - an accommodation craft housing repair crews; says nothing about materials aboard any individual hull and supports no asbestos claim for APL-25 specifically.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-25-03
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[5]Merchant Vessels of the United States (USCG annual), as cited for MLC-262 / ON 563795 in secondary compilations; Shipscribe ship note; shipbuildinghistory.com yard list (mirror: navalmarinearchive.com/sbh/smallships/auxapl.html) [other_primary]
- Locator
- MVUS merchant-vessel listing (cited page PA2013 region not directly retrievable in text); shipscribe APL02 ship note; navalmarinearchive auxapl.html APL-25 row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Post-Navy commercial identity is reported but unresolved: a secondary compilation citing the U.S. Coast Guard publication Merchant Vessels of the United States identifies the ex-APL-25 as merchant barge MLC-262, U.S. Official No. 563795, sold 1973; Shipscribe's ship note reads 'Merc. MCL-25 ca. 1973'; a shipbuilding-history yard list gives 'scrapped 1973.' MLC-prefixed barge names correspond to Marine Logistics Corp., a Seattle-based operator documented in GAO bid-protest records.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1973-present
- Population
- Commercial barge crews (if converted), post-1973
- Limitations
- Post-1973 commercial identity only - the MVUS page was not directly readable and the three secondary sources conflict (MLC-262 vs 'MCL-25' vs 'scrapped'); Navy custody ended with the December 1973 sale regardless of which post-sale account is correct. No asbestos content; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-25-04
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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 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-built accommodation barge was produced.
- 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 scholarly documentation of asbestos use in WWII shipbuilding generally; does not name this vessel or the APL type and does not establish that asbestos was or remains aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation. A non-self-propelled barracks barge carries far less machinery-era asbestos scope than a steam-driven combatant, but accommodation fit-out materials of 1944 remain era-consistent candidates.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-25-05
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[7]NHHC DANFS index (no APL-25 entry - 404 on canonical URL); NavSource APL index (7125.htm has no entry; APL-26 at 7126.htm exists); NavSource DD-985 photo page caption; NVR coverage note ('Ships and service craft disposed of prior to 1987 are currently not included') [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS A-index; navsource.net/archives/09/71/71idx.htm (APL-25 unlinked); navsource.org/archives/05/985.htm caption; nvr.navy.mil site note
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Thinness of the ship-specific public record: no DANFS entry exists for APL-25 (consistent with unnamed minor service craft); the Naval Vessel Register's live detail pages do not cover pre-1987 disposals; NavSource's APL photo index lists APL-25 without a linked page (no photo/history entry). A contributed NavSource photo caption records an 'APL-25' alongside USS Cushing (DD-985) at Naval Station San Diego in September 2005 - that cannot be the 1944 hull disposed of in December 1973; whether the number was reassigned to a later craft or the caption errs is unresolved and logged as a gap.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1945-2005
- Limitations
- Documents the limits of the public record for this hull and flags a hull-number collision (2005 San Diego photo) so downstream users do not merge two craft. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-25-06
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[8]CourtListener API v4 search (via cl-auth-search.py authenticated fleet-paced helper) [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger row sl-uss-apl-25-06
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion-index sweep for "APL-25": 5 hits, all name collisions unrelated to the vessel or asbestos (In re Iftikhar Ahmed, Tex. App. 2020; Jarrett v. Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co., 5th Cir. 1942; Cochran v. Philadelphia Mortgage & Trust, Neb. 1903; Detwiler v. Gates, Ohio Cir. 1895; New York Life Insurance v. English, Tex. 1902). Classification: no qualifying result. The docket-index sweep and 'USS APL-25' opinion variant were repeatedly blocked by the shared fleet pacing budget (~114/hr across sessions) at drafting time - logged in search_ledger sl-uss-apl-25-06.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- Opinion sweep complete (no qualifying result); docket index not swept - fleet pacing block persisted across retries. A nil opinion signal for an unnamed non-self-propelled service craft sold in 1973 is consistent with expectations but is not proof that no claim was ever filed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-25-07
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[9]Batch-2479 search ledger (this record): NVR inactive listing; Shipscribe APL-2 class register page; DANFS index; NavSource APL index; MARAD ShipHistory name search; CourtListener name/hull searches; USCG MVUS citation trail [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-apl-25-01 through sl-uss-apl-25-08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or litigation naming the APL-25 hull was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The vessel passed out of Navy custody by sale in December 1973, predating the modern asbestos-disclosure era, and no preservation or museum organization exists for this hull.
- 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 wartime accommodation craft is era-consistent with asbestos-containing building materials. 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-25-08
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[10]NARA Guide to Federal Records: RG 19 (Bureau of Ships) and RG 181 (Naval Districts and Shore Establishments); USCG Merchant Vessels of the United States (annual) [other_primary]
- Locator
- https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/019.html ; https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/181.html
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - require research-room or reproduction order; no spend authorized): NARA RG 19 (Bureau of Ships) contract/construction records for the Pollock-Stockton order of 29 January 1944 (APL 23-26); NARA RG 181 (12th Naval District) records covering Stockton-area craft commissioning, inactivation, and Pacific Reserve Fleet Stockton-group berthing lists ca. 1946-47; USCG Merchant Vessels of the United States annual editions listing Official No. 563795 (post-Navy identity as MLC-262); NARA merchant/service-craft records for any post-sale documentation.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-1973 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-25-09