Evidence
13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).
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[1]research packet aq-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS APL-32 (unnamed; informal WWII nickname "Statler" per [N1])
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-apl-32-apl32-pkt-aq-packet-md
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[2]U.S. Navy, Naval Vessel Register (nvr.navy.mil), Ship Details - NO NAME (APL 32), shipId=29 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR ship detail page, VESSEL STATUS and MILESTONE DATES tables
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Naval Vessel Register detail record for 'NO NAME (APL 32)', BARRACKS CRAFT (N-S-P): class APL 17; UIC 01652; status 'active, in service'; date status changed 10/01/1971; builder 'Naval Shipyard Boston'; award date 06/22/1944; keel date 09/05/1944; launch date 10/12/1944; delivery date 01/17/1945; Commission Date field blank; no stricken, decommission, or inactivation dates; custodian Commander U.S. Fleet Forces Command; planning yard Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & IMF; program manager PMS 300; record last updated 05/22/2026.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-2026
- Limitations
- Official registry record - authoritative for identity, milestones, and current administrative status. Physical characteristics are suppressed on the public page ('currently unavailable as we update our public information policies'). The craft is a noncommissioned service craft - the blank Commission Date field is consistent with 'in service' status; the popular 'USS' styling is informal. No asbestos, materials, or condition information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-32-apl32-01
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[3]shipscribe.com, 'USS APL-2 Class' construction/disposition table and class notes (compilation of official Navy vessel-register and BuShips program records) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Construction table row APL-32; Disposition table row APL-32 ('32 | APL-32 | Out of service in reserve by Jan 47 ...'); Class Notes paragraphs
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Shipscribe compilation of official Navy records (Ship Data U.S. Naval Vessels / BuShips Auxiliary Vessels Board program history): APL-32 ordered 1944-06-22, built by NYd Boston (Boston Navy Yard), keel 1944-09-05, launched 1944-10-12, in service 1945-01-17 - matching the NVR milestones. Disposition note: 'Out of service in reserve by Jan 47. Loaned to Coast Guard May 51, returned. Joined APL-31 at Annapolis during the 1950s. In service 2011 at Mayport, Fla.' Class design: standard non-self-propelled 2,000-ton, 260-foot covered barge with a two-story barracks superstructure; class complement 71 + 583 troops; original armament 4 x 20mm; no machinery.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-2011
- Limitations
- Non-official secondary compilation of official data - construction milestones independently match NVR, but the Coast Guard loan and reserve dates are not separately verified against a primary source. The '2011 / I.S.' disposition entry reflects a 2011 NVR data vintage, not a 2011 event; the 'in service 2011 at Mayport' note is now stale (federal awards place the craft in Hampton Roads from 2007). No asbestos or materials content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-32-apl32-02
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[4]USAspending.gov (official U.S. federal award open-data system), keyword search 'APL-32', contract awards (FPDS-derived records) [other_primary]
- Locator
- API v2 search/spending_by_award, keywords ['APL-32'], award_type_codes A-D, 2007-2026; awards N5005425F5320 and N5005426F2014 detail
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- USAspending.gov award search for 'APL-32' returns 22 contract actions, 2007-2026, all Navy maintenance/repair work on this craft at Hampton Roads yards: recurring barge maintenance/repair task orders to Lyon Shipyard, East Coast Repair & Fabrication, Tecnico Corporation, BMFT JV, Fairlead Boatworks, Colonna's Ship Yard, and Baytec Marine, plus a 2018 temporary local-area-network award (N6523618V7900, Chugach, $250,000). First located and largest single action: 2007-08-03, Lyon Shipyard, $2,239,934, described 'APL 32'. Periodic docking availabilities: N5005424F5172 (Colonna's, $207,680.72, 2024-09-10), N5005425F5310 (Fairlead, $86,332.26, 2025-04-30), N5005425F5320 (Lyon, $180,744, 2025-09-30, 'MESSING AND BERTHING BARGES'), and most recent N5005426F2014 (Lyon, $384,316, start 2026-01-31).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2007-2026
- Population
- Shipyard/repair workers at Hampton Roads yards (Lyon Shipyard, East Coast Repair & Fabrication, Tecnico, BMFT JV, Fairlead Boatworks, Colonna's Ship Yard, Baytec Marine) performing maintenance on the craft; berthing/messing occupants
- Limitations
- Proves recurring funded maintenance events on this hull 2007-2026, including documented periodic drydockings in 2024-2026. FPDS short descriptions do not enumerate work-package line items; no asbestos, abatement, or hazardous-material scope appears in any description. Does not establish presence or absence of asbestos aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-32-apl32-03
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[5]National Park Service, Boston National Historical Park, 'Ships Built By The Charlestown Navy Yard' (Stephen P. Carlson, Division of Cultural Resources, 2005) [nps]
- Locator
- Appendix B ship table, 'No Name (APL-32)' row and footnote 13; name index 'Statler, see No Name (APL-32)'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- National Park Service Charlestown Navy Yard shipbuilding list (Boston National Historical Park, Stephen P. Carlson, 2005) records: 'No Name | Barracks Ship | APL-32 | keel 1944 Sep 5 | launched 1944 Oct 12 | [commissioned column] 1945 Jan 11 | Active USN 2005' - an official federal publication confirming Boston Navy Yard construction and the same keel/launch dates as NVR. Footnote 13 documents that APL-11, APL-12, and APL-32 were 'informally named The New Yorker, Biltmore, and Statler, respectively, during World War II service.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-2005
- Limitations
- Official NPS publication hosted on npshistory.com (NPS mirror library). Its 1945-01-11 date under the 'Commissioned' column conflicts with the NVR delivery date 1945-01-17 by six days and implies commissioning language for a craft that was never commissioned - the NVR record is adopted as controlling (see correction row). 'Active USN 2005' reflects the publication's data vintage. No asbestos or materials content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-32-apl32-04
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[6]NavSource Online Service Ship Photo Archive, APL-32 page (09/71/7132.htm), including US NHHC photographs (1959 USNA; NH 83850 Philadelphia NSY 1973) and official US Navy photo 070406-N-4049C-044 (Mayport 2007) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource APL-32 page - milestones line, awards line, specifications block, image table captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Service-history compilation and photographic record: the NavSource APL-32 page records 'laid down 5 September 1944,' 'launched 12 October 1944,' 'delivered and placed in service 17 January 1945,' lists award ribbons American Campaign Medal / World War II Victory Medal / National Defense Service Medal, states 'active in service at Naval Station Mayport, FL,' and states explicitly that no DANFS history exists for the craft. Official US Naval History and Heritage Command photographs caption APL-32 at the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis on 26 March 1959 - noting it 'had recently replaced the old Spanish cruiser Reina Mercedes (IX-25)' - and at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard on 31 October 1973 (NH 83850); contributor photographs place APL-32 with APL-31 at Naval Station Annapolis in 1966, and an official Navy photo (070406-N-4049C-044) shows APL-32 at Naval Station Mayport on 6 April 2007.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1945-2007
- Population
- Berthing occupants at USNA Annapolis (1959-1960s) and Naval Station Mayport (through 2007)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a non-official compilation; the official Navy/NHHC photographs embedded in it are primary documentation of the Annapolis (1959), Philadelphia (1973), and Mayport (2007) stations, but the page's 'laid down at Everett Pacific, Everett, WA' builder line conflicts with NVR and NPS and is an apparent class-boilerplate error (see correction row). The 'active at Mayport' line is stale - federal awards place the craft in Hampton Roads from August 2007. No asbestos or materials content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-32-apl32-05
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[7]NavalCoverMuseum.org, APL 32 page - postmark record (Locy Type 2z and SLb postmarks, 1946-05-24 covers, Bob Govern collection) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Postmarks section - 'Post Office Established 22 January 1945 - Disestablished 8 August 1946'; covers page 1 (1946)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Naval Cover Museum (official-naval-cover archive) records a shipboard post office aboard APL-32 established 22 January 1945 and disestablished 8 August 1946 - documenting the craft's active-service window and crew presence during and immediately after WWII; surviving postmarks include a 1946-05-24 official-mail cover.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1945-1946
- Population
- Ship's company operating the post office (1945-1946)
- Limitations
- Philatelic archive - authoritative for postal dates, which are cataloged from physical postmarks, but it documents no duty station and contains no asbestos, materials, or condition information. Postal operation implies an onboard crew but does not enumerate it.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-32-apl32-06
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[8]U.S. General Accounting Office, PLRD-81-41, Navy's Berthing Facilities and Crewing Practices for Ships Undergoing Overhaul (1981; staff briefing 1981-03-30) [gao]
- Locator
- Report enclosure, APL inventory and habitability findings (text via search-index excerpt)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO report PLRD-81-41, 'Navy's Berthing Facilities and Crewing Practices for Ships Undergoing Overhaul' (1981), documents the Navy berthing-barge program of which APL-32 is part: 'The Navy acquired the 17 APLs during 1944 through 1946' to provide berthing, messing, administrative, and classroom facilities for crews of ships undergoing overhaul; the Navy's 1979 habitability study concluded it needed to rehabilitate 7,975 inadequate berthing spaces and construct 6,733 more, and 'many of its older barges do not meet' habitability standards.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1978-1981 (study and report); 1944-1946 (acquisition era described)
- Population
- Crews of ships undergoing overhaul berthed on APL/YRBM barges (fleet-level)
- Limitations
- gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches (standing defect noted in BATCH-01); content verified through search-index excerpts of the PDF text, not a full read. The report discusses the 17-APL fleet without confirming whether APL-32 is individually named in any appendix. Program-level context only - no asbestos statement located in the accessible text; habitability deficiencies are not themselves an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-32-apl32-07
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[9]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); design description per shipscribe APL-2-class notes [other_primary]
- Locator
- AJIM 11(3):359-373, abstract and article; shipscribe class notes for hull design type
- 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 program under which this 1944-built steel accommodation craft was constructed at the Boston Navy Yard. The APL-2-class design is a non-self-propelled barge with a two-story barracks superstructure; era-consistent asbestos applications for an accommodation hull include thermal insulation on plumbing and heating lines, joiner and sheet insulation panels, floor/deck tile, gasket and packing material, and galley/messing equipment insulation. The craft has no propulsion machinery, so the highest-density asbestos application of the era (boiler and steam-plant insulation) is absent by design.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-1945 construction; article 1987
- Population
- Construction trades (Boston Navy Yard, 1944-45); berthing occupants and maintenance crews
- Limitations
- Era/design-level inference only - neither source names this hull or itemizes its materials. Application list is extrapolated from the accommodation function of the design, not from a specification sheet or survey. Does not establish that asbestos was, or remains, aboard; no quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-32-apl32-08
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[10]CourtListener API v4 search: "APL-32" type=o (0 results) and type=r (5 results, all non-qualifying name collisions); "USS APL-32" type=o (0 results) [court_record]
- Locator
- Docket hits: 16863544 (akd), 4297259-class (txed patent), 2:09-md-02047 (laed MDL), 70456599 (casd), 4245909 (hid) - screened individually
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener authenticated API v4 searches returned: 'APL-32' type=o (opinions) - 0 results; 'APL-32' type=r (dockets/RECAP) - 5 results, all name collisions with no relation to this vessel (AIG Specialty Insurance v. XL Specialty Insurance, D. Alaska insurance dispute; Smartflash v. Apple, E.D. Tex. patent; In re Chinese-Manufactured Drywall Products Liability Litigation, E.D. La. MDL; Swenson v. Kuehni, S.D. Cal. fraud; English v. Honolulu, D. Haw. civil rights - the string 'APL-32' appears in these dockets as form or exhibit numbers, not the vessel); 'USS APL-32' type=o - 0 results. No opinion or docket naming the barracks craft was located, and no asbestos litigation referencing the hull was found.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- Search coverage is the CourtListener opinion and RECAP docket indexes; PACER-only and state-court filings not fully represented. 'APL-32' is a short alphanumeric string prone to collision - all 5 docket hits were individually screened and classified as name collisions. Absence of a located case does not prove no claim was ever filed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-32-apl32-09
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[11]Batch-2487 search ledger (this record): NVR; NavSource; shipscribe; NPS Charlestown yard list; USAspending; SAM.gov/HigherGov mirrors; CourtListener; GAO PLRD-81-41; NHHC/DANFS; MARAD ShipHistory; NavalCoverMuseum [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-apl-32-apl32-01 through sl-uss-apl-32-apl32-12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, environmental report, or docketed case naming APL-32 was found in the public sources searched. The NVR record contains no materials data; the 22 federal award descriptions located on USAspending contain no asbestos or abatement scope; the 2024-2026 periodic-docking awards describe docking and maintenance scope only. 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-built accommodation craft is era-consistent with retained asbestos-containing materials, and this hull remains in active service with recurring documented maintenance. 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-32-apl32-10
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[12]NVR shipId=29 milestone/status tables (controlling) and NPS Charlestown yard list (corroborating builder) vs NavSource APL-32 page and navysite.de APL 32 page (erroneous builder attribution); shipscribe construction row APL-32 (corroborating) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR VESSEL STATUS/MILESTONE DATES; NPS cny-ships.pdf APL-32 row; NavSource 'Laid down, 5 September 1944, at Everett Pacific' line; navysite.de builder field
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Source discrepancies resolved: (a) Builder - NavSource states 'laid down at Everett Pacific, Everett, WA' and navysite.de repeats 'Everett-Pacific Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company,' but the NVR official record states builder 'Naval Shipyard Boston,' the NPS Charlestown Navy Yard publication lists APL-32 among yard-built craft, and the shipscribe table reads 'NYd Boston'; Everett Pacific built sister craft APL-30/31 on the same schedule, consistent with a class-boilerplate copy error in NavSource - Boston Navy Yard is adopted. (b) Delivery/in-service date - the NPS list's 'Commissioned' column reads 1945-01-11 while NVR and shipscribe read 1945-01-17; the NVR delivery date is adopted as controlling. (c) Commissioning language - sources styled 'USS APL-32' notwithstanding, the craft was never commissioned; the NVR Commission Date field is blank and delivery 1945-01-17 marks entry into service. (d) Homeport staleness - NavSource and the Wikipedia class table list Mayport as the active station, but federal award records place every maintenance event from 2007 onward in Hampton Roads and unofficial photographs document Norfolk-area berths 2008-2022.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-1945 milestones; sources 2005-2026
- Limitations
- Resolves publication-level discrepancies in secondary sources against the official registry and NPS yard record. Does not affect identity. No asbestos content in any of these sources.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-32-apl32-11
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[13]NARA Guide to Federal Records: RG 19 (Bureau of Ships) and RG 181 (Naval Districts and Shore Establishments) [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) construction and specifications records for WWII APL-class craft, which may hold the Boston Navy Yard contract drawings and outfitting specifications for this hull; NARA RG 181 (Records of Naval Districts and Shore Establishments) Boston Naval Shipyard production records for 1944-45 construction and Norfolk-area maintenance-establishment records covering the documented 2007-2026 repair availabilities; NAVSEA berthing/messing program office records (PMS 300) for survey and habitability documentation referenced in the 1979 Navy study cited by GAO.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-present records
- Limitations
- Record-group mapping only - no box-level retrieval 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-32-apl32-12