Evidence
12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).
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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-34 (unnamed)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-apl-34-apl34-pkt-aq-packet-md
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[2]Naval Vessel Register (NAVSEA), ship detail record for NO NAME (APL 34), UIC 01654 - official inventory record, record last updated 2004-06-09, retrieved via Wayback Machine capture 2016-11-06 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR SHIPSDETAIL_APL_34.HTML, milestone dates and physical characteristics tables
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Naval Vessel Register detail record for 'NO NAME (APL 34)', UIC 01654, class APL 17, type 'BARRACKS CRAFT (N-S-P)': award date 06/22/1944; keel 11/18/1944; launch 01/01/1945; delivery 05/15/1945; Commission Date and Decommission Date fields blank (noncommissioned service craft); Stricken Date 10/26/1993; status 'Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for reuse/conversion' effective 05/07/2004, custodian 'Schools, Organizations and Private Enterprises'; age at disposal 59.0 years since delivery; overall length 261 ft; light displacement 1,300 tons; steel hull, steel superstructure; propulsion type none; homeport and berth fields blank.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-2004
- Limitations
- Authoritative official register record establishing milestones, noncommissioned status, strike, and disposal. Builder field is blank in the NVR record (builder supplied by NavSource/shipscribe). Contains no asbestos, materials, homeport, or station-assignment information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-34-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive, APL-34 page (archives/09/71/7134) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource APL-34 page - milestone block, specifications block, photo caption (DVIC DN-SC-87-05987)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource Service Ship Photo Archive page for APL-34 ('APL-17 Class Non-self-propelled Barracks Ship'): laid down 18 November 1944 at Boston Navy Yard, Boston, MA; launched 1 January 1945; 'delivered and placed in service, 15 May 1945'; stricken from the Naval Register 26 October 1993; disposed of, sold by DRMS for reuse/conversion, 7 May 2004. Ship-specific spec block: 1,300 t light / 2,580 t full load; 261 ft x 49 ft beam x 11 ft draft; complement unknown; armament none; accommodation 6 officers, 680 enlisted; propulsion none. Page states no DANFS history exists for this craft. Photo record includes DVIC photo DN-SC-87-05987 (Don S. Montgomery, USN Ret.) showing APL-34 undergoing overhaul in dry dock at a contract shipyard on the Elizabeth River, Norfolk, VA, 22 April 1987.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-2004
- Population
- Navy berthing/messing occupants and overhaul-yard workforce (1987 event)
- Limitations
- Volunteer-compiled naval archive (secondary-level), corroborated by the official NVR record on every overlapping milestone (keel, launch, delivery, strike, disposal). The 1987 photo caption documents continued Navy custody and a Norfolk-area drydock overhaul event but does not establish her assigned station or homeport. Contains no asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-34-02
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[4]Shipscribe.com, 'USS APL-2 Class' data sheet (Stephen S. Roberts, compiled 2011 from BuShips/CNO/NVR records) [other_primary]
- Locator
- APL-2 class page - construction table row APL-34, disposition table row APL-34, ship notes entry APL-34
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Shipscribe (Stephen S. Roberts) U.S. Navy auxiliary data, APL-2 class page: construction table lists APL-34 ordered 22 June 1944, built NYd Boston, keel 18 November 1944, launched 1 January 1945, in-service 16 May 1945; ship note: 'Completed 15 May 45, delivered 16 May 45. Out of service in reserve by Jan 47. Sold by DRMS 2004 for further use/conversion.' Disposition table: stricken 26 October 1993, disposed 7 May 2004, sold.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-2004
- Limitations
- Researcher-compiled record from official sources; convergent with NVR/NavSource except the delivered/in-service date (shipscribe 16 May vs NVR 15 May - see correction row ev-04). 'Out of service in reserve by Jan 47' is the only postwar status note located; the page notes that 'later periods of service are generally not indicated' for these craft, so the 1947-1993 service record is undocumented here. No asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-34-03
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[5]NVR detail record (delivery 05/15/1945); NavSource APL-34 page; shipscribe APL-2 class page ship notes; navalmarinearchive.com US Navy Barracks Ships and Boston Naval Shipyard tables (divergent values) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR milestone table; NavSource milestone block; shipscribe construction table + ship notes; navalmarinearchive auxapl.html and boston.html tables
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Milestone-date discrepancy resolved and carried: the NVR records Delivery Date 05/15/1945 and NavSource records 'delivered and placed in service, 15 May 1945'; the shipscribe construction table and Wikipedia-derived class lists give 16 May 1945, while shipscribe's own ship note reconciles the pair as 'completed 15 May 45, delivered 16 May 45' - a one-day difference between completion and delivery/in-service paperwork. A third secondary compilation (navalmarinearchive.com Boston yard table) shows '5-Apr-45' for APL-34, inconsistent with every other source and treated as erroneous. The NVR official record (15 May 1945 delivery; service craft never commissioned) is adopted as controlling.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1945
- Limitations
- Resolves a one-day publication-level discrepancy in the delivery/in-service milestone and flags a third erroneous secondary value; does not materially affect any exposure analysis. No asbestos content in any source.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-34-04
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[6]Shipscribe.com, 'USS APL-2 Class' data sheet - class notes (Auxiliary Vessels Board / CNO program history) and class specification block [other_primary]
- Locator
- APL-2 class page - Class Notes section (APL 32-43 paragraph) and class specification block
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Class/design context: APL-34 belongs to the twelve-craft APL group (APL 32-43) whose construction CNO directed on 11 March 1944 under the follow-on landing-craft program (SecNav approved 13 March 1944), Fiscal Year 1944. These were standard non-self-propelled 2,000-ton, 260-foot Navy covered barges fitted with a two-story barracks superstructure, procured as floating barracks so tenders and repair ships could man repair work on a three-shift basis; the rectangular barges carried a ship-style raised bow and skegs for ocean towing. Class-level spec (shipscribe): 1,300 t light / 2,600 t full load; 261.2 ft overall x 49.2 ft extreme beam x 8.5 ft full-load draft; original armament 4x20mm; complement 71 plus 583 troops; no propulsion machinery.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1943-1945
- Limitations
- Class-level design and program record; figures are class specifications, not measured values for this hull (NavSource's ship-specific block gives 2,580 t full and 6-officer/680-enlisted accommodation). The 4x20mm 'original armament' is a class-level note - whether APL-34 ever carried guns is undocumented; NavSource lists armament 'none' for this craft. No asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-34-05
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[7]CourtListener API v4 search endpoint, queries "APL-34" (phrase, type=o and type=r) and APL-34 (unquoted, type=o) [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener API v4 /search/ - opinion corpus count 0 (phrase); docket index count 6 (all non-vessel collisions); unquoted opinion count 655 (non-qualifying token noise)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener API v4 litigation sweep, 2026-09-26: phrase query "APL-34" over the opinion corpus returned 0 opinions; phrase query over the RECAP docket index returned 6 dockets, all name collisions with no reference to this vessel (Smartflash v. Apple, patent exhibit reference, E.D. Tex.; Nucci v. Buchanan Ingersoll, legal malpractice, M.D. Fla.; Hammonds v. APL Cargo Inc., FLSA, N.D. Ind.; Icon Realty Corp. bankruptcy, S.D.N.Y.; APL Co. Pte Ltd. v. Blue Water Shipping, American President Lines admiralty contract, S.D.N.Y.; Karkey v. Pakistan, ICSID arbitration enforcement, D.D.C.). Unquoted token query 'APL-34' returned 655 opinion hits driven by tokenization collisions (e.g., APL Marine Services Ltd. parties); spot check found no vessel reference. Classification: no qualifying asbestos litigation; no other litigation naming this craft.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- Covers only records reachable as searchable text in CourtListener's opinion and RECAP docket indexes; pleadings naming the hull without indexed text, state-court filings, and claims settled without docketed record are outside coverage. A nameless service craft has low collision risk but also low litigation surface - barracks-craft exposure claims would name the United States or product defendants, not 'APL-34'. Absence of a hit is not proof no claimant was ever exposed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-34-06
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[8]NARA Guide to Federal Records: RG 181 (Naval Districts and Shore Establishments) and RG 19 (Bureau of Ships); NARA still-picture guidance for DVIC/DoD imagery (RG 330) [other_primary]
- Locator
- archives.gov record-group guides RG 181, RG 19; NARA still-picture/DVIC holdings guidance
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - no spend authorized): NARA RG 181 (Records of Naval Districts and Shore Establishments) holds Boston Naval Shipyard records at the NARA Boston-region facility (Waltham, MA) - the likeliest repository for hull-specific construction, inspection, and material records for APL-34; RG 19 (Bureau of Ships) at NARA College Park holds design and construction records for the APL type; NARA holds the former Defense Visual Information Center imagery (RG 330, NN333 accession series) including the original of photo DN-SC-87-05987; the 2004 DRMS disposal file (defense property disposal records) would identify the buyer and end use.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-2004 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-34-07
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[9]Batch-2489 search ledger (this record): NVR archived detail page; NavSource APL-34 page; shipscribe APL-2 class page; GAO PLRD-81-41; CourtListener opinion and docket searches; NHHC/DANFS check [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-apl-34-01 through sl-uss-apl-34-09
- 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-34 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The NVR record, NavSource page, shipscribe class data, and the GAO berthing-barge program report contain no asbestos or insulation-material statement for this hull. No DANFS entry exists for this unnamed service craft (NavSource states none; NHHC site search returns no APL-34 entry).
- 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 1944-45 Navy-yard-built accommodation craft is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials in piping insulation, floor tile, and equipment gaskets. Does not establish presence or absence aboard this hull; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-34-08
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[10]U.S. General Accounting Office, PLRD-81-41, 'Navy's Berthing Facilities for Ships Undergoing Overhaul' (1981) - product-page description and indexed text excerpt [gao]
- Locator
- GAO PLRD-81-41 product page; indexed excerpt on berthing-barge inventory and capabilities
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- GAO report PLRD-81-41, 'Navy's Berthing Facilities for Ships Undergoing Overhaul' (1981), documents the postwar program under which WWII-era APLs continued to serve: the Navy reported 17 APLs acquired during 1944-1946 in its July 1980 service-craft inventory of berthing barges (alongside 23 YRBMs), and described APLs as providing berthing, messing, administrative, and classroom facilities; fleet commanders preferred barges over shore barracks because crews remain adjacent to their ships during overhaul.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1980-1981
- Population
- Navy crews berthed aboard APLs during ship overhauls (program context)
- Limitations
- Program-level audit context; does not name APL-34 and does not establish her station or condition. gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches (2026-09-26) - this row relies on the GAO product-page description and indexed excerpt; full-text pull remains an open lead. No asbestos content in the located text.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-34-09
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[11]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 program under which this Navy-yard-built barracks craft was constructed - and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization aboard naval and merchant 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 (Boston Navy Yard, 1944-45) and later occupants (era context)
- Limitations
- Program/era-level scholarship on WWII shipbuilding generally; does not name APL-34 or any APL-class craft, and does not establish that asbestos was or remains aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation. As a non-powered accommodation craft this hull lacked the boiler/steam-plant applications central to powered-ship asbestos profiles.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-34-10
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[12]In re John Crane, Inc., No. 01-03-00698-CV (Tex. App. 1st Dist. 2003), as carried in the project's shipyard dataset for boston-naval-shipyard [court_record]
- Locator
- shipyard-exposure-map shipyards.json, boston-naval-shipyard evidence row ev-boston-naval-shipyar-02; Justia opinion text
- Finding type
- litigation_product_id
- Finding
- The builder yard is a documented asbestos-exposure site in the project's shipyard dataset (boston-naval-shipyard, evidence_tier 3): the Texas appellate opinion In re John Crane, Inc. includes a worker's allegation of exposure to John Crane gaskets and sealing materials at the Boston Naval Shipyard.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- opinion 2003; alleged exposure period not stated
- Population
- Boston Naval Shipyard construction/repair workforce (era context)
- Limitations
- Yard-level litigation product identification, not a hull record - establishes that asbestos-containing gasket/packing products were alleged in use at the building yard, not aboard or in this craft. The underlying worker exposure allegation is pleading-stage; the published appellate posture concerned mandamus/venue relief, not an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-34-11