Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]Shipscribe, 'USS APL-2 Class' (APL02) - construction and disposition tables compiled from official U.S. Navy vessel registers [other_primary]
- Locator
- APL-41 rows in Construction and Disposition tables; Ship Notes; class header characteristics
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Register-based compilation record for this hull: ordered 19 July 1944; built by Willamette Iron & Steel, Portland, OR; laid down 2 September 1944; launched 11 November 1944; commissioned 24 March 1945; stricken 1 April 1972; disposal 17 May 1973; fate 'Sold.' Ship note: 'Out of service in reserve by Jan 47.' 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 detail page and NavSource for this hull. Contains no asbestos, materials, or condition information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-41-01
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[2]Naval Vessel Register (NAVSEA), SHIPSDETAIL_APL_41 detail page (Wayback capture 2017-01-26) + 'US Navy Hulls in a Non Active status' index row (Wayback capture 2016-09-27) [other_primary]
- Locator
- APL 41 detail page, milestone-dates and status blocks; inactive-vessels index 'NO NAME' APL block, APL 41 row ('05/01/1973 | Disposed of, by Navy Sale')
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official Naval Vessel Register detail page for this hull: 'NO NAME (APL 41)' - 'BARRACKS CRAFT (N-S-P)'; UIC 01661; builder Willamette Iron & Steel Corp.; delivery date 03/01/1945; stricken date 04/01/1972; status 'Disposed of, by Navy Sale' effective 05/01/1973; propulsion type 'none'; overall length 260 ft, extreme beam 48 ft; age since delivery at disposal 28.2 years. The live NVR covers disposals from 1987 onward only; this detail page is preserved in a 26 January 2017 Wayback Machine capture.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1945-1973
- Limitations
- Official register record: confirms builder, stricken (04/01/1972), and disposal effective date (05/01/1973). NVR 'delivery date' 03/01/1945 differs from the delivered/commissioned date of 24 March 1945 in NavSource and the register compilation - flagged in gaps, not resolved. NVR status says 'Navy Sale' while NavSource specifies sale by DRMS for scrapping; no contradiction, different level of detail. No asbestos or condition content; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-41-02
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[3]NavSource Naval History, USS APL-41 photo-archive page (09/71/7141.htm) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Page header 'APL-41 Class Non-self-propelled Barracks Ship' chronology block; specifications block; photo caption 09712801.jpg (NHHC-credited)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource Service Ship Photo Archive page for USS APL-41: laid down 2 September 1944 at Willamette Iron and Steel, Portland, OR; launched 11 November 1944; 'Delivered and commissioned USS APL-41, 24 March 1945'; decommissioned in 1946 and laid up in reserve at Norfolk, VA; 'Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown'; final disposition 'disposed of, sold by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping, 1 May 1973.' Awards listed: American Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal. The page carries an NHHC-credited photograph showing a partial view of APL-41 inboard of APL-28, both in reserve at Norfolk, VA, between 1954 and 1959. Specifications: 1,300 t light / 2,600 t full; 261 ft x 49 ft 2 in x 8 ft 6 in; crew accommodation 5 officers + 66 enlisted; troop capacity 583 enlisted; three diesel-driven 100 kW 450V AC ship's service generators; fuel capacity 1,000 Bbls diesel. Page states: 'There is no DANFS history available for APL-41.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-1973
- Population
- Reserve-fleet maintenance/caretaker personnel at Norfolk (1946-1973, photo-confirmed presence only)
- Limitations
- Volunteer photo-archive compilation drawing on official records and NHHC photography - a reputable secondary presentation, not itself a primary document; its strike date ('unknown') is resolved by the NVR detail page (04/01/1972). NHHC-credited Norfolk reserve photo (1954-1959) corroborates the Atlantic Reserve Fleet berthing period. No asbestos, materials, or condition content; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-41-03
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[4]Shipscribe, 'USS APL-2 Class' (APL02) - Class Notes summarizing Auxiliary Vessels Board / BuShips / CNO / SecNav program actions [other_primary]
- Locator
- Class Notes section: 'APL 32-43' paragraph (11 Mar 44 / 13 Mar 44 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, procured as floating barracks for tender and repair-ship forces so repair machinery could be worked on a three-shift basis. APL-41 falls in the APL 32-43 block: on 11 March 1944 CNO, as part of a large follow-on landing craft program (90 LSTs, 105 LSMs, 90 LCILs, 105 LCT(6)s), directed BuShips to proceed with construction of 12 ARLs and 12 APLs under auxiliary tonnage; SecNav approved the action 13 March 1944. The Willamette Iron & Steel contract (order date 19 July 1944) covered APL 41-46.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Repair-ship/tender crews berthed aboard (class context); construction trades (Portland, 1944-45)
- Limitations
- Documents design purpose and construction program at class level - an accommodation craft housing repair personnel; says nothing about materials aboard any individual hull and supports no asbestos claim for APL-41 specifically.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-41-04
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[5]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-41-05
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[6]Lineaweaver v. Plant Insulation Co., 31 Cal. App. 4th 1409, 37 Cal. Rptr. 2d 902 (1995); as cataloged in the Atlas shipyards.json record for willamette-iron-steel (yard_id verification_status: disputed) [court_record]
- Locator
- Opinion text (Pabco/Willamette statement); Atlas shipyards.json yard record ev-willamette-01
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- The only asbestos litigation located touching this hull's builder concerns a later era of yard work: a published California opinion states 'Pabco was used only as fill-in at Willamette in the 1960s and 1970s' - i.e., Fibreboard Pabco insulation used as fill-in material on ships at a 'Willamette' yard two decades after this hull's 1944 construction. The opinion does not name this hull, does not cover the 1944-45 construction period, and does not corporately identify the yard.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1966-1968 exposure window per opinion; opinion 1995
- Population
- Willamette yard insulation workers, 1960s-1970s (yard context, not this hull)
- Limitations
- Yard-level litigation record, not a hull record: the documented product use is 1960s-1970s repair-era fill-in work, 20+ years after APL-41 was built; the opinion names only 'Willamette' without corporate identification (the Atlas yard record itself marks the attribution disputed). Delimits rather than supports asbestos claims for this hull - establishes nothing about materials aboard APL-41.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-41-06
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[7]CourtListener API v4 search (via cl-auth-search.py authenticated fleet-paced helper) [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger row sl-uss-apl-41-06
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener sweep for "APL-41" / "USS APL-41" (opinion and docket indexes): PENDING - repeatedly blocked at drafting time by the shared fleet pacing budget (~114/hr across all sessions); queries attempted via the authenticated fleet-paced helper returned the pacing stand-down on 5 attempts over ~1 hour. Logged in search_ledger sl-uss-apl-41-06; to be finalized if the sweep completes on a later pass.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- Sweep not executed - fleet pacing block persisted across retries; a nil signal for an unnamed non-self-propelled service craft sold for scrapping in 1973 is expected, but the opinion and docket indexes were not actually queried. Residual risk of a missed hull-naming record is low but nonzero; do not cite this row as 'no litigation found.'
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-41-07
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[8]Batch-2496 search ledger (this record): NVR inactive listing + detail page; Shipscribe APL-2 class register page; DANFS canonical URL; NavSource APL index and 7141 page; MARAD ShipHistory APL listing; CourtListener name/hull searches (pending); Atlas shipyards.json yard cross-check [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-apl-41-01 through sl-uss-apl-41-08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or litigation naming the APL-41 hull was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The vessel passed out of Navy custody by a scrapping sale in May 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. Litigation-index component remains pending per ev-uss-apl-41-07.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-41-08
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[9]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) contract/construction records for the Willamette Iron & Steel order of 19 July 1944 (APL 41-46); NARA RG 181 (13th Naval District, Portland) records covering construction and commissioning; RG 181 (5th Naval District, Norfolk) records covering decommissioning and the Atlantic Reserve Fleet berthing period ca. 1946-1973 (photo-documented at Norfolk 1954-1959); DRMS disposal case file for the May 1973 scrapping sale.
- 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-41-09