Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]ShipScribe, USS APL-2 Class page - compilation of Naval Vessel Register entries and BuShips/Auxiliary Vessels Board program records [other_primary]
- Locator
- APL-2 class page, construction table row 44; disposition table row 44; per-ship notes row 44; class header specifications
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NVR-derived construction and disposition record for APL-44: ordered 1944-07-19; built by Willamette Iron & Steel, Portland OR; keel laid 1944-12-26; launched 1945-04-30; in service 1945-06-30. Disposition: stricken from Naval Register 1961-06-01; disposed 1960-04-30; fate 'Trf.' (transfer). Per-ship note: 'Loaned to MA [Maritime Administration] 8 Dec 51. Out of service in reserve by Jan 47. Transferred 1960 to U.S. Army District Engineer, Memphis, Tenn.' Class design data: 1,300 t light / 2,600 t full; 261.2 ft oa x 49.2 ft x 8.5 ft; complement 71 + 583 troops; original armament 4 x 20mm; no propulsion machinery.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-1961
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation of official NVR/Navy records (the standard reference for unnamed service craft that lack DANFS entries and predate the online NVR's 1987 disposal cutoff); underlying NVR pages not separately retrieved. Conflicts with NavSource on keel date (26 vs 29 Dec 1944), in-service date (30 Jun vs 28 Jul 1945), and strike date (1 Jun 1961 vs 11 Nov 1992) - see correction row. Contains no asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-44-apl44-01
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[2]U.S. Navy, Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual, NAVPERS 15,790 (Rev. 1953), Part IV, Section 2, para. 18, 'Units Eligible - Ships' (official Navy Department publication; mirrored verbatim on HyperWar/ibiblio) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Part IV Sec. 2 para. 18, ships table, row 'APL 44'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official unit medal eligibility: Navy Occupation Service Medal, Asia clasp, for the periods 20 Oct - 20 Dec 1945 and 8-10 Apr 1946; China Service Medal (extended) for 21 Dec 1945 - 7 Aug 1946. These periods document APL-44's post-surrender station duty in China waters (Shanghai).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1945-10-20 to 1946-08-07 (credit windows); manual published 1953
- Population
- Ship's company embarked during credited periods
- Limitations
- Establishes credited occupation/China-service periods for the unit, not individual crew service. NavSource renders the second occupation period and the China medal end date differently (8-10 Apr '1945' [sic]; China medal ending 7 Apr 1946) - the Awards Manual figures are adopted as controlling. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-44-apl44-02
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[3]NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive, APL-44 page (09/71/7144) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Page text (construction, Shanghai duty, medal table, disposition lines) and photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- APL-44 was towed to the Far East for station duty at Shanghai, China; photographed moored in the Whangpoo (Huangpu) River at Shanghai circa 1946 (contributor photo). A second image shows 'Ex-APL-44' moored to starboard of SS Green Mountain State (ACS-9) in an unidentified shipyard, attributed to a U.S. Maritime Administration photo. Page states no DANFS history exists for APL-44.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1945-1946 (Shanghai); undated MARAD photo
- Population
- Berthing capacity 583 enlisted (crew-accommodation role at Shanghai)
- Limitations
- Volunteer-maintained archive - the standard public reference for unnamed service craft but not an official repository. Its keel (29 Dec 1944), delivery/in-service (28 Jul 1945), and strike (11 Nov 1992) dates conflict with NVR-derived data and are NOT adopted; its medal dates contain a 1945-vs-1946 typo and differ from the Awards Manual (7 Apr vs 7 Aug 1946). The MARAD photo caption is consistent with the documented 1951-60 MARAD loan but undated/unlocated. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-44-apl44-03
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[4]Department of State, Foreign Relations of the United States, 1948, Vol. VIII (Far East: China), memorandum 'The Acting United States Representative on the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission (Osborn) to the Secretary of State' / annex on U.S. naval forces in China [other_primary]
- Locator
- FRUS 1948 vol. VIII doc. 257, text discussing Navy control of Shanghai harbor facilities and vessel stationing
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Postwar U.S. naval presence in China context: U.S. Navy vessels entered Tsingtao and Shanghai on 16 September 1945 and thereafter controlled and operated harbor facilities; these functions were relinquished to the Chinese on 31 August 1947 at Shanghai; Seventh Fleet residual functions assumed by Commander Seventh Fleet 1 May 1946. APL-44's Shanghai station-barracks duty falls inside this documented mission.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1945-1948
- Limitations
- Establishes the official mission context for Navy craft at Shanghai 1945-47; does not name APL-44 or any specific vessel. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-44-apl44-04
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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 construction program under which this 1945 Navy barracks barge was built - and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization aboard naval and merchant-type 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 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, individual exposure, or causation. As a non-propelled accommodation craft with no boilers or propulsion machinery, the era-typical machinery-space insulation scope did not apply aboard this hull; any era-consistent products would be accommodation-area materials - all unproven for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-44-apl44-05
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[6]CourtListener API v4 searches via authenticated fleet helper (opinion and docket indexes); McGinley v. Magone Marine Service, Inc., W.D. Wash. docket 2:13-cv-01678 [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-apl-44-apl44-05 through sl-uss-apl-44-apl44-08; McGinley docket, order at entry 20 (2013-12-02)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener authenticated API v4 sweep (2026-09-26): opinions 'APL-44' = 0 results; opinions 'APL-44' + asbestos = 0 results; dockets 'APL-44' = 7 results, all name collisions (patent, civil-rights, bankruptcy, and False Claims Act dockets in which the term does not name the vessel). One non-asbestos docket names the hull's reported commercial successor: McGinley v. Magone Marine Service, Inc., No. 2:13-cv-01678-JLR (W.D. Wash. filed 2013-09-17) - a Jones Act personal-injury suit; ORDER granting defendant's motion to dismiss with attorney's fees entered 2013-12-02. No qualifying asbestos litigation naming APL-44 located.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- dockets indexed through 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- Litigation-stage discipline: the McGinley dismissal is a pleading-stage disposition adverse to that plaintiff, not any finding about the vessel; it is recorded as non-asbestos litigation tied to the reported commercial successor hull and does not bear on Navy-era exposure. Absence of a located docket does not prove no claim was ever filed - many asbestos filings settle or are never digitized. CourtListener coverage is U.S. courts only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-44-apl44-06
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[7]ShipScribe APL-2 class page (NVR-derived construction/disposition rows); NavSource APL-44 page; NavalCoverMuseum APL 44 page; navalmarinearchive.com Willamette Iron & Steel hull list and navalmarinearchive APL table [other_primary]
- Locator
- ShipScribe tables row 44; https://www.navsource.net/archives/09/71/7144.htm ; https://www.navalcovermuseum.org/wiki/APL_44 ; https://navalmarinearchive.com/sbh/shipyards/small/willamette.html
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Disposition-chain discrepancy, resolved in favor of NVR-derived data: (a) strike - ShipScribe/NVR disposition table gives stricken 1961-06-01 after transfer 1960-04-30 to the U.S. Army District Engineer, Memphis; NavSource and NavalCoverMuseum report 'struck 11 November 1992, to be disposed of by Navy sale, sold for commercial service' and a naval-reference yard/production list reports the hull 'Sold 1992.' The consistent reconstruction: the 1992 event is the commercial sale out of Army Corps custody, mislabeled by NavSource as a Naval Register strike - a hull cannot be stricken from a register it left in 1961. (b) Service entry - delivered 1945-06-30 / placed in service 1945-07-28 (NavalCoverMuseum; NavSource 'delivered and placed in service 28 Jul 1945'), vs ShipScribe's in-service column 30 Jun 1945. (c) Keel - 26 Dec 1944 (ShipScribe) vs 29 Dec 1944 (NavSource).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-1992
- Limitations
- The reconciliation (1992 = commercial sale date, not a Navy strike) is an inference harmonizing conflicting secondary sources; no primary strike instrument or Army Corps disposal record was retrieved. Both variants are logged rather than silently adopting either. No asbestos content in any of these sources.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-44-apl44-07
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[8]AKGenWeb Aleutians boat registry (mirroring USCG documentation data: owner Magone Marine Service Inc., Dutch Harbor; builder Willamette Iron & Steel 1945; 3,023 GT; 260.4 ft); Shipindex.org vessel record; shipbuildinghistory.com / navalmarinearchive.com Willamette hull lists (hull 70 = APL-44, 'sold, now Yahveh Jireh') [reputable_press]
- Locator
- akgenweb boats table row YAHVEH JIREH; https://www.shipindex.org/ships/yahveh_jireh ; https://navalmarinearchive.com/sbh/shipyards/small/willamette.html ; https://shipbuildinghistory.njscuba.net/us-comm-small/willamette/
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Reported commercial identity (secondary/registry data): 'Yahveh Jireh,' an industrial vessel of 3,023 gross tons, 260.4 ft, built 1945 by Willamette Iron & Steel, owned by Magone Marine Service Inc., Dutch Harbor, AK - dimensions and builder/year consistent with ex-APL-44; shipyard production lists report hull 70 (APL-44) 'sold, now Yahveh Jireh.' A MARAD-credited photo shows 'Ex-APL-44' moored beside SS Green Mountain State (ACS-9) in an unidentified shipyard.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- ca. 1992-present (unverified)
- Limitations
- Post-Navy commercial identity rests on registry mirrors and secondary shipyard lists, not an official title chain; the USCG documentation record for 'Yahveh Jireh' was not directly retrieved (NMFS/USCG query interface not machine-readable at fetch time). Dimensions, builder, and build year match ex-APL-44, supporting but not proving the identification. No asbestos information in any of these sources.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-44-apl44-08
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[9]Batch-2499 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS index check; NVR site; MARAD ShipHistory ship list; NavSource; ShipScribe; Awards Manual 1953; CourtListener API v4; commercial-registry mirrors [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-apl-44-apl44-01 through sl-uss-apl-44-apl44-10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, materials specification, hazmat disclosure, or docketed asbestos case naming APL-44 (or its reported commercial successor) was found in the public sources searched - DANFS does not cover this unnamed service craft; the live NVR excludes pre-1987 disposals; MARAD ShipHistory has no APL-44 entry; CourtListener sweeps returned zero asbestos results (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 1945 Navy accommodation craft is era-consistent with asbestos-containing building materials, and the hull's survival in commercial service would mean any retained original material persisted into civilian occupancy. 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-44-apl44-09
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[10]NARA Guide to Federal Records: RG 357 (Maritime Administration) description page; NARA Navy logbook guidance (RG 24 Entry 118, Special List #44) [other_primary]
- Locator
- https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/357.html ; https://www.archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy ; https://www.files.archives.gov files sl-44-ship-number.pdf
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - require research-room or reproduction order; no spend authorized): NARA RG 24 (Bureau of Naval Personnel), Entry 118 deck logs 1941+ (NAID 581208) would hold this craft's 1945-47 in-service logs including the Shanghai period, indexed via Special List #44 by ship number; RG 357 (Maritime Administration) holds custody/loan records covering the 1951-60 loan; RG 77 (Office of the Chief of Engineers), Memphis District records would cover 1960+ Army custody and disposal; RG 19 (Bureau of Ships) may hold APL-2 design plans and hull-specific construction records.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-1992 records
- Limitations
- Record-group mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; whether deck logs, custody records, or construction files for this specific hull survive is unknown until surveyed. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-44-apl44-10