Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]Shipscribe (Stephen S. Roberts) 'USS APL-2 Class' register compilation - construction, disposition, and ship notes transcribed from official U.S. Navy register / Ships' Data records [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipscribe.com/usnaux/APL/APL02.html - construction table row 49 (APL-49), disposition table row 49, class notes, ship notes
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Register-compilation data for APL-49: ordered 1944-07-20 (the class notes place this group in the FY 1944 program); built by Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Co. (Seattle, WA); laid down 1944-11-28; launched 1945-05-28; placed in service (the table's commissioning column) 1945-11-15. Ship note: 'In service in reserve by Jan 47. Transferred 1961 to the Commander, Thirteenth Naval District, probably as floating equipment.' Disposition table: struck from the Naval Vessel Register 1963-03-01; transfer/disposal effective 1961-08-18; fate 'Trf.' Class data for the type: standard non-self-propelled 2,000-ton 260-ft Navy covered barges with a two-story barracks superstructure; 1,300 t light / 2,600 t full; 261.2 ft oa x 49.2 ft x 8.5 ft; complement 71 plus 583 troops; original armament 4 x 20mm; no propulsion machinery - designed for long-distance ocean towing with raised bow and large skegs aft; added to the building program by the Auxiliary Vessels Board to serve as floating barracks for mobile repair-force personnel.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-11-28 to 1963-03-01
- Population
- Construction trades (Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Yard 2, Seattle, 1944-1945); APL-49 caretaker/berthing crew; Pacific Reserve Fleet personnel berthed aboard (Tongue Point, by 1947-1961)
- Limitations
- Secondary register compilation transcribing official Navy data - consistent with NavSource-derived class listings and Shipbuilding History, but it is a transcription, not the register itself. 'Probably as floating equipment' is the compiler's hedge on the 1961 13th Naval District transfer. Contains no materials or asbestos information - establishes identity and service chronology only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-49-apl49-01
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[2]Shipbuilding History (T. Colton), 'Lockheed Shipbuilding' yard page - Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging history and 'Built in Yard 2' production table, row: hull 88 APL 49 [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/large/lockheed.htm - 'Built in Yard 2' table, rows 86-90 (APL 47, 48, 49, 50)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Shipbuilding History's Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging / Lockheed yard list documents APL-49 as yard hull number 88, built in the firm's Yard 2 (the West Seattle facility on Block 430, across the West Waterway from Yard 1 on Harbor Island), a U.S. Navy barracks barge of 2,660 deadweight tons, 261 ft, completed 1945. The yard history documents Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging's WWII Navy work from both yards and its 1959 acquisition by Lockheed.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Yard 2 workforce (1944-1945)
- Limitations
- Standard secondary yard-compilation - corroborates builder and yard number independently of Shipscribe; carries no materials or asbestos information. Date column gives only '1945' (delivery year), consistent with the 1945-11-15 in-service date.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-49-apl49-02
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[3]USS LST-762 deck log, 1950-11-03 (NARA-originated scan hosted by NavSource Naval History) - OCR-verified text of the 3 November 1950 entry [other_primary]
- Locator
- navsource.org/archives/10/16/pdf/160762a.pdf, page 1 - entry for 3 November 1950, Pier 8 USNS Tongue Point
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The deck log of USS LST-762 (recommissioning at U.S. Naval Station Tongue Point, Astoria, OR) records for 3 November 1950: 'Moored to Pier 8, USNS, Tongue Point, Astoria, OR. Ships present: APL 49 (SOPA) and various other ships of the Columbia River Group, Pacific Reserve Fleet. ... 1515 - Marched crew to the APL 49 for commissioning exercise. 1530 - Captain J.D. Shaw, USN, Commander of United States Naval Station, Tongue Point, Astoria, OR and the commissioning party of the Naval Station reported aboard the APL 49 for the ceremony.' APL-49 is documented serving as the Senior Officer Present Afloat berthing/administrative craft for the Columbia River Group, Pacific Reserve Fleet, and as the platform hosting LST-762's recommissioning ceremony.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1950-11-03
- Population
- Columbia River Group Pacific Reserve Fleet personnel; LST-762 commissioning party (ceremony aboard APL-49, 1950-11-03)
- Limitations
- Primary ship's log naming this hull in place and role - confirms APL-49 was present and in service at Tongue Point in November 1950 as the reserve group's SOPA craft. It is a location/role record only: it contains no materials, condition, or asbestos information and does not describe who was berthed aboard or for how long.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-49-apl49-03
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[4]Museum of History & Industry (via University of Washington digital collections, item imlsmohai:8730; also DPLA) - 'Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company employees acting as waitresses for the APL 49 launch party, Seattle, May 29, 1945' [museum_official]
- Locator
- UW digital collections CONTENTdm item 8730 (MOHAI collection); DPLA items a0e7bd33... and cce651f7...; NHHC NH-83851 cited as caption source (live NHHC URL now 404)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The Museum of History & Industry (Seattle) holds the Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Company launch-celebration photographs for APL-49, dated 29 May 1945 - employees acting as waitresses and the company's band at the shipyard; handwritten captions read 'A.P.L. 49, P.S.B.& D Co. Employees acting as waitresses, 5-29-45' and 'P.S.B. & D. Co's Band, 5-29-45'. The MOHAI catalog records NHHC photograph NH-83851 as caption-information source.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1945-05
- Population
- Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging workforce (launch celebration, 1945-05-29)
- Limitations
- Museum artifact record independently corroborating builder, yard, and launch timeframe; the launch party date (1945-05-29) is one day after the register launch date (1945-05-28) - consistent. Photograph metadata contains no materials or asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-49-apl49-04
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[5]Library of Congress, Veterans History Project - Dale Lauren Conolly Collection, AFC/2001/001/27405 (unit of service: USS Wyoming; USS Alabama; USS Hudson; USS St. Mary's; USS APL 49; USS Piedmont) [other_primary]
- Locator
- loc.gov item record, service_history.unit_of_service field (JSON API verified)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The Library of Congress Veterans History Project holds the Dale Lauren Conolly Collection (AFC/2001/001/27405, interview recorded 2005-06-22): Conolly, a U.S. Navy Ship's Service Man Second Class (service dates 1941-1946, Pacific and Atlantic theaters), lists 'USS APL 49' among his service units. A named veteran's documented service aboard this hull within its 1945-1946 active window.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1945-11 to 1946 (Conolly window); record accessioned 2005-06-22
- Population
- APL-49 service crew (1945-1946 active window)
- Limitations
- Veteran-collection metadata documenting service-unit assignment, not a statement about conditions aboard; the collection's interview content was not transcribed for exposure detail. It establishes that the craft carried an embarked crew - population relevance only; contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-49-apl49-05
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[6]GAO HRD-80-2, 'Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure' (published 1979-10-18), including the embedded Navy Department letter [gao]
- Locator
- GAO HRD-80-2 transmittal letter and Navy response attachment; product page gao.gov/products/hrd-80-2
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO's review of Navy asbestos practice reproduces the Navy's own statement that each Navy ship has several types of asbestos-containing materials installed; that thermal insulation for machinery, equipment, and piping systems was the major application; and that asbestos also appears in electrical cabling, ship deck coverings, and resistor bodies in electronic equipment - the cabling and deck-covering applications being the categories relevant to a non-propelled accommodation craft of this era.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1979 review describing accumulated mid-century practice
- Population
- Navy crews and shipyard workers fleetwide (program context)
- Limitations
- Program-level retrospective on the postwar fleet (fieldwork: Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards); names neither this hull nor the APL type and establishes era/institutional practice only, not hull content. gao.gov has historically returned HTTP 403 to automated fetches - the product-page description was used, per the standing batch-01 defect. Aboard this non-propelled barge the dominant thermal-insulation category applies at most to heating/hot-water plumbing; electrical-cabling and deck-covering applications are the relevant residual set.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-49-apl49-06
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[7]National Archives and Records Administration, 'Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961' - guided research topic [other_primary]
- Locator
- archives.gov guided-topics page - RG 19 Entries A1 1266-A..N, UD 1001-1015, UD 1017 series; QM shipyard filing guidance; specification-file guidance
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's official research guide 'Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961' states that asbestos use in U.S. Navy materiel 1941-1961 is a frequently requested, documented research topic, and maps the record path: Record Group 19 (Bureau of Ships) general and confidential correspondence 1940-1961 is arranged by hull designation (this craft: 'APL49', with class correspondence under the APL type codes) and by shipyard under the 'QM' private-contractor designation (QM/Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging) - those files carry BuShips-to-yard correspondence on construction content; RG 24 deck logs cover the craft's Tongue Point reserve-service period. Specification files for components are a further avenue.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-1963 (records); mapping 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- Holdings mapped at record-group/filing-code level only - no box-level retrieval performed (research-room access / paid reproduction not authorized). Hull-specific APL49 files and QM/Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging yard correspondence are probable but unconfirmed - a lead, not a located record. Nothing retrieved establishes any material content aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-49-apl49-07
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[8]CourtListener API v4 search (authenticated via cl-auth-search.py), opinion and RECAP docket indexes - this record's search ledger [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-apl-49-apl49-08 through sl-uss-apl-49-apl49-09; docket hits /docket/10563002/ and /docket/10360126/
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener authenticated searches (cl-auth-search.py, 2026-09-26): opinion search '"APL-49"' returned zero; opinion search '"APL 49"' returned zero; docket-index search '"APL-49"' (type=r) returned 9 hits, all name collisions - the two on-point candidates, 'Summit Design Svc v. APL-49 Barge' (E.D. La. 2:97-cv-02189, filed 1997-07-11) and 'Boland Marine & Mfg v. Barge APL-49' (E.D. La. 2:97-cv-01918, filed 1997-06-19), are in rem marine-contract actions (Nature of Suit 120) against a commercial American President Lines barge numbered APL-49, not the Navy barracks craft stricken in 1963; remaining hits are token collisions (APL Cargo, Apple filings, an unrelated criminal case). Docket search '"APL 49" asbestos' returned zero. No qualifying asbestos litigation naming USS APL-49 was located.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- RECAP-indexed text only; an obscure hull-designated service craft under-covers filings that omit hull numbers, and asbestos litigation more often names shipbuilders/operators than hulls. The two E.D. Louisiana 'Barge APL-49' dockets are classified down as name collisions (commercial barge, contract actions, no asbestos allegation) - if either res were ever shown to be the ex-Navy hull the classification would need revisiting, but nothing in the dockets suggests that. Absence of a docketed case does not establish absence of exposure; no exposure finding made.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-49-apl49-08
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[9]Batch-2504 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS scope check; Shipscribe register compilation; Shipbuilding History yard list; NavSource vessel page and deck-log archive; MOHAI/UW/DPLA; Library of Congress; Naval Vessel Register; NARA guided topics; web-index sweeps [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-apl-49-apl49-01 through sl-uss-apl-49-apl49-12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, museum condition report, or other ship-specific materials record naming APL-49 was found in the public sources searched this session (see search_ledger). The NavSource vessel page - the standard photo/history archive for this hull type - was unreachable (HTTP 500 across repeated attempts on 2026-09-26), so its captions could not be reviewed; the page exists in the NavSource index and should be re-checked.
- 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 is not proof of absence aboard - a 1945-built Navy accommodation craft carries era-typical asbestos likelihood, and this hull received no documented materials survey. The NavSource outage leaves the photo-archive captions unreviewed; the negative finding should be re-checked when the site recovers. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-49-apl49-09