Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet at-packet.md (4 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-apl-57-apl57-pkt-at-packet-md
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[2]ShipScribe, 'USS APL-2 Class' construction and status tables + fate notes (secondary compilation of official Navy data); corroborated by NavSource APL-57 page (navsource.net 09/71/7157) and Naval Vessel Register 'Non Active' listing (Wayback capture of nvr.navy.mil, 2016) [other_primary]
- Locator
- ShipScribe APL02.html construction table row 57 + fate-note row 57; NavSource page 7157; Wayback NVR Quickfind 'SHIPSDETAIL_INACTIVE_N' capture 2016-09-27
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- APL-57, unnamed non-self-propelled barracks barge of the APL-2 design class: ordered 1944-08-31; laid down 1945-01-08 at Nashville Bridge Co., Nashville, TN; launched 1945-02-12; completed 1945-05-19; delivered and placed in service 1945-06-01. ShipScribe fate note: 'Out of service in reserve by Jan 47. To NDRF 19 Aug 91, title not transferred, withdrawn for delivery to DRMS buyer 30 Oct 01. Sold 2001 by DRMS for further use/conversion.' Stricken from the Naval Vessel Register 1993-10-26; NVR 'Non Active' listing records disposal 2001-09-28 'sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) by Exchange/Sale for reuse/conversion.' USNI Proceedings status-change tables (June 1992; May 1994) corroborate the MARAD James River lay-up transfer and the stricken entry.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-2001
- Limitations
- Dates derive from secondary reference compilations (ShipScribe, NavSource) of official records - no DANFS entry exists for this unnamed service craft and no digitized primary contract/delivery document was located. The 1991-2001 disposition chain is corroborated by primary material (MARAD status card; archived NVR listing). Does not establish any asbestos fact.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-57-apl57-01
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[3]U.S. Maritime Administration, Vessel History Database - 'APL-57' (Detail 286), including digitized MARAD status cards 286_RS542AF.jpg (Form MA-383 Reserve Fleet - Ship Particulars) and 286_RS542AB.jpg (card reverse bearing a Jane's-derived class clipping) [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov Detail 286 - Milestones tab + Status Cards tab (cards downloaded and read 2026-09-26)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The MARAD status card (Form MA-383, Rev. 7-83) records: name APL-57; fleet James River Reserve Fleet; entered 08-19-91; date built 1945; service prior to lay-up 'NAVY'; title 'NAVY'; handwritten other-data note 'CINCLANFLT asset' (Atlantic Fleet custody at lay-up); withdrawn field blank on card - database milestones record withdrawal 10/30/2001 'WITHDRAWN FROM PROGRAM V' and acquisition/entry 8/19/1991 with description 'Barracks barge; 1300 LS.' Card reverse carries a class clipping listing '17 APL barracks craft' (APL-57 circled) with a photo of sister APL-45 and remarks: 'Built 1944-45. All active. 2,600 tons (fl), 79.6 x 15.0 x 2.6. Can accommodate 6 officers and 680 men. Have 300-kw generator capacity.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1991-2001
- Limitations
- Primary federal record for the reserve-fleet period only; card fields for builder, hull number, draft, and damages are blank. The class clipping is generic to the surviving APL group (photo is APL-45, not APL-57) and its metric dimensions (79.6 x 15.0 x 2.6 m) were misconverted to '16.40 ft' beam in the database - see correction row. Contains no asbestos or insulation-material statement; establishes custody chain, not hull materials or exposure conditions.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-57-apl57-02
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[4]MARAD Vessel History Database characteristics block for APL-57 ('Shipyard: Tampa Shipbuilding Company'; 'Beam: 16.40 feet') vs. ShipScribe construction table, NavSource APL-57 page, and Naval Marine Archive APL table (all: Nashville Bridge Co.; ~49 ft beam) [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- MARAD Detail 286 characteristics block; ShipScribe APL02.html construction table rows 54-58
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The MARAD database characteristics block for APL-57 contains two data-entry errors relative to every other source: it lists builder 'Tampa Shipbuilding Company' - the status card's builder field is blank, and ShipScribe's contract table shows Tampa Shipbuilding built sisters APL-54/55/56 (ordered 1944-07-26) while APL-57 and APL-58 were the Nashville Bridge contract (ordered 1944-08-31) - and it lists beam '16.40 feet,' a misread of metric-derived figures (Jane's clipping on the card gives 15.0 m beam, ~49 ft; NavSource lists 49 ft). Correct reading: builder Nashville Bridge Company, Nashville, TN; beam approximately 49 ft.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- Correction applies to the MARAD database's transcribed characteristics block, not to the underlying status card (which leaves builder blank). The Tampa/Nashville conflation is inferred from the contract table, not from a MARAD erratum. This row asserts nothing about asbestos.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-57-apl57-03
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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); ShipScribe APL-2 class notes (design description) [other_primary]
- Locator
- AJIM 11(3):359-373 abstract/article; ShipScribe APL02.html 'Class Notes' (design description)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Peer-reviewed scholarship documents that asbestos was used extensively as a fireproofing and insulating material in U.S. shipbuilding during WWII and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization in ship construction - the era and program under which this Navy-standard 260-foot covered-barge hull with a two-story barracks superstructure was built (ordered 1944, completed 1945). For a non-self-propelled accommodation craft of this design, era-typical asbestos applications would be accommodation insulation and asbestos-board panels, deck coverings, and gaskets/packing around auxiliary diesel-generator machinery rather than propulsion-plant insulation.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-1947 (era documented); article 1987
- Population
- Nashville Bridge construction workers (1945); Navy personnel berthed aboard during active service (1945-47) - populations, not documented exposures
- Limitations
- Program/era-level scholarship and class design description only - neither source names this craft or its material list, and no BuShips specification or plan for APL-57 was retrieved. Asbestos presence aboard this hull is era inference, not ship-proven; a 1945 booklet of general plans exists in private hands (see archival_lead row) and is the strongest unretrieved hull-level lead. Does not establish quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-57-apl57-04
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[6]CourtListener API v4 searches, 2026-09-26, via authenticated fleet helper: opinion search "APL-57" (1 hit), opinion search "APL 57" (1 hit), docket search "APL-57" (3 hits) [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-apl-57-apl57-07 through sl-uss-apl-57-apl57-09
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation naming APL-57 was located. All hits are name collisions with corporate entities, not the craft: the opinion hit (both queries) is Mayer v. Chesapeake Ins. Co., 698 F. Supp. 52 (S.D.N.Y. 1988), naming defendant 'APL Corporation' (American President Lines affiliate); the three docket hits are APL Maritime Ltd./APL Marine Services/American President Lines party names (e.g., American President Lines v. Matson, D.D.C. 1:21-cv-02040; Martines Fruits & Vegetables v. American President Lines, S.D.N.Y. 1:07-cv-07082). None is an asbestos case and none concerns the naval craft.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- CourtListener coverage is not the full litigation record; PACER, state-court, and MDL-875 pleading-level text were not exhaustively searchable by hull number alone, and unnamed service craft are rarely named in complaints in any event. Absence of an indexed hit does not prove no claim was ever asserted; it establishes that no qualifying opinion or docket naming the craft was located.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-57-apl57-05
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[7]Batch-2511 search ledger (this record): MARAD Vessel History + status cards; NVR 'Non Active' listing (Wayback); ShipScribe APL-2 class page; NavSource APL-57 page; Naval Marine Archive APL table; USNI Proceedings status-change tabulations; NHHC/DANFS index; CourtListener opinion and docket sweeps [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-apl-57-apl57-01 through sl-uss-apl-57-apl57-11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, museum record, or docketed case naming APL-57 was found in the public sources searched. No DANFS entry exists - unnamed service craft are not covered, and NavSource explicitly notes no DANFS history is available for APL-57. The MARAD status cards and database record contain no asbestos or insulation-material statement.
- 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-standard hull is consistent with era-typical asbestos materials. Does not establish that asbestos is or is not present; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-57-apl57-06
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[8]Worthpoint auction archive listing: 'USS APL-57 booklet of general plans US Navy Barracks ship 1945' - one set of 8 plans dated 1945-05-23, ~11 x 42 in. (listing observed via search; artifact not retrieved). Additional leads not retrieved: NARA RG 19 (Bureau of Ships) APL design/specification files and Nashville Bridge contract records; MARAD NDRF custodial records for James River 1991-2001; USCG vessel documentation file for ON 1130965 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Worthpoint archived listing observed in search results, 2026-09-26
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival lead (not retrieved - commercial artifact, no spend authorized): a ship-specific booklet of general plans for APL-57 dated 1945-05-23 exists in private hands per a Worthpoint archive listing; such plan booklets commonly carry material and finish schedules for the accommodation superstructure and are the strongest known hull-level lead for any insulation/material statement. NARA RG 19 (BuShips) holds APL-class design files and builder contract records; MARAD holds NDRF custodial records for the 1991-2001 James River custody; USCG holds the documentation file for civilian registration ON 1130965.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- Unverified lead: the plans' contents are unknown and their current ownership/location is not established; a marketplace listing is not an archival finding aid. No spend authorized; nothing retrieved. Asserts no asbestos fact.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-57-apl57-07
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[9]NavSource Naval History, APL-57 page (Service Ship Photo Archive) - post-disposal registration note and February 2016 Shellpile, NJ work-barge photograph [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource page 7157, final-disposition line + image caption
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Post-Navy fate as reported by NavSource: 'Registered as civilian barge APL-57 (ON 1130965), owned by T&M Barge Co., Milford, DE. Final disposition, documentation expired 2008; in use as a work barge in southern New Jersey.' A contributed photograph shows ex-APL-57 in use as a work barge at Shellpile, NJ, February 2016.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2001-2016
- Limitations
- Single-source secondary compilation; the USCG documentation database (PSIX) could not be queried by automated fetch, so Official Number 1130965 registration details and the 2008 documentation expiration are unverified against the federal record. Establishes reported reuse only - continued existence of the hull as a work platform; asserts nothing about materials aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-apl-57-apl57-08