Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet ad-packet.md (2 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-barnett-apa5-pkt-ad-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, 'Barnett II (AP-11)' (Timothy L. Francis, dated 2006-03-07; NHHC publication date 2019-09-03) - live NHHC URL 404s as of 2026-09-25; text verified via Wayback capture 20251209090842 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC DANFS > B > 'Barnett II (AP-11)' full entry incl. spec header; sister identity cross-checked vs DANFS 'McCawley II (AP-10)' Wayback capture 20251209090836
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official entry documents: Santa Maria built 1928 at Haverton Hill-on-Tees, England, by Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., a steel-hulled twin-screw passenger/cargo ship for Grace Steamship Co.; renamed Barnett and designated AP-11 1940-07-29; purchased 1940-08-09; converted at Hoboken, N.J., by Todd-Shipyards Corp.; commissioned New York Navy Yard 1940-09-25 (Capt. Lyell S. Pamperin). Spec header: dp. 9,750; l. 486'6"; b. 63'9"; dr. 25'4" (lim.); s. 15 k.; cpl. 491; trp. 1,295; a. 1 5", 4 3", 8 .50-cal.; cl. McCawley. Documented yard periods: Norfolk overhaul late 1940-12 to 1941-04-03; Norfolk Navy Yard repairs 1941-12-07/19; Robins Drydock Brooklyn 1942-03; San Francisco navy yard engine repairs 1942-06; San Diego engine overhaul 1942-12-24 into 1943; Norfolk Navy Yard 1943-03-10 + four weeks interior alterations; Algiers bomb-damage bow repairs 1943-07; Norfolk navy yard drydock overhaul 1944-01/02; Norfolk five-week overhaul 1944-11/12; Seattle repairs 1945-05; San Diego voyage repairs 1945-08; Boston Naval Shipyard arrival 1946-01-28 for deactivation. WWII operations: Guadalcanal-Tulagi 1942-08-07/09 (carried 1,360 Lexington survivors to San Diego 1942-05/06, the voyage on which Tribune correspondent Stanley Johnston traveled); Guadalcanal reinforcement runs 1942-11; Sicily Husky 1943-07-10/11 (bomb near-miss 1943-07-11, 7 soldiers killed, 35 wounded, fire in upper/lower 'tween decks); Salerno Avalanche 1943-09; Normandy Utah Beach 1944-06-06; Southern France Dragoon 1944-08/09; Okinawa Iceberg 1945-04-01/09; Magic Carpet to 1946-01-09. Decommissioned Boston 1946-04-30; struck 1946-05-21; WSA 1946-07-03; sold to Achille Lauro Ltd. 1948-04-13. Seven battle stars. Sister ship Santa Barbara became McCawley (AP-10/APA-4), sunk 1943-06-30 (DANFS 'McCawley II (AP-10)' entry).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1928-1966
- Population
- Ship's complement (491 per DANFS header) plus embarked troops (trp. 1,295); yard workers during documented availabilities
- Limitations
- Official Navy history; contains no asbestos, insulation, or materials information. Entry describes Santa Maria as a 'steamship' though the hull was diesel-powered per NavSource and period trade sources - machinery-type wording logged as discrepancy. Does not establish any exposure condition aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-barnett-apa5-01
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[3]U.S. Maritime Administration, Vessel History Database - BARNETT (AP-11/APA-5), ShipHistory Detail 407 [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- ShipHistory Detail 407 - vessel particulars, name history, milestones, status-card scans, document Barnett_407_001.pdf
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- MARAD record: year built 1928; shipyard Furness Shipbuilding Company; U.S. Official Number 227495; type Naval Auxiliary / APA Attack Transport; length 465 ft, beam 63.75 ft; 7,712 gross / 3,380 net tons. Vessel name history: Santa Maria (1928-1940); Barnett (APA-5) (1940-1948, 'sold for foreign operation'); Surriento (1948-1966). Milestones: Disposition 1948-02-25 and Withdrawal 1948-04-13 - matching the documented sale to Achille Lauro interests and withdrawal from the James River reserve fleet. Attached scans include a USCG merchant-vessel index card ('BARNETT NSP- 1942', image-only).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1928-1966
- Limitations
- Custody/milestone and dimensional data only - no materials, insulation, or asbestos fields. Status-card and card scans are image-only without a text layer; contents not OCR-verified. MARAD 'Fate' field reads 'Sold - U.S. Operation' while name history says sold for foreign operation - reconciled via NavSource sale detail (M.S. Surrimento S.p.A./Achille Lauro) and Italian reflagging.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-barnett-apa5-02
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[4]DANFS earlier printing, 'Barnett (AP-11)' (hazegray transcription) vs modern NHHC entry, NavSource, and MARAD - discrepancy reconciliation [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- hazegray.org/danfs/auxil/ap11.htm; modern DANFS Wayback capture; navsource.net/archives/10/03/03005.htm spec block; vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/407
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Corrections reconciled in favor of the modern DANFS entry and MARAD: (a) the earlier printing/transcription garbles disposal dates as 'decommissioned 21 May 1948... transferred to the Maritime Commission 3 July 1948' - the correct dates are decommissioned 1946-04-30 (Boston), struck 1946-05-21, transferred to WSA 1946-07-03 (NavSource + NHC photo-library narrative + MARAD timeline all corroborate 1946); (b) acquisition date 1940-08-09 per modern DANFS vs '11 August' in the earlier printing and secondary compilations; (c) modern DANFS 'steamship' wording vs documented Sulzer diesel machinery (NavSource spec block: two Busch-Sulzer diesels, 8,000 shp; trade sources: two 8-cyl 2-stroke Sulzer ~4,000 hp each; period trade sources also describe Santa Maria/Santa Barbara as the first large U.S.-flag motor passenger ships); (d) decommission site Boston (modern DANFS) vs Newport, R.I. (NHC photo page and NavSource); (e) post-sale name 'Surriento' per MARAD name history vs NavSource's 'SS Achille Lauro I'; (f) complement 491 vs NavSource's 41+437=478; troop capacity trp. 1,295 vs NavSource 99+1,392=1,491.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1940-1966
- Limitations
- Correction row: records discrepancies between DANFS printings, NavSource, and MARAD so downstream readers do not propagate 1948 disposal dates, the 'steamship' wording, or merged complement figures. Bears on identity/history only - no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-barnett-apa5-03
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[5]U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, VA News '#VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Willard Henry Stauffer' (2020-09-11) [other_primary]
- Locator
- news.va.gov Veteran of the Day feature, published 2020-09-11
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official VA profile documents that a motor machinist's mate first class (Willard H. Stauffer, 156C7 company) served aboard USS Barnett (APA-5) in 1945, including the Ulithi staging and 1 April 1945 Okinawa landing, and that the ship 'deactivated' days after his 1946-03-04 discharge - corroborating machinery-crew population and the 1945-46 timeline.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- Engine-room/machinery ratings aboard APA-5, 1945
- Limitations
- Personnel-profile source; contains no asbestos, materials, or exposure information. Documents a machinery-space rating aboard the hull only - not any exposure condition.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-barnett-apa5-04
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[6]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
- Journal article DOI landing page
- 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 period covering this hull's 1940 Navy conversion at Todd-Shipyards, Hoboken, and her wartime availabilities at Norfolk Navy Yard, the San Francisco navy yard (1942-06), and other repair facilities.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1940-1945
- Population
- WWII-era shipyard workers and ship crews (program context)
- Limitations
- Program-level scholarship; does not name this hull, the McCawley class, or the specific yards' work packages for her. The hull's original construction was 1928 England, outside the U.S. WWII program window; conversion and availabilities are in-window. Supports era context only - not evidence that asbestos was installed aboard this hull, and establishes nothing about quantities, locations, or present-day material.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-barnett-apa5-05
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[7]GAO, 'Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure,' HRD-80-2 (1979-10-18) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented the Navy's asbestos-protection program and insulation-removal policies with fieldwork at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards - Norfolk being a yard Barnett used repeatedly in 1941-1944, though decades before the report's 1970s policy window. Program-level context for Navy-yard availabilities on hulls of her era.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1979 (report); covers policies 1975-1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers (program level)
- Limitations
- Program-level report postdating the ship's entire Navy career (1940-1946); fieldwork describes 1970s conditions, not her wartime availabilities. gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches - product-page description used; full text not retrieved this pass. Establishes nothing about this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-barnett-apa5-06
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[8]CourtListener API v4 searches run 2026-09-25 via fleet-authenticated helper: 'USS Barnett' opinion (1 hit); 'USS Barnett' asbestos (0); 'aboard the Barnett' (0); 'Barnett' 'attack transport' (0); 'Surriento' asbestos OR ship (0); 'Barnett' 'APA-5' (70 hits); 'Barnett' 'AP-11' (5 hits); 'Barnett' asbestos mesothelioma navy ship (7 hits); 'USS Barnett' RECAP docket (1 hit) [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener search results; Carlson opinion text check (opinion id 7231826) confirms incidental ship mention only
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull was located. Classifications: (1) Carlson v. United States, 109 F. Supp. 3d 1025 (N.D. Ill. 2015), No. 14 C 9244 - FOIA action by a naval historian for WWII grand-jury records (the Chicago Tribune/Stanley Johnston Midway-leak investigation); Barnett appears only incidentally as the ship Johnston traveled aboard in June 1942 - OTHER LITIGATION, non-asbestos. (2) 'Barnett' + 'APA-5' (70 hits) and 'Barnett' + 'AP-11' (5 hits) - all NAME COLLISIONS: Judge Mark A. Barnett of the U.S. Court of International Trade, Administrative Procedure Act 'APA' citations, and unrelated criminal/civil parties. (3) 'Barnett' asbestos mesothelioma navy ship (7 hits) - surname/case-citation collisions (e.g., Poage v. Crane cites Barnett v. La Societe Anonyme Turbomeca France); no hull reference. RECAP docket index returns only the Carlson docket.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- opinions span 1940-2026; search date 2026-09-25
- Limitations
- Opinion-index and RECAP coverage only; Fleet-rate pacing intermittently throttled queries (logged in search_ledger). A case filing that alleges exposure aboard would be a pleading allegation, not a finding, per batch litigation-stage rules - and none was located at any stage. Search-stage classification, not an adjudicated result.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-barnett-apa5-07
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[9]Batch-2345 search ledger (this record): modern DANFS via Wayback; hazegray earlier-printing DANFS; ibiblio/HyperWar NHC Online Library photo entry; MARAD ShipHistory Detail 407 + card scans; NavSource APA archive; CourtListener name/hull/asbestos sweeps; NVR; NARA Catalog; VA BVA indexed check [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-barnett-apa5-01 through sl-uss-barnett-apa5-13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed asbestos case naming USS Barnett (AP-11/APA-5) or her merchant identities Santa Maria/Surriento was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 2026-09-25
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1928 passenger liner converted at a 1940 Navy-contract yard and repeatedly overhauled through 1946 is era-consistent with retained asbestos-containing materials, but nothing ship-specific was located. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-barnett-apa5-08
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[10]NARA Guide to Federal Records: RG 24 (Navy deck logs), RG 19 (Bureau of Ships), RG 181 (naval districts and shore establishments); plus image-only MARAD card scans [other_primary]
- Locator
- archives.gov record-group guide pages (024, 019, 181); MARAD Detail 407 card scans
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - require research-room or reproduction order; no spend authorized): NARA RG 24 deck logs for AP-11/APA-5 covering 1940-1946 service; RG 19 Bureau of Ships conversion plans/specifications and work packages for the 1940 Todd Hoboken conversion and wartime alterations (1941-12, 1943-03, 1944-01, 1944-11 availabilities); RG 181 district/yard records for Norfolk Navy Yard, New York Navy Yard, the 1942-06 San Francisco navy yard repairs, and Boston Naval Shipyard 1946 deactivation; five image-only MARAD status-card scans (407_759AF/759AB/AF + two) not OCR'd.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1940-1948 records
- Limitations
- Record-group mapping only - not evidence about this hull. NARA Catalog did not return machine-readable results this pass; digitization status of the AP-11/APA-5 deck logs is unverified; no box-level retrieval performed. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-barnett-apa5-09