Evidence
13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).
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[1]research packet ae-packet.md (10 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-barnstable-apa93-pkt-ae-packet-md
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[2]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 3 (NAVSHIPS 250-012, 15 Apr 1945), auxiliaries - transports, attack (APA) tables, per-hull entry 13 for BARNSTABLE APA-93 (shipscribe.com scan of the official BuShips publication) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v3 APA tables printed pp. 222-227 (PDF pp. ~240-245): dimensions row (p.222), personnel row incl. flag-accommodation footnote (p.223), machinery row (p.224), armament/cargo row (p.226), construction row (p.227); alphabetical index lists 'Barnstable (ex-Sea Snapper, ex-M.C. Hull 282) APA93'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official BuShips Ships' Data 1945 Vol. 3 carries a per-hull row for BARNSTABLE APA-93 (ex-Sea Snapper, ex-M.C. Hull 282): 492'0" overall / 465'0" waterline; beam 69'6"; trial speed 18.4 knots at trial displacement 11,760 tons; limiting displacement 16,100 tons; tons per inch immersion 58; limiting draft 26'6"; total accommodations 41 officers + 437 enlisted; troop capacity 91 officers + 1,420 enlisted; flag accommodations 43 officers + 108 enlisted carrying the footnote 'not designated squadron flag but such accommodations authorized' (i.e., NOT a relief-AGC/flagship-fitted hull); largest boom 30 t; machinery 1 G.E. turbine, 8,500 shp, 1 propeller, 2 Combustion Engineering 'D'-type boilers at 465 psi / 765F; armament 2 x 5"/38 cal (D.P.) + 4 twin 40mm; cargo 180,500 cu ft non-refrigerated, 7,600 t total / 4,500 t cargo deadweight; builder listed 'Western Pipe & Steel Co., San Francisco, Calif.'; acquired 30 Oct 1943; year built 1944; date of first commission 30 Oct 1943.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1945
- Limitations
- Authoritative wartime BuShips publication naming this hull - confirms identity, machinery plant, manning, armament, and key dates. Contains no materials, insulation, or asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim. Its builder-city entry ('San Francisco') conflicts with DANFS's explicit 'Los Angeles, Calif.' launch-city statement - see ev-06. The 40mm figure is the ultimate authorized fit; the shipscribe class table records APA-92/93 in the '2-5"/38 2-40mmT 18-20mm' actual-fit group.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-barnstable-apa93-01
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[3]DANFS, 'USS Barnstable (APA-93)' entry, Naval History Division / Office of the Chief of Naval Operations - verbatim transcription via HyperWar/ibiblio mirror (live NHHC URL returns 404 for all slug variants; no Wayback capture located on 2026-09-25 - standing NHHC link rot, cf. BATCH-01) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry body text + spec block (ibiblio HyperWar transcription)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC records: Barnstable (APA-93) launched 5 Aug 1943 by Western Pipe and Steel Co., Los Angeles, Calif., under Maritime Commission contract as Sea Snapper, sponsored by Miss Jean Watts; acquired on loan charter by the Navy 30 Oct 1943 and commissioned the same day (reduced/ferry commission per NavSource); placed out of commission 3 Nov 1943 and outfitted as an APA by Commercial Iron Works, Portland, Oreg.; recommissioned 22 May 1944, Capt. T. M. Stokes in command. Pearl Harbor 30 Jul 1944, joined Transport Division 32; Guadalcanal landing exercises 24 Aug-8 Sep; Peleliu 15-21 Sep; occupation of Ulithi Atoll 23-25 Sep 1944; Manus staging; Leyte Gulf 20 Oct 1944, assault waves and unloading, departed 21st; reinforcement landings at Leyte 19-29 Nov; Lingayen Gulf landings 9-10 Jan 1945; Philippines reinforcement runs; initial Okinawa landings 1-5 Apr 1945; returned to west coast (DANFS prints 'April 1946' - internal typo for 1945, since the entry continues to the Oct 1945 occupation of Japan); repairs, then Manila and New Guinea logistic runs; occupation of Japan 12-26 Oct 1945 with two Philippine-to-Japan troop lifts; returned to California 17 Nov 1945; west-coast operations to Jan 1946; east coast Feb 1946 for pre-inactivation overhaul; decommissioned 25 Mar 1946 and returned to the Maritime Commission the following day; four battle stars. Spec block: dp. 8,591; l. 492'; b. 69'6"; dr. 26'6"; s. 18.4 k.; cpl. 478; a. 2 5"; cl. Alpine.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Limitations
- Primary Navy historical entry - authoritative for service history and dates. Contains no asbestos or materials information; supports no asbestos claim. Live NHHC page 404s; the mirror is a verbatim transcription (Patrick Clancey, HyperWar). DANFS's 'cl. Alpine' spec-block tag reflects its own grouping convention - the class is Bayfield per shipscribe/NavSource. 'April 1946' west-coast return is a DANFS internal inconsistency (context = April 1945).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-barnstable-apa93-02
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[4]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive - USS Barnstable (APA-93), file 10/03/03093 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 03093.htm - specifications block, campaign table, occupation-service line, commanding-officer table, merchant-service and disposal entries, photo captions (RG-19-LCM 19-N-87724, 19-N-87730; NH 78545)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline corroborates and extends DANFS: Bayfield-class attack transport, MC type C3-S-A2, MC hull 282; laid down 6 May 1943 as SS Sea Snapper at Western Pipe and Steel Co., Los Angeles CA; launched 5 Aug 1943; acquired 30 Oct 1943; reduced commission 30 Oct 1943 for transit to Portland OR, CDR Roger E. Perry USN (Ferry Crew #1); decommissioned 3 Nov 1943 at Commercial Iron Works, Portland OR for APA fit-out; full commission 22 May 1944 CAPT Thomas Murray Stokes; wartime assignment TransRon Sixteen (COMO J.B. McGovern) / TransDiv Forty-Seven (CAPT C.L. Hutton); campaigns - southern Palau Islands 6 Sep-14 Oct 1944, Leyte 13-21 Oct and 10-29 Nov 1944, Lingayen Gulf 9-12 Jan 1945, Okinawa Gunto 1-5 Apr 1945; Far East occupation service 12-26 Oct 1945; decommissioned 25 Mar 1946; returned to WSA 26 Mar 1946 for lay-up NDRF James River Group, Lee Hall VA; struck 12 Apr 1946; four battle stars. Merchant chain per NavSource: withdrawn from reserve fleet 2 Oct 1946 by Moran Towing to New York; custody to Blair Syd & Arthur G. Blair, Yonkers NY, 5 Oct 1946 under GAA; to Todd Ship Building, Hoboken NJ, 12 Feb 1947 for merchant conversion under GAA; sold 18 Apr 1947 to Isthmian Steamship Co. and renamed Steel Fabricator; sold 1970 renamed Reliance Dynasty; sold 30 Dec 1970 to Valor Navigation Co. (Panama flag) renamed Grand Valor; scrapped 1974. CO table: Perry (ferry, 30 Oct-3 Nov 1943); Stokes (22 May-1 Aug 1944); Walsh (1 Aug 1944-10 Apr 1945); Roane (10 Apr 1945-24 Mar 1946). NHHC photo NH 78545 documents her single Magic Carpet arrival at San Francisco 17 Nov 1945. Spec block (NavSource): 8,591 t lt / 16,100 t fl; 492' x 69'6" x 24' limiting draft; 18.4 kt; complement 99 officers + 593 enlisted; flag 43 + 108; troops 80 officers + 1,475 enlisted; boom 30 t; cargo 4,700 t / 200,000 cu ft non-refrig; armament 2 x 5"/38 DP, 4 twin 40mm, 18 x 20mm; fuel NSFO 8,510 bbls + diesel 750 bbls; propulsion 1 G.E. geared turbine, 2 Combustion Engineering D-type boilers 465 psi/765F, double G.E. reduction gears, 3 x 300kW turbo-drive generators, 8,500 shp single propeller.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1943-1974
- Limitations
- Specialist secondary compilation - detailed but non-official; consistent with DANFS except complement (99+593 and troop 80+1,475 conflict with SDB's 41+437 / 91+1,420 and DANFS 'cpl. 478'), draft (24' vs SDB 26'6"), cargo (200,000 cu ft vs SDB 180,500), and TransDiv 47 (vs DANFS TransDiv 32). Contains no asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-barnstable-apa93-03
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[5]U.S. Maritime Administration, ShipHistory database - SEA SNAPPER (ex-USS Barnstable, APA-93), Ship History Detail 4485, including digitized vessel status card scan (SEA SNAPPER.pdf; companion BARNSTABLE.pdf is a 'See SEA SNAPPER' cross-reference card) [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- MARAD ShipHistory Detail 4485 - registry fields, Milestones table (Entry/Acquisition 3-26-46), and status-card scan SEA SNAPPER.pdf page 1 (custody table)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD ShipHistory registry for this hull (under merchant name Sea Snapper): Year Built 1943; Official Number 251781; Shipyard 'Western Pipe and Steel Company'; gross 7,800 t / net 4,600 t; length 492 ft, beam 69.6 ft; milestones Entry + Acquisition 3/26/1946; Fate 'Sold - Scrap'. The digitized status card (SEA SNAPPER, ex Barnstable) records the custody chain: Navy Department redelivered to War Shipping Administration 1:00 p.m. EST 3-26-46 at Lee Hall, Va. ('Surplus'); WSA to Laid Up Fleet same entry ('Lay Up'); Arthur G. Blair, Inc. redelivered to U.S. Maritime Commission 11 a.m. EST 2-12-47 at Yonkers, N.Y. ('Custody'); U.S.M.C. to Isthmian SS Co. ('G.A.A.'); Isthmian SS Co. back to U.S.M.C. ('G.A.A.'); U.S.M.C. to Todd Shipbldg. Corp. ('Reconv.') - all dated 2-12-47 at Yonkers.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1943-1947
- Limitations
- Authoritative MARAD registry plus digitized original status card - the strongest source for the post-Navy custody chain. Contains no asbestos or materials information; supports no asbestos claim. 'Sold - Scrap' fate field carries no date or yard; the 1947 Isthmian sale, later reflags, and 1974 breaking come from NavSource/shipscribe and specialist secondary sources. The scanned card's reverse shows only internal numbers (542/648); earlier reserve-fleet withdrawal entries (Oct 1946 Blair custody inbound) are implied but not shown on the scanned card face.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-barnstable-apa93-04
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[6]shipscribe.com U.S. Navy Auxiliary Ships - BAYFIELD (APA-33) class, Part 1 (basic APA type), class data, construction/disposition tables, and per-ship notes (Stephen S. Roberts compilation) [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipscribe APA34.html - class header data, construction table APA-93 row, disposition table APA-93 row, ship notes APA-93 entry, class notes (Part-1 vs Part-2 division and the APA 91-105 acquisition program)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- shipscribe class-page row for APA-93 BARNSTABLE (MC# 282): builder 'Western Pipe, San Fran.'; keel 6 May 43; launch 5 Aug 43; acquired 30 Oct 43; commissioned 22 May 44; decommissioned 25 Mar 46; struck 12 Apr 46; disposal to MC 26 Mar 46; MA sale 18 Apr 47. Ship note: 'Ex merc. SEA SNAPPER. Ferry comm. 30 Oct-3 Nov 43. Converted by Commercial IW, Portland, Ore. Merc. SEA SNAPPER 1946 (MC), STEEL FABRICATOR 1947. Scrapped 1974 as GRAND VALOR.' Class notes place APA-93 in the basic-APA Part-1 group (not the relief-AGC/flagship Part-2 group); the second-tranche acquisition program (APA 91-105) drew Western Pipe hulls 92-93 and 96; armament note lists APA 46-47, 92-93, 106-116 in the '2-5"/38 2-40mmT 18-20mm' fit group.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1943-1974
- Limitations
- Specialist secondary compilation (Roberts) consistent with DANFS, SDB, and the MARAD card on overlapping data points except builder city ('San Fran.' vs DANFS 'Los Angeles' - see ev-06). Contains no asbestos or materials information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-barnstable-apa93-05
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[7]Source reconciliation - NHHC DANFS + BuShips SDB 1945 v3 + MARAD status card + shipscribe + NavSource vs Wikipedia/isthmianlines [other_primary]
- Locator
- Cross-source comparison, 2026-09-25 - see per-source rows ev-01 through ev-05
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Source discrepancies resolved in favor of the official/primary sources where possible: (a) Builder city - SDB construction row 'Western Pipe & Steel Co., San Francisco, Calif.' and shipscribe/isthmianlines 'San Francisco' vs DANFS 'Western Pipe and Steel Co., Los Angeles, Calif.' (an explicit launch-city statement) and NavSource 'Los Angeles CA'; adopted Los Angeles (San Pedro) per DANFS, noting the conflict stands unresolved because BuShips is also an official source; the Atlas shipyards dataset locates Western Pipe & Steel at San Pedro. (b) Decommissioning - Wikipedia '24 March 1946' vs DANFS/shipscribe/NavSource 25 Mar 1946; adopted 25 Mar. The NavSource CO table shows the last captain's tenure ending 24 Mar 1946, the likely origin of the 24 Mar figure. (c) Complement/troops - SDB 41+437 (= DANFS 'cpl. 478') and 91+1,420 troop capacity vs NavSource 99+593 and 80+1,475 (matching SDB rows for other hulls - apparent wrong-row copy) and Wikipedia troops 80+1,146 (matches the Bayfield SDB row); adopted SDB/DANFS. (d) Scrapping year - shipscribe/NavSource/Wikipedia body 1974 (Kaohsiung, Taiwan) vs Wikipedia infobox 'March 1973'; adopted 1974. (e) Merchant sale year to Reliance/Valor - NavSource 1970/30 Dec 1970 vs isthmianlines 1971; open, reported as 1970-71. (f) Squadron assignment - DANFS 'Transport Division 32' (Jul 1944) vs NavSource TransRon 16/TransDiv 47; both may reflect different periods - unresolved. (g) DANFS 'April 1946' return to the west coast is internally inconsistent (its own sequel is the Oct 1945 occupation of Japan) - read as April 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 2026-09-25
- Limitations
- Resolves secondary-source conflicts against primary sources (DANFS, BuShips, MARAD card) and documents the residual splits. None of the compared sources contains asbestos information; this row corrects the identity record only. The San Francisco/Los Angeles builder-city split between two official sources (DANFS vs SDB) is carried openly rather than silently resolved.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-barnstable-apa93-06
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[8]Consolidated era/design inference - BuShips SDB 1945 v3 machinery row for this hull + C3-S-A2 type data + documented refit/repair events [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v3 machinery/construction rows for APA-93; shipscribe APA34 ship note (conversion yard); isthmianlines.com sm_steel_fabricator.htm events list
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference: this hull carried a single-screw geared-steam plant (one General Electric turbine, two Combustion Engineering 'D'-type boilers at 465 psi / 765F superheat) built at the peak of WWII asbestos usage - the machinery configuration for which boiler and fireroom insulation, main and auxiliary steam-line lagging, turbine lagging, valve and flange gaskets, machinery packing, and accommodation joiner insulation of the period were commonly asbestos-containing. The documented work history concentrates the candidate disturbance points: hull built at Western Pipe & Steel and taken over incomplete; APA conversion/fit-out at Commercial Iron Works, Portland, Oreg. (Nov 1943-May 1944); west-coast overhaul after Okinawa (1945); pre-inactivation overhaul on the east coast (Feb-Mar 1946); Blair Shipyards conversion contract ($416,125, Yonkers, N.Y., per the Isthmian Lines hull record) followed by Todd Shipbuilding merchant reconversion (from 12 Feb 1947); merchant-service machinery casualties documented in the Isthmian record (turbine opened for rotor/blading work 1951; low-pressure turbine thrust-bearing failure and disassembly 1955-56; boiler repair 1953; repeated drydockings at Baltimore, Galveston, Mobile, New Orleans, and Bethlehem 56th St., Brooklyn, 1960); and breaking at Kaohsiung, Taiwan, in 1974.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1943-1974
- Population
- Construction trades (Western Pipe & Steel, 1943); Commercial Iron Works Portland conversion-yard workers (1943-44); ship's company 478 and embarked troops ~1,511 (wartime); Blair/Todd reconversion workers (1946-47); merchant crews and repair-yard workers (1947-1974)
- Limitations
- Inference from the documented machinery plant, construction era, and documented refit/repair events - NOT a hull record. No survey, specification, or material schedule naming APA-93 or MC Hull 282 was located; establishes no asbestos content, quantity, location, individual exposure, or causation. The merchant-era repair list comes from a specialist secondary compilation (isthmianlines.com) reproducing status-card-style data.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-barnstable-apa93-07
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[9]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 Maritime Commission emergency construction program under which this C3-S-A2 hull was built and converted.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- 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 class and does not establish that asbestos was or remains aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-barnstable-apa93-08
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[10]Fleischer, W.E., Viles, F.J. Jr., Gade, R.L., and Drinker, P., 'A health survey of pipe covering operations in constructing naval vessels,' Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology 28:9-16 (1946) - the U.S. Maritime Commission-commissioned 1944-45 survey [other_primary]
- Locator
- PubMed record 21016030; J. Ind. Hyg. Toxicol. 28:9-16 (1946)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- The U.S. Maritime Commission-commissioned industrial-hygiene survey of WWII pipe-covering operations at two Navy yards and two Navy contract yards documented that 'an important ingredient of pipe covering material used on U.S. Navy vessels is amosite' - i.e., asbestos insulation was standard material in wartime naval-vessel construction of exactly this hull's era and type.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1945 survey; article 1946
- Population
- WWII pipe-covering workers, Navy and contract yards (class context)
- Limitations
- Era-level documentation of asbestos use in naval construction generally; does not name this vessel, class, or builder yard and establishes nothing about this hull's materials, condition, or any individual exposure. (The study's exculpatory 'not a dangerous occupation' conclusion has since been heavily criticized.) PubMed front page returned a browser-check interstitial on 2026-09-25; citation carried from the verified batch-2168 use of the same record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-barnstable-apa93-09
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[11]Pruitt v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp., C.A. No. 18-1101-MN-SRF (D. Del., In re Asbestos Litigation / MDL-875 track) - Report and Recommendation PDF, U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware [court_record]
- Locator
- D. Del. C.A. 18-1101-MN-SRF R&R PDF (ded.uscourts.gov)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- The located attack-transport asbestos docket names the lead ship of this same class: plaintiff John W. Pruitt Sr. alleged mesothelioma from asbestos exposure as a machinist mate stationed in 1958 on 'the USS Bayfield, an attack transport' (APA-33, lead ship of Barnstable's class) and in 1959 on USS Tolovana (AO-64, Cimarron-class oiler). No docketed asbestos opinion naming USS Barnstable, APA-93, MC Hull 282, or her merchant names was located in CourtListener or indexed sources.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1958 exposure allegation; litigation 2018-2021
- Limitations
- Same class but different hull - carried only to document that the Bayfield-class/APA litigation surface exists while no Barnstable-specific docket was found. Deposition-stage exposure descriptions are allegations, not findings. Citation carried from the verified batch-2168 use of the same docket.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-barnstable-apa93-10
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[12]Batch-2393 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS via verbatim ibiblio mirror; NavSource 03093; MARAD ShipHistory Detail 4485 + status card; BuShips SDB 1945 v3; shipscribe APA34 class page; CourtListener authenticated sweeps; NVR; indexed-web check [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-barnstable-apa93-01 through sl-uss-barnstable-apa93-13
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, court finding, or docketed asbestos case naming USS Barnstable / APA-93 / M.C. Hull 282 / Sea Snapper / Steel Fabricator / Reliance Dynasty / Grand Valor was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener: 'USS Barnstable' returned 2 opinion hits, both military-justice cases (United States v. Poole, 30 M.J. 271, C.M.A. 1990 - USMC corporal's court-martial; United States v. Buckroth, N.M.C.M.R. 1981) - service-context mentions, not asbestos litigation; 2 docket hits, both entries for United States v. Rhodes III (D.D.C. 2022) - non-ship match. 'APA-93' returned 4 opinion hits, all token collisions (Administrative Procedure Act / unrelated statutory context) with no ship reference. 'Barnstable asbestos' returned 16 opinion hits, all Barnstable County / Town of Barnstable, Massachusetts name collisions. Merchant-name sweeps: 'Steel Fabricator' 187 hits, all sampled entries construction-trade name collisions (generic industry term - a vessel-specific hit cannot be fully excluded by sampling); 'Sea Snapper', 'Grand Valor', and 'Reliance Dynasty' each returned zero hits.
- 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 1943-44 geared-steam transport converted at Commercial Iron Works, reconverted at Todd Hoboken, and run 27 years in merchant service is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials, and her documented refit/repair and 1974 Taiwan breaking are undocumented for asbestos content. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-barnstable-apa93-11
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[13]NARA Guide to Federal Records: RG 24 (Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel - Navy deck logs), RG 19 (Records of the Bureau of Ships), RG 178 (Records of the U.S. Maritime Commission), RG 357 (MARAD records, incl. NDRF custody files) [other_primary]
- Locator
- archives.gov Guide to Federal Records group pages; NavSource photo credits identifying NARA 19-N-87724/87730 as RG-19-LCM
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - requires research-room or reproduction order; no spend authorized): Navy deck logs for USS Barnstable 1943-1946 (RG 24, NARA College Park); BuShips records incl. C3-S-A2 contract plans, Booklets of General Plans, and the Commercial Iron Works Portland conversion file (RG 19 - the NARA photos indexed by NavSource, 19-N-87724 and 19-N-87730, are BuShips RG-19-LCM prints of this hull); USMC construction-contract records for M.C. Hull 282 at Western Pipe & Steel (RG 178); MARAD/NDRF custody files covering the 1946 Lee Hall lay-up, the Oct 1946-Feb 1947 Blair Yonkers custody and $416,125 conversion contract, the Todd Shipbuilding reconversion, and the 1947 Merchant Ship Sales Act sale to Isthmian (RG 357); and the pre-inactivation overhaul file (Feb-Mar 1946, east-coast yard).
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1943-1947 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-barnstable-apa93-12