Evidence
12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).
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[1]research packet j-packet.md (4 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-barnwell-apa132-pkt-j-packet-md
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[2]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 3 (NAVSHIPS 250-012, 1945), auxiliaries - transports, attack (APA) section, per-hull rows for BARNWELL APA-132 (shipscribe.com scan of the official BuShips publication) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v3 APA tables: dimensions row (BARNWELL ex-M.C.V. Hull 48, APA132), personnel row, machinery row, armament/cargo row, construction row, alphabetical index
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official BuShips Ships' Data 1945 Vol. 3 carries a per-hull row for BARNWELL APA-132 (Haskell class, index entry 'Barnwell (ex-M.C.V. Hull 48)'): 455'0" overall / 436'6" pp; beam 62'0"; 17.7 knots; displacement 12,450 tons (lim.); machinery 1 Joshua-Hendy turbine, 8,500 shp, with 2 Babcock & Wilcox header-type boilers at 465 psi / 750F; accommodations 99 officers + 593 enlisted (692 total) ship's complement and 86 officers + 1,475 enlisted troop capacity; 35-ton boom; armament 1 x 5"/38 cal (D.P.) + 4 twin + 1 quad 40mm; cargo 150,000 cu ft / 2,900 DWT; builder California S.B. Corp., Wilmington, Calif.; acquired and commissioned 19 Jan 1945.
- 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 (Joshua-Hendy turbine, a within-class vendor variation vs Westinghouse on lead ship), manning, builder, and key dates. OCR table layout is degraded; each carried value was cross-validated against DANFS spec block (cpl. 692; trp. 1,561) and NavSource (35t boom; Joshua-Hendy plant). Contains no materials, insulation, or asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-barnwell-apa132-01
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[3]DANFS, 'Barnwell (APA-132)' entry, Naval History and Heritage Command (expanded modern entry by Robert J. Cressman, 7 Mar 2006; live NHHC URL returns 404 - verbatim text retrieved via Internet Archive Wayback capture 20251209190533) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry body text + spec block (dp 12,450 lim.; l 455'0"; b 62'0"; dr 24'0"; s 17.7k tl.; cpl. 692; trp. 1,561; a. 1 5", 12 40mm., 10 20mm.; cl. Haskell; T. VC2 S AP5)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC DANFS records: Barnwell (APA-132) laid down 25 Jul 1944 at Wilmington, Calif., by California Shipbuilding Corp. under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 48); launched 30 Sep 1944, sponsored by Mrs. M. L. Rhodes; fitted out at Oakland, Calif., by Moore Dry Dock Co.; commissioned 19 Jan 1945, Capt. M. M. Stephens in command. Shakedown San Pedro Feb 1945, Terminal Island availability early Mar, departed San Diego 21 Mar for Pearl Harbor (arrived 29 Mar); April amphibious training in Hawaiian area; May-Jun lift to Marshalls/Guam/Saipan/Ulithi/Leyte, transferred 23 landing craft to Samar boat pool, returned personnel to San Francisco; 14 Jul departed San Francisco with 1,800+ troops and 15,000 mailbags via Eniwetok and Ulithi to the Philippines and Admiralty Islands (at Manus at war's end); Aug-Sep carried Seabee battalion from New Caledonia/New Hebrides via Lingayan to Sasebo for occupation duty; Oct round-trip Army lift Japan-Lingayan, then Kure and Hiroshima, Guam; assigned Magic Carpet fleet 23 Oct, departed Guam 31 Oct, arrived Seattle 12 Nov [1945]; west-coast coastwise personnel transport through 15 Jan 1946; placed in reserve at Norfolk 12 Nov 1946; decommissioned 1 Feb 1947; stricken 1 Oct 1958; berthed with James River NDRF (MARAD); redesignated LPA-132; 'apparently sunk as a target sometime in the early 1980's.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1986
- Limitations
- Primary Navy historical entry - authoritative for service history, custody chain, and disposal framing. Contains no asbestos or materials information; supports no asbestos claim. Live NHHC page 404s (standing link rot, cf. BATCH-01); the Wayback capture is the verbatim NHHC text. DANFS's own disposal wording is hedged ('apparently', 'early 1980's') - the 1982 NDRF withdrawal and 10 Mar 1986 sinking are documented by the MARAD card and NavSource rows.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-barnwell-apa132-02
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[4]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, 'USS Barnwell (LPA-132) ex USS Barnwell (APA-132)' file 10/03/03132 (maintained by Gary P. Priolo) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource APA-132 page: chronology, commanding-officer roster (Stephens 19 Jan 1945 - 17 Jun 1946; Deaton; Powell; Hamilton; Dukes to 1 Feb 1947), spec block, disposal line
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline corroborates DANFS and adds detail: commissioned 19 Jan 1945, CAPT. Marvin M. Stephens USN in command; Asiatic-Pacific Theater assignment TransRon Twenty-One / TransDiv Sixty-Two; awards/ribbon table lists American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and Navy Occupation Service Medal with Asia clasp (qualifying periods 22-30 Sep 1945 and 20-25 Oct 1945); decommissioned 1 Feb 1947 at Newport News, VA; laid up Jul 1947 NDRF James River Group, Lee Hall, VA; struck from Naval Register 1 Oct 1958; redesignated Amphibious Transport LPA-132 1 Jan 1969; transferred to the Navy 4 Aug 1982 for stripping and disposal; final disposition - sunk as a target off the Virginia Capes, 10 Mar 1986. Spec block adds: one Joshua-Hendy geared turbine, two Babcock & Wilcox header-type boilers 465 psi 750F, double Joshua-Hendy main reduction gears, three 300kW ship's service generators, one propeller 8,500 shp.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1986
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation, not an official record - carried because it is the only located source for the precise sinking date/location (10 Mar 1986, off the Virginia Capes); the withdrawal-for-target-hulk event is independently corroborated by the MARAD status card. Decommissioning site (Newport News vs DANFS's Norfolk) unresolved. Contains no asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-barnwell-apa132-03
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[5]U.S. Maritime Administration, ShipHistory database - BARNWELL (APA-132/LPA-132), Ship History Detail 411, incl. digitized status-card scan 411_766AF.jpg and BARNWELL.pdf [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- ShipHistory Detail 411 milestone table (Entry/Acquisition 5/12/1959; Disposition/Withdrawal 8/4/1982); status card image https://vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/cards/411_766AF.jpg
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD ShipHistory registry record and digitized Reserve Fleet status card (Form MA-383) for BARNWELL (APA-132/LPA-132): type VC2-S-AP5, hull MCV-48, builder 'California,' built 1945, James River fleet; entered NDRF 12 May 1959 at 1310 EST (arrival draft fwd 13'8", aft 14'10"); 'Marad to preserve Group 40 Navy Transports' per Navy letter 13 Jun 1958 / MARAD reply 20 Jun 1958; handwritten card note documents Navy removal of a 25 kW motor generator due 8-21-61 (equipment stripping from the laid-up hull during custody); withdrawn 8-4-82 at 1107 EDT - reason: 'Withdrawn by Navy for stripping and disposal / TO BE USED FOR TARGET HULK.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1959-1982
- Population
- MARAD/NDRF custody and stripping crews (1959-1982)
- Limitations
- Authoritative for government custody milestones; status card is the primary custody record and is legible. The 1961 motor-generator removal documents a hull-disturbance event in MARAD custody but is not an asbestos record. The card and registry contain no asbestos, materials, or condition-survey information; supports no asbestos claim. MARAD 'Fate: Scrapped' field is a generic disposition label superseded by the card's own 'target hulk' wording and NavSource's sinking record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-barnwell-apa132-04
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[6]NHHC DANFS 'Barnwell (APA-132)' (current expanded entry, Wayback capture 20251209190533) vs hazegray mirror of print DANFS (losthistory.net/hazegray/danfs/amphib/apa132.htm), shipscribe APA-117 class construction table, BuShips SDB 1945 v3, NavSource 10/03/03132 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC entry paragraphs 1, 5 and disposal paragraph; hazegray apa132.htm spec/history text; shipscribe.com/usnaux/APA/APA117.html construction table row 132; NavSource disposal entries
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Source discrepancies resolved: (a) Commissioning year - the hazegray mirror of the older print DANFS reads 'transferred to the Navy 19 January 1946; and commissioned the same day' and 'arriving [Seattle] 12 November 1946'; the current NHHC entry (commissioned 19 Jan 1945; Seattle arrival in the Oct-Nov 1945 Magic Carpet sequence), the shipscribe Haskell-class construction table (acq. and commiss. 19 Jan 45), BuShips SDB 1945 v3 (acquired/commissioned 19 Jan 1945), and NavSource's commanding-officer roster (Stephens in command 19 Jan 1945) all fix both dates in 1945 - the '1946' values are transcription/print errors and are not adopted. (b) Decommissioning site - DANFS says placed out of commission in reserve at Norfolk; NavSource says Newport News, VA; same Hampton Roads complex, left unresolved and logged in gaps. (c) Disposal framing - DANFS 'apparently sunk as a target sometime in the early 1980's' vs NavSource's precise 10 Mar 1986 off the Virginia Capes; MARAD card corroborates the 1982 target-hulk withdrawal, so the 1986 sinking is carried with NavSource attribution.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1986
- Limitations
- Resolves secondary/mirror-source conflicts against the current NHHC text and the shipscribe construction table; the Norfolk-vs-Newport-News decommissioning difference remains unresolved. None of the compared sources contains asbestos information; this row supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-barnwell-apa132-05
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[7]Consolidated era inference - BuShips SDB 1945 v3 machinery row for this hull + documented WWII-era naval insulation practice [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v3 APA machinery row for APA-132; class design type VC2-S-AP5
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference: this hull carried a single-screw geared-steam plant (one Joshua-Hendy turbine, two Babcock & Wilcox header-type boilers at 465 psi / 750F superheat - BuShips SDB 1945 v3 per-hull row) built at the peak of WWII asbestos usage; boiler and fireroom insulation, steam-line and turbine lagging, gaskets, packing, and accommodation/joiner insulation of this plant type were commonly asbestos-containing. The class's short active career (commissioned 1945, in reserve 1946-47) means reserve-fleet lay-up, the documented 1961 Navy equipment-removal event, and the 1982 stripping-for-target phase are the likeliest disturbance windows.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1986
- Population
- Construction trades (California Shipbuilding, 1944-45; Moore Dry Dock fit-out, Oakland); ship's company and embarked troops (1945-47); NDRF maintenance and stripping crews (1959-1982)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no located source names asbestos aboard this hull, and no material schedule, survey, or abatement record was found. Establishes no quantities, no present or past condition, and no exposure for any individual.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-barnwell-apa132-06
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[8]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 emergency construction program under which this VC2-S-AP5 hull was mass-produced at a government-contract yard.
- 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 (era context)
- Limitations
- Program/era-level scholarly documentation of asbestos use in WWII shipbuilding generally; does not name this vessel 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-barnwell-apa132-07
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[9]Fleischer, W.E., Viles, F.J. Jr., Gade, R.L., and Drinker, P., 'A health survey of pipe covering operations in constructing naval vessels,' J Ind Hyg Toxicol 28(1):9-16 (Jan 1946), PMID 21016030 [other_primary]
- Locator
- PubMed record PMID 21016030; article pp. 9-16 (pipe covering material section)
- 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
- survey ~1944-45; published 1946
- Population
- WWII pipe coverers and insulators at Navy and contract yards (era 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 - see the 2026 critique at DOI 10.1177/10482911261446696.)
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-barnwell-apa132-08
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[10]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 (verified via ded.uscourts.gov opinion PDF) [court_record]
- Locator
- Report & Recommendation, Facts section (plaintiff's ship assignments, deposition 20-21 Aug 2018)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- The located attack-transport asbestos docket resolves to another class: in Pruitt v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp. (D. Del. MDL-875 track), 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, Bayfield class) and in 1959 on USS Tolovana (AO-64, Cimarron-class oiler). No docketed asbestos opinion or case naming USS Barnwell, APA-132, LPA-132, or M.C.V. Hull 48 was located; all CourtListener name/hull hits were collisions (Barnwell School District asbestos-abatement class litigation; 'L.P.A.' law-firm designations; Administrative Procedure Act dockets) - see search_ledger.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- opinions 2019-2020; service 1958-1963
- Population
- Navy veterans of APA-type auxiliaries (type context)
- Limitations
- Different hull and class - carried only to document that the APA-type litigation surface exists while no Barnwell-specific docket was found. Deposition-stage exposure descriptions in that docket are allegations, not findings; classification kept at the less-final stage per litigation discipline.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-barnwell-apa132-09
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[11]Batch-2202 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS via Wayback; hazegray/HyperWar DANFS mirrors; BuShips SDB 1945 v3; MARAD ShipHistory 411 + status card; NavSource; CourtListener opinion and RECAP docket sweeps; NARA Special List 44; NVR [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-barnwell-apa132-01 through sl-uss-barnwell-apa132-11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, court finding, or docketed asbestos case naming USS Barnwell / APA-132 / LPA-132 / M.C.V. Hull 48 was found in the public sources searched - the NHHC DANFS entry (full text), BuShips SDB 1945 v3 per-hull rows, MARAD registry record and status card, and NavSource file contain none; CourtListener name and hull-number sweeps returned only collisions (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 1944-built geared-steam hull held in NDRF custody 1959-1982 and stripped/sunk without located abatement documentation is era-consistent with asbestos-containing material. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-barnwell-apa132-10
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[12]NARA Special List 44 - Named Vessels (logbooks available online through the National Archives Catalog); NARA Guide to Federal Records: RG 24, RG 19, RG 178, RG 357 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Special List 44 alphabetical table, 'Barnwell (APA-132) 1/19/1945 - 6/30/1945' row; https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/024.html ; /groups/019.html ; /groups/178.html ; /groups/357.html
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - requires research-room or reproduction order; no spend authorized): NARA Special List 44 lists USS Barnwell (APA-132) deck logs for 19 Jan 1945 - 30 Jun 1945 as digitized/online through the National Archives Catalog; remaining logs (Jul 1945 - Feb 1947, incl. Magic Carpet, coastwise, and inactivation periods) are held in RG 24 (Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel) at NARA College Park. BuShips records incl. VC2-S-AP5 contract plans and Booklets of General Plans in RG 19; U.S. Maritime Commission construction-contract records for M.C.V. Hull 48 at California Shipbuilding in RG 178; MARAD/NDRF custody files covering 1959-1982 lay-up and the 1982 target-hulk withdrawal in RG 357.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1982 records
- Limitations
- The Special List 44 index entry itself is verified (digitized-log range for this hull); the remaining record-group mapping is unretrieved - 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-barnwell-apa132-11