Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet af-packet.md (3 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED (mirror-sourced
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- qualifier: VERIFIED (mirror-sourced
- Evidence ID
- uss-burleigh-apa95-pkt-af-packet-md
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[2]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, 'Burleigh' entry (Raymond A. Mann, 21 November 2005) - Wayback capture of the official NHHC DANFS page; condensed version mirrored at hazegray/losthistory.net [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS 'Burleigh' entry, APA-95 section
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- USS Burleigh (APA-95), Bayfield-class attack transport (type C3-S-A2, MC hull 862), named for Burleigh County, North Dakota. Laid down 6 July 1943 by Ingalls Shipbuilding Co., Pascagoula, under a Maritime Commission contract; launched 3 December 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Dallas H. Smith; acquired by the Navy 1 April 1944 and placed in reduced commission for the voyage to New York; out of commission 13 April 1944 for conversion by Bethlehem Steel Co.; full commission 30 October 1944, Comdr. David C. Greenlee in command. Shakedown Chesapeake Bay; Pacific service from December 1944; Transport Squadron 18 flagship duties; Okinawa assault 1-10 April 1945 (claimed a kamikaze 'Val' during a 6 April air attack); casualty lift from Guam; repairs at Todd Shipyard, Seattle, June 1945; occupation troop lift to Wakayama, Japan, September-October 1945; Magic Carpet service through March 1946; decommissioned Norfolk 11 June 1946; returned to the Maritime Commission's War Shipping Administration 12 June 1946; struck from the Navy list 3 July 1946; one battle star for World War II. The name Burleigh was first assigned to APR-3, a projected rescue transport canceled 12 March 1943.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1943-07-06 to 1946-07-03
- Population
- Ship's company 384 plus embarked flag staff (relief-AGC configuration) and up to 1,577 troops carried
- Limitations
- Authoritative Navy vessel history; contains no asbestos or materials information. Live NHHC URL returns 404 - text retrieved via Wayback capture of history.navy.mil/danfs/b10/burleigh-i.htm. This fuller DANFS version prints 'Pascagoula, La.' - a source typo; the Ingalls yard was in Pascagoula, Mississippi (condensed DANFS version and all other sources agree). Establishes identity and service only; does not establish exposure for any individual.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-burleigh-apa95-01
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[3]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive: USS Burleigh (APA-95) - build/commissioning chronology, unit assignments, NDRF lay-up, merchant-service chain, specifications, commanding officers [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource APA-95 page: chronology, awards, merchant-service block, specifications block, commanding-officers table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource chronology: laid down 6 July 1943 as Maritime Commission C3-S-A2 hull (MC 862) at Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp., Pascagoula, MS; launched 3 December 1943; acquired by the Navy 28 March 1944 and placed in reduced commission under LCDR Hans B. Olsen, USNR (APA Ferry Crew #5) for transit to the Brooklyn conversion yard; decommissioned 13 April 1944; fitted out as an attack transport at Bethlehem Steel Co., 56th Street Yard, Brooklyn; recommissioned 30 October 1944, CDR David Glass Greenlee Jr. in command. Assigned to TransRon Eighteen (flagship, COMO J. G. Moyer USN) and TransDiv Fifty-Two; Okinawa Gunto operation 1-10 April 1945; occupation service 2 September-1 October 1945; decommissioned Norfolk 11 June 1946; returned to the War Shipping Administration 12 June 1946 for lay-up in the NDRF James River Group, Lee Hall, VA; struck 3 July 1946; one battle star. Merchant service: towed to Blair Shipyard, Yonkers, NY (delivered 29 November 1946) for reconversion; Todd Shipyard, Hoboken drydocking 16 May 1947; sold by the Maritime Commission 26 June 1947 to Matson Navigation Co. (SS Hawaiian Pilot, official no. 252413); resold 8 May 1961 to Oceanic Steamship Co. (SS Sonoma); resold 21 January 1971 to Far East Line Inc.; resold 17 March 1972 to Excelsior Marine Corp. (SS Noma); sold 12 June 1973 for scrapping in Taiwan to Dah Yung Steel Manufacturing Co. Specifications: one Westinghouse geared-drive turbine, two Foster-Wheeler D-type boilers (465 psi, 765F), three 400kW turbo-drive generators, single propeller, 8,500 shp; complement 39 officers/345 enlisted plus flag accommodations 43 officers/108 enlisted; troops 86 officers/1,491 enlisted.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1943-1973
- Population
- Crew and embarked personnel as listed
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer-maintained naval archive, not an official record, but its chronology corroborates DANFS line-for-line on all overlapping events. The page's acquisition line names 'Atlantic Basin Iron Works' as conversion destination while its fitting-out line names Bethlehem Steel 56th Street Yard - an internal inconsistency mirroring a genuine source conflict (see gaps). Ferry-commission date given as 28 March 1944 vs. DANFS's 1 April 1944. No asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-burleigh-apa95-02
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[4]ShipbuildingHistory (T. Colton) Maritime Commission-derived build tables: 'C3 Cargo Ships' list and 'Attack and Other Transports (APA)' table, APA-95 row [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com/merchantships/2c3cargoships.htm row 862; /navalships/apa.htm row APA-95
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Maritime Commission-derived tables record MC hull 862 as contracted under the name 'Burleigh' (Ingalls yard hull 406, type C3-S-A2, delivered to USN as APA-95 on 30 October 1944; sold private 1947, scrapped 1973). This corrects secondary-source claims (e.g., Wikipedia infobox) that the hull was 'christened Sea Adder': the actual SS Sea Adder hulls were MC 883 (Ingalls hull 427, delivered May 1945) and MC 1551 (Western Pipe & Steel, converted to USS Hansford APA-106). The APA table's conversion-yard column for APA-95 reads 'Atlantic Basin IW' - conflicting with DANFS's 'Bethlehem Steel Co., 56th St. Yard'; both were Brooklyn APA-conversion yards and the conflict is unresolved.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1943-1973
- Limitations
- Compiled secondary reference built from Maritime Commission ship records - not itself a primary document, but consistent with MC naming conventions. Used here only for (a) the MC contract name, correcting a published alias error, and (b) documenting the conversion-yard conflict. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-burleigh-apa95-03
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[5]General historical context on WWII-era U.S. naval construction materials; machinery specification per NavSource (Westinghouse geared turbine, two Foster-Wheeler D-type boilers); no hull-specific source [other_primary]
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/class inference only: Burleigh was a 1943-built steam-turbine attack transport whose propulsion plant (one Westinghouse geared-drive turbine, two Foster-Wheeler D-type boilers at 465 psi/765F) is of the type that era-standard naval construction insulated with asbestos-containing lagging, gaskets, packing, and insulation felts. The 1944 conversion adding relief-AGC deckhouses, plus wartime repair availabilities (Norfolk Navy Yard November 1944; Todd Shipyard Seattle June 1945), are the kinds of events during which insulation materials were installed, disturbed, or replaced. Whether any material aboard this hull contained asbestos was never documented.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1943-1973
- Population
- Construction and conversion-yard trades (1943-1944); ship's company and embarked troops (1944-1946); merchant crews (1947-1973) - populations, not documented exposures
- Limitations
- Class/era inference - never a ship-specific finding. Does not establish that asbestos was present aboard this hull, in what quantity or condition, nor exposure for any individual. No ship-specific survey, shipyard work package, or medical record was located.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-burleigh-apa95-04
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[6]Ingalls Shipbuilding, Inc. v. Asbestos Health Claimants, 17 F.3d 130 (5th Cir. 1994) [court_record]
- Locator
- Opinion, 17 F.3d 130 (5th Cir. 1994), No. 93-7077, decided 1994-03-30; CourtListener cluster 663740
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Fifth Circuit decision affirming an order compelling the Department of Labor to transfer approximately 3,100 asbestos claims by former Ingalls Shipbuilding (Pascagoula) yard workers to the Office of Administrative Law Judges. Documents that asbestos-exposure claims by Ingalls yard workers existed in volume - the same facility that built this hull (1943-44), decades after construction.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1994 (opinion); underlying exposure era includes WWII construction period
- Population
- Ingalls Shipbuilding yard workers (claimant class ~3,100)
- Limitations
- Shipyard-premises context only - names the builder's facility and workforce, never this hull. The claims concern yard-worker exposure (mostly later-era work); nothing in the opinion addresses APA-95 or conditions aboard any specific vessel built there. Merits of the underlying claims were not adjudicated in this procedural ruling.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-burleigh-apa95-05
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[7]Overly v. Ingalls Shipbuilding, Inc., 74 Cal.App.4th 164, 87 Cal.Rptr.2d 626 (Cal. App. 1999) [court_record]
- Locator
- Opinion, 74 Cal.App.4th 164 (Cal. App. 4 Dist. 1999), filed 1999-08-12; CourtListener cluster 2248792
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- California Court of Appeal decision in a mesothelioma case brought by a Westinghouse employee whose roughly 40 years of asbestos exposure included work on ships under construction at Ingalls' Pascagoula shipyard; Ingalls was sued on a premises-defendant theory and found negligent at trial (appeal addressed evidentiary and damages issues). Documents that outside-contractor personnel working aboard ships under construction at the builder's yard sustained asbestos exposure later adjudicated as injurious.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1999 (opinion); underlying exposure mid-20th century
- Population
- Shipyard and contractor workers at Ingalls Pascagoula (including Westinghouse turbine personnel)
- Limitations
- Shipyard-premises context only - the opinion does not name APA-95 and does not establish that Overly worked on this hull. Jury verdict findings as described on appeal; the appellate court's disposition addressed evidentiary/damages issues. Establishes conditions attributed to the builder's facility, not conditions aboard this vessel.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-burleigh-apa95-06
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[8]CourtListener API v4 search sweep, 2026-09-25 (authenticated via fleet helper cl-auth-search.py) [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-burleigh-apa95-05 through sl-uss-burleigh-apa95-08
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation naming this vessel: 'USS Burleigh' returned 0 opinion hits and 0 docket hits; 'APA-95' with asbestos/mesothelioma/ship terms returned 7 opinion hits, all name collisions with no vessel reference (APA-95 matching docket/exhibit strings); 'Burleigh' with asbestos/vessel/ship/navy terms returned 17 hits - the closest, Burleigh v. Alfa Laval, Inc. (D. Mass. asbestos litigation, CourtListener opinion 7330415), is a surname collision concerning decedent Ernest Burleigh, a Portsmouth Naval Shipyard worker, not this vessel. No opinion or docket naming USS Burleigh or APA-95 was located.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 2026-09-25
- Limitations
- CourtListener coverage is not exhaustive - no result is not proof that no claim was ever filed; unreported trial-court proceedings, settled claims, and cases indexed under different name forms are outside this sweep. Classified as a completed sweep with negative result for this vessel.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-burleigh-apa95-07
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[9]U.S. National Archives, Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel: Muster Rolls - 'Burleigh (APA-95), 10/30/44-6/11/46' (NARA catalog id 125604984, surfaced via Digital Public Library of America); NARA photo holdings RG-80-G-224827 (April 1944 ferry voyage), RG-19-LCM/80-G-286967 (5 November 1944, post-conversion, showing relief-AGC deckhouses), NH 78166 (San Francisco Bay, early 1946) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA catalog id 125604984; NARA photo numbers 80-G-224827, 80-G-286967, NH 78166 (captions via NavSource/shipscribe)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA holds the hull's muster-roll series covering its entire commissioned period (30 October 1944-11 June 1946) and official photographs documenting its as-built and post-conversion configurations. These are the primary-source trail for crew enumeration and ship configuration; they are not themselves asbestos documentation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-10-30 to 1946-06-11
- Population
- Ship's company, flag staff, and embarked troops 1944-1946 (roster-level)
- Limitations
- Archival lead only - the catalog record was surfaced via DPLA (the NARA catalog page is JS-rendered and did not return text to automated fetch); the rolls and photos were not reviewed. Muster rolls document personnel presence, not exposure; photo captions do not address materials content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-burleigh-apa95-08
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[10]Batch-2395 research sweep, 2026-09-25 (see search_ledger for query log): NHHC/DANFS live site, NavSource, shipbuildinghistory MC tables, web search for hull-specific asbestos/survey/abatement records, MARAD Vessel History Database, NARA catalog [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-burleigh-apa95-01 through sl-uss-burleigh-apa95-11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos documentation located: no hull asbestos survey, HAER recordation, abatement contract, shipyard work package, or museum/disclosure record naming APA-95 was found in the public sources searched. Targeted ship+asbestos web searches returned only an attorney-marketing page (asbestos-ships.com USS Burleigh page) - excluded per brief. A MARAD Vessel History Database record exists for this hull (marad.dot.gov/sh/ShipHistory/Detail/628) but the page is JS-rendered and returned HTTP 403 to fetch; its contents were not reviewed.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 2026-09-25
- Limitations
- Documents the researcher's own negative search result, not an authoritative finding of absence. Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard during service - era inference remains reasonable but unproven for this hull. NARA holdings were not exhaustively searched.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-burleigh-apa95-09