Evidence
4 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-4).
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[1]research packet aa-packet.md (3 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-calvert-apa32-pkt-aa-packet-md
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[2]DANFS-derived identity via Wikipedia page for USS Calvert (APA-32), which incorporates public-domain DANFS text and cites DANFS Online; corroborated by usscalvert.com research notes citing DANFS vol. 4 (AP-65 to APA-32 reclassification 1 Feb 1943) and globalsecurity.org APA hull roster [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- USS Calvert (APA-32) was a Crescent City-class attack transport, the second U.S. Navy ship of the name (Calvert County, Maryland). Built as the commercial freighter SS Delorleans (Maritime Commission hull 151) by Bethlehem Steel at Sparrows Point, Maryland; launched 22 May 1942; acquired 30 September 1942; commissioned 1 October 1942 as AP-65; reclassified APA-32 on 1 February 1943. Served in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War; received the Navy Unit Commendation and was awarded eight battle stars for World War II, two for Korea, and two for Vietnam. Decommissioned 26 February 1947; recommissioned 18 October 1950; decommissioned 18 May 1966; stricken 1 August 1966; scrapped 14 February 1977.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- DANFS-direct (history.navy.mil) page was not loaded; identity rests on DANFS text republished via Wikipedia plus independent corroboration from crew research notes citing DANFS vol. 4. No fabrication; DANFS-direct non-load disclosed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-calvert-apa32-01
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[3]Board of Veterans' Appeals, Citation Nr. 1604561, Decision Date 02/08/16 (Docket No. 14-21 686) — appeal of February 2012 rating decision, Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office, Reno, Nevada; Veterans Law Judge Steven D. Reiss [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Ship-specific asbestos finding: the Board records that the veteran 'served as a boatswains mate on the U.S.S. Calvert, a Navy ship known to contain asbestos materials.' Finding of Fact 2 states: 'Affording the Veteran the benefit of the doubt, the Veteran was exposed to asbestos while serving on active duty.' The veteran's active service ran December 1960 to August 1964, overlapping Calvert's second commission (18 October 1950 – 18 May 1966). The veteran died in January 2011; the revised certificate of death listed carcinoma of the lung due in part to asbestos exposure; the Board granted service connection for cause of death. The Board also noted the veteran participated in Operation Helping Hand, which may have involved asbestos exposure from collapsed and damaged buildings.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- Classified at the less-final stage per litigation discipline: this is an administrative benefit-of-the-doubt/equipoise determination, not a trial finding or affirmed judgment. The Board's exposure concession rested on equipoise, not definitive proof; the treating physician could not identify when or where exposure occurred; the veteran was also a smoker for ~26 years with civilian asbestos exposure as a building inspector/contractor. No specific asbestos products aboard Calvert are identified. Establishes a ship-specific asbestos association for this hull; does not quantify asbestos aboard or establish exposure for any other individual.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-calvert-apa32-02
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[4]General historical context on WWII-era U.S. naval construction materials; no hull-specific source [other_primary]
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era context only: as a 1942-built attack transport serving through 1966, the ship's engineering plant and hull would have carried era-standard insulation, lagging, gaskets, and packing materials typical of early-1940s naval construction.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only — never a ship-specific finding. The ship-specific evidence for this hull is the VA Board decision above; this row is background only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-calvert-apa32-03