Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, 'Camano (AG-130)' — transcription mirror (hazegray/losthistory.net); canonical NHHC page returned 404 on 2026-09-20 (link rot consistent with batch-01 finding) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Vol. II-era auxiliary entry, Camano (AG-130), full text (transcribed 1999)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS entry for Camano (AG-130): namesake is an island off Washington; built 1944 by Wheeler Shipbuilding Corp., Long Island, N.Y.; acquired as Army FS-256 at Apra, Guam, 16 July 1947 and commissioned the same day, LTJG J. J. Daly in command; conversion completed 8 October 1947; cargo and passenger duty out of Guam to the Caroline Islands; reclassified AKL-1 on 31 March 1949; sailed to Pearl Harbor for overhaul 2 June 1949, resumed Guam duty 24 September 1949 and remained (apart from a further Pearl Harbor overhaul) until decommissioned 26 July 1951 and transferred to the Department of the Interior; returned to the Navy 22 December 1952. Data line: dp. 520; l. 177'; b. 33'; dr. 10'; s. 13 k.; cpl. 26; cl. Camano.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1944-1952
- Limitations
- DANFS is the controlling identity/service record; the entry ends at the 22 December 1952 return to Navy and gives no stricken date, no disposal, and no materials or asbestos information. Transcription mirror used because the canonical NHHC URL is not live. Supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-camano-ag130-01
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[2]U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office, 'World War II Coast Guard-Manned U.S. Army Freight and Supply Ship Histories' (media.defense.gov PDF); automated fetch blocked by edge access control — text verified via archived capture of the same USCG page (archive.is) and verbatim indexed excerpts [other_primary]
- Locator
- FS-256 entry + document introduction (JCS agreement of 14 March 1944; Design 381 classification of the CG-manned FS fleet)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- U.S. Coast Guard historian's compilation of WWII Coast Guard-manned Army FS vessel histories: FS-256 was commissioned at New York, N.Y., on 16 June 1944 with LT C. E. Thorsen, USCGR, as first commanding officer; departed New York 17 July 1944 for the Southwest Pacific and operated in the Southwest Pacific area; LTJG K. F. Erickson, USCGR, succeeded Thorsen 3 October 1945; the ship was decommissioned 14 October 1945. The document's introduction records the 14 March 1944 JCS agreement under which the Coast Guard manned 288 Army vessels, and classifies FS-256's type as Design 381.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- USCG-manned Army crew (commanding officers named; complement size not stated in this source)
- Limitations
- Official USCG historian compilation naming the hull; establishes Army-period identity, crewing arrangement, theater, and dates. Direct automated fetch returned HTTP 403 — content confirmed through an archived mirror of the USCG page and verbatim quoted excerpts; a live-copy re-pull is the open verification step. No asbestos or materials information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-camano-ag130-02
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[3]Executive Order 10265, 'Transfer of the Administration of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands From the Secretary of the Navy to the Secretary of the Interior,' 16 FR 6419 (3 July 1951) [federal_register]
- Locator
- EO 10265 operative paragraph 1; NARA EO disposition table entry for 1951
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- Executive Order 10265, signed 29 June 1951 (16 FR 6419, published 3 July 1951), transferred administration of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands from the Secretary of the Navy to the Secretary of the Interior effective 1 July 1951. Camano's decommissioning and transfer to the Department of the Interior at Guam on 26 July 1951 — twenty-five days later — coincides with this executive-level transfer of the territory the ship was serving.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1951
- Limitations
- Explains the administrative context of the Interior transfer; the EO governs territorial administration, not the vessel — the ship's transfer itself is documented only by DANFS (ev-01). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-camano-ag130-03
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[4]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
- AJIM 11(3):359-373, article-level documentation of WWII shipbuilding asbestos use
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Peer-reviewed historical scholarship documents that asbestos was used extensively as an insulating and fireproofing material in U.S. shipbuilding during WWII — the program and era under which this 1944 steel Army Design 381 hull was built. For a diesel coastal supply vessel of this type, era-typical asbestos-containing applications would center on machinery and exhaust insulation/lagging, gaskets, packing, and insulation materials in accommodation and electrical spaces rather than boiler and steam-line lagging (the design carries no steam propulsion plant).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1940s era documented; article 1987
- Population
- WWII shipyard workers and vessel crews (class context)
- Limitations
- Program/era-level documentation only; the article does not name this vessel, and no ship-specific record establishes asbestos aboard this hull. The diesel-plant narrowing of typical applications is design-level inference, not a hull finding. Does not establish presence, quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-camano-ag130-04
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[5]Batch-628 search ledger (this record): DANFS mirror; USCG historian FS compilation; NVR (pre-1987 dispositions not covered); MARAD ShipHistory (search service error, no indexed record); CourtListener API (blocked 429) + indexed-page proxy; NavSource/shipscribe/shipbuildinghistory/marinetraffic as leads only [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-camano-ag130-01 through sl-uss-camano-ag130-10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, museum/preservation record (the hull is not preserved), or docketed case naming Camano, AG-130, AKL-1, or FS-256 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener API v4 returned HTTP 429 at the documented daily cap (125/day) — a partial proxy via search-engine-indexed CourtListener pages returned only Camano Island, Washington name collisions (e.g., W.D. Wash. tribal-fishing dockets, Wash. App. utility-district litigation), no hull-naming opinion. The only web pages naming the ship in an asbestos context are law-firm marketing lists — excluded per source rules.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 2026-09-20
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard — a 1944 steel hull is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials, and the CourtListener opinion-level pass remains incomplete pending the API reset. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-camano-ag130-05
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[6]NARA Guide to Federal Records record-group mappings: RG 24 (Bureau of Naval Personnel — deck logs), RG 26 (U.S. Coast Guard), RG 336 (Army Transportation Corps), RG 126 (Office of Territories), RG 181 (naval districts/shore establishments — Pearl Harbor NSY) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA Guide to Federal Records record-group entries; NavSource deck-log excerpt page (lead only, not evidence)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved — require research-room or reproduction order; no spend authorized): RG 24 Navy deck logs for USS Camano covering July 1947-July 1951 (NavSource reproduces a 27 January 1951 deck-log leaf — the series exists and is at NARA); RG 26 Coast Guard records for the USCG-manned FS-256 period (wartime logs/records of CG-manned Army vessels); RG 336 Army Transportation Corps records for FS-256 construction and operation files; RG 126 Office of Territories records for the 1951-52 Department of the Interior service period; RG 181 Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard records for the documented 1949 and subsequent overhauls and the 1947 Navy conversion scope.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1944-1952 records
- Limitations
- Record-group mapping only — no box-level retrieval performed; existence of asbestos-specific documents for this hull is unknown until surveyed. The NavSource deck-log leaf is a lead indicating the log series survives, not a cited record. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-camano-ag130-06
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[7]DANFS Camano (AG-130) data line vs USCG FS-256 history vs secondary compilations (NavSource, shipscribe, shipbuildinghistory, Wikipedia) — discrepancy reconciliation record [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS data line and narrative; USCG FS-256 entry; secondary sources consulted as leads only (not cited as evidence)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Source discrepancies resolved or logged: (a) complement — DANFS data line 'cpl. 26' adopted; secondary compilations give 42 (NavSource/Wikipedia) and class accommodations of 4 officers + 33 enlisted (shipscribe class data) — not merged. (b) Builder location — DANFS 'Long Island, N.Y.' adopted as controlling; secondary compilations give Whitestone, Queens (NavSource, shipbuildinghistory) and Brooklyn (shipscribe, NavSource.net) — Wheeler Shipbuilding's yard is reported at Whitestone, Long Island, in period-address terms, but the Brooklyn variant is logged unresolved. (c) Stricken date — DANFS/NavSource give none; shipscribe class table gives 18 January 1952 with disposal 'Trf' 29 January 1952 — unverified against an official register, logged in gaps. (d) Army delivery — Wikipedia/shipbuildinghistory give 'delivered 1945' / build span to March 1945, irreconcilable with the USCG-documented commissioning of 16 June 1944; the USCG record controls the in-service date.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1944-1952
- Limitations
- Resolves publication-level discrepancies by adopting official-source values where they exist (DANFS, USCG) and flagging the rest. Stricken date and exact Wheeler yard siting remain unresolved at official-source level. No asbestos content in any of these sources.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-camano-ag130-07