Evidence
12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).
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[1]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (NHHC), 'Cavalier' entry (APA-37): live history.navy.mil URLs return 404 to direct fetch (standing NHHC link rot, cf. BATCH-01) - 2025-12-11 Wayback capture cited; print-DANFS transcription mirrors at hazegray.org/danfs/auxil/ap82.htm and losthistory.net [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC DANFS 'Cavalier' entry ship-data line and narrative paragraphs; Wayback capture 20251211112005
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS (NHHC current entry): 'Cavalier (APA-37: dp. 8,100; l. 492'; b. 69'6"; dr. 26'6"; s. 18 k.; cpl. 523; a. 2 5"; cl. Bayfield)' - a county in North Dakota. Reclassified APA-37 1943-02-01; launched 1943-03-15 by Western Pipe and Steel Co., San Francisco, sponsored by Mrs. M. W. Jackson; acquired 1943-07-19; fitted out as an attack transport by Bethlehem Steel Co., Hoboken, N.J.; commissioned 1944-01-15, Captain R. T. McElligott, USCG, in command. Cleared Davisville, R.I., 1944-02-17 with two construction battalions, disembarked Honolulu 1944-03-16; Saipan landings in Joint Expeditionary Force Reserve (dusk 1944-06-16; retired during Battle of the Philippine Sea; returned 1944-06-25 to complete offloading artillery and embark casualties); Eniwetok; returned to Saipan 1944-07-13 and loaded 2d Marines for Tinian 'White Beach' assault 1944-07-24 to 28; Manus staging then Leyte Southern Attack Force, off Dulag 1944-10-20 to 23; reinforcement lift to Leyte 1944-11-18; San Fabian Attack Force for Lingayen 1944-12-28; first radar contact on Japanese destroyer Hinoki night of 1945-01-07; White Beach boat launches under mortar fire 1945-01-09 (six injured; three more injured, one mortally, by shrapnel in a dusk kamikaze attack); northern Luzon landing 1945-01-29 unopposed; 1945-01-30 off Manila Bay hit port side aft by underwater explosion presumed torpedoed by submarine RO-115 - 50 men injured, flooding, buckled decks, jammed propeller; towed by Rail (ATO-139) to Leyte arriving 1945-02-04; repairs at Leyte and Pearl Harbor through 1945-09-12. Postwar passenger lifts (San Francisco arrival 1945-11-01; Samar/Guam/Eniwetok/Kwajalein 1946-01-01 to 02-22); China tours 1946-05-05 to 1947-04-30 and 1948-03-25 to 12-09 (relief rice to Tsingtao refugees); Korea - Pohang landing with 1st Cavalry troops 1950-07-18 (first amphibious landing of the war), Inchon seawall landings 1950-09-15 to 20, October lifts to Inchon/Wonsan, 1951-52 deployments (45th Infantry to Inchon 1951-11-27 to 12-07), POW-transfer duty at Inchon 1953-08-01 to 27 under the Armistice Agreement, Long Beach return 1954-04-23; three further Far East tours to 1960 (1956-01-11 to 10-04; 1959-02-10 to 12-12; 1960-02-16 to 07-25). Five battle stars WWII, four Korea.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1942-1960
- Population
- Ship's company ~523 plus embarked troops (1944-1946); Coast Guard crew WWII
- Limitations
- Official Navy ship-history narrative; establishes identity, construction, operations, and awards. Contains no asbestos, insulation-material, or health-hazard content; supports no asbestos claim. Entry text ends ~1960 (publication-era cutoff) - Vietnam-era service and decommissioning covered by NavSource/MARAD rows. Print-transcription variants vs this text are reconciled in correction row ev-05.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cavalier-apa37-01
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[2]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive - USS Cavalier (APA-37), file 10/03/03037 (call sign NKCY; specifications block; campaign and awards tables; commanding-officer list; photo catalog incl. NARA/USCG photo identifiers) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 03037.htm - build/conversion timeline, campaign tables, awards, spec block, commanding-officer table, disposition line, photo catalog (APA 37 34897-6-57 Mare Island 1957-06-25)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource compiles: laid down 1942-12-10 as Maritime Commission type C3-S-A2 hull under MC contract (MC hull 276) at Western Pipe and Steel Co., San Francisco; assigned to Navy as Transport AP-82; reclassified APA-37 1943-02-01; launched 1943-03-15; placed in reduced commission 1943-07-19 for transit to Hoboken, N.J., CDR Roger E. Perry, USN (Ferry Crew #1); decommissioned 1943-08-04 at Hoboken and fitted out as attack transport by Bethlehem Steel Co.; recommissioned 1944-01-15, CAPT Raymond T. McElligott, USCG; manned by the U.S. Coast Guard during WWII; wartime assignments TransRon Fourteen (flagship, COMO D. L. Ryan, USN) and TransDiv Forty. Campaign tables: Asiatic-Pacific - Marianas (Saipan 1944-06-16 to 07-28), Tinian (1944-07-24 to 28), Leyte (Dulag 1944-10-20 and 11-18), Luzon (Lingayen Gulf 1945-01-09 to 10), Manila Bay-Bicol (Zambales-Subic Bay 1945-01-29); Navy Occupation 1950-04-19 to 06-25; China Service (extended) 1946-05-23 to 1947-04-07, 1948-04-30 to 12-14, 1951-12-28 to 1952-01-22; Korean campaigns (North Korean Aggression 1950-07-18 to 22, 09-03 to 12, 10-08 to 31; Inchon Landing 1950-09-13 to 17; UN Summer-Fall Offensive 1951-08-05; Second Korean Winter 1951-12-01 to 07 and 1952-02-03 to 04); Vietnam-era campaigns (Advisory 1964-08/10/11 periods; Counteroffensive 1966-03-27 to 04-01 and 06-10 to 30; Phase II 1966-07-01 to 08-06; Phase III 1968-01 periods; Tet 1968-01-30 to 03-05; Phase IV 1968-05-01 to 10). Individual awards note: Purple Heart - 1 killed, 22 wounded in action 1945-01-09; 50 wounded 1945-01-30. Decommissioned 1968-10-01 at San Diego; struck from the Naval Register 1968-10-01; final disposition sold for scrapping 1969-09-15 at Naval Station San Diego to Levin Metals Corp. in a four-ship deal for $417,107 (PD-X-841 dated 1969-08-21). Spec block: 8,100 t lt / 16,100 t fl; 492'6" x 69'6" x 26'6"; 18.4 kt (lim); 51 officers + 472 enlisted; flag accommodation 43 officers + 108 enlisted; troop accommodation 76 officers + 1,489 enlisted; largest boom 30 t; cargo 4,700 DWT / 200,000 cu ft non-refrigerated; boats 12 LCVP, 4 LCM (Mk-6), 3 LCP(L) (Mk-IV); armament two single 5"/38 DP fore and aft, two quad 1.1" mounts (replaced by two single 40mm), four twin 40mm, eighteen single 20mm; fuel NSFO 8,510 bbl + diesel 750 bbl; propulsion one GE geared turbine, two Combustion Engineering 'D'-type boilers at 465 psi / 765 deg F, double GE main reduction gears, three 250 kW 240 V DC turbo-drive generators, one propeller 8,500 shp. COs: Perry (ferry 1943), McElligott USCG (1944-01-15 to 09-30), Hall USCG (1944-09-30 to 1945-06-13), et seq. Photo catalog includes a US Navy photo documenting departure from Mare Island Naval Shipyard 1957-06-25.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1942-1969
- Limitations
- Volunteer-compiled secondary archive, not a primary document; carried because its specification data reconciles with DANFS published figures (cpl. 523) and its disposition data reproduces the MARAD cards (sale date, buyer, price, PD-X-841 all match the MA-20 image). The 1968-10-01 decommissioning date differs from shipscribe's 1968-09-30 - both carried, see correction row. No asbestos content; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cavalier-apa37-02
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[3]U.S. Maritime Administration, ShipHistory database - CAVALIER (APA-37), Ship History Detail 5748: registry block plus digitized MA-199 vessel status card and MA-20 Record of Ship Sales (card scans) [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- ShipHistory Detail 5748 registry block; card images /cards/5748_AF.jpg (MA-20 sale record) and /cards/235435de-1d53-4f7a-af42-8109d94055f2.png (MA-199 status card); Documents tab CAVALIER.pdf (OCR-illegible card scan; companion card 655 interleaved)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD registry: Year Built 1943; Shipyard Western Pipe and Steel Company; General Type Naval Auxiliary; Specific Type 'APA Attack Transport'; MARAD Type C3-S-A2; length 492.00 ft; beam 70.00 ft; gross tons 7,800; summer draft 27 ft; immersion light 8,920 / summer 12,900; Fate 'Sold - Scrap.' MA-199 vessel status card (Form MA-199): name CAVALIER (APA-37), flag U.S., vessel no. 3000100, type 'Combination,' design C3-S-A2; shipyard Western Pipe & Steel Co., San Fran., Cal.; date built 7/19/43; MC hull no. 276; builders hull no. 88; gross tons 7,800; DWT 12,120; original basis to WSA-MA 'U.S. Navy.' Operating-history rows: Department of the Navy -> Maritime Administration at San Diego, Calif., 1:15 PM PDT 9/15/69, 'Permanent Title Transfer'; Maritime Administration -> Levin Metals Corp. at San Diego, 9/15/69, 'Sale (Scrap)'; physical delivery 10/10/69. MA-20 Record of Ship Sales: awarded to Levin Metals Corporation 9-15-69; purchase price '$417,107 for four ships'; contract no. MA-4840; year built 1943; LOA 492' x 70'; light 8920 / full 12,900; draft 27'; location Naval Base, San Diego, Calif.; acquisition 'Built by Western Pipe & Steel Co., San Francisco, Calif.'; remarks 'Advertised 8-21-69 under PD-X-841, opened 9-11-69, scrap hull, US 24 months.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1943-1969
- Population
- Disposal/scrapping-yard workers (San Diego, 1969)
- Limitations
- Authoritative government custody/disposal record with digitized primary cards - strongest sourcing in this record for the 1943 delivery and 1969 disposal chain. Contains no asbestos, materials, or condition-survey information; supports no asbestos claim. A second vessel's card (no. 655, ex-Monadnock ACM-10) is interleaved in the shared PDF document scan - its 'J. J. Wilkinson, Jr./Suisun Bay' row belongs to that other hull and is NOT carried here.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cavalier-apa37-03
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[4]shipscribe.com, USS Bayfield (APA-33) Class, Part 2 (relief-AGC subgroup) - construction/disposition tables, ship notes, and class notes; compiled Stephen S. Roberts (data consistent with BuShips/Navy registers) [other_primary]
- Locator
- APA36.html construction table row 37, disposition table row 37, Ship Notes table CAVALIER MC#276 row, Class Notes paragraphs (relief-AGC designation and deckhouse alterations)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- shipscribe construction row for APA-37 CAVALIER: acquired 1943-07-19; builder Western Pipe, San Francisco; keel 1942-12-10; launch 1943-03-15; commissioned 1944-01-15. Disposition row: decommissioned 1968-09-30; struck 1968-10-01; disposal 1969-09-15; fate MA/S; MA sale 1969-09-15. Ship note (MC# 276): 'No merc. name. Ex AP-82 1 Feb 43. Ferry comm. 19 Jul 43 to ca. 22 Aug 43. Converted by Bethlehem Steel, Hoboken, N.J. To buyer 10 Oct 69.' Class notes: in June-July 1943 CNO designated six Bayfield-class ships (APA-33, 36-38, 44-45 - APA-37 included) for further modification during their APA conversions to serve as relief AGCs and transport-squadron flagships; structural alterations were conspicuous - a two-level deckhouse added just aft of the stack rising higher than the bridge, and another two-level deckhouse at the after end of the central superstructure between the after pair of boat davits; manpower allowance increased by 43 staff officers and 108 enlisted. Armament tables carry APA-37 in the 1945-46 (2-5"/38 + 4-40mmT + 12-20mmT) and 1949-57 (12>4-20mmT) rearmament groups and the 1958-59 fit (2-5"/38 + 4-40mmT). Class design data: MC C3-S-A2; 7,845 t light / 16,100 t lim; 492.0' oa x 69.5' x 26.5' lim; complement 520 (1944); 18.4 kt; 8,500 HP, GE turbine, 1 screw.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1942-1969
- Limitations
- Specialist secondary compilation of official register data - corroborates NavSource on commission date (15 Jan 44) and adds the relief-AGC conversion scope. Decommissioning date here (1968-09-30) differs from NavSource (1968-10-01) - both carried, see correction row. No asbestos content; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cavalier-apa37-04
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[5]Cross-source reconciliation: NHHC current 'Cavalier' entry (Wayback 20251211112005) vs print-DANFS transcription (hazegray.org/losthistory.net mirror ap82.htm) vs NavSource 03037 vs shipscribe APA36 vs Wikipedia derivatives [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC entry (Wayback) paragraphs 1 and torpedo paragraph; hazegray ap82.htm same paragraphs; NavSource 03037 timeline/CO list; shipscribe APA36 tables; en.wikipedia USS Cavalier infobox-vs-prose
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Source discrepancies resolved or logged: (a) Commissioning date - NHHC current entry 'commissioned 15 January 1944,' NavSource 'Recommissioned ... 15 January 1944,' and shipscribe construction row '15 Jan 44' all agree; the print-DANFS transcription (hazegray/losthistory) reads 'commissioned 16 January 1944' and the English Wikipedia infobox repeats 16 January while its own prose says 15 January - 15 January 1944 adopted, the print variant logged. (b) Torpedo casualties - NHHC current text reads '50 men injured' on 1945-01-30 (consistent with NavSource's Purple Heart note of 50 WIA); the print transcription reads '60 men injured' - 50 adopted. (c) Sailing dates - NHHC 'on 15 July 1950, sailed from Yokosuka' vs print '16 July'; NHHC China tour '25 March to 9 December 1948' vs print '26 March' - NHHC adopted. (d) Commanding-officer name - NavSource list reads CAPT Raymond T. McElligott, USCG; DANFS prints 'R. T. McElliott'/'Mc-Elliott' - McElligott adopted per NavSource/USCG records. (e) Ferry-commission end - NavSource 'Decommissioned, 4 August 1943, at Hoboken' vs shipscribe ship note 'Ferry comm. 19 Jul 43 to ca. 22 Aug 43' - NavSource adopted, shipscribe 'ca.' flagged. (f) Decommissioning date - NavSource 1968-10-01 at San Diego vs shipscribe 1968-09-30; strike 1968-10-01 agrees across sources - both decommissioning dates carried. (g) The loss-causer is printed 'RO 115'/'RO-115' in both DANFS versions - carried as the presumed attacker per DANFS's 'presumably' hedge.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1943-1969
- Limitations
- Resolves publication-level conflicts in identity, dates, and casualties; none of the compared sources contains asbestos information; this row supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cavalier-apa37-05
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[6]U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office: 'The Long Blue Line: Cesar Romero' article (history.uscg.mil) and 'Rear Admiral Arthur G. Hall' biography entry (history.uscg.mil/Browse-by-Topic/Notable-People/All/Article/1876014/) [museum_official]
- Locator
- Long Blue Line article (Romero/Cavalier sections); RADM Hall biography entry; USCG 'Celebrities and Famous People' page (report-aboard November 1943)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- USCG Historian's Office publications document the ship's Coast Guard manning and flagship role: at Saipan (June 1944) 'the flagship of Commander Reserve Transport Group and Commander Transport Division Seven was the Coast Guard-manned transport USS Cavalier'; crewman Cesar Romero operated deck cranes/winches handling 18,000-pound landing barges and served as first powderman on a forward 5-inch gun, having reported aboard in November 1943 during the conversion period. The Hall biography documents CAPT Arthur G. Hall, USCG, commanding USS Cavalier from September 1944 to August 1945 through the Leyte, Lingayen Gulf, and Zambales landings.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1943-1945
- Population
- USCG-manned crew (WWII)
- Limitations
- Official armed-forces historical-office publications; corroborate Coast Guard manning, the flagship role, and the command timeline. history.uscg.mil asset pages returned HTTP 403 to automated fetch this session - content verified via indexed page text. No asbestos content; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cavalier-apa37-06
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[7]Consolidated era/design inference - documented C3-S-A2 machinery plant (NavSource spec block; shipscribe class data: GE turbine, 8,500 HP, 1 screw; CE 'D'-type boilers 465 psi/765 F per NavSource) + documented hull conversion/repair/disposal events (Bethlehem Hoboken APA+relief-AGC conversion; Pearl Harbor Navy Yard battle repairs; Mare Island 1957 availability; Levin Metals 1969 scrapping) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 03037 propulsion block; shipscribe APA36 class data and CAVALIER ship note (Bethlehem Hoboken conversion); DANFS torpedo/repair paragraph; NavSource photo caption APA 37 34897-6-57 (Mare Island 1957-06-25); MARAD MA-20 sale record (Levin Metals)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference: this hull carried a single-screw geared-steam plant (one GE turbine, two Combustion Engineering 'D'-type boilers at 465 psi / 765 deg F, 8,500 shp) built 1942-43 to the Maritime Commission C3-S-A2 design at Western Pipe & Steel, San Francisco, then converted to attack-transport/relief-AGC configuration at Bethlehem Steel, Hoboken (1943-08 to 1944-01) with two additional two-level command deckhouses. This is the machinery configuration for which boiler and fireroom insulation, main and auxiliary steam-line lagging, valve and flange gaskets, machinery packing, accommodation/joiner insulation, and winch/windlass brake linings of the period were commonly asbestos-containing. Documented disturbance-phase pathways for this hull: the 1943-44 Hoboken conversion (major structural work - two added deckhouses, troop and staff accommodations); February-September 1945 battle-damage repairs at Leyte and Pearl Harbor Navy Yard following the RO-115 torpedo hit (port side aft, buckled decks, machinery/propeller damage - a machinery-space repair period at a wartime Navy yard); postwar yard availabilities including a photo-documented Mare Island Naval Shipyard period (departure 1957-06-25); and the 1969 scrapping at Levin Metals Corp.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1942-1969
- Population
- Construction trades at Western Pipe & Steel, San Francisco (1942-43) and Bethlehem Steel Hoboken conversion workers (1943-44); Coast Guard crew and embarked troops (1944-45); Pearl Harbor Navy Yard repair workers (1945); postwar yard workers incl. Mare Island (1957); Levin Metals scrapping workers (1969-70)
- Limitations
- Inference from the documented machinery plant, construction program, and custody/repair events - NOT a hull record. No survey, specification, material schedule, or abatement record naming APA-37 was located; establishes no asbestos content, quantity, location, individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cavalier-apa37-07
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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 Maritime Commission construction program under which this C3-S-A2 attack transport was built - and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization in shipbuilding.
- 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 aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cavalier-apa37-08
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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-cavalier-apa37-09
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[10]CourtListener API v4 sweeps, 2026-09-25 (authenticated via fleet helper cl-auth-search.py): type=o '"USS Cavalier"' (1 - Corley v. Long-Lewis, Inc., N.D. Ala. 2010, Chevrolet Cavalier automobile dealer dispute - name collision); type=o '"USS Cavalier" asbestos' (1 - same Corley hit); type=o '"Cavalier" asbestos' (77 - sampled first page all collisions: Cavalier Group corporate litigation, auto-brake/asbestos cases involving the Chevrolet Cavalier or plaintiffs surnamed Cavalier, unrelated matters); type=o '"APA-37"' (1 - Carlson v. United States, 109 F. Supp. 3d 1025 (N.D. Ill. 2015), the Chicago Tribune grand-jury-release case - incidental citation collision, not the ship); type=r '"USS Cavalier"' (1 - IN RE: Asbestos Products Liability Litigation (No. VI), MDL No. 875, J.P.M.L., Judge Robreno - the consolidated master docket, a name-match inside it); type=r 'Cavalier asbestos' (398 - sampled first page all surname/company collisions incl. plaintiff-named-Cavalier asbestos cases Cavalier v. American Standard (E.D. Pa. 2006) and Cavalier v. Turner & Newall (E.D. Pa. 1989), Cavalier Telephone, and the MDL-875 master docket) [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger row sl-uss-cavalier-apa37-07; MDL-875 master docket https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/1245688/in-re-asbestos-products-liability-litigation-no-vi/ ; collision examples: Corley v. Long-Lewis (N.D. Ala. 2:09-cv-01812), Carlson v. United States 109 F. Supp. 3d 1025 (N.D. Ill. 2015), Cavalier v. American Standard (E.D. Pa.), Cavalier v. Turner & Newall (E.D. Pa. 1989)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation naming USS Cavalier or APA-37 located: every exact-name opinion hit classifies as a name collision (Chevrolet Cavalier automobile disputes; plaintiffs surnamed Cavalier; Cavalier Group/Cavalier Telephone corporate cases; an 'APA-37' statutory-string collision inside an unrelated First Amendment case). The single docket-index hit for the exact phrase 'USS Cavalier' is the MDL-875 consolidated master docket (In re Asbestos Products Liability Litigation (No. VI), J.P.M.L., filed 1991, Judge Robreno) - a name match inside the consolidated docket's indexed documents, consistent with appearance on a complaint's vessel list; that is pleading-stage allegation context, not a dedicated case naming the hull and not an adjudicated exposure record.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- search 2026-09-25
- Population
- Navy/USCG veterans of APA-type auxiliaries (type context)
- Limitations
- Litigation-stage discipline applied: the MDL-875 master-docket name match is classified as pleading-level context (a vessel name inside a consolidated filing), never as a case or finding - no dedicated Cavalier caption, no opinion, no adjudicated exposure record was located. Opinion and RECAP indexes under-cover unreported state-court filings and settled MDL-875 claims; the broad 'Cavalier asbestos' docket corpus (398) was triaged by first-page classification, not exhaustive paging - a hull-named filing absent from those surfaces would remain undetected. Sweep completed under fleet pacing constraints; one planned type=o query '"Cavalier" "attack transport"' did not execute.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cavalier-apa37-10
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[11]Batch-2331 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS via Wayback capture; print-DANFS transcription mirrors (hazegray.org, losthistory.net); NavSource 03037; MARAD ShipHistory Detail 5748 + MA-199 custody card + MA-20 sale record; shipscribe APA36/APA34 class pages; USCG Historian's Office pages; CourtListener opinion and docket sweeps; NVR (no entry expected, pre-1987 disposal); NARA record-group guides; shipyards.json slug check; indexed-web checks [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-cavalier-apa37-01 through sl-uss-cavalier-apa37-13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, industrial-hygiene file, or dedicated docketed case naming the Cavalier/AP-82/APA-37 hull was found in the public sources searched - the DANFS entries, MARAD registry/cards/sale record, NavSource page, shipscribe class data, and USCG Historian publications all contain no asbestos or insulation-material statement; CourtListener sweeps returned only collisions and one pleading-stage master-docket mention (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 1942-43 MC-type geared-steam hull with a major conversion, a machinery-space battle-damage repair, and 25 years of commissioned service is era-consistent with installed asbestos-containing materials. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cavalier-apa37-11
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[12]NARA record-group path for this hull: RG 24 deck logs; RG 19 BuShips (C3-S-A2 conversion plans and APA outfitting specifications); RG 38 (war diaries/action reports incl. Saipan, Tinian, Leyte, Lingayen, the 1945-01-30 torpedoing, and Korea); RG 178 (U.S. Maritime Commission) construction-contract and inspection records for MC hull 276; MARAD disposal file for contract MA-4840 / PD-X-841; USCG personnel/unit records for the 1943-45 Coast Guard-manned period; Western Pipe & Steel (hull 88) and Bethlehem Steel Hoboken yard records [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA RG guides 19/24/38/178 at archives.gov; MARAD Detail 5748 Documents/Cards tabs (card scans already retrieved); NavSource 'Sources for Individual Ship Study' FAQ
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads not retrieved (no spend authorized): (a) NARA RG 24 deck logs 1943-07 to 1968-09 - machinery-maintenance and yard-availability entries could document insulation work aboard; (b) RG 38 war diaries and action reports, including the 1945-01-30 RO-115 torpedoing damage reports that would describe the machinery-space damage and subsequent Leyte/Pearl Harbor repair scope; (c) BuShips conversion specifications and Booklet of General Plans for APA-37 including the relief-AGC deckhouse additions (RG 19); (d) MC construction-contract and outfitting records for MC hull 276 (RG 178); (e) the MARAD sale file for MA-4840/PD-X-841 including the four-ship lot and buyer information; (f) USCG Historian's Office unit records and the ship's Coast Guard-manned crew files; (g) Western Pipe & Steel Co. hull 88 construction records and Bethlehem Steel Hoboken conversion work orders.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1942-1969 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-cavalier-apa37-12