Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet dw-packet.md (3 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-chincoteague-avp24-pkt-dw-packet-md
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[2]Naval History and Heritage Command, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Chincoteague (AVP-24) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Chincoteague entry, specifications and service chronology
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS identifies Chincoteague as Barnegat-class AVP-24, launched 15 April 1942 at Lake Washington Shipyard, Houghton, Washington, commissioned 12 April 1943, with complement 215. She tended seaplanes in the Pacific, sustained bomb damage and nine crew deaths during the July 1943 Saboe Bay attacks, returned to service in 1944, operated off Iwo Jima in 1945, received six World War II battle stars, decommissioned 21 December 1946, and was lent to the Coast Guard 7 March 1949.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1942-1949
- Population
- U.S. Navy complement 215 (DANFS)
- Limitations
- Operational history only. DANFS does not describe asbestos, insulation composition, a survey, abatement, or individual exposure. Its 16 July 1943 attack date differs from the contemporary war-damage report's 17 July date; the prose avoids a precise attack date.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-chincoteague-avp24-01
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[3]U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships, War Damage Report No. 47, U.S.S. Chincoteague (AVP24), Bomb Damage, Saboe Bay (20 September 1944) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Report summary and narrative paragraph 17; references (a)-(h) list command and repair correspondence
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Navy Bureau of Ships War Damage Report No. 47 identifies the July 1943 bomb strike as detonating in Chincoteague's after engine room near two diesel main engines, rupturing a cooling-water line and damaging foundations and piping. The report identifies vessel-specific damage and a repair-record trail.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1943-1944
- Population
- Ship's engineering and damage-control personnel (role context; no exposure finding)
- Limitations
- NHHC's indexed report text was available in search results but its page returned a fetch error during this review; the cited passage and metadata were checked, not the complete report. The extracted passage does not identify asbestos or the composition of any damaged piping or insulation. The report dates the damage 17 July, differing from DANFS's 16 July.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-chincoteague-avp24-02
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[4]U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office, Chincoteague, 1949 (WHEC-375), 3 December 2020 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Commissioned/Decommissioned fields; Particulars as of 1965; Cutter History
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Coast Guard history identifies the former AVP-24 as WHEC-375, lent 7 March 1949 and permanently transferred 26 September 1966; Coast Guard decommissioning and transfer to South Vietnam occurred 21 June 1972. The ship was homeported at Norfolk, Virginia for Coast Guard service. Her 1965 particulars list Fairbanks-Morse direct-reversing diesel main engines, 6,400 shp, and a complement of 10 officers, 3 warrants, and 136 men. The history says she later served as Ly Thoung Kiet, then Andres Bonifacio in Philippine service, and was listed active in July 1993.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1949-1993
- Population
- 1965 Coast Guard complement: 10 officers, 3 warrant officers, 136 men
- Limitations
- The page is authoritative for Coast Guard history and its own stated later-status limit (July 1993); it does not prove current location, disposal, or asbestos content. Its Navy commissioning date of 15 April 1943 conflicts with DANFS's 12 April 1943; DANFS controls the Navy date in this record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-chincoteague-avp24-03
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[5]Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Occupational Exposure to Asbestos, final rule, 59 FR 40964 (10 August 1994) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Shipbuilding and repairing—historical contact with asbestos in shipyard work
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- OSHA's 1994 shipyard asbestos rule states that asbestos products were used extensively on American ships from the early 1940s through the late 1970s, including joiner bulkhead systems, machinery-space thermal insulation, ceiling tile, and fire-resistant bulkhead sheets. This is era-wide shipbuilding and repair context, not a finding about Chincoteague.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- Early 1940s-late 1970s industry history; rule issued 1994
- Population
- American shipbuilding and repair workers generally
- Limitations
- OSHA does not name this ship, its Barnegat class, Lake Washington Shipyard, or any product installed aboard AVP-24. General industry use cannot establish this hull's asbestos presence, locations, quantity, condition, individual exposure, or causation. Boiler examples in the rule are inapplicable to an unverified boiler claim for this diesel-propelled hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-chincoteague-avp24-04
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[6]National Archives, Special List 44—Named Vessels; Ship Plans in the Cartographic Research Room [other_primary]
- Locator
- Special List 44: Chincoteague AVP-24 row; ship-plan guide https://www.archives.gov/research/cartographic/ship-plans
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's Special List 44 indexes Chincoteague (AVP-24) deck logs from 12 April 1943 through 30 June 1945; NARA's cartographic guidance identifies RG 19 Navy hull-series engineering drawings and RG 26 Coast Guard cutter engineering plans as potential records to request for vessel-specific material or alteration research.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1943-1945 deck logs; other record coverage unverified
- Limitations
- The deck-log entry is hull specific, but the plan guidance is repository-level only. Neither the logs nor drawings were retrieved or examined, so this is a research path, not evidence of asbestos, repairs, or exposure. Exact RG 19 or RG 26 file units for this hull remain unidentified.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-chincoteague-avp24-05
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[7]Batch 3056 search ledger: NHHC DANFS and War Damage Report No. 47; U.S. Coast Guard vessel history; NARA named-vessel deck-log index and ship-plan guide; OSHA rule [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger sl-uss-chincoteague-avp24-01 through -07; CourtListener separately pending if pacing remains unavailable
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No public ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, or specification identifying asbestos on AVP-24 was located in the official historical and regulatory sources completed for this batch. Asbestos presence aboard the hull is unknown; the CourtListener sweep remains pending.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2026-09-26 search
- Limitations
- A limited public-source search cannot prove absence of asbestos or absence of litigation. Full war-damage text, archived drawings, logs, Coast Guard cutter subject file, and authenticated CourtListener results were not obtained. No individual exposure or causation conclusion follows.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-chincoteague-avp24-06