Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet dy-packet.md (2 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS Cook Inlet. Hull: AVP-36. Designation: small seaplane tender. Class: Barnegat (1,766 tons) — http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/OnlineLibrary/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-c/avp36.htm [mirror-hosted NHC content]
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-cook-inlet-avp36-pkt-dy-packet-md
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[2]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, 'Cook Inlet' (AVP-36), Vol. II (1963) p. 182 - transcription mirror at HyperWar/ibiblio [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS 'Cook Inlet' entry, full text (HyperWar transcription by Patrick Clancey)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS entry for Cook Inlet (AVP-36): launched 13 May 1944 by Lake Washington Shipyards, Houghton, Wash., sponsored by Mrs. H. K. Stubbs; commissioned 5 November 1944, Commander W. P. Woods in command. Departed San Diego 15 January 1945; Pearl Harbor 21 January; tended seaplanes at Hilo 25-31 January; arrived off Saipan 26 February; air-sea rescue station during the Iwo Jima invasion 2-14 March 1945, rescuing 27 survivors of downed bombers; on duty off Iwo Jima until 29 November, then station tender at Jinsen (Inchon), Korea; reached San Francisco 22 January 1946; placed out of commission in reserve 31 March 1946; transferred to the U.S. Coast Guard 20 September 1948. One battle star for WWII service. DANFS statistics: 1,650 tons, 319'9" length, 41'1" beam, 13'6" draft, 11 knots, complement 215, two 5-inch guns.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1943-1948 (entry compiled 1963)
- Population
- Ship's company, ~215 (DANFS figure); wartime complement incl. aviation unit higher (class figure 367 - not adopted)
- Limitations
- Canonical NHHC page (history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/c/cook-inlet*.html) returned 404 on 2026-09-26 - NHHC link rot, same standing issue as Batch-01; verbatim HyperWar transcription of the printed DANFS entry cited instead. Contains no asbestos or materials information; supports identity, chronology, and service history only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cook-inlet-avp36-01
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[3]Naval Historical Center / NHHC Online Library of Selected Images, 'USS Cook Inlet (AVP-36), 1944-1948' (ibiblio mirror), incl. Bureau of Ships photos 19-N-79525, 19-N-79526, 19-N-68235, 19-N-68236 (U.S. National Archives collections) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NHC Online Library page text and photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC (Naval Historical Center) Online Library ship page for USS Cook Inlet (AVP-36), 1944-1948: a 1,766-ton Barnegat-class small seaplane tender built at Houghton, Washington, commissioned November 1944; Bureau of Ships photos dated 13 May 1944 (launch, christening by Mrs. H. K. Stubbs) and 3 November 1944 (off Houghton, two days before commissioning, 1-5"/38 gun and camouflage noted). Narrative: loaned to the Coast Guard September 1948 as WAVP-384 (later WHEC-384); served out of Portland, Maine, primarily on weather-station duty; transferred to South Vietnam as Tran Quoc Toan December 1971; to the Philippines April 1976 as a source of spare parts.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-1976
- Limitations
- Official Navy source via transcription mirror. Its narrative line 'placed in commission in reserve in June 1946 and out of commission in 1947' conflicts with DANFS proper and NHHC DANAS App. 5 (both: out of commission in reserve 31 March 1946); the 31 March 1946 date is adopted as controlling and the variant is logged as a gap. No asbestos or materials information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cook-inlet-avp36-02
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[4]U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office, 'Cook Inlet, 1949 / WHEC-384' webcutters page (uscg.mil/history), sources: Cook Inlet Cutter Subject File, DANFS Vol. II p.182, Scheina 'U.S. Coast Guard Cutters & Craft, 1946-1990' pp.10-16, Ship's Characteristics Card 4 March 1966 - Wayback capture 2009-01-31 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Full webcutter page (particulars table, ship's history, sources block)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- USCG Historian's Office cutter page for Cook Inlet (WHEC-384; radio call sign NYLW): builder Lake Washington Shipyards, Houghton WA; commissioned 5 Nov 1944 (USN); loaned to USCG 20 September 1948; commissioned USCG 15 January 1949; permanently transferred to USCG 26 September 1966; decommissioned 21 December 1971 and transferred to South Vietnam. Stationed at Portland, Maine 1949-1971 for law enforcement, ocean station, and SAR in the Atlantic. Specific documented operations: medical patient from USCGC Chambers 12 Oct 1953; cadet cruise Aug 1965; rescue from swamped P/C 28 Jan 1966; escorted distressed Liberian M/V Arion to Bermuda 3-8 Feb 1966; medevac from Swedish M/V California 8 Jan 1968; Coast Guard Squadron Three, Vietnam, 2 July - 21 December 1971. 1966 particulars: length 309'10-1/8" oa, beam 41' max, draft 12'6" full load, displacement 2,528.7 tons fl, Fairbanks-Morse direct-reversing diesels 6,080 shp, 19.4 kts max sustained, complement 10 officers/3 warrants/138 enlisted; armament incl. 1 x 5"/38 Mk 30-70. Post-transfer: became Tran Quoc Toan; fled to Philippines at the fall of South Vietnam; used for spares; disposed of 1982.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1948-1982
- Population
- USCG crew, 1966: 10 officers, 3 warrants, 138 enlisted
- Limitations
- Official USCG source cited via Wayback capture because the legacy uscg.mil/history/webcutters URLs redirect/migrated on the live site. Diesel plant confirmed ship-specifically ('Fairbanks-Morse, direct reversing diesels' on the 1966 characteristics card) - relevant because it forecloses steam-boiler-style lagging inference. Contains no asbestos or materials information. The WAVP-384 to WHEC-384 redesignation (1 May 1966) and Vietnam campaign-star count (two: Consolidation I/II) appear in secondary compilations; the USCG page carries the WHEC designation and 1966 particulars but does not state either - both logged in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cook-inlet-avp36-03
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[5]NHHC, Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons Vol. 2, Appendix 5 'Seaplane Tender Listings,' p. 735 (Appen5.pdf; live URL 404, retrieved via Wayback capture 2020-10-18) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Appendix 5, AVP Barnegat-class table, row '36 Cook Inlet' (PDF p. 735); text extracted via pdftotext
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC, Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons, Appendix 5 'Seaplane Tender Listings' (Small Seaplane Tenders (AVP), Barnegat Class section, p. 735): hull 36, Cook Inlet - commission/decommission dates 5 Nov 1944 / 31 Mar 1946; 'Transferred to USCG 20 Sep 1948. Transferred to South Vietnam as HQ-05, 21 Dec 1971.' This official Navy compilation corroborates the 31 March 1946 decommissioning (contra the Online Library variant 'in commission in reserve June 1946, out of commission 1947') and gives the Republic of Vietnam Navy pennant as HQ-05, where secondary compilations (NavSource, Wikipedia) give HQ-06.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-1971
- Limitations
- Official Navy tabulation; resolves the decommission-date conflict in favor of 31 March 1946 but creates a pennant-number conflict (HQ-05 here vs HQ-06 in NavSource/Wikipedia) - flagged in gaps rather than resolved. No asbestos or materials information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cook-inlet-avp36-04
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[6]Corn, Jacqueline Karnell, and Jennifer A. Starr, 'Historical perspective on asbestos: Policies and protective measures in World War II shipbuilding,' American Journal of Industrial Medicine 11(3):359-373 (1987); PMID 3555021 [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 program under which this 1944-built Barnegat-class tender was constructed - and that wartime expansion produced an unprecedented rise in the amount of asbestos utilized in shipyards, with asbestos diseases manifesting in shipyard workers decades later.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1940s era documented; article 1987
- Population
- WWII shipyard workers and ship crews (era 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 or remains aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cook-inlet-avp36-05
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[7]OPNAVINST 5100.19E, Vol. I, Ch. B1 'Asbestos Management' (med.navy.mil PDF); NAVEDTRA 14113 general insulation precautions (asbestos lagging warnings) [other_primary]
- Locator
- OPNAVINST 5100.19E Volume I, Chapter B1 (Asbestos Management) and caution-label S/N 0107-LF-062-6010 references; NAVEDTRA 14113 'General Insulation Precautions' asbestos-control section
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Navy afloat-safety doctrine documents that asbestos-containing insulation was installed in U.S. Navy ships of the WWII era and required management: OPNAVINST 5100.19E (Navy Safety and Occupational Health Program Manual for Forces Afloat, 30 May 2007) contains Chapter B1 'Asbestos Management' governing asbestos aboard ships, and associated Navy training material (NAVEDTRA 14113) warns that some ships 'still have some asbestos insulation installed' and prescribes precautions for lagging rip-out and replacement - official acknowledgment of asbestos in legacy Navy hulls of the period in which AVP-36 was built.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- doctrine 2007; applies to legacy-era hulls
- Population
- Navy shipboard crews (fleet context)
- Limitations
- Fleet doctrine of a later date (2007 instruction; NAVEDTRA training text) proving era/installed-base asbestos in Navy ships generally - it postdates this hull's U.S. service (1944-1948/1949-1971 USCG) and does not name AVP-36; establishes that ships built in the 1940s carried asbestos insulation requiring controls, not that this hull's specific materials have been surveyed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cook-inlet-avp36-06
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[8]Batch-3068 search ledger (this record): DANFS/HyperWar; NHHC Online Library; NHHC DANAS Appen5.pdf; USCG Historian webcutter page; CourtListener API v4 name+hull sweeps (opinion + RECAP docket); MARAD ShipHistory [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-cook-inlet-avp36-01 through sl-uss-cook-inlet-avp36-09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, condition survey, or docketed case naming the Cook Inlet hull (AVP-36 / WAVP-384 / WHEC-384 / Tran Quoc Toan) was found in the public sources searched - DANFS, NHHC Online Library, NHHC DANAS App. 5, and the USCG Historian cutter file summary contain no asbestos or insulation-material statements. CourtListener sweep (authenticated, fleet-paced, 2026-09-26): '"Cook Inlet" asbestos' type=o returned 7 hits, all Alaska-region name collisions (Cook Inlet Tribal Council, Cook Inlet Region Inc., Cook Inlet Energy, fisheries/EPA matters); '"Cook Inlet" + ship/vessel/cutter/hull-number keywords' returned 688 hits - top results all collisions; '"Cook Inlet"' type=r returned 876 dockets - top results all collisions; exact '"USS Cook Inlet"' and hull-number OR ('AVP-36'/'WAVP-384'/'WHEC-384'/'Tran Quoc Toan') returned 0 opinions (see search_ledger).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1944 naval auxiliary is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials, and the hull's consumption as a spare-parts source in Philippine custody makes any present-day survey impossible. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cook-inlet-avp36-07
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[9]USCG Historian's Office sources block on the Cook Inlet webcutter page; NARA Guide to Federal Records RG 19 (Bureau of Ships) and deck-log guidance [other_primary]
- Locator
- USCG webcutter page 'SOURCES' block; NARA RG 19 record-group guide
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - require research-room/reproduction order; no spend authorized): USCG Historian's Office 'Cook Inlet' Cutter Subject File and Ship's Characteristics Card (4 March 1966) - both cited as sources on the USCG webcutter page and would document the 1948-49 USCG conversion scope (balloon shelter, oceanographic/hydrographic winches) where any insulation changes would appear; NARA RG 19 (Bureau of Ships) construction and outfitting records for AVP-36 at Lake Washington Shipyards; NARA deck logs (RG 24/RG 26) for operational context; RVNS and Philippine Navy custody/disposal documentation.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1943-1982 records
- Limitations
- Record-group/file-level mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; existence of asbestos-specific documents for AVP-36 is unknown until surveyed. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cook-inlet-avp36-08