Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet be-packet.md (1 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: UNVERIFIABLE
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-coronis-arl10-pkt-be-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, 'USS Coronis (ARL-10),' Naval History Division, Washington - verbatim HyperWar/ibiblio transcription (live NHHC page returned 404 at access date; link rot consistent with prior-batch notes) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Full entry; stat line reads 'ARL-10: dp. 2,220; l. 328'; b. 50'; dr. 15'; s. 11 k.; cpl. 255; a. 1 3"; cl. Achelous'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS entry: LST-1003 launched 8 June 1944 by Boston Navy Yard, sponsored by Mrs. V.M. Rines; named and reclassified Coronis (ARL-10) 12 June 1944; partial commission 29 June 1944; sailed to Baltimore, Md., for conversion to a landing craft repair ship; commissioned in full 28 November 1944 (Lt. J.J. 'Ready,' Jr., USNR, in command). Departed Norfolk 4 January 1945; Purvis Bay, Solomon Islands (repair of battle-damaged landing craft for the Okinawa invasion); Ulithi 25 March; Service and Salvage Unit; off Okinawa 3 April - repaired landing craft and smaller radar picket ships and operated a fog generator. 18 June 1945 to Saipan/Guam for parts, then Subic Bay as repair ship for the Japan-invasion training group. Postwar: Okinawa 26 August (Fifth Fleet landing-ship repairs); converted LST-494 into a minecraft tender; Wakayama Wan boat pool 25 September 1945 - 16 March 1946; Shanghai call; Astoria, Oregon 2 May 1946; out of commission in reserve at Vancouver, Wash., 29 July 1946. Bracketed DANFS addendum: sold 1961; merchant Trailer Princess 1965. One battle star for WWII.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-1965
- Limitations
- Establishes identity, construction, conversion, WWII service, reserve layup, and disposal framing; contains no asbestos or insulation-material statement. DANFS prints the first CO's surname as 'Ready'; NavSource reads 'Reidy' - unresolved discrepancy, logged. DANFS gives no keel-laying date (NavSource/Shipscribe supply 3 May 1944).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-coronis-arl10-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS Coronis (ARL-10), archive 10/19/1910; Shipscribe (usnaux.shipscribe.com), CORONIS (ARL-10) class page - construction, disposition, and class-notes tables compiled from official U.S. Navy data [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource ARL-10 page (timeline, campaign table, CO list, merchant service, final disposition); https://usnaux.shipscribe.com/ARL/ARL10.html construction/disposition rows for ARL-10
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource Amphibious Photo Archive and Shipscribe CORONIS (ARL-10) class table: laid down as LST-1003 on 3 May 1944 at Boston Navy Yard; launched 8 June 1944; reclassified Landing Craft Repair Ship (ARL) 12 June 1944 (Shipscribe's class program table lists group reclassification 14 Aug 44); reduced commission 29 June 1944 for transit to conversion yard (LT John J. Reidy, Jr., USNR); decommissioned 11 July 1944 during conversion; commissioned in full 28 November 1944 at Bethlehem Steel Co. Key Highway Plant, Baltimore, Md. Campaigns: Okinawa Gunto operation (assault and occupation, 3 April-18 June 1945); Navy Occupation Service Medal 2 Sep 1945-20 Mar 1946; China Service Medal (extended) 21 Mar-9 Apr 1946. Decommissioned Vancouver, WA, 29 July 1946; Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group, Astoria. Shipscribe records strike 1 July 1961 and disposal (sale) 2 November 1961; NavSource lists strike date as unknown. Merchant service as Trailer Princess (Canadian flag); sank Duncan Bay, B.C., 14 February 2022. Commanding officers: LT Reidy (29 Jun-11 Jul 1944; 28 Nov 1944-15 Jun 1946); LT Orvis Lee Chastain, USN (15 Jun-29 Jul 1946). Specs: 2 x GM 12-567A diesels, Falk reduction gears, 2 shafts, twin rudders, 1,800 shp, 11.6 kt; complement 21 officers + 232 enlisted; one 3"/50, two quad 40mm, six twin 20mm as configured.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-2022
- Limitations
- Secondary compilations of official records, not the primary documents themselves; neither contains an asbestos or materials statement. Strike date carried as 1 July 1961 per Shipscribe; NavSource lists it as unknown - discrepancy logged rather than silently reconciled. First CO's surname reads 'Reidy' here vs 'Ready' in DANFS - logged. Photo caption documents Coronis moored with USS Tantalus (ARL-27) at Shanghai, 5 April 1946.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-coronis-arl10-02
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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
- 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 hull was built at Boston Navy Yard (keel 3 May 1944, launched 8 June 1944) and converted to an ARL at Bethlehem Steel's Key Highway Plant, Baltimore (Jul-Nov 1944). For a 1944 diesel-propelled auxiliary of this type, era-typical asbestos applications included machinery and piping insulation, flange and valve gaskets, machinery packing, electrical insulation, deck coverings, and brake linings.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944 construction/conversion era; article 1987
- Population
- WWII shipyard workers (Boston Navy Yard; Bethlehem Key Highway) and ship's company (class context)
- Limitations
- Program/era-level scholarship; does not name this vessel and does not establish that asbestos was or remains aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation. Diesel propulsion (no boilers/steam plant) reduces but does not eliminate era-typical asbestos applications.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-coronis-arl10-03
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[5]Shipscribe (usnaux.shipscribe.com), CORONIS (ARL-10) class notes (ARL 10-39 conversion design); NavSource ARL-10 specifications (60-ton A-frame, repair-ship outfit); DANFS service narrative (repair operations at Okinawa; LST-494 conversion) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Shipscribe class notes paragraph beginning 'The Navy tended to list ARL 1-39 as a single class, but beginning with ARL-10 the design was modified...'
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- The Achelous-class conversion - documented for this design group by Shipscribe's class notes - converted the LST tank deck into machinery and engine repair, carpentry, electronics-repair, and hull-repair shops and storerooms; beginning with ARL-10 the design added facilities to embark and repair LVTs, retained the bow doors, and enlarged repair-shop space forward. DANFS documents this vessel repairing battle-damaged landing craft and radar picket ships at Okinawa and converting LST-494 into a minecraft tender. Repair work on WWII-era landing craft is era-consistent with contact with asbestos-containing insulation, lagging, and gasket materials removed from or installed on serviced vessels, but no located source specifies the materials handled aboard Coronis.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- ARL repair-department crew (machinery, engine, hull, electronics, carpentry divisions); crews of serviced craft (class context)
- Limitations
- The repair mission is documented ship-specific (DANFS); the materials involved are not. No source locates an asbestos-containing product aboard this hull or in its repair workload - the asbestos relevance of the repair shops is inference from the era and ship type, not a ship-specific finding. Does not establish exposure or causation for any individual.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-coronis-arl10-04
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[6]Canadian Coast Guard / Government of Canada, 'Sunken barge near Campbell River to be removed from the marine environment,' official release distributed 22 September 2022 (newswire.ca); vessel identity cross-referenced to Canadian registry 327072 / IMO 6701345 via The Nauticapedia vessel database [other_primary]
- Locator
- Release text (Campbell River, BC, Sept. 22, 2022); Nauticapedia entry for LST-1003 (U.S.S.), registry 327072
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- Canadian Coast Guard / Government of Canada release (22 September 2022): the 98 m barge Trailer Princess - the same hull as ex-USS Coronis (ARL-10)/LST-1003 via Canadian registry No. 327072 and IMO 6701345 (Nauticapedia vessel database cross-reference) - sank in Duncan Bay north of Campbell River, B.C., on 14 February 2022 and was deemed a high risk to pollute. CCG removed approximately 34,000 L of gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel in initial response; crews could not safely access all below-deck spaces. AMIX/Marine Recycling Corporation was retained to remove remaining fuels, refloat the barge, and deconstruct/recycle it; 55,000 L of hydrocarbons and oily water had been removed at release date; removal cost $4.7 million; operation coordinated with the Wei Wai Kum First Nation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2022
- Population
- Salvage/deconstruction workers, 2022 (documented exposure pathway: hydrocarbon environment, not asbestos)
- Limitations
- The documented hazard scope is hydrocarbons only - the release makes no asbestos statement and publishes no materials inventory. Identity linkage (Trailer Princess = ex-ARL-10/LST-1003) rests on Canadian registry data and NavSource, not on the release itself, which describes the hull only as 'originally a WWII US Navy Landing Craft' (imprecise - the hull was completed as an ARL, not an operating LST). Does not establish or defeat any asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-coronis-arl10-05
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[7]Ship and Rail Compensation Canada, 2022-2023 Annual Report (ship-rail.gc.ca PDF), Trailer Princess case narrative [other_primary]
- Locator
- Annual report, Trailer Princess paragraph (CCG photo captioned; pre-claim marine survey; uninsured status)
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- Ship and Rail Compensation Canada (federal agency, ship-rail.gc.ca) 2022-2023 Annual Report records the Trailer Princess incident administratively: an uninsured Canadian-registered barge over 1,000 gross tons subject to mandatory insurance requirements; the Fund requested a pre-claim marine survey and explored obtaining financial security from the owners 'so far without success.' Confirms federal incident management and the absence of insurance recovery for the 2022 removal/deconstruction.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2022-2023
- Limitations
- Administrative/claims-posture record only; contains no asbestos or materials statement. Documents that the hull was uninsured at loss - relevant to who bore deconstruction cost (federal response), not to materials aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-coronis-arl10-06
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[8]Batch-2600 search ledger (this record): DANFS/HyperWar; NavSource 10/19/1910; Shipscribe ARL-10 class page; NVR SHIPDETAILS ARL-10; MARAD ShipHistory; CCG newswire release; Ship and Rail Compensation Canada annual report; Nauticapedia; CourtListener API v4 [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-coronis-arl10-01 through sl-uss-coronis-arl10-10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat-materials disclosure, or docketed asbestos case naming this hull under any identity (LST-1003; Coronis; ARL-10; Trailer Princess; IMO 6701345) was found in the public sources searched - DANFS, NavSource, Shipscribe, NVR (no detail record; pre-1987 disposal), MARAD Vessel History Database (no record; hull never in MARAD/NDRF custody - Navy sale direct to commercial, Canadian-flagged), Canadian Coast Guard releases, Ship and Rail Compensation Canada, and Nauticapedia registry data. CourtListener name search returned 42 'Coronis' hits, all surname/corporate collisions (see search_ledger); hull-number sweeps logged.
- 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-built, Navy-yard-constructed, Bethlehem-converted hull is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials, and the 2022 deconstruction under a hydrocarbon-hazard framing left no public materials inventory. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-coronis-arl10-07
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[9]NARA Guide to Federal Records and deck-log guidance: RG 24 Entry 118 (National Archives Identifier 581208); RG 181 (shore establishments, Boston); RG 19 (Bureau of Ships); RG 38 (CNO); digitized deck-logs program page [other_primary]
- Locator
- https://www.archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy and /military/logbooks/digitized-logs ; archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records groups 19, 24, 38, 181
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - no spend authorized; record-group mapping only): NARA RG 24 (Bureau of Naval Personnel), Entry 118 deck logs 1941+ at College Park - WWII-era Coronis deck logs are the primary day-by-day source and may record repair work, materials, and yard periods; National Archives Catalog digitized-logs program is the check path. RG 181 (Naval Districts and Shore Establishments), Boston Naval Shipyard construction records at NARA Boston for the LST-1003 build. RG 19 (Bureau of Ships) conversion/contract records for the Bethlehem Key Highway work. RG 38 (CNO) war diaries/action reports for Okinawa operations.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-1961 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-coronis-arl10-08
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[10]CourtListener API v4 search, type=opinion, q="Coronis" (42 results, reviewed); hull-number queries per ledger [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-coronis-arl10-06 through sl-uss-coronis-arl10-08
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion searches (type=o, API v4, authenticated helper): 'Coronis' returned 42 results, all name collisions - individual surnames (e.g., Coronis v. Flowers, Va. Cir. 1990, real-property dispute; Coronis v. Detroit Edison) and corporate/family names (E.A. Coronis Associates construction litigation; the unrelated Coronis shipping family in d'Amico Dry Ltd. v. Primera Maritime (Hellas) Ltd., 2d Cir., forward-freight-agreement dispute); 'ARL-10' asbestos returned 0 results. No opinion names the vessel, the hull numbers, or the merchant identity. 'LST-1003' and 'Trailer Princess' sweeps were blocked by the fleet-wide pacer at session end - see search_ledger; 'blocked' entries reflect pacing, not a finding.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- Opinion-text coverage only; a hit on the ship's name would still require classification (pleading allegation vs. adjudicated finding) - none located. Absence of a docketed opinion does not prove no claim was ever filed or settled; Canadian worker claims (ferry/logging eras) are outside CourtListener coverage entirely.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-coronis-arl10-09