USS Devosa (AKA-27)

Evidence

7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).

1. [1]DANFS, 'Devosa (AKA-27)' (Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships; verbatim transcription via hazegray mirror; live NHHC page returned 404 on 2026-09-20) [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   DANFS AKA-27 entry, full narrative and spec block

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   DANFS entry for Devosa (AKA-27): 'A planetoid.' Spec block: dp. 4,087; l. 426'; b. 58'; dr. 16'6"; s. 17 k.; cpl. 303; a. 1 5"; cl. Artemis. 'Devosa (AKA-27) was launched 12 October 1944 by Walsh-Kaiser Co., Inc., Providence, R.I., under a Maritime Commission contract; sponsored by Mrs. A. W. Radford, wife of Read [sic] Admiral Radford; transferred to the Navy 30 November 1944; and commissioned the same day, Lieutenant Commander R. C. Wilkinson, USNR, in command.' Service narrative: sailed Norfolk 1 January 1945 with cargo of oil drums for Pearl Harbor (arrived 21 January); 3 February to Tulagi, Florida Island, discharged 36 landing craft for the boat pool, amphibious training for Okinawa; carrying Marines, Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 11, a U.S. Military Government unit, and part of a Mobile Naval Hospital unit, sailed to Ulithi and thence 27 March for Okinawa; landed troops and cargo in the initial assault 1 April, remained off Okinawa until 10 April, arrived San Francisco 18 May. Returned to Pacific: naval construction battalion men and equipment Pearl Harbor to Samar; Manus antisubmarine net gear to Iwo Jima; Saipan 13 August; recovered battle casualties to Okinawa (arrived 3 September); Jinsen occupation troops 13-15 September; Okinawa to Tientsin 30 September-9 October; Manila to Seattle (arrived 16 November); cargo to Pearl Harbor, San Pedro 25 December; departed for Norfolk 21 January 1946 (arrived 6 February); decommissioned at New York 2 April 1946 and transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal the same day. 'Devosa received one battle star for World War II service.'

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-20

   Study period

   1944-1946

   Population

   Ship's company, 1944-1946; embarked troops and cargo passengers (Marines, MTB Ron 11, military government and mobile hospital units, Seabees, recovered casualties)

   Limitations

   Authoritative for identity, construction, and WWII service narrative - the entry ends at the 2 April 1946 transfer and does not cover the Kings Pointer / NDRF / disposal period (MARAD status cards cover that chain, ev-03). Transcription mirror used because canonical NHHC URLs are unreachable (standing NHHC link-rot note, BATCH-01-REPORT; two candidate history.navy.mil paths 404'd 2026-09-20, HyperWar DANFS coverage does not include this hull). Contains no asbestos, materials, or insulation information - supports no asbestos claim. DANFS's 'transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal' is imprecise: the primary custody record shows reassignment to USMMA as training ship, not immediate disposal.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-devosa-aka27-01

2. [2]Shipscribe U.S. Navy auxiliary ships data sheets, 'USS Artemis (AKA-21) Class' page (Stephen S. Roberts compilation from Navy registers, BuShips records, and MC design files) [other_primary]

   Locator

   AKA-21 class page: characteristics block (design, displacement, dimensions, complement, speed, machinery, armament) and construction table row '27 DEVOSA ... 22 May 44 ... 12 Oct 44 ... 30 Nov 44'

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   Ship-design compilation (shipscribe.com, compiled from Navy registers, BuShips records, and Maritime Commission files): class ARTEMIS (AKA-21), design MC S4-SE2-BE1; class characteristics 4,087 t light / 7,080 t lim.; 426.0' oa x 58.0' x 16.0' lim.; complement 326 (1944); 16.9 kts; 6,000 hp; machinery 'Westinghouse turbo-electric, 2 screws'; original armament 1-5"/38, 4-40mmT, 10-20mm. Construction table row for AKA-27 DEVOSA: ordered 15 May 43; builder Walsh-Kaiser; keel 22 May 44; launched 12 Oct 44; commissioned 30 Nov 44. The same Walsh-Kaiser yard in Providence, R.I. built all AKA-21 through AKA-52 hulls of the class.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-20

   Study period

   1943-1945

   Population

   Walsh-Kaiser construction workforce (1944); ship's company 1944-1946

   Limitations

   Compiled secondary transcription of official Navy/MC records, not the registers themselves; figures used where consistent with DANFS and the MARAD status cards. Complement 326 (1944) conflicts with DANFS spec block's 303 - both carried, discrepancy flagged. Contains no asbestos information; the machinery line (Westinghouse turbo-electric steam plant) documents the propulsion type, not materials content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-devosa-aka27-02

3. [3]U.S. Maritime Administration, ShipHistory database - DEVOSA (AKA-27) Detail 12295 and KINGS POINTER Detail 2883, including four scanned NDRF vessel status cards (8b8d4df3, 9b877cc4, b72aab0e, 7cec8fc0) and the custody-ledger document KINGS POINTER.pdf, read verbatim from the card images [marad_nrc]

   Locator

   ShipHistory Detail 12295 data block + 4 status-card images read directly; Detail 2883 milestones table + documents tab (KINGS POINTER.pdf custody ledger, /documents/0560dc0b-f3a2-4b55-87b0-ee53b4829a62.pdf)

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   MARAD ShipHistory records (Detail 12295 'DEVOSA (AKA-27)' and Detail 2883 'KINGS POINTER') plus four NDRF vessel status cards and a two-page handwritten custody ledger (KINGS POINTER.pdf), all read directly. Data block: year built 1944, Walsh-Kaiser Company, type 'S4-SE2-BD1' [sic - cards and shipscribe read S4-SE2-BE1]; 426.0 ft x 58.0 ft; gross 5,850 / net 3,288 tons; displacement 7,080 summer / 4,087 lightweight; fate 'Sold - Scrap.' Status card: name KINGS POINTER, former name DEVOSA AKA-27, type S4-SE2-BE1, Hull No. 1888, built W-Kaiser Co. Inc. at Providence R.I., completed 11-30-44; basis to USMC 11-30-44 10AM EWT at Providence RI and 4-2-46 2PM EST at Kings Point NY 'from Navy Dept. - Surplus.' Custody/allocation rows: Navy Dept. (del. by USMC) purch. Providence 11-30-44; U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (LB) Kings Pt. NY 4-2-46; A. L. Burbank & Co., Ltd. 'for handling' (GAA) Kings Pt. 4-18-47 5AM; Reserve Fleet Lee Hall, Va. 5-14-47 3:30PM; SHEPARD SS CO (GAA) James River 11-3-54 11:00AM; RESERVE FLEET (REPAIR PROGRAM) Wilmington NC 1-5-55 4:15PM; The Boston Metals Co. (Scrap) physical delivery Wilmington 8-6-66 11:30AM. Second card ('RESERVE FLEET DIVISION - VESSEL DATA'): entered fleet James River 5-14-47; 'Withdrawn James R. Nov. 3, 1954-1100 hrs EST / Returned Wilm. Jan. 5, 1955-1615 hrs EST' under 'Repair Prog FY 1955 - GAA-Shepherd'; 'SOLD SCRAP TO BOSTON MTLS CORP Price: $69,666.66. Action taken: 7-14-66. PD-X731 dtd 6-21-66'; 'DATE WITHDRAWN FROM FLEET 1130 hrs 8-6-66 DELIVERED TO Boston Metals Corp, Balt., Md.'; fuel oil on entry 1252 bbls Bunker C + 96 Diesel. Handwritten note on the training-ship card: 'turned back to USMC from US Merchant Marine Academy'; a separate handwritten slip: 'Material to be removed for New York State Maritime Academy - corres. in file.' Milestones (Detail 2883): name change 4/2/1946 'DEVOSA (AKA-47)' [sic - the cards and all other sources read AKA-27] to KINGS POINTER; NDRF entry Lee Hall 5/14/1947; withdrawal 11/3/1954 'sent to the shipyard as part of the 1954 repair program'; entry Wilmington Reserve Fleet 11/5/1955 [conflicts with the card's 1-5-55 - discrepancy flagged]; sold to Boston Metals 7/14/1966; departed Wilmington 8/6/1966.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-20

   Study period

   1944-1966

   Population

   USMMA midshipmen and training-ship crew (1946-47); A. L. Burbank & Co. and Shepard SS Co. general-agent workforces; NDRF James River (Lee Hall) and Wilmington fleet preservation crews (1947-1966); FY1955 repair-program shipyard workforce; Boston Metals Corp. scrapping workforce, Baltimore (1966)

   Limitations

   Primary government custody record and the strongest source in this file - the cards document the complete custody chain 1944-1966. Data-entry defects flagged: MARAD web data block reads MARAD type 'S4-SE2-BD1' where the cards and shipscribe read 'S4-SE2-BE1'; the milestone table twice prints 'DEVOSA (AKA-47)' where the hull is AKA-27; the milestone Wilmington re-entry date 11/5/1955 conflicts with the card's 'Jan. 5, 1955-1615 hrs EST' (card carried as the primary record). The 'Material to be removed for New York State Maritime Academy' note is undated and unattributed. Contains no asbestos, materials, insulation, or condition-survey information - the cards track custody, fuel, and repair-program movements only. Supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-devosa-aka27-03

4. [4]NavSource Online Service Ship Photo Archive, 'Attack Cargo Ship AKA-27 Devosa' page (volunteer-compiled; content captured via search-index text 2026-09-20 - direct fetch of navsource.org failed from this machine) [other_primary]

   Locator

   NavSource AKA-27 page: ship data block, campaign table, commanding-officer list

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NavSource Online Amphibious Photo Archive entry for USS Devosa (AKA-27): Artemis-class attack cargo ship, MC type S4-SE2-BE1, MC hull 1888, Walsh-Kaiser Co., Providence, R.I.; call sign NTUI; launched 12 October 1944; acquired and commissioned 30 November 1944, LCDR Roland C. Wilkinson USNR in command; WWII Asiatic-Pacific Theater assignment TransRon Twelve (COMO H. B. Knowles) / TransDiv Thirty-Five (CAPT R. C. Bartman); campaign credit Okinawa Gunto operation, assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto 1-10 April 1945; postwar occupation service 5-13 October 1945; decommissioned 2 April 1946 at New York and transferred to the US Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point NY as training vessel TS Kings Pointer; 'Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown'; one battle star for WWII; returned to the Maritime Commission 14 May 1947 for NDRF lay up; sold for scrapping 14 July 1966 to Boston Metals Co., delivered 6 August 1966. Commanding officers: LCDR Roland C. Wilkinson USNR (30 Nov 1944-Jan 1945); LCDR Glenn L. Overmyer Jr. USNR (Jan 1945-2 Apr 1946).

   Verification

   partial

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-20

   Study period

   1944-1966

   Population

   Ship's company 1944-1946

   Limitations

   Volunteer-compiled secondary source, not an official record - used as cross-check only. Every NavSource date that could be checked against primary records agreed (commission/decommission, 14 May 1947 NDRF entry, 14 July/6 Aug 1966 sale and delivery all match the MARAD status cards). The page was not directly fetched (navsource.org unreachable from this machine 2026-09-20); content was captured through the search index, so the row is marked partial. 'Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown' is carried as an open gap, not a date. Contains no asbestos information.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-devosa-aka27-04

5. [5]Franke, K., and Paustenbach, D., 'Government and Navy knowledge regarding health hazards of asbestos: A state of the science evaluation (1900 to 1970),' Inhalation Toxicology 23(sup3):1-20 (2011), PMID 22200078 + shipscribe AKA-21 class machinery/construction data (ev-02), MARAD status-card repair-program entries (ev-03) [other_primary]

   Locator

   Inhalation Toxicology 23(sup3):1-20, 1930-1959 analysis block

   Finding type

   asbestos_application

   Finding

   As completed (1944), Devosa's plant was a Maritime Commission S4-SE2-BE1 steam turbo-electric installation - Westinghouse turbo-electric machinery driving two screws - machinery of a type and era for which the U.S. Navy and Maritime Commission specified asbestos-containing thermal insulation, gaskets, and packing. Peer-reviewed scholarship documents that the Navy required and used asbestos-containing materials aboard ships throughout the period spanning this hull's construction (1944) and entire naval service (1944-1946) - the analysis blocks covering 1930-1959 - and that naval vessels carried amosite and chrysotile insulating materials extensively through this era. The hull additionally underwent one documented maintenance disturbance of unknown materials scope: the FY1955 repair program (withdrawn from James River fleet 3 Nov 1954 under general agent Shepard SS Co., returned to Wilmington fleet 5 Jan 1955) - a documented shipyard availability on a 1944 steam plant whose materials content is inference, not record.

   Verification

   inferred

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-20

   Study period

   1944-1966

   Population

   Walsh-Kaiser construction workforce (1944); ship's company (1944-46); USMMA training-ship population (1946-47); NDRF preservation and repair-program workforces (1947-1966); scrapping workforce (1966)

   Limitations

   Era/program-level scholarship combined with this hull's documented steam turbo-electric plant - establishes that asbestos-containing insulation was Navy/MC-standard practice in Devosa's construction and service era, NOT that any survey or record confirms asbestos aboard this specific hull. No hull-specific insulation specification, survey, abatement, or removal record was located. The FY1955 repair-program entry is a documented shipyard availability whose asbestos scope is inference, not record - the status card does not name the yard or describe the work. Does not establish quantity, location, condition, individual exposure, or causation.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-devosa-aka27-05

6. [6]Batch-1004 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS (live 404 x2 URL patterns; hazegray mirror used; HyperWar coverage absent); MARAD ShipHistory Details 12295 + 2883 incl. 4 status cards and custody-ledger PDF (read verbatim); shipscribe AKA-21 class page; NavSource (via search index; direct fetch failed); CourtListener API v4 (opinions x4 queries, dockets, RECAP - intermittent 429 throttling noted); general web index litigation search; VA BVA index; NARA record-group guides [other_primary]

   Locator

   search_ledger rows sl-uss-devosa-aka27-01 through sl-uss-devosa-aka27-11

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or adjudicated finding naming USS Devosa, AKA-27, or her Kings Pointer identity was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener returned no qualifying case on any surface: opinion search 'Devosa' produced one hit that is a name collision (People v. Duran De La Rosa, N.Y. App. Div. 2014 - a human appellant named Gabriele Devosa, not the ship); 'AKA-27', 'USS Devosa', and 'Kings Pointer' opinion searches all returned zero; docket and RECAP searches on 'Devosa' produced six hits, all name collisions (individuals named Devosa; two corporate cases containing the surname in text). The VA BVA index returned no decision naming this hull or Kings Pointer. Law-firm marketing pages that list Devosa generically (asbestos-ships.com ship page) are an excluded source class and are not carried as evidence.

   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 Maritime Commission steam auxiliary is era-consistent with asbestos-containing insulation. The disposal path may have disposed of both the ship and her records: scrapped 1966 at Boston Metals Corp., Baltimore, well before the asbestos-litigation era and before hazmat-conditioned scrapping was documented; no scrapping-side survey is known to exist. NDRF preservation work (1947-1966) and the FY1955 repair program generated records (the status cards prove the movements) but no materials schedules surfaced in the MARAD file - 'corres. in file' notes on the cards indicate a custody correspondence file that is not digitized. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-devosa-aka27-06

7. [7]NARA Guide to Federal Records: RG 24, RG 19 record-group descriptions; MARAD ShipHistory status-card correspondence references (ev-03) [other_primary]

   Locator

   RG 24 / RG 19 record-group guides (archives.gov); MARAD status-card 'corres. in file' annotation

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   Archival leads (not retrieved - research-room or reproduction order required; no spend authorized): NARA RG 24 (Bureau of Naval Personnel) holds the hull's deck logs for the short Nov 1944-Apr 1946 commission; RG 19 (Bureau of Ships) and the Maritime Commission records hold MC hull 1888 contract design and construction files potentially including insulation schedules; the MARAD custody correspondence file referenced on the status cards ('corres. in file' - including the note 'Material to be removed for New York State Maritime Academy') is the most promising lead for NDRF-era and disposal-era documentation; USMMA/Kings Point archives may hold Kings Pointer training-ship period records (1946-47); the PD-X731 sale file (dtd 6-21-66) documents the Boston Metals transaction. These are the plausible repositories for any surviving hull-specific material or insulation specification.

   Verification

   unverified

   Role

   archival_lead

   Documentation level

   context_only

   Accessed

   2026-09-20

   Study period

   1944-1966 records

   Limitations

   Record-group and file 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-devosa-aka27-07