Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet o-packet.md (9 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS Edgecombe. Hull: APA-164. Designation: attack transport (APA). Class: Haskell.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-edgecombe-apa164-pkt-o-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Edgecombe II (APA-164) - NHHC ship-history page (verbatim via Wayback capture 2025-02-08; live NHHC page returns 404/403 to automated fetch) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Wayback capture of https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/e/edgecombe-ii.html - entry text and stat block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS 'Edgecombe II (APA 164)': launched 1944-09-24 by Oregon Shipbuilding Corp., Portland, Oreg., under Maritime Commission contract; sponsored by Mrs. Esther S. Wilson; commissioned 1944-10-30, CDR F. W. Wauchope USNR. Carried 68th CBs Seattle to San Francisco Nov 1944; sailed 1944-12-31 for Finschhafen; Leyte 1945-02-06 reinforcements; Okinawa initial assault 1945-04-01, five days off the beach unloading cargo and embarking casualties for Saipan; occupation troops Leyte to Aomori Sep 1945; two Magic Carpet voyages; departed Portland 1946-02-11 for Norfolk (arrived 3-16); out of commission in reserve 1947-01-31; 'returned to the Maritime Commission 1 October 1958'; one battle star. DANFS stat line: dp. 6,720; l. 455'; b. 62'; dr. 24'; s. 18 k.; cpl. 692; a. 1 5"; cl. Haskell.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1958
- Population
- Crew (~692 complement per DANFS stat line) plus embarked troops (~1,500+ class-typical)
- Limitations
- Authoritative for identity, construction, and service narrative. Contains no asbestos or materials statement - this row supports no asbestos claim. The 'returned to the Maritime Commission 1 October 1958' date coincides with the Naval Register strike; the MARAD custody card records the permanent transfer as 1958-12-08 (see correction row).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-edgecombe-apa164-01
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[3]U.S. Maritime Administration, Vessel History Database - EDGECOMBE (APA-164), ShipHistory Detail 1325, incl. status-card scans 1325_2430AF/AB/BF and EDGECOMBE.pdf [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Detail 1325 milestones + status-card images /cards/1325_2430AF.jpg (front), 1325_2430AB.jpg (1964 tow annex), 1325_2430BF.jpg (card 2, scrap sale)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD Vessel History Database detail 1325 plus digitized Reserve Fleet ship-particulars status cards (MA-383): builder 'Oregon SB Co #1114', date built 1944, type VC2-S-AP5, MCV hull no. MCV-130, LOA 455-03, breadth 62, DWT 5,666. Custody: permanent transfer from Navy Dept. to Reserve Fleet custody 1958-12-08 1600 EST at Wilmington (reimbursable; Navy letter 1958-06-13 / MARAD reply 1958-06-20). Towed Wilmington to James River by ACCOKEEK, departed 1964-11-23, arrived 1964-11-27 ('Consolidation of Priority Ships' card annex). Withdrawn 1982-11-10 for defueling, re-entered 1982-11-18; withdrawn 1986-07-10 'Navy Stripping', returned 1987-01-14; withdrawn 1987-09-17 'Sold for Scrap (Taiwan)'. Database milestones: Acquisition 12/8/1958 'PERMANENT TRANSFER'; Disposition/Withdrawal 9/17/1987; fate 'Sold - Scrap'.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1958-1987
- Population
- NDRF custody/preservation workers (Wilmington, James River); Navy stripping crews (1986-87); breakers-yard workers (Kaohsiung, 1987-88)
- Limitations
- Custody/milestone record only - no materials, hazmat, or asbestos statement anywhere on the card. The defueling (1982) and 'Navy Stripping' (1986-87) withdrawals are documented events, but their scope and any materials removed are not described; nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-edgecombe-apa164-02
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[4]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 3 (Jan 1945), APA section - Haskell (APA-117) machinery row (shipscribe.com scan); class compilation corroboration via navypedia Haskell-class member table [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v3 APA machinery table, APA-117 row (lead-ship data for the type); navypedia us_aws_haskell member row for APA-164
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Class/era inference for the VC2-S-AP5 type: BuShips Ships' Data 1945 Vol. 3 documents the class machinery plant as a single Westinghouse geared turbine (8,500 shp) fed by two Babcock & Wilcox superheated boilers at 465 psi/750F - a geared-steam plant of the type that WWII-era specifications insulated with asbestos-containing boiler, turbine, and steam-line materials, with gaskets, packing, and accommodation joiner insulation typical of the period. Built Oct 1944 at peak wartime asbestos utilization; troop-carrying fit added interior insulation scope.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1987
- Population
- Construction trades (Oregon Shipbuilding, Portland, 1944); ship's crew and embarked troops; NDRF and disposal-phase workers
- Limitations
- Type/class documentation, not a hull record - BuShips data is the class's documented plant; no material schedule, insulation specification, or asbestos statement naming this hull was located. Does not establish that asbestos was or remains aboard, nor quantity, location, exposure, or causation for any individual.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-edgecombe-apa164-03
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[5]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
- historical_record
- 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 emergency-construction program under which this VC2-S-AP5 hull was built at the Kaiser-managed Oregon Shipbuilding yard - and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization aboard merchant-type and auxiliary hulls.
- 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 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-edgecombe-apa164-04
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[6]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2 (full text blocked to automated fetch, HTTP 403; content via product-page description)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented the Navy's asbestos-protection program: standing policy (1975) removed asbestos insulation only when damaged or required for repairs, modified 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas - the policy environment in force during this hull's 1982 defueling and 1986-87 Navy-stripping withdrawals from the reserve fleet.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard and reserve-fleet workers (program context)
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation, not hull-specific; establishes the policy frame for NDRF-era disturbance events but does not establish what, if anything, was removed from or disturbed on this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-edgecombe-apa164-05
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[7]Batch-2237 search ledger (this record): DANFS via Wayback; MARAD ShipHistory 1325 + status cards; NavSource 10/03/03164; CourtListener name/hull searches; VA BVA (vetapp) search; shipbuildinghistory APA table; banned law-firm listicles excluded [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-edgecombe-apa164-01 through sl-uss-edgecombe-apa164-11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, court decision, or VA adjudication naming this hull was found in the public sources searched (DANFS/NHHC, MARAD ShipHistory + status cards, NavSource, CourtListener opinions and dockets, va.gov BVA corpus, NARA catalog). CourtListener hits for 'Edgecombe' classify as name collisions: citations of Dehn v. Edgecombe, 384 Md. 606 (2005) (a physician's surname) inside Maryland asbestos opinions, and the Pittsburgh law firm 'Royston, Robb, Leonard, Edgecombe & Miller'; 'USS Edgecombe' opinion search returned 0 results and 'APA-164' returned only footnote-tokenization false positives; the docket-type (RECAP) sweep was pending at file-write under fleet quota pacing - logged in the ledger. Law-firm listicle pages naming the ship (asbestos-ships.com, freeasbestostesting.com) carry only generic boilerplate and are excluded under the source policy.
- 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 1944-45 geared-steam hull held in reserve fleets 29 years and scrapped overseas is era-consistent with retained asbestos-containing materials, but that remains inference. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility. County-name vessel means filings that omit the hull number are under-detectable in full-text sweeps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-edgecombe-apa164-06
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[8]MARAD status card (custody entry 12/8/58) vs DANFS narrative ('1 October 1958') vs NavSource page ('12 August 1958'); complement/displacement figures per DANFS stat line and MARAD detail block [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Status card 1325_2430AF custody row; DANFS entry text; navsource.org/archives/10/03/03164.htm
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Source discrepancies resolved: (a) Maritime Commission return date - DANFS states 'returned to the Maritime Commission 1 October 1958' (identical to the Naval Register strike date), NavSource states '12 August 1958,' and the MARAD status card (the controlling custody document) records permanent transfer at Wilmington 1958-12-08 1600 EST; NavSource's '12 August' is a misreading of the card's '12/8/58' (December 8), and the 1958-12-08 card date is adopted. (b) Complement - DANFS stat line 'cpl. 692' vs class compilations' ~536 ship's company; DANFS figure carried, alternative noted. (c) Displacement - DANFS 6,720 t vs MARAD 6,873 t light / 14,837 t summer; both carried per source.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1958
- Limitations
- Date discrepancies between official and secondary sources logged, not silently resolved; none affects identity or service record. NavSource used as a comparison/lead source, not as an independent primary citation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-edgecombe-apa164-07
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[9]NavSource Naval History, Amphibious Photo Archive - USS Edgecombe (APA-164) page (DANFS reproduction plus contributor-sourced details) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navsource.org/archives/10/03/03164.htm - service-history block, commanding-officer table, disposition lines
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource archival page (secondary, volunteer-maintained) reproduces the DANFS entry and adds details not present in DANFS or the MARAD record: Maritime Commission hull MCV-130 (corroborated by the MARAD card); wartime assignment TransRon Eighteen / TransDiv Fifty-Two (COMO J. G. Moyer USN); Okinawa Gunto campaign credited 1945-04-01 to 06; occupation service 1945-09-20 to 29; commanding officers CDR Frank Wauchope USNR (1944-10-30 to 1946-06-15) and LCDR James Edward Ross USN (1946-06-15 to 1947-01-31); disposal reported as sold 1987-06-11 to C.J.W. Shipping Co. of San Francisco under a General Agency Agreement for resale to Chi Shun Hwa Steel Co., Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1987
- Limitations
- Secondary archive - details beyond the DANFS text are contributor-compiled and not independently verified against primary records (DANFS-derived portions are corroborated by ev-01). The 'Returned to the Maritime Commission 12 August 1958' line is a misreading of the card's 12/8/58 (see correction row). No asbestos or materials content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-edgecombe-apa164-08
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[10]NARA Guide to Federal Records: RG 24 (Navy deck logs), RG 178 (US Maritime Commission); MARAD vessel-history file structure; navysite.de cruise-book scan index; UNT oral-history catalog [other_primary]
- Locator
- https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/24.html ; https://www.navysite.de/cruisebooks/apa164-45/index.html ; https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2306869
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - require research-room or reproduction order; no spend authorized): (a) NARA RG 24 deck logs for the commissioned period 1944-10 to 1947-01 (College Park; WWII deck logs progressively digitized in the NARA Catalog); (b) NARA RG 178 USMC Construction Division and regional Director-for-Construction files covering Maritime Commission hull MCV-130 at Oregon Shipbuilding (Pacific Northwest program); (c) NDRF custody/maintenance files behind the MARAD status card (Wilmington and James River fleet records, incl. the 1982 defueling and 1986-87 Navy-stripping event files); (d) a 1945 ship's cruise book survives in scanned form at navysite.de (unofficial repository - usable as a lead, not a citation); (e) University of North Texas 'World War II Pacific Theater' oral-history collection holds a crew-member interview (Harold L. Gensler, Seabee, USS Edgecombe).
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1987 records
- Limitations
- Record-group mapping and lead inventory only - no box-level retrieval performed; existence of asbestos-specific documents for APA-164/MCV-130 is unknown until surveyed in person. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-edgecombe-apa164-09