Evidence
5 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-5).
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[1]research packet ac-packet.md (13 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-elmore-apa42-pkt-ac-packet-md
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[2]USS Elmore - Wikipedia transcription of the public-domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships entry (live NHHC DANFS page returned HTTP 500 during the research window) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Article body, History sections (Pacific War; Decommissioning and fate); infobox
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- USS Elmore (APA-42), Bayfield-class attack transport. Formerly transport AP-87 and the commercial cargo vessel SS Sea Panther. Built by Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula (MC hull 390, C3-S-A2). Laid down 24 June 1942; launched 29 January 1943; reclassified APA-42 on 1 February 1943; transferred to the Navy 30 March 1943; placed in partial commission the same day for transfer to Maryland Drydock Company, Baltimore, for conversion; commissioned in full 25 August 1943. Pacific service included the Marshalls (31 January 1944), Emirau (11 April 1944), Guam (21 July 1944), the Palaus (15 September 1944), Leyte, Lingayen Gulf (9 January 1945), and Okinawa (1 April 1945). Received eight battle stars for World War II service. Decommissioned at Mobile, Alabama, 13 March 1946; returned to the Maritime Commission 15 May 1946; commercial service as Sea Panther (1946), China Transport (1947), Oregon (1958), Idaho (1960); returned to the Maritime Administration 1966; scrapped at Portland, Oregon, in 1971. Namesake: Elmore County, Alabama, and Elmore County, Idaho.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1942-1971
- Population
- n/a (vessel record)
- Limitations
- Identity history rests on the DANFS-derived Wikipedia transcription; the live NHHC DANFS page was unreachable (HTTP 500) during the research window, so the NHHC primary page could not be confirmed directly. All facts in this row are drawn from the public-domain DANFS text incorporated in the transcription. The infobox on the same page lists the reclassification as 25 August 1943; the DANFS narrative gives 1 February 1943 (consistent with all sister hulls); the narrative date is used.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-elmore-apa42-01
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[3]Asbestos-specific sweep across authoritative sources (Navy, NARA, HAER, museum records, VA/BVA decision index), completed 2026-09-25 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Web-source and VA/BVA sweeps, 2026-09-25
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos documentation located for USS Elmore (APA-42) in any authoritative source searched. No Navy, NARA, HAER, or museum record names asbestos aboard this hull, and no Board of Veterans' Appeals decision naming this hull in an asbestos claim was located. Ship-specific asbestos status is UNKNOWN.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 2026-09-25
- Population
- n/a (records sweep)
- Limitations
- A negative finding records the state of the searched authoritative sources, not proof that asbestos was absent. Law-firm marketing lists were excluded as non-authoritative.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-elmore-apa42-02
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[4]CourtListener authenticated search via Studio helper (cl-auth-search.py) - combined name+hull query could not be completed during the writing session [court_record]
- Locator
- Studio helper pacing advisory, 2026-09-25
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener search for the combined name+hull query "USS Elmore" APA-42 could not be completed during the writing session: the fleet-wide authenticated request budget was momentarily spent and the helper returned a pacing advisory against retrying in a loop. No litigation results exist for this hull in this record; this row does NOT assert zero results.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 2026-09-25
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- The search was throttled, not completed; no qualifying/other-litigation/no-result classification is possible until it runs. Retry via the Studio helper later in the session at the authorized pace.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-elmore-apa42-03
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[5]Department of Veterans Affairs era guidance on asbestos aboard WWII-era Navy ships (as quoted in BVA Citation Nr. 0602048, 2006) [other_primary]
- Locator
- BVA 0602048 remand instructions, citing VBA Adjudication Procedure Manual M21-1MR, Part IV, ch. 2, para. 9
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Era context: the Department of Veterans Affairs states that many WWII-era Navy ships contained asbestos products, with boiler and engine rooms of particular concern because asbestos was widely used as insulation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1940s construction era
- Population
- WWII-era Navy ship crews (general)
- Limitations
- Class/era context only - this is background, not a finding about this hull, and must never be treated as ship-specific documentation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-elmore-apa42-04