Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS), 'Errol' entry - transcribed text via hazegray mirror (NHHC canonical page not reachable) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- hazegray DANFS transcription ag133.htm (transcribed by Y. Hubert); canonical NHHC URL history.navy.mil/.../danfs/e/errol.html returned 404 on 2026-09-20 - consistent with the standing batch-01 NHHC link-rot finding; same text reproduced on NavSource 49133 page
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS entry 'Errol': 'An island off the coast of Louisiana. (AG-133: dp. 520; l. 177'; b. 33'; dr. 10'; s. 13 k.; cpl. 26; cl. Camano) Errol (AG-133) was built in 1944 by Wheeler Shipbuilding Corp., Whitestone, L.I. [Long Island], N.Y., for the Army as FS-274; acquired by the Navy 3 April 1947; and commissioned 9 July 1947, Lieutenant R. Q. June in command. She was reclassified AKL-4 on 31 March 1949. Commissioned at Guam, Errol throughout her naval service carried passengers and cargo among American islands and those of the Trust Territory of the Pacific, calling at Guam, Saipan, Tinian, Truk, the Palaus, Ulithi, Chichi Jima, Kwajalein, Pagan, Agrihan, and smaller islands in the Carolines. From September to December 1949 she was overhauled at Pearl Harbor, the only interruption to her constant operations in the Pacific. She was decommissioned 31 July 1951, and lent to the Department of the Interior for similar duty the same day. On 29 January 1952 her transfer to the Department of the Interior was made permanent.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1944-1952
- Limitations
- Official narrative history; contains no asbestos, materials, or insulation statement - supports identity and service history only. 'Acquired by the Navy 3 April 1947' matches the class-wide naming date (Shipscribe class notes: AG-133 classified 2 Apr 1947, named 3 Apr 1947) rather than physical acceptance from the Army at Subic Bay 21 Feb 1947 - reconciled in ev-03 limitations and gaps. Entry ends at the 1952 Interior transfer; strike date and final fate not covered.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-errol-ag133-01
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[2]NavSource Naval History, Service Ship Photo Archive - USS Errol (AKL-4) ex-AG-133, ex-FS-274 (navsource page 09/49/49133) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 49133 page: bulleted custodial timeline, specifications block, photo captions, commanding-officer tables
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource custodial timeline for USS Errol (AKL-4, ex-AG-133, ex-USAV FS-274): laid down date unknown as FS-274 for the U.S. Army at Wheeler Shipbuilding Corp., Whitestone, Long Island, N.Y.; delivered to the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps 31 October 1944; allocated to the U.S. Army Transportation Corps; commissioned USAV FS-274 on 24 November 1944 at New York, LT R.S. Crampton, USCGR; LTjg. G.B. Dowley, USCGR, relieved 4 October 1945; assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater during WWII; decommissioned (Army) date unknown; acquired by the U.S. Navy 3 April 1947 at Apra, Guam; commissioned USS Errol (AG-133) 9 July 1947, LT Russell Q. June; reclassified AKL-4 31 March 1949; decommissioned 31 July 1951 and loaned to the Interior Dept. the same day; transferred to Interior 29 January 1952; struck from the Naval Register date unknown; final disposition 'fate unknown.' Page states 'USAV FS-274 was manned by the US Coast Guard during World War II.' Photo captions document USAV FS-274 at anchor in Manila Bay 21 and 27 August 1946 (U.S. National Archives photos 111-SCA-Album 2926-072 / -014; U.S. Army Signal Corps SC 255468 and SC 255523). Specs block: 550 t.; 177'; 33'; 10'; 12 kts.; complement 42; two 500-hp GM Cleveland Division 6-278A 6-cyl diesels, twin screws.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1944-1952
- Limitations
- NavSource is a secondary photo archive compiling official data, not itself an official source; its timeline converges with DANFS and Shipscribe. Specs differ from DANFS (550 t./42 cpl./12 kts. vs DANFS 520 dp./26 cpl./13 kts.) - discrepancies logged in gaps, DANFS figures carried. One 'Compton' spelling in the relief line is a typo for Crampton per its own CO table. Contains no asbestos or materials information - supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-errol-ag133-02
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[3]Shipscribe (T. Colton), 'USS Camano (AKL 1, FS Design 381 Part 1) Class' - class data, class notes, construction/disposition tables, ship note for AKL-4 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Shipscribe AKL-1 class page: specifications block, construction table row 4, disposition table row 4, class notes, ship notes
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Shipscribe (Colton) USS Camano (AKL 1, FS Design 381 Part 1) class page. Class data: Army Design 381 (176 ft, steel); 520 t. light / 940 t. full; 177' oa x 33' x 10' max; no armament; accommodations 4 officers + 33 enlisted; 13 kts.; geared diesel, 2 screws, 1,000 hp - 'All of these ships had Cleveland diesels.' Design notes: the Army type was specified 1 June 1943 as a 'Vessel, Supply, Diesel, Steel, 176-foot' (eight addenda to 16 Aug 1944); Wheeler received the large initial order (FS 253-292, contract 24 Apr 1943) 'suggesting the design was theirs.' Construction table for AKL-4 ERROL (ex-AG 133): acquired 22 Feb 1947; builder Wheeler SB, Brooklyn; contract 24 Apr 1943; completed 3 Nov 1944; commissioned 9 Jul 1947. Class notes: as of 27 Feb 1947 twelve ex-Army FS hulls were assigned to the Pacific Fleet and classified AG 130-141 'to perform services in the Marianas, Marshall, and Caroline Islands that were then being performed by LSMs' - AG 132 and 133 classified 2 April 1947, all named 3 April 1947 after U.S. islands; the group reclassified AKL 1-14 effective 31 March 1949; six ships loaned to the Interior Department in July 1951 'probably for continued service in the Marianas.' Ship note AKL-4 ERROL: '(ex-AG 133 31 Mar 1949, ex-FS 274, compl. 3 Nov 1944). Inspected and accepted from Army at Subic Bay 21 Feb 1947. Relieved LSM 466 in the Marianas. Loan to Dept. of the Interior 31 Jul 1951, trf. 29 Jan 1952 as ERROL. Sold 1965, merc. PALAU ISLANDER, wrecked at Ebadon Is., Marshall Is., 4 Dec 1972.' Disposition table: decommissioned 31 Jul 1951; struck 18 Jan 1952; disposal 29 Jan 1952 (Trf).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1943-1972
- Limitations
- Secondary reference compiled from official records; generally the most detailed custodial source for this class. Acquisition chain reconciled: physical acceptance from Army at Subic Bay 21 Feb 1947 (ship note; table 'Acq 22 Feb 1947') vs DANFS/NavSource 'acquired 3 April 1947' - the latter matches the class-wide naming/classification date (classified 2 Apr, named 3 Apr 1947). Builder listed 'Wheeler SB, Brooklyn' (company shorthand) vs Whitestone in DANFS/NavSource/the compiler's own Wheeler-Whitestone yard table - logged in gaps. Struck 18 Jan 1952 here vs 'date unknown' in NavSource. Palau Islander/Ebadon wreck detail is this note's sole claim - single-source, flagged in ev-08. No asbestos information - supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-errol-ag133-03
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[4]Executive Order 10265, 'Transfer of the Administration of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands From the Secretary of the Navy to the Secretary of the Interior,' 16 FR 6419 (3 July 1951) [federal_register]
- Locator
- Federal Register EO 10265 page; NARA Executive Orders disposition table 1951 (revokes EO 9875; superseded in part by EO 10408)
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- Executive Order 10265 (signed 29 June 1951; published 16 FR 6419, 3 July 1951) transferred administration of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands from the Secretary of the Navy to the Secretary of the Interior, effective 1 July 1951, under the 1947 U.N. trusteeship agreement. The order supplies the executive-level context for this ship's 31 July 1951 loan and 29 January 1952 permanent transfer to the Department of the Interior - Errol was one of the six AKL hulls loaned to Interior in July 1951 'probably for continued service in the Marianas' (Shipscribe class notes), continuing the same Trust Territory inter-island work under the new administering agency.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1951
- Limitations
- Explains the mechanism and timing of the Navy-to-Interior vessel loan; the order does not name this or any hull and contains no materials information. Ship-level detail of the Interior service period (1951-1965) is not documented in sources searched.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-errol-ag133-04
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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
- 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 emergency-shipbuilding program under which this Army Design 381 hull was built (contracted April 1943, delivered October-November 1944) - and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization aboard U.S. hulls.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- 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 or the Design 381 type, 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-errol-ag133-05
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[6]Shipscribe AKL-1 class table and Design 381 class notes (machinery and spec dates, ev-03) + Corn & Starr AJIM 11(3):359-373 era documentation (ev-05) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Shipscribe machinery/spec rows + era literature - inference row grounded in the ship's documented plant and contract dates
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference for this hull's documented plant and construction window: a 1944 steel twin-screw diesel coastal freighter (two GM Cleveland 6-278A diesels, ~1,000 hp total; no boilers or steam system) built to Army specifications dated 1 June 1943 would have carried the period-standard package of asbestos-containing components - engine and exhaust-system insulation/lagging, valve and flange gaskets, machinery packing, electrical cable insulation, accommodation fireproofing and deck coverings, and winch/windlass brake linings. The boiler-lagging and steam-line profile of steam auxiliaries does NOT apply to this diesel type by design. No hull-specific materials schedule, insulation spec, or survey for FS-274 / AG-133 / AKL-4 was located.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1944-1972
- Population
- Wheeler Shipbuilding construction trades (Whitestone, 1944); USCG-manned Army crew 1944-1947; Navy crew 1947-1951; Interior/Trust Territory crew 1951-1965; merchant crew 1965-1972 (populations only if asbestos present - unestablished)
- Limitations
- Inference from documented plant + era practice - NOT a ship-specific finding. No insulation schedule, survey, or abatement record exists for this hull in the sources searched; quantity, location, condition, present-day presence, individual exposure, and causation are all unestablished, and the hull is a reported wreck not available to survey.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-errol-ag133-06
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[7]Batch-631 search ledger (this record): DANFS via hazegray mirror; NavSource 49133; Shipscribe AKL-1 class page; CourtListener API (429) + site: web-index screening; operator/builder litigation check (Dunn v. Wheeler, non-qualifying); MARAD ShipHistory (endpoint error, no MC custody expected); NARA record-path mapping [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-errol-ag133-01 through sl-uss-errol-ag133-12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, insulation schedule, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming this hull under any designation (FS-274, AG-133, AKL-4, Errol, Palau Islander) was found in the public sources searched - DANFS, NavSource, and Shipscribe contain no asbestos statement; CourtListener API was rate-limited at query time and web-index screening returned only unrelated 19th-century 'Errol' name collisions (town of Errol, N.H. tax cases) and no hull-named opinion; the only ship-name asbestos-context web hit is a law-firm marketing list page (freeasbestostesting.com), excluded as non-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 emergency-program hull is era-consistent with era-standard asbestos components, and the hull reportedly survives as a wreck (unabated status unknown). Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility. CourtListener direct querying was blocked by the documented daily quota, so hull-name litigation screening ran via web index (weaker coverage) - a fresh CourtListener pass remains an open lead.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-errol-ag133-07
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[8]Shipscribe AKL-4 ship note (ev-03) vs Shipbuilding History Wheeler-Whitestone yard table row 88 vs PSSS ex-FS-ships registry (Baztan=FS-264; Don Victoriano=FS-526) + NavSource FS-526 page + Shipbuilding History master FS table (FS-274 row ends at 'to DoI 1951') [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com Wheeler-Whitestone table hull 88 (FS 274); navalmarinearchive.com/sbh/smallships/armyfreighters.html FS-274 row; psssonline.wordpress.com ex-FS-ships registry; navsource.net/archives/30/07/07526.htm (FS-526 Don Victoriano)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Disposition conflict resolved to source level: (a) Shipscribe ship note (compiled from official records) records DOI transfer as ERROL, 'Sold 1965, merc. PALAU ISLANDER, wrecked at Ebadon Is., Marshall Is., 4 Dec 1972' - the best available account, but single-source. (b) NavSource reports 'Final Disposition, fate unknown.' (c) The Shipbuilding History Wheeler-Whitestone yard table reads 'to the Philippines as Baztan, now Don Victoriano' - contradicted by the Philippine Ship Spotters Society registry (MV Baztan = ex-FS-264; MV Don Victoriano = ex-FS-526, William Lines), by NavSource's FS-526 page (Don Victoriano/Virginia VI/Elena, burnt 1982), and by the same compiler's own master Army-freighters table which records FS-274 only as 'USCG-manned, to USN 1947 as Errol (AG 133), later AKL 4, to DoI 1951' with no Philippine names. The Philippine-name claim is treated as a hull-conflict error in the yard table, not evidence.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1951-1972
- Limitations
- Resolves publication-level conflicts in secondary compilations; the Palau Islander/Ebadon wreck itself remains a single-source (Shipscribe) claim - carried as the reported disposition with 'fate unknown' flagged. No asbestos content in any of these sources.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-errol-ag133-08
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[9]NARA Guide to Federal Records: RG 24 (deck logs), RG 26 (Coast Guard), RG 92/RG 336 (Army vessel records), RG 126 (Office of Territories), RG 181 (naval shipyards) + NavSource photo captions citing NARA 111-SC holdings [other_primary]
- Locator
- archives.gov record-group guides; NavSource 49133 photo captions (NARA 111-SCA-2926-014/-072)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - require research-room work; no spend authorized): (a) NARA RG 24 Navy deck logs for AG-133/AKL-4, July 1947-July 1951; (b) NARA RG 26 U.S. Coast Guard records for the USCG-manned USAV FS-274 period (1944-1947), incl. logbooks; (c) NARA RG 92 (Quartermaster) and RG 336 (Transportation Corps) records for Army FS construction/operation - the Design 381 specifications (1 Jun 1943 + eight addenda) would live here; (d) NARA RG 126 (Office of Territories) records for the Department of the Interior Trust Territory service period 1951-1965; (e) NARA RG 181 Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard records for the documented Sep-Dec 1949 overhaul - the one documented yard event on this hull, materials scope unrecorded; (f) the two identified NARA still photos (111-SC Album 2926; SC 255468, SC 255523, Manila Bay Aug 1946) confirm a visual record exists.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1944-1972 records
- Limitations
- Record-path mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; existence of asbestos-specific documents for this hull (construction specs, 1949 overhaul scope, Interior-period maintenance) is unknown until surveyed. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-errol-ag133-09