Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet o-packet.md (10 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS Gallatin. Hull: APA-169 (later LKA-169). Designation: attack transport (APA). Class: Haskell.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-gallatin-apa169-pkt-o-packet-md
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[2]DANFS entry 'USS Gallatin II (APA-169)' (Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Naval History Division), transcribed via HyperWar/ibiblio mirror [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS transcription, apa169.html; live NHHC page returned HTTP 404 on 2026-09-25 (standing NHHC link-rot noted in BATCH-01-REPORT)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS identity/construction/service record: second USS Gallatin, named for Gallatin counties in Illinois, Kentucky, and Montana; built under Maritime Commission contract by Oregon Shipbuilding Co., Portland, OR; launched 1944-10-17, sponsored by Mrs. Loran T. King; acquired by the Navy on loan-charter basis 1944-11-15 and commissioned the same day at Astoria, OR, Comdr. Frank S. Dowd in command. Departed San Diego 1945-01-18 with 1,000+ troops and cargo; carried passengers and military cargo to Hawaii, the Marshall Islands, New Hebrides, New Caledonia, the Philippines, New Guinea, and the Admiralty Islands; arrived San Francisco 1945-08-10 with nearly 1,500 returning veterans; landed advance elements of the Army's 25th Division at Honshu as occupation forces (Oct 1945); two Operation Magic Carpet repatriation voyages terminating San Diego 1945-11-20 and 1946-01-26; decommissioned Newport News, VA 1946-04-23; returned to WSA 1946-04-24 and placed in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, VA. DANFS stat line: dp. 14,837; l. 455'; b. 62'; dr. 25'6"; s. 18 k.; cpl. 560; a. 1 5", 8 40mm.; cl. Haskell.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Crew and embarked troops (wartime transport and occupation lift, 1945-1946)
- Limitations
- DANFS gives no keel-laying date and no stricken date, and ends with NDRF placement ('where she remains' - the entry text predates the 1983 disposal). Contains no asbestos or insulation-material statement.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gallatin-apa169-01
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[3]MARAD Vessel History database, GALLATIN (APA-169) detail page (ShipHistory/Detail/1790) plus scanned vessel status cards 1790_3312AF/AB and 2M0_01 [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Status card front (fields 1-22) and back (permanent-ballast and disposal notes); milestones table (Entry 4/24/1946; Acquisition/Withdrawal 10/14/1983)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD Vessel History record and scanned vessel status card: MCV hull 135, type VC2-S-AP5, built by Oregon Shipbuilding Corp. at Portland, completed 1944-11-14; delivered by builders to USMC and by USMC to the Navy Department on loan-charter basis at Portland 1944-11-14 13:00 PWT; entered the reserve fleet at Lee Hall, VA 1946-04-24 from 'Navy Dept. - Surplus'; reason for lay-up 'high cost to convert for commercial use'; permanent cement ballast poured 1949-12-01 in 3rd deck #2 hold (58'x36'x8") and #4 hold (60'x36'x8"); withdrawn from the fleet 1955-12-15 for a repair program under General Agency Agreement with Grace Line Inc. (James River), returned 1956-02-08; withdrawn 1983-10-14 under exchange contract MA-11432 dated 1983-09-17 and delivered to Aguilar y Peris S.A. (Spanish), trade-out scrap ships GALLATIN and BINGHAM, for scrapping in Spain.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1983
- Population
- NDRF lay-up and maintenance crews; Grace Line repair-program workers (1955-56); Spanish scrapping workers (1983-84)
- Limitations
- Primary custody record documenting hull-specific work events (1949 ballast pour; 1955-56 Grace Line repair-program withdrawal; 1983 trade-out disposal) - i.e., documented disturbance phases on this hull. Contains no asbestos, insulation, or materials statement; does not establish exposure or its absence.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gallatin-apa169-02
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[4]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 3 (Jan 1945), APA section (shipscribe.com scan, OCR) - same source carried in haskell-class.class.json ev-haskell-class-01 [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v3 APA machinery table (lead-ship row applies to the type)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Class/era inference: BuShips Ships' Data 1945 vol. 3 documents the Haskell-class (APA-117 series) plant as a single Westinghouse geared turbine of 8,500 shp fed by two Babcock & Wilcox boilers at 465 psi / 750 F - a superheated-steam auxiliary machinery plant built at the peak of wartime asbestos use. Era steam plants of this type used asbestos-containing boiler and steam-drum insulation, steam-line and turbine lagging, gaskets, packing, and accommodation-space insulation.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1983
- Population
- Construction trades (Oregon Shipbuilding, Portland, 1944); engine/fireroom crew; NDRF and disposal-phase workers
- Limitations
- Class/design documentation - the BuShips table does not name this hull and does not state 'asbestos' content. Asbestos applications are era inference from the documented machinery type; establishes no quantity, no installation on this hull, and no individual exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gallatin-apa169-03
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[5]NavSource Online Amphibious Photo Archive, USS Gallatin (APA/LPA-169) page 10/03/03169 (contributors Hechler/Reeves; BuShips and NARA-Pacific Alaska photo credits) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Chronology block and specifications table
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NavSource Online compilation for Gallatin: laid down 1944-08-13 under Maritime Commission contract (MCV hull 135) at Oregon Shipbuilding Corp.; acquired by the Navy from the Maritime Commission 1944-11-14 at Portland; struck from the Naval Register 1946-05-08; redesignated amphibious transport LKA-169 effective 1969-01-01; sold to Aguilar, Peris S.A. for scrapping in Spain 1983-09-17, withdrawn from the reserve fleet 1983-10-14; wartime assignments TransRon Twenty-One / TransDiv Sixty-One; Far East occupation service 1945-10-27 to 1945-11-01; Navy Occupation Service Medal with Asia clasp.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1983
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation, not an official record; used for dates absent from DANFS (laid down, stricken, 1969 redesignation) and corroborated against the MARAD status card where overlapping. Internal inconsistency: page header prints 'LPA-169' while body text says 'LKA-169'. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gallatin-apa169-04
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[6]NARA 'Logbooks of the US Navy at the National Archives' research page; NARA Special List #44 indexes (by name and by ship number); NavSource photo credits for NARA Pacific Alaska Region [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA logbook research page (RG 24 Entry 118, NAID 581208); sl-44-ship-number.pdf and special-list-44-named.html searched 2026-09-25 - no APA-169/Gallatin entry
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads: Navy deck logs for the commissioning period (1944-11 to 1946-04) are held in NARA Record Group 24, Entry 118 (NAID 581208) at Archives II, College Park, when they exist - NARA's digitized indexes (Special List #44 named-vessel list and ship-number PDF) contain no Gallatin or APA-169 entry, and no APA-series hulls appear in the ship-number index at all, so hull-specific holdings are unverified. NavSource photo credits place Naval Station Astoria photos AST101868/AST101869-11-44 of this ship in NARA Pacific Alaska Region (Seattle) holdings.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1946 (log coverage sought)
- Limitations
- Indexes consulted are digitized lists and may under-cover physical holdings; absence from Special List #44 does not prove deck logs do not exist at College Park. No deck log, muster roll, or BuShips hull file was retrieved.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gallatin-apa169-05
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[7]Batch-2242 search ledger (this record): DANFS/HyperWar, MARAD Vessel History + status cards, NavSource, CourtListener API v4 (authenticated), NARA indexes, hazegray (unreachable) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-gallatin-apa169-01 through -12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, MARAD materials inventory, or docketed asbestos case naming Gallatin or APA-169 was found in the sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener opinion index: '"USS Gallatin"' returned zero results; '"Gallatin" asbestos' returned 12 opinions and '"APA-169"' returned 1 opinion (*Ikon Global Markets v. CFTC*, 859 F. Supp. 2d 162 (D.D.C. 2012)) - all name collisions (Gallatin County venues, party names, a statutory reference), none naming the vessel.
- 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 geared-steam hull that spent 37 years in NDRF custody and was scrapped abroad would be expected to carry era materials. CourtListener coverage is opinion/RECAP-text only; county-named hulls under-cover filings that omit hull numbers. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gallatin-apa169-06