Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, 'USS General A.E. Anderson (AP-111)' - Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Naval History Division (HyperWar/ibiblio transcription) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS AP-111 entry, full text incl. stat line and namesake biography (Maj. Gen. Alexander E. Anderson, 86th Infantry Division)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS entry: launched 2 May 1943 under a Maritime Commission contract by Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Kearny, N.J.; sponsored by Mrs. George C. Marshall; acquired by the Navy 25 August 1943, partial commission same day for transfer to Baltimore for transport conversion by Maryland Drydock Co.; full commission at Baltimore 5 October 1943 (CAPT W.E. Miller). Service: four Norfolk-Casablanca round trips Oct 1943-Mar 1944; North Africa/Gourock/Bermuda/New York; Belfast; two Bombay voyages; San Francisco-Hollandia-Leyte runs; Magic Carpet and troop-rotation - eight transatlantic voyages 8 Aug 1945-15 Apr 1946 (Marseilles, Le Havre, Southampton, Karachi); West Coast runs to China, Japan, Philippines, Guam from July 1946; MSTS October 1949; Korean War - embarked Marine Air Group 33 to Kobe (arrived 31 Jul 1950), 1,800 men of 11th Airborne to Moji (20 Sep 1950), West Coast-Japan-Korea transport through the conflict; decommissioned Oakland 10 Nov 1958; NDRF Suisun Bay. DANFS states one battle star for Korean service (NavSource says two - discrepancy logged in gaps). Stat line: dp. 11,450 lt.; l. 622'7"; b. 75'6"; dr. 25'6"; s. 20.6 k.; cpl. 507; trp. 5,289; a. 4 5", 16 1.1", 20 20mm.; cl. General John Pope; T. P2-S2-R2.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1943-1958
- Population
- Ship's crew ~507; embarked troops up to ~5,289 per voyage
- Limitations
- Canonical NHHC page (history.navy.mil) returned 404 on 2026-09-25 - same link rot noted in Batch 01; the ibiblio/HyperWar transcription is the DANFS text verbatim and is cited instead. Establishes identity and service history; contains no asbestos or materials information and supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-general-a-e-anderson-ap111-01
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[2]NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive, USS General A. E. Anderson (T-AP-111), archive page 09/22/22111 (compiled from Navy records, DANFS, cruise book) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Page header chronology, awards table, Korean campaign table, specifications block, and commanding-officer list
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource Service Ship Photo Archive page for USS General A. E. Anderson (T-AP-111) ex-AP-111: MC type P2-S2-R2 hull at Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock, Kearny; launched 2 May 1943; partial commission 25 Aug 1943 (CDR Robert H. Smith) for transit to Maryland Drydocking Co., Baltimore; full commission 5 Oct 1943 (CAPT William E. Miller); Navy Occupation Service and China Service (extended) medal periods 1946-1949 tabulated; assigned MSTS October 1949 as T-AP-111; Korean campaigns Communist China Aggression (18-21 Dec 1950) and First UN Counter Offensive (2 Feb 1951); decommissioned 10 Nov 1958 Oakland; transferred to MARAD for NDRF layup; final disposition - sold 28 Oct 1986 to C.J.W. Shipping & Trading Co., San Francisco for $1,177,200 for scrapping in Taiwan, delivered 14 Nov 1986, scrapping completed July 1987. Builder-data spec block: two De Laval steam turbines, four Foster Wheeler 'D'-type boilers 465 psi/765 deg.F, double De Laval main reduction gears, four 400kW turbo-drive generators, twin propellers 17,000 shp; complement 43 officers/464 enlisted; troop berthing 397 officers/4,882 enlisted.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1943-1987
- Limitations
- Volunteer-maintained secondary archive compiling official records - treated as other_primary per house practice; specific figures cross-checked against DANFS, MARAD cards, and shipscribe where they overlap (MC hull given as '689' conflicts with MARAD card MC-669 - see correction row). Credits two Korean battle stars where DANFS states one - unresolved, in gaps. No asbestos or materials information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-general-a-e-anderson-ap111-02
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[3]U.S. Maritime Administration, ShipHistory database - GENERAL A. E. ANDERSON (AP-111), Ship History Detail 1799 [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- ShipHistory Detail 1799 - specifications block and milestone table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD ShipHistory database record for GENERAL A. E. ANDERSON (AP-111), Detail 1799: year built 1943; shipyard Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock; type P2-S2-R2, AP Transport; length 622.58 ft, beam 75.5 ft; gross 17,832 / net 9,998 tons; fate Scrapped. Milestones: Entry and Acquisition 12/11/1958 (NDRF custody); Disposition and Withdrawal 3/9/1987, content 'CUST 1958 NDRF 1958.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1943-1987
- Limitations
- Authoritative for federal custody milestones (NDRF entry Dec 1958, withdrawal Mar 1987). The record's 'Mission' field tags 'Vietnam War' - a generic/mistaken tag for a hull decommissioned 1958 and in NDRF since; not relied on. Contains no asbestos, materials, or condition-survey information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-general-a-e-anderson-ap111-03
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[4]MARAD ShipHistory Detail 1799 - status card scans: Form MA-103 (1799_3330AF.jpg) and USMC Form MC-7146a vessel status card [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Status Cards tab, ShipHistory Detail 1799 (two card faces examined at full resolution)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- MARAD scanned vessel status cards for the hull: (a) Form MA-103 'Reserve Fleet - Ship Particulars' - name APA-111 General A. E. Anderson, type P2-S2-R2, builder Federal, hull no. 'MC-669', fleet Suisun Bay, entered Dec. 11, 1958 1515 hrs PST, withdrawn 3/9/87 0911 PST, reason 'Sold for Scrap 10/28/86 to C.J.W. Shipping & Trading Inc., San Fran., CA for scrapping in Taiwan. Price: $1,177,200.'; troop capacity 5,500; displacement 11,828 standard / 20,175 full load; 'Reimbursable (Group 22 Transports)' with 1958 MSTS/Navy correspondence refs; red 'N-1' notation. (b) USMC Form MC-7146a Vessel Status Card - Hull No. MC-669, built by Federal SB & DD Co. at Kearney, N.J., completed 8-25-43; D.W.T. 10,056; Reserve Fleet (Permanent Transfer) delivered Suisun Bay 12-11-58 3:15 pm PST; 'Scrapped' delivered Suisun Bay 3-9-87 0911 PST.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1958-1987
- Limitations
- Primary custody record. Establishes MC hull number 669 (correcting '689' in secondary sources), Suisun Bay entry/withdrawal timestamps, and the 1986 scrap-sale particulars. No asbestos, hazardous-materials, or condition remarks appear on the card faces examined; 'Reimbursable' denotes title/account status, not materials content. Supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-general-a-e-anderson-ap111-04
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[5]USCG Twelfth District / Corps of Engineers San Francisco District oil-discharge case file for USS General A. E. Anderson (AP-111), Sep-Dec 1947 - uploaded document on MARAD ShipHistory Detail 1799 [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- ShipHistory Detail 1799 'Documents' tab - 3-page scanned file (CG transmittal 11 Dec 1947; CoE report Dec 1947; CG boarding report 25 Sep 1947)
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- MARAD-hosted primary document (GeneralAEAnderson_1799_001.pdf): Twelfth Coast Guard District letter of 11 December 1947 transmitting the District Engineer's final-action report on 'USS GENERAL A. E. ANDERSON (AP 111), discharge of oil into the coastal navigable waters of the United States, 25 September 1947.' The attached Corps of Engineers and Coast Guard papers document that the spill occurred at about 1800 on 24 September 1947 (incident of record 25 September) while the ship was taking fuel from a tanker at the Alameda Naval Depot (Pier 5, Berth 1, Alameda, Calif.) - settling tanks overfilled and oil spilled over the starboard side between ship and dock; the Twelfth Naval District investigation attributed the spill to poor communications between the oil barge and ship personnel and stated steps were taken to prevent recurrence; closure of the file was recommended.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1947-09-24 to 1947-12-11
- Limitations
- Scanned 1947 correspondence; OCR is rough but dates, subject line, and sequence are legible. Documents a minor fuel-oil spill and its administrative closure - an environmental/history event, not an asbestos record; contains no asbestos or materials information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-general-a-e-anderson-ap111-05
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[6]McCue v. General Electric Co., 3:08-cv-03181-EMC (N.D. Cal.) - CourtListener docket 4174531; complaint document 1 (82 pp. incl. exposure-history attachment) [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener docket 4174531; complaint Doc. 1 attachment pages (work/exposure history table listing 'USS GENERAL A. E. ANDERSON (AP-211)... Shipfitter 1956-1958' and narrative paragraph 'served as a shipfitter on the USS GENERAL A.E. ANDERSON out of Hunters Point Naval Shipyard... from 1957 to 1958')
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- McCue v. General Electric Company, No. 3:08-cv-03181-EMC (N.D. Cal., Judge Charles R. Breyer; filed 2008-07-02, terminated 2016-06-13; diversity asbestos personal-injury/survival complaint). The complaint's work-and-exposure history names 'USS GENERAL A. E. ANDERSON (AP-211)' - hull number misprinted; AP-111 is the correct designation - where the decedent served as a Navy shipfitter out of Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, San Francisco, in 1956-1958 (narrative: 1957-1958), during which plaintiff recalls the ship went to the Naval Repair Facility, Okinawa, Japan for a major overhaul. The pleading alleges work with asbestos-containing insulation and 'very dusty' conditions across the listed assignments. Defendants named are product manufacturers (General Electric, Kaiser Ventures, Newport News Shipbuilding, U.S. Steel et al.) - the vessel appears in the exposure history, not as a defendant.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 2008-07-02 to 2016-06-13 (litigation); alleged exposure 1957-1958
- Population
- Named decedent (shipfitter), service aboard 1956/1957-1958
- Limitations
- Pleading-stage allegation classified down per litigation discipline: the docket and document exist and are verified, but the aboard-ship exposure claim is unadjudicated - no finding of exposure, no product identification against a defendant for this hull, and the case's post-2016 disposition detail was not located. The complaint misprints the hull number as AP-211 in its table. A shipfitter's alleged exposure mixes shipboard and shipyard work; attribution to this hull specifically is not adjudicated.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-general-a-e-anderson-ap111-06
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[7]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 extensive use of asbestos as a fireproofing and insulating material in U.S. shipbuilding during WWII - the era and Maritime Commission construction program under which this P2-S2-R2 transport was built - with wartime demand driving unprecedented asbestos utilization aboard Naval and merchant-type 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 scholarship; 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-general-a-e-anderson-ap111-07
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[8]NavSource builder-data specification block for AP-111 (propulsion machinery); period application list per class/era sources [other_primary]
- Locator
- Specifications block on the AP-111 archive page
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Machinery context for era inference: this hull's documented plant is four Foster Wheeler 'D'-type boilers (465 psi, 765 deg.F) feeding two De Laval steam turbines on double reduction gears, twin screws, 17,000 shp. For a WWII-era high-pressure steam auxiliary, typical period practice associated asbestos-containing insulation with boiler and steam-drum lagging, steam-line insulation between machinery spaces, flange and valve gaskets, machinery packing, and insulation in accommodation and galley spaces.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1943-1958
- Population
- Engine-room and machinery-space crew; repair/conversion yard workers (context)
- Limitations
- The machinery specification is documented for this hull, but its asbestos content is class/era inference - no source located states that this ship's insulation contained asbestos. Does not establish presence, quantity, condition, individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-general-a-e-anderson-ap111-08
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[9]Batch-2042 search ledger (this record): MARAD status cards; DANFS/NavSource/shipscribe full texts; CourtListener opinion and docket searches [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-general-a-e-anderson-ap111-01 through -12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Negative finding: beyond the McCue pleading (ev-06), no ship-specific asbestos documentation was located for this hull - no asbestos survey, abatement contract, donation/sale hazmat disclosure, or merits-stage court record. The MARAD status cards and ShipHistory record contain no asbestos or hazardous-materials remarks; the DANFS entry, NavSource page, and shipscribe class tables contain none; CourtListener opinion searches on the exact name (both spacings) and hull number returned no qualifying case; a law-firm marketing page asserting exposure aboard was excluded per source policy (see search_ledger).
- 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 1943 steam-powered transport retained in commission 15 years and mothballed 28 is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials. This finding establishes only that no qualifying public record was located in the sources searched; it does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-general-a-e-anderson-ap111-09
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[10]NARA Guide to Federal Records - RG 24 naval deck logs and RG 181 naval district/shipyard records (record-group mapping only) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA record-group guides; deck-log custody for WWII-postwar commissioned auxiliaries
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - require research-room or reproduction order; no spend authorized): NARA RG 24 (Bureau of Naval Personnel) deck logs for USS General A. E. Anderson, 1943-1958; RG 181 Boston Naval Shipyard records for the April-June 1946 dependents-conversion availability; Maryland Drydock Co. Baltimore conversion records (1943) via RG 19/RG 181; BuShips construction/outfitting records for MC hull 669; WWII war diaries for the hull.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1943-1958 records
- Limitations
- Record-group 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-general-a-e-anderson-ap111-10
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[11]shipscribe.com, 'USS General John Pope (AP-110) Class' data tables and ship notes (compiled from Naval Vessel Register and official sources); MARAD status card MC-669 [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipscribe AP-110 class page - Construction and Disposition tables, class narrative, per-hull ship notes; MARAD card /cards/1799_3330AF.jpg
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Secondary-source errors corrected against primary/class records: (a) Strike date - Wikipedia and derivative pages give 'stricken 26 October 1990,' which is sister ship General John Pope (AP-110)'s strike date; shipscribe's class disposition table and the MARAD custody record agree on 11 December 1958 for AP-111. (b) Propulsion - Wikipedia's 'turbo-electric transmission' is wrong for the P2-S2-R2 design; NavSource builder data and shipscribe record two De Laval geared turbines on double main reduction gears, twin screws, 17,000 shp. (c) Hull number - Wikipedia/NavSource give 'MC hull 689'; the MARAD status card reads 'MC-669' and shipscribe's class construction table gives 669 (sequential 668-677 across AP-110-119; AP-176 = 2080). (d) Dependents conversion - shipscribe per-hull notes record conversion to carry military dependents at NSY Boston April-June 1946 (postwar NTS retention of AP 111-115 and 176) and mid-1950s modernization (armament removed, Welin davits replaced by merchant-type davits).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1942-1990
- Limitations
- Resolves publication-level errors in secondary sources (Wikipedia/NavSource/MaritimeQuest). shipscribe is a curated compilation of official register data - classed other_primary per house practice. The Boston NSY conversion and modernization notes describe availability events; whether those availabilities disturbed or added asbestos-containing insulation is not stated - no asbestos claim is made.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-general-a-e-anderson-ap111-11
