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, 'General C. H. Muir (AP-142)' (Naval History and Heritage Command), read via 2024-12-25 Wayback capture of the official NHHC page (canonical https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/g/general-c-h-muir-ap-142.html returned 404 on 2026-09-25) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Full DANFS article text incl. stat block (dp 9,950 lt; 522'10"; cpl 356; trp 3,828; C4-S-A1)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS entry: General C. H. Muir (AP-142) launched 1944-11-24 under Maritime Commission contract by Kaiser Co., Inc., Yard 3, Richmond CA; sponsored by Mrs. John H. Deasy; acquired and commissioned 1945-04-12 at Portland, Capt. J. D. Conway in command. WWII service: shakedown off San Diego; departed San Francisco 1945-05-13 carrying troops to Pearl Harbor, Eniwetok, Ulithi, and Leyte; brief service as a receiving ship in the Philippines; returned to New York via the Panama Canal 1945-08-14. Magic Carpet: sailed 1945-09-03 for veterans at Mediterranean and Indian Ocean ports, arrived New York 1945-11-01; second homeward contingent returned New York 1946-01-09; three subsequent voyages (one New Orleans, two Europe) before decommissioning Baltimore 1946-06-18, returned to the Maritime Commission and turned over to the Army Transportation Service same day. MSTS service: reacquired by Navy 1950-03-01; two years supporting U.S. forces in Europe and repatriating thousands of refugees under the International Refugee Organization; late 1952 New York-Mediterranean-Suez run to Korea with reinforcements; Reduced Operational Status New York 1953-09-30; August 1954 Panama-San Francisco-Korea replacement-troops voyage; Pacific Reserve Fleet San Diego 1955-02-07; returned to Maritime Administration 1960, entered NDRF 30 June, berthed Suisun Bay. Two battle stars for Korean War service. Namesake: Maj. Gen. Charles Henry Muir, U.S. Army (1860-1933), 28th Division commander, Meuse-Argonne.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1960
- Limitations
- Authoritative Navy history establishing identity, construction, and service record. Live NHHC page 404s (standing link-rot issue first logged Batch-01); text verified verbatim from the official page's 2024-12-25 Wayback capture. Contains no asbestos or materials statement; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-general-c-h-muir-ap142-01
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[2]NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive, USNS General C. H. Muir (T-AP-142) / USS General C. H. Muir (AP-142) page, navsource.net/archives/09/22/22142.htm [other_primary]
- Locator
- Timeline, campaign-credit tables, commanding-officer roster, merchant-service and final-disposition sections, specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource service-ship archive timeline: laid down (date unknown) under MC contract 665 at Kaiser Yard 3, Richmond; launched 1944-11-24; commissioned USS General C. H. Muir (AP-142) 1945-04-12 at Portland OR, CAPT Joseph D. Conway USCG in command; USCG-manned in WWII, U.S. Army 1946-1950, U.S. Navy (MSTS) 1950-1955; decommissioned Baltimore 1946-06-18 and placed in commission as USAT General C. H. Muir same day; reacquired by Navy 1950-03-01 for MSTS as USNS T-AP-142; Korean War campaign credits: Korean Defense Summer-Fall 1952 (1953-01-07/08, 1953-01-18/19) and Korean Summer-Fall 1953 (1953-07-26); Navy Occupation Service Medal (Europe) 1953-09-04/06; China Service Medal (extended) 1954-02-27; laid up Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group, 1955-02-07; struck from Naval Register 'date unknown'; two battle stars Korea; returned to MARAD 1960-04-14 for NDRF Suisun Bay; permanent custody to MARAD 1960-06-30; title transfer to Sea-Land Inc. 1968-09-10 (Exchange Program for SS Losmar), renamed SS Chicago; sold to Puerto Rico Shipping Authority 1974-09-30; renamed SS San Juan 1975-02-07; final disposition sold for scrapping December 1988 to 'Per Company, Dick Evans'. Commanding officers: CAPT Joseph D. Conway USCG (1945-04-12 to 1945-07-31); CDR Wilbur C. Hogan USCG (1945-07-31 to 1946-06-16).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1988
- Limitations
- Volunteer-compiled secondary archive drawing on official records; its timeline agrees with DANFS and MARAD on the major milestones and supplies dates/details DANFS lacks (CO roster, campaign dates, 1968-1975 merchant renamings, 1988 scrapping sale). 'Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown' in this source vs Shipscribe's 1946-07-03 first strike - logged in gaps. 'Per Company, Dick Evans' scrapping-buyer detail is unique to NavSource and not cross-verified. No asbestos content; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-general-c-h-muir-ap142-02
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[3]U.S. Maritime Administration, ShipHistory database - GENERAL C. H. MUIR (AP-142), Detail 1807 (milestones, status card, uploaded USCG correspondence PDF) [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- ShipHistory Detail 1807: History, Milestones, Status Cards tabs; card image /cards/1807_3342AF.jpg (read); document /documents/GeneralCHMuir_1807_001.pdf (read)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- MARAD ShipHistory record for GENERAL C. H. MUIR (AP-142): U.S. Official No. 516542; year built 1944; shipyard Kaiser Company; type AP Transport, MARAD type C4-S-A1; 522.84 ft x 71.50 ft; displacement 17,250 (summer) / 9,950 (lightweight); missions WWII and Korean War; milestones: NDRF entry/acquisition 1960-04-14, disposition/withdrawal 1968-09-16 'EXCHANGE PROGRAM'; fate 'Transferred - Foreign'. Reserve-fleet status card (1807_3342AF.jpg, read in full): hull no. MC-665; fleet Suisun Bay; category Trooper; entered 1960-04-14 1500 hrs PST; 'Service prior to lay-up: Navy'; title Navy, transferred to MARAD 1960-06-30; arrival draft Fwd 20'08" / Aft 21'06"; withdrawn 1968-09-16 1050 PDST, reason 'Exchange Program; Transfer ship to Sea Land Service for conversion to containership; exchange ship is SS LOSMAR-EC2'; preservation notes cite Navy letter 1959-11-17 and MARAD reply 1959-11-30. The vessel file also holds one uploaded historical document, retrieved and read: a 1945 U.S. Coast Guard letter (PCO AP-142 stationery, 1414 N. Front Avenue, Portland OR) signed 'J. D. CONWAY, Captain USCG' requesting confidential-mail authorization for named crew - primary contemporaneous evidence of Coast Guard manning and the Portland commissioning period.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1968
- Limitations
- Authoritative for federal custody milestones and hull data; the status card is the primary document settling the MC hull number as MC-665 (conflicting 'MC 709' in secondary sources logged in gaps). Fate code 'Transferred - Foreign' is registry shorthand, not a scrapping certificate. The USCG letter is administrative correspondence (mail authorization) - no materials content. No asbestos, materials, or condition information anywhere in the record; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-general-c-h-muir-ap142-03
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[4]Shipscribe.com, 'USS General G. O. Squier (AP-130) Class' register, usnaux.shipscribe.com/AP/AP130.html [other_primary]
- Locator
- Construction table row for AP-142; ship-notes block (MC 665 row); class notes
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Shipscribe U.S. Navy auxiliary register, General G. O. Squier (AP-130) class page: AP-142 GENERAL C. H. MUIR, MC hull 665 - acquired 1945-04-12; Kaiser Richmond #3; keel laid 1944-08-07; launched 1944-11-24; commissioned 1945-04-12. Ship note: hull 'transferred by builder to Kaiser, Vancouver, when 34% complete, arrived 20 Dec 44'; decommissioned, to Maritime Commission and to Army 1946-06-18; struck 1946-07-03; initial Army peacetime conversion by Bethlehem Key Highway, Baltimore, ca. June-July 1946; from Army to MSTS 1950-03-01; reinstated on the Naval Register 1950-04-28; inactivated ca. Feb 1955, in U.S. Navy reserve 1955-60; to NDRF 1960-04-14; to buyer 1968-09-16; merchant CHICAGO (container ship, 685 ft oa) 1968, SAN JUAN 1975, scrapped 1988. Class notes document the class program: 30 C4-S-A1 transports contracted to Kaiser Richmond #3 under an Army fifty-transport program; Navy agreed (April 1943) to man all fifty on Army schedules; crews included Coast Guard-manned hulls.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1988
- Limitations
- Secondary register compiled from USN and Maritime Commission records - authoritative for dates DANFS omits (keel laid, first strike 1946-07-03, reinstatement 1950-04-28) and for the unusual ~34%-complete tow to Kaiser Vancouver for finishing, which explains the Portland commissioning. The keel date and Vancouver transfer are not corroborated in DANFS/NavSource. MC 665 here agrees with the primary MARAD card; 'MC 709' in other secondary sources is the outlier (gaps). No asbestos content; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-general-c-h-muir-ap142-04
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[5]NavSource Online specifications block, AP-142 page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Specifications section, AP-142 page
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NavSource specifications for this hull document a high-pressure steam plant: two Babcock & Wilcox header-type boilers at 465 psi / 765 degrees F; one Westinghouse geared turbine; double Westinghouse main reduction gears; three turbo-drive 400 kW 240V DC ship's-service generators; single propeller, 9,000 shp; NSFO fuel capacity 13,300 bbls; cargo 1,900 DWT (70,000 cu ft non-refrigerated); armament four single 5"/38 dual-purpose mounts, two twin 40mm AA mounts, sixteen single 20mm AA mounts; crew 32 officers + 324 enlisted; troop accommodations 228 officers + 3,595 enlisted.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1988
- Population
- Engine-room and machinery-space crew (USCG-manned, 1945-46; civilian MSTS crew 1950-55; merchant crew 1968-88)
- Limitations
- Documents the machinery actually installed aboard this hull - a steam plant of the era and type whose insulation, gaskets, and packing were commonly asbestos-containing in wartime construction. The source contains NO asbestos or insulation-material statement; presence of asbestos aboard this hull is not established by this record. Figures are archive-compiled, not from the ship's building contract.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-general-c-h-muir-ap142-05
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[6]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 program era and construction window (1944-45 Kaiser C4-S-A1) of this vessel - and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization aboard merchant and auxiliary-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 scholarly documentation of asbestos use in WWII shipbuilding generally; does not name this vessel and does not establish that asbestos was or is aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, individual exposure, or causation. DOI landing page returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch (2026-09-25); citation verified via the same source used in Batch-05 and Batch-2064 records.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-general-c-h-muir-ap142-06
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[7]National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet / nomination, Richmond Shipyard Number Three (Kaiser Shipyard Richmond Number Three), Contra Costa County, CA, NRIS 00000364 [nps]
- Locator
- NRHP nomination continuation sheet: Statement of Significance and Description sections
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NPS National Register nomination for Richmond Shipyard Number Three (NRIS 00000364, listed 2000-04-28) documents this hull's builder yard: the Maritime Commission hired Kaiser Company in January 1942 to build Richmond No. 3 at Potrero Point specifically to build 'the huge C-4 troop transport ships'; Yard Three produced 35 C4 troop transports designed by George G. Sharp of New York, described as 'massive floating hostelries' of ~4,300-person capacity; the yard plant included a dedicated 'Brick and Insulation Storage Building' among its assembly/support structures. Postwar, Yard Three was one of only four U.S. yards reconverted for repair work.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1941-2000
- Population
- Kaiser Yard 3 construction trades and shipfitters, 1942-1945
- Limitations
- Yard-level documentation of the facility that built this hull to ~34% before she was towed to Kaiser Vancouver for completion; the nomination does not name AP-142 and contains no asbestos statement (batch-2064 full-text read of the nomination found zero 'asbestos' hits). The insulation storage building documents that insulation materials were handled and stocked at the yard - it does not establish their composition. Supports construction-context claims only; supports no asbestos claim for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-general-c-h-muir-ap142-07
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[8]Batch-2070 search ledger (this record): DANFS via NHHC Wayback; NavSource; MARAD ShipHistory 1807 (milestones + status card + uploaded USCG letter, all read); Shipscribe AP-130 class register; CourtListener opinion+docket name/hull searches; VA BVA check [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-general-c-h-muir-ap142-01 through -12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed asbestos case naming General C. H. Muir / AP-142 / T-AP-142 / SS Chicago / SS San Juan was found in the public sources searched. Authenticated CourtListener searches returned 0 opinions and 0 docketed cases for 'General C. H. Muir', 0 opinions for 'T-AP-142', and 16 hits for 'AP-142' that are ALL name collisions on docket/appeals-number patterns (24-AP-142, 18-AP-142, adversary proceeding 08-ap-00142, 9:09-ap-00142) or unrelated text - no case names the hull. A VA Board of Veterans' Appeals check surfaced no decision naming this hull. A law-firm marketing page lists the ship in a generic 'asbestos job sites' table but is an excluded source with no ship-specific record behind it.
- 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 WWII-era steam auxiliary scrapped in 1988 is era-consistent with asbestos-containing construction. The hull no longer exists and cannot be surveyed retroactively. This finding establishes only that no public ship-specific asbestos record was located; it neither establishes nor defeats any exposure claim or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-general-c-h-muir-ap142-08
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[9]NARA Guide to Federal Records RG 26 / RG 178; NARA WWII deck-log digitization program; MARAD status-card preservation notes (Navy letter 1959-11-17, MARAD reply 1959-11-30) [other_primary]
- Locator
- RG 178 Construction Division; RG 26 Coast Guard logs; Kaiser Vancouver outfitting files
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - requires research-room work or reproduction order; no spend authorized): (a) NARA RG 26 U.S. Coast Guard deck logs - this was a USCG-manned hull in WWII and Coast Guard deck logs of the period are in the NARA digitization program; (b) NARA RG 178 Maritime Commission Construction Division records for MC hull 665 and Kaiser Yard 3 contract/outfitting files; (c) Kaiser Vancouver completion records for the hull taken north at ~34% (arrived 1944-12-20) - conversion-scope documents may specify insulation; (d) Army Transportation Service and MSTS maintenance files for the 1946-1955 operating period.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1968 records
- Limitations
- Record-group mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; whether any asbestos-specific document exists for MC hull 665 is unknown until surveyed. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-general-c-h-muir-ap142-09