Evidence
14 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-14).
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[1]research packet ci-packet.md (3 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED (mirror-sourced; two minor conflicts flagged)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- qualifier: VERIFIED (mirror-sourced; two minor conflicts flagged)
- Evidence ID
- uss-general-george-m-randall-ap115-pkt-ci-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, 'General George M. Randall' (AP-115) - namesake biography, construction, sponsor, commissioning, WWII voyages, Magic-Carpet, MSTS, Korea (Inchon, Hungnam), postwar Atlantic runs, 1958 Lebanon landing, decommissioning and NDRF layup (verbatim transcription; live NHHC page 404s at all candidate slugs - standing NHHC link-rot defect; corroborated verbatim by Wayback capture 2005-01-12 of original NHC page http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/g3/general_george_m_randall.htm) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry 'General George M. Randall' - spec block and full service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull (DANFS spec block): 'AP-115: dp. 11,828 (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.' Launched 30 January 1944 under a Maritime Commission contract by Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Kearny, N.J.; sponsored by Mrs. Robert A. Lovett, wife of the Assistant Secretary of War for Air; acquired and simultaneously commissioned 15 April 1944, Capt. Carl C. von Paulsen, USCG, in command. WWII: Norfolk 23 May 1944 to Bombay via Panama and Australia (arrived 5 July); three San Pedro-Bombay round trips through 28 February 1945; San Francisco-Ulithi round trip; Norfolk-Marseilles-Manila redeployment run ending San Pedro 21 September 1945. Magic-Carpet: six voyages San Francisco/San Diego to the Far East (Japan, China, Okinawa, Philippines); sailed Pearl Harbor 1 December 1946 for the east coast; peacetime alterations at Philadelphia, stood out 2 April 1947; San Francisco 25 April; then West Coast-Far East shuttle runs (six voyages to Guam, two to China and Japan, two to Hawaii) until assigned to MSTS October 1949. Korea: 'participated in the amphibious assault at Inchon' and 'served in the evacuation of Hungnam'; moored New York 26 May 1951; four New York-Bremerhaven/Southampton voyages; Yokohama 24 October 1951 via San Francisco. 1952-54: Pacific runs, West Coast to Japan/Okinawa/Formosa. 8 April 1955 arrived New York for Bremerhaven shuttle runs; first three months of 1957 in the Caribbean (Puerto Rico, Cuba, Jamaica), resumed North Atlantic runs 15 April 1957. 1958 Lebanon crisis: embarked 1,255 troops of the 35th Tank Battalion at Bremerhaven plus 1,001 at La Pallice, France; put them ashore at Beirut the morning of 3 August 1958; returned to New York 16 August. 1959 calls at Spain, Turkey, Greece, Italy; 1960 Iceland and Caribbean. Last voyage: cast off Rota, Spain; moored New York 13 May 1961; steamed to Bayonne, N.J., decommissioned 2 June 1961; towed to Norfolk 12 June; joined MARAD National Defense Reserve Fleet 16 August, berthed on James River, Va.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1943-1962 (entry coverage)
- Population
- Federal Shipbuilding (Kearny) construction trades 1943-44; USCG wartime crew and embarked troops 1944-46; USN/MSTS crew and passengers 1946-61
- Limitations
- Ship-specific service history only; contains no asbestos or material content. DANFS entry was compiled while she lay in the NDRF (ends 'is now berthed on James River, Va.') - post-1962 milestones (striking, sale) come from other rows. Final paragraph misprints her name once as 'General George H. Randall' - obvious typographical slip, not carried. Live NHHC DANFS page returned 404 on 2026-10-05 at both candidate slugs; citation is the verbatim transcription at losthistory.net/hazegray verified against the Wayback capture of the original NHC page.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-general-george-m-randall-ap115-01
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[3]U.S. Coast Guard, 'The Coast Guard at War: Transports & Escorts, Vol. II - Transports' (Historical Section, Public Information Division, USCG Headquarters, May 1, 1949), USS GENERAL GEORGE M. RANDALL (AP-115) chapter (HyperWar/ibiblio transcription) [other_primary]
- Locator
- HyperWar USCG Vol. II, 'USS GENERAL GEORGE M. RANDALL (AP-115)' chapter (Commissioning and Description through 'To Yokohama')
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official USCG wartime history for this hull: one of the P-2 troop transports built by Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Kearny, for the Maritime Commission; accepted by the USMC after builder's trials and taken over by the Navy under a bareboat charter; 'On April 15, 1944, she was assigned to the Naval Transport Service and placed in commission,' Capt. Carl C. Von Paulsen, USCG, first commanding officer. Full load displacement 19,650 tons, gross 17,833; 622'7" overall, 75'6" molded beam, 25' full-load draft; 19.86 knots at maximum power; cruising radius 11,700 nm at max speed / 12,400 nm at normal power; armament four 5"/38 Mk 12 Mod 1, four 40mm twin mounts, twenty 20mm Mk 4; complement '419 Coast Guard enlisted men, 20 Marine enlisted personnel and 9 Army enlisted men as a Transportation Corps.' Chapter logs every wartime voyage with dates and passenger counts (Norfolk shakedown April-May 1944 and Norfolk Navy Yard post-shakedown repairs; three Bombay round trips; Ulithi receiving-ship duty April-May 1945 redistributing 4,711 casuals; Marseilles-Manila redeployment). 'Up to this time the Randall had transported 50,537 passengers 129,017 miles' (as of 25 September 1945). CO reliefs: Capt. Lee H. Baker, USCG, relieved Von Paulsen 12 March 1945; Capt. Harold G. Belford, USCG, relieved Baker 25 September 1945. Coast Guard crew removed at San Francisco 31 January 1946.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1944-1946 (chapter coverage)
- Population
- USCG crew (~419 enlisted + officers), Marine and Army Transportation Corps detachments, embarked troops 1944-46
- Limitations
- Official but contemporaneous service history (published 1949); ends coverage with the January 1946 Coast Guard crew removal - postwar/Korean service comes from other rows. Its complement figure is the USCG-manned wartime enlisted breakdown, not total ship's company (DANFS cpl. 507; see gaps). Contains no asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-general-george-m-randall-ap115-02
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[4]NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive, USS General George M. Randall (AP-115) - designation timeline, specifications, awards, commanding-officer list, and captioned photographic record [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 09/22/22115.htm header block, specifications block, awards block, CO table, and photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline and record for this hull: laid down 20 July 1943 as Maritime Commission type P2-S2-R2 (MC hull 673) at Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Kearny, N.J.; launched 30 January 1944; commissioned 15 April 1944 per DANFS (NavSource bullet and CO table print '15 March 1944' - conflict carried in ev-13 and gaps); USCG-manned during WWII; occupation and China service windows itemized (Navy Occupation Service Medal periods Oct 1945-Oct 1946; China Service Medal extended periods 1946-1954); assigned to MSTS October 1949; decommissioned 2 June 1961 at Bayonne, N.J.; transferred to MARAD 16 August 1961 for layup in the NDRF James River, Fort Eustis, Va.; struck from the Naval Register 1 September 1962; sold for scrapping 8 May 1975 for $687,000 and scrapped in Taiwan. Specifications: 11,450 t (lt) / 20,175 t (fl); 622'7"; 75'6"; 25'6"; 20.6 kts; complement 45 officers + 459 enlisted; troop capacity 393 officers + 4,876 enlisted; propulsion two De Laval turbines, four Foster & Wheeler D-type boilers 465 psi 763 deg F, double De Laval main reduction gears, twin propellers 8,500 shp. Awards listed include Korean Service Medal and Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (Lebanon). Captioned photos document: Mare Island Naval Shipyard berthing 8 February 1946 (aerial, alongside sister General William Mitchell AP-114), berthed 19 February 1946, departing 20 February 1946; 'under way near Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, 4 April 1947' during postwar refit; departure from Yokohama 11 March 1951 with the first Korean War dead (NARA photos 80-G-427104, 80-G-427106); Oakland arrival 22 March 1951; Bremerhaven October 1957 and 1 October 1958 (the latter carrying arriving US Army troops including Elvis Presley).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1943-1975
- Population
- Kearny construction trades 1943-44; USCG crew 1944-46; USN/MSTS crew and embarked personnel 1944-61; 1975 shipbreakers
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - its milestone dates generally track DANFS/NVR but it prints a 15 March 1944 commissioning date against DANFS/USCG/NARA's April 1944 (see ev-13, gaps), and captions mix NARA/museum metadata with contributor detail. Contains no asbestos content. The Taiwan scrapping endpoint and $687,000 price are secondary-sourced; the MARAD status card (ev-04) documents buyer and delivery dates, not price or destination.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-general-george-m-randall-ap115-03
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[5]MARAD Vessel History Database, GENERAL GEORGE M. RANDALL (AP-115), detail page plus status-card images (cards 1813_3351AF front, 1813_3351AB, 1813_3351BB, and one status card PNG) [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov detail 1813 - Milestones and Status Cards tabs (cards/cards 1813_3351AF.jpg front particulars card; 1813_3351BB.jpg status card; .png second card)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- MARAD primary custody record for this hull. Status card (Form MA-199, 'VESSEL STATUS CARD'): vessel no. 0719411; flag U.S. Navy; comments '(T-AP 115)'; type Troop Transport; design P2-S2-R2; shipyard Kearny, N.J., Federal SB & DD Co.; 'DATE (built) 4-14-44'; MC hull no. 673; builder's hull no. 273; gross 17,811 tons; DWT 9,833; 'DELIVERED FROM SHIPYARD TO: U.S.M.C. (Loaned to U.S. Navy)'; original basis to WSA-MA: Navy Dept., agreement 'Permanent,' date 10-15-46. Operating history: Navy Dept. to Reserve Fleet, James River, 8-16-61 1:40 pm EST (custody); MA Fleet Custody to Reserve Fleet, James River, 9-1-62 12:01 am EST (permanent transfer - matching the 1 September 1962 strike date); Reserve Fleet to Union Minerals & Alloys Corp., James River, 5/8/75 (purchase; remarks 'Nontransportation Use'); 'Physically Delivered' 5/24/75 2:40 pm EDT. Second card (Form MA-393, 'RESERVE FLEET - SHIP PARTICULARS'): category 'Trooper'; service prior to lay-up 'MSTS (in Exchange Gen. Gordon)'; entered James River fleet Aug. 16, 1961; 'Marad Title Sept. 1, 1962' (stamp); 'Preservation deferred 45 days' per M&R letter 8-21-61; 'Reimbursable: See Navy letter April 24, 1961 / Com. reply May 15, 1961 / Initial preservation $50,600. plus $900. covering initial handling and services.' Detail-page data: year built 1944, shipyard Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock, general type Naval Auxiliary, specific type 'AP Transport,' MARAD type P2-S2-R2, length 622.58 ft, beam 75.50 ft, gross 17,811 tons, displacement 20,175 (summer) / 11,450 (lightweight); missions WWII and Korean War; milestones - Entry/Acquisition 8/16/1961 (hull no. MC 673), Disposition 5/24/1975 'Sold for nontrans use,' Withdrawal 5/24/1975; fate 'Sold -NTU.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1944-1975 (card coverage); card entries 1961-1975
- Population
- MSTS and Navy caretaker crews to 1961; NDRF James River caretaker workforce 1961-75; Union Minerals & Alloys/shipping trades at delivery 1975
- Limitations
- Custody/disposal record only - the cards and detail page contain no asbestos, hazmat, or material content; preservation-cost and layup annotations document fleet-management handling, not ACM condition. Handwritten annotations are partially legible ('in Exchange Gen. Gordon' apparently references a fleet exchange with her P2 sister General W. H. Gordon (AP-117); a reason-for-withdrawal note reading 'Ship not to be reactivated in foreseeable future' is consistent with permanent disposal). The database milestone dates the sale to physical delivery (5/24/75); the card separately records the purchase 5/8/75 - reconciled as contract vs delivery, not a conflict.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-general-george-m-randall-ap115-04
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[6]National Archives, 'Navy Deck Logs Available in the National Archives Catalog' index - General George M. Randall (AP-115) listing [other_primary]
- Locator
- archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy-online, 'G' section, 'General George M. Randall (AP-115)' entry
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA lists digitized deck logs for General George M. Randall (AP-115), 'Commission: April 1944 Decommission: June 1961,' with monthly links covering 1956 through June 1961 in the National Archives Catalog. The April 1944 commission month corroborates DANFS/USCG against NavSource's '15 March 1944' typographical variant. The log series is the primary unexploited record for day-level operations, yard availabilities, and any documented material-disturbance events aboard.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1956-1961 (digitized coverage)
- Population
- Crew and embarked personnel 1956-61 (digitized span)
- Limitations
- Index-level verification only - the listing confirms digitized logs exist for 1956-June 1961; the 1944-55 wartime and early postwar logs are not in the digitized list (RG 24 logs are held at Archives II, College Park; textual reference staff contact per NARA page). Deck logs record events, not material inventories - no asbestos content should be assumed; not yet read at log level.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-general-george-m-randall-ap115-05
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[7]The Mariners' Museum and Park online catalog, object ARI141505 - 'Gen. George M. Randall,' U.S. Army Signal Corps photograph, archive no. P0003/01-#B-7983 [museum_official]
- Locator
- catalogs.marinersmuseum.org object record ARI141505 (Inscription/Marks, Notes, Hierarchy fields); page JS-rendered, metadata verified via rendered scrape 2026-10-05
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Museum-cataloged official U.S. Army Signal Corps photograph of this hull: catalog subject 'General George M. Randall (Transport : AP-115),' archive no. P0003/01-#B-7983, in the 'United States Army Signal Corps Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation Photographs, Indexes, and Other Material' collection; dated 5/20/1944; inscription describes a broadside view of the ship docked at the south side of Pier 5, Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation, Newport News, Va., just prior to sailing, 'CONFIDENTIAL' stamped - i.e., at her wartime loading berth two days before her 23 May 1944 first departure under DANFS's narrative; catalog note describes the bow view with 'dazzle' camouflage paint.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1944-05-20
- Population
- Embarking troops and HRPE port labor, May 1944
- Limitations
- Embarkation/photograph documentation, not a work or material record - establishes presence at the Army's HRPE Pier 5 loading berth, nothing more. The handwritten inscription misprints the name as 'USS Gen. Randolph (HR 299)' while the catalog subject correctly identifies AP-115 - caption-level slip flagged, not propagated. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-general-george-m-randall-ap115-06
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[8]TIME, 'National Affairs: Cargo from Korea,' Vol. LVII No. 14, 2 April 1951 [reputable_press]
- Locator
- content.time.com subscriber text, TIME 1951-04-02, 'National Affairs: Cargo from Korea' (article id 814488); NavSource captions for NARA 80-G-427104/-427106 and Vallejo file AP 115 34X1-3-51
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Contemporaneous national-press documentation of this hull's repatriation duty: 'the grey transport General George M. Randall nosed into the cluttered estuary of Oakland' the week before 2 April 1951 with 'some 1,500 officers and men of the 1st Marine Division, home from Korea for a 30-day leave' (the second batch under the Corps rotation policy; an earlier 1,167 marines had landed at San Francisco). 'In her hold were the bodies of 52 men, the first of the dead to be brought back from Korea... ranging in rank from private to major general (Bryant E. Moore, who had commanded the IX Corps).' NavSource-captioned NARA photos (80-G-427104, -427106) date her departure from Yokohama 11 March 1951; the Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum-filed caption dates the Oakland arrival 22 March 1951.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1951-03
- Population
- ~1,500 embarked 1st Marine Division personnel; crew; honor-guard/receiving parties
- Limitations
- Press record of a notable repatriation event - establishes this hull's role and passenger/remains carriage; no asbestos or material content. The war-dead count conflicts across sources: TIME (contemporaneous) says 52; the Vallejo museum-filed NavSource caption says 'the first 57' - carried in gaps, unreconciled. Oakland arrival date (22 March 1951) comes from the museum-captioned photo record; TIME says only 'last week.'
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-general-george-m-randall-ap115-07
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[9]Stars and Stripes (Europe edition, originally published 2 October 1958; republished unedited 16 August 2023), 'Hundreds greet singer on arrival in Germany,' plus City of Bremerhaven archive page 'Elvis Presley in Bremerhaven' [reputable_press]
- Locator
- stripes.com history republication of the 1958-10-02 Europe-edition article; bremerhaven.de city-districts-history page (city archive); NavSource photo caption 0922115xx series
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Contemporaneous military-press documentation: 'Pvt. Elvis Presley arrived here Wednesday aboard the Randall, an all-Navy military sea transport, with 1,381 other soldiers' at Bremerhaven, Germany (1 October 1958), processed at dockside and put aboard a troop train for Friedberg for assignment to Co. D, 1st Medium Tank Battalion, 32d Armor, 3d Armored Division; sister MSTS transport USS H.W. Butner was docked just ahead of the Randall. The City of Bremerhaven's city-archive page records that Presley 'went to sea on board the troop carrier GENERAL RANDALL on September 22nd 1958. Arrival at Bremerhaven was on October 1st.' NavSource-captioned photo shows her moored at Bremerhaven 1 October 1958 'with arriving US Army troops - including Elvis Presley.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1958-09-22 to 1958-10-01
- Population
- 1,382 embarked soldiers incl. Pvt. E. Presley; crew
- Limitations
- Human-interest passenger documentation on this hull's NY-Bremerhaven shuttle run - vessel-history fact only; this record makes no exposure claim for Presley or any individual. Departure date (22 September 1958) rests on the municipal archive; embarkation port (Brooklyn Army Terminal) rests on secondary artifact description of a contemporaneous Army press release and is not independently carried as a primary fact here. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-general-george-m-randall-ap115-08
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[10]Owens-Illinois, Inc., Supplemental Answers to Second Interrogatories under Rule 168, Heathman v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. et al., No. 87-C-1934, District Court of Brazoria County, Texas, 23d Judicial District (filed 1990; hosted at the Toxic Docs litigation-document archive) - exhibit list item 20 citing 'Industrial Health Survey of the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Kearny, New Jersey, at 14 (August 30-31, September 1-2, 1944)' [court_record]
- Locator
- toxicdocs.org document 4ayjMMY2q6pqomB4eDk5Nq9op - interrogatory answer 9, item 20 (Kearny survey); shipyards.json 'federal-shipbuilding-kearny' evidence ev-federal-kearny-ihs-1944 and product pd-federal-kearny-01/-02
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Yard-level documentation of asbestos application at this hull's builder in her build window: the referenced 1944 industrial health survey of Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Kearny, NJ, documented insulator work with Johns-Manville Superex asbestos pipe covering (~15% amosite) and boiler insulation in confined shipyard spaces during wartime peak production (shipyards.json yard record for federal-shipbuilding-kearny, products documented 1940-1948 window covering this hull's July 1943-April 1944 construction). The survey was conducted four-and-a-half months after this hull's April 1944 delivery, during continued wartime construction of sister P2 hulls at the same yard.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1944 (survey Aug 30-Sep 2, 1944); product window 1940-1948
- Population
- Federal Shipbuilding Kearny insulators, pipefitters, and shipboard trades, 1943-44 wartime peak (~35,000 employment)
- Limitations
- Yard-level record, not a hull record - the survey documents asbestos insulation trades practice at the Kearny yard during the build-program window; it does not name AP-115 or any specific hull, and does not establish installed material aboard this ship. The surveyor (Owens-Illinois) was an asbestos manufacturer with litigation interest; the interrogatory answers are a party filing locating the survey among documents offered in Dube v. Eagle-Picher (D. Me. 83-0224-P). The Toxic Docs copy is a litigation-document archive, not the court's own site.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-general-george-m-randall-ap115-09
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[11]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2 (full text blocked, HTTP 403)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented that the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships and did not begin substituting alternative insulation materials until the early 1970s - spanning this hull's entire construction (1943-44) and service era (1944-61), as well as her reserve-fleet layup.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. Full text not retrieved - gao.gov blocks automated fetch (HTTP 403, confirmed 2026-10-05); content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-general-george-m-randall-ap115-10
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[12]Era inference built on: DANFS spec block (P2-S2-R2, General John Pope class); NavSource specifications block (four Foster & Wheeler D-type boilers 465 psi 763 deg F, two De Laval turbines, twin screw); USCG at War description (full-load steam plant figures); shipyard-exposure-map documented asbestos product list for Federal Shipbuilding/Kearny (Superex pipe covering, Kaylo pipe/boiler insulation, gaskets; industrial survey window covering the build); GAO HRD-80-2 (see ev-10) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS spec block; NavSource specifications block; shipyards.json product list for federal-shipbuilding-kearny; USCG at War repair/alteration and yard-availability entries
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A steam-driven troop transport built 1943-44 at Federal Shipbuilding's Kearny yard sits inside that yard's documented asbestos-use window and the Navy's asbestos era. Era-standard applications aboard a transport of this type and period were boiler and steam-drum insulation, steam-line lagging between fireroom and engineroom, valve and flange gaskets, machinery packing, fireproofing on structural steel, and accommodation-space insulation - installed across high-temperature piping and machinery serving a 465-psi superheated steam plant and a hull built to carry ~5,000 troops plus crew. Wartime repair/alteration availabilities documented for this hull (Norfolk Navy Yard May-June 1944; Terminal Island drydock December 1944-March 1945; Mare Island February 1946; Philadelphia Naval Shipyard peacetime alterations December 1946-April 1947) are the maintenance-disturbance pathways of the era.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1943-1975
- Population
- Kearny construction trades 1943-44; crew and embarked troops 1944-61; yard trades at Norfolk (1944), Terminal Island (1944-45), Mare Island (1946), Philadelphia NSY (1946-47); NDRF caretakers 1961-75; 1975 shipbreakers
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, work package, or abatement record located for AP-115. Names era-standard applications and documented yard availabilities, not confirmed installed asbestos on this hull. No quantity. Product names come from the yard-level record; no manufacturer attribution specific to this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-general-george-m-randall-ap115-11
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[13]Batch-2046 search ledger (this record): DANFS transcription + Wayback NHC capture; USCG at War Vol. II; NavSource 09/22/22115; MARAD vessel history + status cards; NARA deck-log index; Mariners' Museum catalog; TIME and Stars and Stripes; CourtListener (6 queries via helper: 4 base + 2 permitted overflow variants); secondary web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-general-george-m-randall-ap115-01 through -14
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or qualifying litigation naming USS General George M. Randall (AP-115/T-AP-115) was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener (2026-10-05, authenticated helper): '"General George M. Randall"' opinion 0 hits; same docket 0 hits; '"AP-115"' opinion 26 hits, all non-ship token collisions (Ohio disqualification/probate citations, appendix pagination); '"AP-115" asbestos' opinion 0; '"AP-115"' docket 299 hits, all adversary-proceeding/appendix-token collisions; '"AP-115" asbestos' docket 5 hits - none name the vessel (matched documents are removal notices, a journal-article exhibit, and appendix-paginated filings; 'AP-115' appears as a pagination/proceeding token, not a hull number). Secondary web sweeps surfaced only law-firm marketing content (e.g., mesotheliomasymptoms.com) asserting asbestos aboard without primary sourcing - excluded by source policy.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 2026-10-05
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - the 1943-44 build at a documented asbestos-era yard on a steam-plant MC transport design makes asbestos presence a reasonable era inference, not a ship-proven fact. The docket-document match is metadata-level; a pleading listing this hull among many vessels would not be distinguishable without document-level review and would remain an allegation in any event. Deck logs (1956-61 digitized; earlier years at Archives II), builder's work packages, and the 1975 scrapping records are unexploited leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-general-george-m-randall-ap115-12
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[14]Commission-date cross-check: DANFS entry ('acquired and simultaneously commissioned 15 April 1944'); USCG at War Vol. II ('On April 15, 1944, she was assigned to the Naval Transport Service and placed in commission'); NARA deck-log index header ('Commission: April 1944'); MARAD status card 'DATE (built) 4-14-44' (delivery/effective date); vs. NavSource timeline bullet and commanding-officer table ('15 March 1944') [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS narrative; USCG Vol. II Randall chapter; archives.gov navy-online 'G' listing; MARAD status card field 8; NavSource 09/22/22115 header bullet and CO table row 1
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTION: NavSource prints 'Commissioned USS General George M. Randall (AP-115), 15 March 1944' in its timeline bullet and repeats '15 March 1944' as Von Paulsen's assumption-of-command date in the CO table. Both DANFS and the official 1949 USCG history give 15 April 1944, NARA's deck-log index gives 'Commission: April 1944,' and the MARAD status card dates the build complete 4-14-44 - a 15 March commissioning is irreconcilable with the documented post-launch fitting-out and the April delivery/commissioning chain. The April 15 date is carried; the NavSource March date is a typographical/transcription error.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1944
- Limitations
- Corrects a circulating date error, not a material claim. The NavSource CO table's Von Paulsen row ('15 March 1944 - April 1945') inherits the same slip; the USCG history independently documents Von Paulsen's relief by Capt. Lee H. Baker on 12 March 1945. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-general-george-m-randall-ap115-13