Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet cj-packet.md (3 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-general-william-weigel-ap119-pkt-cj-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, General William Weigel (AP-119) - construction, naming, commissioning, and service narrative (archived NHHC page, Wayback capture 2024-05-25; live NHHC URL returned 404 on 2026-10-05) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS service narrative and spec block (archived NHHC page)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down under Maritime Commission contract 15 March 1944 by Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Kearny, N.J.; named General C. H. Barth (AP-119) 15 April 1944; renamed General William Weigel 24 August 1944; launched 3 September 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Earl L. Mann (niece of Maj. Gen. Weigel); acquired by the Navy 4 January 1945; commissioned at Bayonne, N.J., 6 January 1945, Captain Thomas Y. Awalt, USCG, in command. Service: departed New York 11 February 1945 with 5,000 rotation troops for Le Havre; embarked American and French veterans at Southampton; returned to New York 19 April; underway 1 May for Puerto Rico (San Juan), then 5,000 Army men to Hawaii; a mid-ocean seaplane rendezvous out of Balboa evacuated a critically ill passenger 19 May; reached Honolulu 25 May; sailed 28 May for Marseille to embark 5,000 soldiers for Eniwetok and Manila; loaded passengers at Leyte and returned via Ulithi to San Pedro, Calif., 25 August 1945; Magic Carpet voyage San Diego 11 September - Pearl Harbor - San Francisco 24 September with 5,000 veterans; three round-trip trans-Pacific voyages 6 October 1945 - 8 February 1946 (two from San Francisco, one from Seattle) carrying occupation troops to Yokohama; Magic Carpet Manila-San Francisco returning 11 April 1946; departed San Francisco 16 April for New York, arriving 1 May; decommissioned there 10 May 1946 and transferred to the War Department for Army transport service; Army shuttle runs San Francisco-Pacific garrisons until reacquired by the Navy 20 July 1950; assigned to MSTS 1 August 1950; Korean-era troop runs Pacific coast-Japan-Korea until placed in Reduced Operational Status in 1955; returned to the Maritime Commission 12 June 1958 and entered NDRF at Olympia, Wash.; reacquired 18 August 1965 and assigned to MSTS; carried troops to Vietnam through 1967; seven battle stars for Korean conflict service. Spec block: dp. 11,450 (lt.); l. 622'7"; b. 75'6"; dr. 25'6"; s. 21 k.; cpl. 466; trp. 4,896; a. 4 5", 8 40mm., 20 20mm.; cl. General John Pope; T. P2-S2-R2.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1944-1967 (entry coverage)
- Population
- Federal Shipbuilding construction trades (1944-45); USCG crew (1945-46); embarked troops and passengers (wartime transport)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. The entry predates the 1986 striking and 1987 disposal - final milestones come from other rows. Live NHHC DANFS page returned 404 on 2026-10-05 (standing NHHC link-rot defect); archived Wayback capture of 2024-05-25 used and labeled as archived. Spec-block figures conflict with NavSource itemizations (complement 466 vs 507; troops 4,896 vs 5,279 - see gaps).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-general-william-weigel-ap119-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive, USNS General William Weigel (T-AP-119) - milestone timeline, campaign tables, specifications and propulsion block, disposal line, photo captions (live page verified 200 on 2026-10-05) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 09/22/22119.htm header block, milestone timeline, campaign table, specifications block, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: General John Pope-class transport; MC type P2-S2-R2, MC hull 677; commissioned USS General William Weigel (AP-119) 6 January 1945 at Bayonne, N.J., CAPT. Thomas Y. Awalt, USCG (page notes the ship was USCG-manned during WWII); Navy Occupation Service periods in the Far East 16-23 October 1945, 7-12 December 1945, 21-27 January 1946; decommissioned and struck from the Naval Register at New York 10 May 1946; returned to the Maritime Commission for assignment to the U.S. Army Transportation Service as USAT General William Weigel; re-acquired by the Navy 20 July 1950 and placed in service with MSTS as USNS General William Weigel (T-AP-119) 1 August 1950; Korean War campaigns: North Korean Aggression (24 Sep-1 Nov 1950), Communist China Aggression (11-13 Nov 1950), Communist China Spring Offensive (6-8 Jul 1951), US Summer-Fall Offensive (30-31 Aug 1951), Second Korean Winter (Jan-Apr 1952 dates), Korean Defensive Summer-Fall 1952 (Jun-Jul 1952), Third Korean Winter (Dec 1952-Jan 1953); placed out of service and returned to the Maritime Commission 12 June 1958 for layup in the NDRF at Olympia, WA; reacquired 18 August 1965 and placed in service with the Military Sealift Command; Vietnam-era troop transport; placed out of service and struck from the Naval Register 31 March 1986; final disposition sold for scrapping 10 April 1987 by MARAD for $1,005,050, scrapped in Taiwan 1987; seven battle stars Korea, one campaign star Vietnam. Specifications: 11,450 t (lt) / 20,175 t (fl); 622'7"; beam 75'6"; draft 25'6"; 20.6 kts; complement officers 43 / enlisted 464; troop accommodations officers 397 / enlisted 4,882; propulsion two De Laval steam turbines, four Foster Wheeler 'D'-type boilers (465 psi, 765 deg F), double De Laval main reduction gears, four turbo-drive 400 kW ship's service generators, twin propellers, 17,000 shp; armament four single 5"/38, four twin 40mm, twenty 20mm. Photo captions document: at Norfolk Navy Yard, VA, 6 February 1945 (USCG photos via MARAD); disembarking Navy replacements at Yokosuka 11 June 1951 (NARA photo 80-G-429655); MSTS Ready Reserve nest at Navy Industrial Reserve Shipyard, Everett, WA, 25 June 1957 (NHHC photos NH 104591-93); towed from Suisun Bay reserve site summer 1965 for Vietnam reactivation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1944-1987
- Population
- Construction trades at Kearny (1944-45); USCG crew (1945-46); Army transport crew (1946-49); MSTS/MSC civil-service crew (1950-58, 1965-70); embarked troops all eras
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestone dates generally track DANFS/MARAD records and agree here except where noted in gaps. Contains no asbestos content. Spec itemizations differ from the DANFS spec block (complement 507 itemized vs 466; troop accommodations 5,279 vs 4,896 - see gaps). The 1986 'placed out of service and struck' line compresses a 1970 reserve-fleet re-entry documented on the MARAD status card.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-general-william-weigel-ap119-02
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[4]MARAD Vessel History Database, GENERAL WILLIAM WEIGEL (AP-119), Detail 1855 - vessel record plus three scanned NDRF status cards (MA-383 forms): Suisun Bay entry 7 Jul 1949; Olympia entry 12 Jun 1958; Suisun Bay entry 7 Apr 1970 / withdrawal 12 Jun 1987 'Sold for Scrap' [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- MARAD Vessel History Detail/1855; status-card scans /cards/1855_3439AF.jpg, /cards/1855_3439BF.jpg, /cards/1855_3439CF.jpg
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD primary custody record for this hull (MC-677, P2-S2-R2): (1) entered Suisun Bay reserve fleet 7 July 1949 after release from Army transport service; card notes bids closed 10 May 1950 and the vessel was 'to be reconverted per R-226 March 22, 1950 for Arnold Bernstein Line Inc.' - the sale/reconversion was overtaken by the Korean War, and she was withdrawn 20 July 1950 delivered to MSTS; (2) permanent layup at Olympia NDRF entered 12 June 1958 (title USMA, reimbursable; service prior to lay-up 'Navy Permanent Transfer'; passenger capacity 5,289 - Off. 393, Enl. 4,896); withdrawn 18 August 1965 'Operated by MSTS' for Vietnam reactivation; (3) entered Suisun Bay 7 April 1970 (service prior 'Navy-MSC'; troop capacity annotated 5,240 - 320 officers, 4,920 men - data source Jane's Fighting Ships 1967-68); withdrawn 12 June 1987, reason 'Sold for Scrap.' Database fields: Year Built 1945; shipyard Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock; type P2-S2-R2; length 622.5 ft; beam 75.5 ft; displacement 11,828 standard / 20,175 full load; fate Sold-Scrap; missions World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1949-1987
- Population
- NDRF caretaker crews (1949-50, 1958-65, 1970-87); MSTS reactivation workers (1965); Taiwan shipbreakers (1987)
- Limitations
- Primary custody documents; handwritten card notations are partially ambiguous (card 1 delivery notation reads 'BBC-MSTS'; 'released ... May 2, 1949 Army' wording is compressed). The DB milestone 'Acquisition 7/7/1949' is a fleet-custody entry date, not the build or Navy acquisition date. The cards carry no asbestos, hazmat, or material content; the 1987 scrapping in Taiwan predates modern shipbreaking ACM-handling rules, and no hazmat record for the breakup was located.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-general-william-weigel-ap119-03
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[5]B. Castleman history memo, 'US Steel (USS)' (Toxic Docs USS025): records that US Steel subsidiaries' representatives attended the 1942 US Navy/Maritime Commission meeting preparatory to 'Minimum Requirements for Safety and Industrial Health in Contract Shipyards' (1943), and that Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Co. (a US Steel subsidiary) 'was inspected by federal officials and found to require additional safeguards on the saw where asbestos insulation materials were cut by a contractor (Aug.-Sept. 1944)' [other_primary]
- Locator
- Toxic Docs USS025, Castleman US Steel history memo, 'Federal Shipbuilding' paragraph
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Yard-level documentation contemporaneous with this hull's construction: a federal inspection of Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Kearny, NJ, in August-September 1944 - the week of AP-119's launch (3 September 1944) and the start of her fitting-out period there (through commissioning 6 January 1945) - found asbestos insulation materials being cut on a contractor's saw and required additional safeguards under the Navy/Maritime Commission contract-shipyard safety requirements.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1944-08 to 1944-09 (inspection); 1942-43 (requirements development)
- Population
- Federal Shipbuilding Kearny trades and insulation contractor(s) (1944 wartime peak)
- Limitations
- Yard-level, not hull-level: the memo documents asbestos-insulation cutting and a federal safeguard finding at the builder's yard during this hull's fitting-out window, but does not name AP-119 or any vessel. The memo is expert-work-product hosted on a litigation-exhibit archive (toxicdocs.org); the underlying 1944 federal inspection record is not separately fetched. Does not establish materials installed aboard this hull, individual exposure, or quantity.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-general-william-weigel-ap119-04
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[6]Owens-Illinois, Inc., Supplemental Answers to Second Interrogatories, Heathman v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp., 23rd Judicial District, Brazoria County TX (filed 20 Sep 1990) - item 20 lists 'Industrial Health Survey of the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Kearny, New Jersey, at 14 (August 30-31, September 1-2, 1944)' [other_primary]
- Locator
- Toxic Docs 4ayjMMY2q6pqomB4eDk5Nq9op, interrogatory answers item 20; shipyards.json federal-shipbuilding-kearny ev-federal-kearny-ihs-1944
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A court-filed discovery record verifies that Owens-Illinois conducted an Industrial Health Survey of this hull's builder's yard (Kearny, NJ) on 30-31 August and 1-2 September 1944 - overlapping AP-119's launch (3 September 1944) and fitting-out. The shipyards.json yard record for federal-shipbuilding-kearny, citing the same survey, describes it as documenting insulator work with Johns-Manville Superex asbestos pipe covering and boiler insulation in confined spaces, with dust counts during cutting/fitting operations.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1944-08-30 to 1944-09-02 (survey); 1990 (answers filed)
- Population
- Federal Shipbuilding Kearny insulators and pipefitters (1944)
- Limitations
- The court-filed answers verify the survey's existence, dates, and yard; they do not reproduce its findings - the survey-content description is as transcribed in the shipyards.json yard record, and the survey document itself was not separately fetched this session. Yard-level only: no vessel is named. Survey conducted by a manufacturer with commercial interest; dust counts in mppcf (pre-fiber-count era). Does not establish materials aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-general-william-weigel-ap119-05
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[7]Era inference built on: DANFS spec block (P2-S2-R2 steam transport, General John Pope class); NavSource propulsion block (4 Foster Wheeler 'D'-type boilers, 2 De Laval turbines, twin screws, 17,000 shp); Federal Shipbuilding Kearny yard documentation (ev-04, ev-05; shipyards.json product list: Superex pipe covering, Kaylo pipe/boiler insulation, Monokote fireproofing, Garlock gaskets); GAO HRD-80-2 (ev-07) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS spec block; NavSource specifications block; shipyards.json federal-shipbuilding-kearny product list
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A steam-powered transport built 1944 at Federal Shipbuilding, Kearny, sits inside that yard's documented asbestos-use era and inside the Navy's asbestos-insulation era (GAO: substitution did not begin until the early 1970s). Era-standard asbestos applications aboard a steam troop transport of this type and period were boiler and steam-drum insulation, steam-line lagging between boiler and engine rooms, valve and flange gaskets, machinery packing, fireproofing, and accommodation insulation - installed across a hull that carried thousands of embarked troops per voyage through 1945-1970 service.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1944-1987
- Population
- Kearny construction/fitting-out trades (1944-45); engineering crew (1945-70); troops berthed amidships (1945-70); NDRF caretakers and 1965 reactivation workers; 1987 shipbreakers
- Limitations
- Class/era and yard inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or work package located for AP-119. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantity. Product names in the yard record are yard-level attributions; no manufacturer attribution is made for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-general-william-weigel-ap119-06
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[8]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 (1944) and service era (1945-1970), including the 1965 Vietnam reactivation.
- 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-william-weigel-ap119-07
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[9]Designation cross-check: NavSource 22119.htm designation history for this hull (AP-119 / T-AP-119 only) vs NavSource 22117.htm (USNS General Walter H. Gordon (T-AP-117) ex USS General Walter H. Gordon (AP-117)); Wikipedia infobox for this vessel prints 'T-AP-117 (1 August 1950)' [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 22119.htm header line; NavSource 22117.htm header line; Wikipedia infobox (secondary, uncited)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTION: a secondary-source infobox (Wikipedia, USS General William Weigel (AP-119)) reclassifies this hull 'T-AP-117' as of 1 August 1950. That designation belongs to a different hull - T-AP-117 is General Walter H. Gordon (NavSource 22117.htm). This hull's correct MSTS designation is T-AP-119, confirmed by NavSource (22119.htm) and the MARAD status cards (AP-119/MC-677 throughout). The error is a collision risk for entity resolution.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-05
- Study period
- 1950 (designation date misprinted)
- Limitations
- Corrects a circulating designation error in secondary material, not a material claim. No asbestos content. The same infobox's 'turbo-electric transmission' propulsion note conflicts with NavSource's geared De Laval turbine spec (carried in gaps).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-general-william-weigel-ap119-08
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[10]Batch-2049 search ledger (this record): DANFS via Wayback capture; NavSource 22119.htm live; MARAD vessel-history DB + status-card scans; Toxic Docs USS025 and Heathman interrogatory answers; GAO product page; NARA digitized deck-log index; CourtListener base queries; secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-general-william-weigel-ap119-01 through -13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or verified litigation naming USS/USNS/USAT General William Weigel (AP-119/T-AP-119) was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). All four CourtListener base queries ran: exact-name searches ('General William Weigel', opinion and docket) returned zero hits; 'AP-119' returned 25 opinion hits and 283 docket hits, every one a court docket-number collision (e.g., '22-AP-119' Vt., '8:19-ap-00119' adversary proceeding) - zero ship-related or asbestos-related results. The only 'asbestos aboard' material surfaced is law-firm marketing content (asbestos-ships.com and similar listicles asserting exposure aboard without primary sourcing - excluded by source policy). MARAD custody records carry no hazmat content.
- 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 - a 1944 steam transport built at a yard with contemporaneous asbestos-insulation documentation is consistent with retained era materials. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-general-william-weigel-ap119-09