USS George Washington Ingram (APD-43)

Evidence

8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).

1. [1]DANFS, George Washington Ingram (DE-62) entry (namesake biography, spec block, service narrative, disposal) - live NHHC page returns 404; text verified verbatim in Wayback capture 2024-05-24 (web.archive.org/web/20240524205353/.../george-washington-ingram-de-62.html); printed-DANFS Vol. 3 (1968) pp.79-80 verbatim transcription via hazegray/losthistory.net [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   DANFS entry, spec block + service narrative; Wayback capture 20240524205353; hazegray/losthistory.net/danfs/escorts/de62.txt

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   DANFS record for this hull: laid down 6 February 1943 by the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., Hingham, Mass.; launched 8 May 1943, sponsored by Mrs. James L. Ingram, mother of namesake Seaman Second Class George Washington Ingram (born Rockport, Ga., 22 February 1918; killed defending NAS Kaneohe Bay, 7 December 1941; commended by Admiral Nimitz); commissioned 11 August 1943, Lt. Comdr. Ernest R. Perry in command. Bermuda shakedown; New York-Algiers supply convoy October-November 1943; five round-trip New York/Boston-Northern Ireland escort voyages 26 December 1943-12 July 1944; Charleston departure 6 November 1944 escorting slow tow convoy (OK-1 per NHHC web text; CK-4 per printed transcription - conflict in gaps) to Plymouth, arriving 5 December; return convoy attacked by U-870 20 December northeast of the Azores - LST-359 sunk, Fogg (DE-57) damaged; New York 12 January 1945. Escorted a captured Italian submarine Portsmouth, N.H.-New London, Conn.; redesignated APD-43 23 February 1945; converted to a high-speed transport at Tompkinsville, N.Y.; departed New York shortly after V-E Day via Panama Canal and San Diego to Pearl Harbor (arrived 20 June); UDT training; UDT-26 embarked; departed Pearl Harbor 24 August via Eniwetok and Okinawa to Jinsen, Korea - supported initial American occupation landings 8 September; Taka Bar, China, 26 September; UDT-26 surveyed Peking River approaches 29 September-1 October for III Marine Amphibious Corps; supported Chefoo and Tsingtao landings; departed Tsingtao 17 October; San Diego 11 November; decommissioned 15 January 1947; Pacific Reserve Fleet Bremerton; struck 1 January 1967. Spec block: dp. 1,400; l. 306'; b. 37'; dr. 12'7"; s. 23.5 k.; cpl. 186; a. 3x3", 4x1.1", 8x20mm, 3x21" tt., 8 dcp., 1 dcp.(hh.), 2 dct.; cl. Buckley.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   1943-1967

   Population

   Bethlehem-Hingham construction trades 1943; wartime crew (design complement 186) + embarked UDT-26

   Limitations

   DANFS documents identity, service history, and specifications - not materials or asbestos content. Live NHHC page 404s (standing fleet-wide link rot); the Wayback 2024-05-24 capture text was verified verbatim against the printed-DANFS transcription. The NHHC web text omits the printed volume's bracketed Taiwan-disposal note and differs on the convoy designator (OK-1 vs CK-4) - conflicts carried in gaps.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-george-washington-ingram-apd43-01

2. [2]War History of the USS George W. Ingram (APD-43) - ship-authored history by Charles A. Baird, Lieutenant (jg), USNR, Public Information Officer (five-page scan hosted on NavSource DE-62 index) [other_primary]

   Locator

   NavSource DE-62 index 'View the official War History' scan, images/062/06062wh.jpg, pages 1-5

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Ship-authored war history for this hull adding operational and yard detail beyond DANFS: assigned Tenth Fleet for Atlantic escort; 18 Atlantic crossings escorting more than 500 troop- and supply-laden ships, including 'the largest troop convoy ever assembled' to that point; East Coast port list (Portland, Portsmouth, Boston, New London, New York, Norfolk, Annapolis, Charleston, Jacksonville) and British Isles calls (Plymouth, Portsmouth, Londonderry, Cardiff); December 1944 tow convoy - Fogg (DE-57) was escort flagship, bow blown off with 15 killed, 30 days at sea zig-zagging ~10,000 miles; escorted a captured Italian submarine Portsmouth, N.H.-New London, Conn. in zero weather through the Cape Cod Canal; conversion 'accomplished in record time at the U.S. Naval Frontier Base, Staten Island, N.Y.' - troop accommodation created, facilities for four Higgins boats added, armament revised; Pacific transit as escort for newly-commissioned USS Antietam; V-J Day found her approaching Okinawa; joined Admiral T. C. Kinkaid's Seventh Fleet as screening vessel to Vice Admiral D. E. Barbey's Task Force 78 for the Jinsen, Korea landing; UDT-26 occupation operations at Tientsin, Chefoo, and Tsingtao; original crew ~200 officers and men (3 officers + 94 men still aboard at writing; 33 states and D.C. represented).

   Verification

   partial

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   1943-1945

   Population

   crew ~200 original complement + embarked UDT-26; conversion-yard trades at U.S. Naval Frontier Base, Staten Island, spring 1945

   Limitations

   Crew-authored end-of-war publicity-style history (scan; OCR-difficult in places - e.g. 'ANTETAM'); outline corroborated by DANFS and its unique details (Naval Frontier Base Staten Island conversion venue, Tenth Fleet assignment, Antietam escort, TF 78) corroborated where possible - Antietam escort confirmed by Antietam's own DANFS entry (ev-04). Not an asbestos or materials document.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-george-washington-ingram-apd43-02

3. [3]NavSource Online Amphibious Photo Archive, USS George Washington Ingram (APD-43) page + Destroyer Escort Photo Index DE-62 page - registry chronology, APD spec block, awards, commanding-officer list, Escort Division 12 photo caption [other_primary]

   Locator

   NavSource APD-43 page (archives/10/04/04043.htm): chronology + 'APD Specifications' block + awards + CO list; DE-62 index (archives/06/062.htm): spec block + building/operational data + Escort Division 12 caption + war-history scan link

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Registry chronology corroborating DANFS for this hull: laid down 6 February 1943 as Buckley-class DE-62 at Bethlehem Steel Shipyard, Hingham, MA; launched 8 May 1943; commissioned 11 August 1943 (LCDR Ernest R. Perry); converted to a Charles Lawrence-class high-speed transport at Tompkinsville, N.Y. (DE index adds '(Staten Island)'); redesignated APD-43 23 February 1945; decommissioned 15 January 1947 at San Diego; Pacific Reserve Fleet (APD page reads 'Columbia River Group, Bremerton WA'); struck from the Naval Register 1 January 1967; transferred to Taiwan 16 May 1967, renamed Kang Shan (DE-43/PF-43; hull number change to 343 on 19 September 1967); stricken by Taiwan 1978, scrapped 1979. Ship-specific APD spec block: 1,400 t light / 2,130 t full; 306' oa; 37' beam; 12'7" limiting draft; 23.6 kt trial; complement 12 officers + 192 enlisted; troops 12 officers + 150 enlisted; 4 LCVPs; 1x5"/38, 3 twin 40mm, 6x20mm, 2 dct; 2 Combustion Engineering 'D' Express boilers 435 psi/750F, 2 GE turbines turbo-electric, 12,000 shp. Awards: China Service Medal (extended) and Navy Occupation Service Medal with Asia clasp, both 3 September-21 October 1945; American, EAME, Asiatic-Pacific, WWII Victory medals. Escort Division 12 photo caption: division comprised Fogg (DE-57), Gantner (DE-60), Foss (DE-59), George W. Ingram (DE-62), Ira Jeffery (DE-63), Lee Fox (DE-65). CO list: Perry (Aug-Dec 1943), Boyce (Dec 1943-Oct 1945), Hopkins (Oct 1945-Jan 1947), Smith (Jan 1947).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   1943-1979

   Population

   crew 12 officers + 192 enlisted (APD configuration); embarked troops up to 162

   Limitations

   NavSource is a private registry/photo-archive compilation - secondary, not an official source; its dates corroborate DANFS. Its DE-index data line contains a typo reading 'Reclassified APD 42' (APD-42 was Gantner); its reserve-fleet berthing reads 'Columbia River Group, Bremerton WA' where DANFS reads Bremerton - conflicts carried in gaps. Establishes nothing about materials aboard.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-george-washington-ingram-apd43-03

4. [4]DANFS, Antietam II (CV-36) entry - independent official cross-reference naming this hull (verbatim ibiblio/HyperWar transcription; same text in surfpac.navy.mil USS Antietam CG-54 'About Us' heritage page) [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   DANFS Antietam (CV-36) entry, 1945 shakedown/transit narrative

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Antietam's DANFS entry independently names this hull by both name and final designation: after post-shakedown repairs Antietam 'resumed her voyage to the Panama Canal in company with Higbee (DD-806), George W. Ingram (APD-43), and Ira Jeffery (APD-44),' arriving Cristobal 31 May 1945, transiting the canal 1 June, San Diego 10-13 June, Pearl Harbor on the 19th - corroborating the ship-authored war history's claim that APD-43 began her Pacific voyage escorting the newly commissioned carrier, and fixing the conversion-completion window (departed the Norfolk/New York area ~22 May 1945).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   1945

   Population

   crew, May-June 1945 transit

   Limitations

   Cross-reference in a different hull's official history; corroborates the transit and the APD-43 designation in May-June 1945. The two entries differ by one day on Pearl Harbor arrival (Antietam 19 June; this hull's entry 20 June) - carried in gaps. No materials content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-george-washington-ingram-apd43-04

5. [5]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 1 (Jan 1945), DE design-group table (shipscribe.com scan) + navypedia TE-class block map + NavSource APD-43 spec block (buckley-class profile, class-f worktree: ev-buckley-class-01/-02) [other_primary]

   Locator

   SDB1945v1 DE design-group table (groups 2-3 TE rows); navypedia us_de_te block map; buckley-class.class.json ev-buckley-class-01/-02/-04

   Finding type

   asbestos_application

   Finding

   Class/era design documentation: this hull is a Buckley (TE) destroyer-escort design - BuShips Ships' Data 1945 design groups 2-3: 306 ft oa, ~1,400-1,450 t standard, 2-shaft GE turbo-electric machinery 12,000 shp, 23.6 kt, two 'D' express-type boilers at 435 psi/750F superheat; boiler-maker attribution conflicts (NavSource APD-43 block reads Combustion Engineering; navypedia block map assigns Foster Wheeler to the DE-51-98 block incl. DE-62 - neither is a contract document). The documented February-May 1945 conversion to a Charles Lawrence-class APD (U.S. Naval Frontier Base, Tompkinsville, Staten Island; troop accommodations for 12 officers + 150 enlisted, four LCVPs, revised armament) is an era-typical insulation-disturbance event. A 1943 steam-plant vessel of this design would have carried period-standard asbestos applications: boiler insulation, steam-line lagging, turbine insulation, valve and flange gaskets, machinery packing, fireproofing, and deck coverings.

   Verification

   inferred

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   1943-1979

   Population

   Bethlehem-Hingham construction trades 1943; Naval Frontier Base conversion trades Feb-May 1945; crew 1943-47; Republic of China Navy crew 1967-78

   Limitations

   Class/era and design inference only - not a ship-specific finding. No hull material schedule, conversion work package, or survey located (NARA RG19 General Information Books are the archival lead). Does not establish asbestos presence, quantity, or exposure aboard this hull.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-george-washington-ingram-apd43-05

6. [6]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (18 October 1979) [gao]

   Locator

   GAO HRD-80-2 product page

   Finding type

   regulatory

   Finding

   GAO documented the Navy's asbestos-protection program at policy level: standing policy (1975) removed asbestos insulation only when damaged or when required for repairs, modified 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas - meaning original-era insulation typically remained in place for decades unless a yard period disturbed it. Fleet-level context for any 1943-built steam-plant hull; this vessel left U.S. custody in 1967 and was scrapped abroad in 1979, before OSHA asbestos standards governed its disposal.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   context_only

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   1979

   Limitations

   Program-level document; does not name this hull or any vessel, does not establish asbestos presence aboard, and speaks to Navy worker-protection policy rather than conditions aboard a ship transferred to Taiwan in 1967. gao.gov serves HTTP 403 to automated fetches; the product-page description was used (standing BATCH-01 limitation).

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-george-washington-ingram-apd43-06

7. [7]CourtListener API v4 opinion search, '"George W. Ingram" OR "George Washington Ingram"' (authenticated via cl-auth-search.py, 2026-09-25) [court_record]

   Locator

   CourtListener type=o result sets, 7 + 146 clusters

   Finding type

   litigation_documented

   Finding

   Opinion-name sweep '"George W. Ingram" OR "George Washington Ingram"' returned 7 hits, ALL person-name collisions: Ingram v. Associated Pipeline Contractors (E.D. La. 1965 - plaintiff Mrs. George W. Ingram Jr.), Laughlin v. Hughes (Or. 1939), Ingram v. Ingram (N.C. 1856), People v. Ingram (Cal. App. 1949), Dickson v. Burke (Tex. 1866), Ingram's Administrators v. McCombs (Mo. 1853), Ingram v. Heintz (La. 1904) - none reference the vessel, none are asbestos litigation. Hull-number opinion sweep '"APD-43" OR "APD 43" OR "DE-62"' returned 146 clusters dominated by mechanical collisions ('DE 62' = 'Docket Entry 62' citations; 'APD' = police-department acronyms) - all 15 first-page results reviewed, none reference the vessel. Asbestos-constrained opinion sweep returned 1 hit - Aurand v. Norfolk Southern Railway (N.D. Ind. 2011), a FELA railroad chemical-exposure case matching on 'APD' acronym context: NON-QUALIFYING, no vessel reference.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   negative_finding

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   1853-1965 (collision dates); sweep run 2026-09-25

   Limitations

   Name + hull-number + asbestos-constrained opinion sweeps complete (all collisions/non-qualifying; hull sweep reviewed to page-1 depth, 146 hits, BM25-ordered). Type=r docket sweep remained fleet-paced after ~40 min of spaced retries - pending in search_ledger. A litigation absence in indexed opinions does not exclude unindexed dockets or unreported settlements.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-george-washington-ingram-apd43-07

8. [8]Batch-2431 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS (Wayback-verified), hazegray printed-DANFS transcription, NavSource APD/DE indexes, ship-authored war history scan, Antietam DANFS cross-reference, NVR probe, NARA catalog probe, CourtListener sweeps, marketing-list sweep [other_primary]

   Locator

   search_ledger rows sl-uss-george-washington-ingram-apd43-01 through -13

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, disposal hazmat disclosure, museum documentation, or docketed asbestos case naming DE-62/APD-43 (George W. Ingram / George Washington Ingram) was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The hull was transferred to Taiwan in 1967 and scrapped there in 1978-79, so no U.S. museum or MARAD disposal file exists.

   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-plant hull is consistent with retained era materials through its U.S. service. Does not establish that asbestos is or is not present; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility. Taiwan-era (1967-1979) records were not searched in Taiwan-language sources.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-george-washington-ingram-apd43-08