Evidence
13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).
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[1]research packet f-packet.md (5 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS Grafton; hull: APA-109; designation: attack transport; class/type: Bayfield-class, C3-S-A2 [MIRROR] — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Grafton_(APA-109)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-grafton-apa109-pkt-f-packet-md
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[2]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 3 (NAVSHIPS 250-012, 1945), auxiliaries - transports, attack (APA) tables, per-hull row 110 for GRAFTON APA-109 (shipscribe.com scan of the official BuShips publication) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v3 APA tables printed pp. 246-263 (PDF pp. ~258-281): dimensions row (GRAFTON APA 109, row 110), personnel/displacement row, machinery row ('1 do .. / 2 ... do ... 465 / 765'), electrical/fuel row, armament/cargo row, construction row ('... do .. / 5 Jan 45 / 1944 / 5 Jan 45'); alphabetical index 'Grafton (ex-M.C. Hull 1554) APA 109 Auxiliary-Transport, Attack p. 246'; M.C. hull index 'M.C. Hull 1554 (now Grafton) --- APA109'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official BuShips Ships' Data 1945 Vol. 3 carries a per-hull row for GRAFTON APA-109 (ex-M.C. Hull 1554): 492'0" overall / 465'0" waterline; beam 69'6"; trial speed 18.4 knots at trial displacement 11,760 tons; limiting displacement 16,100 tons; tons per inch immersion 59; limiting draft 26'6"; ship's company 41 officers + 437 enlisted, troop accommodations 92 officers + 1,470 enlisted; largest boom 30 t; machinery 1 G.E. turbine (ditto from table), 8,500 shp, 2 Babcock & Wilcox 'D'-type boilers at 465 psi / 765F (ditto resolves to the 'B. & W. "D"' entry above); double reduction gear (G.E. per 'do' chain), 3 x 300kW 120/240 D.C. ship's-service turbo generators; fuel NSFO 8,510 bbls + diesel 750 bbls; armament 2 x 5"/38 cal (D.P.) + 4 twin 40mm (ultimate authorized); cargo 180,500 cu ft non-refrigerated, 7,500 t total / 4,500 t DWT; built by Western Pipe & Steel Co., San Francisco, Calif.; acquired 5 Jan 45; year built 1944; date of first commission 5 Jan 45.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1945
- Limitations
- Authoritative wartime BuShips publication naming this hull - confirms identity, machinery plant, manning, builder, and key dates. Contains no materials, insulation, or asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim. Armament figure is the ultimate authorized fit; actual as-built 40mm/20mm fit may have differed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-grafton-apa109-01
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[3]DANFS, 'Grafton I (APA-109)' entry, Naval History and Heritage Command (live NHHC URL returns 404 - verbatim text retrieved via Internet Archive Wayback capture 20210321032522; transcription also mirrored at losthistory.net/hazegray DANFS amphib/apa109.htm) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry body text + spec block (Wayback capture 20210321032522 of grafton-i.html)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC records: the first Grafton (APA-109), formerly Sea Sparrow, launched under Maritime Commission contract by Western Pipe & Steel Co., San Francisco, Calif., 10 Aug 1944; sponsored by Mrs. S. Belither; commissioned and acquired simultaneously 5 Jan 1945, Capt. C. D. Emory in command. Oakland loading; shakedown off San Pedro; amphibious training 3-19 Feb 1945; departed 10 Apr with 1,000 Seabees, Pearl Harbor 16 Apr; sailed 27 Apr for Samar via Eniwetok and Kossol Roads, unloaded 17 May 1945. Departed Samar 23 May, embarked a B-24 bomber service group in the Palaus, delivered Okinawa 24 Jun anchored off Hagushi beaches; four nights of heavy air attacks. Embarked 1,000 Japanese POWs 28 Jun; Pearl Harbor 13 Jul; San Francisco with wounded 22 Jul 1945. Departed 7 Aug for Pearl Harbor; embarked 5th Marine Division occupation forces, sailed for Japan 1 Sep; Sasebo 22 Sep; Lingayen Gulf via Manila, departed 3 Oct, arrived Sasebo 15 Oct. Magic-Carpet assignment 22 Oct; Saipan 27 Oct, 1,700 troops to San Francisco 11 Nov; two further Guam voyages; Seattle 11 Feb 1946. Norfolk via San Francisco and Panama Canal, Hampton Roads 21 Mar 1946; decommissioned 16 May; returned to the Maritime Commission the next day; sold to American Mail Lines in 1947 as Java Mail. Spec block: dp. 8,576 (lt.); l. 492'; b. 69'6"; dr. 26'6"; cpl. 553; s. 17 k.; a. 2 5"; cl. Bayfield.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Limitations
- Primary Navy historical entry - authoritative for service history and dates. Contains no asbestos or materials information; supports no asbestos claim. Live NHHC page 404s (standing link rot, cf. BATCH-01); the Wayback capture is the verbatim NHHC text. The entry's present-tense 'where she serves as Java Mail' reflects the print edition's era and is superseded by the MARAD card's later custody entries.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-grafton-apa109-02
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[4]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive - USS Grafton (APA-109), file 10/03/03109 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 03109.htm - specifications block, campaign table, occupation-service table, merchant-service and disposal entries
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline corroborates DANFS/SDB and adds detail: Bayfield-class attack transport, MC type C3-S-A2, MC hull 1554; laid down 3 Mar 1944 as SS Sea Sparrow at Western Pipe and Steel Co., San Francisco; launched 10 Aug 1944; commissioned USS Grafton (APA-109) 5 Jan 1945 at San Francisco, CAPT Campbell D. Emory USN. Pacific assignment: TransRon Twenty-Four (COMO E. L. Short USN), TransDiv Seventy-Two (CAPT H.Y. McCown USN). Campaign: Okinawa Gunto operation - assault and occupation 24-28 Jun 1945. Navy Occupation Service Medal periods 2-25 Sep 1945 and 19-24 Oct 1945. Decommissioned 16 May 1946 at Norfolk, VA; struck from the Naval Register 5 Jun 1946; one battle star; returned to the Maritime Commission 17 May 1946 at James River NDRF, Lee Hall, VA. Merchant chain: Moran Towing and Transportation 4 Dec 1946 (tow Lee Hall to Bayonne, N.J.); entered Constable Hook Shipyard, Bayonne, 6 Dec 1946 for reconversion to merchant service; custody to American Mail Line under GAA 20 Jun 1947; drydocked Maryland Dry Dock, Baltimore, 29 Jun 1947 for reconversion; purchased by American Mail Line Ltd at Norfolk 11 Sep 1947, renamed SS Java Mail; sold to Waterman Steamship Corporation 9 Oct 1969, renamed SS Carrier Dove; final disposition sold for scrapping 28 Feb 1975 to Chin Tai Steel Enterprises Co. Ltd, Taiwan. Spec block: 8,100 t light / 16,100 t full; 492' x 69'6" x 25'; 18.4 kt trial; complement 41 officers + 437 enlisted; troop accommodations 92 officers + 1,470 enlisted; boom 30 t; cargo 4,500 DWT / 180,500 cu ft non-refrigerated; boats 12 LCVP, 4 LCM(6), 3 LCP(L)(IV); armament 2 x 5"/38 DP, 4 twin 40mm, 2 twin + 18 single 20mm; fuel NSFO 8,510 + diesel 750 bbls; propulsion 1 G.E. geared turbine, 2 Babcock and Wilcox D-type boilers 465 psi/765F, double G.E. main reduction gears, 3 x 300kW 120/240 D.C. generators, 8,500 shp, single propeller.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1975
- Limitations
- Specialist secondary compilation - detailed but non-official; consistent with NHHC DANFS, BuShips SDB per-hull row, and the MARAD status card on all overlapping data points. Contains no asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-grafton-apa109-03
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[5]U.S. Maritime Administration, ShipHistory database - GRAFTON (APA-109), Ship History Detail 1994, including digitized vessel status cards (1994_3713AF.jpg, 1994_3713AB.jpg, and two full vessel-card PNGs) [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- ShipHistory Detail 1994 registry block + Status Cards tab (cards/1994_3713AF.jpg reserve-fleet face card; 1994_3713AB.jpg status strip; two PNG vessel cards - card text read from scanned images)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD ShipHistory registry for this hull: Year Built 1944; Official Number 252478; Shipyard 'Western Pipe and Steel Company'; MARAD Type C3-S-A2; displacement 16,100 t / 8,100 t light; length 492 ft, beam 69.5 ft; fate 'Sold - Scrap'. Digitized vessel status card (Off. #252478, Ves. No. 0766872, former name SEA SPARROW, hull no. 1554) documents the full custody chain: completed 12-31-44; basis to W.S.A. 12-31-44 3:30PM PWT at San Fran., Cal. - delivered by builders to USMC; Navy Dept. (del. by USMC), form LB, San Fran. Cal. - delivered 1-5-45 2PM PWT; Reserve Fleet, Lee Hall, Va. - 5-17-46 12Noon EDT 'from Navy Dept. - Surplus'; Moran Towing & Transp. Co. (for towing to New York) at Lee Hall 12-4-46 3:15PM EST; Constable Hook Shipyard, reconversion, Bayonne N.J. - delivered 12-6-46 7:45PM EST; American Mail Line (to move to Maryland DD), GAA, Bayonne 6-20-47 4PM EDT; Maryland DD Co., reconversion, Baltimore, Md. - 6-29-47 (early AM, minutes digit partially legible); American Mail Line, Ltd., GAA, Baltimore 9-4-47 4:00PM; American Mail Line, Ltd., Merchant Ship Sales Act 1946, purchased at Norfolk, Va. 9-11-47 2:40PM EST - renamed JAVA MAIL. Card continuation: sold to Waterman Steamship Corp. 10-9-69, renamed CARRIER DOVE 10-9-69; sold to Chin Tai Steel Enterprise Co., Ltd. (for scrapping in Taiwan) 2/28/75. Reserve-fleet face card (fleet/unit JR C, hull 1554, built W.P.&S. 1944, entered fleet 5-17-46): 'Special Status - Reconversion Vessel - channel side head down alongside Shelby'; stripping/equipment 'Constable Hook - work started 12-6-46'; termination port last voyage Norfolk; ships-papers custodian 'Purchased Amer. Mail Lines del 9-11-47'.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1975
- Limitations
- Authoritative MARAD registry plus digitized original status cards - the strongest source for custody chain, reconversion-yard events, and merchant disposition. Contains no asbestos or materials information; supports no asbestos claim. The card records the sale-for-scrapping date (2/28/75), not the actual breaking date.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-grafton-apa109-04
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[6]shipscribe.com U.S. Navy Auxiliary Ships - BAYFIELD (APA-33) class, Part 1 (basic APA type), class data, construction/disposition tables, class notes, and per-ship notes (Stephen S. Roberts compilation) [other_primary]
- Locator
- APA34.html construction table row 109 GRAFTON, disposition table row 109 GRAFTON, ship notes '109 GRAFTON 1554', class notes (Part 1 acquisition program)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- shipscribe class-page rows for APA-109 GRAFTON (MC# 1554): construction - builder Western Pipe & Steel, San Francisco; keel 3 Mar 44; launch 10 Aug 44; commissioned 5 Jan 45. Disposition - decomm 16 May 46; struck 5 Jun 46; disposal 17 May 46 (MC/D); MA sale 11 Sep 47. Ship note: 'Ex merc. SEA SPARROW, completed and to MC 31 Dec 44. Merc. JAVA MAIL 1947. Scrapped 1975 as CARRIER DOVE.' Class notes (Part 1): the class was ordered under the 1942 emergency combat-loaded-transport acquisition program (CominCh directive 28 Aug 42; Auxiliary Vessels Board 19 Sep 42; MC hulls allocated); Part 1 covers the basic APA-type ships (APA 34-35, 39-43, 46-48, 92-93, 106-116) - Grafton was built to the basic APA configuration, not the relief-AGC flagship fit applied to the Part-2 group.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1943-1975
- Limitations
- Specialist secondary compilation (Roberts) consistent with DANFS, SDB, and the MARAD card on all overlapping data points. Contains no asbestos or materials information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-grafton-apa109-05
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[7]Source reconciliation - NHHC DANFS + BuShips SDB 1945 v3 + MARAD status card + shipscribe + NavSource vs Wikipedia-derived secondary text [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS body/spec block; SDB1945v3 rows 110; MARAD card 1994 images; NavSource 03109.htm spec/disposal blocks; shipscribe APA34 tables and ship note; navalcovermuseum.org wiki page GRATON APA 109 (11/12 May variants); en.wikipedia.org USS_Grafton_(APA-109) infobox
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Source discrepancies resolved in favor of the official/primary sources: (a) Boiler manufacturer - Wikipedia infobox 'Foster Wheeler D-type' vs SDB per-hull machinery row (ditto chain resolving to 'B. & W. "D"') and NavSource spec block 'Babcock and Wilcox D-type boilers'; adopted Babcock & Wilcox per SDB+NavSource. (b) Disposal - Wikipedia infobox 'Scrapped 28 May 1974' and article text 'scrapped at Kaohsiung on 28 May [1974]' vs MARAD status card 'Sold to Chin Tai Steel Enterprise Co., Ltd. (for scrapping in Taiwan) 2/28/75', NavSource 'sold for scrapping 28 Feb 1975', and shipscribe 'Scrapped 1975 as CARRIER DOVE'; adopted the card's 1975 sale-for-scrapping - actual breaking date and yard unrecorded. (c) Complement - SDB per-hull row and NavSource 41 officers + 437 enlisted (478 ship's company) vs DANFS spec block 'cpl. 553' vs secondary '51 officers + 524 enlisted' (575); reported the SDB per-hull figure; the DANFS-vs-SDB divergence is unresolved and logged in gaps. (d) Acquisition date - secondary infobox 'Acquired 31 December 1944' reflects the builder-to-USMC delivery (MARAD card 12-31-44 3:30PM PWT); Navy acceptance and commissioning were 5 Jan 1945 per the card, DANFS, SDB, and shipscribe. (e) Decommission/return dates - a philatelic-cover site carries 11 May / 12 May 1946 vs DANFS, shipscribe, and the status card 16 May / 17 May 1946; adopted 16/17 May. (f) Merchant reconversion - NavSource's two-yard sequence (Constable Hook then Maryland Dry Dock) is confirmed and timestamped by the MARAD card. (g) Draft - NavSource spec block 25' vs SDB and DANFS 26'6" limiting; adopted 26'6".
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1975
- Limitations
- Resolves secondary-source conflicts against primary sources (DANFS, BuShips, MARAD card). The complement divergence and the precise scrapping/breaking date remain open. None of the compared sources contains asbestos information; this row supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-grafton-apa109-06
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[8]Consolidated era/design inference - BuShips SDB 1945 v3 machinery row for this hull + C3-S-A2 type data + documented reconversion events (Constable Hook Shipyard Dec 1946-Jun 1947; Maryland Dry Dock Baltimore Jun-Sep 1947) + 28-year merchant career + Taiwan breaking 1975 [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v3 machinery table row 110; MARAD status cards (Constable Hook delivery 12-6-46; Maryland DD 6-29-47); NavSource merchant-service entries; shipscribe ship note
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference: this hull carried a single-screw geared-steam plant (one General Electric turbine, two Babcock & Wilcox 'D'-type boilers at 465 psi / 765F superheat) built at the peak of WWII asbestos usage - the machinery configuration for which boiler and fireroom insulation, main and auxiliary steam-line lagging, turbine lagging, valve and flange gaskets, machinery packing, and accommodation joiner insulation of the period were commonly asbestos-containing. The documented work history concentrates the candidate disturbance points: construction at Western Pipe & Steel, San Francisco (1944); the 1946-47 merchant reconversion split between Constable Hook Shipyard, Bayonne, N.J. (entered 6 Dec 1946, 'work started 12-6-46' per the reserve-fleet card) and Maryland Dry Dock Co., Baltimore (delivered 29 Jun 1947); 28 years of merchant operation under American Mail Line and Waterman Steamship; and the 1975 breaking in Taiwan.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1975
- Population
- Construction trades at Western Pipe & Steel San Francisco (1944); wartime crew and embarked troops; Constable Hook and Maryland Dry Dock reconversion workers (1946-47); merchant crews and repair yards (1947-75); Taiwan breaking-yard workers (1975)
- Limitations
- Inference from the documented machinery plant, construction era, and documented refit/reconversion events - NOT a hull record. No survey, specification, or material schedule naming APA-109 or MC Hull 1554 was located; establishes no asbestos content, quantity, location, individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-grafton-apa109-07
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[9]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 era and emergency construction program under which this C3-S-A2 hull was built.
- 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 or class 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-grafton-apa109-08
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[10]Fleischer, W.E., Viles, F.J. Jr., Gade, R.L., and Drinker, P., 'A health survey of pipe covering operations in constructing naval vessels,' J Ind Hyg Toxicol 28(1):9-16 (Jan 1946), PMID 21016030 [other_primary]
- Locator
- PubMed record PMID 21016030; article pp. 9-16 (pipe covering material section)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- The U.S. Maritime Commission-commissioned industrial-hygiene survey of WWII pipe-covering operations at two Navy yards and two Navy contract yards documented that 'an important ingredient of pipe covering material used on U.S. Navy vessels is amosite' - i.e., asbestos insulation was standard material in wartime naval-vessel construction of exactly this hull's era and type.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- survey ~1944-45; published 1946
- Population
- WWII pipe coverers and insulators at Navy and contract yards (era context)
- Limitations
- Era-level documentation of asbestos use in naval construction generally; does not name this vessel, class, or builder yard and establishes nothing about this hull's materials, condition, or any individual exposure. (The study's exculpatory 'not a dangerous occupation' conclusion has since been heavily criticized - see the 2026 critique at DOI 10.1177/10482911261446696.)
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-grafton-apa109-09
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[11]Pruitt v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp., C.A. No. 18-1101-MN-SRF (D. Del., In re Asbestos Litigation / MDL-875 track) - Report and Recommendation (2020-07-30) and Memorandum Opinion, verified via ded.uscourts.gov opinion PDFs [court_record]
- Locator
- Report & Recommendation, Facts section (plaintiff's ship assignments); https://www.ded.uscourts.gov/sites/ded/files/opinions/18-1101_1.pdf
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- The located attack-transport asbestos docket names the lead ship of this same class: plaintiff John W. Pruitt Sr. alleged mesothelioma from asbestos exposure as a machinist mate stationed in 1958 on 'the USS Bayfield, an attack transport' (APA-33, Bayfield class - the class lead ship of Grafton's class) and in 1959 on USS Tolovana (AO-64, Cimarron-class oiler). No docketed asbestos opinion naming USS Grafton, APA-109, MC Hull 1554, or her merchant names was located in CourtListener or indexed sources.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- opinions 2020; service 1958-1963
- Population
- Navy veterans of Bayfield-class APAs (class context)
- Limitations
- Same class but different hull - carried only to document that the Bayfield-class/APA litigation surface exists while no Grafton-specific docket was found. Deposition-stage exposure descriptions are allegations, not findings. See search_ledger for CourtListener coverage detail.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-grafton-apa109-10
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[12]Batch-2177 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS via Wayback; NavSource 03109; MARAD ShipHistory Detail 1994 + status cards; BuShips SDB 1945 v3; shipscribe APA34 class page; CourtListener sweeps; indexed-web litigation checks; NARA record-group guides [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-grafton-apa109-01 through sl-uss-grafton-apa109-12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, court finding, or docketed asbestos case naming USS Grafton / APA-109 / M.C. Hull 1554 / O.N. 252478 / Sea Sparrow / Java Mail / Carrier Dove was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener: 'USS Grafton' 0 opinion hits and 0 docket hits; 'APA-109' 5 hits, all token collisions (form-number/Administrative Procedure Act context) with no ship reference; 'Grafton asbestos' 59 hits, all name collisions (Grafton, Ohio-area and municipal/person-name litigation). Law-firm marketing pages carry hull-specific copy without primary support (asbestos-ships.com dedicated APA-109 page repeating secondary-source errors; simmonsfirm.com generic Navy-ship list) - excluded as sources per the no-law-firm-sources rule.
- 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 1944 geared-steam transport is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials, and her documented 1946-47 reconversions, 28-year merchant career, and 1975 Taiwan breaking are undocumented disturbance phases. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-grafton-apa109-11
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[13]NARA Guide to Federal Records: RG 24 (Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel - Navy deck logs), RG 19 (Records of the Bureau of Ships), RG 178 (Records of the U.S. Maritime Commission), RG 357 (Records of the Maritime Administration); MARAD ShipHistory documents/cards for this hull (status cards retrieved; no documents listed) [other_primary]
- Locator
- https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/024.html ; /groups/019.html ; /groups/178.html ; /groups/357.html ; MARAD Detail 1994 cards tab (retrieved)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - requires research-room or reproduction order; no spend authorized): Navy deck logs for USS Grafton Jan 1945-May 1946 (RG 24, NARA College Park); BuShips records incl. C3-S-A2 contract plans and Booklets of General Plans (RG 19); USMC construction-contract records for M.C. Hull 1554 at Western Pipe & Steel, San Francisco (RG 178); MARAD/NDRF custody files covering the 1946 Lee Hall lay-up, the Constable Hook (Bayonne) and Maryland Dry Dock (Baltimore) reconversions, and the 1947 Merchant Ship Sales Act sale to American Mail Line (RG 357).
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1975 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-grafton-apa109-12