Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]Naval History and Heritage Command, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Gualala (AOG-28) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, opening specification block and full history
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC's DANFS entry identifies Gualala (AOG-28) as a 2,270-ton, 220-foot 6-inch, 37-foot beam, 13-foot 1-inch draft, 10-knot tanker with a complement of 62; launched 3 June 1944 by East Coast Ship Yard Inc., Bayonne, acquired by the Navy 19 August 1944, and commissioned 25 August 1944. It records Pacific fueling service from Biak, Morotai, and Mios Woendi through Balikpapan, the Philippines, and Saipan; return to San Francisco on 31 January 1946; decommissioning 29 March 1946; striking 1 May 1946; transfer to the Maritime Commission 10 September 1946; and later sale to Brazil as Rijo. It records one World War II battle star.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-06
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Coast Guard-manned Navy crew, 1944-1946
- Limitations
- Official vessel-history record; it contains no asbestos, abatement, hazmat, or materials information and therefore does not establish asbestos aboard this hull or any individual exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gualala-aog28-01
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[2]U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office, USS Gualala, AOG-28 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Official asset page, specification block and HISTORY section
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office identifies Gualala as a Wautauga-class Navy gasoline tanker manned by a Coast Guard crew. It confirms East Coast Shipyard, Bayonne, New Jersey; launch 3 June 1944; acquisition 19 August 1944; commissioning 25 August 1944; 720-hp diesel direct drive, single propeller; 10-knot speed; complement 62; decommissioning 29 March 1946; and sale to Brazil.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-06
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Coast Guard crew aboard the Navy-owned tanker
- Limitations
- Official Coast Guard history; no asbestos or materials information. The 720-hp machinery figure is carried as the USCG value; NavSource reports 800 shp, which is retained as an unresolved source difference.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gualala-aog28-02
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[3]U.S. Maritime Administration, GUALALA (AOG-28), Vessel History Database, Detail 2030 [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Detail/2030 identity fields, fate field, and Status Cards section
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- MARAD's vessel-history record identifies Gualala (AOG-28) as a 1944 East Coast Shipyard tanker, official number 6118150, MARAD type T1-M-A2, 220.50 feet long and 37 feet in beam, with fate 'Sold - Foreign Flag Op.' The page has no historical narrative or vessel documents, but links three status-card images.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-06
- Study period
- 1944-1948
- Population
- Reserve-fleet and disposal records
- Limitations
- MARAD's specific-type field says LNG Liquefied Natural Gas, which conflicts with the official NHHC and USCG gasoline-tanker descriptions and is not adopted. The page contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gualala-aog28-03
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[4]U.S. Maritime Administration, digitized status card 2030_3776AF.jpg [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Status card fields 1-12, 15, 20-22
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The digitized MARAD status card records Gualala as a T1-M-A2 hull, built by East Coast in 1944 as hull 1525, entering the reserve fleet 10 September 1946. It states that the ship was to be sold on a fixed-price basis and records sale to the Brazilian Commission for $225,000, with delivery to its representatives and withdrawal from the reserve fleet dated 10 February 1948.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-06
- Study period
- 1946-1948
- Population
- Reserve-fleet personnel and disposal/transfer workforce
- Limitations
- Primary custody and disposal record; OCR-assisted extraction from the card image. It contains no asbestos or materials information and does not establish what happened to original materials after Brazilian transfer.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gualala-aog28-04
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[5]National Archives, Special List 44 - Named Vessels [other_primary]
- Locator
- Named-vessels table row: Gualala (AOG-28), 8/25/1944-6/30/1945
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's Special List 44 identifies online Navy logbooks for Gualala (AOG-28) from 25 August 1944 through 30 June 1945. This establishes a digitized archival lead for the commissioned-period deck logs, not an asbestos finding.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-06
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Crew and shipboard operations, commissioned period
- Limitations
- The logs were located in the index but not reviewed. Their existence does not establish asbestos, an onboard material, an exposure event, or a claim outcome.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gualala-aog28-05
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[6]U.S. Government Accountability Office, Asbestos: Navy's Handling Of Asbestos Contamination Problem (HRD-80-2) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2; full report text was not retrievable in this environment
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Navy-wide program context: GAO's HRD-80-2 product page describes the Navy's handling of its asbestos contamination problem and the period in which alternative insulation materials began replacing asbestos. This supports only a class/era research lead for a WWII Navy tanker, not a finding that Gualala contained asbestos.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-06
- Study period
- 1979 report describing earlier Navy practice
- Population
- Navy ships program-wide; era context
- Limitations
- Program-level context only; the page does not name Gualala, its class, its builder, or any product aboard the hull. Full text was inaccessible, so no stronger material claim is made. It does not establish presence, quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gualala-aog28-06
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[7]Batch-1972 search ledger for USS Gualala (AOG-28), including official-source sweep and four authenticated CourtListener base requests [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-gualala-aog28-01 through sl-uss-gualala-aog28-09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NEGATIVE FINDING: no qualifying ship-specific asbestos record was located in the official vessel-history, Coast Guard, MARAD, NARA-index, and authenticated CourtListener work performed for this hull. No asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or material inventory naming USS Gualala (AOG-28) was found. The exact-name CourtListener opinion query returned zero results; the other three required helper requests returned no usable result payload for classification.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-06
- Study period
- 2026-10-06
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard a 1944 tanker and does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility. Three CourtListener base-query payloads were unavailable for hit classification, so this negative finding is limited to the sources and responses actually reviewed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gualala-aog28-07
