Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]Consolidated era inference - shipscribe Bayfield-class page (MC type C3-S-A2; GE turbine, 8,500 shp, single screw, 18.4 kt) + NavSource ship-data block (two Foster-Wheeler D-type boilers, 465 psi/765 deg F) [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipscribe.com/usnaux/APA/APA34.html class header data; navsource.org/archives/10/03/03112.htm specifications block
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference: superheated single-screw geared-steam plant (2 D-type boilers, 465 psi/765 deg F) constructed at Ingalls Pascagoula 1944 and converted to attack transport at Waterman Steamship, Mobile 1944-45 - peak asbestos-era construction. Expected applications for the type: boiler/fireroom insulation, steam-line and turbine lagging, gaskets and packing, accommodation/joiner insulation added in conversion.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1976
- Population
- Construction trades (Ingalls Pascagoula, 1944; Waterman Mobile, 1944-45); naval crew and embarked troops (1945-46); reconversion workers (Bethlehem East Boston, 1946-47); merchant crews (1947-76); breakers (Taiwan, 1976)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no ship-specific document establishes asbestos materials aboard this hull. Does not establish quantity, condition, or any individual exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-guilford-apa112-01
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[2]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, 'Guilford' (APA-112) entry, hazegray transcription mirror (live NHHC URL returned 404 on 2026-09-25 - standing link-rot issue) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- hazegray DANFS mirror, amphibious section apa112.htm (transcribed by Y. Hubert)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS: launched by Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp., Pascagoula, 14 Jul 1944; converted to attack transport by Waterman Steamship Corp., Mobile; commissioned Mobile 14 May 1945 (Capt. E. R. Gardner). Shakedown Gulf of Mexico; Newport RI training ship for precommissioning crews 22 Jun-30 Jul 1945; troops/cargo Norfolk then Pacific via San Diego; off-loaded troops Iwo Jima and Japanese home islands; Operation Magic-Carpet from 18 Oct 1945 - two round trips San Diego-Guam-Saipan-Okinawa-Japan, >5,000 veterans returned; San Diego 6 Mar 1946; Norfolk via Panama Canal, arrived 31 Mar; decommissioned Norfolk 29 May 1946; returned to Maritime Commission 31 May 1946; sold May 1947 to Pope and Talbot Lines (P & T Navigator); resold 1963 to American Foreign Steamship Co. (American Oriole).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1963
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked troops, 1945-46; precommissioning training crews, Newport, Jun-Jul 1945
- Limitations
- Official Navy history; contains no asbestos information. Stat line gives no complement figure; keel date not stated.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-guilford-apa112-02
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[3]shipscribe.com, 'Bayfield (APA-33) Class, Part 1' - construction/disposition tables, ship notes, and class data compiled from official records (Tim Colton) [other_primary]
- Locator
- APA34.html construction table row 112, disposition table row 112, ship-notes row 112; program narrative
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Class table: APA-112 Guilford - keel 19 Jan 1944, launched 14 Jul 1944, acquired/commissioned 14 May 1945 at Ingalls SB Pascagoula; decommissioned 29 May 1946; struck 19 Jun 1946; disposal (to MC) 31 May 1946; Maritime Administration sale 20 May 1947. Ship notes: MC hull no. 874; 'Completed by Waterman SS Corp., Mobile, Ala. Merc. P & T NAVIGATOR 1947. Scrapped 1976 as AMERICAN ORIOLE.' Program note: APA 106-116 were the last C3-S-A2 group completed as APAs under the MC Military Program; the MC sent APA 112-114 to another yard for completion.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1943-1976
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation of official records, not a primary document itself; contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-guilford-apa112-03
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[4]MARAD Vessel History Database, GUILFORD (APA-112) detail record + Reserve Fleet Division vessel data card scan (card 2034_3783AF/AB) + 'AMERICAN ORIOLE.pdf' merchant custody card [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- MARAD Vessel History Database Detail/2034 - Status Cards 2034_3783AF.jpg (front), 2034_3783AB.jpg (back); Documents: AMERICAN ORIOLE.pdf
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- MARAD card fields: name GUILFORD (APA 112), type C3-S-A2, hull no. 874, fleet/unit JR N-1 (James River, Lee Hall), built Ingalls 1945, entered fleet 5-31-46, marked 'Reconversion vessel'; withdrawn from fleet 12-3-46, towed to Boston; 'Bethlehem East Boston - work started 12-8-46'; termination port Norfolk; 'Purchaser Pope & Talbot del 5-20-47'. Merchant card: 'AMERICAN ORIOLE (ex P&T NAVIGATOR) - O/N 252,304 - (ex GUILFORD)'; delivered/transferred Pope & Talbot, Inc. to American Foreign S.S. Corp. 'prior to 9/27/63'.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1946-1963
- Population
- NDRF James River lay-up and reconversion workforce, 1946-47
- Limitations
- Primary government custody record; legibility of handwritten card fields is good but a few words are partly overwritten ('title held for reconversion' overstamp; back-of-card note reads approximately 'shore side head rigs alongside Cyrus K. Holliday'). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-guilford-apa112-04
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[5]NavSource Online, USS Guilford (APA-112) Amphibious Photo Archive page 03112 [other_primary]
- Locator
- navsource.net/archives/10/03/03112.htm - merchant service block, specifications block, awards block, CO list
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NavSource ship page: merchant-service detail - custody to Moran Towing 3 Dec 1946 for tow Lee Hall to Boston; delivered 8 Dec 1946 Bethlehem Steel Shipyard, East Boston for reconversion; sold 20 May 1947 to Pope and Talbot Inc. (SS P&T Navigator); sold 24 Jun 1963 to American Foreign Steamship Corp. (SS American Oriole, chartered to States Marine Lines); 'Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 31 March 1976, to Richpower Iron and Steel Corp., Taiwan.' Ship-data block: 2 Foster-Wheeler D-type boilers 465 psi/765 deg F, GE geared turbine and double reduction gears, 8,500 shp, one propeller; complement 41 officers + 437 enlisted; troop accommodations 91 officers + 1,470 enlisted. Awards: American Campaign, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign, WWII Victory, Navy Occupation Service (Asia clasp). Commanding officers: CAPT E. R. Gardner (14 May 45 - 16 Mar 46); CAPT F. R. Bunker (16 Mar - 29 May 46).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1976
- Population
- Ship's company (41 officers + 437 enlisted per this source's ship-data block)
- Limitations
- Volunteer-compiled archive reproducing official-derived data; two of its fields are erroneous (MCV hull '873' - MARAD card and shipscribe give 874; 'struck 16 Mar 1946' - predates decommissioning and duplicates the CO-relief date; shipscribe gives 19 Jun 1946). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-guilford-apa112-05
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[6]U.S. National Archives RG-19-LCM photo 19-N-86365 (BuShips photo): USS Guilford in Mobile Bay, 18 May 1945 - captioned on shipscribe class photo page; same image served on MARAD detail 2034 [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipscribe APA34-p.html Guilford caption; MARAD Detail/2034 ship imagery (Guilford_2034_007.jpg)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA RG-19-LCM holds Bureau of Ships photography of this hull in Mobile Bay days after commissioning (photo 19-N-86365); caption notes the later-Ingalls rig (forward goalpost retained, two large single masts, kingposts deleted). MARAD record also carries the same Mobile Bay image dated 18 May 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1945
- Limitations
- Archival imagery only - no textual asbestos, survey, or maintenance documentation attached; lead for NARA BuShips files on this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-guilford-apa112-06
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[7]Compania De Navigacion Porto Ronco, S.A. v. S/S American Oriole (E.D. La. 1976; aff'd in part, 5th Cir. 1978, opinion cluster 360411) and Western Gear Corp. v. States Marine Lines, Inc. (9th Cir. 1966, cluster 272201); Pillsbury Co. v. Midland Enterprises (E.D. La. 1989, cluster 1764047) [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener opinion search 'American Oriole' steamship (4 hits) and 'P&T Navigator' (1 hit), 2026-09-25
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Litigation screening located non-asbestos maritime cases involving the merchant successor hull: an in rem admiralty action against S/S American Oriole of American Foreign Steamship Corp. (with Todd Shipyard Corp. as a party, E.D. La. 1976 / 5th Cir. 1978), a 9th Circuit 1966 case located on the 'P&T Navigator' name, and Pillsbury Co. v. Midland Enterprises (E.D. La. 1989). All are admiralty/cargo matters - none is an asbestos or personal-injury exposure case.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1966-1989 (litigation); underlying events merchant-service era
- Limitations
- The 1976-78 'S/S American Oriole' attribution to the ex-Guilford hull is probable but not name-certain: a different American Foreign Steamship vessel (ex-Nathan Clifford, EC2-S-C1, O/N 242906) carried the same name from 26 May 1947 until sold foreign-flag; opinions give no hull or official number. None of these cases contains asbestos findings.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-guilford-apa112-07
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[8]Cross-source correction: MARAD vessel data card + shipscribe official-records compilation vs. NavSource/Wikipedia/NavalCoverMuseum [other_primary]
- Locator
- MARAD card 2034_3783AF field 12; shipscribe APA34.html rows 111-112; navsource.net 03112 struck/MCV lines; navalcovermuseum.org GUILFORD_APA_112
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Secondary sources carry four errors for this hull: (1) MC hull '873' (NavSource, Wikipedia) - MARAD card field 12 and shipscribe ship-notes give 874 (873 was sister Grundy, APA-111); (2) 'struck 16 Mar 1946' (NavSource) - impossible, predates 29 May 1946 decommissioning and duplicates the CO-relief date; shipscribe gives strike 19 Jun 1946; (3) keel '23 Apr 1942' (shipbuildinghistory Ingalls row) - inconsistent with 14 Jul 1944 launch and sister-hull ways times; shipscribe gives 19 Jan 1944; (4) 'scrapped 1973' (NavalCoverMuseum) - NavSource, shipscribe, and shipbuildinghistory give 1976 (sale for scrap 31 Mar 1976, Richpower Iron & Steel, Taiwan).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1976
- Limitations
- Corrections rest on a primary card (MARAD) plus an official-records compilation (shipscribe); keel 19 Jan 1944 remains single-source (shipscribe) and is carried as unverified in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-guilford-apa112-08
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[9]Batch-2181 search ledger (this record): CourtListener opinion/docket sweeps on ship name, hull number, and merchant names; NHHC DANFS; NavSource; shipscribe; MARAD Vessel History Database; NVR [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-guilford-apa112-01 through sl-uss-guilford-apa112-16
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed asbestos case naming USS Guilford (APA-112), SS P&T Navigator, or SS American Oriole (O/N 252304 / IMO 5414696) was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). 'Guilford' + asbestos returned 47 opinion hits - all name collisions (Guilford County NC, Guilford Mills/HNA Holdings, party names). 'APA-112' returned 3 opinion hits - all collisions (Administrative Procedure Act and unrelated cites). 'Pope and Talbot' + asbestos returned 4 hits - all citations to the Pope & Talbot v. Hawn admiralty precedent or unrelated Pope entities.
- 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 1944-45 C3-S-A2 steam ship falls squarely in the peak asbestos-construction era. Does not establish that asbestos is or is not present, nor establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility. County-name collisions mean RECAP sweeps under-cover pleadings that omit hull numbers.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-guilford-apa112-09