Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 3 (NAVSHIPS 250-012, 1945), auxiliaries - transports, attack (APA) section, class no. 122 HASKELL row (shipscribe.com scan of the official BuShips publication) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v3 pp. 246-248, APA tables: dimensions row, personnel row, machinery row, armament/cargo row, construction row (all class no. 122); alphabetical index p. 246
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official BuShips Ships' Data 1945 Vol. 3 carries a per-hull row for HASKELL APA-117 (class no. 122, index entry 'Haskell (ex-M.C.V. Hull 25)'): 455'0" overall / 436'6" waterline; beam 62'0"; 17.7 knots; 14,837 tons; machinery 1 Westinghouse turbine, 8,500 shp, with 2 Babcock & Wilcox header-type boilers at 465 psi / 750F; accommodations 56 officers + 480 enlisted, troop capacity 86 officers + 1,475 enlisted; armament 1 x 5"/38 cal (D.P.) + 4 twin 40mm; cargo 150,000 cu ft / 2,900 DWT; builder California S.B. Corp., Wilmington, Calif.; acquired 9 Sep 1944; commissioned 11 Sep 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- 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.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-haskell-apa117-01
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[2]DANFS, 'Haskell (APA-117)' entry, Naval History and Heritage Command (expanded modern entry; live NHHC URL returns 404 - verbatim text retrieved via Internet Archive Wayback capture 20250202150956) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry body text + spec block + commanding-officer table (capture 20250202150956)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC records: laid down 28 Mar 1944 under Maritime Commission contract (M.C.V. Hull 25) at Wilmington, Calif., by California Shipbuilding Corp.; launched 13 Jun 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Wilhelm L. Friedell (wife of the Commandant, Eleventh Naval District); sea trials 27 Aug 1944 (lacked spare parts, uncompleted gunnery work); accepted 9 Sep 1944; commissioned 11 Sep 1944, Cmdr. Anton L. Mare. Lingayen Gulf 11-12 Jan 1945 (Conolly's reinforcement echelon; first enemy aircraft shot down); Zambales-Subic Bay landing 29 Jan 1945 (Struble's group); Okinawa 1-6 Apr 1945 (Hall's Southern Attack Force; 381st RCT, 96th Division; emergency hospital ship). Postwar: 1,405 Allied ex-POWs Okinawa-to-Manila Sep 1945; Magic Carpet voyages incl. Yokosuka Jan 1946; decommissioned 22 May 1946 at Norfolk; returned to Maritime Commission 24 May 1946, NDRF James River Group; stricken 19 Jun 1946. Withdrawn 2 Feb-28 Apr 1956 under general agency agreement with Moore-McCormack Lines (1956 Repair Program); berthed Wilmington, N.C.; towed by Samoset (ATA-190) to James River 27 Feb-1 Mar 1965; sold 26 Jun 1973 to Alberti Equipment Inc., Hinsdale, Ill., for $124,630.00; withdrawn 30 Jul 1973; scrapped. Three battle stars.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1944-1973
- Limitations
- Primary Navy historical entry - authoritative for service history, custody chain, and disposal. 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.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-haskell-apa117-02
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive - USS Haskell (APA-117), file 10/03/03117 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 03117.htm - specifications block, Asiatic-Pacific campaign table, occupation-service table, disposal entries
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline corroborates DANFS and adds detail: TransRon Fourteen (COMO D.L. Ryan) / TransDiv Forty assignments; campaign credits - Luzon operation (Lingayen Gulf landing, 11-12 Jan 1945), Manila Bay-Bicol operations (Zambales-Subic Bay, 29-31 Jan 1945), Okinawa Gunto operation (assault and occupation, 1-6 Apr 1945); Navy Occupation Service Medal periods 9-17 Sep 1945, 19-22 Nov 1945, 13-19 Jan 1946; decommissioned 22 May 1946 at Norfolk, VA; returned to Maritime Commission 24 May 1946 for NDRF James River Group, Lee Hall, VA; struck from Naval Register 19 Jun 1946; withdrawn 2 Feb 1956 by Moore McCormack Lines under a General Agency Agreement for Repair Program 1956; returned 23 Apr 1956 to NDRF, Wilmington, N.C.; towed 27 Feb 1965 by USS Samoset (ATA-190) to Lee Hall, VA, entering James River Group 1 Mar 1965; final disposition - sold 26 Jun 1973 to Alberti Equipment Inc., Hinsdale, IL (PD-X-960) for $124,630.00, withdrawn 30 Jul 1973 to Chesapeake, VA for scrapping. Spec block: 6,873 t light / 14,837 t full; 455' x 62' x 24'; 17.7 kt; complement 56 officers + 480 enlisted; troop accommodations 86 officers + 1,475 enlisted; 1 Westinghouse geared turbine, 2 B&W header-type boilers (465 psi, 750F), double Westinghouse main reduction gears, three 300kW turbo-drive generators, 8,500 shp, one propeller; armament 1x5"/38 DP, 4 twin + 1 quad 40mm, 10x20mm; boats 2 LCM + 2 LCPL + 2 LCPR + 18 LCVP.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1944-1973
- Limitations
- Specialist secondary compilation - detailed but non-official; consistent with NHHC except the 1956 reserve return date (NavSource 23 Apr vs NHHC 28 Apr) and armament detail (quad 40mm mount vs NHHC's 8x40mm). Contains no asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-haskell-apa117-03
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[4]U.S. Maritime Administration, ShipHistory database - HASKELL (APA-117), Ship History Detail 2112 [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- ShipHistory Detail 2112 registry/spec block (search-indexed text); page also carries WWII-era U.S. Navy photo set
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD ShipHistory registry record for this hull: Year Built 1944; Shipyard 'California Shipbuilding Corporation'; General Type Naval Auxiliary; Specific Type 'APA Attack Transport'; MARAD Type VC2-S-AP5; ship length 455.00 ft; beam 62.00 ft; gross tonnage 7,200 / net 4,300; summer displacement 14,837 t.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1944-1973
- Limitations
- Authoritative MARAD registry, but the detail page returned HTTP 502 on repeated fetches at research time - the milestone table and any attached documents (e.g., digitized vessel status card) were not retrieved; registry fields verified via search-indexed page text only. Contains no asbestos or materials information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-haskell-apa117-04
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[5]NHHC DANFS 'Haskell (APA-117)' (current expanded entry, Wayback capture 20250202150956) vs older DANFS-derived texts (hazegray mirror of the print DANFS; Wikipedia derivative) and NavSource [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC Okinawa paragraph, awards line, and decommissioning paragraph; hazegray.org/danfs/amphib/apa117.htm (old text); NavSource disposal entries
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Source discrepancies resolved in favor of the current NHHC entry: (a) Okinawa embarkation - older DANFS-derived text says 'units of the 7th Division'; the current NHHC entry records the 381st RCT of the 96th Division, adopted in this record. (b) Battle stars - the current NHHC entry and NavSource record three (Lingayen Gulf 11-12 Jan 1945; Zambales-Subic Bay 29-31 Jan 1945; Okinawa Gunto 1-6 Apr 1945); older derivative sources carry one or two. (c) Norfolk arrival - current NHHC 18 Mar 1946 vs older text 21 Mar 1946; NHHC adopted. (d) 1956 return to reserve custody - NHHC 28 Apr 1956 vs NavSource 23 Apr 1956; left unresolved and logged in gaps. (e) The haskell-class.class.json member row's dates for this hull (laid down 1944-05, launched 1944-07-17, commissioned 1944-08) are wrong against NHHC, NavSource, and BuShips SDB (28 Mar / 13 Jun / 11 Sep 1944); flagged for the class-file maintainer.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1944-1973
- Limitations
- Resolves secondary-source conflicts against the current NHHC text; the 1956 return-date difference remains unresolved. None of the compared sources contains asbestos information; this row supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-haskell-apa117-05
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[6]Consolidated era/design inference - BuShips SDB 1945 v3 machinery row for this hull + VC2-S-AP5 type data (shipscribe APA-117 class page) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v3 machinery table, class no. 122; https://shipscribe.com/usnaux/APA/APA117.html class data
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference: this hull carried a single-screw geared-steam plant (one Westinghouse turbine, two Babcock & Wilcox header-type boilers at 465 psi / 750F 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. Troop-space outfitting (capacity 1,561) added interior insulation scope. Post-Navy custody (NDRF lay-up 1946-1973, incl. the 1956 Repair Program withdrawal) and the 1973 breaking at Chesapeake, VA are the disturbance-phase pathways for this hull.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1944-1973
- Population
- Construction trades at California SB, Wilmington (1944); wartime crew and embarked troops; NDRF lay-up/repair and 1973 breaking-yard workers
- Limitations
- Inference from the documented machinery plant and construction era - NOT a hull record. No survey, specification, or material schedule naming APA-117 was located; establishes no asbestos content, quantity, location, individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-haskell-apa117-06
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[7]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 VC2-S-AP5 attack transport was mass-produced - and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization in shipbuilding.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- 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-haskell-apa117-07
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[8]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
- 2026-09-18
- 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-haskell-apa117-08
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[9]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 resolves to another 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) and in 1959 on USS Tolovana (AO-64, Cimarron-class oiler). No docketed asbestos opinion naming USS Haskell or APA-117 was located in indexed sources.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- opinions 2020; service 1958-1963
- Population
- Navy veterans of APA-type auxiliaries (type context)
- Limitations
- Different hull and class - carried only to document that the APA-type litigation surface exists while no Haskell-specific docket was found. Deposition-stage exposure descriptions are allegations, not findings. CourtListener API systematic sweeps could not be run (HTTP 429 rate limit, 2026-09-18) - coverage rests on indexed-web checking; see search_ledger.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-haskell-apa117-09
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[10]Batch-155 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS via Wayback; NavSource 03117; MARAD ShipHistory Detail 2112; BuShips SDB 1945 v3; shipscribe APA-117 class page; CourtListener (blocked); indexed-web litigation checks; NARA record-group guides [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-haskell-apa117-01 through sl-uss-haskell-apa117-09
- 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 Haskell / APA-117 / M.C.V. Hull 25 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). A law-firm marketing page (mesotheliomatreatmentcenters.org) asserts era-typical asbestos content for this hull without primary support - excluded as a source per the no-law-firm-sources rule and logged in the batch report.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 2026-09-18
- 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 ~27 years in NDRF custody plus 1973 breaking are undocumented disturbance phases. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility. Systematic CourtListener name/hull sweeps remain unrun (rate-limit block).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-haskell-apa117-10
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[11]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 section for this hull (status-card availability unverified) [other_primary]
- Locator
- https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/024.html ; /groups/019.html ; /groups/178.html ; /groups/357.html ; https://vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/2112 (documents tab, 502 at fetch)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - requires research-room or reproduction order; no spend authorized): Navy deck logs for USS Haskell 1944-1946 (RG 24, NARA College Park); BuShips records incl. VC2-S-AP5 contract plans and Booklets of General Plans (RG 19); USMC construction-contract records for M.C.V. Hull 25 at California Shipbuilding (RG 178); MARAD/NDRF custody files covering the 1946-1973 lay-up, the 1956 Repair Program withdrawal, and the 1973 sale (RG 357); and the MARAD ShipHistory documents tab for this hull - a digitized vessel status card may exist but the detail page was unreachable (HTTP 502) at research time.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1944-1973 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-haskell-apa117-11