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, per-hull rows for HENDRY APA-118 (shipscribe.com scan of the official BuShips publication) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v3 APA tables pp. 246-251 (dimensions p. 246; personnel p. 247; machinery p. 248; armament/cargo p. 250; construction p. 251); ship index p. 674 ('Hendry (ex-M.C.V. Hull 26). APA 118'); M.C. hull cross-index p. 712
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official BuShips Ships' Data 1945 Vol. 3 carries per-hull rows for HENDRY APA-118 (ex-M.C.V. Hull 26): machinery row - 1 'Joshua-Hendy turb.' (geared steam turbine), 8,500 shp, single screw, 2 Babcock & Wilcox header-type boilers at 465 psi / 750 deg F; dimensions row - 455'0" overall, 62'0" beam (VC2-S-AP5 profile, 17.7 kt, 14,837 t); personnel row - 56 officers + 480 enlisted plus troop accommodations 86 officers + 1,475 enlisted; armament/cargo row - 1 x 5"/38 cal (D.P.), 4 twin + 1 quad 40mm, 150,000 cu ft non-refrigerated cargo, 2,900 DWT cargo (5,800 total); construction row - California S.B. Corp., Wilmington, Calif., acquired 28 Sep 44, year built 1944, first commission 29 Sept 44.
- 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 commissioning; the per-hull 'Joshua-Hendy' turbine attribution corrects the generic 'Westinghouse' in class-level compilations (see ev-05). OCR of the scanned table is columnar and partially garbled; values cross-verified against DANFS, NavSource, shipscribe, and the MARAD status card. Contains no materials, insulation, or asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hendry-apa118-01
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[2]DANFS, 'Hendry (APA-118)' entry, Naval History and Heritage Command (live NHHC URL returns 404 - verbatim text retrieved via Internet Archive Wayback capture 20250202151414; identical transcription at hazegray mirror, transcribed by Yves Hubert) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Hendry entry, full text; Wayback capture 2025-02-02 of history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/h/hendry.html; mirror https://losthistory.net/hazegray/danfs/amphib/apa118.htm
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC records: named for Hendry County, Florida; launched under Maritime Commission contract 24 Jun 1944 by California Shipbuilding Co., Wilmington, Calif., sponsored by Mrs. James K. Herbert; acquired by the Navy and commissioned 29 Sep 1944, Capt. R. C. Welles in command. Spec block: dp 6,873; l 455'; b 62'; dr 24'; s 17 k; cpl 536; a. 1 5"/38, 12 40mm; cl. Haskell; T. VC2-S-AP5. Service: shakedown, then Pearl Harbor 29 Oct 1944; Midway troop lift 11-20 Dec; Saipan 11 Feb 1945; Iwo Jima - troops among initial assault forces 19 Feb, six days unloading under air attacks (Bismarck Sea sunk, Saratoga damaged), departed 25 Feb, Saipan 28 Feb; Okinawa - sailed 27 Mar, arrived Easter Sunday 1 Apr, ten days under kamikaze attacks, departed 10 Apr; Saipan 14 Apr; troop lifts to Tulagi, Espiritu Santo, Eniwetok, Guam; departed Guam 21 Jul; San Pedro 6 Aug; sailed 26 Aug post-surrender; occupation troops Manila/Lingayen Gulf to Nagoya, arrived 7 Oct; Magic Carpet return to San Francisco 21 Nov; Pearl Harbor round trip; departed San Diego 14 Jan 1946; Norfolk 30 Jan; decommissioned 21 Feb 1946; placed in Maritime Commission NDRF James River. Two battle stars.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Limitations
- Primary Navy historical entry - authoritative for service history and disposal narrative. Contains no asbestos or materials information; supports no asbestos claim. Live NHHC page 404s (standing link rot, cf. BATCH-01); the Wayback capture is verbatim NHHC text, corroborated by the independent hazegray transcription. DANFS's 'launched ... 24 June 1944' agrees with shipscribe and NavSource but conflicts with the shipbuildinghistory yard list (6 Aug 1944) - see gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hendry-apa118-02
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive - USS Hendry (APA-118), file 10/03/03118 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource APA-118 page: chronology, Asiatic-Pacific campaign table, spec block, commanding-officer table, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline corroborates DANFS and adds detail: Maritime Commission contract MCV-26 at California Shipbuilding Corp., Wilmington CA; launched 24 Jun 1944; acquired and commissioned 29 Sep 1944, CAPT Ratcliffe C. Welles USN; wartime assignment TransRon Fifteen (CAPT W. S. Popham USN) / TransDiv Forty-Three; campaign credits - Iwo Jima operation, assault and occupation 19-25 Feb 1945; Okinawa Gunto operation 1-11 Apr 1945; Navy occupation service Far East 27-30 Oct 1945; decommissioned Norfolk 21 Feb 1946; returned to Maritime Commission 2 Mar 1946 for NDRF James River Group, Lee Hall, VA; struck from the Naval Register 20 Mar 1946; withdrawn 4 Apr 1955 to South Atlantic Steamship Co. (Repair Program, General Agency Agreement), returned 29 Jun 1955; sold for scrapping 9 Apr 1973 (PD-X-956) to Union Minerals & Alloys Corp. for $111,560, withdrawn 22 Jun 1973; two battle stars. Spec block adds: 17.7 kts; complement 56 officers + 480 enlisted; troops 86 + 1,475; armament 1x5"/38 DP + 4 twin 40mm + 1 quad 40mm + 10 single 20mm; boats 2 LCM, 1 open LCPL, 1 covered LCPL (captain's gig), 2 LCPR, 18 LCVP; fuel NSFO 7,780 bbl + diesel 970 bbl; 1 Westinghouse geared turbine, double Westinghouse main reduction gears, three 300kW 120/240V DC turbo-drive ship's service generators, 8,500 shp single propeller. CO table: Welles 29 Sep 44 - 22 Aug 45; CAPT Edward L. Schleif (USNA 1925) 22 Aug 45 - 21 Feb 46. Photos: NH 98728 (San Francisco Bay, Magic Carpet, late 1945); 80-G-311366 (Iwo Jima transport area, 20 Feb 1945, Camouflage Measure 32 Design 4T).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1973
- Limitations
- Specialist secondary compilation - detailed but non-official; consistent with NHHC DANFS and the MARAD status card. Its generic class spec lists a 'Westinghouse' turbine where the BuShips per-hull row names Joshua-Hendy for this hull (ev-01); the strike date 20 Mar 1946 comes from Navy register data - the DANFS text states only that she was delivered to the Maritime Commission and placed in reserve in March 1946. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hendry-apa118-03
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[4]U.S. Maritime Administration, ShipHistory database - HENDRY (APA-118), Ship History Detail 2136, incl. scanned vessel status cards (2136_3971AF.jpg, 2136_3971AB.jpg, 316_01.png) and HENDRY.pdf [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Detail 2136 registry fields + milestones; status-card images /cards/2136_3971AF.jpg, /cards/2136_3971AB.jpg, /cards/316_01.png; document /documents/be1fdf4e-bb76-4a69-ac20-398b0028b92c.pdf
- 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; length 455.00 ft; beam 62.00 ft; net 4,300 t / gross 7,200 t; fate 'Sold - Scrap'; web milestones - Disposition 6/22/1973 'REPAIR PROGRAM 1955', Withdrawal 6/22/1973. The scanned status cards document the custody chain: completed 9-28-44 and delivered by builders to USMC at Wilmington 3:30PM PWT, allocated to Navy Dept (delivery by USMC) the same day; to Reserve Fleet Lee Hall, Va. 3-2-46 4:15PM EST; permanent cement ballast poured in 3rd-deck #2 hold (58'x38'x8") and #4 hold (60'x36'x8") on 11/30/49, with a handwritten note 'alongside Lycoming'; nominated Repair Program FY1955 Group 5 - withdrawn 4-4-55 1:30PM EST to South Atlantic SS Line, Inc. under GAA at James River, returned 6-29-55 1:40PM EST; 'Sold for scrap under PD-X-956, 4-9-73 to Union Minerals & Alloys Corp. for $111,560' with a partially legible handwritten parenthetical naming a second firm ('... Brothers & Co., Inc.'); fuel on entry 923 bbl Bunker C + 42 bbl diesel; termination port Norfolk; withdrawn/physically delivered 6-22-73 11:40AM EDT.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1973
- Limitations
- Authoritative MARAD registry plus scanned handwritten status cards - dates and amounts read with high confidence; the parenthetical second-firm note is only partially legible. Documents custody, preservation work (cement ballast), the 1955 repair-program withdrawal, and disposal; contains no asbestos, materials, or condition-survey information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hendry-apa118-04
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[5]Shipscribe U.S. Navy auxiliary ships data sheets, 'USS Haskell (APA-117) Class' page (Stephen S. Roberts compilation from Navy registers, BuShips/SCB design records, and MARAD files) [other_primary]
- Locator
- APA117.html class data block + construction table APA-118 row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Ship-design compilation naming this hull in the HASKELL (APA-117) class construction table: HENDRY - builder California SB; keel 15 Apr 44; launch 24 Jun 44; acquired 28 Sep 44; commissioned 29 Sep 44. Class data: MC design VC2-S-AP5; 6,873 t light / 12,450 t limiting; 455' oa x 62' x 24' lim; original armament 1-5"/38, 1-40mmQ, 4-40mmT, 10-20mm; complement 536 (1944); 17.7 kts; 8,500 hp; machinery note 'Westinghouse, Joshua-Hendy, or Allis-Chalmers turbine, 1 screw' - documenting that turbine manufacture varied by hull within the class (consistent with the per-hull Joshua-Hendy row in BuShips SDB 1945, ev-01).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1973
- Population
- California Shipbuilding construction workforce (1944); South Atlantic SS Line repair workforce (1955); NDRF James River caretakers (1946-1973); 1973 breaking-yard workers
- Limitations
- Compiled secondary transcription of official Navy register, design, and MARAD records, not the registers themselves; its keel (15 Apr 44) and launch (24 Jun 44) dates agree with DANFS on launch and the MARAD card on delivery - conflicting with the shipbuildinghistory yard list (keel 30 May / launch 6 Aug / delivered 21 Oct 44), logged in gaps. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hendry-apa118-05
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[6]Consolidated era/design inference - BuShips SDB 1945 v3 machinery row for this hull + shipscribe APA-117 class page VC2-S-AP5 type data [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v3 APA machinery table HENDRY row (p. 248); APA117.html class machinery line
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference: this hull carried a single-screw geared-steam plant (one Joshua-Hendy turbine per the BuShips row, 8,500 shp, two Babcock & Wilcox header-type boilers at 465 psi / 750 deg F superheat) built at the peak of WWII asbestos usage at a Maritime Commission emergency yard - the machinery configuration for which boiler and fireroom insulation, main and auxiliary steam-line lagging, turbine and turbo-generator lagging, valve and flange gaskets, machinery packing, and accommodation joiner insulation of the period were commonly asbestos-containing. Troop-space outfitting (86 officers + 1,475 enlisted berthing) added interior insulation scope. Post-Navy custody (James River NDRF lay-up 1946-1973, incl. the Apr-Jun 1955 Repair Program activation at South Atlantic Steamship Line) and the 1973 breaking are documented disturbance events whose asbestos scope is unrecorded.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1973
- Population
- Construction trades at California Shipbuilding, Wilmington (1944); wartime crew and embarked troops; 1955 South Atlantic SS Line repair workforce; NDRF lay-up caretakers 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-118 was located; establishes no asbestos content, quantity, location, individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hendry-apa118-06
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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 Maritime Commission 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
- 2026-09-25
- 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-hendry-apa118-07
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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
- 2026-09-25
- 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 (whether California Shipbuilding Wilmington was among the surveyed contract yards is unverified) 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-hendry-apa118-08
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[9]NHHC Online Library photo page, 'USS Hendry (APA-118), 1944-1973' (photo NH 98728, donation of BM1 Robert G. Tippins, USN Ret., 2003), via ibiblio HyperWar mirror of the Naval Historical Center Online Library [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC Online Library APA-118 page (ibiblio mirror); photo NH 98728
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The NHHC Online Library caption page for this hull states she 'was built to a modified Victory ship design at Portland, Oregon' - contradicted by DANFS (California Shipbuilding Co., Wilmington, Calif.), the MARAD status card ('Calif. SB Corp. at Wilmington, Cal.'), BuShips SDB 1945 (California S.B. Corp., Wilmington), and shipscribe. Oregon Shipbuilding at Portland did build other Haskell-class hulls (APA-151-180); the caption text is a builder-location error that has propagated to secondary pages (e.g., the ship's veteran-reunion site usshendry.com repeats it verbatim). The same page's summary otherwise corroborates the record: commissioned Sep 1944, Iwo Jima initial assault, Okinawa, Magic Carpet, decommissioned Norfolk Feb 1946, delivered to the Maritime Commission and stricken from the Navy List Mar 1946, sold for scrapping 1973.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1973
- Limitations
- Correction documents a publication-level error in an official NHHC caption page, not a contested fact - the Wilmington builder is unanimous across four independent records. No asbestos content in the source; the correction touches identity only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hendry-apa118-09
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[10]Batch-2186 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS via Wayback + hazegray mirror; NavSource 03118; MARAD ShipHistory Detail 2136 + status-card scans; BuShips SDB 1945 v3; shipscribe APA-117 class page; shipbuildinghistory CalShip yard list; CourtListener name/hull sweeps; NHHC Online Library; usshendry.com (reviewed, non-authoritative); law-firm marketing lists (excluded); NARA record-group guides [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-hendry-apa118-01 through sl-uss-hendry-apa118-13
- 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 Hendry / APA-118 / MC hull MCV-26 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener: '"USS Hendry"' opinion search returned zero hits (clean HTTP 200); '"APA-118"' returned 2 opinions, both statutory-section citations (TX Assn of Manufacturers v. CPSC, 989 F.3d 368; Pilot Air Freight v. Manna Freight, Del. Ch. 2020) not the ship; '"Hendry" asbestos' returned 41 opinions, all person-name collisions (judges, attorneys, and litigants named Hendry - e.g., Judge Hendry on the Fla. 3d DCA panel in Marano v. Celotex). Law-firm marketing ship lists name this hull as an asbestos ship (simmonsfirm.com, sokolovelaw.com, mesotheliomaasbestoshelpcenter.com) without primary support - excluded source class per batch rules; reviewed and not carried.
- 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 VC2-S-AP5 steam auxiliary is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials, and her ~27 years in NDRF custody, the undocumented-scope 1955 repair activation, and the 1973 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-hendry-apa118-10
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[11]NARA Guide to Federal Records: RG 24 (Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel - Navy deck logs, Entry 118 for 1941+), RG 19 (Records of the Bureau of Ships), RG 178 (Records of the U.S. Maritime Commission), RG 357 (Records of the Maritime Administration) [other_primary]
- Locator
- https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/024.html ; /groups/019.html ; /groups/178.html ; /groups/357.html ; deck-log guidance https://www.archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy-deck-logs-1941-1959
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - requires research-room or reproduction order; no spend authorized): Navy deck logs for USS Hendry 1944-1946 (RG 24, Entry 118, NARA College Park; WWII logs are progressively digitized in the National Archives Catalog); BuShips records incl. VC2-S-AP5 contract plans and the Booklet of General Plans for this design (RG 19); USMC construction-contract records for MC hull MCV-26 at California Shipbuilding (RG 178); MARAD/NDRF custody files covering the 1946-1973 James River lay-up, the FY1955 Repair Program activation (South Atlantic SS Line GAA file), and the 1973 PD-X-956 disposal-sale file (RG 357) - the sale file is the most promising disposal-era hazmat lead.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- 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-hendry-apa118-11