Evidence
5 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-5).
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[1]research packet ac-packet.md (16 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-henrico-apa45-pkt-ac-packet-md
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[2]USS Henrico - Wikipedia transcription of the public-domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships entry (live NHHC DANFS page returned HTTP 500 during the research window) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Article body, Service history sections; Decommissioning and sale; infobox
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- USS Henrico (APA-45; later LPA-45), Bayfield-class attack transport. Formerly transport AP-90 and the commercial cargo vessel SS Sea Darter. Built by Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula (MC hull 393, C3-S-A2). Laid down 12 November 1942; reclassified APA-45 on 1 February 1943; launched 31 March 1943; acquired by the Navy 23 June 1943; commissioned 24 June 1943 for transfer to Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Hoboken, New Jersey; decommissioned 8 July 1943 for fitting out; recommissioned 26 November 1943. Service included: Omaha Beach D-Day landings 6 June 1944 (16th Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, Easy Red sector); southern France landings at Baie de Pampelonne 15 August 1944; Kerama Retto landings beginning 26 March 1945; struck by a kamikaze on 2 April 1945 (49 officers and men killed, including her captain); supported Operation Crossroads at Bikini in summer 1946; Korea (Inchon landings 15 September 1950; Wonsan-Hungnam evacuation December 1950; Navy Unit Commendation); Tachen Islands evacuation February 1955; Cuban Missile Crisis quarantine November-December 1962; Vietnam deployments 1965-1967. Honors: 3 battle stars (World War II), 9 battle stars and Navy Unit Commendation (Korea), 1 campaign star (Vietnam). Decommissioned 14 February 1968; redesignated LPA-45 on 1 January 1969; stricken 1 June 1973; sold by the Maritime Administration 1 October 1979 for scrapping. Namesake: Henrico County, Virginia.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1942-1979
- Population
- n/a (vessel record)
- Limitations
- Identity history rests on the DANFS-derived Wikipedia transcription; the live NHHC DANFS page was unreachable (HTTP 500) during the research window, so the NHHC primary page could not be confirmed directly. Service detail for 1944-1945 drawn from the public-domain DANFS narrative incorporated in the transcription.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-henrico-apa45-01
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[3]Asbestos-specific sweep across authoritative sources (Navy, NARA, HAER, museum records, VA/BVA decision index), completed 2026-09-25 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Web-source and VA/BVA sweeps, 2026-09-25; BVA 0432454 reviewed and excluded (non-asbestos claim)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos documentation located for USS Henrico (APA-45) in any authoritative source searched. No Navy, NARA, HAER, or museum record names asbestos aboard this hull. The one Board of Veterans' Appeals decision located that names this hull (Citation Nr. 0432454, 2004) concerns a claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder (PTSD), not asbestos, and was excluded from the asbestos record. Ship-specific asbestos status is UNKNOWN.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 2026-09-25
- Population
- n/a (records sweep)
- Limitations
- A negative finding records the state of the searched authoritative sources, not proof that asbestos was absent. Law-firm marketing anecdotes and ship-list pages were excluded as non-authoritative.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-henrico-apa45-02
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[4]CourtListener authenticated search via Studio helper (cl-auth-search.py) - combined name+hull query could not be completed during the writing session [court_record]
- Locator
- Studio helper pacing advisory, 2026-09-25
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener search for the combined name+hull query "USS Henrico" APA-45 could not be completed during the writing session: the fleet-wide authenticated request budget was momentarily spent and the helper returned a pacing advisory against retrying in a loop. No litigation results exist for this hull in this record; this row does NOT assert zero results.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 2026-09-25
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- The search was throttled, not completed; no qualifying/other-litigation/no-result classification is possible until it runs. Retry via the Studio helper later in the session at the authorized pace.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-henrico-apa45-03
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[5]Department of Veterans Affairs era guidance on asbestos aboard WWII-era Navy ships (as quoted in BVA Citation Nr. 0602048, 2006) [other_primary]
- Locator
- BVA 0602048 remand instructions, citing VBA Adjudication Procedure Manual M21-1MR, Part IV, ch. 2, para. 9
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Era context: the Department of Veterans Affairs states that many WWII-era Navy ships contained asbestos products, with boiler and engine rooms of particular concern because asbestos was widely used as insulation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1940s construction era
- Population
- WWII-era Navy ship crews (general)
- Limitations
- Class/era context only - this is background, not a finding about this hull, and must never be treated as ship-specific documentation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-henrico-apa45-04