Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]research packet 769-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-hollis-de794-pkt-769-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, USS Hollis (DE-794/APD-86) (namesake, builder, dates, service narrative, striking; verbatim transcription - live NHHC page serves 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications block + service narrative (ibiblio HyperWar dafs/APD/apd86.html)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: launched by Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, Tex., 11 September 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Hermione C. Hollis, widow of the namesake; commissioned 24 January 1944 at Orange, Lt. Comdr. G. D. Kissam in command; Atlantic shakedown and Quonset Point sonic research (German acoustic-torpedo countermeasures) to 28 May 1944; Casablanca carrier screen; Mediterranean convoy escort including the southern France invasion convoy of 15 August 1944; returned to the United States 18 January 1945 for conversion to a high-speed transport at Philadelphia Navy Yard; reclassified APD-86 24 January 1945; Pacific - UDT training at Maui, converted to UDT flagship, Apra Harbor 23 August 1945, Tokyo Bay 1 September (witnessed the formal surrender 2 September), occupation service to 3 October; Boston 15 February 1946; four months at Charleston, S.C.; Green Cove Springs 13 October 1946; decommissioned 5 May 1947 into the Atlantic Reserve Fleet; recommissioned 6 April 1951; five years of amphibious/ASW exercises from Little Creek, Va., incl. Fleet Sonar School school ship (Key West, 1954-55), a 1954 Labrador cold-weather exercise, and a 1955 NROTC midshipman cruise; decommissioned at Green Cove Springs 16 October 1956; berthed with the Atlantic Reserve Fleet Texas Group at Orange, Tex.; struck from the Navy list 15 September 1974 and sold 1 July 1975. One battle star for WWII service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943-1975
- Population
- Consolidated Steel construction trades 1943-44; Philadelphia Navy Yard conversion workers Jan 1945; wartime and postwar crew (design complement 186; ~204 as APD)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history, designations, and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. Keel-laying date is absent from the DANFS text (secondary sources conflict, carried in gaps). Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC page returns 404.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hollis-de794-01
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[3]NavSource Amphibious Photo Archive, USS Hollis (LPR-86 ex APD-86 ex DE-794) - building/operational data, designations, APD specifications, campaign table [other_primary]
- Locator
- navsource.net/archives/10/04/04086.htm building/operational data + APD specifications; navsource.org/archives/06/794.htm DE photo index
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource archive record for this hull: laid down 1 July 1943 (DE photo-index page reads 5 July 1943) as Hollis (DE-794), a Buckley-class DE, at Consolidated, Orange TX; launched 11 September 1943; commissioned 24 January 1944; converted to a Charles Lawrence-class high-speed transport at Philadelphia Navy Yard; redesignated APD-86 24 January 1945 (DE photo index reads 24 April 1945 - conflict logged in gaps); Europe-Africa-Middle East campaign - invasion of southern France 15 August-25 September 1944; Far East occupation service 2 September-3 October 1945; decommissioned 5 May 1947 and 16 October 1956 at Green Cove Springs; Atlantic Reserve Fleet Texas Group, Orange, TX; redesignated Amphibious Transport, Small (LPR-86) 1 January 1969; struck from the Naval Register 15 September 1974; sold for scrapping 1 July 1975. APD spec block: 1,400 t light/2,130 t full, 306 ft, complement 12 officers/192 enlisted plus troop accommodations (12 officers/150 enlisted), two 'D' Express boilers 435 psi/750 deg F, GE turbo-electric drive, 12,000 shp, 23.6 kt trial.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943-1975
- Population
- Same as DANFS row
- Limitations
- Volunteer-compiled archival database - secondary quality; the APD spec block is generic Charles Lawrence-class APD text (it names Combustion Engineering boilers, conflicting with the navypedia block map's Babcock & Wilcox attribution for hull block DE-789-800 - carried in gaps). Its commanding-officer table mislabels the hull 'DE-793'. No materials or asbestos content documented.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hollis-de794-02
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[4]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 1 (Jan 1945), DE design-group table (shipscribe.com scan) + Atlas shipyard dataset, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard record (tier 3, asbestos products documented 1941-1974) [other_primary]
- Locator
- BuShips SDB 1945 v1 pp. 234-235 (design-group table); navypedia us_de_te block map; shipyards.json record 'philadelphia-naval-shipyard'
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design/yard inference: the Buckley class is the turbo-electric (TE) destroyer-escort design - one of only two DE classes with a full steam plant - so this 1943-44 hull would have carried era-standard asbestos boiler/fireroom insulation, steam-line and turbine lagging, gaskets, packing, fireproofing, and deck coverings; BuShips Ships' Data 1945 design groups 2-3 confirm 2 'D' express boilers at 435 psi/750 deg F and GE turbo-electric machinery at 12,000 shp, and the navypedia block map assigns Babcock & Wilcox boilers to hull block DE-789-800. The January 1945 APD conversion at Philadelphia Navy Yard occurred within that yard's documented asbestos-product window (Atlas dataset: Baldwin-Ehret-Hill, Carey, and Kaylo pipe insulation 'used throughout the shipyard and on ships' 1941-1974; Garlock asbestos gaskets/packing ~1943-1973).
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943-1974
- Population
- Consolidated Steel construction trades 1943-44; Philadelphia Navy Yard conversion workers Jan-Mar 1945; crew 1944-1956; reserve-fleet caretakers 1947-51 and 1956-74
- Limitations
- Class/era and yard-window inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding. The yard dataset documents asbestos products at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard during the conversion window, not aboard this hull. Establishes no quantities and no exposure for any individual. Navypedia boiler-block attribution is secondary and unverified against contract documents.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hollis-de794-03
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[5]CourtListener API v4 sweep: opinion and RECAP docket queries for 'USS Hollis', 'DE-794', 'APD-86', 'LPR-86' [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener API v4 search, type=o and type=r, 2026-09-29
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener sweep returned zero qualifying results: 'USS Hollis' produced 0 opinion hits and 0 RECAP docket hits; 'APD-86' and 'LPR-86' produced 0 opinion hits; 'DE-794' produced 6 opinion hits, all identifier collisions in unrelated litigation (Redmane Technology v. Departamento De Salud, P.R. App. 2025; Dick Lalowski v. City of Des Plaines, 7th Cir. 2015; Commonwealth v. Tejada, Pa. Super. 2015; United States v. Boyd, 8th Cir. 1979; O'Malley v. Brierley, 3d Cir. 1973; de la Cruz v. Gobierno de la Capital, P.R. Sup. 1948) - none vessel-related, none asbestos.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2026-09-29
- Limitations
- Zero qualifying hits establish that no indexed opinion or docket names this hull by exact name or designation; they do not prove no suit was ever filed (unindexed state-court filings, settled claims, and trust claims are outside the corpus). The 'DE-794' hits are classified as identifier collisions, not litigation naming the vessel.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hollis-de794-04
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[6]Batch-4535 search ledger (this record): DANFS transcription, NavSource DE/APD archives, Atlas shipyard dataset, CourtListener exact-name and hull-number sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-hollis-de794-01 through -09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for DE-794/APD-86/LPR-86: no hull ACM survey, no abatement contract or hazmat disclosure, no museum record (the hull was scrapped in 1975 and no museum or memorial holds it), and no qualifying asbestos case naming the vessel. All positive content in this record is service history plus class/era and yard-window inference.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2026-09-29
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1943-44 steam-plant escort converted at a documented asbestos-era yard in 1945 almost certainly carried era-standard ACM, but that is inference, not ship-specific documentation. NARA RG 19 contract files and NAVSEA inactive-ship records are undigitized and remain the lead for hull-level material specifications.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hollis-de794-05