Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]research packet p-packet.md (6 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-karnes-apa175-pkt-p-packet-md
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[2]DANFS entry 'Karnes' (APA-175), NHHC live page /research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/k/karnes.html - text retrieved via Wayback Machine capture 2025-12-09; live page returned HTTP 404 on 2026-09-25 (standing NHHC link-rot first noted in BATCH-01-REPORT) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS stat line + narrative paragraphs; Wayback capture of canonical NHHC URL
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS identity/construction/service record: USS Karnes named for Karnes County, Texas; launched 1944-11-07 by Oregon Shipbuilding Corp., Portland, Oreg., for the Maritime Commission; sponsored by Miss Nora Clancy; acquired and commissioned by the Navy 1944-12-03, Captain R. B. Miller in command. After shakedown along the California coast arrived Pearl Harbor 1945-02-13; convoy to Saipan where she embarked 406 Marines wounded in the Iwo Jima campaign; returned Pearl Harbor 1945-03-17. Departed Pearl Harbor 1945-04-07; arrived Okinawa 1945-05-03 and unloaded troops and equipment under heavy kamikaze attack; departed the battle zone 1945-05-08 with 866 survivors of ships damaged by kamikazes; discharged some at Saipan and arrived San Francisco 1945-05-27. Arrived Manila 1945-07-01 with troop replacements and cargo; returned Pearl Harbor 1945-07-23 for invasion training. After the surrender arrived Sasebo 1945-09-22 for occupation duty; two Operation Magic Carpet voyages ending San Francisco 1945-11-11 and 1946-01-12 (second from China). Departed San Francisco 1946-02-13, arrived Norfolk 1946-03-02, decommissioned 1946-04-11; returned to the WSA 1946-04-24 and entered the National Defense Reserve Fleet berthed in James River, Va. One battle star for World War II service. DANFS stat line: dp. 6,873; l. 455'; b. 62'; dr. 24'; s. 17.7 k.; cpl. 536; a. 1 5", 12 40mm., 1 20mm.; cl. Haskell.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Crew and embarked troops (wartime transport, occupation lift, Magic Carpet repatriation, 1945-1946)
- Limitations
- DANFS entry text predates the 1974 disposal ('is berthed in James River'); gives no keel-laying date, no stricken date, and no acquisition-instrument detail (Gallatin-class sisters were loan-charter acquisitions; Karnes's DANFS entry does not state the mechanism). Contains no asbestos or insulation-material statement.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-karnes-apa175-01
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[3]MARAD Vessel History database, KARNES (APA-175) detail page (ShipHistory/Detail/2844) plus scanned vessel status cards /cards/2844_5287AF.jpg (front) and /cards/2844_5287AB.jpg (back) [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Status card front (fields 1-22: NDRF entry 4-24-46, FY1955 Group 5 repair withdrawal 4/8/55-6/3/55 GAA-Stockard, PD-X-972 sale 3-15-74, delivery 4-3-74) and back (permanent ballast pour 2/1/49); milestones table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD Vessel History record (Detail 2844) and scanned vessel status card: name KARNES, former APA175, type VC2-S-AP5, Military Auxiliary, hull MCV-141, built Oregon SB 1944, ownership WSA, fleet James River (entry date 4-24-46); 'Nominated Repair Program FY 1955, Group 5' - withdrawn April 8, 1955 at 1030 hrs EST under General Agency Agreement-Stockard, returned to James River June 3, 1955 at 1150 hrs EST; permanent cement ballast poured 2/1/49 in 3rd deck #2 hold (58'x36'x8") and #4 hold (60'x36'x8"); fuel oil at fleet entry 924 bbls Bunker C and 42 bbls diesel; termination port of last voyage Norfolk; sold for scrap under PD-X-972 3-15-74 to Mr. Isaac Varela for $727,007.00; delivered/withdrawn from fleet 1045 EDT 4-3-74. Database milestones table records Disposition 4/3/1974 and Withdrawal 4/3/1974; fate 'Sold - Scrap'.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1974
- Population
- NDRF lay-up and maintenance crews (James River 1946-1974); repair-program workers (1955); Spanish scrapping workers (1974)
- Limitations
- Primary custody record documenting hull-specific work events (1949 ballast pour; April-June 1955 repair-program withdrawal under Stockard agency; 1974 disposal) - i.e., documented disturbance phases on this hull. Contains no asbestos, insulation, or materials statement; does not establish exposure or its absence. Handwritten entries partially legible; 'GAA-Stockard' read as General Agency Agreement with the Stockard firm operating the James River fleet.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-karnes-apa175-02
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[4]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 3 (Jan 1945), APA section (shipscribe.com scan, OCR) - same source carried in haskell-class.class.json ev-haskell-class-01 [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v3 APA machinery table (lead-ship row applies to the type)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Class/era inference: BuShips Ships' Data 1945 vol. 3 documents the Haskell-class (APA-117 series) plant as a single Westinghouse geared turbine of 8,500 shp fed by two Babcock & Wilcox boilers at 465 psi / 750 F - a superheated-steam auxiliary machinery plant built at the peak of wartime asbestos use. Era steam plants of this type used asbestos-containing boiler and steam-drum insulation, steam-line and turbine lagging, gaskets, packing, and accommodation-space insulation.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1974
- Population
- Construction trades (Oregon Shipbuilding, Portland, 1944); engine/fireroom crew; NDRF and disposal-phase workers
- Limitations
- Class/design documentation - the BuShips table does not name this hull and does not state 'asbestos' content. Asbestos applications are era inference from the documented machinery type; establishes no quantity, no installation on this hull, and no individual exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-karnes-apa175-03
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[5]NavSource Online Amphibious Photo Archive, USS Karnes (APA-175) page 10/03/03175 (contributors Priolo/Hechler/Reeves; NARA and NHHC photo credits) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Chronology block, specifications table, commanding-officer list, and Duffle Bag PDF (/pdf/03175a.pdf)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NavSource Online compilation for Karnes: laid down 1944 under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 141) at Oregon Shipbuilding Group, Portland OR; launched 1944-11-07; commissioned 1944-12-03, Captain Robert B. Miller USN in command; wartime assignment TransRon Twenty-Two / TransDiv Sixty-Five; Asiatic-Pacific campaign credit Okinawa Gunto 1945-05-03 to 1945-05-08; Navy Occupation Service Medal period 1945-10-19 to 1945-10-24; China Service Medal (extended) 1945-12-15 to 1945-12-27; decommissioned Norfolk VA 1946-04-11; returned to the Maritime Commission 1946-04-24 for lay-up NDRF James River, Lee Hall VA; struck from the Naval Register 1946-05-01; sold for scrapping in Spain 1974-03-15 to Isaac Varela, Castellon de la Plana (PD-X-972) for $727,007.00, withdrawn from James River Reserve Fleet 1974-04-03. Page also carries a digitized June 1945 issue of the ship's newspaper 'The Duffle Bag' (vol. 1 no. 3, 1945-06-19, ed. Sgt. C. Teitel) and photo captions crediting NARA images.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1974
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation, not an official record; used for dates absent from DANFS (stricken 1946-05-01) and for unit-assignment and medal-period detail; corroborated against the MARAD status card and DANFS where overlapping. Spec block lists 10 single 20mm mounts where the DANFS stat line lists 1 20mm - discrepancy carried in gaps. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-karnes-apa175-04
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[6]NHHC Online Library of Selected Images, 'USS Karnes (APA-175), 1944-1974' (Naval Historical Center; ibiblio HyperWar mirror usnsh-k/apa175.htm) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Caption text of NH 98731 page
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NHHC Online Library of Selected Images page 'USS Karnes (APA-175), 1944-1974' (Naval Historical Center, page made 2003-11-12; HyperWar/ibiblio mirror) summarizes the ship's career and hosts photo NH 98731. The caption contains two errors against the DANFS record: it states the ship 'was built to a modified Victory ship design at Vancouver, Washington' - DANFS and the MARAD vessel record both place construction at Oregon Shipbuilding Corp., Portland, Oregon - and it states 'Karnes arrived off Iwo Jima in early May' where DANFS records arrival off Okinawa 1945-05-03 (the Iwo Jima-wounded Marines were embarked at Saipan in March).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1974
- Limitations
- Official NHHC-authored summary but secondary to the DANFS entry it summarizes; the Vancouver/Iwo Jima statements are errors contradicted by DANFS and the MARAD record and are flagged here so they do not propagate. The page's service narrative otherwise agrees with DANFS. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-karnes-apa175-05
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[7]NARA 'Logbooks of the US Navy at the National Archives' research page + Special List #44 named-vessel index (archives.gov) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Special List #44 named index, 'Karnes (APA-175) 12/3/1944 - 6/30/1945' row; sl-44-ship-number.pdf searched - no APA-series entries
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival lead: NARA Special List #44 named-vessel index lists 'Karnes (APA-175)' deck logs covering 1944-12-03 through 1945-06-30 (commissioning through the post-Okinawa period); logs are held in RG 24 (Bureau of Naval Personnel deck logs), Entry 118 (NAID 581208) at Archives II, College Park, when extant. The companion ship-number index contains no APA-series entries at all, so the named list is the operative index. Deck logs for July 1945 - April 1946 (Manila run, occupation, Magic Carpet, decommissioning) are not in the index coverage window shown and are unverified.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-12-03 to 1945-06-30
- Population
- Ship's company Dec 1944 - Jun 1945
- Limitations
- Index-level confirmation only - the log volumes themselves were not retrieved and may not be digitized. Coverage ends 1945-06-30; later periods unverified. Deck logs document operations and personnel, not insulation materials; relevance is exposure-context, not asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-karnes-apa175-06
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[8]Batch-2249 search ledger (this record): DANFS/NHHC via Wayback, MARAD Vessel History + status cards, NavSource, NHHC Online Library (ibiblio), CourtListener API v4 (authenticated), NARA Special List #44 indexes, hazegray (unreachable) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-karnes-apa175-01 through -13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, MARAD materials inventory, or docketed asbestos case naming Karnes or APA-175 was found in the sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener opinion index: '"USS Karnes"' returned zero results; '"APA-175"' returned 3 opinions (Delaware Chancery contract disputes - 'APA' statutory/agreement references, name collisions); '"Karnes" asbestos' returned 35 opinions, all name collisions on review (Karnes County venues, party surnames e.g. Janet Karnes, Karnes Roofing Company) - none naming the vessel.
- 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 geared-steam hull that spent 28 years in NDRF custody and was scrapped abroad would be expected to carry era materials. CourtListener coverage is opinion/RECAP-text only; county-named hulls under-cover filings that omit hull numbers. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-karnes-apa175-07