Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet q-packet.md (2 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-kingsbury-apa177-pkt-q-packet-md
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[2]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, 'USS Kingsbury (APA-177)', NHHC (published 2015-07-28); live page verified via Wayback capture 2025-12-09; transcription mirror at ibiblio HyperWar [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Kingsbury entry, identification/characteristics paragraph; live URL currently returns 404 to automated fetch - content verified via https://web.archive.org/web/20251209185543/https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/k/kingsbury.html and http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/dafs/APA/apa177.html (texts identical)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS: Kingsbury (APA-177), named for a county in east-central South Dakota, was launched 16 November 1944 by Oregon Shipbuilding Corp., Portland, Oreg., under a Maritime Commission contract; sponsored by Mrs. Leonard Euckler; commissioned 6 December 1944, Comdr. J. H. Hughes in command. Characteristics: 6,873 t; 455 ft; 62 ft beam; 24 ft draft; 17 kt; complement 536; armament 1 x 5in, 12 x 40mm, 10 x 20mm; class Haskell; type VC2-S-AP5.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Ship's company (536 complement) and embarked troops
- Limitations
- Authoritative for identity, construction, characteristics, and service dates. DANFS contains no asbestos, insulation-material, or keel-laying statement; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kingsbury-apa177-01
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[3]DANFS 'USS Kingsbury (APA-177)' (NHHC, archived 2025-12-09; ibiblio mirror) + NavSource Amphibious Photo Archive APA/LPA-177 page (secondary compilation, disposition detail) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS service-history paragraphs; NavSource https://www.navsource.net/archives/10/03/03177.htm (campaign table, CO list, disposal line)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS service record: after California shakedown Kingsbury departed San Pedro 1945-02-09; arrived Iwo Jima 1945-03-14, embarked Marines, returned Pearl Harbor 1945-04-05; embarked 1,507 soldiers at Seattle and returned to Iwo Jima 1945-07-07; Sasebo occupation troop lift (5th Marine Division) arriving 1945-09-22; Japan-Philippines circular run 1945-09-25 to 10-14; Magic Carpet duty - departed Tacloban 1945-10-30 with 2,077 homebound troops, San Francisco 1945-11-17; final Far East run 1945-12-02 to 1946-01-09 (935 replacements out, 2,058 veterans back); decommissioned Portsmouth VA 1946-04-19; Maritime Commission custody 1946-04-23; stricken 1946-05-01; one battle star. NavSource adds: TransRon Twenty-Two / TransDiv Sixty-Five; redesignated LPA-177 1969-01-01; sold for scrapping in Spain 1983-08-17 to Sociedad Anonima Desbar S.A.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1983
- Population
- Ship's company; embarked Marines/soldiers (documented lifts of 1,507, 2,077, 2,058, 935, 262 passengers)
- Limitations
- DANFS portions verified against the archived official NHHC page. NavSource is a secondary compilation - its TransRon/TransDiv assignment, LPA redesignation date, and buyer name (Desbar S.A.) are corroborating detail not verified against a primary source; the 1983 sale date itself is confirmed by MARAD milestones (ev-04). No asbestos content in either source.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kingsbury-apa177-02
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[4]shipbuildinghistory.com Oregon Shipbuilding yard table (hull 1127 row); BuShips Ships' Data U.S. Naval Vessels Vol. 3 (Jan 1945), APA machinery table, Haskell row (shipscribe.com scan); NavSource APA-177 spec block [other_primary]
- Locator
- koregon.htm yard table row 1127 'Kingsbury'; https://shipscribe.com/styles/usnaux/sdb/SDB1945v3.pdf APA section; navsource.net/archives/10/03/03177.htm specifications
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Construction record (secondary compilations): Kingsbury was Maritime Commission hull MCV-143, Oregon Shipbuilding yard hull 1127; keel laid 1944-10-05, launched 1944-11-16, delivered 1944-12-05 (61 days total); VC2-S-AP5 type. Haskell-class plant per BuShips Ships' Data 1945 Vol. 3 (lead-ship row): Westinghouse geared turbine 8,500 shp, 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers at 465 psi / 750F - the standard Victory-type steam plant; NavSource's hull spec block repeats the same plant for APA-177.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Oregon Shipbuilding construction trades (1944)
- Limitations
- Keel date (1944-10-05) and yard/MC hull numbers come from secondary compilations - DANFS gives no keel date and NavSource states 'date unknown'; consistent with the Haskell-class profile (1944-10) but not verified against a primary contract record. BuShips machinery data was read for lead ship APA-117; same-plant application to APA-177 is design-level inference. No asbestos content in any of these sources.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kingsbury-apa177-03
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[5]U.S. Maritime Administration, ShipHistory database - KINGSBURY (APA-177), detail 2884 [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- ShipHistory/Detail/2884 identity block and milestones table; status cards 2884_5361AF.jpg, 2884_5361AB.jpg, 2884_AF.jpg; KINGSBURY.pdf (raster)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- MARAD Vessel History database record for KINGSBURY (APA-177): year built 1944; shipyard Oregon Shipbuilding Company; MARAD type VC2-S-AP5; fate 'Sold - Scrap'; milestones - entry/acquisition 1946-04-23, disposition and withdrawal 1983-08-17 (coded 'CUST 1946 NDRF 1946'). Four scanned status-card images and one PDF (KINGSBURY.pdf) are attached to the record but are raster scans not text-retrievable in this pass.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1946-1983
- Population
- NDRF custodial/maintenance crews (1946-1983); scrapyard workers (Spain, 1983)
- Limitations
- Official registry/milestone record; contains no asbestos, survey, or hazmat statement and supports no asbestos finding. Confirms 37 years of NDRF layup before foreign scrapping - the period in which preservation/hazard condition was set. The 'General Type: Training (School)' label on the page is a MARAD type-categorization artifact inconsistent with the vessel's APA/LPA history and is not carried.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kingsbury-apa177-04
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[6]Consolidated era inference - BuShips Ships' Data 1945 v3 plant data + Haskell-class profile + WWII shipbuilding asbestos literature [other_primary]
- Locator
- Class/design basis only
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Class/era inference for the VC2-S-AP5 plant: single-screw geared-steam attack transport with 2 superheated B&W boilers (465 psi/750F) built at the peak of wartime asbestos usage - era-typical applications were boiler and turbine insulation, steam-line lagging, valve and flange gaskets, machinery packing, accommodation/joiner insulation for troop spaces, and winch/windlass brake linings. The class's short Navy career (stricken 1946) shifts likely disturbance to the 37-year NDRF layup and 1983 disposal phases.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1983
- Population
- Construction trades (Oregon Shipbuilding, 1944); ship's company and embarked troops (1944-46); NDRF custodial crews (1946-83); disposal workers (1983)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no ship-level material schedule, survey, or work package names this hull. Establishes no quantities, no locations, no condition, and no individual exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kingsbury-apa177-05
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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 program and era under which this VC2-S-AP5 hull was built at a Kaiser-managed emergency yard - and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization aboard merchant-type hulls.
- 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 WWII shipbuilding asbestos use generally; does not name this vessel and does not establish that asbestos was or remained aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kingsbury-apa177-06
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[8]Batch-2251 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS (live + Wayback + ibiblio); MARAD ShipHistory detail 2884; CourtListener name and hull-number searches; web sweep of asbestos-specific mentions [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-kingsbury-apa177-01 through sl-uss-kingsbury-apa177-09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming USS Kingsbury, APA-177, or MCV-143 was found in the public sources searched (DANFS/NHHC, MARAD ShipHistory, CourtListener opinion and docket indexes - name and hull-number queries returned zero qualifying results, all hits name collisions). Law-firm and marketing list pages that name the ship (e.g., asbestos-ships.com, simmonsfirm.com, mesotheliomahope.com) offer boilerplate class-level assertions with no underlying documentation and were excluded per source policy.
- 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 VC2-S-AP5 hull built October 1944 is era-consistent with asbestos-containing insulation, but that remains inference. The 37-year NDRF layup and foreign scrapping leave the hull's material condition largely undocumented in public sources. Does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kingsbury-apa177-07
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[9]DANFS (NHHC archived page) vs Wikipedia vs NavSource vs shipbuildinghistory yard table vs MARAD ShipHistory [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Kingsbury_(APA-177); navsource.net/archives/10/03/03177.htm; vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/2884
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Source discrepancies resolved/logged: (a) Sponsor - DANFS (verified against archived NHHC page) gives 'Mrs. Leonard Euckler'; Wikipedia gives 'Mrs. Leonard Buckler' - DANFS adopted, variant logged. (b) Keel-laying - NavSource states 'date unknown'; shipbuildinghistory yard table gives 1944-10-05 (yard hull 1127); class compilation gives 1944-10 - secondary date carried with flag. (c) Builder name variants - 'Oregon Shipbuilding Corp.' (DANFS) / 'Oregon Shipbuilding Company' (MARAD) / 'Oregon Shipbuilding Group' (NavSource) refer to the same Portland Kaiser yard.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944
- Limitations
- Minor name/date discrepancies between official and secondary sources are logged, not silently resolved; none affects identity or service record. Wikipedia and NavSource used as comparison leads only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kingsbury-apa177-08
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[10]NARA Guide to Federal Records: RG 24 (Bureau of Naval Personnel - deck logs) and RG 178 (U.S. Maritime Commission); MARAD ShipHistory attachments [other_primary]
- Locator
- archives.gov record-group guides RG 24 / RG 178; MARAD ShipHistory/Detail/2884 status-card images (raster, not OCR'd)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - research-room or reproduction order required; no spend authorized): (a) NARA RG 24 deck logs and ship records for USS Kingsbury (APA-177), Dec 1944 - Apr 1946 (College Park); (b) NARA RG 178 U.S. Maritime Commission construction records for MCV-143 under the Oregon Shipbuilding contract (material schedules, if extant, would settle ship-specific asbestos scope); (c) MARAD NDRF James River custody records 1946-1983 and the raster status-card images/KINGSBURY.pdf attached to ShipHistory detail 2884 (untext-extracted in this pass); (d) 1983 scrapping sale file to Desbar S.A. in MARAD disposition records.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1983 records
- Limitations
- Record-group mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; NARA catalog API not publicly reachable in this pass. Existence of asbestos-specific documents for MCV-143/APA-177 is unknown until surveyed. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kingsbury-apa177-09