Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]research packet h-packet.md (11 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: **VERIFIED (name-spelling note)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lagrange-apa124-pkt-h-packet-md
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[2]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, 'Lagrange' (APA-124), NHHC - live page 404s as of 2026-09-25; text verified via Wayback capture of history.navy.mil page (2025-02-02) and ibiblio HyperWar transcription [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- ibiblio HyperWar DANFS mirror apa124.html; Wayback https://web.archive.org/web/20250202200825/https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/l/lagrange.html
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS entry for Lagrange (APA-124): laid down under a Maritime Commission contract 26 June 1944 by California Shipbuilding Corp., Wilmington, Calif.; launched 1 September 1944 (sponsor Mrs. Albert Krutcher); acquired by the Navy 10 November 1944; commissioned 11 November 1944, Capt. Frank R. Walker in command. Service: departed San Diego 1 January 1945; Manus 18 January; Hollandia/Philippines; Transport Squadron 17; Kerama Retto landings from 26 March 1945 and ~30 days off Okinawa; Saipan 6 May; Eniwetok 11 July; Buckner Bay ~5 August. On 13 August 1945 a kamikaze carrying a 50-pound bomb crashed into her superstructure and a second suicide plane struck a kingpost and splashed 20 yards off - 21 killed, 89 wounded, considerable damage. Repaired, departed Guam 6 September, arrived San Francisco 21 September; decommissioned 27 October 1945 and returned to WSA. One battle star.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Limitations
- Official Navy history, but DANFS names the commissioning CO as Capt. Frank R. Walker while the NavSource CO list (from operational records) gives Capt. Howard D. McIntosh, USNR - conflict logged, not resolved (see correction row). 'Returned to WSA' is DANFS phrasing; MARAD custody record shows NDRF entry the same date. Contains no asbestos, materials, or insulation information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lagrange-apa124-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive, USS LaGrange (APA-124) page [other_primary]
- Locator
- APA-124 page: milestones, specification block, commanding-officer table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource Amphibious Photo Archive page for USS LaGrange (APA-124): MC hull 38, VC2-S-AP5; laid down 26 June 1944, launched 1 September 1944, acquired 10 November 1944, commissioned 11 November 1944; Okinawa Gunto campaign 26 March - 25 April 1945; Combat Action Ribbon retroactive to 13 August 1945 with 21 KIA / 89 WIA; decommissioned San Francisco 27 October 1945; stricken 15 November 1945; NDRF Suisun Bay from 27 October 1945; withdrawn 23 August 1955 to Coastwise Line (Repair Program) general agency agreement; returned to Suisun Bay (page misprints '16 November 1975' - 1955 is the consistent reading); sold for scrapping 18 April 1975 to Nicolai Joffe Corp. under PD-X-995 (dated 11 March 1975) for $208,489.78; withdrawn 21 May 1975. Spec block: 1 Westinghouse geared turbine, 2 B&W header-type boilers 465 psi/750 deg F, 8,500 shp, 1 screw; complement 99 officers + 593 enlisted; troops 86 officers + 1,475 enlisted. CO list: CAPT Howard D. McIntosh USNR (1944-11-11 to 1945-07-28), CDR Preston S. Tambling USN (to 1945-10-27).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1975
- Limitations
- Secondary archival compilation, not an official record; specs are class-typical data displayed on the hull page. Internal typo ('16 November 1975' for the 1955 repair-program return) and 'TransDiv Forty-Nine (flagship)' label - the contemporaneous division order lists USS Chilton as flagship (see correction row). Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lagrange-apa124-02
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[4]U.S. Maritime Administration, ShipHistory database - LA GRANGE (APA-124), Detail 2928 [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- ShipHistory Detail 2928, characteristics block, milestone table, status-card thumbnails
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD ShipHistory database record for LA GRANGE (APA-124), Ship History Detail 2928: year built 1944; shipyard California Shipbuilding Corporation; MARAD type VC2-S-AP5; milestones - Entry 10/27/1945, Disposition 5/21/1975 (card note 'CUST 1945REPAIR PRG'), Withdrawal 5/21/1975; fate 'Sold - Scrap'. Four status-card images attached to the record (not OCR'd here).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1945-1975
- Limitations
- Authoritative for government custody milestones; the record's 'General Type: Training (School)' is a data-entry artifact for an attack transport. Status-card scans not OCR'd - they may carry additional custody/repair detail. Contains no asbestos, materials, or condition information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lagrange-apa124-03
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[5]East Carolina University digital collections - ComTransDiv 49 Training Order A2-45, 11 March 1945 (scanned original) [other_primary]
- Locator
- ECU digital.lib.ecu.edu PDF 00036381, task-organization and landing-plan sections
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Contemporaneous primary document: ComTransDiv 49 Training Order No. A2-45 (serial P11-1/A16-3, U.S. Pacific Fleet, T.U. 51.1.3 TransDiv 49, dated 11 March 1945, flagship USS Chilton) lists 'La Grange (APA-124)' among TransDiv 49 units and assigns her to embark and land BLT 3/306 in Leyte-area amphibious rehearsals - primary corroboration of division assignment and troop-landing operations weeks before Kerama Retto.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1945-03
- Population
- Embarked troops (BLT 3/306, 306th Infantry) and ship's company (context)
- Limitations
- Scanned-image PDF; content reviewed via indexed text layer - page-level pinpoint verification recommended before production citation. Documents operations only; no asbestos or materials content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lagrange-apa124-04
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[6]Consolidated era inference - NavSource APA-124 spec block (machinery plant) + WWII-era shipbuilding-asbestos scholarship (ev-06) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource APA-124 propulsion spec; class profile haskell-class.class.json (background only)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference: the VC2-S-AP5 is a single-screw geared-steam ship (Westinghouse turbine, 2 superheated B&W boilers, 465 psi/750 deg F) built in 1944 at peak wartime asbestos use; period-typical asbestos applications for such a plant were boiler and steam-drum insulation, steam-line and turbine lagging, valve and flange gaskets, machinery packing, accommodation insulation, and brake linings. Attack-transport outfitting (troop berthing, mess, galley) added interior insulation/joiner scope.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1975
- Population
- Construction trades (Calship Wilmington, 1944); ship's company and embarked troops (1944-45); NDRF lay-up, 1955 repair-program, and 1975 disposal workers
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no source names this hull and no ship-level asbestos record exists. Does not establish that asbestos was or remains aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lagrange-apa124-05
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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 era and program under which this VC2-S-AP5 hull was mass-produced - and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization aboard wartime-built hulls.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1940s era documented; article 1987
- Population
- WWII shipyard workers and ship crews (era context)
- Limitations
- Program/era-level scholarly documentation of asbestos use in WWII shipbuilding generally; does not name this vessel 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-lagrange-apa124-06
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[8]DANFS 'Lagrange' (kamikaze damage and repair); NavSource APA-124 milestones (1955 repair program); MARAD status-card note 'CUST 1945REPAIR PRG' [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS paragraphs 4-5; NavSource milestone list; MARAD Detail 2928 milestones
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Documented disturbance windows aboard this hull: (a) kamikaze battle damage to the superstructure on 13 August 1945 ('considerable damage' per DANFS) followed by field repairs at Guam August-September 1945; (b) withdrawal from the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet 23 August 1955 to Coastwise Line under a repair-program general agency agreement, returned November 1955. Both are documented events; any asbestos-containing-material disturbance within them is inference only.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1945-08/1955
- Population
- Guam repair crews (1945); Coastwise Line repair-program workers (1955); ship's company (1945)
- Limitations
- The events are documented; their asbestos scope is not - no repair specification, work package, or material record is located for either window. Not evidence that asbestos was aboard or disturbed; establishes only that repair work occurred on a 1944-era hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lagrange-apa124-07
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[9]Batch-2193 search ledger (this record): DANFS/Wayback, NavSource, MARAD ShipHistory 2928, NVR, NARA catalog, CourtListener name/hull/asbestos searches [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lagrange-apa124-01 through -11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming the LaGrange hull was found in the public sources searched - DANFS, NavSource, and the MARAD record contain no asbestos or insulation-material statement; CourtListener opinion searches for all ship-name spellings and the hull number returned zero hits or non-ship name collisions (see search_ledger).
- 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 is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials. County-name spelling variants (LaGrange/La Grange) under-cover litigation filings that omit hull numbers; docket-index sweeps returned only surname/place collisions (see ledger). Does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lagrange-apa124-08
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[10]DANFS; NavSource APA-124; MARAD ShipHistory 2928; NavalCoverMuseum LAGRANGE APA-124 page; shipbuildinghistory.njscuba.net VC2 table (MC hull 38 row); ECU ComTransDiv 49 order [other_primary]
- Locator
- Cross-source comparison; individual locators on source rows
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Source discrepancies documented: (a) Commissioning CO - DANFS names Capt. Frank R. Walker; NavSource's CO list names CAPT Howard D. McIntosh USNR (to 28 Jul 1945) then CDR Preston S. Tambling - unresolved, both reported. (b) Stricken date - NavSource 15 November 1945; NavalCoverMuseum 23 November 1945 - unresolved. (c) Launch date - DANFS/NavSource 1 September 1944 vs shipbuildinghistory (MC-record-derived) 27 July 1944 - DANFS adopted. (d) MARAD record lists 'General Type: Training (School)' - data artifact for an attack transport. (e) NavSource styles LaGrange 'TransDiv Forty-Nine (flagship)' - the 11 March 1945 division order names USS Chilton as flagship. (f) Name spelling - DANFS 'Lagrange', MARAD 'LA GRANGE', builder's plate 'SS LA GRANGE', county spelling 'LaGrange'.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1975
- Limitations
- Catalogs publication-level discrepancies across authoritative and secondary sources; does not materially affect identity, custody timeline, or the asbestos finding. None of these sources contains asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lagrange-apa124-09
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[11]NARA Guide to Federal Records record groups (RG 24 Navy deck logs, RG 38 CNO records, RG 178 US Maritime Commission, RG 19 Bureau of Ships) + MARAD ShipHistory status-card attachments [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA record-group guides; MARAD Detail 2928 status-card thumbnails
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - require research-room or reproduction order; no spend authorized): NARA RG 24 deck logs for USS LaGrange (Nov 1944 - Oct 1945); RG 38 action reports/war diaries (ship's 13 August 1945 action report, ComTransDiv 49 and TransRon 17 records); RG 178 U.S. Maritime Commission construction records for MC hull 38 / California Shipbuilding Corp.; BuShips (RG 19) damage-repair records for the August 1945 kamikaze hit; MARAD disposal file PD-X-995 (11 March 1975) and NDRF Suisun Bay status-card scans (4 images on Detail 2928, not OCR'd).
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1975 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. NARA catalog API did not return results to automated query; deck-log digitization status unconfirmed. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lagrange-apa124-10