Evidence
5 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-5).
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[1]research packet ad-packet.md (1 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lamar-apa47-pkt-ad-packet-md
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[2]USS Lamar - 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, History sections (Pacific War; Operation Magic Carpet; Decommissioning and fate); infobox
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- USS Lamar (APA-47), Bayfield-class attack transport. Formerly transport AP-92. Built by Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi (hull type C3-S-A2, under a Maritime Commission contract). Reclassified APA-47 on 1 February 1943; laid down 31 March 1943; launched 28 August 1943; acquired by the Navy 9 November 1943; placed in ferry commission 10 November 1943 for transfer to Brooklyn, New York; decommissioned 22 November 1943 for conversion by Todd-Erie Basin, Brooklyn; commissioned 6 April 1944. Service included: Guam (21 July 1944); flagship for Transport Division 38 during the Leyte operation (debarked assault troops and unloaded cargo at Dulag under cover of smoke; splashed a Japanese bomber 21 October 1944); Lingayen Gulf (9 January 1945); Okinawa (1 April 1945, landed 1,366 assault troops); receiving ship for ServRon 10 at Guiuan, Samar (27 June-14 July 1945); Operation Magic Carpet runs to Japan and the Marianas (September-December 1945). Received five battle stars for World War II service. Decommissioned at Beaumont, Texas, 7 March 1946; turned over to the Maritime Commission 3 July 1946; purchased by the Luckenbach Steamship Corporation at Baltimore, Maryland, 19 January 1949 for $55,713.00 and renamed SS J.L. Luckenbach; sold to Global Bulk Transportation Corporation in July 1959 and renamed SS Evergreen State; sold for scrapping in Taiwan to Tung Ho Steel Enterprise Corporation on 27 May 1971. Namesake: Lamar Counties in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and Texas. Same-name collisions excluded: USS Lamar (PCE-899) and SS Joseph R. Lamar are different hulls.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1943-1971
- 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.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lamar-apa47-01
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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
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos documentation located for USS Lamar (APA-47) in any authoritative source searched. No Navy, NARA, HAER, or museum record names asbestos aboard this hull, and no Board of Veterans' Appeals decision naming this hull in an asbestos claim was located. 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 pages listing 'USS Lamar' among ships with asbestos were excluded as non-authoritative.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lamar-apa47-02
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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 Lamar" APA-47 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-lamar-apa47-03
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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-lamar-apa47-04