USS Logan (APA-196)

Evidence

12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).

1. [1]research packet s-packet.md (7 sources cited) [other_primary]

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Evidence ID

   uss-logan-apa196-pkt-s-packet-md

2. [2]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 3 (NAVSHIPS 250-012, 1945), auxiliaries - transports, attack (APA) tables, per-hull rows for LOGAN APA-196 ('Logan (ex-M. C. V. Hull 664) APA 196', item 154 in the APA tables) (shipscribe.com scan of the official BuShips publication) [other_primary]

   Locator

   SDB1945v3 APA tables: dimensions row '154 LOGAN (ex-M. C. V. Hull 664) .. APA 196 ... 455 0 / 436 6 / 62 0 / 17.7 / 14,837' (printed p. 252, PDF p. 271); personnel row '12,450 / 49 / 24 0 / 99 / 593 / 87 / 1,475 / 35 LOGAN 154' (printed p. 253, PDF p. 272); machinery row '154 LOGAN ..... APA 196 / 1 / A-C turb. / 8,500 / 2 / C. E. hdr. / 465 / 750' (printed p. 254, PDF p. 273); armament/cargo row '154 LOGAN ... 1 5", 38 cal. (D. P.) / 4 twin, 1 quad / 150,000 / ..do.. / 5,800 / 2,900' (printed p. 256, PDF p. 275); construction row 'Kaiser Co., Vancouver, Wash. / 14 Oct 44 / 1944 / 14 Oct 44 / LOGAN ... APA 196 / 154' (printed p. 257, PDF p. 276); index entries 'Logan (ex-M. C. V. Hull 664) . APA 196' and 'M. C. V. Hull 664 (now Logan) . APA 196'

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Official BuShips Ships' Data 1945 Vol. 3 carries per-hull rows for LOGAN APA-196 (ex-M.C.V. Hull 664, item 154) across the APA tables: 455'0" overall / 436'6" on waterline; extreme beam 62'0"; trial speed 17.7 knots; 14,837 tons trial displacement; 12,450 tons limiting displacement, 49 tons per immersion, 24'0" limiting draft; ship's company 99 officers + 593 enlisted with troop capacity 87 officers + 1,475 enlisted; largest boom 35 t; machinery 'A-C turb.' (Allis-Chalmers turbine - the Kaiser Vancouver block fitted Allis-Chalmers per the shipscribe class table), 8,500 shp, 2 boilers 'C. E. hdr.' (Combustion Engineering header-type), steam conditions 465 psi / 750F, number of propellers 1; armament 1 x 5"/38 cal (D.P.) + 4 twin and 1 quad 40mm; cargo 150,000 cu ft non-refrigerated, deadweight 5,800 total / 2,900 cargo tons; builder 'Kaiser Co., Vancouver, Wash.'; date acquired 14 Oct 44; year built 1944; date of first commission 14 Oct 44.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   1945 (data as of wartime publication)

   Limitations

   Authoritative wartime BuShips publication naming this hull - confirms identity, the Allis-Chalmers/Combustion Engineering machinery plant (vs the Westinghouse/B&W carried in generic class compilations), manning, and key dates. Contains no materials, insulation, or asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim. Rows verified against the page images (printed pp. 252-254, 256-257), not the OCR text layer; the OCR layer misprints item 154 as '164' in the dimensions table.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-logan-apa196-01

3. [3]DANFS Vol. IV (L-M, GPO), 'Logan' entry, printed pp. 132-133 (Internet Archive scan dictionaryofamer04wash, djvu full text read word-for-word) + official NHHC DANFS page text verified via Wayback capture 2025-02-02 (live NHHC page returns 404 on 2026-09-25 - standing NHHC link rot, cf. BATCH-01; a Wayback capture exists for this page, unlike APA-190) [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   DANFS Vol. IV (L-M), 'Logan' entry, printed pp. 132-133 (archive.org item dictionaryofamer04wash, djvu text lines 23704-23824); NHHC page /research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/l/logan-apa-196.html via Wayback capture web.archive.org/web/20250202193356/

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   DANFS records: 'Named for counties in Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Ohio, Oklahoma, Nebraska, North Dakota, and West Virginia.'; spec block '(APA-196: dp. 14,387; l. 455'; b. 62'; dr. 24'; s. 17.7 k.; cpl. 692; a. 1 5", 12 40mm.; cl. Haskell)'. 'Logan (APA-196) was laid down 27 May 1944 by Kaiser Co., Vancouver, Wash.; launched 19 September 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Paul E. Lattner; acquired by the Navy; and commissioned 14 October 1944, Comdr. Joseph H. Foley in command.' Service: shakedown off Santa Barbara November 1944, then two months training at Pearl Harbor with VAdm. Richmond K. Turner's TF 51 for Iwo Jima; departed Hawaii 26 January 1945, five days further training at Saipan, departed 16 February; off Iwo Jima 19 February, lowered all boats in under 30 minutes; nine days receiving casualties and unloading cargo to LSMs/LSTs alongside; departed 28 February with 200 wounded, debarked at Guam 4 March; three weeks rehearsals off Saipan/Tinian with RAdm. Wright's TG 51.2; feint landings off Okinawa's southeastern coast 1-2 April, lay off Okinawa six days, back to Saipan by 11 April; amphibious exercises off Saipan and the New Hebrides; departed Noumea 17 July, embarked more than 1,500 passengers and 200 casualties in the Marianas, reached San Francisco 13 August; departed 23 August with occupation troops for Japan (Honshu 27 September), then Philippines/Marshalls lift of 1,932 passengers to Seattle 27 October 1945; 'Magic Carpet' runs to the Philippines November 1945 and January 1946, released 6 March; decommissioned 27 November 1946 and joined the Pacific Reserve Fleet at San Francisco; recommissioned 10 November 1951; shakedown off San Diego, departed for Yokosuka 9 April 1952 (arrived 26th), moved to Sasebo, cargo run to Koje-do Harbor, Korea 19 May; landing exercises at Inchon from 25 June, arrived Long Beach 24 August 1952; second Far East deployment departed San Diego 3 July 1953, month-long Inchon exercises in October, returned via Hong Kong/Manila/Guam/Pearl Harbor to Long Beach 23 April 1954; steamed to Seattle January 1955 for inactivation; decommissioned 14 June 1955, joined the Pacific Reserve Fleet at San Francisco; 'struck from the Navy list 1 July 1960 and transferred to the Maritime Reserve Fleet at Suisun Bay, where she remains into 1969.' 'Logan received two battle stars for World War II service and one for Korean service.'

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   1944-1969 (entry print era)

   Population

   Ship's company (692 per DANFS/BuShips) and embarked troops (~1,562 capacity); 200 casualty evacuees aboard Feb-Mar 1945; >1,500 passengers embarked Jul 1945; 1,932 passengers embarked Oct 1945

   Limitations

   Authoritative Navy history text; contains no asbestos or materials information; supports no asbestos claim. Entry was current to its print era - the 1979 trade-in disposal postdates the entry's closing line ('where she remains into 1969'). The Logan entry does not mention the 21 February 1945 collision with USS Napa (APA-157) that Napa's own DANFS entry and NavSource photo captions document - flagged in the correction row. Spec block prints 'dp. 14,387' where BuShips and NavSource print 14,837 - flagged in the correction row. Live NHHC URL 404s; text verified against the 2025-02-02 Wayback capture of the NHHC page and the DANFS Vol. IV GPO scan (printed pp. 132-133).

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-logan-apa196-02

4. [4]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive - USS Logan (LPA-196) ex USS Logan (APA-196), file 10/03/03196 (last updated 2025-01-17) [other_primary]

   Locator

   NavSource 03196.htm - timeline, awards table, specifications block, commanding-officer list (courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves), photo captions incl. the Iwo Jima collision-damage and Hunters Point 1947 photos

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NavSource timeline corroborates DANFS and adds detail: international radio call sign NDWX; laid down 27 May 1944 as Maritime Commission type VC2-S-AP5 hull under MC contract (MCV hull 664) at Kaiser Shipbuilding Corp., Vancouver, WA; launched 19 September 1944; acquired by the Navy from the Maritime Commission on loan-charter; commissioned 14 October 1944, CDR Joseph H. Foley in command; wartime assignment Asiatic-Pacific Theater, TransRon Fifteen (CAPT W. S. Popham USN) / TransDiv Forty-Five (CAPT A.C.J. Sabalot USN); campaigns: Iwo Jima operation 19-28 February 1945 and Okinawa Gunto operation 1-11 April 1945; occupation service in the Far East 21 September - 1 October 1945; decommissioned 27 November 1946 at San Francisco and laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet; recommissioned 10 November 1951; Korean War campaign 'Third Korean Winter' 18-20 May 1952, 25 June - 10 July 1952, 18-24 July 1952; decommissioned 14 June 1955; laid up 16 December 1959 in the NDRF, Suisun Bay, Benicia, CA; permanent custody transfer to MARAD 30 June 1960; struck from the Naval Register 1 July 1960; 'Redesignated Amphibious Transport (LPA-196), 1 January 1969'; 'Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 6 November 1979, to Nissho Iwai, Japan, removed, 6 November 1979, scrapped at Don Kuk Steel Co. Ltd, South Korea'; two battle stars WWII + one Korea. Spec block: 6,873 t light / 14,837 t full; 455' x 62'; 17.7 kts trial; complement 52 officers + 673 enlisted; troop accommodations 87 officers + 1,475 enlisted; cargo 2,900 DWT / 150,000 cu ft; boats 2 LCMs, 1 open LCPL, 1 covered LCPL (captain's gig), 2 LCPRs, 18 LCVPs; armament 1 x 5"/38 DP, 1 quad + 4 twin 40mm, 10 single 20mm; propulsion 1 Allis-Chalmers geared turbine, 2 Combustion Engineering header-type boilers 465 psi/750F, double Falk main reduction gears, three 300kW 120/240V DC generators, single propeller 8,500 shp. CO list: CDR Joseph Henry Foley USN (USNA 1923) 14 Oct 1944 - 31 Oct 1945; CDR Charles Joseph Zondorak USN (USNA 1927) 31 Oct 1945 - 27 Nov 1946; CAPT Richard Edwin Myers USN (USNA 1927) 10 Nov 1951 - 22 Jun 1952; CAPT John Francis Flynn USN (USNA 1930, later RADM) 22 Jun 1952 - ?. Photo captions (U.S. Navy photos): Logan off Iwo Jima February 1945 in Camouflage Measure 32, Design 6A with bow damaged from the collision with USS Napa (APA-157) - 'On the morning of 21 February, Napa was rammed by Logan at about 0445h. The resulting hole in her hull, frames 98-102 was about 14 feet long and extended down to a point about 10 feet beyond the turn of the bilge. Fast action on the part of the crew and even among the evacuees limited flooding to No. 4 hold and prevented any fires from breaking out in that hold which contained high-octane gasoline'; and the decommissioned Logan moored under Hunters Point Naval Shipyard's 500-ton battleship turret crane 20 January 1947 (US Navy photo from Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum files).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   1944-1979

   Limitations

   Specialist secondary compilation - detailed but non-official; consistent with DANFS, BuShips, the shipscribe class page, and the MARAD cards on all checkable points except the printed ship's company (52+673=725 vs official 692 - flagged in the correction row). The 'LPA-196' reflag is nominal - the hull was stricken 1 July 1960, over eight years before the 1969 APA-to-LPA blanket redesignation. NavSource's 'sold ... to Nissho Iwai, Japan' framing simplifies the trade-in exchange documented on the MARAD cards. Contains no asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-logan-apa196-03

5. [5]U.S. Maritime Administration, ShipHistory database - LOGAN (APA-196), Ship History Detail 3042, incl. three digitized status-card scans read directly (4JP_01.png U.S. Maritime Commission Vessel Status Card, Form MC-7146a; 3042_5661AF.jpg Reserve Fleet - Ship Particulars, Form MA-383; 3042_AF.jpg Record of Ship Sales, Form MA-20) [marad_nrc]

   Locator

   ShipHistory Detail 3042 registry block + status-card scans at /cards/: 4JP_01.png (USMC Vessel Status Card), 3042_5661AF.jpg (Reserve Fleet - Ship Particulars), 3042_AF.jpg (Record of Ship Sales, Form MA-20)

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   MARAD primary custody record for this hull, read directly from the digitized cards: type VC2-S-AP5; fleet Suisun Bay; hull no. MCV-664; builder's no. 410; built by Kaiser Co., Inc. at Vancouver, Wash.; completed 10-13-44; D.W.T. 5,541, gross 7,750, speed 17. Vessel Status Card custody table: 'Reserve Fleet' custody at Suisun Bay 12-16-59 10:30am PST; 'Maritime Adm.' permanent transfer 6-30-60 12:00 Mid PDT; 'Nissho-Iwai American Corporation (Scrap)' trade-in exchange at Suisun Bay 11/6/79 8:45am PST. Reserve Fleet - Ship Particulars card: entered Dec. 16, 1959, 1030 hrs PST; service prior to lay-up 'Navy - (Navy preservation)'; title 'Reimbursable / Navy - Custody Basis'; arrival draft 12-16-59 Fwd 17'00" Aft 15'00"; other data 'Reimbursable $900. to cover initial handling and subsequent services. Navy to reimburse for cathodic where required. See Navy letter Nov. 17, 1959 - Marad reply Nov. 30, 1959'; withdrawn 11/6/79 0845 PST, reason 'Withdrawn and delivered to Nissho-Iwai American Corp. pursuant to Trade-In Exchange (Public Law 95-177)' with handwritten 'STATES SS CO.'; a partially legible damages-column note reads 'Navy Title Oct 15, 19..' and 'Title transfer MarAd 6-30-60'. Record of Ship Sales (Form MA-20): awarded to Nissho-Iwai American Corp 10-2-79; contract no. MA-9397; dimensions LOA 455'3" x 62'; location 'Suisun Bay, Calif., Resflt.'; acquisition 'Built by Kaiser Co., Inc.'; remarks '*EXCHANGE STATES -510(i) - Scrap By: Dong Kuk Steel, S. Korea' with handwritten note 'States Steamship Co. trade-in of Santa Rita, O.N. 287232'. Registry fields: Year Built 1944; Shipyard 'Kaiser Company'; General Type 'Naval Auxiliary'; Specific Type 'AP/APA/LPA'; MARAD Type VC2-S-AP5; Ship Length 455.25 ft; Beam 62.00 ft; Gross Tons 7,750; Fate 'Sold - Scrap'; milestones Entry/Acquisition 12/16/1959 'CUST 1959' and Disposition/Withdrawl 11/6/1979 'CUST 1959 NDRF 1959'.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   1944-1979

   Population

   NDRF caretakers, Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet, Benicia, CA (1959-1979); Dong Kuk Steel shipbreaking workforce, South Korea (1979-80)

   Limitations

   Authoritative government custody record - the primary source for the 1959-1979 NDRF lay-up, the Navy-custody/reimbursable lay-up basis ($900 handling; Navy letter 17 Nov 1959 / MARAD reply 30 Nov 1959), the 30 June 1960 permanent transfer, and the 1979 P.L. 95-177 trade-in exchange chain (award 10-2-79, contract MA-9397, delivery 11-6-79, scraper Dong Kuk Steel, S. Korea, exchange tied to States Steamship's Santa Rita trade-in). No asbestos, insulation, or hazmat annotation appears on any card scan - an absence of a record entry, not evidence nothing was abated. The 'Navy Title Oct 15, 19..' handwritten note is partially legible and not further interpretable.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-logan-apa196-04

6. [6]Source cross-check - DANFS Vol. IV GPO scan (archive.org dictionaryofamer04wash) vs NHHC page via Wayback vs NavSource 03196 vs MARAD status cards (Detail 3042) vs BuShips SDB 1945 v3 per-hull rows (item 154) vs shipscribe.com U.S. Navy Auxiliary Ships HASKELL (APA-117) class page hull rows [other_primary]

   Locator

   DANFS Vol. IV Logan entry (printed pp. 132-133) and Napa II (APA-157) entry vs NHHC Wayback capture vs NavSource 03196 vs MARAD card scans (4JP_01.png, 3042_5661AF.jpg, 3042_AF.jpg) vs SDB1945v3 rows (item 154, printed pp. 252-257, verified against page images) vs shipscribe.com/usnaux/APA/APA117.html (APA-196 construction, disposal, and hull-note rows)

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   Source discrepancies resolved or flagged: (a) Complement - the BuShips personnel row prints 99 officers + 593 enlisted (692) and DANFS prints cpl. 692; NavSource prints 52 officers + 673 enlisted (725) and generic secondary compilations print 56 + 480 (536, the class-standard figure) - carried 692 on the two concordant official sources. (b) Displacement - DANFS spec block prints dp. 14,387 where BuShips prints 14,837 trial and NavSource 14,837 full; likely a digit transposition in the DANFS block (same artifact class flagged on APA-190's entry) - carried per source. (c) Machinery - generic class data (haskell-class.class.json; navypedia) carries Westinghouse turbine + Babcock & Wilcox boilers, while the official BuShips per-hull row for APA-196 prints 'A-C turb.' and 'C. E. hdr.' and NavSource's ship-data sheet prints one Allis-Chalmers geared turbine with two Combustion Engineering header-type boilers - carried Allis-Chalmers/C.E. per the hull-level official record (the Kaiser Vancouver block differs from the California SB block; sister Pickens APA-190's BuShips row likewise prints 'A-C turb.', though her row's propeller column prints '2' where Logan's correctly prints '1'). (d) The Napa collision of 21 February 1945 (~0445, Logan's bow crushed above the waterline, no casualties on either ship) is omitted from Logan's own DANFS entry; it is documented by Napa's DANFS entry ('rammed by USS Logan (APA-196)'), NavSource photo captions of the damaged Logan off Iwo Jima, and the ship-history transcription at rpadden.com - carried as a documented event, with Napa's DANFS printing a 15-ft hole at frames 88-102 where the Logan-page caption prints 14 feet at frames 98-102 (minor frame-number variance noted). (e) Builder styling - 'Kaiser Co.' (DANFS, BuShips construction row, MARAD card) vs 'Kaiser Shipbuilding Corp.' (NavSource) - the same Kaiser Vancouver yard; carried with both stylings attributed. (f) Completion vs commission - the MARAD/USMC card records 'Completed 10-13-44' while DANFS and BuShips print commission 14 October 1944 - sequential milestones, not a conflict. (g) Disposal framing - NavSource prints 'sold for scrapping ... to Nissho Iwai'; the MA-20 card records a trade-in exchange (P.L. 95-177, 'EXCHANGE STATES-510(i)') awarded 10-2-79 with delivery/withdrawal 11-6-79 and scraper Dong Kuk Steel, S. Korea; the shipscribe disposal table prints 2 Oct 79 (the award date) while its hull note prints 'To buyer 6 Nov 79' (the delivery date) - both carried as the distinct milestones they are. (h) LPA-196 - NavSource titles the file 'LPA-196' with redesignation 1 January 1969, over eight years after Logan was stricken; the MARAD cards carry APA-196 throughout custody - carried as a nominal/administrative reflag, unverified as officially applied to this hull. (i) NavSource caption link labels the collision partner 'Napa (APA-167)' - a label typo (the link targets APA-157 correctly).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   correction

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   1944-1980 (sources 1945-2026)

   Limitations

   Resolves publication-level conflicts across official and secondary sources; none of the compared sources contains asbestos information; this row supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-logan-apa196-05

7. [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); machinery data per BuShips SDB 1945 v3 per-hull row for APA-196 and NavSource ship-data sheet [other_primary]

   Locator

   SDB1945v3 machinery table (LOGAN row, item 154, printed p. 254); NavSource 03196 spec block; MARAD status cards (1959-1979 lay-up, 1979 trade-in); haskell-class.class.json (class-f worktree) for class context; AJIM 11(3):359-373

   Finding type

   asbestos_application

   Finding

   Era/design inference: this hull carried a geared-steam plant (one Allis-Chalmers turbine, two Combustion Engineering header-type boilers at 465 psi/750F, 8,500 shp, single screw) built and fitted out at peak WWII asbestos usage - the machinery configuration for which boiler and fireroom insulation, main and auxiliary steam-line lagging, turbine lagging, valve and flange gaskets, machinery packing, and accommodation joiner insulation of the period were commonly asbestos-containing. Troop-space outfitting (capacity 1,562) added interior insulation scope. Documented ship-level disturbance/repair phases for this hull: construction at Kaiser Shipbuilding, Vancouver (May-Oct 1944); two commission periods (Oct 1944 - Nov 1946 and Nov 1951 - Jun 1955) including amphibious-assault, casualty-evacuation, occupation-lift, and Magic-Carpet service; the 21 February 1945 bow collision damage off Iwo Jima (repair location and scope undocumented); the 1946 San Francisco decommissioning and the January-June 1955 Seattle inactivation work; the 1959-1979 NDRF lay-up at Suisun Bay; and the 1979-80 breaking by Dong Kuk Steel, South Korea, after the P.L. 95-177 trade-in exchange.

   Verification

   inferred

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   1944-1980

   Population

   Construction trades at Kaiser Shipbuilding, Vancouver (1944); wartime crew (~692) and embarked troops (up to ~1,562) across two commission periods; NDRF lay-up/preservation workforce (1959-1979); Dong Kuk Steel shipbreakers, South Korea (1979-80)

   Limitations

   Inference from the documented machinery plant and construction era - NOT a hull record. No survey, specification, or material schedule naming APA-196 was located; establishes no asbestos content, quantity, location, individual exposure, or causation.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-logan-apa196-06

8. [8]Fleischer, W.E., Viles, F.J. Jr., Gade, R.L., and Drinker, P., 'A health survey of pipe covering operations in constructing naval vessels,' J Ind Hyg Toxicol 28(1):9-16 (Jan 1946), PMID 21016030 [other_primary]

   Locator

   J Ind Hyg Toxicol 28(1):9-16; PubMed PMID 21016030

   Finding type

   gov_survey

   Finding

   The U.S. Maritime Commission-commissioned industrial-hygiene survey of WWII pipe-covering operations at two Navy yards and two Navy contract yards documented that 'an important ingredient of pipe covering material used on U.S. Navy vessels is amosite' - i.e., asbestos insulation was standard material in wartime naval-vessel construction of exactly this hull's era and type.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   1944-1945 survey; published 1946

   Population

   WWII pipe coverers and naval-vessel construction trades (era context)

   Limitations

   Era-level documentation of asbestos use in naval construction generally; does not name this vessel, class, or builder yard and establishes nothing about this hull's materials, condition, or any individual exposure.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-logan-apa196-07

9. [9]DOT Office of Inspector General, 'Report on the Program for Scrapping Obsolete Vessels, Maritime Administration,' MA-2000-067 (2000-03-10) [other_primary]

   Locator

   MA-2000-067, summary p. ii and 'Obsolete Vessels Pose Environmental Risks' section

   Finding type

   gov_survey

   Finding

   The DOT OIG audit of MARAD's obsolete-vessel scrapping program documents that deteriorating NDRF vessels awaiting disposal 'contain hazardous substances such as asbestos and solid and liquid polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs),' and that inspection of 'worst condition' vessels found 'asbestos hanging from pipes below deck,' lead-based paint, and PCBs - the reserve-fleet/disposal environment in which this hull lay at Suisun Bay for two decades (1959-1979) before being sold into the NDRF-scrapping pathway.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   context_only

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   audit published 2000; fleet conditions described 1990s

   Population

   NDRF maintenance and disposal workers (fleet-level)

   Limitations

   Fleet-level audit documentation of asbestos in obsolete NDRF vessels generally; the report postdates this hull's 1979 withdrawal by 21 years and does not name her or Suisun Bay conditions of her lay-up era. Establishes that the NDRF disposal pathway handled asbestos-containing ships; establishes nothing about materials aboard this specific hull.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-logan-apa196-08

10. [10]CourtListener API v4 authenticated opinion/docket sweeps, 2026-09-25 (via fleet-paced cl-auth-search.py) [court_record]

    Locator

    CourtListener sweeps sl-uss-logan-apa196-06 through sl-uss-logan-apa196-11

    Finding type

    litigation_documented

    Finding

    Authenticated CourtListener sweeps returned no qualifying case for this hull: 'USS Logan' opinions count=0 and dockets count=0; 'APA-196' opinions count=1 - name collision (Dermatology Associates of San Antonio v. Oliver Street Dermatology Management LLC, Del. Ch. C.A. No. 2017-0665-KSJM, filed 2020-08-10, where 'APA-196' matches document/exhibit tokens, not a vessel); 'APA-196' dockets count=14 - all collisions (Administrative Procedure Act agency suits incl. State of New York v. U.S. Dept. of Commerce, City of Chicago v. DOJ, McKinney v. U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs, Texas v. Becerra; contract cases incl. Waste Connections v. Century Waste Services; In re Vioxx Products Liability MDL; Don't Shoot Portland v. Wolf; In re OPM Data Security Breach; Tahirih Justice Center v. Mayorkas; Wintu Tribe v. Dept. of Interior; habeas and other dockets) with no vessel reference; 'LPA-196' opinions count=0 and dockets count=1 - collision (Precision Fabrics Group v. Tietex International, D.S.C. patent case 7:17-cv-03037-TDS, where 'LPA' is judge initials in the associated docket numbers and '196' a document number); '"Logan" asbestos' opinions count=400 and dockets count=3,263 - screened top results all name collisions: asbestos plaintiffs surnamed Logan (Logan v. International Paper Co., E.D. Pa. 2:08-cv-85086; Logan v. American Standard, E.D. Pa. 2:07-cv-64757; Logan v. Fibreboard Corp., E.D. Pa. 2:10-cv-75885; Logan v. Trent, N.D. Ind. 3:00-cv-00693; Logan v. AMF Inc., E.D. Tex. 1:98-cv-00625; Logan v. Air Products, M.D.N.C. 1:12-cv-01353; Logan v. Waterford Operations, Or. Ct. App. 2025) and Logan-county/company references - no hull naming in any screened result. A prior class-level sweep found no asbestos docket naming any Haskell-class member; documented attack-transport asbestos filings resolve to other APA classes (e.g., Bayfield class USS Bayfield APA-33 in Pruitt v. Air & Liquid Systems).

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    negative_finding

    Documentation level

    context_only

    Accessed

    2026-09-25

    Study period

    sweeps run 2026-09-25

    Limitations

    Zero qualifying hits at any litigation stage for exact-name and hull-number queries; every hit is a name collision ('Logan' as surname/county/company/vessel namesake; 'APA' as Administrative Procedure Act, suit-nature code, or association initialism; 'LPA' as judge initials). RECAP text-index matches were screened by case name - filings that mention the hull without naming it in the caption would not surface. Asbestos litigation frequently names shipbuilders, operators, or product manufacturers rather than hulls. A name match is not a finding: no complaint, discovery record, trial finding, or judgment names this hull.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-logan-apa196-09

11. [11]Batch-2266 search ledger (this record): DANFS Vol. IV GPO scan via archive.org + NHHC page via Wayback capture (live NHHC URL 404s); NavSource 03196; MARAD ShipHistory Detail 3042 + three status-card scans read directly; BuShips SDB 1945 v3 per-hull rows (item 154, page images verified); shipscribe APA-117 class page; CourtListener authenticated opinion/docket sweeps; NVR (outside coverage); NARA catalog (API unreachable); VA BVA index (unreachable) [other_primary]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-logan-apa196-01 through sl-uss-logan-apa196-16

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, repair-scope record, hazmat disclosure, court finding, or docketed asbestos case naming USS Logan / APA-196 / LPA-196 / M.C.V. Hull 664 was found in the public sources searched (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 attack transport is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials, and her two active commission periods, undocumented 1945 collision-repair and 1955 inactivation work, twenty years of NDRF lay-up, and 1979-80 South Korean breaking are documented or implied disturbance phases of unrecorded materials scope. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-logan-apa196-10

12. [12]NARA Guide to Federal Records: RG 24 (Bureau of Naval Personnel, Entry 118 NAID 581208 WWII deck logs), RG 38 (Office of the CNO - WWII war diaries and action reports), RG 19 (Records of the Bureau of Ships), RG 178 (Records of the U.S. Maritime Commission), RG 357 (Records of the Maritime Administration); NavSource-hosted collision-report scan; NHHC photo catalog [other_primary]

    Locator

    https://www.archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy ; archives.gov guide-fed-records groups 024/038/019/178/357 ; navsource.net/archives/10/03/pdf/03196a.pdf (collision scan)

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Archival leads (not retrieved - require research-room or reproduction order; no spend authorized): Navy deck logs for APA-196 covering both commission periods (Oct 1944 - Nov 1946 and Nov 1951 - Jun 1955; RG 24 Entry 118, WWII logs partially digitized in the NARA catalog's partner program); WWII war diaries and action reports for Logan, TransDiv 45, and TransRon 15 including any report of the 21 February 1945 Napa collision (RG 38 - sister-hull APA war-diary series are digitized via the Fold3 partner program, so a Logan series likely exists, though catalog-level confirmation was not obtainable this session); BuShips construction/repair records incl. VC2-S-AP5 contract plans, Booklets of General Plans, and damage/collision-repair packages (RG 19); USMC construction-contract records for M.C.V. Hull 664 covering the Kaiser Vancouver build (RG 178); and MARAD/NDRF custody files covering the 1959-1979 Suisun Bay lay-up and the P.L. 95-177 trade-in exchange file for contract MA-9397 incl. the cited Navy letter of 17 Nov 1959 and MARAD reply of 30 Nov 1959 (RG 357). Non-NARA leads: a NavSource-hosted PDF scan titled 'Collision with Napa ... off Iwo Jima' (image-only scan, not text-extractable); NHHC photo catalog entries for the off-Iwo-Jima damaged-bow and Hunters Point 1947 photographs (live NHHC pages currently 404); the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum files credited for the 1947 photo.

    Verification

    unverified

    Role

    archival_lead

    Documentation level

    context_only

    Accessed

    2026-09-25

    Study period

    1944-1979 records

    Limitations

    Record-group mapping only - the NARA catalog programmatic search was unreachable this session (API endpoints return the SPA shell), so no catalog-level identification was performed; existence of asbestos-specific documents for MCV 664 / APA-196 is unknown until surveyed in person. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-logan-apa196-11