USS Lubbock (APA-197)

Evidence

15 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-15).

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

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Evidence ID

   uss-lubbock-apa197-pkt-s-packet-md

2. [2]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, 'Lubbock' entry (APA-197), Naval History and Heritage Command (live URL 404s 2026-09-25; verbatim text via Internet Archive Wayback capture 20250202220455 of the live NHHC page) [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   DANFS entry body text + stats line; Wayback capture 20250202220455

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   DANFS entry for Lubbock (APA-197), 'a county in northwest Texas': stats line '(APA-197: dp. 6,873 (lt.); l. 455'; b. 62'; dr. 24'; s. 17 k.; cpl 536; trp. 1,561; a. 1 5", 12 40mm.; cl. Haskell; T. VC2-S-AP5)'. Laid down under a Maritime Commission contract by Kaiser Co., Vancouver, Wash., 2 June 1944; launched 25 September 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Price Beeson; acquired by the Navy 18 October 1944 and commissioned the same day, Comdr. Harvey J. Schroeder in command. Shakedown, then departed Port Hueneme 2 December 1944 for amphibious training in the Hawaiian Islands; after a month of exercises sortied with Transport Division 48 to join VAdm. Spruance's Fifth Fleet; via Eniwetok and Saipan to the Iwo Jima assault - arrived off the beaches 19 February 1945, lowered boats, remained nine days unloading cargo and receiving casualties. Departed Iwo Jima 28 February, casualties to Guam, Espiritu Santo 15 March; loaded troops/supplies for Okinawa, sailed 25 March via Ulithi; entered the Hagushi transport area off Okinawa's west coast 9 April and unloaded in five days under constant air attack; sailed 14 April for Saipan. After repairs at Ulithi, arrived Leyte 30 May; amphibious troop training ship in the Philippines for the rest of the war, then occupation-force service until 14 October 1945 and a first Operation Magic Carpet cruise; over the next eight months three additional Far East cruises returning veterans from the Philippines, Japan, China, and Samoa. Arrived San Francisco 14 July 1946; decommissioned at Mare Island Navy Yard 14 December 1946; assigned to the Pacific Reserve Fleet; struck from the Navy list 1 October 1958. Two battle stars for WWII service.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   1944-1958

   Population

   Ship's company and embarked troops (Iwo Jima, Okinawa embarkations; Magic Carpet passengers), 1944-1946

   Limitations

   Authoritative Navy historical entry naming this hull - the controlling source for identity, construction dates, wartime employment, decommissioning, and disposal through stricken date. Entry does not cover the 1958-1975 MARAD custody period or the 1975 sale. Contains no asbestos, materials, or insulation information - supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lubbock-apa197-01

3. [3]U.S. Maritime Administration, ShipHistory database - LUBBOCK (APA-197), Ship History Detail 3107 [marad_nrc]

   Locator

   ShipHistory Detail 3107 registry/spec block and milestones table

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   MARAD ShipHistory database record for LUBBOCK (APA-197), Ship History Detail 3107: Year Built 1944; Shipyard 'Kaiser Company'; MARAD Type VC2-S-AP5; length 455.00 ft; beam 62.00 ft; gross 7,750 tons; draft 24 ft; fate field 'Sold - Scrap'; milestone table shows Entry and Acquisition 9/16/1958 ('CUST 1958 NDRF 1958') and Disposition plus Withdrawal 5/15/1975.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   1944-1975

   Limitations

   Authoritative MARAD registry for identity, type, dimensions, and reserve-fleet milestones - confirms the 1958 (not 1968) MARAD custody transfer and the 1975 withdrawal. Registry 'General Type/Specific Type' fields print 'Training (School)/Training Ship' - a data-entry quirk visible on other Haskell-class rows (e.g., Magoffin Detail 3150) and inconsistent with the hull's APA attack-transport designation; carried as a registry quirk. Contains no asbestos, materials, or condition-survey information; supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lubbock-apa197-02

4. [4]U.S. Maritime Administration, NDRF vessel status cards + Record of Ship Sales for LUBBOCK/APA-197 (digitized images 2c64a1e6-76c6-42af-b368-a11a04a4c903.png [USMC status card], 3107_5781AF.jpg [MA-1055 Reserve Fleet particulars], 3107_AF.jpg [MA-20 Record of Ship Sales], MARAD ShipHistory attachments) [marad_nrc]

   Locator

   Status cards 2c64a1e6-...c903.png (USMC MC-7146a: build + allocations), 3107_5781AF.jpg (MA-1055: Suisun Bay entry 1958, reimbursable terms, 1975 withdrawal), 3107_AF.jpg (MA-20: sale PD-X-995/MA-7865 award detail)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   MARAD digitized vessel status cards for LUBBOCK (APA-197), type VC2-S-AP5, hull no. MCV-665, built by 'Kaiser Co., Inc.' at 'Vancouver, Wash.', completed 10-17-44: (USMC card, form MC-7146a) flag U.S. Navy, gross 7,750 tons, DWT 5,568, speed 17; allocations 'Reserve Fleet (Permanent Transfer)' at Suisun Bay and 'Nicolai Joffe Corporation (Scrap)', purchase at Suisun Bay 4/18/75, delivered 5/15/75 12:00 Noon PDT. (MA-1055 Reserve Fleet - Ship Particulars) fleet 'Suisun Bay', category 'Mil.Aux. Transport, Attack', builder 'Kaiser', service prior to lay-up 'Navy, Perm. Transfer', title 'Perm. Layup USMA Reimbursable'; entered 16 Sept. 1958 1500 hrs PDST, arrival draft fwd 13'6" / aft 16'0"; withdrawn 5-15-75 1200 PDT, reason 'Sold scrap under PD-X-995, 4-18-75 to Nicolai Joffe Corp. for $224,489.78'; other data: 'Reimbursable - Navy agrees to bear costs of retention at rate of $118. per ship per month until FY 1960. Navy agrees to pay Marad for costs incurred for preservation performed during FY 1959 after transfer to Reserve Fleet in amount not to exceed $16,000. per ship. See Navy letter June 15, 1958 - Marad reply June 20, 1958.' (MA-20 Record of Ship Sales) sale PD-X-995, contract no. MA-7865, awarded to Nicolai Joffe Corporation 4-18-75 for $224,489.78, light ship weight 5,800 tons; remarks: 'Advertised under PD-X-988 - bids rejected. Advertised under PD-X-995 - dated 3-11-75 - opened 4-15-75 - under two condition: (1) NTU (2) SCRAP HULL. Award under condition (2) SCRAP HULL.' The sale card's acquisition field prints 'Oregon S. B. Corp.' - a card anomaly against Kaiser on the other card and DANFS; flagged, not adopted.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   1958-1975

   Population

   NDRF Suisun Bay lay-up/maintenance workforce (1958-1975); tow-out and breaking-yard workers (1975, yard not named in located sources)

   Limitations

   Primary custody and sale records for the reserve-fleet and disposal period (1958-1975): document the 16 Sep 1958 Suisun Bay entry under a reimbursable Navy-retention arrangement, the 1975 scrap sale terms, buyer, price, and delivery. Handwritten/stamped fields image-read, not OCR; 'Oregon S. B. Corp.' in the sale card's acquisition field conflicts with Kaiser on the same card set and DANFS (flagged). Contain no asbestos or materials statement - support no asbestos claim; the 1958-75 lay-up is itself a maintenance period whose materials-disturbance scope is undocumented.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lubbock-apa197-03

5. [5]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive - USS Lubbock (APA-197), file 10/03/03197 [other_primary]

   Locator

   NavSource 03197.htm - chronology block, campaign/medal tables, specifications block, commanding-officer table, disposal entries

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NavSource Amphibious Photo Archive entry for USS Lubbock (APA-197): Haskell-class attack transport; 'Laid down, 27 May 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (VC2-S-AP5) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MCV hull 665) at Kaiser Shipbuilding Corp, Vancouver, WA'; 'Launched, 19 September 1944'; acquired on loan-charter and commissioned 18 October 1944, CDR Harvey J. Schroeder in command; wartime assignment TransRon Sixteen (COMO J.R. McGovern USN) and TransDiv Forty-Eight (CAPT. C.L. Andrews Jr. USN); campaign entries Iwo Jima operations 19-27 February 1945 and Okinawa Gunto operations 9-14 April 1945; Navy Occupation Service Medal and China Service Medal (extended) periods 17 January-8 March 1946 and 9-23 March 1946; decommissioned 14 December 1946 at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA; laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet; struck from the Naval Register 1 October 1958; two battle stars; 'Returned to the Maritime Administration, 16 September 1968' (typo for 1958 - the MARAD cards control; flagged); sold for scrapping 18 April 1975 to Nicolai Joffe Corp., delivered 15 May 1975. Commanding-officer table: CDR Harvey J. Schroeder USNR 18 Oct 1944-19 Dec 1944; CDR Thomas J. Butler USNR 19 Dec 1944-18 Jul 1946; CDR Erwin E. Smith USNR 18 Jul 1946-14 Dec 1946. Spec block: 6,873 t light / 14,837 t full; 455' x 62'; 17.7 kt trial; complement 52 officers + 673 enlisted; troop accommodations 87 officers + 1,475 enlisted; cargo 2,900 DWT / 150,000 cu ft; boats 2 LCM, 2 LCPL, 2 LCPR, 18 LCVP; armament 1 5"/38 DP, 4 twin + 1 quad 40mm, 10 20mm; propulsion 1 Allis-Chalmers geared turbine, 2 Combustion Engineering header-type boilers 465 psi/750 F, double Falk main reduction gears, three 300 kW 120/240 V DC turbo-drive generators, single propeller, 8,500 shp.

   Verification

   partial

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   1944-1975

   Population

   Wartime crew and embarked troops (1944-1946)

   Limitations

   Volunteer-maintained secondary compilation, not an official record - corroborated where official sources overlap (commissioning/CO, campaigns, decommissioning, striking, sale dates vs DANFS and the MARAD cards). Sole-source or conflicting items flagged: keel '27 May' and launch '19 September' vs DANFS 2 June/25 September; 'Returned to the Maritime Administration, 16 September 1968' (MARAD cards: 16 September 1958 - transcription error); complement and machinery detail are per-hull spec-block figures consistent with documented class vendor variation but not independently verified against a per-hull BuShips row. Contains no asbestos information.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lubbock-apa197-04

6. [6]Consolidated era/design inference - BuShips Ships' Data 1945 v3 APA machinery table (class/type data) + NavSource per-hull spec block + MARAD custody cards [other_primary]

   Locator

   SDB1945v3 APA machinery table (VC2-S-AP5 type row: Westinghouse turbine 8,500 shp, 2 B&W boilers, 465 psi/750 F - class lead-ship row); NavSource 03197 spec block; MARAD cards

   Finding type

   asbestos_application

   Finding

   Era/design inference: this hull carried the documented VC2-S-AP5 single-screw geared-steam plant - one geared turbine of 8,500 shp fed by two superheated header-type boilers at 465 psi/750 F - built June-October 1944 at Kaiser Vancouver at peak WWII emergency production. Steam plants of this type and era carried asbestos in boiler and fireroom insulation, steam-line and turbine lagging, valve and flange gaskets, and machinery packing; accommodation/marine insulation was likewise commonly asbestos-containing. The class's very short Navy career (decommissioned 1946, struck 1958) and 17-year Suisun Bay lay-up mean the reserve-fleet maintenance and 1975 disposal-phase disturbance dominate whatever materials scope existed.

   Verification

   inferred

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   1944-1975

   Population

   Construction trades at Kaiser Vancouver (1944); wartime engineering and ship's company crew; NDRF Suisun Bay maintenance workforce (1958-1975); 1975 breaking-yard workers

   Limitations

   Class/era inference only - no member-specific materials schedule was located for this hull, and asbestos presence aboard APA-197 is not ship-proven by any located source. The BuShips row verified for the class is the APA-117 lead-ship row; NavSource's per-hull vendor detail (Allis-Chalmers turbine, Combustion Engineering boilers) is consistent with documented class vendor variation but is secondary. Establishes no quantities, no locations, and no individual exposure.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lubbock-apa197-05

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) [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 emergency construction program under which this VC2-S-AP5 attack transport was built - and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization in shipbuilding.

   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 asbestos use in WWII shipbuilding generally; does not name this vessel, class, or builder yard. Establishes no ship-specific asbestos presence, quantity, location, individual exposure, or causation.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lubbock-apa197-06

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

   PubMed record PMID 21016030; article pp. 9-16 (pipe covering material section)

   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

   survey ~1944-45; published 1946

   Population

   WWII pipe coverers and insulators at Navy and contract yards (era context)

   Limitations

   Era-level documentation of asbestos use in naval construction generally; does not name this vessel, class, or builder yard. Establishes no ship-specific asbestos presence or individual exposure. (The study's exculpatory 'not a dangerous occupation' conclusion has since been criticized - see DOI 10.1177/10482911261446696.)

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lubbock-apa197-07

9. [9]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]

   Locator

   GAO product page HRD-80-2 (full text blocked to automated fetch, HTTP 403; content via product-page description - standing limitation, cf. BATCH-01)

   Finding type

   gov_survey

   Finding

   GAO documented the Navy's asbestos-protection program: standing policy (1975) removed asbestos insulation only when damaged or required for repairs, modified 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas - meaning original-era insulation typically remained in place for decades unless a yard period disturbed it. Context for interpreting this hull's undocumented materials history: Lubbock was stricken 1958, before the documented program period, and was never modernized, so no policy-driven abatement applies to her at all.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   context_only

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   1979

   Population

   Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review (era context)

   Limitations

   Program-level documentation, not hull-specific; the documented policy postdates this hull's 1958 striking and neither establishes nor removes any inference about her materials. Full-text pull remains the open lead (gao.gov 403s automated fetches).

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-lubbock-apa197-08

10. [10]U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command, Supervisor of Salvage, 'EX-USS BROOKINGS Wreck Removal Operations,' S0300-MN-RPT-0010/SUPSALV, pub. 0910-LP-576-9200 (July 1992), sections 5-2/5-2.1 (via batch-2211 record uss-brookings-apa140) [other_primary]

    Locator

    SUPSALV report sections 5-2/5-2.1 (as quoted in the uss-brookings-apa140 record, batch-2211); Wayback capture 20251226213244

    Finding type

    asbestos_application

    Finding

    Sibling-hull datapoint (different hull - context, not evidence for APA-197): the NAVSEA Supervisor of Salvage report 'EX-USS BROOKINGS Wreck Removal Operations' (S0300-MN-RPT-0010, 0910-LP-576-9200, July 1992) for Haskell-class sister ex-USS Brookings (APA-140, Calship-built) states at section 5-2 that 'asbestos was used extensively for pipe and bulkhead lagging and ceiling tiles' aboard that hull, and documents licensed removal of asbestos-containing material before scrapping/scuttling. This is the only located official document describing installed asbestos on a VC2-S-AP5 attack transport; it names a different hull and is carried strictly as class context.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    context

    Documentation level

    context_only

    Accessed

    2026-09-25

    Study period

    1991-1992 (Brookings removal); Lubbock built 1944

    Population

    n/a for this hull - context for the class only

    Limitations

    Documents asbestos aboard APA-140, a different hull built at a different yard (Calship Wilmington, not Kaiser Vancouver) - class-consistency evidence only. It does NOT establish that asbestos was aboard APA-197, and under the house model it cannot support ship-specific wording for Lubbock. No equivalent survey, salvage report, or materials record was located for APA-197 itself.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lubbock-apa197-09

11. [11]Pruitt v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp., C.A. No. 18-1101-MN-SRF (D. Del., MDL-875 track) - Report and Recommendation (2020-07-30) and Memorandum Opinion, verified via ded.uscourts.gov opinion PDFs [court_record]

    Locator

    Report & Recommendation, Facts section (plaintiff's ship assignments); https://www.ded.uscourts.gov/sites/ded/files/opinions/18-1101_1.pdf

    Finding type

    litigation_documented

    Finding

    The located attack-transport asbestos docket resolves to another class: in Pruitt v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp. (D. Del. C.A. 18-1101-MN-SRF, In re Asbestos Litigation / MDL-875 track), the plaintiff's naval service was aboard USS Bayfield (APA-33, Bayfield-class attack transport) in 1958 and USS Tolovana (AO-64, Cimarron-class oiler) in 1959 - the plaintiff's ship-assignment allegations are pleading-stage content, not findings. No docketed asbestos opinion or case naming USS Lubbock or APA-197 was located in indexed sources (see search_ledger for the CourtListener sweep detail).

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    context

    Documentation level

    context_only

    Accessed

    2026-09-25

    Study period

    opinions 2020; service 1958-1963

    Population

    Navy veterans of APA-type auxiliaries (type context)

    Limitations

    Different hull and class - carried only to document that the APA-type litigation surface exists while no Lubbock-specific docket was found. Deposition/pleading-stage exposure descriptions in that case are allegations, not adjudicated exposure findings, and they concern other vessels entirely.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lubbock-apa197-10

12. [12]CourtListener API v4 authenticated sweeps: '"USS Lubbock"' type=o (0), type=r (0); '"APA-197"' type=o (4 collisions), type=r (19 statute collisions); 'Lubbock' asbestos type=o (78 collisions) [court_record]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-lubbock-apa197-08 through sl-uss-lubbock-apa197-12

    Finding type

    litigation_documented

    Finding

    CourtListener sweeps (authenticated API v4 via cl-auth-search.py, 2026-09-25): exact-name '"USS Lubbock"' opinion search returned count 0; '"USS Lubbock"' docket search returned count 0. Hull-number '"APA-197"' opinion search returned count 4, all non-vessel string collisions: Russell v. Jones, 49 F.4th 507 (5th Cir. 2022, civil rights); River Valley Ingredients LLC v. American Proteins Inc. (Del. Super., two opinions, commercial dispute); Level 4 Yoga LLC v. CorePower Yoga LLC (Del. Ch., commercial) - 'APA-197' matching statute, exhibit, or section tokens, not the hull. The '"APA-197"' docket search returned count 19, all Administrative Procedure Act / agency-review statute collisions (immigration, environmental, bankruptcy, and commercial dockets - e.g., Chen v. Rice E.D. Pa., Defenders of Wildlife v. Burgum D. Alaska, Nortel Networks bankruptcy D. Del.) - no docket names the vessel or involves asbestos. 'Lubbock' + asbestos opinion search returned count 78, all name collisions on the city/county of Lubbock, Texas and Lubbock-sited parties (asbestos-property and business disputes across Texas appellate districts and N.D. Tex.) - none involving the vessel or any ship.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    negative_finding

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-25

    Study period

    2026-09-25

    Limitations

    RECAP indexing is incomplete for older dockets, and county-name ship sweeps under-cover filings that omit hull numbers - absence of an indexed opinion or docket does not prove no claimant ever named the ship. Does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lubbock-apa197-11

13. [13]Cross-source comparison: NHHC DANFS (Wayback capture) + MARAD ShipHistory Detail 3107 and three status cards + NavSource 03197 + BuShips SDB 1945 v3 class/type data [nhhc_danfs]

    Locator

    Same citations as ev-01 through ev-05

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Source discrepancies documented, not silently reconciled: (a) keel and launch dates - DANFS 'laid down ... 2 June 1944; launched 25 September 1944' vs NavSource 'Laid down, 27 May 1944' and 'Launched, 19 September 1944'; DANFS adopted as controlling. (b) MARAD custody-transfer year - NavSource 'Returned to the Maritime Administration, 16 September 1968' vs the MARAD NDRF card's entered 'Sept. 16, 1958 1500 hrs PDST' and the milestone table's 9/16/1958; 1958 adopted, NavSource's 1968 read as a transcription error (a ship cannot transfer to MARAD ten years after being stricken and the card is the primary record). (c) builder on the MARAD Record of Ship Sales - the MA-20 card's acquisition field prints 'Oregon S. B. Corp.' while the same card set's particulars card prints builder 'Kaiser', the USMC card prints 'Kaiser Co., Inc. at Vancouver, Wash.', and DANFS prints 'Kaiser Co., Vancouver, Wash.'; Kaiser adopted, the sale-card field flagged as a card anomaly. (d) complement - DANFS 'cpl 536 / trp. 1,561' vs NavSource per-hull block 52 officers/673 enlisted ship's company plus 87/1,475 troop accommodations vs Wikipedia's 56/480; figures carried separately, not merged. (e) machinery vendor detail - NavSource's per-hull listing (Allis-Chalmers turbine, Combustion Engineering boilers, Falk gears) vs the class-typical Westinghouse/B&W pairing in the BuShips lead-ship row; vendor variation across the class is documented (Westinghouse, Joshua Hendy, or Allis-Chalmers; B&W or Combustion Engineering), so NavSource's per-hull row is plausible but unverified against an official per-hull record. (f) MARAD registry type fields - 'Training (School)/Training Ship' for an APA attack transport, same quirk visible on other Haskell rows (e.g., Magoffin Detail 3150); the MARAD Type VC2-S-AP5 field is correct.

    Verification

    disputed

    Role

    correction

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-25

    Study period

    1944-1975

    Limitations

    Documents a genuine multi-source conflict family so a future pass does not silently pick one figure: keel/launch dates, MARAD transfer year, builder field on the sale card, complement divergence, machinery vendor detail, and the registry type-field quirk. None of the conflicts affects the asbestos posture (which rests on the absence of any ship-specific materials record); this row itself supports no asbestos claim.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lubbock-apa197-12

14. [14]NARA record-group path: RG 24 (Navy deck logs), RG 19 (Bureau of Ships), RG 178 (U.S. Maritime Commission), RG 357/RG 248 (MARAD/WSA custody); LOC Veterans History Project AFC/2001/001/31989 - mapping only [other_primary]

    Locator

    https://www.archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/ + guide-fed-records groups 24/19/178; https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.31989/

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Archival leads (not retrieved - require research-room or reproduction requests; no spend authorized): (a) NARA RG 24 WWII deck logs for APA-197 (Oct 1944-Dec 1946): WWII-era APA logs are outside the National Archives Catalog's digitized deck-log coverage (digitization prioritized Vietnam-era and pre-1941 logs); if held, they are paper-only at Archives II, College Park. (b) RG 19 Bureau of Ships records and RG 178 USMC construction/outfitting records for MCV hull 665 and Kaiser Vancouver yard hull records - the construction-period materials documentation path for this hull. (c) MARAD/WSA custody and sale files behind the 1958 reimbursable-transfer correspondence the status card cites (Navy letter 15 June 1958, MARAD reply 20 June 1958) and the PD-X-995 / MA-7865 sale file (RG 357 / RG 178) - including any condition survey. (d) Library of Congress Veterans History Project, Scott A. Sharman Jr. Collection, AFC/2001/001/31989 - oral history and photographs of a USS Lubbock signalman 3/c, 1944-46; biographical, not materials documentation. Whether any of these hold asbestos-relevant records is unknown until surveyed.

    Verification

    unverified

    Role

    archival_lead

    Documentation level

    context_only

    Accessed

    2026-09-25

    Study period

    1944-1975 records

    Limitations

    Record-group and collection mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; existence of asbestos-specific documents for this hull is unknown until surveyed. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lubbock-apa197-13

15. [15]Batch-2267 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS via Wayback; MARAD ShipHistory Detail 3107 + three digitized status cards; NavSource; BuShips SDB 1945 v3 class/type data; NARA deck-log coverage guidance; LOC VHP; CourtListener API v4 authenticated sweeps via cl-auth-search.py [other_primary]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-lubbock-apa197-01 through sl-uss-lubbock-apa197-13

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, material schedule, hazmat disclosure, government condition report, or docketed case naming USS Lubbock or APA-197 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The hull was scrapped in 1975 - sold out of Suisun Bay NDRF and delivered to the breakers 15 May 1975 - so no museum-era or present-condition disclosure can arise. Asbestos presence aboard this hull is era- and design-level inference only.

    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 installed asbestos-containing insulation, and the class sibling (APA-140) is disposal-documented as carrying it extensively. The negative finding is scoped to located ship-specific records: no wartime materials record, no survey, and (in indexed sources) no litigation naming the hull. Does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-lubbock-apa197-14