Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet i-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-marvin-h-mcintyre-apa129-pkt-i-packet-md
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[2]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Vol. 4 (1969), 'Marvin H. McIntyre' (APA-129) entry - hazegray/losthistory transcription [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- apa129.txt full entry; live NHHC DANFS URL returned 404 (2026-09-25), transcription mirror cited
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS (Vol. 4, 1969, pp. 255, 487): APA-129 was built under Maritime Commission contract (M.C.V. hull No. 45), launched by California Shipbuilding Corp., Wilmington, Calif., 21 September 1944; sponsored by Mrs. F. H. Warren, daughter of Marvin H. McIntyre; acquired by the Navy on loan charter 27 November 1944; commissioned 28 November 1944, Capt. John J. Hourihan in command. Service: departed Los Angeles 18 Jan 1945; amphibious training Guadalcanal; discharged troops/cargo at Okinawa 1-5 Apr 1945 in the initial assault and retired with wounded Marines; Philippines, New Guinea, Ulithi runs; Nagasaki 'Magic Carpet' duty 30 Oct 1945; Samar Jan 1946; decommissioned Norfolk 6 Jun 1946, returned to the Maritime Commission 12 Jun, struck from the Navy list 19 Jun. One battle star (Okinawa).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Ship's company (~536) and embarked troops (~1,561) during WWII service
- Limitations
- Establishes identity, construction, service history, battle star, decommission/strike dates. Contains no asbestos, insulation-material, survey, or repair-scope statements; supports no asbestos claim. Transcription mirror of the official DANFS text; live NHHC page unreachable at research time.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-marvin-h-mcintyre-apa129-01
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[3]Shipbuilding History (T. Colton), California Shipbuilding yard table (hull 45 row); Navypedia Haskell-class member table (APA-129 row); MARAD vessel status card, hull MCV 45 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Colton Calship table, hull 45 row; navypedia us_aws_haskell APA-129 row; MARAD card 4SD_01.png (vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/3251)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Construction record: Calship yard hull 45 carried the Maritime Commission contract name 'Arlington' (type VC2-S-AP5, MC no. TR13); keel laid 12 May 1944, launched 21 September 1944, delivered 25 November 1944 (132 days on the ways, 65 days in the water, 197 total). Navypedia's Haskell member table lists APA-129 'Marvin H. McIntyre (ex-Arlington)', yard TR13, laid down 5.1944, launched 21.9.1944, commissioned 11.1944, stricken 6.1946. The MARAD status card independently records 'Built by Calif. SB Corp. at Wilmington, Cal., completed 11-25-44' and delivery by the builder to USMC at Wilmington 11-25-44.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Calship construction trades, Wilmington (1944)
- Limitations
- Keel date 12 May 1944 rests on secondary compilations (Colton; navypedia gives month only) - the MARAD card records completion/delivery, not keel. 'Arlington' is the MC contract name; per shipscribe.com's Stephen S. Roberts it may have been a proposed Navy name never officially approved by the Secretary of the Navy - carried as contract name only. No asbestos content in any cited source.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-marvin-h-mcintyre-apa129-02
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[4]DANFS Vol. 4 (1969), Haskell class statistics table within the APA-129 entry; NavSource APA-129 specifications block [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS class statistics (Engines/Boilers groupings naming APA-129); navsource.net/archives/10/03/03129.htm specifications
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Machinery: the DANFS Haskell-class statistics table places APA-129 in the Westinghouse geared-turbine group and the Babcock & Wilcox header-type boiler group (APA 117-150). NavSource specifications corroborate: one Westinghouse geared turbine, two B&W header-type boilers at 465 psi/750F, double Westinghouse main reduction gears, three 300 kW ship's service generators, one propeller, 8,500 shp.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Engineering plant spaces (fireroom/engine room) crew
- Limitations
- Confirms a superheated geared-steam plant aboard this hull (the asbestos-relevant machinery profile). Neither source states insulation material or asbestos content; the exposure-pathway reading is inference from the machinery type and build era.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-marvin-h-mcintyre-apa129-03
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[5]MARAD ShipHistory Detail 3251 - MARVIN H. MCINTYRE (APA-129): vessel status card scans (4SD_01.png, 3251_6048AF.jpg, 3251_AF.jpg) and Document 'MARVIN H. MC INTYRE.pdf' [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- ShipHistory/Detail/3251 milestone table + status-card scans; card PDF /documents/caf8ac60-e6ef-4721-ae77-bbdb2d9a866f.pdf; NavSource page for the Kearny, NJ destination
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD custody and disposal (vessel status cards + Record of Ship Sales, Form MA-20): entered NDRF James River Group at Lee Hall, VA 12 Jun 1946 from Navy Dept (surplus). 1955 Repair Program: withdrawn James River 7 Sep 1955 under GAA to South Atlantic SS Line, Inc.; agreement transferred to American-Hawaiian SS Co. at Jacksonville, FL 29 Oct 1955; returned to James River reserve status 18 Jan 1956. Sold for scrap under PD-X-956 9 Apr 1973 to Union Minerals & Alloys Corp. for $111,560 (contract MA-6927; advertised 5 Mar 1973, bids opened 4 Apr 1973, award under 'Scrap Hull - U.S.' condition, 24-month removal term); physical delivery 24 Jul 1973. MARAD ShipHistory record 3251 confirms: built 1944, California Shipbuilding Corporation, MARAD type VC2-S-AP5, fate 'Sold - Scrap.' NavSource adds the scrapping destination as River Development Corp., Kearny, NJ.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1946-1973
- Population
- NDRF James River layup/caretaker staff; repair-yard workers Jacksonville (1955-56); shipbreaking workers Kearny NJ (1973)
- Limitations
- Primary custody record. Documents two physical disturbance events aboard this hull - the 1955-56 Repair Program yard period (Jacksonville, under American-Hawaiian SS Co.) and 1973 scrapping (Kearny) - but states no scope of work and nothing about asbestos or hazardous materials. Correction vs NavSource: the status card reads 'Union Minerals & Alloys Corp.' where NavSource prints 'Union Metal and Alloys Corp.'; MARAD card adopted. Repair scope and scrapping-yard conditions undocumented.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-marvin-h-mcintyre-apa129-04
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[6]MARAD vessel status card, hull MCV 45 - handwritten/typed marginal notes strip (3251_6048AB.jpg), via ShipHistory Detail 3251 [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Status-card notes strip image 3251_6048AB.jpg
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The MARAD vessel status card carries a typed asterisked note: '*Outfitted at Moore DD' - i.e., fitting-out work at Moore Dry Dock Co., Oakland, CA, during the 21 Sep-25 Nov 1944 in-water period between launch at Calship Wilmington and delivery to USMC. A handwritten nest note beneath reads, as best transcribed, 'channel side head down alongside DelBrazil / head up alongside Marysville Victory' (reserve-fleet mooring position alongside SS Del Brazil and SS Marysville Victory).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Moore Dry Dock outfitting trades, Oakland (Sep-Nov 1944)
- Limitations
- The typed 'Outfitted at Moore DD' note is legible and ships a second yard onto this hull's record; the handwritten nest note is only partially legible ('DelBrazil' reading uncertain) and its scope is unstated - it appears to describe reserve-fleet mooring, not outfitting. Outfitting is the construction phase when insulation/finish materials go aboard, but the card itself says nothing about materials or asbestos.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-marvin-h-mcintyre-apa129-05
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[7]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 3 (Jan 1945), APA section (shipscribe.com scan), consolidated with navypedia class technical data [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v3 APA machinery table (Haskell row); navypedia class technical data
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Class/era inference: the VC2-S-AP5 is a Victory-derived single-screw geared-steam hull built at the peak of wartime asbestos use. For plants of this type, period practice puts asbestos in boiler and fireroom insulation, steam-line and turbine lagging, valve and flange gaskets, machinery packing, accommodation insulation, and winch/windlass brake linings; BuShips Ships' Data 1945 Vol. 3 confirms the class machinery plant (Westinghouse 8,500 shp turbine, 2 B&W boilers, 465 psi/750F steam conditions).
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1973
- Population
- Construction trades (Calship, Moore DD, 1944); ship's company 1944-46; NDRF layup, repair, and scrapping workers 1946-73
- Limitations
- Class/design-level inference, not a hull record: no surveyed material schedule names this hull, and neither source states 'asbestos.' Establishes no quantities, locations, condition, individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-marvin-h-mcintyre-apa129-06
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[8]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 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 or class and establishes nothing about material aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-marvin-h-mcintyre-apa129-07
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[9]Batch-2198 search ledger (this record): DANFS/NHHC, NavSource, MARAD ShipHistory + status cards, navypedia, shipbuildinghistory.com, CourtListener opinion and docket indexes [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-marvin-h-mcintyre-apa129-06 through -10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazardous-material disclosure, or docketed case naming Marvin H. McIntyre or APA-129 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener (authenticated v4): '"Marvin H. McIntyre"' returned 0 opinions and 0 dockets; '"APA-129"' returned 12 opinion and 24 docket hits, all reviewed and classified as name collisions (the string occurs as internal docket/exhibit numbering in unrelated bankruptcy, administrative, and commercial matters - e.g., Schindler Elevator v. WMATA, Kentucky Downs Management; no asbestos or vessel content). Law-firm SEO pages asserting generic asbestos claims for this ship exist but were excluded per sourcing rules - they contain no ship-specific evidence.
- 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 materials, and 1973 scrapping predates detailed public hazmat documentation. Does not establish that asbestos is or is not present; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility. RECAP-indexed text only; ship-name searches under-cover filings that name the hull by other means (e.g., 'attack transport' generically, or MC hull number).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-marvin-h-mcintyre-apa129-08
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[10]NavSource APA-129 photo credits (USN 80-G-272767; NHHC NH 74301); NARA record-group structure (RG 178, RG 24) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource APA-129 imagery table credits; NARA catalog online search for 80-G-272757/272767 returned no retrievable digitized record at research time
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (unretrieved - require research-room or reproduction order; no spend authorized): NARA still photo 80-G-272767 (starboard view, 20 Nov 1944) and NHHC photo NH 74301 (at anchor, c. 1945), both credited by NavSource to the National Archives / NHHC collections; NARA RG 178 (U.S. Maritime Commission records) for MCV 45 construction/outfitting documentation, including the Moore Dry Dock outfitting period; deck logs of USS Marvin H. McIntyre (NARA RG 24) for underway/availability detail.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1946 (record period)
- Limitations
- Leads only - existence of the photos is documented by NavSource credits; the NARA catalog API query returned no digitized record, and NHHC's photo page URL pattern 404s at research time. No content retrieved; nothing asserted about image content or any asbestos relevance.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-marvin-h-mcintyre-apa129-09