USS Navarro (APA-215)

Evidence

14 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-14).

1. [1]research packet v-packet.md (7 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED. No phantom, no collision. — real identity: USS Navarro (APA-215, later LPA-215); namesake: a county in northeast Texas (Navarro County) [DANFS mirror] https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/dafs/APA/apa215.html (MIRROR-SOURCED)

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Evidence ID

   uss-navarro-apa215-pkt-v-packet-md

2. [2]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 3 (NAVSHIPS 250-012, 1945), transports-attack (APA) tables - per-hull row serial 181 for NAVARRO APA-215 (shipscribe.com scan of the official BuShips publication) [other_primary]

   Locator

   SDB1945v3 APA section: alphabetical index (APA215 NAVARRO), dimensions row serial 181, personnel row serial 181, machinery row serial 181, armament/cargo row serial 181, construction row serial 181

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Official BuShips Ships' Data 1945 Vol. 3 carries per-hull rows for NAVARRO APA-215 (table serial 181; alphabetical index entry 'APA215 NAVARRO'; parenthetical 'ex- M.C.V. Hull 563'): dimensions 455'0" overall / 436'6" waterline, beam 62'0", 17.7 knots, 14,837 tons; machinery 1 geared turbine (by ditto chain within the Westinghouse group entries), 8,500 shp, 2 header-type boilers at 465 psi / 750F - the boiler ditto chain resolves to Combustion Engineering header-type (explicit 'C. E. hdr' on the NAPA/NATRONA block this row continues; the next row, NESHOBA, returns to 'B. & W. hdr'); personnel 56 officers + 480 enlisted ship's company with troop berths (OCR reads 87 officers + 1,475 enlisted - one digit off the class-standard 86); armament 1 x 5"/38 cal. (D.P.) + 4 twin and 1 quad 40mm; cargo 150,000 cu ft / 2,900 DWT; construction row: Permanente Metals Corp., Richmond, Calif., commissioned 15 Nov 44.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   1945

   Limitations

   Authoritative wartime BuShips publication naming this hull - confirms identity, machinery plant (including the hull-specific boiler maker), manning, builder, and key dates. Boiler and turbine cells are read by ditto-mark resolution within the printed table; OCR is degraded in places (troop-officer count reads 87 vs class-standard 86). Contains no materials, insulation, or asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-navarro-apa215-01

3. [3]DANFS, 'Navarro (APA-215)' entry, Naval History and Heritage Command (published 2015-08-12; live NHHC URL returns 404 - verbatim text retrieved via Internet Archive Wayback capture 20251209090338) [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   DANFS entry body text + spec block (capture 20251209090338)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NHHC records: named for Navarro County, Texas. Laid down 27 Jun 1944 as MCV hull 563; launched by Permanente Metals Corp., Richmond, Calif., 3 Oct 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Anne Jones; commissioned 15 Nov 1944, Comdr. F. E. Angrick in command. Shakedown Dec 1944 (San Pedro, San Diego); departed Seattle 12 Jan 1945 via Hawaii to Guadalcanal (10 Feb); Russell Islands rehearsal; arrived off Okinawa Easter Sunday 1945, offloading over two days; six days in area then Guam; departed 12 Apr for the U.S., San Francisco 30 May; Seattle-Okinawa shuttle (offloading from 24 Jul); anchored Ulithi at Japanese surrender; rerouted to Philippines, Leyte 23 Aug; Yokohama occupation lift; Magic Carpet. Decommissioned 15 Mar 1946, Pacific reserve at Stockton, Calif. Recommissioned 2 Dec 1950, Capt. R. E. Westbrook; Amphibious Force, Atlantic Fleet out of Norfolk with Mediterranean and Caribbean deployments through 1955; then Pacific Fleet WESTPAC deployments - 1956 amphibious demonstrations for Korean Marines and midshipmen at Chinhae; summer 1958 services for a series of atomic tests at Eniwetok; 1960 landing of 1,200 U.S. Marines on Formosan beaches. Laos crisis: carried 1st Battalion, 4th Marines under sealed orders to Okinawa; after Presidential amphibious demonstrations Jan 1962 deployed WESTPAC 22 Jan for seven months; task force ordered toward Indochina 12 May; with Valley Forge and Point Defiance off-loaded an 1,800-man Battalion Landing Team by helicopter into Bangkok from the Gulf of Siam; departed Okinawa 11 Aug, Long Beach 25 Aug. After the 1964 WESTPAC, underwent a Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization overhaul at Pacific Ship Repair Shipyard, San Francisco; exercise Silver Lance 25 Feb-9 Mar 1965; WESTPAC 27 Apr 1965; Operation Double Eagle 27 Jan-16 Feb 1966 - boating and support for the combat landing of 1,200 Marines in southern Quang Ngai Province, largest amphibious operation since Korea; returned Long Beach 16 Mar [1966] after 10 months 27 days with the 7th Fleet Amphibious Assault Forces. Secretary of the Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation for service 1 Jan-23 Mar 1968. Rescued 43 seamen from the grounded British merchantman Habib Marikar in a South China Sea typhoon; Nov 1967 salvage of Clarke County (LST-601) within range of enemy small-arms and artillery fire. Reclassified LPA-215 on 1 Jan 1969; decommissioned at San Diego; transferred to the Maritime Administration 20 Aug 1970 and placed in the NDRF at Suisun Bay, Calif. One battle star for World War II service.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   1944-1970

   Limitations

   Primary Navy historical entry - authoritative for service history and the 1970 MARAD transfer. The second decommissioning is undated in the entry ('decommissioned at San Diego' precedes the 20 Aug 1970 transfer); NavSource supplies 21 Nov 1969. Contains no asbestos or materials information; supports no asbestos claim. Live NHHC page 404s (standing link rot, cf. BATCH-01); the Wayback capture is the verbatim NHHC text.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-navarro-apa215-02

4. [4]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive - USS Navarro (LPA-215), file 10/03/03215 [other_primary]

   Locator

   NavSource 03215.htm - specifications block, campaign tables, commanding-officer table, disposal entries

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NavSource timeline, campaign tables, commanding-officer list, and spec block: Maritime Commission VC2-S-AP5 hull under contract (MCV hull 563) at Permanente Metals Corp. Yard No. 2, Richmond; acquired by the Navy on loan-charter; commissioned 15 Nov 1944, CDR Fred E. Angrick USNR. WWII assignment TransRon Eleven (COMO D. W. Loomis) / TransDiv Thirty-One; Asiatic-Pacific campaign credit - Okinawa Gunto assault and occupation, 1-7 Apr 1945. Navy Occupation Service Medal periods 6-15 Sep 1945, 9 Oct-25 Nov 1945, 20 Jan-1 Feb 1946; China Service Medal (extended) 9 Oct-25 Nov 1945; European occupation service 3 May-8 Oct 1952. Vietnam campaigns: Advisory 13-21 May 1962, 30 May-5 Jun 1965, 20 Jun-3 Jul 1965; Vietnam Defense 4 Jul-23 Aug 1965, 25 Sep-23 Dec 1965; Counteroffensive 16 Jan-18 Feb 1966; Counteroffensive III 28-31 Aug, 8-26 Sep, 5 Nov-3 Dec 1967, 18 Dec 1967-29 Jan 1968; Tet Counteroffensive 30 Jan-19 Feb 1968. Decommissioned 26 Jun 1946 for lay up, Pacific Reserve Fleet, Stockton Group; recommissioned 2 Dec 1950; redesignated LPA-215 1 Jan 1969; decommissioned 21 Nov 1969 at San Diego, custody to MARAD for NDRF Suisun Bay; struck from the Naval Register 1 Dec 1976; disposed of by MARAD exchange 19 Feb 1982 to C.W. Enterprises and Suisun Bay Investment Co. for scrapping in Taiwan or South Korea, delivered 16 Jun 1982. Spec block: 6,873 t light / 14,837 t full; 455' x 62' x 24' (lim); 17.7 kt; complement 56 officers + 480 enlisted; troop accommodations 86 officers + 1,475 enlisted; 1 Westinghouse geared turbine, 2 Combustion Engineering header-type boilers (465 psi, 750F), double Westinghouse main reduction gears, 3 x 300kW turbo-drive generators, 8,500 shp, 1 propeller; armament 1 x 5"/38 DP, 4 twin + 1 quad 40mm, 10 x 20mm; boats 2 LCM, 2 LCPL, 2 LCPR, 18 LCVP. Twenty-one commanding officers, last CAPT. Francis J. Murphy (15 Aug-21 Nov 1969). Awards: Navy MUC; China Service; American Campaign; Asiatic-Pacific (1); WWII Victory; Navy Occupation; National Defense (2); AFEM (Vietnam); Vietnam Service (4 campaign stars); RVN Gallantry Cross unit citation; RVN Campaign Medal.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   1944-1982

   Limitations

   Specialist secondary compilation - detailed but non-official. Conflicts with DANFS on the first decommissioning (26 Jun 1946 vs DANFS 15 Mar 1946 - unresolved, logged in gaps); the 21 Nov 1969 final decommissioning and 1 Dec 1976 strike are NavSource-only dates (DANFS silent, NVR carries no record). Contains no asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-navarro-apa215-03

5. [5]U.S. Maritime Administration, ShipHistory database - NAVARRO (APA-215/LPA-215), Ship History Detail 3566, including digitized status cards: MA-199 Vessel Status Card, MA-383 Reserve Fleet - Ship Particulars, MA-20 Record of Ship Sales [marad_nrc]

   Locator

   ShipHistory Detail 3566 registry/spec block + Status Cards tab (3566_AF.jpg MA-20; f889dbcd-3914-4e63-9743-0deb7e95b306.png MA-199; 3566_6598AF.jpg MA-383)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   MARAD registry and custody cards for this hull: Year Built 1944; Shipyard 'Permanente Metals Corporation'; MARAD Type VC2-S-AP5; gross 7,750 tons; DWT 5,914; fate 'Sold - Scrap'. Status cards (digitized): MA-199 - builder's hull no. 563; delivered from shipyard to U.S.M.C. (loaned to U.S. Navy); operating history: delivered to Department of the Navy 10-15-46 (post-war title transfer from the loan-charter); Department of the Navy to Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, 8-20-70 (custody); Navy to Maritime Administration 9-1-71 (permanent transfer); Maritime Administration to C. W. Enterprises and Investment Inc. (Exchange/Trade-In Program) 2/19/82, scrap in S. Korea or Taiwan; physically delivered 6/16/82, 10:07 PDT. MA-383 - entered Suisun Bay fleet 8-20-70, 1300 PDST; builder 'Permente-Richmond #2', hull no. MCV-563; withdrawn 6-16-82 1007 PDT - 'Withdrawn and delivered to representatives of Trans Marine Navigation Corp. pursuant to Trade-In Exchange Contract MA-10708. Ship to be scrapped.' MA-20 sale card - 'Traded out to Farrell Lines Inc. for AMBASSADOR, ON 283150, together with 3 other AP5's', 2/19/82, contract MA-10707; 'Farrell Lines Incorporated immediately resold the vessel to C.W. Enterprises and Investment Inc., a Calif. corporation, but not U.S. citizen within meaning 46 U.S.C. 802, for scrapping in either Taiwan or S. Korea within 24 months - Contract MA-10708 dtd 2/19/82'; state export license issued 3/16/82; delivery annotated 6-16-82.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   1944-1982

   Population

   NDRF Suisun Bay caretakers (1970-1982); 1982 breaking-yard workers (Taiwan or South Korea)

   Limitations

   Primary MARAD custody/sale documentation - the strongest disposal record in this file. Contains no asbestos or materials information; supports no asbestos claim. The registry's 'General Type: Training (School) / Specific Type: Training Ship' is a coarse database category inconsistent with the documented amphibious-transport designation - not adopted. The MA-199 card's 10-15-46 Navy delivery entry is interpreted as the post-war title transfer (loan-charter to ownership); card fields are abbreviated. Breaking was contracted for Taiwan or South Korea; the specific yard and any removal/abatement conditions are undocumented in these cards.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-navarro-apa215-04

6. [6]U.S. Department of Defense / Military Health System, 'Autumn Gold' fact sheet and update (Project SHAD Test 63-2, DoD declassification release Dec 2003); corroborated by National Academies, 'Assessing Health Outcomes Among Veterans of Project SHAD' (NAP.edu) [other_primary]

   Locator

   health.mil Reference Center fact sheets 'Autumn Gold' and 'Autumn Gold (Update)' (2003-12-02); NAP.edu read 21846, ch. 4-5 (test table lists USS Navarro in all 9 trials)

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   Navarro (APA-215) was a Project SHAD (Shipboard Hazard and Defense) target ship: test Autumn Gold (Test 63-2), conducted by the U.S. Army Deseret Test Center in open sea approximately 60 miles west-southwest of Oahu, Hawaii, in nine trials on 3, 6, 9, 13, 16, 20, 23, 27, and 31 May 1963. A4B aircraft sprayed Bacillus globigii (BG) simulant aerosol along release lines against the target ships - Navarro, USS Tioga County (LST-1158), USS Carpenter (DD-825), and USS Hoel (DDG-13) - under three material readiness conditions (Yoke, Zebra, Zebra Circle William) to measure agent penetration of the ship and persistence after air-wash/hose-down procedures, and to evaluate M17 and Mark V protective masks and the Partichrome Selection Device. Ship personnel operated sampling equipment aboard during the trials; Navarro participated in all nine trials (Hoel missed the last two). This is a documented crew-level exposure event aboard this specific hull - to a biological simulant aerosol, not asbestos.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   1963-05

   Population

   Navarro crew and embarked Deseret Test Center personnel, May 1963

   Limitations

   Official DoD fact sheet with National Academies corroboration - establishes a ship-specific, crew-level exposure event (BG simulant aerosol and its retention in ship spaces after washdown). Does not document asbestos, does not establish individual dose or health outcome; DoD frames participating crews as test conductors, not test subjects. Relevance here: documented at-sea exposure event on this hull and evidence that the ship's internal ventilation/material conditions were instrumented.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-navarro-apa215-05

7. [7]NavSource/DANFS Eniwetok line + Universal Ship Cancellation Society Data Sheet 37 (compilation of hull-designated ships appearing in official JTF-7 test reports): Operation HARDTACK I, Eniwetok Proving Ground, Apr-Aug 1958 - USS NAVARRO APA-215 listed with role 'TRANSPORT, DECONTAMINATION CENTER', JUL 58-AUG 58 (JTF 7.3 roster) [other_primary]

   Locator

   DANFS Navarro entry (Wayback capture 20251209090338); USCS Data Sheet 37 HARDTACK ship table; corroborating roster at ussfloydbparks.org/hardtack1.html ('USS NAVARRO (APA-215) JUL 58-AUG 58')

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   DANFS records that during the summer of 1958 Navarro 'provided services for a series of atomic tests at Eniwetok.' The USCS compilation of official JTF-7 report ship lists places NAVARRO APA-215 in Joint Task Force 7.3 for Operation Hardtack I (Eniwetok Proving Ground, Apr-Aug 1958), July-August 1958, in the role 'TRANSPORT, DECONTAMINATION CENTER' - a documented radiological-support function (decontamination platform) aboard this hull during the atmospheric nuclear test series.

   Verification

   partial

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   1958-04 to 1958-08

   Population

   Navarro crew during JTF-7.3 service, Jul-Aug 1958

   Limitations

   DANFS is authoritative for the Eniwetok service itself; the specific role ('decontamination center') and the Jul-Aug 1958 window come from a secondary compilation of official JTF-7 report rosters (USCS DS-37) - the underlying DNA/JTF-7 official report volume was not directly retrieved. Radiological decontamination duty is exposure-relevant but is NOT asbestos documentation; supports no asbestos claim and no individual dose finding.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-navarro-apa215-06

8. [8]Consolidated discrepancy resolution - BuShips SDB 1945 v3 per-hull rows; NavSource 03215; NHHC DANFS; MARAD status cards; haskell-class.class.json member row [other_primary]

   Locator

   SDB1945v3 machinery table serials 178-182; NavSource 03215 timeline + CO table; DANFS decommissioning paragraph; MARAD Detail 3566 cards

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   Discrepancies resolved or logged: (a) Boiler maker - the class profile and sister-ship pattern carry '2x Babcock & Wilcox boilers'; for this Permanente-built hull the SDB per-hull machinery row's boiler ditto chain resolves to Combustion Engineering header-type ('C. E. hdr' on the NAPA/NATRONA entries immediately above serial 181; NESHOBA, serial 182, reverts to 'B. & W. hdr'), and NavSource independently lists 'two Combustion Engineering header-type boilers.' C.E. is adopted for this hull. (b) First decommissioning - DANFS 15 Mar 1946 vs NavSource 26 Jun 1946 (Pacific Reserve Fleet, Stockton Group); the NavSource CO table shows command running through 26 Jun 1946 (CAPT Goulett to 25 Feb 1946 - table boundary). Unresolved; DANFS is the controlling source in this record's headline field. (c) Final decommissioning - NavSource 21 Nov 1969 at San Diego (CO table: CAPT Murphy's command ends that date) vs DANFS undated; 21 Nov 1969 adopted as consistent with the MARAD custody chain. (d) Stricken - 1 Dec 1976 per NavSource; DANFS silent and NVR carries no record (pre-1987 disposal). (e) MARAD registry 'General Type: Training (School)/Training Ship' - rejected as a database category quirk; hull was an amphibious transport throughout. (f) The class-file member row's dates (laid down 1944-06, launched 1944-10-03, commissioned 1944-11) are consistent with DANFS at month granularity; exact dates supplied by DANFS (27 Jun / 3 Oct / 15 Nov 1944).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   correction

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   1944-1982

   Limitations

   Reconciliation of conflicting official and secondary sources; none of the compared sources contains asbestos information - this row supports no asbestos claim. The boiler ditto-chain reading is solid (explicit C.E. entries bracket the ditto run; independent NavSource agreement), but a clean copy of the SDB machinery page would make it unambiguous.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-navarro-apa215-07

9. [9]Consolidated era/design inference - BuShips SDB 1945 v3 per-hull machinery row for this hull + VC2-S-AP5 type data (Haskell-class profile, shipscribe APA-117 class page) [other_primary]

   Locator

   SDB1945v3 machinery table serial 181; DANFS FRAM paragraph; MARAD custody cards

   Finding type

   asbestos_application

   Finding

   Era/design inference: this hull carried a single-screw geared-steam plant (two Combustion Engineering header-type boilers at 465 psi / 750F superheat feeding one Westinghouse geared turbine, 8,500 shp) built at the peak of 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 (~1,561 berths) added interior insulation scope. Documented disturbance-phase events for this hull: the 1964-65 FRAM overhaul at Pacific Ship Repair Shipyard, San Francisco (a yard availability of unknown material scope); NDRF lay-up at Suisun Bay 1970-1982; and 1982 sale for breaking in Taiwan or South Korea - each a period-typical insulation-disturbance pathway, none documented in materials terms.

   Verification

   inferred

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   1944-1982

   Population

   Construction trades at Permanente Metals Yard No. 2, Richmond (1944); wartime and postwar crews and embarked troops (to 1969); Pacific Ship Repair yard workers (1964-65); NDRF caretakers (1970-82); overseas breaking-yard workers (1982)

   Limitations

   Inference from the documented machinery plant and construction era - NOT a hull record. No survey, specification, or material schedule naming APA-215 was located; establishes no asbestos content, quantity, location, individual exposure, or causation.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-navarro-apa215-08

10. [10]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 at Permanente Metals' Richmond yard - 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 or class 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-navarro-apa215-09

11. [11]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 and establishes nothing about this hull's materials, condition, or any individual exposure. (The study's exculpatory 'not a dangerous occupation' conclusion has since been heavily criticized - see the 2026 critique at DOI 10.1177/10482911261446696.)

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-navarro-apa215-10

12. [12]CourtListener API v4 authenticated sweeps (opinion index and RECAP docket index), 2026-09-25 - this record's search_ledger rows sl-uss-navarro-apa215-04 through -07 [court_record]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-navarro-apa215-04 through sl-uss-navarro-apa215-07

    Finding type

    litigation_documented

    Finding

    No qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull located. Opinion sweeps: '"USS Navarro" asbestos' - 0 results; '"USS Navarro"' - 0 results; '"APA-215" asbestos' - 0 results; '"LPA-215" OR "APA 215" OR "M.C.V. hull 563"' - 2 hits, both name/number collisions (Ohio state easement/bankruptcy opinions), none maritime or asbestos. 'Navarro asbestos' - 167 hits; top-ranked results are all surname collisions (plaintiffs and debtors named Navarro; unrelated premises/FELA asbestos opinions) - none name the vessel. Docket sweeps: 'Navarro' returned 87,774 RECAP hits, a personal-surname field (bankruptcy/individual cases); '"APA-215" OR "LPA-215"' returned 22 hits, all collisions (matches on 'LPA' law-firm suffixes and '215' fragments - civil-rights, immigration, bankruptcy, and contract dockets), none naming the vessel. The located attack-transport asbestos dockets resolve to other classes (Pruitt v. Air & Liquid Systems, D. Del. 18-1101, names USS Bayfield APA-33, Bayfield class).

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    negative_finding

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-25

    Study period

    2026-09-25

    Limitations

    RECAP/opinion indexed text only. 'Navarro' is a high-collision surname and bare hull-number queries hit acronym/number noise ('LPA' law-firm suffixes, docket fragments); filings that name the ship only loosely, or that scan poorly in RECAP, would under-cover. Absence of a located docket is not proof no filing exists.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-navarro-apa215-11

13. [13]Batch-2288 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS via Wayback capture 20251209090338; ibiblio HyperWar DANFS mirror; BuShips SDB 1945 v3 per-hull rows (PDF text-verified); NavSource 03215; MARAD ShipHistory Detail 3566 + three status-card scans; DoD/MHS Autumn Gold fact sheets; National Academies SHAD volume; USCS DS-37 Hardtack roster; CourtListener API v4 sweeps; NVR; DTSC Kaiser Richmond page [other_primary]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-navarro-apa215-01 through sl-uss-navarro-apa215-11

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, court finding, or docketed asbestos case naming USS Navarro / APA-215 / LPA-215 / M.C.V. Hull 563 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The hull's documented exposure-relevant events are non-asbestos (Project SHAD BG-simulant trials, May 1963; Hardtack I decontamination-center duty, Jul-Aug 1958). The MARAD trade-in sale file (MA-10707/MA-10708) contains no hazmat condition in the digitized cards.

    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 transport is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials, and her FRAM overhaul (1964-65), twelve-year NDRF lay-up, and overseas breaking are undocumented disturbance phases. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-navarro-apa215-12

14. [14]NARA Guide to Federal Records: RG 24 (Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel - Navy deck logs), RG 19 (Records of the Bureau of Ships), RG 178 (Records of the U.S. Maritime Commission), RG 357 (Records of the Maritime Administration) [other_primary]

    Locator

    https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/024.html ; /groups/019.html ; /groups/178.html ; /groups/357.html

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Archival leads (not retrieved - requires research-room or reproduction order; no spend authorized): Navy deck logs for USS Navarro spanning both commissions (1944-1946 and 1950-1969, RG 24, NARA College Park) - a longer-than-usual active career incl. the FRAM availability, SHAD trials, and Vietnam deployments; BuShips records incl. VC2-S-AP5 contract plans and Booklets of General Plans (RG 19); USMC construction-contract records for M.C.V. Hull 563 at Permanente Metals Richmond Yard No. 2 (RG 178); MARAD/NDRF custody files covering the 1970-1982 Suisun Bay lay-up and the MA-10707/MA-10708 exchange-sale contract files (RG 357) - the trade-in contract package may carry the sale's material-condition terms not visible on the summary cards. DNA/JTF-7 official report volumes for Hardtack I and the Deseret Test Center Autumn Gold final report (DTC 1964) are the primary sources behind the secondary rosters cited above.

    Verification

    unverified

    Role

    archival_lead

    Documentation level

    context_only

    Accessed

    2026-09-25

    Study period

    1944-1982 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. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-navarro-apa215-13