Evidence
12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).
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[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 Neshoba (APA-216); namesake: a county in Mississippi (Neshoba County) [DANFS mirror] https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/dafs/APA/apa216.html (MIRROR-SOURCED)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-neshoba-apa216-pkt-v-packet-md
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[2]NHHC DANFS entry 'Neshoba (APA-216)' [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Neshoba (APA-216) entry, full text; live URL 404s (standing NHHC link rot); verified via Wayback capture 2025-12-09 and corroborated against the HyperWar/ibiblio DANFS transcription (ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/dafs/APA/apa216.html)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS (NHHC): Neshoba (APA-216), Haskell-class attack transport, MC type VC2-S-AP5 (ex-MCV hull 564); built under Maritime Commission contract by Permanente Metals Corp., Richmond, Calif.; launched 1944-10-07 (sponsored by Mrs. Wendall E. Adams); acquired and commissioned 1944-11-16 (Comdr. Martin J. Drury). WWII: departed San Francisco 1945-01-07 for Pearl Harbor; lifted Seabees/troops/materiel to the Philippines (Leyte Gulf 1945-02-20; disembarked at Guiuan, Samar); flagship of TransDiv 42 from 1945-03-02, training 96th Infantry Division for Operation Iceberg; sailed with TF 55 (Southern Attack Force), off the Hagushi beaches before dawn 1945-04-01, boats in the first six waves against White and Brown beaches; three days of daylight off-loading. Eastbound 1945-04-05 via Guam (Japanese POWs) to Pearl; Maui training; embarked Naval Repair Unit personnel at San Francisco, sailed 1945-06-07, reached Buckner Bay 1945-07-24 for five days; departed Saipan 1945-07-29, arrived Seattle 1945-08-24. Occupation lift with 97th Infantry Division detachment to Tokyo Bay early October 1945; TG 16.12 'Magic Carpet' veteran-return service through March 1946; reported to Com 19th Fleet April 1946 for inactivation; decommissioned at Stockton 1946-12-04; Pacific Reserve Fleet until transferred to Maritime Administration custody 1958-09-04; struck from the Navy List 1958-10-01; laid up at Suisun Bay NDRF into 1970 (entry written c.1970). One battle star for WWII.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1958
- Population
- Ship's company (~536) and embarked troops (capacity ~1,562) 1944-1946
- Limitations
- Service history and ship identity only; DANFS contains no asbestos, insulation-material, or survey statement. Entry predates disposal (written while she lay at Suisun Bay, 'into 1970') - the 1975 sale is not covered here; MARAD cards control disposal dates. DANFS gives no laid-down date; the 1944-07-03 keel date comes from secondary compilations and is flagged unverified.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-neshoba-apa216-01
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[3]MARAD Vessel History database, NESHOBA (APA-216), Detail ID 3584 - status card scans (MC-7146a vessel status card; MA-383 reserve-fleet particulars card) [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Status Cards tab: 29f911d3-db73-4fcd-aa09-0b47cfe72ddc.png (MC-7146a); 3584_AF.jpg (MA-383)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD/USMC Vessel Status Card (Form MC-7146a) and Reserve Fleet - Ship Particulars card (Form MA-383): NESHOBA (APA-216), design VC2-S-AP5, U.S. Navy flag, builder 'Permanente Metals Corpn' Richmond, Calif., hull MCV-564, completed 1944-11-16; DWT 5,914, 7,750 gross tons, speed 17; category 'Mil.Aux. Transport Attack'; passengers 1,562 (87 officers / 1,475 enlisted). Custody: Reserve Fleet (Permanent Transfer), entered Suisun Bay 1958-09-04 at 0830 PDST, fleet no. N-3; withdrawn 1975-03-26 at 1145 PDT. Lay-up terms reimbursable: Navy to bear retention costs at $118/ship/month until FY1960 and to reimburse MARAD for FY1959 preservation up to $15,000/ship (Navy letter 1958-06-13, MARAD reply 1958-06-20). Draft on arrival: 14'00" fwd, 16'00" aft.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1975
- Population
- NDRF lay-up/preservation and maintenance personnel, Suisun Bay (1958-1975)
- Limitations
- Primary custody/lay-up record; contains no asbestos, hazardous-material, or condition statement for this hull. The fleet-entry terms (reimbursable retention, preservation funding cap) document mothball-period activity scope only at the program level. Does not establish presence or absence of asbestos aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-neshoba-apa216-02
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[4]MARAD Vessel History database, NESHOBA (APA-216), Detail ID 3584 - Record of Ship Sales, Form MA-20 (scan 3584_6627AF.jpg) + MC-7146a delivery line [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Status Cards tab: 3584_6627AF.jpg (MA-20 Record of Ship Sales); 29f911d3-db73-4fcd-aa09-0b47cfe72ddc.png (physical-delivery line)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD Record of Ship Sales (Form MA-20) and MC-7146a delivery entry: NESHOBA (APA-216) disposed under sale PD-X-993 to American Ship Dismantlers, Inc. for $210,001.00; sale contract MA-7765; award date 1975-03-05. Sale advertised under PD-X-993 dated 1975-01-24, bids opened 1975-02-27 under two bid conditions - (1) NTU (non-transportation use) and (2) SCRAP HULL; awarded under condition (1) NTU. Vessel location 'Suisun Bay, Calif., Resflt.'; physically delivered to American Ship Dismantlers 1975-03-26 at 1145 PDT.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1975
- Population
- Domestic ship-dismantling workers (1975)
- Limitations
- Primary disposal document; contains no asbestos or hazardous-material statement - 1975 non-transportation-use sales predated the hazmat disclosure conditions later attached to domestic scrapping sales. 'NTU' award condition means the buyer contracted for non-transportation use (dismantling); the physical scrapping site is not stated on the card (secondary sources place American Ship Dismantlers at Portland, OR).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-neshoba-apa216-03
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[5]MARAD Vessel History database, NESHOBA (APA-216), Detail ID 3584 - milestone table vs. status-card scans [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Milestones tab (typed table) vs. Status Cards tab (3584_6627AF.jpg, 3584_AF.jpg, 29f911d3-db73-4fcd-aa09-0b47cfe72ddc.png)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Disposal-date correction: the MARAD ShipHistory milestone table for Detail 3584 reads 'Disposition 3/26/1972 / Withdrawal 3/26/1972 - Non-Transportation Use: Am Ship Dismantlers,' but the primary documents in the same file - the MA-20 sale record (award 3-5-75 under PD-X-993/MA-7765) and the MA-383 withdrawal entry (3-26-75, 1145 PDT) and MC-7146a delivery line (3/26/75 11:45AM PDT) - fix the disposal at March 1975. The typed milestone year '1972' is a database transcription error (same month/day); the scanned cards control. Secondary compilations (NavSource: sold 1975-03-05, removed 1975-03-26; Wikipedia: same) independently agree with 1975.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1975
- Limitations
- Corrects a database-level typo against the file's own primary scans; the live milestone table still displays 1972. No asbestos content in either source.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-neshoba-apa216-04
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[6]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data U.S. Naval Vessels Vol. 3 (Jan 1945), APA section (shipscribe.com scan) - machinery specification; class context via Haskell-class profile (VC2-S-AP5 type data) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v3 APA machinery table (Haskell row - lead-ship values applied to type)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference: the VC2-S-AP5 (Victory-derived) attack-transport plant - 2 Babcock & Wilcox superheated boilers (465 psi/750F) feeding a single Westinghouse geared turbine, ~8,500 shp - was built and operated at the peak of naval asbestos use. Era-typical asbestos applications for the type: boiler/fireroom insulation, steam-line and turbine lagging, valve and flange gaskets, machinery packing, accommodation insulation; troop-transport fit-out added interior joiner/insulation scope. Her single WWII commission (1944-46), ~12 years of Pacific Reserve Fleet inactivation, 17-year Suisun Bay NDRF lay-up (1958-1975), and 1975 domestic dismantling are the documented lifecycle phases where disturbance would occur.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1975
- Population
- Permanente Metals Richmond construction trades (1944); ship's force and embarked troops (1944-1946); NDRF and disposal workers (1958-1975)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - BuShips data names the design, not this hull; no material schedule, survey, or work package for APA-216 located. Does not establish that asbestos was installed, in what quantity, or that any individual was exposed. Present-day presence moot (scrapped 1975).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-neshoba-apa216-05
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[7]CourtListener API v4 opinion + RECAP docket searches (see search_ledger sl-03 through sl-08) [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-neshoba-apa216-03..08
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener sweep (authenticated API v4, 2026-09-25): no qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull located. 'Neshoba' opinions: 869 hits, page-1 results all name collisions (Neshoba County, Mississippi litigation - county, hospital, school-district, correctional-facility matters; none mention the vessel). '"Neshoba" asbestos' opinions: 5 hits, all unrelated (Mississippi county-venue cases; Khulumani v. Barclay apartheid opinion; construction-accident cases; no vessel mention in snippets). '"USS Neshoba"' opinions: 0 hits. '"APA-216"' opinions: 2 hits - Barbosa v. DHS (D.D.C. 2017, FEMA; identifier collision) and Global Mail Ltd. v. USPS (4th Cir. 1998; identifier collision). 'Neshoba' RECAP dockets: 419 hits, page-1 all Neshoba County entities (S.D. Miss. civil/criminal dockets). '"APA-216"' RECAP dockets: 5 hits, all identifier collisions (APA = Administrative Procedure Act contexts; no vessel).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 2026-09-25
- Limitations
- RECAP-indexed text only; asbestos complaints filed without hull numbers in indexed text would not surface. 'Neshoba' is a high-collision name (Mississippi county, city of Philadelphia seat, correctional facilities) - county-venue litigation dominates name searches and under-covers ship references. MDL-875 dockets may name the vessel only in unscanned complaint exhibits.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-neshoba-apa216-06
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[8]Batch-2289 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS (Wayback + HyperWar mirror); MARAD vessel-history file 3584 (milestone table + three status-card scans); CourtListener opinion/docket sweeps; EPA CERCLA; DTSC EnviroStor (blocked); NavSource APA-216 (secondary lead only); class profile haskell-class.class.json [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-neshoba-apa216-01 through sl-uss-neshoba-apa216-13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no hull survey, abatement contract, shipyard work package, MARAD hazmat condition report, or docketed asbestos case naming USS Neshoba / APA-216 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 steam hull of this type is era-consistent with asbestos insulation. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-neshoba-apa216-07
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[9]DOT OIG, Report on the Program for Scrapping Obsolete Vessels - Maritime Administration, MA-2000-067 (March 10, 2000) [other_primary]
- Locator
- MA-2000-067, summary and 'worst condition' inspection passages; Suisun Bay fleet coverage
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- DOT Office of Inspector General audit of MARAD's obsolete-vessel scrapping program: the NDRF disposal fleet (James River, Beaumont, Suisun Bay) 'contain[s] hazardous substances such as asbestos and solid and liquid polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)'; routine inspection of 11 of the 40 'worst condition' vessels found 'asbestos hanging from pipes below deck.' Neshoba was herself a Suisun Bay NDRF vessel 1958-1975 and departed under a domestic non-transportation-use sale - the disposal pathway this audit later described.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 2000 (audit; fleet conditions as surveyed)
- Population
- NDRF maintenance and disposal-program workers
- Limitations
- Program-level audit published 2000, twenty-five years after Neshoba left the fleet - documents asbestos presence across NDRF disposal vessels generally, not this hull. Applies as context for the era/system her disposal passed through; cannot be read as a ship-specific finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-neshoba-apa216-08
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[10]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (October 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2 (full text blocked to automated fetch, HTTP 403 on 2026-09-25; content via product-page description - standing limitation from batch-01)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented Navy asbestos policy relevant to the era the type remained active: 1975 standing policy removed asbestos insulation only when damaged or when required for repairs; modified 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas - meaning original-era insulation aboard active ships typically remained in place for decades absent yard disturbance.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1975-1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and ship's force (policy population)
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation, not ship-specific; the policy window (1975-79) postdates Neshoba entirely - she decommissioned 1946 and left naval custody 1958. Relevant only to interpreting the undocumented in-service material state of her type; does not speak to this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-neshoba-apa216-09
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[11]EPA CERCLA site record, KAISER ALUM & CHEM CO SHIPYARD #2 (CAD980637557); DTSC EnviroStor Kaiser Richmond Shipyard file (fetch-blocked) [other_primary]
- Locator
- EPA CERCLA site-information page 0901909 (verified fetch); DTSC EnviroStor global_id 07280011 returned HTTP 403
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- Builder-yard context: EPA CERCLA record for KAISER ALUM & CHEM CO SHIPYARD #2, Richmond, CA 94804 (EPA ID CAD980637557, Region 9) - the former Kaiser/Permanente Richmond shipyard complex where MCV-564 was built; status NFRAP (site does not qualify for the NPL based on existing information). The shipyard dataset independently documents asbestos-containing materials in soils/structures at the Kaiser Richmond site via the DTSC EnviroStor record (automated fetch blocked, HTTP 403).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1940-1980 site record
- Population
- Wartime shipyard workforce, Kaiser Richmond (1940-1946 era site)
- Limitations
- Yard-level environmental record only - documents the construction site, not this hull. The verified EPA page does not list asbestos as a primary CERCLA contaminant; the DTSC asbestos statement is recorded in the yard dataset but its page is fetch-blocked (HTTP 403), so it is carried here at second hand. No ship-specific inference may be drawn.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-neshoba-apa216-10
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[12]NARA Guide to Federal Records - RG 24 (Bureau of Naval Personnel: ship logs, muster rolls), RG 178 (U.S. Maritime Commission), RG 357 (Maritime Administration) (collection-level, not item-verified for this hull) [other_primary]
- Locator
- archives.gov RG guide pages 024/178/357; catalog.archives.gov item-level retrieval outstanding (catalog API query returned no usable response)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival lead (unretrieved): NARA holds USS Neshoba (APA-216) deck logs for 1944-1958 within RG 24 (Bureau of Naval Personnel - ship logs 1801-1946 and 1945-61) and muster rolls 1939-71 on microfilm; RG 178 (U.S. Maritime Commission) holds construction-contract records potentially covering MCV hull 564; RG 357 (Maritime Administration) holds NDRF/ship-sale program records behind the digitized status cards. Any ship-specific asbestos statement, if it exists, most plausibly sits in the 1946 inactivation file or the 1958 lay-up preservation records (the MA-383 card references a Navy letter 1958-06-13 and MARAD reply 1958-06-20 governing preservation scope).
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1975 (record coverage)
- Limitations
- Collection-level lead only; no item-level pull performed (no spend authorized). Deck logs rarely record insulation materials; the inactivation/lay-up preservation records referenced by the status card are the more promising but unverified target.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-neshoba-apa216-11