USS Randall (APA-224)

Evidence

16 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-16).

1. [1]research packet w-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-randall-apa224-pkt-w-packet-md

2. [2]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (NHHC), 'USS Randall (APA-224)' entry (verbatim transcription; live NHHC page returns 404 to direct fetch and no Wayback capture was located) [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   DANFS entry text (ship-data line + paragraphs)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   DANFS: Randall (APA-224; dp. 14,833; l. 455'; b. 62'; dr. 28'1"; s. 17 k.; cpl. 536; trp. 1,562; a. 1 5", 12 40mm; cl. Haskell; T. VC2-S-AP5), named for Randall County, Texas, was built under Maritime Commission contract (MCV hull 572); laid down 1944-09-15 by Permanente Metals Corp., Yard No. 2, Richmond, Calif.; launched 1944-11-15, sponsored by Mrs. Donald D. Dick; acquired by the Navy and commissioned 1944-12-16, Capt. Harold R. Stevens in command. WWII: shakedown off California; departed San Diego 1945-02-09 for Pearl Harbor; via Eniwetok to Iwo Jima (arrived 3-25, discharged Army passengers/cargo, embarked Marines for Guam); Pearl Harbor 4-20; drummed petroleum to Kwajalein; San Francisco 6-18; sailed 7-9 via Ulithi to Okinawa (arrived 8-12). Occupation duty: Korea with 7th Infantry Division units (departed 9-5); Marines to Taku 9/26-30; Philippines; ferried Chinese troops Kowloon to Chinwangtao and Tsingtao 10/22-11/23; departed Far East 11-29 on first 'Magic Carpet' run (Army Air Corps, Okinawa to Seattle). Postwar: Pacific Fleet amphibious training Sep-Dec 1946; east-coast overhaul and brief New York immobilization; Norfolk 1947-04-24; southeastern seaboard training to Aug 1948 (eastern Canada); Caribbean Feb 1949; Pacific exercises to Hawaii fall 1949; Norfolk 1949-12-01. Five more years of east-coast/Caribbean training plus Mediterranean deployments Mar-Jul 1951 and May-Oct 1954. Ordered inactivated end-1955; arrived Orange, Tex. 1956-01-25 (Atlantic Reserve Fleet); decommissioned 1956-04-06; reserve at Orange until MARAD NDRF Mobile transfer Feb 1960; stricken from the Navy list 1960-07-01; berthed at Mobile until sold 1971.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   1944-1972

   Population

   Wartime ship's company 536 plus embarked troops up to ~1,562 (1944-1956 service)

   Limitations

   Official ship-history narrative; establishes identity, construction, operations, and disposal chain. Contains no asbestos, insulation-material, or health-hazard content; supports no asbestos claim. Live NHHC DANFS page returned 404 on 2026-09-25 (link rot consistent with batch-01 findings); the ibiblio HyperWar transcription is cited.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-randall-apa224-01

3. [3]U.S. Maritime Administration, ShipHistory database - RANDALL (APA-224), Ship History Detail 4051: milestone table plus three digitized status cards (MA-199 vessel status card; MA-383 Reserve Fleet Ship Particulars card, Mobile; MA-20 Record of Ship Sales) [marad_nrc]

   Locator

   Status-card images /cards/4051_AF.jpg (MA-199), /cards/4051_7470AF.jpg (MA-383 Mobile particulars), /cards/d00105cc-1264-4e76-af09-6b243598fa81.png (MA-20 sale record); milestone table (Entry 2/19/1960; Acquisition 6/30/1960; Withdrawl 1/17/1972); Detail page fields incl. MARAD Type VC2-S-AP5 and 'General Type: Training (School)' data quirk

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   MARAD custody chain for MCV-572. MA-199 status card: RANDALL APA-224, flag U.S. Navy, type Combination, design VC2-S-AP5; operating history - Navy Dept. to Reserve Fleet, Mobile, Ala., 3:50 pm CST 2-19-60 (custody); Fleet Custody to Maritime Adm. 12:00 midnight CST 6-30-60 (Permanent Transfer); Maritime Admin. to Union Minerals & Alloys Corp. 10-28-71 (Purchased - Scrap); Physical Delivery 10:45 am CST 1-17-72. MA-383 particulars card: fleet Mobile, category Mil. Aux. - Transport, Attack; builder Permanente, built 1944, hull MCV-572; title 'Reimbursable - Navy Temp. Custody'; arrival draft fwd 15'05" aft 16'01"; damages note 'Prog memo Budget 2-1-60 ... Title Transfer Marad 6-30-60'; withdrawn 1-17-72 1045 CST, reason 'Sold scrap/Union Minerals & Alloys Corp. 10-28-71'; preservation correspondence Navy ltr. Jan. 11, 1960 / Marad reply Jan. 20, 1960. MA-20 Record of Ship Sales: awarded to Union Minerals & Alloys Corp., date 10-28-71, purchase price 'Lump sum for 9 = $467,100.00', contract no. MA-6465; year built 1944, LOA 455'0", beam 62'0", light load 6,720 / full load 12,450, draft (max.) 24'; remarks 'Advertised under PD-X-918 dated 9-20-71 opened 10-21-71 - Scrap Hull-US'.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   1960-1972

   Population

   NDRF caretaker personnel (Mobile, 1960-1972); Union Minerals & Alloys disposal workers (1971-72)

   Limitations

   Government custody and disposal record - primary source for reserve-fleet dates, sale terms, and the SCRAP HULL condition. The card's PD-X-918 advertisement date (9-20-71) conflicts with NavSource's '20 July 1971' (see correction row ev-11). No asbestos, material-condition, or hazardous-substance content; supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-randall-apa224-02

4. [4]Garza v. Asbestos Corp., Ltd., 161 Cal. App. 4th 651, 74 Cal. Rptr. 3d 359 (Cal. Ct. App., 1st Dist., Div. 3, filed 2008-04-02; Nos. A116523, A119262; Horner, J., with McGuiness, P.J., and Siggins, J., concurring) - published opinion [court_record]

   Locator

   Opinion 2304190 - Procedural Background, Factual Background (USS Randall testimony), and Disposition sections; official cite 161 Cal. App. 4th 651

   Finding type

   litigation_documented

   Finding

   Affirmed jury verdict in an asbestos personal-injury action whose trial evidence centered in part on this hull. The published opinion recounts: Joseph Garza joined the Navy at almost 18, served briefly on USS Antietam, then was assigned to 'the troop carrier and cargo ship, USS Randall,' which was undergoing repairs at Hunters Point shipyard in San Francisco; he served aboard Randall five to six years (leaving about 1955) as fireman first class then boilerman (petty officer third class, later second class). Per the opinion's recounting of his testimony: boiler-room insulation 'was in poor condition' when he arrived and required extensive repair - lagging pipes and sealing joints and flanges with adhesive/insulating cement that came premixed in buckets or dry in bags mixed by hand in a 5-gallon bucket, throwing up dust that covered his clothing and hair, with no respiratory protection; insulation debris was swept with brooms and foxtails with dust always in the air. San Francisco Superior Court trial June-July 2006: special verdict for plaintiffs on all allegations (defective product under consumer-expectations and failure-to-warn theories, plus negligence); 75% of liability allocated to ACL and 25% to all others; compensatory damages $1,178,294 to Joseph Garza and $400,000 loss of consortium to Mary Garza; malice found by clear and convincing evidence; $10,000,000 punitive damages. JNOV/new-trial motions denied 2006-12-04. On the consolidated appeal (personal jurisdiction; a demand to 'revisit' and overrule Arena v. Owens-Corning on raw-asbestos supplier liability and the bulk-supplier defense; additional issues), the Court of Appeal held: 'The judgment is affirmed in all respects.'

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   ca. 1949-1955 (alleged exposure aboard); 2005-2008 (litigation)

   Population

   Boiler-room crew aboard USS Randall ca. 1949-1955 (plaintiff; boilerman/fireman ratings)

   Limitations

   Affirmed judgment - the strongest litigation stage - but the exposure evidence is plaintiff testimony and a jury verdict on multiple theories, not an industrial-hygiene survey of the hull. Garza's exposure history was multi-vessel (USS Antietam, USS Randall, USS Agerholm) and multi-employer (post-Navy Westinghouse and others); the jury allocated 25% of liability to 'all others,' so the verdict does not isolate Randall as sole exposure source. Establishes that asbestos-containing insulating cement and lagging repair work aboard this hull ca. 1949-1955 was litigated to verdict and affirmed; does not establish quantity, condition, or exposure for any other individual. Does not establish or defeat any other claim of exposure or legal eligibility.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-randall-apa224-03

5. [5]Garza v. Asbestos Corp., Ltd., 161 Cal. App. 4th 651 (2008) - product identification and supply-chain evidence (opinion recounts trial testimony and the read deposition of Eagle-Picher claims director Robert Bockstahler) [court_record]

   Locator

   Opinion 2304190 - Factual Background (Super 66 identification; Bockstahler deposition summary)

   Finding type

   litigation_product_id

   Finding

   Product-level identification tied to this hull at trial: Garza 'identified a product known as Eagle-Pitcher Super 66, which he used all the time for insulation repairs aboard the Randall and the Agerholm. Each boiler room on the ships always had at least a bag of Super 66 available.' The Bockstahler deposition (1995, read to the jury) established from Eagle-Picher production records that ACL was the sole supplier of chrysotile asbestos fiber to Eagle-Picher between 1935 and 1957, that processed ACL asbestos was used primarily in insulating cements, and that 95 percent went into the 'Cadillac' product, Eagle Super 66 insulating cement; supplied tonnage peaked at 1,227 tons in 1943 and stood at 662 tons in 1956.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   ca. 1949-1955 (product use aboard); 1935-1957 (supply window)

   Population

   Boiler-room crew aboard USS Randall ca. 1949-1955

   Limitations

   Product identification rests on the plaintiff's testimony (product recognition) plus a company fact-witness deposition on supply chain - accepted by the jury within an affirmed judgment, but the record does not show brand documentation aboard this specific hull. The opinion misspells the manufacturer 'Eagle-Pitcher'; the company was Eagle-Picher Industries. The same product usage was testified for USS Agerholm as well - the identification is not exclusive to Randall.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-randall-apa224-04

6. [6]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 3 (Jan 1945), APA section - VC2-S-AP5 type machinery data (shipscribe.com scan); NavSource APA-224 specifications block corroborates the per-hull plant [other_primary]

   Locator

   SDB1945v3 APA machinery table (Haskell row read for the type); NavSource specifications block (boilers, turbine, generators, 8,500 shp) corroborates the plant for this hull

   Finding type

   asbestos_application

   Finding

   Era/design inference for this hull: Randall is a VC2-S-AP5 Victory-derived attack transport built 1944 with a single-screw geared-steam plant - two Babcock & Wilcox header-type superheated boilers at 465 psi/750 F feeding a Westinghouse turbine through a double reduction gear (8,500 shp, 17.7 kt trial). Vessels of this plant type and construction era were built with asbestos-containing boiler and fireroom insulation, steam-line and turbine lagging, valve/flange gaskets, machinery packing, accommodation insulation, and winch/windlass brake linings; troop-carrying outfitting added interior joiner and insulation scope. The commissioned career ran 1944-1956, with the litigated boiler-room insulation repair work aboard (ev-03) and a documented Hunters Point repair period; post-service disturbance concentrates in Atlantic Reserve Fleet lay-up (Orange, 1956-1960), NDRF custody (Mobile, 1960-1972), and the 1972 disposal.

   Verification

   inferred

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   1944-1972

   Population

   Construction trades at Permanente Metals Yard No. 2, Richmond (1944); crew 536 + embarked troops (1944-1956); reserve-fleet/NDRF caretakers (1956-1972); disposal workers (1971-72)

   Limitations

   Class/era inference only - BuShips data documents the type's machinery, not materials, and does not name this hull. No asbestos itemization exists for this ship beyond the litigated testimony (ev-03, ev-04); presence of other era-typical materials is inference from design and era, not ship-proven. Establishes no quantity, location, condition, individual exposure, or causation.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-randall-apa224-05

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

   historical_record

   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 program under which this VC2-S-AP5 hull was mass-produced under Maritime Commission contract - and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization aboard hulls.

   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 and does not establish that asbestos was aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-randall-apa224-06

8. [8]California DTSC, Richmond Harbor Restoration Project / Kaiser Richmond Shipyard (Site ID 400137001); EPA CERCLA record CAD980637557 (Kaiser Alum & Chem Co Shipyard #2, NFRAP determination) [other_primary]

   Locator

   DTSC Kaiser Richmond Shipyard project page; EPA Superfund site profile CAD980637557

   Finding type

   environmental_record

   Finding

   The builder yard - Permanente Metals Corporation Yard No. 2, one of the Kaiser Richmond shipyards - is a documented asbestos site in government environmental records: DTSC documents asbestos-containing materials in soils and structures at the former Kaiser shipyard site within the Richmond Harbor Restoration Project, and EPA carries Kaiser Alum & Chem Co Shipyard #2 under CERCLA ID CAD980637557 (NFRAP). Wartime construction at this yard is the relevant exposure pathway for the hull's 1944 build.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   context_only

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   1940-1945 operations; remediation documentation 1990s-2010s

   Population

   Permanente Metals / Kaiser Richmond construction workforce (1944)

   Limitations

   Yard-level environmental record only - documents the construction site, not materials installed aboard this hull. CERCLA record is NFRAP (site did not qualify for NPL). Establishes no shipboard asbestos, no quantity, and no individual exposure. DTSC page returned HTTP 403 to automated fetch this session; content verified per the same-day sister-batch records (batches 2281, 2287) and public site index.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-randall-apa224-07

9. [9]U.S. EPA, Hunters Point Naval Shipyard Superfund site profile (EPA ID CA1170090087; NPL-listed 1989); repair period aboard this hull per Garza opinion (opinion 2304190) [other_primary]

   Locator

   EPA Superfund site profile CA1170090087 (site history, contaminant summary); Garza opinion Factual Background (Hunters Point repair placement)

   Finding type

   environmental_record

   Finding

   The Garza opinion places USS Randall 'undergoing repairs at Hunters Point shipyard in San Francisco' when the plaintiff reported aboard (ca. 1949). Hunters Point Naval Shipyard operated as a Navy yard 1945-1974 and is an NPL Superfund site (EPA ID CA1170090087, listed 1989; 866 acres; contaminants include metals, PCBs, VOCs, radionuclides, and naturally occurring asbestos in soil). The documented repair availability at this yard is the relevant disturbance context for the boiler-room insulation work testified to aboard the ship.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   context_only

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   ca. 1949 (repair period); 1989-present (NPL remediation)

   Population

   Hunters Point yard workers and ship's crew during the repair availability (ca. 1949)

   Limitations

   Yard-level environmental record and one repair-period placement from the opinion - no shipyard work order, overhaul scope, or industrial-hygiene record for this hull's Hunters Point period was located. The EPA profile documents site contamination (including naturally occurring soil asbestos), not shipyard-era shipboard materials; establishes nothing about materials aboard this hull.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-randall-apa224-08

10. [10]NavSource Online, Amphibious Photo Archive - USS Randall (APA-224) page (call sign NPRK; specifications; awards/campaign ribbon table incl. Navy Occupation Service medal periods; commanding officers; photo catalog incl. BuShips photo 19-NN-APA-224-151849, NARA identifier 7575068) [other_primary]

    Locator

    Specifications block; awards/campaign ribbon table; disposition lines; commanding-officer table

    Finding type

    vessel_history

    Finding

    NavSource compiles: laid down 1944-09-15 as MC type VC2-S-AP5 (MCV hull 572) at Permanente Metals Corp., Yard No. 2, Richmond; launched 1944-11-15; commissioned 1944-12-16, CAPT. Harold R. Stevens; Asiatic-Pacific Theater assignment TransRon 23 / TransDiv 69 (flagship); Navy Occupation Service periods Asia 1945-09-02 to 10-11 and Europe 1951-03-15 to 06-27 and 1954-05-19 to 09-20; China Service Medal (extended) 1945-09-02 to 10-11; decommissioned 1956-04-06 at Orange, TX, Atlantic Reserve Fleet Texas Group; NDRF Mobile entry 1960-02-19; permanent MARAD custody 1960-06-30; stricken 1960-07-01; sold for scrapping 1971-10-28 to Union Minerals & Alloys Corp. (PD-X-918), one of a nine-hull sale for $467,100; withdrawn 1972-01-17. Specifications: 6,873 t lt / 14,837 t fl; 455' x 62'; draft 24' (lim); 17.7 kt trial; complement 56 officers / 593 enlisted; troop accommodations 87 officers / 1,475 enlisted; one 5-in/38, one quad + four twin 40mm, ten single 20mm; two LCM, two LCPL (one covered captain's gig), two LCPR, eighteen LCVP; cargo 2,900 DWT / 150,000 cu ft non-refrigerated; fuel NSFO 7,780 bbl + diesel 970 bbl; one Westinghouse geared turbine, double Westinghouse main reduction gear, two Babcock & Wilcox header-type boilers 465 psi 765 deg, three 300 kW 120/240 V DC generators, single propeller 8,500 shp. CO list includes CAPT Stevens (1944-12-16 to 1945-07-24), CAPT Eugene P. Sherman (to 1947-09-27), CAPT Cecil L. Blackwell (to 1949), CAPT Charles B. Brooks Jr. (1951-07 to 1952-05), CAPT Nickolas J. Frank Jr., CAPT Robert A. Theobald Jr. (1954-08 to 1955-08), CAPT Henry D. Sturr (1955-08 to 1955-12-24), CAPT Christopher Brackstone (to 1956-04-06 decommissioning).

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    supporting

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-25

    Study period

    1944-1972

    Limitations

    Volunteer-compiled secondary archive, not a primary document; carried because its specifications reconcile with DANFS published figures and its disposition data reproduces the MARAD cards. Defects on this page carried to the correction row (ev-11): PD-X-918 date rendered '20 July 1971' vs the MA-20 card's 9-20-71 advertisement date; complement breakdown (56/593) conflicts with DANFS 536 total; draft 24' (lim) vs DANFS 28'1". No asbestos content.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-randall-apa224-09

11. [11]United States Navy Memorial, Navy Log entry - SALES, Soupy (Milton Supman), S1, USN 1944-1946, significant duty station USS RANDALL APA-224, South Pacific [museum_official]

    Locator

    Navy Log entry 'SALES-SOUPY' - rate S1, service 00/1944-00/1946, duty station line, awards

    Finding type

    vessel_history

    Finding

    A documented wartime crew member: Milton Supman (later the comedian Soupy Sales) served aboard USS Randall (APA-224) in the Pacific as Seaman 1st Class (USN 1944-1946), with Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and WWII Victory Medal recorded in the memorial log.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    context

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-25

    Study period

    1944-1946

    Limitations

    Memorial registry entry (veteran-contributed listing under the U.S. Navy Memorial's Navy Log) - identity-level detail only; dates are year precision. Contains no asbestos, work-duty, or material information; supports no asbestos claim.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-randall-apa224-10

12. [12]MARAD MA-20/MA-383 status cards (Detail 4051) and DANFS transcription vs. NavSource APA-224 page and Wikipedia infobox [other_primary]

    Locator

    MA-20 card remarks line; MA-383 card; DANFS ship-data line; NavSource disposition/specification lines; en.wikipedia.org USS Randall (APA-224) infobox

    Finding type

    vessel_history

    Finding

    Corrects secondary-source transcription defects against the primary record. (a) Commissioned date: Wikipedia's infobox reads '12 December 1944'; DANFS and NavSource both record commissioned 1944-12-16 - the DANFS date controls. (b) PD-X-918 date: the MA-20 Record of Ship Sales reads 'Advertised under PD-X-918 dated 9-20-71 opened 10-21-71'; NavSource renders 'PD-X-918 dated 20 July 1971' - the card controls (9-20-71). (c) Complement: DANFS totals 'cpl. 536; trp. 1,562'; NavSource's per-hull block reads 56 officers + 593 enlisted (= 649) for the ship and 87 + 1,475 for troops; Wikipedia reads 56 + 480. DANFS totals are carried; the conflicting breakdowns are noted, not merged. (d) Draft: DANFS 28'1" vs NavSource 24' (lim) - both carried verbatim, not merged. (e) Displacement: DANFS 14,833 vs NavSource 14,837 (full load) - a 4-ton transcription spread; DANFS carried in the record header.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    correction

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-25

    Study period

    1944-1972

    Limitations

    Corrects publication-level figures only. None of these sources contains asbestos content; the corrections do not affect the asbestos record.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-randall-apa224-11

13. [13]Korean War Educator (thekwe.org), memoir of Allen Johnson - 'Boiler Room Explosion Aboard the U.S.S. General G.M. Randall TAP 115' (a different hull) [other_primary]

    Locator

    thekwe.org memoir page, Allen Johnson; vessel identification line 'USS Gen. G.M. Randall TAP 115'

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Name-collision correction: veteran memoir content circulating under 'USS Randall' describes a ca.-fall-1952 boiler explosion at Fort Mason, San Francisco, and subsequent removal of 'asbestos-laden materials' from the boiler room - but the memoir itself identifies the vessel as 'USS Gen. G.M. Randall TAP 115' (USS General G. M. Randall, AP-115/T-AP-115, an Admiral W. S. Benson-class transport). That ship is not APA-224: different hull, different class, still in commissioned service in 1952 (APA-224 was on Atlantic-side training duty). The memoir's asbestos content pertains to T-AP-115, not this hull.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    correction

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-25

    Study period

    ca. 1952 (memoir event); 2004 (memoir update)

    Limitations

    Correction only - the memoir is a firsthand veteran account hosted by a nonprofit veterans' education site; its event is not independently verified here and is not attributed to this hull. Prevents mis-assignment of T-AP-115 exposure narrative to APA-224 in name-swept material.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-randall-apa224-12

14. [14]CourtListener API v4 sweeps, 2026-09-25 (authenticated via fleet helper): q='"USS Randall"' type=o (1 opinion - Garza v. Asbestos Corp., Ltd., qualifying); q='"APA-224"' and q='"APA 224"' type=o (1 opinion each - Aims v. USDEA, 9th Cir. 2022, DEA right-to-try litigation, name collision); q='"attack transport" "Randall" asbestos' type=o (0); q='"General Randall" asbestos' type=o (2 opinions - People v. Ciancio; State of Tennessee v. Fowler - name collisions); q='"USS Randall"' type=r (0 dockets); q='"APA-224" OR "APA 224"' type=r (7 dockets - all Administrative Procedure Act / unrelated-matter collisions: Aims v. USDEA, Arizona Yage Assembly, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Renew Northeast, Genius Group, Nortel Networks, American Home Mortgage) [court_record]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-randall-apa224-04 through sl-uss-randall-apa224-10

    Finding type

    litigation_documented

    Finding

    Qualifying litigation located: exactly one indexed opinion names this hull - Garza v. Asbestos Corp., Ltd. (2008), carried as ev-03/ev-04 (affirmed jury verdict; boiler-room asbestos insulation work aboard ca. 1949-1955). All other hits classify as name collisions (Administrative Procedure Act docket text, unrelated 'Randall' litigants, 'General Randall' references to persons) or as references to the separate hull USS General G. M. Randall (T-AP-115). No qualifying RECAP docket naming the hull was located.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    supporting

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-25

    Study period

    2026-09-25

    Limitations

    Opinion and RECAP indexes under-cover unreported state-court filings, settled MDL-875 claims, and filings that name only 'Randall' without 'USS' or a hull number (a common surname makes bare-name sweeps unusable for coverage). The sweep establishes that no other indexed opinion naming this hull was located - it does not prove no other claim was ever filed. One earlier sweep attempt returned fleet-pacing stand-down guidance; retries within the session succeeded.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-randall-apa224-13

15. [15]Batch-2298 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS (live 404; ibiblio transcription cited); NavSource APA-224; MARAD ShipHistory Detail 4051 + three status-card scans read firsthand; CourtListener opinion and docket sweeps; NVR (no entry expected); Haskell-class profile cross-check; NARA record-group guides; va.gov BVA web index; EPA/DTSC yard records [other_primary]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-randall-apa224-01 through sl-uss-randall-apa224-16

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    No qualifying non-litigation ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, industrial-hygiene file, or government inspection naming the Randall hull was found in the public sources searched. DANFS, the three MARAD status cards and sale record, and the NavSource page contain no asbestos or insulation-material statement. The ship-specific asbestos content that exists (ev-03, ev-04) is litigation testimony at affirmed-judgment level, not a survey or government finding (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 survey/government record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - the litigated record affirmatively describes asbestos-containing cement and insulation debris aboard this hull. The hull was scrapped in 1972 before asbestos documentation practices modernized, so no present-day material condition can exist. Does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility for any individual.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-randall-apa224-14

16. [16]NARA record-group path for this hull: RG 24 deck logs (the 1944-1956 commission falls in the 1942-1961 series held by Textual Reference, College Park); WWII war diaries and action reports (RG 38); BuShips general plans for stricken vessels; RG 178 US Maritime Commission contract files for MCV hull 572 outfitting specifications; NARA still-photo identifier 7575068 (BuShips photo 19-NN-APA-224-151849, 1953-11-10); Library of Congress Veterans History Project, Thomas Wayne McKean Collection (AFC/2001/001/100550 - service units incl. USS Randall APA-224) [other_primary]

    Locator

    NARA RG 24/RG 38/RG 178 guides; NavSource 'Sources for Individual Ship Study' FAQ (deck-log custody 1942-1961); NavSource photo caption citing NARA 7575068; loc.gov item afc2001001.100550

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Archival leads not retrieved (no spend authorized): (a) NARA RG 24 deck logs 1944-12 to 1956-04 - machinery-maintenance and yard-availability entries could document insulation work aboard, including the ca.-1949 Hunters Point repair period and the 1947 New York overhaul/immobilization; (b) RG 38 war diaries/action reports for TransRon 23 / TransDiv 69; (c) BuShips Booklet of General Plans / drawings for APA-224 - stricken-ship plans are held for most hulls stricken from the register; (d) Permanente Metals/Kaiser Richmond contract records under RG 178 (US Maritime Commission) for MC hull 572 outfitting specifications; (e) NARA still picture identifier 7575068 (BuShips photo of the ship, 1953-11-10); (f) LOC Veterans History Project interview of RADM Thomas Wayne McKean listing APA-224 among service units - possible firsthand space/work descriptions.

    Verification

    unverified

    Role

    archival_lead

    Documentation level

    context_only

    Accessed

    2026-09-25

    Study period

    1944-1972 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-randall-apa224-15