Evidence
13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).
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[1]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 3 (NAVSHIPS 250-012, 1945), auxiliaries - transports, attack (APA) section, per-hull rows for SHERBURNE APA-205 (table index no. 222; alphabetical index 'Sherburne (ex-M.C.V. Hull 553)' and 'M.C.V. Hull 553 (now Sherburne)') - shipscribe.com scan of the official BuShips publication [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v3 APA tables: dimensions row, personnel row, machinery row, generators/fuel row, armament/cargo row, construction row (all table index no. 222); alphabetical index
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official BuShips Ships' Data 1945 Vol. 3 carries per-hull rows for SHERBURNE APA-205 (ex-M.C.V. Hull 553): 455'0" overall / 436'6" waterline; beam 62'0"; 17.7 knots; 14,837 tons; machinery 1 Westinghouse geared turbine, 8,500 shp, with 2 C.E. (Combustion Engineering) header-type boilers at 465 psi / 750F; three 300kW 120/240V D.C. turbo-drive ship's service generators; fuel 7,780 bbls NSFO + 970 bbls diesel; accommodations 56 officers + 480 enlisted, troop capacity 87 officers + 1,475 enlisted; armament 1 x 5"/38 cal (D.P.) + 4 twin and 1 quad 40mm; cargo 150,000 cu ft / 2,900 DWT; builder Permanente Metals Corp., Richmond, Calif.; 20 Sept 44 commission/construction entry.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1945
- Limitations
- Authoritative wartime BuShips publication naming this hull - confirms identity, machinery plant, manning, builder, and key dates. Notable: this hull's boilers are C.E. header-type, not the B&W units the generic class profile shows for the lead ship - boiler maker varied by builder within the Haskell class. Contains no materials, insulation, or asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-range-sentinel-agm22-01
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[2]DANFS, 'Sherburne (APA-205)' entry, Naval History and Heritage Command (live NHHC URL returns 404 - verbatim text retrieved via Internet Archive Wayback capture 20250202151658) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry body text + spec block (capture 20250202151658)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC records: laid down 18 May 1944 under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull MCV-553) by Yard Number 2, Permanente Metals Corp., Richmond, Calif.; launched 10 Jul 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Mary Sernach; commissioned 20 Sep 1944, Comdr. Lannis A. Parker. Shakedown San Pedro (completed 20 Oct 1944); training vessel for APA/AP crews at Treasure Island Precommissioning Training Center 24 Oct-22 Dec 1944 (crews of 19 ships); repairs at Bethlehem Steel Co., San Francisco; amphibious training San Diego 14-29 Jan 1945; departed SF 15 Feb, Pearl Harbor 21 Feb; Marshalls/Ulithi/Guam/Saipan troop lifts Mar-Apr; arrived off Okinawa 1 May 1945, completed offloading 4 May under bad weather and air attacks; returned to SF 24 May; Philippines troop runs Jun-Jul (Manila, Cebu, Biak, Zamboanga, Subic Bay); amphibious training at Lucena, Tayabas Bay, Aug 1945; loaded 1st Cavalry and 11th Airborne Division troops at Batangas Bay for Tokyo occupation; entered Tokyo Bay morning of 2 Sep 1945, passing Missouri as the surrender document was read; lifted 41st Infantry Division troops to Hiro Wan via Buckner Bay; accommodation ship at Okinawa 12 Oct-14 Nov 1945 for 1,400+ survivors of typhoon-wrecked vessels; Magic Carpet returns - Seattle 28 Nov 1945, San Francisco 5 Feb 1946. Decommissioned 3 Aug 1946; a decade in reserve in Navy custody; transferred to the Maritime Administration at Suisun Bay, Calif., 9 Sep 1958; struck from the Navy list 1 Oct 1958. Reclassified range tracking vessel AGM-22 on 16 Apr 1969; reacquired from MARAD and reinstated on the Navy list 22 Oct 1969; conversion began at Northwest Marine Ironworks, Portland, Oreg., 28 Oct 1969; renamed Range Sentinel 26 Apr 1971; delivered to MSC and placed in service 21 Oct 1971, Sven Rydberg, master; in service into 1974 as a unit of the MSC Special Projects Fleet, homeported Port Canaveral, Fla. One battle star for WWII service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1944-1974
- Limitations
- Primary Navy historical entry - authoritative for service history, identity changes, and custody chain; covers both the Sherburne and Range Sentinel eras in one entry. 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-range-sentinel-agm22-02
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[3]U.S. Maritime Administration, ShipHistory database - RANGE SENTINEL (T-AGM-22) Ship History Detail 4052 and SHERBURNE (APA-205) Ship History Detail 4547, incl. digitized vessel status cards (USMC Form MC-7146a and MARAD Form MA-383 Reserve Fleet Ship Particulars) [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- ShipHistory Detail 4052 (registry, milestones, status cards tab); Detail 4547 (milestones, status cards tab); card images /cards/35dd4881-...png, /cards/59144877-...jpg, /cards/4547_8387AF.jpg, /cards/6LA_01.png
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD registry records and digitized status cards document the custody chain for this hull: SHERBURNE card (Detail 4547) - entered NDRF Suisun Bay 9 Sep 1958 1300 hrs PDST under Reserve Fleet permanent transfer (reimbursable title; Navy letter 15 Jun 1958 / MARAD reply 20 Jun 1958; Navy to bear retention costs $118/ship/month until FY1960 and FY1959 preservation costs not to exceed $10,000/ship); withdrawn 22 Oct 1969 0815 PDT, reason 'Conversion to a range instrumentation ship by Navy' (title transfer to Department of the Navy at Suisun Bay); card annotated 'Renamed RANGE SENTINEL 10-71 (T-AGM 22)' and '(Converted to Missile Tranker [sic] 10-71)'; hull data MCV-553, VC2-S-AP5, DWT 5,565, gross 7,750, completed 9-18-44 by Permanente Metals Corp., Richmond. RANGE SENTINEL card (Detail 4052) - registry: year built 1944, Permanente Metals, AGM Missile Range Instrumentation Ship, VC2-S-AP5, 455 ft x 62 ft, 7,750 gross, 11,800 t summer displacement; milestones: entry/acquisition James River 19 Sep 2000 ('Title f/disosal. EX APA205'), MARAD accepted title 28 Jul 2001, NHPA historic review cleared 19 Aug 2009, withdrawal 19 Jun 2012 'vessel departed under domestic sale contract'.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1944-2012
- Limitations
- Authoritative for government custody milestones; the status cards carry no asbestos, materials, or condition annotations and the milestone table contains no hazmat information - supports no asbestos claim. 'Completed 9-18-44' on the card is the completion/acceptance date vs the 20 Sep 1944 commissioning date in DANFS - both genuine, different events.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-range-sentinel-agm22-03
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[4]U.S. Maritime Administration, National Register Eligibility Assessment - Vessel: USNS Range Sentinel (T-AGM-22), ex-USS Sherburne (APA-205) (Range_Sentinel_NHPA_History.pdf, dated 6 Aug 2009; determination NOT ELIGIBLE) [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- NHPA assessment PDF, Vessel History / 'USS Sherburne becomes USNS Range Sentinel' / Description-Characteristics / Historical Integrity / National Register Eligibility Statement sections
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official MARAD NHPA Section 106 assessment provides a detailed reviewed history: built at Permanente Metals Corp. Shipyard No. 2, Richmond; launched 10 Jul 1944; commissioned 20 Sep 1944 as USS Sherburne (APA-205), named for Sherburne County, Minnesota; one battle star; decommissioned 3 Aug 1946; to MARAD 9 Sep 1958, Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet. Reacquired by the Navy 22 Oct 1969 for conversion to a Missile Range Instrumentation Ship supporting the Poseidon and later Trident fleet ballistic missile test firing programs; converted by Northwest Marine Ironworks, Portland, Oregon; renamed USNS Range Sentinel 26 Apr 1971, designated T-AGM-22, delivered to MSC October 1971, homeported Port Canaveral. Operating pattern: stationed ~30 miles east of Cape Canaveral within visual range of submerged submarines to observe and photograph SLBM launches; participated in missile test firings until deactivation at Cape Canaveral 9 Jul 1997; struck 3 May 1999; to James River Reserve Fleet, Fort Eustis. Type data: 455 ft x 62 ft x 23 ft, 11,860 t full load, 7,612 GRT, 17.7 kt, 1 Westinghouse steam turbine + 2 Babcock and Wilcox combustion-engineering boilers, 8,500 shp; T-AGM complement 69 civilians + 27 technicians; APA troop capacity 1,562, crew 536. The assessment records that the ship 'retained its basic configuration and its vintage main propulsion plant; however, its auxiliary systems were substantially upgraded or replaced' in the 1969-71 conversion. Range Sentinel was the last of eight ships converted from a Victory-ship hull to serve as a missile range instrumentation ship. Determination: NOT ELIGIBLE for the National Register.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1944-2009
- Limitations
- Official federal review document - high-authority narrative. Contains NO asbestos, insulation-material, or hazardous-materials statement (full text checked); its 'vintage main propulsion plant retained / auxiliary systems substantially upgraded or replaced' language establishes conversion scope, not materials content. The boiler attribution 'Babcock and Wilcox combustion-engineering' conflates two makers - the BuShips per-hull row (ev-01) gives C.E. header-type boilers for APA-205; flagged, not carried as a machinery claim. Supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-range-sentinel-agm22-04
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[5]shipscribe.com U.S. Navy Auxiliary Ships - USNS Range Sentinel (T-AGM 22, VC2-S-AP5) class page (Stephen S. Roberts compilation, 2021), incl. SCB Project No. 731.69 conversion notes [other_primary]
- Locator
- AGM22.html class notes and ship notes; disposition table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- shipscribe records the conversion program mechanics: the Navy informed MARAD 16 Apr 1969 that the FY1969 program included conversion of a VC2-S-AP hull in the NDRF to a range instrumentation ship, with Clearfield (APA-142, James River Fleet) and Sherburne (APA-205, Suisun Bay Fleet) as candidates - final selection to follow the successful contractor's preference; approved characteristics for the T-AGM(FBM) operational test instrumentation ship (SCB Project 731.69) promulgated 25 Apr 1969, final change 16 Apr 1970; on 21 Oct 1969 the Navy reported the contract award to Northwest Marine Iron Works of Portland, Ore., and Sherburne's selection, requesting transfer - title passed to MSTS at Suisun Bay the next day; SECNAV changed classification/name to T-AGM 22 Range Sentinel 26 Apr 1971. Ship as completed carried four identical dish antennas forward of the bridge (observe four SLBM launches simultaneously) plus a log-periodic HF antenna (later removed after MARSAT/INMARSAT). Placed in service 21 Oct 1971, arrived Cape Canaveral 14 Nov 1971; served as Launch Area Support Ship for the Poseidon program, providing communications/telemetry links between the submarine and the Range Operations Control Center at Cape Canaveral Air Station; later a flight-test navigation support ship while Vanguard (T-AG 194) was the submarine nav-system test platform. Out of service 12 Jun 1997; sailed from Port Canaveral second week of Jul 1997 for James River; inactivated 9 Jul 1997; struck 3 May 1999; to MA custody 19 Sep 2000; disposal/title 28 Jul 2001; departed under domestic sale 19 Jun 2012. Vanguard deactivated 1998; Waters (T-AGS 45) replaced both from fall 1999.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1969-2012
- Limitations
- Specialist secondary compilation (Roberts) - detailed and consistent with DANFS/MARAD, but non-official. Internal discrepancy: the construction table gives 'Svc 14 Oct 1971' while the class notes give 'placed in service 21 Oct 1971' - DANFS and NavSource support 21 Oct; adopted. Disposition table gives MA sale/departure '19 Jul 2012' while ship notes and the MARAD milestone give 19 Jun 2012 - MARAD adopted. No asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-range-sentinel-agm22-05
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[6]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive - USNS Range Sentinel (T-AGM-22) ex USS Sherburne (APA-205), file 10/03/03205 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 03205.htm - timeline, campaign/occupation tables, disposal entries, specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline corroborates DANFS/MARAD and adds detail: TransRon Fourteen (COMO D. L. Ryan) / TransDiv Forty-Two (CAPT A. R. Mack) assignments; Asiatic-Pacific campaign - Okinawa Gunto operation, assault and occupation, 1 May-30 Jun 1945; Navy Occupation Service Medal periods 27 Sep-15 Nov 1945 and 14-22 Jan 1946; one battle star; awards incl. Navy Battle 'E' Ribbon and National Defense Service Medal for the T-AGM era. Disposal detail: returned to MARAD 19 Sep 2000 for lay up in the James River Reserve Fleet, Fort Eustis, VA, maintenance category X; permanent title transferred 28 Jul 2001; sold for scrapping 14 Jun 2012 to BB Metals Corp., Sparrows Point, MD; removed 19 Jun 2012. Spec block consistent with SDB: 6,873 t light / 14,837 t full; 455' x 62' x 24'; 17.7 kt; 56 off + 480 enl; troops 87 + 1,475; cargo 150,000 cu ft / 2,900 t; boats 2 LCM + 2 LCPL + 2 LCPR + 18 LCVP; 1x5"/38 DP, 4 twin + 1 quad 40mm, 10x20mm; propulsion one Westinghouse geared turbine, two Combustion Engineering header-type boilers (465 psi, 750F), double Westinghouse main reduction gear, three 300kW turbo-drive generators, 8,500 shp, single propeller.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1944-2012
- Limitations
- Specialist secondary compilation - consistent with NHHC/MARAD except it conflates the 1958 custody transfer and the strike ('Returned to MARAD custody and struck from the Naval Register, 9 September 1958' - DANFS separates transfer 9 Sep from strike 1 Oct 1958; correction row). Contains no asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-range-sentinel-agm22-06
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[7]Cross-source reconciliation: NHHC DANFS (Wayback capture) vs MARAD ShipHistory milestones/status cards vs shipscribe AGM-22 page vs NavSource 03205 vs haskell-class.class.json member row [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS strike paragraph; MARAD Detail 4052 milestones + status card 'WITHDRAWN 10-22-69' block; shipscribe AGM22 construction/disposition tables vs class notes; NavSource 03205 disposal lines; class-f haskell-class.class.json member row APA-205
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Source discrepancies resolved: (a) 1958 strike - DANFS separates transfer to MARAD (9 Sep 1958) from striking the Navy list (1 Oct 1958); NavSource conflates both to 9 Sep; the class-f haskell-class.class.json member row's 'stricken 9.1958' is the MARAD transfer date. DANFS adopted: transferred 9 Sep 1958, stricken 1 Oct 1958. (b) In-service date - shipscribe construction table '14 Oct 1971' vs its own class notes, DANFS, and NavSource '21 Oct 1971'; 21 Oct adopted. (c) 2012 departure - MARAD milestone and NavSource 'removed' 19 Jun 2012 vs shipscribe disposition table '19 Jul 2012'; MARAD 19 Jun adopted (NavSource also gives the sale date 14 Jun 2012 to BB Metals Corp.). (d) Boiler maker - the class profile's generic '2x B&W boilers' does not apply to this hull: the BuShips SDB per-hull row and NavSource spec block give Combustion Engineering header-type boilers (consistent across Permanente-built sisters). (e) 'Completed 9-18-44' on the USMC status card vs commissioned 20 Sep 1944 - different events (completion/acceptance vs commissioning), both retained. (f) MARAD registry gross tonnage 7,750 vs NHPA assessment 7,612 GRT - unresolved, logged in gaps.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1944-2012
- Limitations
- Resolves publication-level discrepancies against primary documents; the 7,750/7,612 GRT difference remains unresolved. None of the compared sources contains asbestos information; this row supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-range-sentinel-agm22-07
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[8]Consolidated era/design inference - BuShips SDB 1945 v3 machinery row for this hull + VC2-S-AP5 type data + MARAD NHPA conversion-scope description [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v3 machinery table row 222; MARAD NHPA assessment 'Historical Integrity' paragraph
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference: this hull carried a single-screw geared-steam plant (one Westinghouse turbine, two Combustion Engineering header-type boilers at 465 psi / 750F superheat) 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 (capacity 1,562) added interior insulation scope. Documented disturbance-phase events for this hull: the 1969-71 Northwest Marine Iron Works conversion (vintage steam plant retained; auxiliary systems substantially upgraded or replaced - MARAD NHPA), the 1958-69 Suisun Bay and 2000-12 James River reserve-fleet lay-ups, and the 2012 breaking at Sparrows Point, MD - each a plausible asbestos disturbance point whose scope is simply undocumented.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1944-2012
- Population
- Construction trades at Permanente Metals Yard No. 2, Richmond (1944); wartime crew and embarked troops; NWMIW conversion yard workers (1969-71); MSC civilian crew and embarked OTSU personnel (1971-97); NDRF caretakers; 2012 breaking-yard workers
- Limitations
- Inference from the documented machinery plant, construction era, and conversion scope - NOT a hull record. No survey, specification, or material schedule naming APA-205/AGM-22 was located; establishes no asbestos content, quantity, location, individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-range-sentinel-agm22-08
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[9]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 mass-produced - and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization in shipbuilding.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- 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-range-sentinel-agm22-09
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[10]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
- 2026-09-20
- 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-range-sentinel-agm22-10
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[11]Federation of American Scientists, 'Navy Ships' project page - T-AGM-22 Range Sentinel (mirroring the Navy fact file; identical text at globalsecurity.org) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- man.fas.org/dod-101/sys/ship/t-agm-22.htm body text
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Navy-derived fact page records the operational tally and crew model: after 52 years of service Range Sentinel was deactivated in a ceremony 9 Jul 1997 at Port Canaveral; during her second period of service (from 1971) 'she supported and tracked 509 Polaris, Poseidon and Trident test missiles launched from both Launch Complex 46 and submarines operating off the Florida coast'; final mission completed 30 May (1997); her crew were civil-service employees under MSC with the captain titled Master, and she carried an Operational Test Support Unit of Navy personnel embarked under the civilian captain.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1971-1997
- Limitations
- Reputable secondary/press-derived source consistent with DANFS and the MARAD assessment; the 509-launch figure is not independently verified against a primary operations record. Contains no asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-range-sentinel-agm22-11
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[12]Batch-725 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS via Wayback; NavSource 03205; MARAD ShipHistory Details 4052 + 4547 incl. digitized status cards; MARAD NHPA assessment (full text); BuShips SDB 1945 v3; shipscribe AGM-22 page; FAS Navy Ships page; CourtListener API (blocked); indexed-web litigation checks; NARA record-group guides; NVR [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-range-sentinel-agm22-01 through sl-uss-range-sentinel-agm22-11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, environmental record, court finding, or docketed asbestos case naming Sherburne, APA-205, Range Sentinel, AGM-22, T-AGM-22, or MCV Hull 553 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The MARAD NHPA assessment - which describes the 1969-71 conversion scope - and the digitized MARAD status cards contain no asbestos or insulation-material statement. Law-firm marketing pages asserting era-typical asbestos content for this hull exist (asbestos-ships.com 'USS Sherburne (APA-205)' page; Simmons Hanly Conroy Navy-ships list; mesothelioma.com Oregon exposure-sites list naming 'USNS Range Sentinel (T-AGM 22)') - excluded as sources per the no-law-firm-sources rule and logged in the batch report.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 2026-09-20
- 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 1969-71 conversion, two reserve-fleet lay-ups, and 2012 breaking are undocumented disturbance phases. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility. Systematic CourtListener name/hull sweeps remain unrun (rate-limit block).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-range-sentinel-agm22-12
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[13]NARA Guide to Federal Records: RG 24 (Bureau of Naval Personnel - Navy deck logs), RG 19 (Bureau of Ships - incl. SCB project files), RG 178 (U.S. Maritime Commission), RG 357 (Maritime Administration); plus MSC history-office records and the MARAD 2012 domestic sale contract file [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 - require research-room or reproduction order; no spend authorized): Navy deck logs for USS Sherburne 1944-1946 (RG 24, NARA College Park); BuShips records incl. VC2-S-AP5 contract plans/Booklets of General Plans and the SCB Project 731.69 conversion file (RG 19); USMC construction-contract records for MCV Hull 553 at Permanente Metals Yard No. 2 (RG 178); MARAD/NDRF custody files covering the 1958-69 Suisun Bay and 2000-12 James River lay-ups (RG 357); the Northwest Marine Iron Works 1969-71 conversion contract and work specifications (likely RG 19/MSC records) - the single most likely source for insulation-scope documentation on this hull; MSC history files for the T-AGM era; and the MARAD domestic-sale contract file for the 2012 BB Metals sale, which would carry the hazmat/disclosure terms.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1944-2012 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-range-sentinel-agm22-13