Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]research packet u-packet.md (7 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED. No phantom, no collision. — real identity: USS Telfair (APA-210); namesake: Telfair County, southern central Georgia [DANFS mirror] http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/dafs/APA/apa210.html (MIRROR-SOURCED)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-telfair-apa210-pkt-u-packet-md
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[2]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 3 (NAVSHIPS 250-012, 1945), auxiliaries - attack transports (APA) section, per-hull rows for TELFAIR APA-210 (shipscribe.com scan of the official BuShips publication) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v3 APA tables (scanned PDF pp. 288-293: dimensions, personnel, machinery, cargo, construction rows for APA-210)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official BuShips Ships' Data 1945 Vol. 3 carries per-hull rows for TELFAIR APA-210 (M.C.V. Hull 558): 455'0" overall / 436'6" pp; beam 62'0"; 24'0" limiting draft; 17.7 knots; 14,837 tons; machinery 1 Westinghouse geared turbine, 8,500 shp, with 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers at 465 psi / 750 deg F; authorized complement 55 officers + 477 enlisted; troop capacity 87 officers + 1,475 enlisted; cargo 2,900 DWT; commissioned 31 Oct 1944.
- 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, manning, troop capacity, and commissioning. OCR of the scanned table is columnar and partially garbled; values cross-verified against DANFS and NavSource. Contains no materials, insulation, or asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-telfair-apa210-01
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[3]DANFS, 'Telfair (APA-210)' entry, Naval History and Heritage Command (live NHHC URL returns 404 - verbatim text retrieved via Internet Archive Wayback capture 20150708132735) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry body text + spec block (Wayback capture 20150708132735)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC records: named for Telfair County, Ga. (itself named for Edward Telfair, second governor of Georgia); laid down under Maritime Commission contract (MCV hull 558) on 30 May 1944 at Richmond, Calif., by Permanente Metals Corp.; launched 30 Aug 1944, sponsored by Mrs. J. L. Cauthorn; commissioned at San Francisco 31 Oct 1944, Comdr. Lyle O. Armel, USNR. WWII: sailed west 2 Jan 1945; Pearl Harbor 8 Jan; 111th Infantry elements to Palaus (Peleliu 30 Jan-6 Feb); Leyte 9 Feb; embarked 77th Division elements mid-Mar; sortied with TG 51.1 Western Islands Attack Group - Kerama Retto assault/occupation 25 Mar-2 Apr; evening 2 Apr kamikaze attack (10+ planes; with Goodhue APA-107 attacked by 3 planes in succession; one ricocheted between Telfair's kingposts into her bulwark, then over the side); off Okinawa to 26 Apr; Ulithi 30 Apr-22 May battle-damage repairs; Seattle 13 Jun repairs; Saipan 13 Jul (Army hospital units); San Francisco 31 Jul; at sea when war ended; Philippines shuttle (Manila 1-13 Oct); occupation troops to Hiro Wan and Kure 20 Oct; Magic Carpet from end Oct (Samar 2 Nov; Portland, Oreg. late Nov); Philippines Jan-Mar 1946; Stockton 8 Apr for inactivation overhaul; inactive 20 Jul 1946 Stockton Group PRF. Korea: ordered activated 7 Aug 1950; recommissioned 12 Sep 1950, Capt. John Andrews, Jr. Three WestPac deployments Oct 1950-Jul 1951 (Yokosuka/Kobe/Sasebo to Inchon/Chinnampo), 26 Jan-24 May 1952, 30 Oct 1952-20 Apr 1953 (Japan, Manila, Subic, Hong Kong, Pusan, Inchon, Koje Do, Sokcho Ri). Aug 1953-Feb 1958: three more WestPac deployments incl. Operation Passage to Freedom Aug 1954 (Haiphong to Saigon). Decommissioned 29 Feb 1958, laid up NDRF; transferred to Maritime Administration and stricken 1 Jul 1960; reacquired 24 Aug 1961; reinstated 1 Sep; recommissioned 22 Nov 1961, Capt. E. M. Higgins. Amphibious Force Atlantic Fleet: Panama Canal 1 Feb 1962; Norfolk homeport 6 Feb; 6th Fleet Med cruises + 2d Fleet western-Atlantic ops; Greek waters Apr 1967 during junta takeover; Camp Lejeune exercises; USNA midshipman cruises. Decommissioned third/final time 31 Oct 1968 at NAB Little Creek; stricken 1 Nov 1968; transferred to MARAD 26 Jun 1969 for simultaneous transfer to purchaser Boston Metals Co., Baltimore, Md., which subsequently scrapped the ship. One battle star WWII; three battle stars Korea.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1969
- Limitations
- Primary Navy historical entry - authoritative for service history, custody chain, and disposal. 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. DANFS records 'inactive 20 Jul 1946' without the decommissioning date (NavSource supplies 1 Aug 1946); DANFS is silent on the LPA-210 redesignation claimed by secondary sources.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-telfair-apa210-02
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[4]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive - USS Telfair (LPA-210) ex USS Telfair (APA-210), file 10/03/03210 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 03210.htm - specifications block, campaign/award tables, commanding-officer table, disposal entries
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline corroborates DANFS and adds detail: TransRon Seventeen (COMO T. B. Brittan USN) / TransDiv Fifty-One (CAPT. J. L. Allen USNR); campaign credits - Okinawa Gunto operation 25 Mar-26 Apr 1945; Korean campaigns First UN Counter Offensive (9 Feb-6 Mar 1951), Communist China Spring Offensive (29 Apr-1 May 1951), Third Korean Winter (2-22 Jan, 13-15 Feb, 14-19 Mar 1953); Navy Occupation Service Medal 19-27 Oct 1945; China Service Medal (extended) 29 Mar-6 Apr 1951; awards incl. Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, Okinawa 2 Apr 1945). Decommissioned 1 Aug 1946; laid up Pacific Reserve Fleet, Stockton Group. Decommissioned 29 Feb 1958; temporary MARAD custody for NDRF lay-up; permanent MARAD custody 30 Jun 1960; struck 1 Jul 1960; reacquired 24 Aug 1961; reinstated 1 Sep 1961; recommissioned 22 Nov 1961, Capt. E. M. Higgins. Decommissioned 31 Oct 1968 at NAB Little Creek and 'subsequently removed to Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, VA.'; struck 1 Nov 1968; 'Designation changed to Amphibious Transport (LPA-210), 1 November 1968'; custody transferred 26 Jun 1969 at Norfolk Naval Shipyard to MARAD for disposal; sold for scrapping 26 Jun 1969 to Boston Metals of Baltimore (PD-X-833 dated 3 Jun 1969) for $103,600.66. Spec block consistent with SDB/DANFS: 6,873 t lt / 14,837 t fl; 455' x 62'; 17.7 kt trial; complement 55 off + 477 enl; troops 87 + 1,475; 2,900 DWT; boats 2 LCM + 1 open LCPL + 1 covered LCPL + 2 LCPR + 18 LCVP; armament 1x5"/38 DP + 4 twin 40mm + 1 quad 40mm + 10x20mm; propulsion 1 Westinghouse geared turbine, 2 B&W header-type boilers 465psi/750F, double Westinghouse main reduction gears, 3x300kW turbo-drive generators, single screw, 8,500 shp.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1969
- Limitations
- Specialist secondary compilation - detailed but non-official; consistent with NHHC and MARAD. The LPA-210 redesignation entry (dated 1 Nov 1968, the same day as striking, when the fleet-wide APA-to-LPA change is generally recorded as a later administrative action) is carried only as a secondary-source claim - see gaps; DANFS does not mention it. Contains no asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-telfair-apa210-03
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[5]U.S. Maritime Administration, ShipHistory database - TELFAIR (APA-210), Ship History Detail 4776, incl. two scanned vessel status cards (Form MA-383 Reserve Fleet particulars card; Form MA-20 Record of Ship Sales card) [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- ShipHistory Detail 4776 registry block + milestone table; status-card images https://vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/cards/4776_AF.jpg (MA-20 sale card) and https://vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/cards/4776_8809AF.jpg (MA-383 particulars card)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD ShipHistory registry record for this hull: Year Built 1944; Shipyard 'Permanente Metals Corporation'; MARAD Type VC2-S-AP5; length 455.00 ft; beam 62.00 ft; 7,612 gross tons; fate 'Sold - Scrap'; milestones - Entry/Acquisition 4/15/1960, Disposition/Withdrawal 9/5/1961 ('CUST 1960 NDRF 1960'). The scanned Reserve Fleet - Ship Particulars card (MA-383) records: fleet Suisun Bay; category 'Mil. Aux. Transport, Attack'; builder Permanente, date built 1944, hull no. MCV-558; service prior to lay-up Navy; temp. custody/reimbursable with MARAD title 6-30-60; entered 15 Apr 1960 1400 hrs PST; withdrawn 5 Sep 1961 1120 hrs PDST; reason 'Navy - Perm. Transfer - Berlin Crisis'; 'Navy preservation - see Navy letter Jan. 11, 1960, Marad reply Jan. 20, 1960'; minor mooring damage noted. The Record of Ship Sales card (MA-20) records: awarded to The Boston Metals Company, date 6-26-69, purchase price $103,600.66; contract no. MA-4787; location of vessel Portsmouth, Va.; 'Built for MA by Permanente Metals Corp., Richmond, Calif.'; remarks 'Advertised 6-3-69 under PD-X-833, opened 6-24-69, scrap hull US 24 months.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1960-1969
- Limitations
- Authoritative MARAD registry plus two scanned status cards (handwritten/stamped entries read directly from the card images). Registry 'General Type: Training (School)' / 'Specific Type: Training Ship' is a database artifact inconsistent with the hull's documented attack-transport service - noted, not carried. Neither card carries any asbestos, hazardous-materials, or condition-survey notation; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-telfair-apa210-04
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[6]Consolidated era/design inference - BuShips SDB 1945 v3 machinery row for this hull + VC2-S-AP5 type data (MARAD registry; NavSource spec block) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v3 machinery table, APA section (TELFAIR row); NavSource spec block
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference: this hull carried a single-screw geared-steam plant (one Westinghouse turbine, two Babcock & Wilcox header-type boilers at 465 psi / 750 deg F) built at the peak of WWII asbestos usage at a Maritime Commission contract yard (Permanente Metals/Kaiser Richmond No. 2) - the machinery configuration for which boiler and fireroom insulation, main and auxiliary steam-line lagging, turbo-generator 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 whose asbestos scope is inference: 1945 kamikaze battle-damage repairs (Ulithi 30 Apr-22 May; Seattle from 13 Jun); 1946 inactivation overhaul at Stockton; 1950 and 1961 reactivations from reserve; 1960-61 Suisun Bay NDRF lay-up under Navy preservation program; and the 1969 scrapping at Baltimore (Boston Metals, under PD-X-833).
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1969
- Population
- Construction trades at Permanente Metals/Kaiser Richmond No. 2 (1944); wartime crew and embarked troops; repair workforces Ulithi/Seattle 1945, Stockton 1946; reactivation workforces 1950 and 1961; NDRF Suisun Bay caretakers 1960-61; 1969 breaking-yard workers at Baltimore
- Limitations
- Inference from the documented machinery plant and construction era - NOT a hull record. No survey, specification, or material schedule naming APA-210 was located; establishes no asbestos content, quantity, location, individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-telfair-apa210-05
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[7]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 (whether Permanente Metals Richmond was among the surveyed contract yards is unverified) 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-telfair-apa210-06
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[8]Corn, Jacqueline Karnell, and Jennifer Starr, 'Historical perspective on asbestos: Policies and protective measures in World War II shipbuilding,' American Journal of Industrial Medicine 11(3):359-373 (1987) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Abstract and article, AJIM 11(3):359-373
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Peer-reviewed historical study documents that asbestos was used extensively as a fireproofing and insulating material in U.S. shipbuilding during WWII - the era and Maritime Commission 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
- 2026-09-25
- 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-telfair-apa210-07
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[9]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2 (full text blocked to automated fetch, HTTP 403; content via product-page description)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented the Navy's asbestos-protection program: standing policy (1975) removed asbestos insulation only when damaged or required for repairs, modified 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas - the regulatory frame for insulation remaining in place on era-built hulls unless a yard period disturbed it. For this hull the frame matters mainly for her final commission (1961-1968) and disposal phases.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation, not ship- or class-specific; postdates most of this hull's service (scrapped 1969). Does not establish asbestos presence aboard this hull. gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches - content via product-page description (standing limitation, cf. BATCH-01).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-telfair-apa210-08
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[10]Batch-2283 search ledger (this record): CourtListener API v4 authenticated sweeps - "Telfair" opinion search (1,376 results, all surname collisions: Telfair v. State, In re Telfair, Telfair v. Tandy et al.); "Telfair" asbestos opinions 6, all collisions (judge/attorney/street names); "USS Telfair" opinions 0, dockets 0; "APA-210" opinions 0, dockets 16 (all PACER token collisions in unrelated litigation) [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-telfair-apa210-06 through sl-uss-telfair-apa210-14
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation located naming this hull. CourtListener sweeps: "Telfair" returns 1,376 opinions, all surname name-collisions (e.g., Telfair v. State Fla. 1D17-3473; In re Telfair 745 F. Supp. 2d 536; Telfair v. Tandy 797 F. Supp. 2d 508) - none naming USS Telfair, APA-210, or any vessel; "Telfair" asbestos returns 6 opinions, all collisions (judge/attorney/street names in unrelated cases, incl. asbestos-defendant case Purvis v. PPG Industries where 'Telfair' is a judge's name); exact-phrase "USS Telfair" returned zero opinions and zero RECAP dockets; "APA-210" returned zero opinions and 16 dockets, all PACER token collisions (page-ID/document fragments in opioid MDL, bankruptcy, immigration litigation) with no vessel content. No asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, court finding, or docketed asbestos case naming USS Telfair / APA-210 / LPA-210 / MCV hull 558 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The two MARAD status-card scans for this hull carry no asbestos or hazardous-materials notation. Law-firm marketing pages (asbestos-ships.com dedicated hull page) assert era-typical asbestos content for this hull without primary support - excluded as a source per the no-law-firm-sources rule and logged in the batch report.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 2026-09-25
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1944 VC2-S-AP5 geared-steam auxiliary is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials, and her battle-damage repairs, reserve-fleet lay-ups, reactivations, and 1969 breaking are undocumented disturbance phases. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility. RECAP/opinion indexes under-cover filings that name hulls only in exhibits or that omit hull numbers; county-named ships ('Telfair') sweep against a common surname and absorb noise.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-telfair-apa210-09
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[11]NARA Navy deck logs digitization program (Blue Water Navy / VA scanning project) - digitized Telfair (APA-210) deck-log file units exist in the National Archives Catalog (e.g., 'Telfair (APA-210) - September 1963,' Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations, NARA College Park, per DPLA aggregation); RG 19 BuShips records; RG 178 USMC (MCV hull 558); RG 357 MARAD/NDRF custody files [other_primary]
- Locator
- https://www.archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy-online ; DPLA item 4d9673bdd9da2da8e593c90035e5a1af (Telfair APA-210 Sept 1963 deck log file unit); https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/019.html /178.html /357.html; http://usstelfair.org/
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - no spend authorized): Navy deck logs for USS Telfair - post-1956 logs are digitized in the National Archives Catalog under the Blue Water Navy project (September 1963 file unit confirmed via DPLA aggregation of the NARA catalog); WWII logs (1944-46) are paper records at NARA College Park. BuShips records incl. VC2-S-AP5 design data and the Booklet of General Plans for this design (RG 19); USMC construction-contract records for MCV hull 558 at Permanente Metals (RG 178); MARAD/NDRF custody files covering the 1960-61 Suisun Bay lay-up, the Navy preservation correspondence (Navy letter 11 Jan 1960, MARAD reply 20 Jan 1960 - cited on the MA-383 card), and the 1969 PD-X-833 / MA-4787 sale file (the most promising disposal-era hazmat lead) (RG 357). The veterans' association site usstelfair.org holds a crew roster, cruise books, and ship's-bell provenance notes - non-official, lead only.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1969 records
- Limitations
- Record-group mapping plus confirmed existence of digitized post-1956 deck logs; no box-level retrieval performed - existence of asbestos-specific documents for this hull is unknown until surveyed. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-telfair-apa210-10