Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]Naval Vessel Register (NAVSEA/NAVSHIPSO), ship detail for T-AK 3010 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR ship detail page, Vessel Status / Milestone Dates / Physical Characteristics tables (Wayback capture 2024-06-24; live page at nvr.navy.mil returned an empty detail record on 2026-09-21, consistent with post-retirement removal)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Naval Vessel Register record for USNS 1ST LT BALDOMERO LOPEZ (T-AK 3010): Cargo Ship, class AK 3008, UIC 21512; status 'Military Sealift Command (MSC), in service, contract operated' (status changed 01/17/2006); U.S. Pacific Fleet, Strategic Sealift Force, custodian Military Sealift Command; Delivery Date 11/20/1985, InService Date 11/20/1985; steel hull and superstructure; 674 ft overall; full displacement 46,111 tons; propulsion type Diesel Electric, 1 propeller; accommodations 8 officers, 25 enlisted; record last updated 06/13/2022.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-21
- Study period
- 1985-2022
- Limitations
- Authoritative for register status, milestones, and characteristics as of the 2022 update. NVR records no keel/launch dates for this hull and no stricken date at capture; contains no asbestos or materials information and supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-mv-1st-lt-baldomero-lopez-ak3010-01
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[2]NavSource Online Service Ship Photo Archive, USNS 1st LT. Baldomero Lopez (T-AK-3010) page; hazegray.org 'The MPS Program at Quincy Shipbuilding' construction list (Quincy hull 63, delivered 20 November 1985); NavalCoverMuseum designation history (keel March 1984, launch October 1985) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 09/13/133010 (construction/charter chronology); https://web.archive.org/web/20231209045507/https://www.hazegray.org/shipbuilding/quincy/mps/ (hull 63 entry); https://www.navalcovermuseum.org/wiki/FIRST_LT_BALDOMERO_LOPEZ_T-AK_3010
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The hull was built by General Dynamics Quincy Shipbuilding Division (Fore River Shipyard), Quincy, Massachusetts - Quincy hull 63 - laid down March 1984, launched October 1985, delivered 20 November 1985. It was the third of five purpose-built Maritime Prepositioning Ships (AK-3008 through AK-3012) constructed at Quincy; the ships were owned and operated by General Dynamics' American Overseas Marine (AMSEA) subsidiary under a 25-year Navy charter - the Navy paid an annual charter fee rather than construction or maintenance costs. MPS construction was the yard's last program; Quincy Shipbuilding ceased operations in 1987 after delivery of the fifth ship.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-21
- Study period
- 1984-1987
- Population
- General Dynamics Quincy construction workforce (1984-1985)
- Limitations
- Established ship-history archives and shipbuilding lists, not primary contract documents - laid-down/launch dates carry month precision only and the November 20, 1985 delivery date is corroborated by the NVR record (ev-01). Sources establish construction and ownership facts only; none contains asbestos or materials information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-mv-1st-lt-baldomero-lopez-ak3010-02
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[3]Military Sealift Command Ship Inventory page for USNS 1ST LT BALDOMERO LOPEZ (T-AK 3010) (Wayback captures 2006-2020); Naval Vessel Register status record (ev-01); NavSource service chronology [other_primary]
- Locator
- MSC inventory capture 2009-07-15 (last modified 2006-10-24): type, squadron, government-owned status, 29 contract mariners
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Service record under MSC: acquired by the Navy under long-term charter 20 November 1985 and placed in service under Military Sealift Command direction as MV 1st Lt. Baldomero Lopez (AK-3010), operated by American Overseas Marine Corporation; purchased by MSC on 17 January 2006 and redesignated USNS 1st Lt. Baldomero Lopez (T-AK-3010). The 2006 MSC ship inventory lists her as a Container & Roll-on/Roll-off Ship of the Prepositioning Program assigned to Maritime Prepositioning Ship Squadron Two under MSC Far East, operating out of Diego Garcia, crewed by 29 contract mariners.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-21
- Study period
- 1985-2006
- Population
- Contract mariners (CIVMAR), 1985-2025
- Limitations
- MSC inventory figures reflect 2006-era configuration (29 contract mariners) and differ from NVR accommodations (8 officers + 25 enlisted) and NavSource (7 officers, 30 crew + 25 civilian maintenance) - figures carried separately. Squadron assignment is per MSC; navysite.de states MPSRON-3 (discrepancy logged in gaps). No asbestos information in these sources.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-mv-1st-lt-baldomero-lopez-ak3010-03
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[4]DVIDS image 8409297 (U.S. Navy photo by MC1 Kelby Sanders, 2024-05-01); Navy Times 2024-03-20 deployment report; Seapower Magazine 2024-03-20; American Maritime Officers 'Benavidez, Stockham and Lopez Return Home From Successful Gaza Mission'; NARA photo NAID 6466354 (via NavSource) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- DVIDS image 8409297 caption; https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2024/03/20/navy-sending-sailors-and-ships-to-help-build-gaza-aid-pier/ ; https://seapowermagazine.org/navy-to-send-beach-group-sealift-ships-to-support-gaza-relief/ ; https://www.amo-union.org/benavidez-stockham-and-lopez-return-home-from-successful-gaza-mission/
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Operations: the ship discharged cargo during Operation Desert Shield (Navy photo of Seabees and Marines unloading, 1 August 1990; NARA identifier NAID 6466354). In 2024 she deployed to the eastern Mediterranean for the Gaza humanitarian-aid mission (Operation Neptune Solace): DVIDS imagery shows Army 7th Transportation Brigade and Navy Amphibious Construction Battalion 1 personnel embarked aboard USNS 1st Lt. Baldomero Lopez securing the Roll-On/Roll-Off Discharge Facility floating pier off Gaza, 1 May 2024; Navy Times and Seapower reported the March 2024 deployment of Lopez, USNS 2nd Lt. John P. Bobo, and MV Roy P. Benavidez carrying JLOTS components; American Maritime Officers reports the crew returned to Jacksonville, FL 21-22 August 2024 after 112-120 days on mission and received MSC and Crowley commendations.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-21
- Study period
- 1990; 2024
- Population
- CIVMAR crew; embarked Navy/Army personnel (2024 Gaza mission)
- Limitations
- Operational history only - documents deployment tempo and mission profile, contains no asbestos or materials information. Desert Shield participation rests on an official Navy photo caption via NARA identifier.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-mv-1st-lt-baldomero-lopez-ak3010-04
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[5]Military Sealift Command, 'Ship in the Spotlight: USNS 1st LT Baldomero Lopez' (official MSC news feature); American Maritime Officers, 'Photos: The Sunset Voyage of the USNS Lopez' (2025-09-08) [other_primary]
- Locator
- MSC news article 4288075; https://www.amo-union.org/photos-the-sunset-voyage-of-the-usns-lopez/
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Retirement: Military Sealift Command's 'Ship in the Spotlight' feature (VIRIN 250827-N-IS698-0001, published ~27 August 2025) announced USNS 1st LT Baldomero Lopez 'is retiring from naval service' after nearly 40 years, noting her final mission was emergency service in Gaza at the request of the President in 2024. American Maritime Officers reported (8 September 2025) that the vessel 'was decommissioned in Norfolk' in August 2025 with AMO members shepherding her to her final berth.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-21
- Study period
- 2025
- Limitations
- Establishes retirement/inactivation timing and location. 'Decommissioned' is AMO's wording - USNS vessels are not commissioned; the formal term is out-of-service/inactivation, and no NVR stricken date was located. A LinkedIn post reporting tow to James River Reserve Fleet lay-up is unverified (see gaps). No asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-mv-1st-lt-baldomero-lopez-ak3010-05
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[6]U.S. General Accounting Office, 'Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure,' GAO/HRD-80-2 (October 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO HRD-80-2, Navy response letter: 1973 insulation-spec change, October 1975 elimination policy, 'as late as May 1978' deliveries
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO HRD-80-2 documents the Navy's asbestos phase-out timeline relevant to this hull's construction era: product specifications for thermal insulation were changed in 1973 to specify asbestos-free materials; the Navy's policy to eliminate asbestos where substitutes were designated issued October 1975; because asbestos materials had already been purchased and in some cases installed, 'some ships were delivered with asbestos insulation as late as May 1978.' This hull was laid down in March 1984 and delivered 20 November 1985 - roughly six years after the documented asbestos-insulation delivery window closed.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-21
- Study period
- 1973-1979 documented; applied to 1984-85 construction context
- Population
- Navy shipbuilding/repair workforce (era context)
- Limitations
- Program/era-level policy documentation; does not name this hull and does not survey her materials. The 'May 1978' figure bounds asbestos-insulated DELIVERIES - it does not certify post-1978 hulls asbestos-free in all applications (gaskets, packing, brake linings, non-thermal uses persisted). Reading it as proof of absence would be an inference beyond the source.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-mv-1st-lt-baldomero-lopez-ak3010-06
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[7]Naval Vessel Register physical characteristics (propulsion type, propeller count); NavSource specifications (engine make/rating) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR Physical Characteristics table; NavSource specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NVR records the propulsion type as 'Diesel Electric' with one propeller (two Stork-Werkspoor medium-speed diesels, ~26,400 bhp, single shaft per NavSource) - the hull has no boilers and no steam distribution plant. The insulation-intensive steam plant (boilers, steam drums, and high-temperature piping lagging) that concentrated asbestos exposure aboard steam-era auxiliaries is absent by design on this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-21
- Study period
- 1985-2025
- Population
- Engine-room crew (context)
- Limitations
- The propulsion record is ship-specific fact; the asbestos significance is inference - diesel-electric plants still used gaskets, packing, exhaust insulation, and brake linings in the 1980s, and no materials survey documents this hull's actual content. This row establishes plant architecture, not asbestos absence.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-mv-1st-lt-baldomero-lopez-ak3010-07
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[8]Batch-923 search ledger (this record): NVR, MSC official, NavSource, hazegray, MARAD vessel history index, DVIDS, GAO HRD-80-2, CourtListener API/UI (blocked), general web litigation-name search [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-mv-1st-lt-baldomero-lopez-ak3010-01 through -11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, MARAD status-card materials note, or docketed case naming this hull was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). General web searches for the ship name plus asbestos/lawsuit terms returned only law-firm marketing listicles naming the hull in generic Navy-ship lists - banned sources under batch rules, not carried as evidence. CourtListener checks were attempted but blocked (authenticated API returned HTTP 429 - daily quota exhausted; web UI returned HTTP 403) - the litigation surface is therefore incompletely searched.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-21
- Study period
- 2026-09-21
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - residual 1980s applications (gaskets, packing, brake linings, deck coverings) cannot be excluded without a hull survey. The CourtListener block leaves the litigation surface incompletely searched; treat 'no docketed case found' as 'not yet searched to completion' rather than confirmed absence.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-mv-1st-lt-baldomero-lopez-ak3010-08
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[9]MARAD Vessel History Database (vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov) - search endpoint confirmed entry id 6520; detail page returned site error at retrieval [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- SearchCharacteristics JSON: {"name":"1ST LT BALDOMERO LOPEZ (T-AK 3010) (1985)","id":6520}; Detail/6520 -> 302 to /Home/Error (also erroring in May 2025 Wayback crawl)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - no spend authorized): (a) MARAD Vessel History Database entry exists for this hull - '1ST LT BALDOMERO LOPEZ (T-AK 3010) (1985)', detail ID 6520, confirmed via the database's own search endpoint - but the detail page (milestones, digitized status cards) errored site-wide at retrieval time and the status card was not reviewed; status cards can carry custody and disposal notes. (b) The AMSEA 25-year charter and 2006 purchase files are contract-level records held by MSC/MARAD; (c) General Dynamics Quincy construction records for hull 63 may survive in yard archival collections (the Fore River/Quincy yard closed 1987).
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-21
- Study period
- 1985-2025 records
- Limitations
- Index-level confirmation only - the status card contents are unreviewed and their coverage (custody milestones, disposal, possible materials notes) is unknown until the detail page is retrievable. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-mv-1st-lt-baldomero-lopez-ak3010-09