Evidence
14 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-14).
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[1]U.S. Maritime Administration, Vessel History Database - PFC WILLIAM B. BAUGH (AK-3001), Ship History Detail 10287, incl. digitized vessel status cards (Forms MA-199 and MA-169) [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Detail 10287 characteristics block; status card images 5NE_01.png (MA-199), 3ca78579 (MA-169 face), 0bd8e640 (MA-169 reverse)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD record and status cards document: built 1979 by Odense Staalskibsvaerft A/S, Lindo, Denmark (builder's hull no. 73); launched 12/10/78, delivered 4/20/79 to A. P. Moller; ex-ELEO MAERSK; U.S. flag; U.S. Official No. 674,269; MARAD vessel no. 5006945; IMO L7702023; steel partial containership/RO-RO ('Pt. Container', design T-AKX); single screw, diesel, 16,800 shp; gross 21,799 tons (pre-conversion figures).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-21
- Study period
- 1979-1984
- Limitations
- Authoritative for identity, construction data, and government-custody events. Database 'Fate: Still in Govt. Service' field is stale - ship left MSC service in 2008. Card dimensions/tonnages are pre-conversion registered figures and differ from post-conversion figures in secondary sources. Contains no asbestos, materials, or condition-survey information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-mv-pfc-william-b-baugh-ak3001-01
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[2]MARAD Vessel Status Card (Form MA-199) for PFC WILLIAM B. BAUGH - operating-history entry [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Status card 5NE_01.png, box 18 Operating History
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The status card records delivery of the vessel to 'Wilmington Trust Co. Owner-Trustee' on 10/29/84 with the remark 'Long term Chartered to MSC-TAKX Contract' - the actual acquisition structure: the hull remained privately owned (owner-trustee lessor) and was chartered long-term to the Military Sealift Command. This is the primary record of the 29 October 1984 in-service date and establishes that the ship was chartered, not purchased outright by the government.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-21
- Study period
- 1984
- Population
- Maersk Line Ltd. civilian mariners; MSC personnel
- Limitations
- Single-line ledger entry; names the owner-trustee and charter instrument but not the charter contract number. Directly contradicts secondary-source claims that MARAD purchased the vessel in January 1983 (see correction row). No asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-mv-pfc-william-b-baugh-ak3001-02
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[3]MARAD Vessel Status Card (Form MA-169 reverse) for PFC WILLIAM B. BAUGH - 'Per ABS Supple: Converted, Lengthened 157'6", Deepened 15'9" by: Bethlehem Steel Corp Beaumont, Tx 10/84' [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Status card 0bd8e640 (MA-169 reverse), 'Per ABS Supple:' annotation; also 'Rev ABS Supple 11/86'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The status card, citing an ABS supplement, records that the ship was converted at Bethlehem Steel Corp., Beaumont, Texas, completed 10/84 - lengthened 157'6" and deepened 15'9" (a new midbody section and deepened hull for the MPS mission). This corrects NavSource Online's attribution of the conversion to Bethlehem's Sparrows Point, MD yard. Conversion of the five Maersk E-class sisters was split between the two Bethlehem yards; this hull's work was at Beaumont.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-21
- Study period
- 1983-1984
- Population
- Bethlehem Steel Corp. Beaumont yard workers (1983-84 conversion)
- Limitations
- Establishes where and when the conversion occurred and its physical scope (lengthening/deepening). The card does not state anything about materials used or removed - any asbestos scope (installation or disturbance of ACMs during the 1983-84 rebuild) is inference from era, not documented. No asbestos claim supported.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-mv-pfc-william-b-baugh-ak3001-03
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[4]Maritime Reporter and Engineering News, 'Maritime Prepositioning Conversions Begin At Bethlehem's Beaumont Yard' (November 1983 issue) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- Maritime Reporter, November 1983, p. 112
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Contemporaneous trade-press report that the first MPS midbody section was launched at Bethlehem's Beaumont, Texas yard and would be 'joined to the bow and stern sections of the Eleo Maersk,' naming this hull specifically; the five Maersk Line Ltd. ships were converted between Beaumont and Sparrows Point, and all 13 MPS ships were to be named for Marine Corps Medal of Honor winners.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-21
- Study period
- 1983
- Population
- Bethlehem Beaumont yard workers
- Limitations
- Trade press, not an official record - corroborates the MARAD card's Beaumont attribution. Describes the conversion program, not materials; no asbestos content. Does not establish exposure conditions.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-mv-pfc-william-b-baugh-ak3001-04
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[5]Col. Charles J. Quilter II, USMCR, 'U.S. Marines in the Persian Gulf, 1990-1991: With the I Marine Expeditionary Force in Desert Shield and Desert Storm' (History and Museums Division, HQMC, 1993), ch. 'Pre-Positioning' - official USMC operational history (mirrored on gulflink.osd.mil; original PCN 19000317200 at marines.mil) [other_primary]
- Locator
- gulflink.osd.mil monograph mirror, doc5 page 016 ('Pre-Positioning' section)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official Marine Corps history of the Gulf deployment records that the Maritime Pre-Positioning Force became operational in 1984-86 under Military Sealift Command, that in summer 1990 three squadrons were in service, and names this hull in the MPSRon-2 roster: 'The ships of MPSRon-2 were MV Cpl Louis J. Hauge Jr. (T-AK3000), MV PFC William B. Baugh Jr. (T-AK3001), MV 1st Lt Alexander Bonnyman Jr. (T-AK3003), MV Pvt Harry Fisher (T-AK3004), and MV PFC James Anderson Jr. (T-AK3002).' Confirms squadron assignment (MPSRON-2, Diego Garcia) and civilian crewing; corrects NavSource's 'Squadron One' framing.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-21
- Study period
- 1984-1990
- Population
- Civilian mariners (Maersk Line Ltd. crews); embarked Navy detachment
- Limitations
- Establishes squadron assignment and the MPS operational concept; does not by itself place this specific hull inside the Gulf theater (see declassified message traffic rows for that). OCR-noised rendering of the monograph on gulflink. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-mv-pfc-william-b-baugh-ak3001-05
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[6]SITREP 4TH MEB, 16 December 1990 (declassified; released 30 December 1996), Box BX600043, Doc 248 - U.S. Marine Corps operational situation report [other_primary]
- Locator
- gulflink.osd.mil declassdocs/marines/19961230, file 123096_oct96_decls4_0003.txt, page 0003, item 10 (Commander's Comments)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- A declassified 4th Marine Expeditionary Brigade situation report dated 16 December 1990 (Desert Shield) states: 'WE ARE EMPLOYING MPS SHIPS, MV BAUGH AND MV BONNEYMAN, IN SUPPORT OF PHIBOPS WITH THE MEBS ASSAULT AND ASSAULT FOLLOW-ON ECHELONS EMBARKED. AN AMBITIOUS MAINTENANCE EFFORT HAS BEEN STARTED WITH CLASS IX SUPPLY SUPPORT PROVIDED BY THE MPS SHIPS.' Primary operational record placing MV Baugh in theater supporting amphibious operations during Desert Shield.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-21
- Study period
- 1990-12
- Population
- Civilian mariners and embarked Navy personnel aboard during Desert Shield; 4th MEB Marines supported
- Limitations
- Documents operational employment, not shipboard conditions; no materials or asbestos information. Message text is OCR-scanned from declassified paper.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-mv-pfc-william-b-baugh-ak3001-06
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[7]OP-03C2 Battle Groups status document, 15 October 1990, 1600 hours (declassified 17 Nov 1995); and CTF 156 COMUSATF SITREP (declassified, released 28 Oct 1996), file 100896_sep96_decls29_0001 [other_primary]
- Locator
- gulflink.osd.mil declassdocs/jcs/19960117/f_0001.txt (MPS-2 section); declassdocs/navy/19961028/100896_sep96_decls29_0001.txt line ~100
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Declassified JCS/Navy operational documents name the hull: the 15 October 1990 OP-03C2 status document lists 'MV BAUGH 5 SEP' within the MPS-2 grouping (alongside USNS Anderson, Hauge, Bonnyman, Fisher), consistent with an early-September 1990 theater arrival for Desert Shield; a later CTF 156 COMUSATF SITREP lists '/MV BAUGH /JEBEL ALI /PV3T ETD 960600D,' documenting continued MPS employment at Jebel Ali.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-21
- Study period
- 1990-1996
- Population
- Civilian mariners; embarked Navy detachment
- Limitations
- Bare fleet-status entries - confirm presence/assignment, not activity detail or shipboard conditions. The '5 SEP' and '960600D' date fields are terse and partially legible in OCR. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-mv-pfc-william-b-baugh-ak3001-07
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[8]Marine Corps University, History Division - 'Private First Class William Bernard Baugh, USMC (Deceased)', Medal of Honor citation and biography [other_primary]
- Locator
- usmcu.edu History Division MOH recipients page
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The ship's namesake: PFC William Bernard Baugh, USMC (Company G, 3d Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division), posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for smothering a grenade with his body during a nighttime enemy attack on a motorized column between Koto-ri and Hagaru-ri, Korea, 29 November 1950 - the class convention of naming MPS ships for Marine Medal of Honor recipients.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-21
- Study period
- 1950
- Limitations
- Namesake documentation only; unrelated to asbestos or exposure. Confirms the naming convention reported in the 1983 Maritime Reporter coverage.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-mv-pfc-william-b-baugh-ak3001-08
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[9]International Maritime Organization, 'Asbestos on board ships' (SOLAS reg. II-1/3-5 history); IMO MSC.1/Circ.1374/Rev.1, 'Information on Prohibiting the Use of Asbestos on board Ships' (2 December 2022) [other_primary]
- Locator
- imo.org asbestos page, 'For ships built before 1 July 2002' section; MSC.1/Circ.1374/Rev.1 annex paras 2, 4-7
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- IMO's official asbestos guidance places this hull's 1979 construction squarely inside the asbestos-permitted era: 'ships built before 1 July 2002 may contain asbestos,' with existing ACMs permitted if managed under MSC/Circ.1045. New installation of asbestos-containing materials was prohibited for all ships only from 1 July 2002 (limited exceptions) and totally from 1 January 2011. MSC.1/Circ.1374/Rev.1 records that shipboard inspections have found asbestos in 'fire blankets, joints and insulation materials, types of sealants, friction material for brakes, wall and ceiling coverings, cords, remnants, electric fuses,' and that asbestos can be introduced aboard through shipyard repairs and later-purchased spare parts - directly relevant to this hull's 1983-84 U.S. shipyard rebuild and decades of maintenance.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-21
- Study period
- 1979-2008 (vessel life); guidance current as of 2022
- Population
- Crews of pre-2002-built vessels (era context); shipyard repair workers (era context)
- Limitations
- Regulatory era statement covering all pre-2002 ships, not this hull - it establishes that asbestos was lawful and commonly found aboard ships of this construction era, not that it was or remains aboard this vessel. No quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation established.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-mv-pfc-william-b-baugh-ak3001-09
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[10]GAO, 'Defense Acquisitions: Historical Analyses of Navy Ship Leases,' NSIAD-99-125 (July 1999) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO NSIAD-99-125, Background section
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- GAO documents the acquisition program under which this hull entered service: in 1982 the Navy awarded 13 separate contracts (from offers by three companies) for the long-term lease of 13 Maritime Prepositioning Ships, each awarded to a separate special-purpose corporation; lessors arranged construction/financing and retained ownership while the Navy leased for 20-25 years. The first of the 13 was delivered in September 1984. Program-level confirmation of the charter structure the MARAD card records for this hull.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-21
- Study period
- 1982-1999
- Limitations
- Program-level, does not name this hull. gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches (standing constraint, per BATCH-01) - content verified via GAO product-page description and search-index text; full-text pull remains open. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-mv-pfc-william-b-baugh-ak3001-10
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[11]Brown v. Maersk Line, Limited (U.S. District Court, E.D. Louisiana, filed ~19 December 2010) - reported via vesseltracker.com news aggregation of The Louisiana Record (legal press), 27 Dec 2011 [court_record]
- Locator
- vesseltracker.com Maersk Texas (IMO 7702023) page, news item quoting louisianarecord.com
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- A seaman (Audrey Brown) filed a $5 million Jones Act/general maritime negligence and unseaworthiness suit against Maersk Line Limited in federal court in New Orleans, alleging a facial degloving injury from a fall down a ladder aboard M/V Maersk Texas on 1 January 2010 - litigation naming this hull during its post-Navy commercial period. Classified as OTHER litigation: no asbestos claim alleged.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-21
- Study period
- 2010-2011
- Population
- Post-2008 commercial crew
- Limitations
- Pleading-stage allegation only (a complaint's assertions are allegations, not findings); non-asbestos personal-injury claim; outcome not verified - PACER/CourtListener docket check blocked by API throttling at research time. Legal-press/aggregator sourcing, not the court record itself; row documents that hull-name litigation exists but contains no exposure evidence.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-mv-pfc-william-b-baugh-ak3001-11
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[12]Batch-921 search ledger (this record): MARAD Vessel History 10287 + status cards; Naval Vessel Register AK-3001 page; NHHC/DANFS site search; MSC ship inventory; gulflink.osd.mil declassified documents; IMO asbestos guidance; GAO product page; CourtListener API v4 (throttled) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-mv-pfc-william-b-baugh-ak3001-01 through sl-mv-pfc-william-b-baugh-ak3001-11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, IHM (Inventory of Hazardous Materials) filing, or docketed asbestos case naming Eleo Maersk / PFC William B. Baugh / Maersk Texas was found in the public sources searched. MARAD's vessel entry carries no documents or milestones beyond the status cards; the NVR contains no entry (chartered vessel); NHHC/DANFS has no ship history entry; the only litigation naming the hull located is a non-asbestos seaman injury suit in its commercial period.
- 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 - a 1979-built, 1984-rebuilt hull sits inside the era when IMO guidance says ships 'may contain asbestos.' CourtListener search was throttled (429, daily quota) at research time, so the docket check is incomplete rather than negative - logged honestly in search_ledger. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-mv-pfc-william-b-baugh-ak3001-12
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[13]NARA Guide to Federal Records: RG 357 (Records of the Maritime Administration); Hagley Museum and Library, Bethlehem Steel Corporation records (shipbuilding division, incl. Beaumont yard); Navy/MSC records (NARA RG 38/313 series) [other_primary]
- Locator
- archives.gov RG 357 guide; hagley.org Bethlehem Steel collection
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - no spend authorized): (a) NARA RG 357 MARAD files - charter-party/official-number documentation and vessel files for the 1982 MPS lease awards may hold the owner-trustee charter instrument and any condition surveys; (b) Hagley Museum holds Bethlehem Steel Corp. shipbuilding records - the Beaumont yard's T-AKX conversion job files (including the 157'6" midbody) would be the likeliest source of conversion materials specifications; (c) MSC/MSC-predecessor records at NARA may hold prepositioning-ship operation and maintenance files.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-21
- Study period
- 1979-2008 records
- Limitations
- Record-group/repository mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; whether any asbestos-specific documents exist for this hull is unknown until surveyed in person. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-mv-pfc-william-b-baugh-ak3001-13
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[14]Cross-source discrepancy reconciliation (this record): MARAD status cards vs. NavSource Online, navysite.de, Wikipedia, FAS fact-file mirror, NavalCoverMuseum, jmarcussen.dk, vesseltracker.com [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows; see finding_value for source mapping
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Secondary-source errors resolved against primary records: (a) 'Purchased by MARAD January 1983' (navysite, Wikipedia) - the MARAD status card shows delivery to Wilmington Trust Co. as Owner-Trustee 10/29/84 under long-term MSC charter, and GAO documents the program as leases, not purchases; (b) 'Converted at Sparrows Point, MD' (NavSource) - ABS-supplement note on the status card says Bethlehem Beaumont, TX, 10/84, corroborated by November 1983 trade press; (c) 'Squadron One' (NavSource) - official USMC history and declassified documents place the hull in MPSRon-2 at Diego Garcia; (d) in-service date - MARAD card and NavSource give 29 Oct 1984, the FAS fact-file mirror gives 30 Oct 1984 (29 Oct adopted, primary source); (e) scrapping - Danish registry (jmarcussen.dk: broken up 2010-10-21) and NavalCoverMuseum (2010) conflict with vesseltracker (IMO live on AIS to Aug 2017, flag 'China') and Wikipedia (scrapped China 2017) - unresolved, carried in gaps.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-21
- Study period
- 1983-2017
- Limitations
- Documents publication-level discrepancies; the controlling facts (owner-trustee charter, Beaumont conversion, MPSRON-2) rest on primary records. The scrapping-year conflict could not be resolved from authoritative sources - treated as an open discrepancy, not a finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-mv-pfc-william-b-baugh-ak3001-14