Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]MARAD vessel 3964, characteristics and reserve-fleet vessel data card [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Characteristics; card 3964_7305AF.jpg fields 1, 2, 7 and 12
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD identifies PRATT VICTORY as a 1945 general-cargo/break-bulk vessel built by California Shipbuilding Corporation, type VC2-S-AP2, official number 247765. Its reserve-fleet card identifies Maritime Commission hull MCV-782.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Historical documentation only; does not identify asbestos-containing material, individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-ss-pratt-victory-01
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[2]MARAD PRATT VICTORY delivery/transfer card [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- PDF page 1, first three entries
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The transfer card records delivery from USMC Production Division to Waterman SS Corp. at Los Angeles on May 9, 1945; transfer from Waterman to the Navy Department at Okinawa on September 25, 1945; and transfer from the Navy to USMC Reserve Fleet at Olympia on June 14, 1946.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Custody/operating transfers are documented, not formal commissioning or decommissioning. The June 14 transfer date differs from the June 12 fleet-entry date on the reserve-fleet card; neither is silently substituted for the other. No asbestos scope is stated.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-ss-pratt-victory-02
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[3]CINCPAC and Pacific Ocean Areas, Report of Surrender and Occupation of Japan, serial 0395, February 11, 1946 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Printed page 71; PDF page 80, Forces Available
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CINCPAC lists PRATT VICTORY (XAK) in the Special Sweep Squadron used to test pressure-mined waters. The report describes volunteer manning, principally supplied by the Mine Force, and protective measures for the squadron. This supports actual Navy operation in the 1945 mine-testing program.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Primary Navy report inspected as a scanned facsimile hosted by the Mansell archive, not a modern secondary narrative. XAK is printed without a numbered Navy hull. Squadron-wide crew estimates and protective measures are not treated as a verified Pratt Victory complement or asbestos specification.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-ss-pratt-victory-03
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[4]U.S. Coast Guard, Report on U.S. Merchant Vessel War Action Casualty, Pratt Victory, February 15, 1946; MARAD scan [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF page 1, heading and lines 1, 13–18, 28
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A Coast Guard casualty report dated February 15, 1946 identifies Pratt Victory as WSA-owned, operated by Waterman SS Corp., built in 1945 and steam-propelled. It records an aerial torpedo attack on July 27, 1945, two miles south of Ie Shima, and extensive damage.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Contemporary report supplied by the master describes the attack-period vessel. It is not proof that Waterman operated the ship throughout the later Navy period. Steam propulsion and battle damage do not establish asbestos content or release; no crew totals are adopted.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-ss-pratt-victory-04
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[5]MARAD reserve-fleet card and vessel 3964 fate field [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Card fields 4, 8, 18–21; MARAD vessel detail Fate
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The MARAD reserve-fleet card records entry at Olympia on June 12, 1946; withdrawal to Olympic SS for a repair program on November 2, 1955; return on February 7, 1956; and title transfer and delivery to West Coast SS Co. on October 16, 1961. MARAD summarizes the fate as sold, with no further information.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- The June 12 fleet-entry date differs from June 14 on the transfer card. Repair-program entries are not asbestos-removal records. No later renaming, scrapping date, or present location is established here.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-ss-pratt-victory-05
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[6]OSHA, Occupational Exposure to Asbestos, August 10, 1994 [federal_register]
- Locator
- Shipbuilding and repairing discussion, paragraph beginning Asbestos products were used extensively
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- OSHA’s 1994 rulemaking describes extensive use of asbestos products on American ships from the early 1940s through the late 1970s, including machinery-space insulation and bulkhead materials. This is era-level background only.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- The official-source indexed passage was retrieved; direct full-page access returned 403. The passage is general industry history, does not name Pratt Victory, and cannot establish products, locations, exposure, or causation aboard this hull. Tier 2 denotes era documentation only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-ss-pratt-victory-06
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[7]Batch 9596 source review and search ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger sl-01 through sl-10; research/ss-pratt-victory/RESEARCH.md
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos documentation was located in the reviewed MARAD characteristics, status/transfer cards, Coast Guard casualty report, CINCPAC passage, or completed CourtListener exact-name searches. Ship-specific asbestos documentation remains unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- A bounded search result, not evidence of absence. CourtListener name queries returned zero opinions and zero dockets; identifier queries were blocked by the fleet limiter and were not completed. No survey, product inventory, exposure measurement, or asbestos adjudication was found; offline and unindexed records remain unsearched.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-ss-pratt-victory-07
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[8]NARA Guide to Federal Records, RG 178 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Sections 178.6 and 178.8
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA RG 178 identifies West Coast construction records (1942–45) and Production Division hull correspondence (1941–45), appropriate archival leads for further research on MCV-782.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Record-group guidance was verified, but no Pratt Victory box, construction specification, or asbestos document was retrieved. These are research leads only, not hull-level findings.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-ss-pratt-victory-08
