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 3011 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR ship detail page, Vessel Status / Milestone Dates / Physical Characteristics tables (Wayback capture 2024-06-24; 13 captures 2016-2024; live page renders no vessel data via automated fetch on 2026-09-21)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Naval Vessel Register record for USNS 1ST LT JACK LUMMUS (T-AK 3011): Cargo Ship, class AK 3008, UIC 21633; 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 03/06/1986, InService Date 03/06/1986, no stricken or out-of-service date recorded; steel hull and superstructure; 674 ft overall, 627 ft waterline, 108 ft extreme beam, 106 ft waterline beam, 25 ft max navigational draft, 32 ft draft limit; light displacement 19,588 tons, full displacement 46,111 tons, deadweight 26,523 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
- 1986-2022
- Limitations
- Authoritative for register status, milestones, and characteristics as of the 2022 update. NVR records no keel/launch dates and no builder for this hull, and no stricken date (ship still in service); contains no asbestos or materials information and supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-1st-lt-jack-lummus-ak3011-01
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[2]hazegray.org 'The MPS Program at Quincy Shipbuilding' construction list (Quincy hull 64, delivered 6 March 1986); NavSource Online Service Ship Photo Archive (T-AK-3011 page); NavalCoverMuseum designation history (keel June 1984, launch 22 February 1986) [other_primary]
- Locator
- hazegray Quincy MPS page (hull 64 entry, delivery dates, AMSEA charter terms, yard-closure account); https://navsource.org/archives/09/13/133011.htm ; https://www.navalcovermuseum.org/wiki/FIRST_LT_JACK_LUMMUS_T-AK_3011
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The hull was built by General Dynamics Quincy Shipbuilding Division (Fore River Shipyard), Quincy, Massachusetts - Quincy hull 64 - laid down June 1984, launched/christened 22 February 1986, delivered 6 March 1986 (the NVR delivery date corroborates). It was the fourth of five purpose-built Maritime Prepositioning Ships (AK-3008 through AK-3012) constructed at Quincy - the first purpose-built prepositioning ships in U.S. service, each designed to carry equipment and supplies for roughly 4,000 Marines for 30 days and to discharge offshore without port facilities. The ships were owned and operated by General Dynamics' American Overseas Marine (AMSEA) subsidiary under a 25-year Navy charter - the Navy paid a single annual charter fee rather than construction, maintenance, or repair 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 (1984-1986)
- Limitations
- Established ship-history archives and shipbuilding lists, not primary contract documents - laid-down date carries month precision and the 1986 launch/christening date conflicts with a 1985 date in one secondary source (see gaps). The 6 March 1986 delivery 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-usns-1st-lt-jack-lummus-ak3011-02
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[3]Military Sealift Command Ship Inventory, Maritime Prepositioning Force Containers/RO-RO section (Wayback capture 2018-01-27); Naval Vessel Register status record (ev-01); NavSource service chronology [other_primary]
- Locator
- MSC inventory capture 2018-01-27: five-ship class listing T-AK 3008-3012, characteristics block; NVR status-change date 01/17/2006; NavSource T-AK-3011 page
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Service record under MSC: acquired by the Navy under long-term charter 6 March 1986 and placed in service under Military Sealift Command direction as MV 1st Lt. Jack Lummus (AK-3011), operated by American Overseas Marine Corporation; assigned to Maritime Prepositioning Ship Squadron Three under MSC Pacific as squadron flagship. Purchased by MSC on 17 January 2006 (the NVR status-change date) and redesignated USNS 1st Lt. Jack Lummus (T-AK-3011). The MSC ship inventory lists her as a Container & Roll-on/Roll-off Ship of the Prepositioning Program, government-owned after purchase - characteristics: 673.2 ft, 105.5 ft beam, 46,111 tons, 17.7 knots, 30 civilian mariners.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-21
- Study period
- 1986-2018
- Population
- Contract mariners (CIVMAR), 1986-present
- Limitations
- MSC inventory figures are class-level characteristics (listed once for the five-ship AK-3008 group) and reflect 2006-era configuration. Purchase date: NVR status-change 01/17/2006 is authoritative; navysite.de says 2007-01-16 and Wikipedia's owner list says 2007 (discrepancy logged in gaps). No asbestos information in these sources.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-1st-lt-jack-lummus-ak3011-03
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[4]U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, 'Desert Shield Part I: Getting There' (October 1990) - MPS Squadron Three roster; GAO NSIAD-93-39 'Military Afloat Prepositioning: Wartime Use and Issues for the Future' (program-level); DVIDS stories 187856 (2016) and 568346 (2026); U.S. Pacific Fleet news article 2758262 (Freedom Banner 2011); U.S. Navy/USMC photo captions via NavSource [reputable_press]
- Locator
- USNI Proceedings Oct 1990 MPS squadron rosters (names '1st Lt Jack Lummus' in MPS-3); https://www.gao.gov/assets/nsiad-93-39.pdf (abstract via search index - direct fetch blocked 403); https://www.dvidshub.net/news/187856/ ; https://www.dvidshub.net/news/568346/ ; https://www.cpf.navy.mil/Newsroom/News/Article/2758262/
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Operations: the October 1990 U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings deployment account lists '1st Lt Jack Lummus' in Maritime Prepositioning Ship Squadron Three's roster deploying from Guam and Saipan to support the 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade during Operation Desert Shield - GAO records that all prepositioning ships deployed in August 1990 and that MPS equipment began arriving in Saudi Arabia eight days after Desert Shield began. Later documented activity: Exercise Cobra Gold 2002 (offloading lighterage off Chuk Samet, Sattahip, Thailand, U.S. Navy photo 020501-N-9818S-005); March 2004 equipment offload at Pyongtaek, South Korea (USMC photo 040308-M-0000K-002); Freedom Banner 2011 (offloaded alongside USNS 1st Lt. Harry L. Martin, T-AK 3015, while both steamed at anchor - U.S. Pacific Fleet reports ~30 mariners per ship under private contract to MSC); Cobra Gold 2016 (129 pieces discharged at Laem Chabang, ~117 additional military personnel embarked for the offload); and Freedom Banner/MPSRON-3 Group Sail at Kin Bay, Okinawa, June 13, 2026.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-21
- Study period
- 1990-2026
- Population
- CIVMAR crew; embarked Navy/Marine personnel (exercise offloads)
- Limitations
- Operational history only - documents deployment tempo and mission profile, contains no asbestos or materials information. Desert Shield participation is ship-named by the contemporaneous USNI roster; GAO's account is program-level (all MPS ships) and does not name this hull individually. Restore Hope participation (1992-93) rests on secondary sources only and is carried in gaps, not asserted here.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-1st-lt-jack-lummus-ak3011-04
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[5]Marine Corps University, Marine Corps History Division - '1stLt Jack Lummus' Medal of Honor recipient biography (official USMC) [other_primary]
- Locator
- USMCU History Division MOH recipients page; citation text corroborated by Congressional Medal of Honor Society recipient record
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Namesake: the ship is named for First Lieutenant Andrew Jackson 'Jack' Lummus Jr., USMCR (1915-1945), a former Baylor University and New York Giants football player awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously for heroism on Iwo Jima on 8 March 1945 - as a rifle platoon leader of Company E, 2d Battalion, 27th Marines, 5th Marine Division, he single-handedly destroyed three enemy positions before being mortally wounded by a land mine. He is buried at Myrtle Cemetery, Ennis, Texas.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-21
- Study period
- 1945
- Limitations
- Establishes the namesake's identity and award only; biographical details (birth year stated as 1913 vs 1915 across sources) are immaterial to the vessel record. Contains no asbestos or materials information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-1st-lt-jack-lummus-ak3011-05
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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 June 1984 and delivered 6 March 1986 - roughly eight 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 1984-86 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). The hull was built to commercial specifications under AMSEA ownership, so Navy spec compliance in detail is itself an assumption. Reading it as proof of absence would be an inference beyond the source.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-1st-lt-jack-lummus-ak3011-06
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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, 1,000 hp bow thruster 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
- 1986-present
- 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-usns-1st-lt-jack-lummus-ak3011-07
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[8]Batch-924 search ledger (this record): NVR (via Wayback), MSC official inventory, NavSource, hazegray, MARAD vessel history index, DVIDS, CPF navy.mil, USNI Proceedings, GAO reports, USMCU, CourtListener API/UI (blocked), general web litigation-name search [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-usns-1st-lt-jack-lummus-ak3011-01 through -14
- 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, and the ship remains in active service where such materials are rarely disclosed publicly. 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-usns-1st-lt-jack-lummus-ak3011-08
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[9]MARAD Vessel History Database (vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov) - search endpoint confirmed entry id 6521; detail page redirects to ship list at retrieval [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- SearchCharacteristics JSON: {"name":"1ST LT JACK LUMMUS (T-AK-3011) (1986)","id":6521}; Detail/6521 -> 302 redirect to /ShipHistory/ShipList
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - no spend authorized): (a) MARAD Vessel History Database entry exists for this hull - '1ST LT JACK LUMMUS (T-AK-3011) (1986)', detail ID 6521, confirmed via the database's own search endpoint - but the detail page (milestones, digitized status cards) redirects to the ship list 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 64 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
- 1986-present 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-usns-1st-lt-jack-lummus-ak3011-09