Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]MARAD Vessel History, Detail 79; vessel status card 78_01.png [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Identity fields; status card 78_01.png, header and first operator row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Aiken Victory was built in 1944 by Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland, as type VC2-S-AP2, Maritime Commission hull 616, official number 246989. The vessel status card records completion and delivery on December 30, 1944, and Mississippi Shipping Co. as general agent.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Identity and delivery history only; no asbestos material specifications or crew complement. Builder location is independently visible on the card.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-aiken-victory-01
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[2]MARAD, AIKEN VICTORY transfer card [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- PDF page 1, last two transfer rows; corroborating card 78_01.png
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The MARAD transfer card records transfer from the reserve fleet at Suisun Bay to MSTS on July 21, 1950 under a bareboat arrangement, and return from MSTS to the reserve fleet at Olympia on December 19, 1952. These primary records establish MSTS service as the basis for Navy-service inclusion.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- These are transfer/custody dates, not a Navy commissioning ceremony or independently verified formal in-service/out-of-service dates. No material or exposure finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-aiken-victory-02
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[3]MARAD, Record of Ship Sales and vessel status cards [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Form MA-20 award/date/contract/remarks; cards 78_01.png and 79_145BF.jpg physical-delivery entries
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD records a scrap sale to American Ship Dismantlers, Inc. on August 10, 1971, under contract MA-6409, and physical delivery/withdrawal on August 26, 1971.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Sale and delivery are documented; completion date and location of actual dismantling, asbestos removal practices and disposal quantities are not established.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-aiken-victory-03
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[4]Historic American Engineering Record, Maritime Victory, HAER TX-110, hosted by MARAD [haer]
- Locator
- Printed pages 9 and 13 (PDF pages 12 and 16); p.9 cites NARA RG 357, Box 15, File 226, Negative 5752
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The federal HAER report for Maritime Victory lists Aiken Victory among Victory troopship conversions. Its historical photograph caption identifies Aiken Victory arriving at Boston from Europe on July 26, 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- The main report concerns a different hull. Only the passages explicitly naming Aiken Victory are carried. Passenger count is not a crew complement; no machinery or asbestos assertions are transferred from Maritime Victory.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-aiken-victory-04
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[5]USMC, The Sea Services in the Korean War 1950-1953, part 2 [other_primary]
- Locator
- The Inchon-Seoul Operation, Appendix E, Task Organization of Joint Task Force Seven, page 5 of 8; search-index text
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official Marine Corps compilation lists Aiken Victory among the T-AP transports in the Inchon-Seoul operation task organization, within the Second Echelon Movement Group associated with the 7th Infantry Division.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Official-source indexed text was readable, but direct PDF retrieval returned HTTP 403. Partial verification only; no specific embarkation count, crew figure, detailed itinerary or exposure claim is asserted.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-aiken-victory-05
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[6]NHHC, Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual, revised 1953, Ships A [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Aiken Victory (TAP 188) entry, official-page search-index text
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NHHC identifies Aiken Victory as TAP 188 in its list of ships eligible for the Korean Service Medal, with service entries during 1950-1952. The canonical hull designation in this record is T-AP-188.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- NHHC library source, not a DANFS biography. Indexed text verified identity and years; full-page retrieval failed. Detailed campaign dates and total battle-star claims are withheld.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-aiken-victory-06
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[7]MARAD Detail 79 and linked status/transfer cards [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Milestone table; card 79_145AF.jpg field 8; transfer PDF page 1; card 78_01.png reserve-fleet row
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- MARAD sources disagree on the February 1947 reserve-fleet milestone: the database and card 79_145AF.jpg give February 20, while the transfer PDF and card 78_01.png give February 21. Both concern the Suisun Bay layup.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- The underlying administrative distinction is unresolved. No single exact 1947 entry date is adopted in the registry; this disagreement has no bearing on asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-aiken-victory-07
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[8]Batch 9502 research and search ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger sl-01 through sl-11; research/usns-aiken-victory/RESEARCH.md
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos documentation was located in the MARAD identity, transfer and sale records, reviewed HAER passages, or the bounded official-source web searches recorded in this ledger. Ship-specific asbestos presence, products and exposure remain unknown. CourtListener research is incomplete after an authenticated 429 response; it yielded no usable result set.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- This is a bounded research negative, not proof of absence of asbestos or litigation. CourtListener cannot be classified as no result; hull-number and docket searches remain pending. Historical record silence does not establish safe conditions.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-aiken-victory-08
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[9]GAO HRD-80-2, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, October 18, 1979 [gao]
- Locator
- Product-page Highlights
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- GAO described Navy asbestos-insulation removal policies in 1975 and 1979 and reviewed worker protections at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Program context only, later than this vessel's documented scrap sale. Does not name Aiken Victory or establish materials, yard work, exposure or causation aboard her. Full report download returned HTTP 403.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-aiken-victory-09
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[10]NARA, Guide to Federal Records, RG 313 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Section 313.6.1, Records of the Military Sea Transportation Service
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA RG 313.6.1 describes MSTS Pacific Area subject files for 1950-1956 and MSTS San Francisco subject files for 1949-1955 as possible routes for further service-period research.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Collection-level archival lead only. No hull-specific folder, engineering file or asbestos record was retrieved; guide descriptions do not establish that such records survive.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-aiken-victory-10
