Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]GAO B-141718, 39 Comp. Gen. 650 (23 March 1960) [gao]
- Locator
- Decision, paragraph beginning IT APPEARS FURTHER
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Bull Run was a T2 tanker accepted by the Navy on 22 December 1956, operated under contract by MSTS, and returned to the Maritime Administration on 23 September 1957.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Custody and operation dates, not a naval commissioning or asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-bull-run-01
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[2]NPS Historic American Engineering Record, Saugatuck, HAER VA-128, hosted by MARAD [haer]
- Locator
- Appendix B heading p.15 and Bull Run row p.34 (PDF page 35)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- HAER Appendix B lists Bull Run among T2-SE-A1 tankers: Sun D&D yard hull 287, Maritime Commission hull 362; delivered in 1943; sold privately in 1947, transferred to the Navy in 1956 as AO 156, converted to a containership in 1969, and subsequently scrapped.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Historical compilation, not an asbestos survey. Table prints delivery as 12/7/43; exact delivery date is withheld pending original status-card verification. Does not establish launch date, section-recombination details, final scrapping date, or complement. T-AO-156 display designation follows the task identity; the table prints AO 156.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-bull-run-02
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[3]GAO B-141718 (1960), discussion of Joseph Yost [gao]
- Locator
- Paragraphs beginning DURING THE ACTIVATION / MR. YOST BROUGHT SUIT; concluding appropriations ruling
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- GAO describes Yost v. General Electric Company, 173 F. Supp. 630, as a worker-injury case arising during Bull Run activation. It reports a negligence judgment against the United States and denies Navy reimbursement of the Maritime Administration payment. Classified as other litigation, with no asbestos connection established in the reviewed decision.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Trial judgment as reported by GAO only; underlying opinion and appellate history were not retrieved. Not qualifying asbestos litigation, not an asbestos merits-level negative, and not evidence of exposure. GAO adjudicated interagency reimbursement, not asbestos liability.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-bull-run-03
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[4]OSHA, Shipbuilding and Ship Repair: Process—Outfitting [other_primary]
- Locator
- Description, second bullet
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- OSHA describes asbestos use in ship outfitting for piping and exhaust-manifold insulation and fireproofing of living and working areas. This is general shipbuilding context only.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Industry background, not a T2 specification or Bull Run installation record. Does not establish materials, products, quantities, individual exposure, or causation aboard this hull. Tier 2 reflects general industry context only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-bull-run-04
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[5]Codex batch research ledger, 24 September 2026 [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger and research/usns-bull-run/RESEARCH.md
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos documentation was located in the sources reviewed for this batch; asbestos aboard Bull Run remains unknown. CourtListener was blocked by fleet pacing, so the litigation sweep is incomplete.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Search outcome, not proof of absence. CourtListener returned no result payload; docket search and hit classification remain pending. No claim that all relevant archives or court records were searched.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-bull-run-05
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[6]National Archives, RG 26, 36, 41—Vessel Documentation Case Files—Mobile, Alabama [other_primary]
- Locator
- Table, Tankship / Bull Run row
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA lists a Tankship Bull Run vessel-documentation file: RG 36, file V-4226, vessel number 243650, year 1950, box 9, Mobile.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Finding-aid entry only; underlying file not obtained and official-number linkage to T-AO-156 not independently closed. Not evidence of asbestos or exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-bull-run-06