Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]MARAD Bell Ringer vessel status card [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Header and operator/date-delivered table; local card-4.png
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Bell Ringer was a C1-M-AV1 cargo vessel, MC hull 2478, completed by J. A. Jones Construction Co. at Brunswick, Georgia, on 11 August 1945. Its status card records delivery to Waterman SS Corp. under GAA that day, War Department bareboat delivery on 13 August 1946, transfer on 30 August 1946, and Navy title transfer on 1 March 1950. The card identifies the changed name as Capt. Arlo L. Olson.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Custody and identity evidence, not an asbestos inventory. Navy title transfer is not a commissioning certificate; exact operational commencement requires Navy records.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-captain-arlo-l-olson-01
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[2]U.S. Army, Amy Turner, Capt. Arlo Olson, 4 October 2022 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Paragraph beginning His military honors and awards; local army.txt
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The U.S. Army identifies the transport named in honor of Capt. Arlo L. Olson as USNS Capt. Arlo L. Olson. The USNS prefix is adopted for the vessel record.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Namesake biography confirms the USNS name; it supplies neither ship service dates nor asbestos evidence.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-captain-arlo-l-olson-02
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[3]MARAD reserve-fleet ship particulars cards 811_1441AF and 811_1441BF [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- First card: name, service prior to lay-up, entered/withdrawn; second card: identity, title and entry fields; https://vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/cards/811_1441BF.jpg
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD reserve-fleet cards identify Captain Arlo L. Olson, formerly Bell Ringer, as AK-245 and MC-2478, C1-M-AV1. The first card records entry at Olympia on 25 October 1956 from MSTS ready status and withdrawal on 1 May 1957 for MSTS Arctic ready status. The second records permanent transfer from MSTS and entry at Olympia on 22 May 1958.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Records show a 1957 return to Navy custody, so uninterrupted inactivity after 1956 is not established. Ready-status entries do not prove particular voyages, operating dates, crew exposure or material composition.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-captain-arlo-l-olson-03
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[4]MARAD record of ship sales and reserve/status cards [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Sale card award/date/contract/remarks; card-2.jpg withdrawal; https://vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/cards/dfe379a4-0303-4978-857a-c9abc8d2b694.png physical-delivery entry
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD records a 4 March 1971 sale to American Ship Dismantlers, Inc., under contract MA-6262, for nontransportation use; the permanent reserve card labels the disposition sold scrap. Physical delivery and fleet withdrawal occurred on 26 March 1971.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Sale for scrap is documented; exact dismantling date and location are not. No abatement specifications or asbestos measurements are present.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-captain-arlo-l-olson-04
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[5]MARAD Detail 811 and linked original status/sale cards [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Official Number and Vessel Name History; card-3.jpg official number; card-4.png upper-left official number
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD identity metadata is inconsistent: the Bell Ringer status card gives official number 247493, while the sale card and database header give 247942. The database lists Crown and Diamond as a name, whereas the reserve cards identify Bell Ringer. Official number and Crown and Diamond are withheld from the normalized identity pending reconciliation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- The discrepancy is directly observed but its cause is unresolved. It does not justify assigning Crown and Diamond to this hull or silently selecting an official number.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-captain-arlo-l-olson-05
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[6]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2, 18 October 1979 [gao]
- Locator
- Product-page Highlights, two paragraphs
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- GAO reviewed asbestos use in Navy ships and worker protection at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards. Its 1979 report summary describes Navy insulation-replacement policies adopted in 1975 and modified in 1979. This supplies broad Navy-era asbestos background only.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Only the product-page summary was reviewed, not the full report. These policies postdate Olson's documented sale. This source does not identify Olson, a C1-M-AV1 installation, service at either yard, asbestos aboard this hull, a product manufacturer, or individual exposure. Tier 2 is contextual, not a hull finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-captain-arlo-l-olson-06
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[7]Batch 9517 source review and search ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger; research/batch-9517/cl-*.json and cl-*.log
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, product identification or exposure finding was located in the retrieved MARAD records and Army article or targeted public-web searches. The exact-name CourtListener opinion search returned count 0. Hull-opinion and name-docket requests were blocked by the helper's shared pacing budget; hull-docket coverage was not completed.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- A bounded negative research result, not proof that asbestos was absent or that no litigation exists. Blocked requests are not negative results. No individual exposure, causation or legal eligibility conclusion is supported.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-captain-arlo-l-olson-07
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[8]National Archives, MSTS and MSC Deck Logs, 1946-81 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Guide opening paragraphs and Archives II contact section
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA provides a research guide for MSTS/MSC deck logs covering 1946-1981 and directs researchers to Archives II for records information. The guide describes voyage and activity entries; it is a lead for investigating Olson's 1957 return to Navy custody.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- No Olson log, box or series item was retrieved or confirmed. Logs may clarify operations but are not necessarily material inventories or asbestos evidence.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-captain-arlo-l-olson-08
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[9]MARAD custody card, database document titled CAPTAIN ARLO H. OLSON.pdf [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- PDF page 1 transfer table; page 2 contains numeric annotations only; rendered pages inspected
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD's attached two-page document, titled Captain Arlo H. Olson, records Navy-to-reserve custody on 25 October 1956, return to Navy on 1 May 1957, and permanent reserve transfer on 22 May 1958. These entries corroborate the custody sequence in the Bell Ringer and reserve-fleet cards.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- The H middle initial is retained as a source-title discrepancy, not adopted as a canonical alias. The linked document and matching transfers support custody only; there is no asbestos statement.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-captain-arlo-l-olson-09
