Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]MARAD Vessel History, Detail 5788 and Detail 9639 [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Identity fields and Vessel Name History; companion record https://vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/9639
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD identifies COLONEL WILLIAM J. O'BRIEN (T-AK-246), formerly MAIDEN'S EYE, as a C1-M-AV1 cargo vessel built in 1945 by Consolidated Steel Corporation, official number 247422. Its two name records refer to the same vessel.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Identity and year only; these catalog fields do not document asbestos or exposure. C1-M-AV1 is the verified design designation; Alamosa-type terminology supplied in the task is not separately verified here.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-colonel-william-j-o-brien-01
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[2]MARAD MAIDEN'S EYE vessel status card [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Header and operator/delivery table, Grace Line through Navy Department rows
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The MAIDEN'S EYE status card identifies construction hull 2323 and Consolidated Steel Corp., Los Angeles, California; records completion and delivery to Grace Line under GAA on 10 April 1945; War Department delivery at Baltimore under BB on 11 July 1946 and title transfer on 30 August 1946; and Navy Department transfer on 1 March 1950. It records the renamed vessel as COL. WILLIAM J. O'BRIEN.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Card visually inspected. Navy transfer is not a commissioned-service date. The card does not independently establish the MSTS placement stated in the task, a crew total, machinery specification, asbestos installation, or exposure. Los Angeles is the card wording; no precise yard-location reconciliation attempted.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-colonel-william-j-o-brien-02
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[3]MARAD Record of Ship Sales, MA-20, PD-X-965; vessel status card [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Award/date/price/contract/location and remarks; companion https://vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/cards/4NR_01.png final two rows
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The status card records permanent title transfer to MARAD and purchase by B. V. Intershitra, designated for scrap in the Netherlands, on 9 November 1973. The separate Record of Ship Sales identifies award to B. V. Intershitra dated 19 November 1973 for $223,550, contract MA-7150, with the vessel at Piraeus, Greece. Its remarks give advertisement PD-X-965 dated 9 October 1973 and bid opening 9 November 1973 for foreign hull dismantling.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Both original cards visually inspected. Preserve the distinct 9 November transfer/purchase and 19 November award entries; their transaction sequence is not reconciled. Sale for dismantling does not prove when or where dismantling was completed, asbestos content, abatement, or worker exposure. Piraeus is historical location, not current location.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-colonel-william-j-o-brien-03
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[4]Batch 9520 source review and search ledger [other_primary]
- Citation URL
- research/batch-9520/source-notes.md
- Locator
- Primary source review and Search coverage and exclusions; search ledger s01–s11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The reviewed MARAD identity pages and two status/sale cards contain no ship-specific asbestos finding. The bounded official-source web searches in the search ledger located no qualifying hull-specific asbestos documentation. Ship-specific asbestos documentation therefore remains unknown; CourtListener coverage is incomplete.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Research outcome, not a primary materials survey or proof of absence. No individual exposure, absence of litigation, asbestos-free status, product identity, quantity, or causation is established. CourtListener returned no search response because the shared pacing budget was spent.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-colonel-william-j-o-brien-04
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[5]OSHA, Occupational Exposure to Asbestos, 10 August 1994 [federal_register]
- Locator
- Indexed official text: Shipbuilding and repairing; paragraphs on historical use and conversion/repair/overhaul
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- OSHA’s 1994 asbestos rulemaking describes widespread asbestos use in American ships from the early 1940s through the late 1970s and potential exposure during conversion, repair, and overhaul involving removal or repair of asbestos-containing components. This is era-level background for further research on a 1945-built vessel.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Official indexed excerpt reviewed; direct page retrieval returned 403, so full-page verification is incomplete. This general discussion neither names this ship nor establishes any material aboard it, individual exposure, product manufacturer, quantity, or causation. Tier 2 denotes era context only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-colonel-william-j-o-brien-05
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[6]National Archives, Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) and Military Sealift Command (MSC) Deck Logs, 1946–81 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Opening description, log contents, Archives II reference contact
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA’s guide to MSTS and MSC deck logs describes records spanning 1946–1981 with vessel movements and accounts of principal activities, and directs researchers to Archives II. This is a potential route for identifying vessel service and repair periods.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- General repository guidance only. No log for this hull was examined and specific holdings were not confirmed. Does not establish any repair event, asbestos content, or exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-colonel-william-j-o-brien-06
