Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]MARAD Ship History 1198 and vessel status card [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Identity/type/year/mission fields; 1PL_01.png heading and War Department row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD identifies David C. Shanks (AP-180) as an Ingalls-built 1943 C3-IN P&C transport and lists World War II and Korean War missions. Its status card identifies T-AP-180, former name Gulfport, MC hull 165, builder hull 298, completion and delivery to the War Department on April 24, 1943 at Mobile, Alabama. The builder-location entry is corrected from Mobile to Pascagoula, Mississippi.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- History and identity only; no asbestos finding. Delivery port is distinct from building location. No crew figure is established.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-david-c-shanks-01
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[2]Naval Historical Center, USNS David C. Shanks (T-AP-180), page dated May 24, 2006 (preserved mirror) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Historical narrative paragraphs 1–3; MARAD 1PL_01.png Navy title row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Naval Historical Center history describes American Farmer as the intended name, launch as Gulfport in 1942 at Pascagoula, and Army delivery in April 1943. It records a troop/dependent conversion in 1946, refurbishment August 1947–May 1948, and transfer to Navy MSTS in March 1950 as USNS David C. Shanks (T-AP-180). The MARAD card separately records Navy title on March 1, 1950.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Official Navy-authored history accessed through its ibiblio preservation mirror, not a live DANFS entry. Title transfer is not necessarily operational transfer; March 15 was not independently verified. Conversions do not establish asbestos work.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-david-c-shanks-02
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[3]MARAD vessel status cards 1PL_01.png and 1198_2180AF.jpg [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Operator/date table; reserve-fleet particulars card right-hand sale and withdrawal entries
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD records Suisun Bay reserve-fleet custody beginning October 27, 1959 and permanent transfer November 1, 1960. The March 1, 1973 scrap sale to David L. Hewitt was cancelled due to buyer default. The subsequent June 26, 1973 sale to Inter-Ocean Grain Storage Co., Ltd. was for nontransportation use; physical delivery occurred August 24, 1973.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Corrects the preserved Navy narrative’s simplified sale-for-scrapping account. Neither card proves subsequent scrapping, final location, asbestos removal, or disposal method.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-david-c-shanks-03
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[4]OSHA, Occupational Exposure to Asbestos, August 10, 1994 [federal_register]
- Locator
- Shipyard industry discussion, paragraph beginning Asbestos products were used extensively
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- OSHA’s 1994 asbestos-rule preamble states that asbestos products were extensively used on American ships from the early 1940s through the late 1970s, including living-space bulkheads and insulation for pipes, boilers and tanks. This is era background only.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Verified against the indexed official-source paragraph; full-page retrieval returned HTTP 403. This broad era statement does not identify this vessel, an installed product, an exposed person or an asbestos quantity.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-david-c-shanks-04
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[5]CourtListener authenticated v4 search and Morrell appeal [court_record]
- Locator
- Search ledger sl-04 through sl-08; appellate opinion pp. 663–664 and final Affirmed disposition
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- The completed authenticated searches located no qualifying asbestos litigation. Morrell v. United States, 193 F. Supp. 705 (1960), and its appeal, 297 F.2d 662 (1962), concern a lifeboat accident, not asbestos. The appeal affirms nonliability of the United States under negligence and unseaworthiness theories. Other returned hits concern unrelated persons.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Bounded search result, not proof that no asbestos case exists. Hull docket search was blocked by fleet pacing. Trial text retrieval was also attempted but not completed; classification uses trial search excerpt and full appellate text. Affirmed judgment concerns the accident only and is not an asbestos merits finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-david-c-shanks-05
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[6]Batch 9522 research audit and search ledger [other_primary]
- Citation URL
- research/batch-9522/RESEARCH.md
- Locator
- Source audit and search ledger; reviewed MARAD cards, preserved Navy history, court results and official-domain searches
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No hull-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, product identification or exposure finding was located in the sources actually reviewed in this batch. Ship-specific asbestos documentation remains unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- A research negative, not proof of asbestos absence. Unretrieved archival files, the MARAD PDF, unavailable DANFS page and incomplete CourtListener coverage remain gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-david-c-shanks-06
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[7]NARA, MSTS and MSC Deck Logs, 1946–81 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Guide description and Archives II reference instructions
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA’s MSTS/MSC deck-log guide identifies logs spanning 1946–1981 and directs inquiries to Archives II. This provides a route for further vessel-service research.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- No Shanks log, file inventory or asbestos-specific document was retrieved. The guide does not guarantee holdings or material-content evidence for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-david-c-shanks-07
