Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]Naval History Division, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, vol. V (1970), p. 524 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- FLYER (TAG-178) entry; recovered publisher-text OCR at archive.org/download/dictionaryofamer05wash/dictionaryofamer05wash_djvu.txt
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Flyer (T-AG-178), formerly Water Witch and American Flyer, was MC hull 1209. Moore Drydock Co., Oakland, California laid the keel on 1944-10-30 and launched the ship on 1944-12-20. DANFS records placement in service on 1965-02-09, name assignment on 1965-03-22, and a civilian crew.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Historical identity and dates only. OCR of the official volume was inspected; scan page was not recovered. DANFS supplies no crew count and makes no asbestos claim. Placed in service is not a naval commissioning.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-flyer-01
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[2]MARAD American Flyer ship history and transfer card [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Milestones: Transferred, 2/9/1965; identity fields; linked d1a701d1-46fd-4180-8f49-feed0ec34228.pdf, page 1, final entry
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Correct the Navy-era type to survey auxiliary. MARAD records American Flyer, official number 247417, C2-S-B1, built 1945, transferred to the Department of the Navy on 1965-02-09 to conduct hydrographic and oceanographic surveys. Its transfer card names MSTS as recipient.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- MARAD general-cargo metadata describes the underlying merchant design, not a sufficient Navy-role label. The accessible MARAD records do not name Project Caesar or document conversion work, materials, contractors, or asbestos. Built 1945 is not the 1944 launch date.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-flyer-02
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[3]MARAD Flyer status card (Form MA-383) and vessel detail 1591 [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Fleet; entered; service prior to lay-up; withdrawn/reason fields; detail/1591 fate
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Flyer entered the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet on 1975-07-22 after Navy-MSC service. The status card records sale to American Ship Dismantlers, Inc. under PD-X-1006 dated 1976-04-27 and withdrawal on 1976-05-11. MARAD identifies the fate as sold for scrap.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Card visually inspected. Sale, fleet withdrawal, Navy service ending and striking are distinct events. The card does not establish the exact Navy out-of-service/striking date or completed dismantling date. No abatement scope or asbestos inventory is stated.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-flyer-03
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[4]GAO HRD-80-2, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure (1979) [gao]
- Locator
- Highlights, paragraphs 1–2
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- GAO reviewed Navy asbestos protection at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards. Its summary describes the Navy’s 1975 policy of replacing damaged insulation or insulation removed for necessary repairs, and a 1979 extension to selected high-maintenance areas. This supplies Navy-era asbestos context only.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Only the official product-page summary was inspected, not the full report. Flyer is not identified in that summary. This does not place Flyer at either yard or establish any material, exposure, product, quantity, disease, or liability aboard the hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-flyer-04
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[5]Batch 9524 source review and authenticated search audit [other_primary]
- Citation URL
- research/usns-flyer/RESEARCH.md
- Locator
- Search ledger sl-05 through sl-10; cl-name-opinion.json; pacing diagnostic logs
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying primary ship-specific asbestos documentation was located in the sources reviewed. The authenticated CourtListener v4 exact-name opinion query returned zero results. The hull opinion and name/alias docket attempts were blocked by fleet pacing; the litigation sweep remains incomplete.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- This is a bounded search result, not a finding that asbestos was absent or no litigation exists. A law-firm search hit remains an unverified excluded lead; it was not converted into an allegation row. Pacing is not a merits-level negative and not proof of daily quota exhaustion.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-flyer-05
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[6]NHHC MSC.1987 Military Sealift Command Collection [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Alphabetical vessel inventory: FLYER (AG-178)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NHHC’s Military Sealift Command Collection index lists FLYER (AG-178), providing a vessel-specific photographic archival lead.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Index entry only; photographs and associated files were not retrieved. No asbestos evidence or guaranteed technical file holdings are established.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-flyer-06
