Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]MARAD Vessel History, record 1768 [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- HTML title/current-ship heading; Year Built, Official Number, Shipyard, General Type, MARAD Type fields
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD identifies French Creek (T-AO-159), official number 246966, as a tanker of type T2-SE-A1, built in 1944 by Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Historical source only; does not establish asbestos content or individual exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-french-creek-01
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[2]United States Maritime Commission orders CH-1010 and CH-1028(a) [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Each PDF page 1; companion: https://vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/documents/FrenchCreek_1768_002.pdf
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Maritime Commission order CH-1010, dated 13 June 1947, approved a Cities Service Oil Company application to charter French Creek, official number 246966, to Groupement D’Achat des Carburants for petroleum-product trading. Order CH-1028(a), dated 30 April 1948, modified an approved Cities Service charter to Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Charter approvals establish authorized arrangements, not proof that every contemplated voyage occurred. No asbestos information; not litigation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-french-creek-02
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[3]MARAD reserve-fleet status cards 1768_3270AF and 1768_3270BF [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- AF fields 7, 8, 10, 12, 21, 22; BF Builder/Date Built/Hull No./Service Prior to Lay-up/Entered; companion: https://vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/cards/1768_3270BF.jpg
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD card 3270AF records French Creek entering the Beaumont reserve fleet on 31 May 1955, following a Cities Service trade-in, and withdrawal on 13 November 1956 to GAA-Lykes Bros. prior to Navy custody. Card 3270BF identifies prior service as MSTS custody and records entry at Olympia on 2 October 1957. Both cards give MC-1777 and 1944 construction.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Reserve-fleet withdrawal, Navy custody and operational in-service dates are distinct. These cards do not verify the task-supplied 28 November 1956 MSTS entry date. MC-1777 is transcribed as written; a construction ledger is needed to resolve conflicting secondary MC-1787 claims. No asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-french-creek-03
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[4]MARAD reserve-fleet card 1768_3270BF and Vessel History 1768 [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Withdrawn date/reason and sale annotation; fate field at https://vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/1768
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD card 3270BF records withdrawal from Olympia on 7 March 1966 for Army Material Command and sale to Tung Ho Steel Enterprise Corp. on 26 January 1971 under contract MA-6226. MARAD’s vessel page describes the fate as Sold - Scrap.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Sale date is not a verified date of completed dismantling. No disposal-site, asbestos survey, abatement, or worker-exposure finding is established.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-french-creek-04
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[5]U.S. Army Center of Military History, Engineers at War [other_primary]
- Locator
- Printed p. 115 (PDF page 138), final paragraph and footnote 11
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Army’s official history reports that French Creek arrived at Cam Ranh in June 1966 and, after positioning and connection by Vinnell Corporation, began supplying electricity to the depot on 5 September 1966.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Official historical account of power-generation service; it does not document conversion materials, asbestos disturbance, dose, or individual exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-french-creek-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
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- GAO’s 1979 Navy asbestos review describes the 1975 policy of replacing asbestos insulation when damaged or removed for necessary repairs, and its 1979 expansion to selected high-maintenance areas. This is Navy program-level background only.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- The reviewed yards were Long Beach and Norfolk. French Creek is not identified in the product-page summary. The policies postdate its recorded Navy service and scrap sale; they are not evidence that the ship contained asbestos or underwent these procedures. Only the product-page summary was used, not the full report.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-french-creek-06
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[7]Batch 9526 research record and search ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger; research/usns-french-creek/RESEARCH.md and courtlistener-status.json
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, product identification, or exposure finding was located in the reviewed MARAD records, Army history passage, or targeted official-domain web searches. Ship-specific asbestos documentation remains unknown. CourtListener coverage is incomplete because the helper stopped at fleet pacing.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- A bounded search outcome, not proof that asbestos or litigation was absent. CourtListener returned no results payload, so there is no CourtListener no-result finding. Archival holdings and unindexed court records remain unexamined.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-french-creek-07
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[8]NARA Guide to Federal Records RG 178 and Atlanta RG 26 merchant vessel logbook finding aid [other_primary]
- Locator
- Sections 178.6 and 178.8; FRENCH CREEK entries at https://www.archives.gov/atlanta/finding-aids/rg26_merchantmarines.html
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA’s RG 178 guide lists Construction Division records for 1942–46 and Production Division hull correspondence for 1941–45 as possible construction-record research paths. NARA Atlanta’s RG 26 merchant-logbook list includes French Creek under Jacksonville with a listed 1943–1959 date span.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Finding aids inspected; underlying records not retrieved. The broad logbook span starts before the MARAD build year and must not be treated as service dates or proof of complete holdings for this hull. No hull-level asbestos document is established.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-french-creek-08
