Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]MARAD ShipHistory Detail 1776 and vessel status cards 1 and 5 [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Identity fields; card 1 header and first delivery row; card 5 keel/builder fields
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD identifies FURMAN (T-AK-280), formerly FURMAN VICTORY, as a 1945 Oregon Shipbuilding Company VC2-S-AP3 cargo ship, official number 247520. Status card 1 records MCV hull 174, construction at Portland, Oregon, completion and delivery to Northland Transportation Co. under a general agency agreement on April 19, 1945. Card 5 gives keel laid January 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- History only; neither construction date nor design type establishes asbestos content. Exact keel day and launch date are not established by these entries.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-furman-01
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[2]MARAD reserve fleet vessel data card, Furman Victory [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Status card 3, red typed conversion note and field 22
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD card 3 records permanent Navy transfer on September 18, 1963, and planned conversion to a Fleet Ballistic Missile Resupply Cargo Ship. Furman is therefore classified here as an FBM-support cargo ship, rather than simply a missile ship.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- The card documents transfer and planned function, not conversion completion or an exact Navy in-service date; operational service is separately documented in ev-usns-furman-03. No asbestos or missile-launch capability is established.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-furman-02
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[3]U.S. Navy, All Hands, July 1968 photograph and caption, reproduced by NavSource [other_primary]
- Locator
- Photograph 09363121.jpg and adjoining July 1968 caption (All Hands p. 39 per secondary image catalog)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The U.S. Navy photograph and caption attributed to All Hands, July 1968, reproduced by NavSource, identify USNS Furman (T-AK-280) between Hunley and Proteus at Guam. The caption describes Furman delivering spare parts and groceries to both tenders on her regular monthly Guam trip, documenting operational Navy supply service.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Official-origin photograph/caption accessed through the reproduction explicitly identified in the assignment. Photograph inspected; original complete magazine page could not be retrieved (Navy archive HTTP 403), so transcription provenance remains partial. Caption establishes supply activity, not asbestos, crew size, weapons inventory, or an exact photograph date.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-furman-03
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[4]MARAD ShipHistory Detail 1776, status cards 1, 2 and 5 [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Card 1 final typed entry; card 2 transfer row; card 5 owners field
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD card 1 records temporary Maritime Administration custody at Beaumont on October 22, 1986. Card 2 records transfer from Navy to Maritime on July 22, 1993; card 5 repeats that date.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Custody dates are not equated with decommissioning or striking dates. No material condition survey or asbestos removal is documented.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-furman-04
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[5]MARAD ShipHistory Detail 1776 milestones; April 2005 Report to Congress on the Progress of the Vessel Disposal Program, Table 1 [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Milestones; corroboration: https://www.maritime.dot.gov/sites/marad.dot.gov/files/docs/about-us/foia/4141/april2005reporttocongress.pdf printed p. 3 (PDF page 5), FURMAN row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD ShipHistory records a disposal sale on October 30, 2003, withdrawal on November 20, 2003, dismantling at Brownsville, Texas, and a destruction milestone dated May 18, 2004. The April 2005 report to Congress, Table 1, independently identifies Marine Metals as contractor, Brownsville as destination, sale award October 30, 2003, departure November 20, 2003, and $450 contract amount.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Destruction is the database milestone label, not independently established as the precise physical completion day. Database generic fate field says Transferred - U.S. Govt.; detailed disposal milestones control here. Congressional table reviewed as extracted text; PDF rendering/download unavailable. No hull-specific asbestos quantities or abatement scope appear in these entries.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-furman-05
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[6]MARAD, April 2001 Report to Congress, Hazardous Materials Aboard Ships [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Printed PAGE 14 (PDF page 14), section III, Hazardous Materials Aboard Ships
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- MARAD’s April 2001 disposal report describes asbestos in insulation, tiles, machinery, seals and gaskets as typical hazardous-material applications likely on many obsolete NDRF vessels. This supports fleet/era research context only.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- The passage is explicitly a fleet overview, not a survey of Furman. It cannot establish any product, installation, quantity, disturbance or individual exposure on this hull. Tier 2 means fleet/era context only, with ship-specific documentation unknown. Retrieved through indexed PDF text; local download was blocked.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-furman-06
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[7]Holmes v. A.W. Chesterton Co., E.D. Pa. 2:09-93729-ER, order May 23, 2012 [court_record]
- Locator
- pp. 1-4, particularly evidentiary analysis pp. 3-4
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- In Holmes v. A.W. Chesterton Co., E.D. Pa. 2:09-93729-ER, the May 23, 2012 order grants General Electric summary judgment on claims involving work on Oregon-built VC2-S-AP3 Victory ships. The court found insufficient evidence linking Holmes to asbestos exposure from GE products. The four-page order does not identify Furman or Furman Victory.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Merits-level negative for this plaintiff against GE, not a positive exposure finding and not a Furman case. Ship-class allegations remain allegations; reviewed discovery summaries do not identify this hull. No appellate disposition researched. Do not use this historical order as current general legal advice.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-furman-07
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[8]Batch 9527 research and search ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger; research/usns-furman/RESEARCH.md and courtlistener-status.json
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, product identification, or asbestos litigation naming this hull was located in the completed searches. Exact-name and exact-hull CourtListener opinion searches and the exact-hull docket search returned zero results. The exact-name docket search was blocked by the fleet pacing limiter; alias searches remain incomplete. Ship-specific asbestos documentation is unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Bounded search result only, not evidence that asbestos was absent or that no case exists. CourtListener coverage is incomplete, NARA catalog was searched only via web indexing, and inaccessible sources remain gaps. No individual exposure, causation or eligibility determination is made.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-furman-08