Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]GAO HRD-80-2 (1979-10-18), Enclosure I, Navy response of 1979-01-05, Attachment 1 [gao]
- Locator
- PDF page 22 of 26, printed enclosure page 12; GYRE row and Note 1
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- The Navy table identifies GYRE, AGOR hull 21, as having asbestos thermal insulation. Note 1 defines the category as insulation for machinery, equipment and piping.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1979 Navy reporting on ships delivered since 1973
- Limitations
- Ship-specific historical Navy materials statement, not an exposure measurement or modern survey. It does not identify brands, quantities, individual components, removal history, disease causation, or remaining material. General footnote references to gaskets and pipe-hanger liners are not entered as documented Gyre products. Official GAO indexed text cross-checked against a visually inspected government-report scan retrieved from Justia; direct GAO download returned 403.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-gyre-01
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[2]GAO HRD-80-2, Enclosure I, Attachment 1 [gao]
- Locator
- PDF page 22 of 26, printed enclosure page 12; AGOR heading and GYRE row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The same Navy table identifies Gyre as an oceanographic research ship, hull 21, and gives delivery as November 1973.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1973-11
- Limitations
- Delivery is not commissioning. The table's August 1972 START entry is not adopted as a keel-laying date; it does not establish the precise construction milestone.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-gyre-02
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[3]Texas A&M University, Department of Oceanography history [other_primary]
- Locator
- Timeline entries 1973, 1980-1984, 1994 and 2005
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Texas A&M records Gyre built and launched in 1973; remodeling during 1980-1984 added a deckhouse and extended the vessel; Navy title transferred to Texas A&M in 1994; Gyre was sold in 2005.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1973-2005
- Limitations
- Institutional history establishes events, not asbestos disturbance or abatement during modifications. No commissioning date or precise sale date is supplied. Crew figures are withheld pending DANFS/NHHC verification.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-gyre-03
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[4]UNOLS, Historical List of all UNOLS Vessels [other_primary]
- Locator
- Historical vessel table, Gyre row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- UNOLS lists Gyre with Navy ownership and Texas A&M operation, and records departure from UNOLS service at the end of August 2005.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- Historical service through 2005
- Limitations
- Historical owner/operator columns are not a continuous title chronology or a statement of current ownership. Ending UNOLS service is not Navy decommissioning; the 1994 transfer is documented separately by Texas A&M.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-gyre-04
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[5]Office of Naval Research, 2006 UNOLS briefing [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF page 9 of 15, Navy Academic Research Fleet / Background; AGOR-21 row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Office of Naval Research identifies AGOR-21 Gyre among Navy-purchased academic research ships and lists service years 1974-1994.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1974-1994 as tabulated
- Limitations
- Briefing service-year range does not supersede November 1973 delivery or establish formal commissioning/decommissioning dates. Historical Navy ownership supports inclusion despite university operation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-gyre-05
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[6]GAO HRD-80-2, Enclosure II, Navy letter of 1979-02-08 [gao]
- Locator
- PDF page 23 of 26, printed enclosure page 13; AGOR row and asterisk note
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The Navy reported that AGOR weight-control reports had not been prepared and insulation-weight data were unavailable.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1979-02-08
- Limitations
- Category-level data gap, not a Gyre quantity or evidence of zero asbestos. Other ship-category quantities cannot be assigned to Gyre.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-gyre-06
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[7]Batch 9533 research and search ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger sl-usns-gyre-01 through sl-usns-gyre-08; research/batch-9533/RESEARCH.md
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No Gyre-specific abatement record, present-day asbestos survey, or individual exposure measurement was located in the bounded public-source searches recorded in the ledger.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- This is a bounded search outcome, not proof such records do not exist. It does not negate the historical asbestos statement in evidence 01. CourtListener was blocked and cannot support a litigation no-result conclusion.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-gyre-07