Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]NHHC DANFS, Haiti Victory [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Navy acquisition; Pearl Harbor conversion; recovery paragraphs
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Navy acquired Haiti Victory (T-AK-238) on 1 March 1950 and assigned her to MSTS cargo operations. She reached Pearl Harbor on 3 July 1959 for conversion and training; her helicopter recovered an orbital capsule on 11 August 1960.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Acquisition is not a commissioning date. Conversion is documented, but no asbestos work scope or material inventory is given. No complement figure appears in this entry. Official NHHC text was read through the search index; direct page retrieval failed. Saved indexed text is in research/batch-9534/nhhc-indexed-text.web.txt.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-haiti-victory-02
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[2]NHHC DANFS, Longview [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Single historical paragraph; corroborated by Haiti Victory final paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS dates the renaming and reclassification from Haiti Victory (T-AK-238) to Longview (T-AGM-3) to 27 November 1960, contrary to the dispatch prompt’s January 1961 date. These are one hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Uses the two NHHC entries for the provisional date; original renaming order has not been retrieved. January 1961 remains a documented input discrepancy, not a second vessel. Official NHHC text was read through the search index; direct page retrieval failed. Saved indexed text is in research/batch-9534/nhhc-indexed-text.web.txt.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-haiti-victory-03
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[3]MARAD Ship History, LONGVIEW (T-AGM-3), Detail 3049 [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Identity fields, name history, fate, milestones
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD identifies Longview as the former Haiti Victory, official number 246243, built 1944, type VC2-S-AP3. It records entry/acquisition on 4 November 1974 and disposition/withdrawal on 19 May 1976, with fate shown as Sold -NTU.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Database milestones are not a verified scrapping date or location. Linked status-card images could not be retrieved. No asbestos survey is supplied on this page.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-haiti-victory-04
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[4]GAO HRD-80-2, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, 18 October 1979 [gao]
- Locator
- Product-page Highlights
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- GAO reviewed Navy asbestos protection at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards and described policies for replacing damaged insulation and insulation removed for necessary repairs.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Only the product-page summary was reviewed. Navy-wide context is not evidence for this hull, its yards, its materials, or any worker’s exposure; this postdates the recorded MARAD disposition.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-haiti-victory-05
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[5]NARA Guide to Federal Records, RG 178 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Sections 178.6 and 178.8
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA RG 178 lists West Coast construction records (1942–45) in section 178.6 and hull correspondence (1941–45) in section 178.8. These are research leads for original Haiti Victory construction records.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Guide verified; no hull file located or retrieved. The guide does not establish that an asbestos specification for Haiti Victory survives. Digitization status of any relevant file is unknown.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-haiti-victory-06
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[6]Official U.S. Reports, 354 U.S. 129 (1957), GovInfo [court_record]
- Locator
- Printed pp. 129–132, 143; PDF pages 1–4, 15; local official PDF and text
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- British Transport Commission v. United States, 354 U.S. 129 (1957), concerns the 1953 Haiti Victory–Duke of York collision, not asbestos. The Court affirmed the Fourth Circuit’s allowance of cross-claims in the limitation proceeding. It separately recounted that the trial exoneration of Haiti Victory had been affirmed below and was not before the Supreme Court.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Other litigation only. Collision liability and admiralty procedure establish no asbestos exposure, product identification or asbestos merits outcome. CourtListener lists duplicate representations of the Fourth Circuit opinion; these are not separate exposure cases.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-haiti-victory-07
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[7]Batch 9534 bounded search ledger and classification audit [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger; research/batch-9534/litigation-classification.json; BATCH-9534-REPORT.md
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos documentation was located in the reviewed official histories, MARAD registry, or completed CourtListener search portions. Ship-specific asbestos status remains unknown; the litigation sweep is incomplete.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Shared CourtListener pacing budget blocked the Haiti Victory docket search. Only 20 of 58 hull-query docket hits were returned; remaining 38 and planned full-opinion retrieval were not completed. Metadata-only exclusions are provisional. No-result Longview searches are limited to exact naval-name variants. Absence of located records is not absence of asbestos or individual exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-haiti-victory-08
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[8]NHHC DANFS, Haiti Victory [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Construction and World War II paragraphs
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Permanente Metals Corp., Richmond, California, laid down Haiti Victory on 24 April 1944, launched her on 20 July, and delivered her to WSA on 18 September 1944. She operated under charter to Waterman Steamship Co. during World War II.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Historical information only; does not establish asbestos materials or individual exposure. Official NHHC text was read through the search index; direct page retrieval failed. Saved indexed text is in research/batch-9534/nhhc-indexed-text.web.txt.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-haiti-victory-01