Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]NHHC, DANFS, Kingsport Victory [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Specification line; opening paragraph; Navy acquisition paragraph; conversion paragraph and image caption
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Kingsport Victory (T-AK-239), Greenville Victory class, VC2-S-AP3, was built by California Shipbuilding Corp., Los Angeles: laid down 4 April 1944, launched 29 May 1944, delivered to WSA 12 July 1944. Navy acquisition and MSTS assignment occurred 1 March 1950. DANFS lists complement 52 and civilian crewing. Renamed Kingsport and reclassified AG-164 on 14 November 1961; the caption identifies USNS Kingsport (T-AG-164).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Official indexed text was readable; live page retrieval failed (502 through web tool; 404 through curl). Complement 52 belongs to the cargo-ship specification, not a verified post-conversion total. History does not establish asbestos. Rename date conflicts with MARAD card annotation; see row 05.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-kingsport-01
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[2]NHHC, DANFS, Kingsport Victory; From the Sea to the Stars (2010 edition), p. 49 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS conversion and Philadelphia paragraphs; corroboration: https://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/nhhc/browse-by-topic/exploration-and-innovation/navy-and-space-exploration/FromTheSeaToTheStars/FromTheSeaToTheStars%20-%202010ed.pdf (printed p. 49)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Kingsport arrived at Portland on 24 September 1961 for satellite-communications conversion by Willamette Iron & Steel Co. She sailed to Philadelphia Naval Shipyard during 12-26 April 1962; antenna and radome installation occupied the following six months. The Navy space history dates conversion completion to December 1962.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Read official search-index text; live NHHC HTML/PDF downloads failed. Neither account establishes asbestos installation, removal, disturbance, individual exposure, or the precise 8 December service date. No inference from conversion work is made.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-kingsport-02
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[3]MARAD Vessel History, records 8915 and 2885 [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Identity fields and Vessel Name History; companion https://vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/2885
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD lists Kingsport Victory as a 1944 California Shipbuilding Corporation VC2-S-AP3 cargo vessel, official number 246064. Its name-history links connect Kingsport Victory and Kingsport (AG-164); these are one vessel, not separate records.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Both HTML records retrieved. MARAD narrative and milestone tables are empty. Do not interpret the generic Transferred - U.S. Govt. fate field as present-day status. No asbestos evidence.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-kingsport-03
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[4]MARAD, Kingsport Victory vessel status card 3X1_01.png [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Card header and dated operator/custody rows; image visually inspected
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The MARAD status card identifies hull 20 and completion/WSA delivery on 12 July 1944. It records American Hawaiian SS Co. under GAA, reserve fleet at Lee Hall on 29 September 1947, War Department under BB on 8 April 1948, MSTS custody on 1 March 1950, James River reserve fleet on 29 August 1984, and a Navy (MSC), Navy Scientific/Research entry dated 1 March 1990.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Custody entries are not commissioning dates, proof of operational voyages, or continuous active service. The card does not establish asbestos content or disposal. GAA/BB labels are transcribed without adding undocumented contract terms.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-kingsport-04
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[5]MARAD vessel status card, compared with NHHC DANFS [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Rename annotation between MSTS and 1984 reserve entries; DANFS conversion paragraph
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The MARAD card annotates the rename to Kingsport as 5-62, whereas DANFS states 14 November 1961. The record retains DANFS for the formal rename and carries the conflicting card annotation unresolved.
- Verification
- disputed
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- No retrieved administrative order explains whether the card date is a recording date or an error. Do not silently harmonize the two dates; this is an identity-history discrepancy, not an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-kingsport-05
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[6]U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, American Merchant Marine Museum Timeline [museum_official]
- Locator
- Museum Foundation, 1979-2009: 1992 entry
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy museum timeline records a 1992 MARAD donation of $334,000 in proceeds from scrapping SS Kingsport Victory.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- This supports scrapping and the dated proceeds donation, not the exact scrapping date, location, contractor, or abatement method. The same page’s 3 February 2012 asbestos entry concerns the museum building, not Kingsport, and is excluded as vessel evidence.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-kingsport-06
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[7]OSHA, Occupational Exposure to Asbestos, final rule, 59 FR 40964-41162 (10 August 1994) [federal_register]
- Locator
- IV. Final Regulatory Impact and Regulatory Flexibility Analysis; shipbuilding and repairing discussion
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- OSHA’s 1994 asbestos rulemaking describes extensive asbestos use on American ships from the early 1940s through the late 1970s, including machinery-space insulation and bulkhead materials. This supplies era-level research context for a vessel delivered in 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Official indexed passage reviewed; direct retrieval returned 403. This broad industry description does not name Kingsport and cannot establish any asbestos product, quantity, location, condition, exposure, or disease aboard this hull. Tier 2 reflects era documentation only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-kingsport-07
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[8]National Archives at Atlanta, RG 26, U.S. Coast Guard, Merchant Marine Vessel Logbooks [other_primary]
- Locator
- Table: two KINGSPORT VICTORY entries
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA’s RG 26 merchant-vessel logbook finding aid lists Kingsport Victory twice with an ending date of 5 July 1947, Jacksonville, Florida, and no starting date.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- The finding-aid entries were retrieved; the underlying logbooks were not. Duplicate table entries do not establish two distinct voyages or asbestos documentation. Digitization status of the underlying logs was not determined.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-kingsport-08
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[9]NHHC Archives Branch, Collection 94 finding aid [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Box 351, entries 175 and 181
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NHHC Collection 94 finding aid lists Box 351, entry 175, USNS Kingsport (T-AG 164): Changes, 1962-1984, and entry 181, the military department’s Disestablishment and Changes, 1980-1984.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Official indexed finding-aid text only; PDF retrieval failed and archival folders were not obtained. These titles do not establish asbestos documentation or specific administrative actions.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-kingsport-09
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[10]Codex, Batch 9538 research/search ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger and BATCH-9538-REPORT.md; research/kingsport/cl-opinion.log
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, product identification, or asbestos litigation record was located in this bounded research. Ship-specific asbestos documentation remains unknown. The CourtListener sweep is blocked and incomplete, not a no-result finding.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- This is a research outcome, not proof of asbestos absence. CourtListener’s fleet limiter blocked the recorded name/hull opinion query; docket and variant searches remain pending. Undigitized, unindexed, operator-named, and unavailable records may change the result.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-kingsport-10
