Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]MARAD vessel status card, MARSHFIELD VICTORY (front) [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Header, construction/completion line, first operator row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Marshfield Victory, MCV hull 106 and official number 245775, was a VC2-S-AP3 cargo vessel built by Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation at Portland, Oregon, completed June 7, 1944. The status card lists American Mail Line, Ltd. as the first operator, with delivery that day.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Visually read original card. Completion and merchant delivery are not Navy commissioning. No asbestos materials, crew count, or exposure documented.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-marshfield-01
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[2]MARAD status and Olympia reserve-fleet cards [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Olympia card field 22 (bottom text partly clipped); status-card front final entry: https://vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/cards/a4eac873-af0c-461c-8f68-36a826184ed9.png
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The status card records permanent transfer to the Department of the Navy at Olympia on August 22, 1968, and renaming to Marshfield on the same date. The Olympia reserve card records withdrawal that day for Navy conversion to a fleet ballistic missile resupply cargo ship. Cargo support ship is the appropriate role description.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Transfer and intended conversion are documented; this is not the conversion completion or in-service date. The lower edge of the Olympia scan clips part of the role text; the complete operational description is corroborated by evidence 03. No asbestos scope inferred.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-marshfield-02
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[3]U.S. Naval Institute, Proceedings, A Time for Victories, February 1977, Vol. 103/2/888 [reputable_press]
- Locator
- Paragraph beginning Four of the Victory-class vessels; Marshfield photograph caption
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- A February 1977 U.S. Naval Institute account identifies USNS Marshfield (T-AK-282) as a fleet ballistic missile cargo ship supporting deployed submarine tenders. This establishes the cargo-support meaning of the missile terminology.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Authoritative contemporary naval professional account, not an official Navy service record. Website warns that archival OCR may contain errors. No particular voyage, crew number, weapon-firing capability, or asbestos condition established.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-marshfield-03
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[4]MARAD Form MA-383, MARSHFIELD, and vessel-history webpage [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Entered/date box; compare https://vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/3246 Milestones, Entry
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The MARAD reserve-fleet particulars card records Marshfield entering the James River Reserve Fleet on October 23, 1992. This differs from the detail webpage milestone dated October 23, 1982; the scanned card date is adopted.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Source conflict explicitly retained. Fleet entry does not establish a Navy decommissioning or striking date. No asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-marshfield-04
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[5]MARAD vessel status card, continuation [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Two dated entries
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The continuation status card records transfer from the U.S. Navy to MARAD on May 18, 1993 and fleet-service-craft use on July 21, 1993.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Administrative transfer and stated use only; no detailed service, maintenance, or material inventory is provided.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-marshfield-05
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[6]MARAD vessel history 3246, MARSHFIELD (AKA-282) [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Milestones: 2005-11-08 and 2006-06-30
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD records departure under a scrapping contract on November 8, 2005, with Chesapeake, Virginia as destination, and destruction by scrapping on June 30, 2006.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- The page title uses AKA-282; T-AK-282 is retained from the Navy photographic catalog and contemporary USNI account. Scrapping alone does not document asbestos removal or quantities. No present mooring location is assigned.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-marshfield-06
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[7]MARAD, Report to Congress on the ship disposal program, April 2001 [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Printed p. 14, Hazardous Materials Aboard Ships; PDF page 26, annex row 21 and footnote **
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- MARAD’s April 2001 disposal report describes asbestos in insulation, tiles, seals and gaskets as typical potential hazards across obsolete NDRF ships. Its annex includes Marshfield in disposal planning; international cost estimates assume hazardous-material removal.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Fleet-era context only, not an inventory or sample result for Marshfield. The estimate footnote does not establish asbestos aboard this hull or completed abatement. Web-indexed PDF text was read; direct download returned 403 and page screenshots failed. No cost or quantity is asserted.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-marshfield-07
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[8]Codex batch-9547 research and search ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger sl-usns-marshfield-01 through -13; research/batch-9547/RESEARCH.md
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos survey, material identification, abatement record, or asbestos litigation was located in the completed searches recorded here. Ship-specific asbestos documentation remains unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Bounded search outcome only, not proof of absence. CourtListener exact-name opinion search returned zero; hull search was pacing-blocked and other litigation searches remain pending. No exposure, causation, absence of asbestos, or legal eligibility conclusion follows.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-marshfield-08
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[9]NHHC Archives Branch, collection 94 finding aid [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Box 148, item 170: USNS Marshfield (T-AK 282)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NHHC’s indexed finding aid identifies a Marshfield decommissioning-and-changes file covering 1970-1992, Box 148, item 170. This is a lead for additional hull records.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Finding-aid entry read through indexed official text; full PDF retrieval failed and the underlying file was not inspected. Neither asbestos content nor a specific decommissioning date is established.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-marshfield-09
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[10]NHHC photograph catalog NH 93226 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Title, catalog number, and blank After this Year / Before this Year fields
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NHHC photograph catalog NH 93226 identifies USNS Marshfield as T-AK-282. The indexed catalog entry supplies no photograph date.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Indexed official catalog metadata only: direct fetch returned 404. Does not independently verify claimed 1960s/1970s image dates, installed materials, or exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-marshfield-10
