Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]NHHC, DANFS, Norwalk (published 2015-08-13) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Characteristics line and first paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Built in 1945 as Norwalk Victory (Maritime Commission hull 696) by Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation, Portland, Oregon. DANFS identifies the class as Norwalk and lists complement 89.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- NHHC text retrieved through the search index; direct page open failed. Complement is the DANFS listed figure, not a verified crew count for each voyage. Construction facts establish no asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-norwalk-01
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[2]NHHC, DANFS, Norwalk [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- First and second narrative paragraphs
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Transferred to the Navy on 10 October 1962 and towed to New Orleans for conversion. MSTS accepted USNS Norwalk (T-AK-279) on 30 December 1963. A civilian-crewed FBM-support cargo ship, she carried missile components and stores from Charleston to submarine tenders at Holy Loch; her first voyage was early in 1964 and DANFS describes this assignment continuing into 1970.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Acceptance into MSTS service is not naval commissioning. Missile transport supports an FBM resupply role, not a missile-launching warship classification. DANFS does not document conversion materials, asbestos disturbance, or service termination in 1970. Indexed official text used because direct retrieval failed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-norwalk-02
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[3]MARAD Vessel History, NORWALK (T-AK-279), record 3637 [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Specific Type; Fate; Milestones table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD identifies NORWALK (T-AK-279) as an AK cargo ship with fate Sold - Scrap. The record lists acquisition and entry on 10 September 1979, and disposition and withdrawal on 13 December 1993.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Administrative milestone dates are not proof of the date demolition was completed. Buyer, demolition location, exact sale-contract date and asbestos removal are not established by this summary. MARAD status-card images were not transcribed. Type-code disagreement with linked record 3638 is left unresolved.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-norwalk-03
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[4]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (1979-10-18) [gao]
- Locator
- Highlights on product page
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- GAO reviewed Navy asbestos practices at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards. Its summary describes a 1975 policy of replacing damaged insulation or insulation removed for necessary repairs, broadened in 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Navy-era policy context only. This source does not identify Norwalk, establish her presence at either surveyed yard, or show asbestos aboard this hull. Only the official product-page summary was used, not full-report findings. No individual exposure, product, quantity or causation inference is supported.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-norwalk-04
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[5]NARA, Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961 [other_primary]
- Locator
- General Information Books; Auxiliary Vessel General Information Books [Item S-68]
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA identifies auxiliary-vessel General Information Books in RG 19, Entry P 5 (1909-1964), and describes machinery and piping information in such books. This is a potential route for investigating the conversion-era vessel.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Guide only: no Norwalk book or conversion file was located or inspected. The guide primarily addresses the period through 1961; Entry P 5 extends to 1964 but coverage for Norwalk is unconfirmed. Availability of a series does not prove hull-level asbestos documentation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-norwalk-05
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[6]Codex, Batch 9554 search ledger and retained research results [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger sl-usns-norwalk-01 through -10; research/batch-9554/RESEARCH.md
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, product identification or asbestos litigation was located in the sources reviewed for this batch. Ship-specific asbestos documentation remains unknown; CourtListener coverage is incomplete.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- A bounded search outcome, not evidence that asbestos was absent. The exact-name opinion search returned zero; hull-opinion and name/hull docket searches were blocked by fleet pacing. Former-name litigation searches remain pending. No primary hull asbestos records were retrieved.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-norwalk-06