Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]MARAD, Private Joe E. Mann, Detail 4004 [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Year Built, Official Number, Shipyard, Vessel Name History
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD identifies Private Joe E. Mann, Owensboro Victory and Richfield (T-AGM-4) as names of one vessel, built in 1945 by Permanente Metals Corporation, official number 248493.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Registry identity and construction metadata only; no asbestos inventory or exposure finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-private-joe-e-mann-01
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[2]MARAD, DANFS-format Private Joe E. Mann historical clipping (4004_7383AB.jpg) [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Heading and three narrative paragraphs; saved image visually inspected
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The historical clipping preserved by MARAD records construction as Owensboro Victory (MCV 719) at Permanente Metals Yard No. 2, Richmond, California: laid down June 12, 1945; launched July 21; delivered August 27. It records renaming as Private Joe E. Mann October 31, 1947, Navy transfer August 7, 1950, civil-service MSTS cargo operation as AK-253 until October 1958, then missile-range instrumentation service in the Pacific Missile Range. It dates renaming/reclassification as Richfield (AGM-4) November 27, 1960, and transfer to MARAD November 21, 1968.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Official MARAD-hosted historical clipping; original volume/page attribution is not visible. Its renaming date differs from the vessel status card notation 1-61. This history establishes no asbestos materials, conversion work scope or personal exposure. Crew figure withheld pending direct NHHC verification.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-private-joe-e-mann-02
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[3]MARAD status cards 4004_7383AF.jpg and 4135_7619AF.jpg [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- 4004 card field 22; 4135 particulars card Entered and Withdrawn fields
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD reserve-fleet cards record withdrawal from Beaumont to MSTS August 7, 1950; Richfield entered Suisun Bay November 21, 1968. The Richfield particulars card records sale for scrap to Nicolai Joffe Corporation March 16, 1976 and withdrawal April 12, 1976.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Sale and physical withdrawal are separate events; sale does not establish completion date/location of dismantling or asbestos removal. Companion sales card contains a conflicting date; see correction row.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-private-joe-e-mann-03
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[4]MARAD five-card set under Details 4004 and 4135 [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- 4004_7383AF.jpg fields 2, 8, 22; 4004_7383AB.jpg final paragraph; vessel-status PNG operator table; 4135_AF.jpg Date/Remarks; 4135_7619AF.jpg Category/Withdrawn
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Primary-source discrepancies retained: MARAD status card 36bbfb12-f835-4e13-b2fa-b6ae34929142.png says renamed Richfield 1-61, while its historical clipping says November 27, 1960. Card 4135_AF.jpg has a February 16, 1976 award-date field but also a March 9 bid opening; the particulars and vessel-status cards both give March 16, 1976 sale. January 3, 1950 on Detail 4004 is Beaumont reserve-fleet entry, not MSTS entry. MARAD cards and historical clipping identify AP2/VC2-S-AP2.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- November 27, 1960 and March 16, 1976 are adopted with the competing administrative entries disclosed; no assertion that the source discrepancies have been independently resolved. AP3 labels in secondary sources are not adopted.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-private-joe-e-mann-04
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[5]J.T. Thorpe Settlement Trust, JT THORPE SHIP LIST, April 2015 filename (page footer 09/2013) [other_primary]
- Locator
- PDF page 44 of 56, RICHFIELD T-AGM-4 row; rendered and visually checked
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The J.T. Thorpe Settlement Trust-hosted JT THORPE SHIP LIST contains RICHFIELD T-AGM-4 with start May 1, 1968 and end May 31, 1968. The type-of-work and job-number cells are blank.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Official trust administrative list, not a complaint, discovery record, trial finding or judgment. The row itself does not identify asbestos, a product, work location, worker, dose or job scope. Underlying records and listing criteria were not retrieved. Kept as a lead only; no tier upgrade, product attribution or legal eligibility inference.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-private-joe-e-mann-05
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[6]GAO HRD-80-2, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, October 18, 1979 [gao]
- Locator
- Product page Highlights
- 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 selected high-maintenance areas.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Program-level context after this hull left Navy service; does not name Mann/Richfield or establish work at either yard on this ship. Product-page summary reviewed; full report not used. No ship-specific inference.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-private-joe-e-mann-06
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[7]National Archives, Records of Naval Operating Forces, RG 313 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Section 313.6.1
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA RG 313 guide section 313.6.1 describes MSTS Pacific Area subject files for 1950-56 and 1959, and general correspondence and locators for 1958; these are potential operational-record leads for further hull-specific research.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Finding aid only; no ship-specific folder, maintenance specification, insulation record or exposure record retrieved. Record availability and holdings location must be confirmed with NARA.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-private-joe-e-mann-07
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[8]Codex batch 9564 research/search ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger; research/RESEARCH.md; research/courtlistener-opinions.log
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No primary hull asbestos survey, identified asbestos product or individual exposure finding was located in the MARAD history/cards and targeted web searches recorded in this batch. The trust ship-list entry is a limited administrative lead. CourtListener returned no search response because the authenticated helper was blocked by fleet pacing; litigation status remains unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Bounded research outcome, not proof that asbestos was absent or that no case exists. CourtListener blocking must not be counted as a no-result search. No factory specification, conversion package or abatement contract was inspected.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-private-joe-e-mann-08
