Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]NHHC DANFS, Private Joe P. Martinez [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Opening AP-187 specification block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS identifies Boulder Victory class, type VC2-S-AP2, complement 96 and troop capacity 1,259.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- NHHC official indexed text was readable through web search; direct page fetch returned 404. History only, not evidence of asbestos installation or exposure. Complement is not a count of persons exposed. Troop capacity is not crew; MARAD card separately lists passenger capacity 1,576 without a comparable date/configuration.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-private-joe-p-martinez-03
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[2]MARAD vessel 4005 and reserve-fleet card 4005_7385AF [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Detail page Official Number; card boxes 1–2, 4, 8, 12, red sale annotation and box 22
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD identifies official number 247954 and the former name Stevens Victory. The reserve-fleet card identifies MCV-825, VC2-S-AP2, and entry at Olympia on 30 September 1952. It records sale for nontransportation use to West Waterway Lumber Co., Seattle, on 7 October 1971 and withdrawal/delivery on 1 November 1971.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Sale and withdrawal are different dates. The detail-page milestone labels 1 November as disposition; the card supplies the earlier sale date. Neither establishes scrapping, asbestos removal, or later physical fate. Detail URL: https://vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/4005
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-private-joe-p-martinez-04
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[3]OSHA, Occupational Exposure to Asbestos, 59 FR 40964–41162 (10 August 1994) [federal_register]
- Locator
- Regulatory impact discussion, shipbuilding and repairing; paragraph beginning Asbestos products were used extensively
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- OSHA’s 1994 rulemaking describes widespread asbestos use on American ships from the early 1940s through late 1970s, including machinery insulation and accommodation materials. This provides era-level research context for a 1945-built vessel.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Official indexed text reviewed; direct fetch returned 403. The rulemaking does not identify Martinez, prove any product aboard her, or establish individual exposure. Tier 2 expresses era context only; no hull inference is promoted to fact.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-private-joe-p-martinez-05
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[4]Codex batch-9565 research notes and search ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- research/batch-9565/RESEARCH.md; search ledger sl-01 through sl-09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No direct ship-specific asbestos documentation was located in the reviewed NHHC history, MARAD detail/card, or bounded web searches. Asbestos presence, products, and individual exposures aboard this vessel remain unknown. The CourtListener sweep is incomplete because its helper refused the exact-name request on shared pacing grounds.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- A bounded research result, not proof of absence. No CourtListener results payload was obtained; no claim of a litigation-negative sweep is made. Unretrieved archival records and unexecuted queries remain gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-private-joe-p-martinez-06
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[5]NARA, Records of the United States Maritime Commission, RG 178 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Sections 178.6 and 178.8
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA RG 178 guide describes East Coast construction records (1942–46) in section 178.6 and hull correspondence (1941–45) in section 178.8. These are leads for researching Stevens Victory, MCV-825.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Guide-level holdings were reviewed, not vessel files. Inclusion of this hull or asbestos documentation in these series has not been verified.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-private-joe-p-martinez-07
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[6]NHHC DANFS, Private Joe P. Martinez [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Opening construction and operating-history paragraphs
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Built as Stevens Victory (MCV hull 825), laid down 13 April 1945 at Bethlehem-Fairfield, Baltimore; launched 29 May and delivered 25 June 1945. Todd Shipyard, Hoboken, converted her to a troopship 29 June–21 September 1945, followed by Grace Lines operation.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- NHHC official indexed text was readable through web search; direct page fetch returned 404. History only, not evidence of asbestos installation or exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-private-joe-p-martinez-01
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[7]NHHC DANFS, Private Joe P. Martinez [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Army transfer through final service-history paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Transferred to the Army 5 September 1946 and renamed Private Joe P. Martinez 3 October 1947. Navy transfer as T-AP-187 occurred 1 March 1950 at New York; she served on western Pacific transport voyages during the Korean War. Laid up at Olympia 1 September 1952, transferred to MARAD 30 September 1952, and struck 6 November 1952.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- NHHC official indexed text was readable through web search; direct page fetch returned 404. History only, not evidence of asbestos installation or exposure. Entry into Navy service is not represented as a naval commissioning.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-private-joe-p-martinez-02
