Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]MARAD vessel status card, Sea-Land Commerce / Regulus (Form MA-199) [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Fields 1-13 and operating-history table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The MARAD status card identifies Sea-Land Commerce, official number 545200, builder hull 1383, SL-7 design, built by A. G. Weser in West Germany. Its Date (Built) field reads March 28, 1973. It records temporary Navy custody at James River and renaming to Regulus on October 27, 1981; an ownership-change entry dated November 18, 1981; temporary MARAD custody at San Francisco dated November 10, 1981; and Navy withdrawal from Suisun Bay for conversion on May 8, 1984.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1973-1984
- Limitations
- Administrative entries are reproduced as separate events; the out-of-order ownership/custody entries do not establish one definitive purchase or MSC service-entry date. No asbestos composition or conversion abatement scope is stated.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-regulus-01
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[2]MARAD Regulus reserve-fleet particulars card (Form MA-383) and vessel-history entry 6448 [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Card name, ex-name, type and hull-number fields; linked history page title at https://vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/6448
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The MARAD reserve-fleet particulars card explicitly identifies Regulus T-AK-292 as ex-Sea-Land Commerce, SL-7, builder hull 1383. The MARAD vessel-history page identifies Regulus as AKR-292, completing the identity link between the AK and AKR designations.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1981-1984
- Limitations
- Supports consolidation of the two designations, not the exact redesignation date. Card gives Bremerhaven, Germany, while secondary histories use Bremen; builder location is withheld pending reconciliation. No asbestos evidence.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-regulus-02
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[3]MARAD, Vessel Characteristics, March 1, 2016 [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Printed p. 14 (PDF page 20), Regulus row and Engine Type; Appendix C p. 36
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD’s March 1, 2016 vessel-characteristics booklet lists Regulus among Fast Sealift Ships with a 1973 build year and 1985 conversion year; the applicable page describes roll-on/roll-off service and steam-turbine propulsion. Appendix C pairs Regulus with former name Sea-Land Commerce.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 2016 publication; 1973 and 1985 events
- Limitations
- Historical configuration only. Steam propulsion does not establish asbestos presence. No machinery manufacturer, asbestos product, or exposure inference is carried. Crew figures are withheld because no DANFS/NHHC confirmation was located.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-regulus-03
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[4]MARAD vessel-history entry 6448 and NDRF Inventory for February 28, 2026 [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Inventory pp. 2 and 13, Regulus entries; history page Milestones and Fate at https://vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/6448
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD’s history page records transfer of title from the Navy to MARAD on October 1, 2008. Its undated fate field says Sold - Scrap. The February 28, 2026 NDRF inventory lists Regulus AKR 292 as non-retention/disposal at BRF East Dock, Beaumont, Texas; its changes table records an October 1, 2025 downgrade to non-retention disposal and a February 1, 2026 transfer from DGO to BRF.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 2008; 2025-2026
- Limitations
- Disposal listing and an undated sold-for-scrap label do not prove completed dismantling or a September 2026 physical location. Inventory lists build year 1972, conflicting with the 1973 status card and characteristics booklet. Sale date, recycler and asbestos inventory remain unverified.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-regulus-04
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[5]NHHC DANFS, Regulus II (AF-57) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Title and opening construction/acquisition paragraph
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NHHC’s Regulus II history concerns AF-57, formerly Escanaba Victory, built in 1944 and commissioned in 1954. It is not the SL-7 Sea-Land Commerce / Regulus hull 292.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Identity correction only. AF-57 service, complement, shipyards and any asbestos claims must not be transferred to T-AK/T-AKR-292; AK-14 is likewise outside this record’s canonical hull identity.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-regulus-05
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[6]Loeber v. Bay Tankers, Inc., 924 F.2d 1340 (5th Cir. Mar. 6, 1991); CourtListener opinion 555447, duplicate cluster 8994251 [court_record]
- Locator
- Opinion paras. 1-7 and 37-38; authenticated v4 full text retained in research/batch-9575/cl-loeber-opinion.json
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- The exact-name opinion search returned two versions of Loeber v. Bay Tankers, Inc., 924 F.2d 1340 (5th Cir. 1991), No. 90-3537. The opinion describes alleged injuries from Regulus’s accommodation ladder at Violet Dock Port on June 13, 1988. It affirmed judgment for the United States on jurisdictional/presentment and limitations grounds, reversed denial of leave to add Violet Dock Port, and remanded. This is other litigation, not qualifying asbestos litigation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1988 incident; 1991 appeal
- Limitations
- Accident allegations are not promoted to a trial finding. Affirmance on procedural grounds is not a merits finding about asbestos or exposure. The duplicate search versions count as one decision; no later remand outcome was reviewed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-regulus-06
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[7]CourtListener authenticated v4 alias-search result, cluster/opinion 423242 [court_record]
- Locator
- Search result metadata and opinion snippet; research/batch-9575/cl-aliases-opinion.json
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- An alias opinion search returned American Home Assur. Co. v. Sea-Land Commerce, 714 F.2d 151 (9th Cir. June 27, 1983), No. 82-4182. The returned text gives only N.D. Cal. and AFFIRMED. Classified provisionally as other litigation / unresolved alias match, not qualifying asbestos litigation.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1983
- Limitations
- Bare disposition contains no underlying facts, hull identifier, asbestos allegation or merits reasoning. Hull attribution and underlying subject remain unresolved; affirmance must not be described as an affirmed asbestos judgment.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-regulus-07
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[8]OSHA Accident Summary 170080881, inspection 102256799 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Accident Summary header and Abstract
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- OSHA accident summary 170080881 describes a fatal April 16, 1993 load test of a reinforced vehicle ramp attached to Regulus; the abstract also names Pollux. The reported mechanism was ramp failure, shifting weights and crushing, not asbestos.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1993-04-16
- Limitations
- A ship-specific occupational accident record, but no asbestos material, exposure, disease or sampling finding is stated. It is excluded from asbestos-supporting evidence.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-regulus-08
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[9]Codex research/search ledger for Batch 9575; primary-source URLs and authenticated request artifacts indexed alongside the record [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger entries s01-s10; research/batch-9575/RESEARCH.md
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos source was located in the official records and completed opinion searches reviewed for this batch. Ship-specific asbestos documentation remains unknown. The RECAP docket sweep was blocked by the shared CourtListener pacing budget, so litigation coverage is incomplete.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- This is a bounded research result, not evidence that asbestos was absent or that no claim exists. No survey, product identification, abatement scope, personal exposure or causation is established. Historical ship rows do not support an asbestos tier.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-regulus-09
