Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]MARAD Ship History Detail 4221 and vessel status card 64E_01 [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Detail identity fields; cards/64E_01.png header and first delivery row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Rose Knot was built in 1945 by Pennsylvania Shipyards at Beaumont, Texas, as type C1-M-AV1; official number 247277 and Maritime Commission hull 2335. The vessel status card records completion and delivery to WSA on 5 May 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Builder name is corroborated by the detail page and sales card; the builder text on 64E_01 is obscured. Completion/delivery is not a Navy commissioning date. No material inventory.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-rose-knot-01
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[2]MARAD Reserve Fleet—Ship Particulars, 4221_7779AF [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Name/type/hull-number and service-prior-to-lay-up fields
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Classify USNS Rose Knot (T-AGM-14) as a missile range instrumentation ship, converted from cargo service. MARAD reserve-fleet card 4221_7779AF explicitly labels it Range Instrumentation Ship and records Navy-MSC service before lay-up. MC-2335 on the primary cards supersedes NavSource narrative MC 2466.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- The MARAD database retains generic cargo/break-bulk categories reflecting the underlying design; these do not describe the later instrumentation mission. Card does not date the conversion or Navy transfer. No asbestos evidence.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-rose-knot-02
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[3]MARAD vessel status cards 64E_01, 64E_02 and reserve-fleet card 4221_7779AF [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- 64E_01 lower operation rows; 64E_02 first four rows; 4221_7779AF service and entered fields
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD records MSTS operation through West Coast Trans-Oceanic on 11 May 1955 and West Coast Steamship on 18 June 1956, followed by return to Olympia reserve on 8 August 1956. Title transferred to the U.S. Air Force on 1 April 1957. Later Navy-MSC service preceded entry into Suisun Bay reserve on 26 March 1968; permanent transfer to MARAD followed on 25 October 1968.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Administrative custody and operation entries only. Does not establish precise 1964 Navy acquisition date, crew strength, work locations aboard, or asbestos exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-rose-knot-03
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[4]MARAD Record of Ship Sales 4221_AF and reserve-fleet card 4221_7779AF [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Award/date/contract and remarks fields; 4221_7779AF withdrawal field
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD sales card records award to King Industrial Development Corporation on 28 June 1977 for $76,011, under nontransportation-use condition (1), contract MA-8684. The reserve-fleet card records withdrawal on 4 August 1977.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- 64E_02 labels purchase 21 June 1977, while the sales card identifies that date as bid opening and dates award 28 June. Use the explicit sales card for award. This was not proof of completed scrapping; later clipping on 64E_02 is a secondary press report of approval only. No abatement documentation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-rose-knot-04
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[5]Robert J. Cressman, DANFS Coastal Sentry (T-AGM 15), NHHC; indexed official text [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Paragraph beginning Along with Rose Knot; duplicate passage indexed under Somerset (AK-212)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NHHC identifies Rose Knot (T-AGM 14) alongside Coastal Sentry as collecting and relaying spacecraft telemetry and performing command-control work with embarked NASA flight controllers.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Official text was available through the search index; direct web retrieval failed and local curl returned 404. This passage names Rose Knot, but adjacent acquisition, disposal and Gemini VIII emergency-command details describe Coastal Sentry and are not transferred to Rose Knot. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-rose-knot-05
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[6]GAO HRD-80-2, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, 18 October 1979 [gao]
- Locator
- Printed pages 1–2 (PDF pages 1–2), Navy policy on use of asbestos
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- GAO documented the Navy-wide historical use of asbestos thermal insulation and the 1973 specification changes and 1975 replacement policy. This supplies general Navy-era background only.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Verified only as fleet-era background, not a C1-M-AV1 specification or Rose Knot finding. The report postdates this vessel’s 1968 reserve entry. Its statements about ships then in service cannot be applied to Rose Knot. No ship-specific product, quantity, exposure or yard visit is inferred. Local PDF download was blocked (403); web PDF text was accessible.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-rose-knot-06
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[7]Batch 9576 search ledger and review of MARAD Detail 4221 and its eight status-card images [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger sl-01 through sl-12; research/batch-9576/RESEARCH.md
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, product identification or exposure finding was located in the non-litigation sources examined. Ship-specific asbestos documentation remains unknown. CourtListener coverage is incomplete and is not a negative litigation result.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Limited to retrieved cards, official indexed history and targeted web searches; not an exhaustive archive search or evidence of absence. CourtListener first exact-name query was stopped by the fleet pacing helper; hull and docket queries remain unexecuted. No legal merits determination.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-rose-knot-07
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[8]NARA Guide to Federal Records, RG 178 sections 178.6/178.8 and RG 313 section 313.6.1 [other_primary]
- Locator
- 178.6 and 178.8; https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/313.html#313.6.1
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA RG 178 identifies Construction Division records and Production Division hull correspondence. RG 313.6.1 identifies MSTS Pacific Area subject files and arctic-operations records for 1955–1957. These are potential paths for construction and early MSTS research.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Record-group leads only: no Rose Knot file, box, material specification or asbestos record retrieved. The listed MSTS series is relevant to early service, not a verified location of 1964–1968 conversion/repair records.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-rose-knot-08
