Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]MARAD vessel 4317, vessel status card [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Header, completion field and WSA delivery line
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Sampan Hitch was built in 1945 by Walter Butler at Superior, Wisconsin, as C1-M-AV1, MC hull 2133, official number 248570. The vessel status card records completion and delivery to WSA on November 5, 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Construction and identity only; no asbestos specification. November 5 is the card reading, not the August completion reported by secondary sources.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-sampan-hitch-01
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[2]MARAD vessel status and reserve fleet cards [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Department of the Navy and MARAD transfer rows; companion cards/4317_7953AF.jpg header and service prior to lay-up
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The status card records permanent title transfer to the Department of the Navy on July 1, 1964, at New York, and permanent transfer from the Navy to MARAD at Suisun Bay on June 25, 1968. The reserve card identifies USNS Sampan Hitch as T-AGM-18, a range instrumentation ship, with Navy/MSTS service before lay-up. These establish the qualifying Navy/MSTS interval; earlier Air Force custody is not the qualifying basis.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Title-transfer and reserve-entry dates support the service boundary; these are not commissioning orders, crew records or exposure evidence.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-sampan-hitch-02
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[3]MARAD reserve fleet vessel data card [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Fields 8, 19, 20 and 22
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD records entry into the Wilmington reserve fleet on January 21, 1948, withdrawal for Air Force transfer on October 8, 1958, and delivery to Gibbs Corporation on October 16, 1958.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- The withdrawal and physical delivery dates are distinct events. Air Force history is background only; no conversion materials or asbestos information is supplied.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-sampan-hitch-03
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[4]MARAD ship sales card and vessel status card [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Award, date, contract and price fields; cards/6A7_01.png final two rows
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Sampan Hitch was sold for scrap to Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd. on April 23, 1973, under contract MA-6941, sale PD-X-957, for $79,054. Physical delivery/withdrawal occurred May 24, 1973, at Suisun Bay.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Sale for scrap does not verify actual dismantling date, site, hazardous-material removal or worker exposure. Reserve card uses a different buyer formulation; sales card controls buyer name.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-sampan-hitch-04
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[5]GAO HRD-80-2, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, October 18, 1979 [gao]
- Locator
- Highlights paragraphs 1–2
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- GAO reviewed asbestos use and worker protection in Navy ships at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards; its summary describes selective removal policies adopted in 1975 and 1979. This is general Navy-era background only.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Summary reviewed, not full report. Policies postdate Sampan Hitch Navy service. Does not name this hull, document C1-M-AV1 construction materials, or establish any product, asbestos presence, exposure or yard visit aboard this vessel.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-sampan-hitch-05
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[6]Codex batch 9578 research/search ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger; research/usns-sampan-hitch/cl-name-opinion.log
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, product identification, abatement record or exposure finding was located in the reviewed MARAD cards or bounded public-source searches. Ship-specific asbestos documentation remains unknown. CourtListener returned no search response because fleet pacing blocked the attempt; litigation research is incomplete.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- This is a bounded research result, not proof of asbestos absence or a clean litigation search. No legal eligibility or causation conclusion follows. Hull-number and docket searches remain pending.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-sampan-hitch-06
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[7]NHHC MSC.1987 Military Sealift Command Collection [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Ships by name and type: SAMPAN HITCH (AGM-18)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NHHC collection MSC.1987 lists Sampan Hitch (AGM-18) among its ship subjects; this is an archival photography lead.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Catalog text retrieved through search indexing; direct open timed out. Photographs were not inspected. Listing establishes neither asbestos content nor a specific maintenance record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-sampan-hitch-07
