Evidence
5 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-5).
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[1]NAVSEA, Naval Vessel Historical Evaluation, final 15 April 2024 [other_primary]
- Locator
- pp. 2-3, snapshot and Noteworthy Events
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Built in 1985 by American Shipbuilding Company, Tampa, for Ocean Product Tankers. MSC long-term charter began 15 November 1985; Navy acquisition was 15 January 2003. Inactivation and striking are dated 30 October 2010.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Official compilation cites NVR, Wikipedia and FreightWaves on p. 4; not independent primary support for every narrative detail. Charter service is distinct from Navy purchase and USNS status. No asbestos findings. Snapshot commissioning terminology is not adopted as a commissioned-warship claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-samuel-l-cobb-01
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[2]MARAD, NDRF inventory, December 2022 [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- p. 13, Non-retention - Tanker, SAMUEL L COBB row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD identifies SAMUEL L COBB as T-AOT 1123, built 1985, Champion design, in its non-retention tanker category. This supports tanker rather than transport classification.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Historical inventory, not current vessel status or asbestos evidence. NAVSEA uses Gus W Darnell class nomenclature; no separate hull is inferred.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-samuel-l-cobb-02
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[3]MARAD, NDRF inventory, February 2024 [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- PDF p. 3 (printed 3/21), change effective 02/09/2024, New Value
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD records a recycling award to International Shipbreaking and arrival on 9 February 2024; it also records Beaumont Reserve Fleet arrival on 28 February 2011.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Arrival for recycling does not establish completed dismantling or asbestos removal. PDF text extraction reviewed; original table image unavailable. Do not portray the older Beaumont location as a verified current location.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-samuel-l-cobb-03
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[4]OSHA, Shipbreaking: Inventory of Hazardous Materials [other_primary]
- Locator
- Introductory paragraphs and assessment bullets; indexed official text
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- OSHA recommends a hazardous-material inventory before shipbreaking, including consideration of asbestos, and recommends sampling and review of vessel drawings and logs.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Generic guidance does not name this vessel or establish asbestos presence, products, quantity, exposure or causation. Direct page retrieval returned 403; indexed text only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-samuel-l-cobb-04
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[5]Codex, Batch 9579 research and search ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger sl-01 through sl-11; research/batch-9579/cl-name-opinion.log
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos documentation was located in this limited official-source review. Litigation status remains unknown because the authenticated CourtListener sweep was blocked before results returned.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- A search outcome, not proof of asbestos absence. CourtListener name/hull and docket coverage is incomplete. No survey, abatement scope, product identification, individual exposure, or adjudicated asbestos finding is established.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-samuel-l-cobb-05