Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]NHHC, DANFS, Schuyler Otis Bland [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Construction paragraph and final two service paragraphs
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Built in 1951 by Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp., Pascagoula, Mississippi. Delivered to the Navy on 4 August 1961 and assigned to MSTS on 28 August 1961. Departed San Francisco on 28 September 1961 for Pacific cargo service. MSTS became Military Sealift Command on 1 August 1970.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Official NHHC text available through the search index; direct page retrieval failed (curl 404). Thus verification is partial for access provenance. The historical present-tense closing sentence is not evidence of current service. This history documents no asbestos and gives no crew complement. MSTS assignment is an in-service milestone, not a naval commissioning.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-schuyler-otis-bland-01
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[2]MARAD, SS SCHUYLER OTIS BLAND [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Design heading; design narrative; final historical paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD identifies the vessel as the sole C3-S-DX1 design, records transfer to the Navy on 4 August 1961, Vietnam War logistical support, removal from the Naval Vessel Register on 15 August 1979, and subsequent sale for scrap.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- MARAD establishes sale for scrap, not the actual dismantling date or location. The 1979 striking date is not an independently established exact out-of-service date. No asbestos inventory or exposure evidence is provided.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-schuyler-otis-bland-02
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[3]NHHC, The Fourth Arm of Defense [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Table: MSTS Fleet – 1965; C-3 Cargo entry
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC lists Schuyler Otis Bland as USNS, T-AK-277, in the C-3 Cargo category of its 1965 MSTS fleet table.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Verified only against the official PDF search-index extract; full PDF/page image not examined. This corroborates identity, not asbestos, propulsion machinery, or complement.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-schuyler-otis-bland-03
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[4]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (18 October 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- Product page, Highlights
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- GAO describes Navy asbestos-insulation policy in 1975 and 1979: replacement when insulation was damaged or removed for necessary repairs, expanded in 1979 to selected high-maintenance areas. Its review concerned Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Navy-era context only. Product-page highlights were examined, not the full report. No evidence this vessel was surveyed, repaired at either yard, subject to an identified abatement project, or fitted with a particular asbestos product. Does not establish individual exposure, dose, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-schuyler-otis-bland-04
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[5]OSHRC, Rothschild Washington Stevedoring Co., Docket 4671 (25 September 1975) [court_record]
- Locator
- Commission opinion; Findings of Fact 2–5; Conclusions of Law 4–6; Order
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Rothschild Washington Stevedoring Co., OSHRC Docket 4671: longshoring aboard the vessel and at Seattle Pier 91 on 18 August 1973 was the subject of a protective-hat enforcement case. The judge sustained the citation and imposed $50; the Commission affirmed the judge’s decision on 25 September 1975. Classification: other litigation, not qualifying asbestos litigation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Administrative adjudication with Commission affirmance, not a judicial appellate asbestos judgment. Concerns hard hats, not asbestos; the word abatement refers to correcting that hazard. Worksite employee counts are not ship crew complement. Located through official OSHRC web research, not CourtListener; no asbestos stage or product identification can be assigned.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-schuyler-otis-bland-05
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[6]National Archives at Atlanta, RG 26, 36, 41 – Vessel Documentation Case Files – Mobile, Alabama [other_primary]
- Locator
- Table row: Schuyler Otis Bland
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA’s Mobile vessel documentation finding aid lists Schuyler Otis Bland under RG 36: Freight Steamer, file V-4573, official number 261758, year 1958, box 35.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Finding-aid metadata only; underlying file not obtained. The 1958 entry is not a build date. This pre-MSTS documentation lead does not establish Navy-era materials, asbestos presence, or exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-schuyler-otis-bland-06
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[7]Codex, Batch 9580 search ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger; research/batch-9580/RESEARCH.md; cl-name-opinion.stderr
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, product identification, or asbestos exposure finding was located in the completed public-source searches recorded in this ledger. CourtListener coverage remains incomplete because the authorized helper refused the first search at its shared pacing limit.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Search outcome only, not proof of asbestos absence or proof that no litigation exists. The exact-name opinion request returned no search results payload; name-docket and hull-number searches were not executed after the adapter-mandated stand-down. Archive interiors and a vessel materials inventory remain unexamined.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-schuyler-otis-bland-07