Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]NHHC DANFS, Sgt. Sylvester Antolak [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Characteristics and final paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS lists complement 112 and troop capacity 1,070; return to MARAD 1952-09-17, striking 1952-11-06, and sale for scrap in December 1971.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Complement is a published specification, not a voyage roster or exposed population. The task-supplied 1952-09-15 out-of-service date remains independently unverified; it is not the MARAD return date.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-sgt-sylvester-antolak-03
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[2]MARAD Vessel History, record 4528 [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Identity fields, name history, fate and milestones
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD identifies official number 248064, year built 1945, Bethlehem-Fairfield, VC2-S-AP2, and former name Stetson Victory. Its disposition/withdrawal milestone is 1972-01-03 and fate is sold for scrap.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- MARAD labels the type Training Ship; that metadata does not supersede DANFS transport history. January withdrawal is not a verified demolition date or a contradiction of the December sale. Linked status-card images were not successfully retrieved.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-sgt-sylvester-antolak-04
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[3]OSHA, Occupational Exposure to Asbestos, 1994-08-10 [federal_register]
- Locator
- Shipbuilding and repairing discussion; paragraph beginning Asbestos products were used extensively
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- OSHA describes widespread asbestos use on American ships from the early 1940s through the late 1970s, including thermal insulation and bulkhead materials, and potential exposure during repair or removal.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Era-level context only; this source neither names Antolak nor establishes materials, products, concentrations or individual exposure aboard her. Tier 2 indicates context, not a hull finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-sgt-sylvester-antolak-05
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[4]Batch 9591 research and search ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger sl-01 through sl-09; research/batch-9591/README.md
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying hull-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, product identification, or asbestos litigation was located in this bounded review. The litigation sweep is incomplete because the CourtListener hull search was blocked by fleet pacing.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- No located record is not proof of absence. Zero results apply only to the completed CourtListener queries. Unsearched or inaccessible records cannot be classified as negative search results.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-sgt-sylvester-antolak-06
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[5]NARA, MSTS and MSC Deck Logs, 1946–81 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Scope, contents, and Archives II contact paragraphs
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA provides a research route for MSTS/MSC deck logs covering 1946–81 and directs researchers to Archives II for record inquiries.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- No Antolak log, box or asbestos record was retrieved or confirmed. Logs can help establish movements and repairs but are not automatically material inventories.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-sgt-sylvester-antolak-07
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[6]NHHC DANFS, Sgt. Sylvester Antolak [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Characteristics and construction/Army paragraphs
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- T-AP-192 was a transport, converted from Stetson Victory (MCV 830), VC2-S-AP2; DANFS class: Boulder Victory. Bethlehem-Fairfield, Baltimore, laid her down 1945-05-03, launched her 1945-06-16, and delivered her 1945-07-18. Army transfer followed in July 1946; renaming occurred 1947-10-31.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Corrects cargo classification for the MSTS service period. Indexed official text reviewed; direct page fetch failed. History does not document asbestos.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-sgt-sylvester-antolak-01
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[7]NHHC DANFS, Sgt. Sylvester Antolak [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- MSTS activation and operations paragraphs
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS records Navy activation 1950-07-22, departure for Yokohama 1950-08-24, and Korean War troop transport operations through 1952.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- 24 August is explicitly a sailing date; the task calls it entry into MSTS service. Do not equate activation, entry into service, and first sailing. No asbestos scope is established.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-usns-sgt-sylvester-antolak-02