Evidence
15 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-15).
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[1]CourtListener opinion search: 'USS Acadia' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion search 'USS Acadia' returned 1 result(s) (2026-10-07); individual records not reviewed
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Limitations
- hit count only — underlying dockets/opinions not individually reviewed; name query may match same-named vessels
- Evidence ID
- uss-acadia-ad42-cl-name-opinion
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[2]CourtListener docket search: 'USS Acadia' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener docket search 'USS Acadia' returned 113 result(s) (2026-10-07); individual records not reviewed
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Limitations
- hit count only — underlying dockets/opinions not individually reviewed; name query may match same-named vessels
- Evidence ID
- uss-acadia-ad42-cl-name-docket
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[3]CourtListener opinion search: 'AD-42' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion search 'AD-42' returned 441713 result(s) (2026-10-07); individual records not reviewed
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- hit count only — underlying dockets/opinions not individually reviewed
- Evidence ID
- uss-acadia-ad42-cl-hull-opinion
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[4]CourtListener docket search: 'AD-42' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener docket search 'AD-42' returned 672832 result(s) (2026-10-07); individual records not reviewed
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- hit count only — underlying dockets/opinions not individually reviewed
- Evidence ID
- uss-acadia-ad42-cl-hull-docket
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[5]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Vol. 1 Pt. A (1991), pp. 30-32, 'Acadia' entry; NHHC online DANFS page with photo caption NH 96633 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Canonical NHHC URL returned HTTP 404 on live fetch (consistent with documented NHHC link rot); content verified via Wayback Machine capture 2021-12-04 and hazegray DANFS transcription (losthistory.net/hazegray/danfs/auxil/ad42.htm)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC DANFS entry for Acadia (AD-42), Yellowstone-class destroyer tender: laid down 14 Feb 1978 at San Diego by National Steel and Shipbuilding Co.; launched 28 Jul 1979, sponsored by Mrs. Clarence R. Bryan; commissioned 6 Jun 1981, Capt. Brenton P. Hardy in command. Outfitting completed at builder's yard 6 Jul 1981; shakedown to Pearl Harbor Aug 1981. Operated as Pacific Fleet mobile repair facility at San Diego; deployments to WestPac/Indian Ocean 1983 (Yokosuka, Subic Bay, Diego Garcia, Mombasa, Mogadishu, Al Masirah, Pattaya, Hong Kong, Pusan, Sasebo) and 1985 (Subic Bay, Hong Kong, Sasebo, Pusan, Chinhae, Yokosuka); first regular overhaul at South West Marine, San Diego, Sep-mid-Dec 1985; repair work at NAS Alameda Oct-Nov 1986. Deployed Apr 1987 and rerouted to the Persian Gulf after the Iraqi Mirage attack on USS Stark (FFG-31); between 1 and 27 Jun 1987 provided berthing, messing, and repair services to Stark at Bahrain. NHHC photo caption NH 96633 documents Acadia carrying out repairs on Stark at Bahrain in late May 1987.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1978-1987
- Limitations
- DANFS Vol. 1 Pt. A coverage for this hull ends mid-entry at June 1987 (Stark repair) - no official narrative exists in DANFS for 1987-1994 service or decommissioning; post-1987 events rely on press/professional sources. The entry contains no asbestos or insulation-material statement; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-acadia-ad42-01
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[6]Naval Vessel Register (NAVSEA Shipbuilding Support Office), SHIPDETAILS page for AD 42, last updated 2010-10-05 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Live NVR detail page renders navigation shell without the data table; Wayback Machine capture 2017-01-07 (web.archive.org/web/20170107140222) carries the full milestone, characteristics, and status table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Naval Vessel Register record for ACADIA (AD 42), type 'DESTROYER TENDER', UIC 21047, class designator AD 41: builder National Steel & Shipbuilding Corp.; award 11 Mar 1976; keel 14 Feb 1978; launch 28 Jul 1979; delivery 5 May 1981; commission 6 Jun 1981; decommission 16 Dec 1994; stricken 13 Dec 2007; status 'Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise' with status-change date 20 Sep 2010. Physical characteristics: overall length 642 ft; extreme beam 85 ft; light displacement 13,526 tons; full displacement 20,473 tons; steel hull, steel superstructure; steam turbines, 1 propeller; accommodations 87 officers + 1,508 enlisted.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1976-2010
- Limitations
- Register-of-record values only; contains no materials, insulation, hazmat, or asbestos information. NVR full displacement (20,473 t) differs from the DANFS stat line (21,916 t) - both carried attributed, discrepancy logged. Maintenance-category field blank in the capture; the 'category B' layup framing circulating in secondary sources is unverified.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-acadia-ad42-02
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[7]NHHC Archives, ship command operation reports collection: USS Juneau (LPD-10) 1989 command history (chronology section) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Juneau LPD-10 1989 command history, chronology of events, June entries
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official ship command-operation report for USS Juneau (LPD-10), calendar year 1989, records 'Ship to Shop Availability with USS Acadia (AD 42) (12 - 30 Jun)' at San Diego - a customer-ship primary record of an Acadia tender availability.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1989-06
- Population
- Acadia repair department; USS Juneau crew during availability
- Limitations
- Documents that an availability occurred aboard/alongside Acadia in June 1989, not the scope or materials of work performed; contains no asbestos statement. Acadia's own command operation reports were not located in the digitized NHHC collection (tested slugs returned 404) - logged as archival lead.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-acadia-ad42-03
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[8]New York Times, '36 Women Pregnant Aboard a Navy Ship That Served in Gulf,' 30 Apr 1991 (San Diego dateline 29 Apr); NYT 'Women's Role in Combat: The War Resumes' (archive.nytimes.com); VA News #VeteranOfTheDay Laura E. Dwyer (news.va.gov/46368) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- NYT article (nytimes.com direct fetch HTTP 403 to automated access; text verified via NYT archive page and syndicated reprint); VA News article confirming Cape Cod relief
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Gulf deployment and the 'Love Boat' episode: Acadia departed San Diego 5 Sep 1990 for Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm - reported as the first wartime deployment of a mixed male-female crew aboard a U.S. Navy ship; she returned to San Diego in late April 1991 after about seven months of Gulf duty. The Navy acknowledged 36 crew members - one-tenth of the ~360 women aboard (crew ~1,250) - had become pregnant during the deployment; nine had been unknowingly pregnant at departure and five transferred aboard already pregnant. Press accounts nicknamed the ship the 'Love Boat'; Navy officials publicly objected to the label. VA reporting confirms USS Cape Cod (AD-43) departed San Diego 11 Jan 1991 to relieve Acadia in the Gulf.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1990-09 to 1991-04
- Population
- Crew of ~1,250 incl. ~360 women (1990-91 deployment)
- Limitations
- Press-reported figures are Navy-released numbers (36 pregnancies, ~360 women, ~1,250 crew) attributed to Navy spokesmen, not independently audited counts. 'First wartime deployment of a mixed crew on a U.S. Navy combat vessel' is the press framing - Acadia was a noncombatant support ship carrying women under then-current assignment rules. The reported Navy Unit Commendation for Gulf service was not traced to a primary award text.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-acadia-ad42-04
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[9]U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, 'Access Is Key to Power Projection' (Feb 1999); USNI Proceedings 'Princeton Leaves the War' (Jul 1991); Princeton mine-strike repair chain corroborated across multiple secondary accounts [reputable_press]
- Locator
- USNI Proceedings Feb 1999 article (indexed text, verified verbatim); Jul 1991 'Princeton Leaves the War' page returned HTTP 403 to automated fetch - repair-by-Acadia detail corroborated via consistent secondary accounts
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings documents Acadia's Gulf War logistics role: 'the Acadia (AD-42), recorded a first by rearming the destroyers Leftwich (DD-984) and Paul F. Foster (DD-964) with Tomahawk cruise missiles' (secondary framing adds 'pierside in Mina Jebel Ali' and 'first reload of shipboard Tomahawk missiles outside the continental United States'; the USNI text itself says only 'a first'). Separately, USS Princeton (CG-59) struck two influence mines on 18 Feb 1991; temporary repairs were conducted at Bahrain and then at Mina Jebel Ali, Dubai, by the duty destroyer tender Acadia, followed by Dubai drydock - Princeton returned to the U.S. under her own power after roughly five to eight weeks (figures differ by source).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1991-02 to 1991-04
- Population
- Acadia repair crews; Princeton CG-59 crew during availability
- Limitations
- Tomahawk rearm of Leftwich and Paul F. Foster is verbatim from USNI (verified). The Princeton-repair attribution to Acadia is consistent across secondary sources but the primary USNI CO account page was not retrievable this pass (HTTP 403) and NHHC has no digitized Princeton DANFS entry located - classified partial. Repair durations reported variously as five weeks (repairs by Acadia at Jebel Ali) and eight weeks total (through Dubai drydock). No asbestos content in any of these sources.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-acadia-ad42-05
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[10]DVIDS image 323774, VIRIN 100920-N-6720T-214 (U.S. Navy photo by MC Adam K. Thomas); U.S. Marine Corps news release mil-100923-mcn09 (Lance Cpl. Claudio A. Martinez, MCAS Iwakuni, 23 Sep 2010); NVR status line [other_primary]
- Locator
- DVIDS image record and caption; NVR status/status-change fields (Wayback capture 2017-01-07)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official Defense Visual Information Distribution Service record documents the sinking: ex-USS Acadia capsized off the coast of Guam on 20 Sep 2010 as an HH-60H Sea Hawk of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 14 prepared to fire a MK-46 Mod 5A(S) torpedo; the sinking was 'part of a day-long bombardment of ordnance delivered from Naval aircraft and ships during exercise Valiant Shield.' The Marine Corps public-affairs account notes area surveys were conducted before the SINKEX to ensure human and marine mammal life were not in the area. NVR records the disposal as 'Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise' effective 20 Sep 2010.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 2010-09
- Limitations
- Documents the disposal event and environmental survey for marine life only. No public record located of the vessel-specific SINKEX preparation inventory (what was drained, removed, or left aboard); the hulk's material condition at sinking is undocumented in public sources. Does not establish presence or absence of asbestos aboard at sinking.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-acadia-ad42-06
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[11]U.S. EPA, Marine Protection Permitting, 'Transport of Target Vessels for Ocean Disposal' (SINKEX general permit page); 40 CFR 229.2; EPA-Navy SINKEX Determination and Agreement (Jan 2014) [other_primary]
- Locator
- EPA SINKEX permit page (requirements list; ex-Acadia page image); ecfr.gov 40 CFR 229.2 text; 2014 Determination/Agreement document
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- Acadia's 2010 sinking was conducted under the Navy's SINKEX program governed by the EPA general permit under the Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act at 40 CFR 229.2: qualified personnel must remove 'to the maximum extent practicable all materials which may degrade the marine environment' - including emptying/flushing fuel tanks and lines to essentially petroleum-free and removing other pollutants and readily detachable material capable of creating debris or chemical pollution; target vessels must sink at least 50 nautical miles from land in at least 6,000 feet of water; the Navy reports each sinking to EPA annually. EPA's own SINKEX program page illustrates the program with the ex-Acadia image. The January 2014 'Determination by the EPA and Agreement between the Navy and the EPA' clarified PCB removal and reporting but post-dates this sinking.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- permit framework as applied 2010
- Limitations
- Program framework, not a hull record: the permit's enumerated removals target marine-environment degraders (petroleum, pollutants, detachable debris) and the 2014 clarification addresses PCBs - asbestos is not an enumerated removal category, and the permit record does not document what was actually aboard or removed from Acadia. Pre-2014 Navy preparation practice for this hull is not public. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-acadia-ad42-07
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[12]U.S. General Accounting Office, HRD-80-2 / B-163375, 'Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure,' report to the House of Representatives, 18 October 1979 (incl. Navy letter attachment on shipboard asbestos applications) [gao]
- Locator
- gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches (documented standing issue since batch-01); quoted passages verified via the report's indexed full text
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO report HRD-80-2 'Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure' (18 Oct 1979) documents the construction-era transition this hull was built inside: Navy thermal-insulation product specifications were changed in 1973 to require asbestos-free materials, but 'asbestos materials had already been purchased and in some cases installed in ships under construction. Therefore, some ships were delivered with asbestos insulation as late as May 1978.' The Navy further advised GAO that 'all ships presently in service contain some quantity of asbestos' via remaining applications lacking acceptable substitutes - piping-system gaskets and packing, ship-deck tiling, galley ranges, electric cabling, equipment brakes and clutches, pipe hanger liners - and that 'it is nearly impossible to build a Navy ship free of the mineral.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1973-1979 transition era documented; report 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and ship crews (program-level context)
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation of the 1973-1978 insulation phaseout and of residual non-insulation asbestos applications Navy-wide - does not name this hull and does not establish that asbestos was or remained aboard AD-42. The report's Attachment #1 lists ships delivered since 1973 or under construction with insulation status; the indexed text quotes classes with asbestos thermal insulation as CCNs, SSNs, YTBs, YONs, AORs and AGORs - destroyer tenders are not among the quoted classes, but whether AD-42 (keel Feb 1978, delivered May 1981) appears in the full attachment could not be verified because the PDF was not directly retrievable. Does not establish quantity, present-day presence, individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-acadia-ad42-08
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[13]Batch-469 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS entry + Wayback capture; NVR detail (Wayback capture); EPA SINKEX page and 40 CFR 229.2; DVIDS record; NHHC command-operation-reports collection; CourtListener API v4 (blocked); web litigation/name sweeps [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-acadia-ad42-01 through sl-uss-acadia-ad42-12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, SINKEX preparation inventory, or docketed case naming the Acadia (AD-42) hull was found in the public sources searched. The DANFS entry and NVR record contain no asbestos or insulation-material statement. CourtListener opinion search was blocked by API rate limiting this session (see search_ledger); web-level searches surfaced only law-firm marketing listicles that enumerate Acadia among tender hulls - excluded as non-authoritative - and name-collision results (Acadia Parish LA litigation), not hull records.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 2026-09-19
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a hull built 1978-1981 at a commercial yard during the documented insulation phaseout transition is era-consistent with residual asbestos-containing materials (gaskets, packing, tiling, brake/clutch linings, cabling, hanger liners per GAO HRD-80-2). Equally, delivery in May 1981 post-dates the last documented asbestos-insulation delivery (May 1978), so thermal insulation aboard is more likely asbestos-free than not - unresolved either way without a hull survey. Does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-acadia-ad42-09
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[14]NARA deck-log research guidance (RG 24 commissioned-ship deck logs); NHHC Archives command-operation-reports collection (Acadia path not digitized); NavSource bibliography noting the 1985 Welcome Aboard pamphlet [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA military logbook guidance; NHHC command-operation-reports collection structure (Acadia slugs tested returned 404); navsource.org/archives/09/03/0342.htm source list (lead only, not cited as evidence)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - requires research-room or FOIA work; no spend authorized): (a) NARA RG 24 deck logs for commissioned Navy ships - Acadia's 1981-1994 deck logs would document availabilities, shipyard periods, and incident reports; (b) NHHC Archives ship command-operation reports - Acadia's own annual command histories are not digitized at the tested collection path though sister/customer ships' reports reference her availabilities; (c) NASSCO (National Steel and Shipbuilding, San Diego; later General Dynamics NASSCO) builder records - construction material specifications for hull 42 are private/yard-held, not public archive; (d) Navy SINKEX vessel-preparation records for ex-Acadia (2010) - the inventory of materials removed before sinking would be a ship-specific environmental record, obtainable only via FOIA; (e) the ship's 'Welcome Aboard' pamphlet (c. 1985) cited by NavSource as a source - ship-published primary document, not retrieved.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1976-2010 records
- Limitations
- Record-path mapping only - no box-level retrieval or FOIA request performed; existence of asbestos-specific documents for AD-42 is unknown until surveyed. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-acadia-ad42-10
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[15]Cross-source reconciliation: DANFS stat line vs NVR SHIPDETAILS capture vs NYT/secondary reporting vs DVIDS sinking record [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR Wayback capture 2017-01-07 (milestones/characteristics); DANFS stat line (Wayback 2021-12-04); DVIDS 323774
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Source discrepancies logged, not merged: (a) full-load displacement - DANFS stat line 21,916 t vs NVR 20,473 t (light 13,526 t agrees); NVR carried as register of record. (b) complement - DANFS 'cpl. 1,500' vs NVR accommodations 87+1,508=1,595 vs ~1,250 actual deployed crew reported 1991; carried attributed, not merged. (c) armament - DANFS stat line 'a. 1 5-inch' vs secondary descriptions of light fit (20mm/.50-cal/40mm) later in service; neither configuration verified at specific dates. (d) layup - NISMF Pearl Harbor 'maintenance category B' is secondary-source framing; the NVR capture's maintenance-category field is blank. (e) sinking date - NVR disposal/status-change 20 Sep 2010 vs some secondary framings '19-20 September'; the day-long bombardment began the exercise and she sank 20 Sep - NVR/DVIDS adopted.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1978-2010
- Limitations
- Resolves publication-level figure conflicts by preferring register-of-record values; does not affect identity, construction, or disposal timeline. None of the discrepant figures is asbestos-relevant.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-acadia-ad42-11