Evidence
5 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-5).
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[1]DANFS, USS Admiralty Islands (CVE-99) - verbatim transcription (live NHHC page returned 404 on 2026-09-18; a 2016 Wayback capture of the legacy NHHC page corroborates the transcription) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS CVE-99 entry - spec block and full service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: originally Chaplin Bay; laid down 26 February 1944 at Vancouver, Wash., by the Kaiser Shipbuilding Co. under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1136); renamed Admiralty Islands 26 April 1944; launched 10 May 1944; commissioned 13 June 1944 at Astoria, Ore. Aircraft and personnel transport and logistics support of fast-carrier operations; supported the Iwo Jima and Okinawa operations and strikes against the Japanese home islands. In April 1945 two boilers became inoperative; she returned to the west coast for repairs, then resumed Pacific logistics duty. 'Magic-Carpet' duty. Decommissioned 24 April 1946; struck 8 May 1946; sold to Zidell Machinery and Supply Co., Portland, Ore., for scrapping. Three battle stars WWII.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Kaiser Vancouver construction trades (1944); ship's company (1944-1946); west-coast boiler-repair trades (Apr-May 1945); Zidell dismantlement trades (Portland, 1946-47)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; contains no asbestos or material content. The April 1945 boiler repair is a documented machinery event, not asbestos evidence - repair scope and materials are not stated.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-admiralty-islands-cve99-01
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[2]NavSource Online, USS Admiralty Islands (CVE-99) escort carrier photo index - data block, awards line, and captioned NARA/US Navy images [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 03/099 data block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource data block corroborates the DANFS chronology, class spec, awards (three battle stars), and the Zidell Machinery and Supply Co. (Portland, Ore.) scrapping disposition - Zidell being one of the largest Pacific-coast shipbreakers of the era.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Same populations as DANFS row
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation consistent with DANFS; no material or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-admiralty-islands-cve99-02
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[3]U.S. Navy, Bureau of Ships Technical Manual, NAVSHIPS 250-000, Chapter 39 'Thermal Insulation' (1960) + Casablanca-class profile (ships-worktrees class-d/casablanca-class.class.json, row ev-casablanca-class-05) [other_primary]
- Locator
- BuShips TM ch.39 sections 39-11 through 39-13 (as catalogued in class-d/casablanca-class.class.json); NavSource/DANFS spec block (4 B&W boilers, Uniflow engines); DANFS boiler-repair event (Apr 1945)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference for a Casablanca-class escort carrier: the class's 4 Babcock & Wilcox boilers, 2 Skinner Uniflow reciprocating steam engines, and associated steam piping are the equipment classes covered by the BuShips Technical Manual ch.39 material suite - MIL-P-2781/32-P-8 thermal pipe insulation including 85% magnesia (about 15% asbestos fiber) and amosite-felt types, MIL-I-2819/32-I-3 thermal block insulation, roll asbestos felt, SS-C-466 asbestos cloth/tape lagging (80-95% chrysotile), asbestos millboard, and asbestos finishing cement. This hull's construction (keel Feb 1944, commission Jun 1944) and her entire service life (1944-46) fall inside the Navy's peak asbestos-specification era; she was struck in 1946 and scrapped at Zidell, Portland - an era when dismantlement routinely disturbed boiler-room insulation without the later-era controls GAO documented.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Kaiser Vancouver construction trades (1944); ship's company (1944-1946); west-coast boiler-repair trades (1945); Zidell dismantlement trades (1946-47)
- Limitations
- Class/era specification inference only - does not establish that any asbestos-containing material is or was installed aboard this hull, and does not establish quantity, individual exposure, or present-day presence. The April 1945 boiler repair is documented as a machinery event only; whether asbestos insulation was disturbed is not stated in any located source. The retrieved PDF is a scan hosted in a bankruptcy Daubert-appendix repository; the document itself is the government manual.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-admiralty-islands-cve99-03
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[4]Washington State Department of Ecology, cleanup site page 'Kaiser Shipyard Debris Pile' (csid 1831) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Ecology site record - site history paragraph
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- Washington State Dept. of Ecology cleanup-site record for the 'Kaiser Shipyard Debris Pile': in 1942 the site was developed as part of the Kaiser Vancouver Shipyard, which 'was responsible for construction of liberty ships, escort carriers, and transport ships used during World War II'; shipyard debris (metal, pipes, firebrick, ceramics) was used as fill 1940-1946. This is the yard that built this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1940-1946 yard operations
- Population
- Kaiser Vancouver shipyard workers (1940-1946)
- Limitations
- Official state environmental record confirming the builder yard's escort-carrier program and industrial debris stream; the record does not itself list asbestos among documented debris constituents. Yard-level context only - no hull-specific material data.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-admiralty-islands-cve99-04
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[5]Batch-43 search ledger (this record): live NHHC DANFS probe + Wayback corroboration; ibiblio DANFS transcription; NavSource; CourtListener API + site-scoped index sweep; general web trace [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-admiralty-islands-cve99-01 through -06
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for CVE-99: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or litigation naming THIS hull was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener API v4 search was rate-limit throttled on 2026-09-18 (HTTP 429, 125/day shared limit); a site-scoped web-index sweep of courtlistener.com for 'Admiralty Islands'/'CVE-99' returned no qualifying asbestos case naming the ship (geographic Admiralty Islands name collisions possible; none qualifying). Circulating 'USS Admiralty Islands asbestos' content traces to mesothelioma law-firm sites only - excluded per source rules.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 2026-09-18
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard or of filings - state-court and non-digitized records are not covered, the CourtListener API sweep could not be completed under rate limiting, and the site-scoped index sweep is partial coverage, not a completed docket search. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-admiralty-islands-cve99-05