Evidence
14 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-14).
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[1]CourtListener opinion search: 'USS Alcor' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion search 'USS Alcor' returned 0 results (2026-10-07)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Limitations
- zero-hit search; absence of hits is not proof of no litigation
- Evidence ID
- uss-alcor-ad34-cl-name-opinion
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[2]CourtListener docket search: 'USS Alcor' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener docket search 'USS Alcor' returned 38 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-alcor-ad34-cl-name-docket
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[3]CourtListener opinion search: 'AD-34' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion search 'AD-34' returned 389394 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-alcor-ad34-cl-hull-opinion
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[4]CourtListener docket search: 'AD-34' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener docket search 'AD-34' returned 589454 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-alcor-ad34-cl-hull-docket
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[5]DANFS, 'Alcor I (AD-34)' (LuAnn Parsons, September 1981) - Wayback Machine capture 20250207015348 of the official NHHC page (live page returned 404 on 2026-09-19); verbatim transcription cross-checked at NavSource [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Alcor I entry, full narrative text and specification block; canonical NHHC URL https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/a/alcor-i.html (404); mirror https://www.navsource.net/archives/09/03/0334.htm
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS entry for Alcor I (AD-34): Dixie was built in 1928 at Kearny, N.J., by the Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co.; owned and operated by the Southern Pacific Steamship Lines (Morgan Line); renamed Alcor by the Navy 13 February 1941; purchased 3 March 1941; converted for naval service at Baltimore by Bethlehem Steel's Key Highway plant; commissioned as Alcor (AG-34) 4 September 1941, Comdr. Edward A. Mitchell in command. Sailed 7 December for Casco Bay; reached Norfolk 19 December as flagship of Commander, Train, Atlantic Fleet; reclassified repair ship AR-10 22 December 1941 and repaired damage/made alterations to warships at Norfolk for more than 30 months. Departed 4 July 1944 for Casco Bay (arrived 14 July), flagship of Commander, Destroyers, Atlantic Fleet; designation changed to AD-34 6 November 1944. Left the east coast early January 1945, transited the Panama Canal, joined the Pacific Fleet 16 January, reached Pearl Harbor 3 February; tender services there until 4 June; sailed for the Philippines, diverted to Eniwetok for a four-day construction project, arrived Leyte 26 June and reported to Service Squadron 10 for repair work. Left Philippine waters 14 September 1945; reached Buckner Bay, Okinawa, 18 September; sailed for Japan 28 February 1946 - repair work at Sasebo through late March, then Yokosuka until 8 May; via Pearl Harbor to San Diego (3 June), transited the Canal, reached Norfolk 22 June; decommissioned 5 August 1946; 'the vessel was sold on 6 August 1946'; stricken 28 August 1946; 'later scrapped in 1950.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1928-1946
- Population
- Ship's company 1941-1946 (complement 734 per DANFS spec block)
- Limitations
- Authoritative for identity, dates, and service narrative; Wayback capture used because the live NHHC page is unreachable (standing NHHC link-rot noted in BATCH-01-REPORT). Contains no asbestos, materials, or insulation information - this row supports no asbestos claim. The entry's 'sold on 6 August 1946' compresses the disposal chain - see correction row ev-04.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-alcor-ad34-01
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[6]Shipscribe U.S. Navy auxiliary ships data sheets, AR-10 Alcor class page (Stephen S. Roberts compilation from Navy registers, General Board and BuC&R records) [other_primary]
- Locator
- AR-10 class page: characteristics block, construction table, disposition table, class notes, ship notes
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Ship-design compilation (shipscribe.com, compiled from Navy registers and BuC&R design records): Alcor class AR-10, Design 'Pass. & Cargo, 1927'; displacement 8,091 light / 12,250 lim. tons; 445.0 ft oa x 60.0 ft x 25.7 ft lim; DeLaval turbine, one screw, 7,100 hp, 16.5 kts; complement 758 (1944); keel 31 Jan 1927, launched 29 Jul 1927, completed January 1928 as merchant DIXIE (ID-4794); acquired 3 Mar 1941, commissioned 4 Sep 1941. Class notes: CNO directed acquisition 23 Nov 1940 for conversion to a miscellaneous auxiliary as flagship for Commander Train Patrol Force (Mexico or Monterey preferred first; United Fruit Quirigua-class also considered); Navy asked the Maritime Commission for DIXIE 10 Jan 1941; conversion prototype was ARGONNE (AG-31); delivery delayed to ~3 Mar 1941 for Mardi Gras bookings. Disposition: decommissioned 5 Aug 1946; struck 28 Aug 1946; Navy disposal 6 Aug 1946; Maritime Administration sale 25 Jul 1950; 'Sold 1950 by MC as ALCOR, to buyer 10 Aug 50, scrapped by 5 Oct 51.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1927-1951
- Population
- Ship's company; repair/alteration workforce supported
- Limitations
- Compiled secondary transcription of official Navy register and design records, not the registers themselves; figures used where consistent with DANFS/MARAD. Complement 758 (1944) conflicts with DANFS spec block's 734 - discrepancy logged in gaps. Contains no asbestos information; the documented conversion/repair function describes function, not materials.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-alcor-ad34-02
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[7]U.S. Maritime Administration, ShipHistory database - ALCOR (AD-34/AR-10/AG-34), Ship History Detail 5652, including digitized handwritten vessel status card (5652_AF.jpg) [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- ShipHistory Detail 5652 milestone table and vessel name history; status card scan fields (sold-to line, acquisition, owner, location, remarks)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- MARAD ShipHistory record for ALCOR (AD-34/AR-10/AG-34), Detail 5652: Official No. 227107; built 1928 at Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock; gross 8,188 tons; length 427.0 ft, beam 60.0 ft; fate 'Sold - Scrap.' The digitized handwritten MARAD status card (read directly) records: 'Sold to Patapsco Scrap Corporation - PD-X-498 - Comp. Scrap $113,500'; tonnages gross 8188 / DWT 6520; 'Purchased by Navy from Southern Pacific Co., Inc. in 1941 for the sum of $1,325,000'; owner line 'Navy - Dec'l M636-#5862 dated Jan. 2, 1947'; location 'James River Fleet'; remarks 'Flagship of James River Fleet.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1946-1951
- Limitations
- Primary government custody record; the handwritten card was read directly and names the scrapping purchaser (Patapsco Scrap Corp., disposal contract PD-X-498, $113,500). The database milestone table renders the Navy declaration date 'Jan. 2, 1947' as a 'Sold' event - that is the surplus-declaration date on the card's owner line (Dec'l M636-#5862), not the scrap sale (1950); reconciliation at ev-04. No asbestos, materials, or condition-survey information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-alcor-ad34-03
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[8]MARAD status card (Detail 5652) + shipscribe AR-10 disposition table + DANFS Alcor I entry + NavSource disposal listing (consistent with NVR-derived data) [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Status card owner/sold-to lines; shipscribe disposition table; DANFS closing paragraph; NavSource bulleted disposal list
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Disposal-chain reconciliation across sources: DANFS states 'the vessel was sold on 6 August 1946' and 'later scrapped in 1950'; the shipscribe disposition table separates the events - Navy disposal 6 Aug 1946 (transfer to Maritime Commission custody), stricken 28 Aug 1946, Maritime Administration sale 25 Jul 1950, delivery to buyer 10 Aug 1950, scrapping completed by 5 Oct 1951; the MARAD status card records Navy declaration M636-#5862 dated 2 Jan 1947 (which the database milestone table mislabels as a 'Sold' event) and the PD-X-498 sale to Patapsco Scrap Corp. Adopted chain: decommissioned 5 Aug 1946, disposal to MC custody 6 Aug 1946, stricken 28 Aug 1946, Navy surplus declaration 2 Jan 1947, NDRF James River (Lee Hall, VA) layup as reserve-fleet flagship, scrap sale under PD-X-498 on 25 Jul 1950 to Patapsco Scrap Corp. for $113,500, withdrawn/delivered 10 Aug 1950, scrapping completed 5 Oct 1951.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1946-1951
- Limitations
- Resolves three conflicting dates in the sources (6 Aug 1946 'sale' in DANFS; '1/2/1947 Sold' milestone in MARAD DB; 25 Jul 1950 sale in shipscribe/NavSource): the first is the Navy-to-MC disposal, the second is the declaration document date, the third is the actual scrap sale. No asbestos content in any of these sources.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-alcor-ad34-04
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[9]Franke, K., and Paustenbach, D., 'Government and Navy knowledge regarding health hazards of asbestos: A state of the science evaluation (1900 to 1970),' Inhalation Toxicology 23(sup3):1-20 (2011), PMID 22200078 + NavSource/shipscribe machinery data (ev-02) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Inhalation Toxicology 23(sup3):1-20, 1900-1929 and 1930-1959 analysis blocks
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- As completed (1928, merchant) and as converted (1941, Navy), Alcor's propulsion was a De Laval steam turbine plant (7,100 shp, single screw) with four Babcock & Wilcox header-type boilers (340 psi, 620 deg.F) and associated steam piping - machinery of a type and era for which asbestos-containing thermal insulation, gaskets, and packing were standard shipbuilding practice. Peer-reviewed scholarship documents that the U.S. Navy required and used asbestos-containing materials aboard ships throughout the period spanning this hull's construction and entire service life (analysis blocks 1900-1929 and 1930-1959), and that naval ships carried amosite and chrysotile insulating materials extensively from the late nineteenth century well into the 1950s.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1927-1946
- Population
- Federal Shipbuilding construction workforce (1927-28); Bethlehem Key Highway conversion workforce (1941); ship's company and tender repair crews (1941-1946)
- Limitations
- Era/program-level scholarship combined with this hull's documented steam plant - establishes that asbestos-containing insulation was Navy-standard and marine-standard practice in Alcor's construction (1927-28), 1941 conversion, and service era, NOT that a survey or record confirms asbestos aboard this specific hull. No hull-specific insulation specification, survey, or removal record was located. Does not establish quantity, location, condition, individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-alcor-ad34-05
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[10]ACandS, Inc. v. Asner, 344 Md. 155, 686 A.2d 250 (Md. 1996); ACandS, Inc. v. Asner, 104 Md. App. 608, 657 A.2d 379 (Md. Ct. Spec. App. 1995); Shetterly v. Raymark Industries, Inc., 117 F.3d 776 (4th Cir. 1997) [court_record]
- Locator
- Asner (Md. 1996): opinion text (employment dates 1941-1982; product use at Key Highway; reversal/remand disposition) - mirror https://app.midpage.ai/document/acands-inc-v-asner-1462059 ; Asner (Md. App. 1995): mirror https://syfert.com/maryland/cases/104-md-app-608/acands-inc-v-asner ; Shetterly: https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F3/117/776/534173/ , opinion at statement of facts and procedural history
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Published appellate opinions document asbestos-containing products in use at the conversion yard during this hull's 1941 conversion period. In ACandS, Inc. v. Asner, 344 Md. 155, 686 A.2d 250 (Md. 1996), the trial record established that Zalma Asner worked as an outside machinist at Bethlehem Steel's Key Highway Shipyard from 1941 to 1982 - the same yard and start year as Alcor's conversion - working around insulators who applied, cut, and mixed asbestos products on steam and water pipes; the jury found for the plaintiffs, the Court of Special Appeals affirmed (104 Md. App. 608, 657 A.2d 379, 1995), and the Court of Appeals reversed and remanded for a new trial on liability for compensatory damages only, reversing punitive damages. Shetterly v. Raymark Industries, 117 F.3d 776 (4th Cir. 1997), records that asbestos products were 'used at the shipyard' (Key Highway) but affirmed a directed verdict for the manufacturer on insufficient product-identification evidence - a merits-level defense outcome for those plaintiffs.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1941-1997 (yard exposure window and litigation)
- Population
- Bethlehem Steel Key Highway Shipyard workforce (1941 onward)
- Limitations
- Yard-level litigation documentation, not hull evidence: neither case names this vessel, and the Asner exposure findings belong to a trial record that was reversed and remanded on liability. The rows document that asbestos products were in use at the Key Highway yard during the window when this hull was converted there (1941) - consistent environment, not proof of what was installed aboard this hull. Does not establish individual exposure or causation for any person.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-alcor-ad34-06
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[11]Patapsco Scrap Corporation v. Maryland Shipbuilding & Dry-Dock Co., 268 F.2d 817 (4th Cir. 1959) + MARAD status card / shipscribe disposal record (ev-03, ev-04) [court_record]
- Locator
- 268 F.2d 817 opinion (facts: Patapsco as Baltimore Harbor ship-scrapping operator); MARAD status card sold-to line; shipscribe disposition table
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- The hull's documented disposal pathway ends at a documented shipbreaking operation: the MARAD status card and shipscribe record sale under PD-X-498 to Patapsco Scrap Corp. of Baltimore (delivery 10 Aug 1950, scrapping completed 5 Oct 1951), and the Fourth Circuit opinion Patapsco Scrap Corporation v. Maryland Shipbuilding & Dry-Dock Co., 268 F.2d 817 (4th Cir. 1959) confirms Patapsco operated a ship-scrapping business in Baltimore Harbor in this era (a scrapped-hull mooring case arising from Hurricane Hazel, 1954). Dismantling of this hull occurred 1950-51, decades before asbestos surveys or documentation-era practices applied to shipbreaking.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1950-1951 (hull); 1959 (opinion)
- Population
- Patapsco Scrap Corp. shipbreaking workforce, Baltimore (1950-51 for this hull)
- Limitations
- Documents the disposal site's shipbreaking function in the era, not this hull's materials: no asbestos-specific record exists for the 1950-51 Alcor breaking, and the 1959 opinion contains no asbestos content (admiralty property-damage case). Does not establish asbestos aboard this hull or any individual exposure at dismantling.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-alcor-ad34-07
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[12]Batch-463 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS (live 404; Wayback capture used); MARAD ShipHistory + status card; shipscribe class data; NavSource data/awards; CourtListener API/web (rate-limited); general web index litigation search; VA BVA decisions search; asbestos trust ship-list check; Key Highway and Patapsco yard litigation; NARA record groups [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-alcor-ad34-01 through sl-uss-alcor-ad34-13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming USS Alcor or hulls AG-34/AR-10/AD-34 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The hull was scrapped in 1950-51, before documentation-era practices, so no documentation-era artifact was expected to exist. Direct CourtListener API searching on 2026-09-19 was rate-limit blocked (HTTP 429, 125/day quota exceeded); the web search UI returned HTTP 403; secondary web-index searches returned only name collisions (USS Alcor AK-259, a different hull; Alcor Scientific; Alcor S.A.; Alcor Micro) and law-firm marketing ship lists (excluded source class) - no case naming this hull.
- 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 1927-28 steam liner converted by the Navy in 1941 is era-consistent with asbestos-containing insulation. The litigation check is partial: CourtListener's index could not be queried directly (throttled) and the negative litigation result rests on secondary web indexes only; re-running the CourtListener name and hull-number queries remains an open step. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-alcor-ad34-08
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[13]NARA Guide to Federal Records: RG 19, RG 24, RG 181 record-group descriptions + NARA photo-caption citation of RG-19 QS1-(4794) box 3870 (NavSource SS Dixie merchant-service photo caption) [other_primary]
- Locator
- RG 19 / RG 24 / RG 181 record-group guides; RG-19 QS1-(4794) box 3870 locator quoted in NavSource photo caption (US National Archives, RG-19, General Correspondence 1925-40)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - research-room or reproduction order required; no spend authorized): NARA RG 19 (Bureau of Ships / predecessor BuC&R) General Correspondence 1925-40 file QS1-(4794), box 3870 - the Joint Merchant Vessel Board inspection file for merchant hull 4794 (SS Dixie), cited in the NARA photo caption on NavSource; RG 19 also holds conversion/specification files for the 1941 AG-34 conversion at Bethlehem Key Highway; RG 24 (Bureau of Naval Personnel) holds deck logs for the 1941-46 service; RG 181 (Naval Districts and Shore Establishments) covers Norfolk/Baltimore yard and repair activity including the documented early-1945 refit. These are the plausible repositories for any surviving hull-specific material or insulation specification.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1927-1951 records
- Limitations
- Record-group mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; existence of asbestos-specific documents for this hull is unknown until surveyed in person. The QS1-(4794) file is confirmed to exist as a photo source but its full contents are unsurveyed. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-alcor-ad34-09
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[14]NavSource Online Service Ship Photo Archive, USS Alcor (AD-34) page - specification block, armament chronology, NARA photo captions (19-N-96577/96578, 80-G-307267, NH 76374), awards compilation (PDF) [museum_official]
- Locator
- Specifications block; armament notes; photo caption table (19-N-96577, 19-N-25597, 80-G-358940, NH 76374); awards PDF 0334a.pdf
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource data and Bureau of Ships photograph captions document the ship's machinery and a documented refit: specifications list one De Laval steam turbine, four Babcock & Wilcox header-type boilers (340 psi, 620 deg.), double De Laval main reduction gear, three turbo-drive 300 kW D.C. ship's service generators, one propeller, 7,100 shp, NSFO fuel capacity 6,700 bbls; armament evolved 1941 (4x 3"/23 + 1x 5"/51) to 1942 (4x 3"/50 DP replacing the 3"/23s, installed August 1942) to 1945 (5"/51 stern gun replaced by twin 40mm AA). NARA photo 19-N-96577 caption: 'USS Alcor (AD-34) underway near the Norfolk Navy Yard, 5 January 1945, after being refitted for duty in the Pacific' - documenting a refit completed by early January 1945. Campaign awards per NavSource compilation: American Defense Service Medal w/ Fleet clasp (4 Sep-7 Dec 1941), American Campaign, Asiatic-Pacific (3 Feb-15 Aug 1945), WWII Victory (7 Dec 1941-31 Dec 1946), Navy Occupation Service w/ Asia clasp (2 Sep 1945-8 May 1946), Philippines Liberation (26 Jun-15 Aug 1945).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1941-1946
- Population
- Ship's company; refit yard workforce (1944-45)
- Limitations
- Volunteer-compiled archive quoting official NARA/NHHC photos and records - machinery spec used only where consistent with shipscribe/DANFS. The 'refitted for duty in the Pacific' caption documents the event and places the ship near Norfolk Navy Yard on 5 Jan 1945 but does not name the refit yard. Contains no asbestos or insulation-material information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-alcor-ad34-10