Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]CourtListener opinion search: 'USS Altair' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion search 'USS Altair' 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-altair-ad11-cl-name-opinion
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[2]CourtListener docket search: 'USS Altair' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener docket search 'USS Altair' returned 87 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-altair-ad11-cl-name-docket
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[3]CourtListener opinion search: 'AD-11' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion search 'AD-11' returned 892903 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-altair-ad11-cl-hull-opinion
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[4]CourtListener docket search: 'AD-11' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener docket search 'AD-11' returned 1149709 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-altair-ad11-cl-hull-docket
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[5]DANFS, Altair I (AD-11) - verbatim transcription (live NHHC page unavailable, HTTP 404 on 2026-09-19) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, full text (hazegray/losthistory transcription mirror of NHHC)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Altair (AD-11) was laid down as steel-hulled single-screw freighter Edisto under a USSB contract on 18 Dec 1918 at Seattle by Skinner & Eddy Corp.; launched 10 May 1919; assigned Id. No. 4156; transferred to the Navy by executive order 29 Oct 1921; renamed Altair 2 Nov 1921; classified AD-11; delivered 5 Dec 1921; commissioned at New York Navy Yard 6 Dec 1921, Comdr. James H. Comfort. Converted to a destroyer tender at the New York Navy Yard over nine months with surplus/salvaged machine tools from demobilized WWI plants; reached San Diego 17 Dec 1922 for Destroyer Squadron 12, Battle Fleet. 1922-1939 tender service with yearly upkeep at Mare Island Navy Yard; 1925 Hawaiian maneuvers and Australasian cruise; Feb 1927 Nicaragua troop lift with Melville (AD-2) to Corinto. Mar 1940 shifted to Pearl Harbor (arrived 16 Apr 1940); Mare Island overhaul 6 Apr-6 Jun 1941; departed Pearl Harbor 30 Sep 1941 for Bermuda (arrived Hamilton 11 Nov 1941); Trinidad tender duty Jul 1942 - mid-Jul 1943; Norfolk Navy Yard availability; Operational Training Command, Atlantic Fleet 21 Aug 1943; Bermuda TG 23.1 shakedown support; Guantanamo Bay 11 Mar - 3 May 1945; Norfolk NY for Pacific refit (emerged 26 Jul 1945); Pearl Harbor 6 Sep 1945 - spring 1946; San Francisco 8 May 1946; decommissioned at Mare Island Naval Shipyard 21 Jun 1946; transferred to Maritime Commission 8 Jul 1946; stricken 21 Jul 1946; NDRF Suisun Bay; sold 9 Mar 1948 to Basalt Rock Co. and scrapped.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1918-1948
- Population
- Ship's company and tended destroyer crews, 1921-1946
- Limitations
- Official-history narrative establishing identity, conversion, operations, and disposition; contains no asbestos or materials information and supports no asbestos claim. Decommissioning yard given as Mare Island - conflicts with NavSource's Hunter's Point (see correction row ev-uss-altair-ad11-05).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-altair-ad11-01
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[6]U.S. Maritime Administration, ShipHistory database - ALTAIR (AD-11), Detail 173 (vessel characteristics, milestones, name history, digitized status cards) [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- ShipHistory Detail 173 - characteristics block, milestones table, status cards, documents
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD ShipHistory record: year built 1919; shipyard Skinner and Eddy Corporation; type USSB 1079 (EFC Design 1079); AD Destroyer Tender; length 423.75 ft, beam 54.0 ft; name history Edisto (1919-1921) then Altair/AD-11 (1921-1948); milestones: entered Reserve Fleet 7/3/1946, 'Sold as scrap' 2/13/1948, 'Sold to Basalt Rock Co.' 3/9/1948; three digitized status cards and one associated document (EDISTA.pdf) are held on the record.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1919-1948
- Limitations
- Authoritative for government custody milestones and design type; 'Sold as scrap 2/13/1948' vs 'Sold to Basalt Rock Co. 3/9/1948' read as contract vs delivery (DANFS gives 9 Mar 1948). No asbestos, materials, or condition-survey content; EDISTA.pdf not retrieved (HTTP 403); status-card images not OCR-verified this pass.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-altair-ad11-02
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[7]Shipscribe (Stephen S. Roberts), USS Altair (AD-11) class page - compiled from official records: EFC Design 1079, EFC hull 1738, machinery and class tables [other_primary]
- Locator
- Shipscribe AD/AD11.html - class header, construction/disposition tables, ship notes, class notes
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Class data: ALTAIR (AD-11) class, EFC Design 1079; Altair ex merc. Edisto (ID-4156, completed 17 Jun 1919), EFC hull 1738; machinery one G.E. Curtis geared turbine, single screw, 2,500 HP, 10.5 kt; complement 483 (1929). Sisters: Denebola AD-12 (ex Edgewood), Rigel AD-13 (ex Edgecombe, later ARb-1/AR-11). Transfers authorized by Executive Order 3570 (29 Oct 1921); Altair replaced the tender Panther. Altair was the only one of the trio in continuous active service between the wars; no armament carried 1921-1939. Disposition table: decomm 28 Jun 46, strike 31 Jul 46, MA sale 10 Feb 48, to buyer 9 Mar 48, scrapped by 27 Apr 48.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1918-1948
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation of official records (Shipscribe), not the underlying document; its disposition dates (28 Jun / 31 Jul / 10 Feb) conflict with DANFS (21 Jun / 21 Jul / 9 Mar) - DANFS adopted as controlling, conflict logged in ev-uss-altair-ad11-05. No asbestos or materials content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-altair-ad11-03
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[8]Corn, Jacqueline Karnell, and Jennifer Starr, 'Historical perspective on asbestos: Policies and protective measures in World War II shipbuilding,' American Journal of Industrial Medicine 11(3):359-373 (1987); machinery specification per NavSource/Shipscribe [other_primary]
- Locator
- AJIM 11(3):359-373; NavSource 09/03/0311 specifications block; Shipscribe machinery line
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- No ship-specific insulation record located for AD-11. The hull's documented steam plant - two Yarrow boilers (210 psi saturated) driving one GE Curtis geared turbine, 2,500 shp, single screw - plus her 1918-19 WWI-emergency construction, 1921-22 Navy-yard tender conversion with salvaged industrial machinery, and documented WWII availabilities (Mare Island 1941; Norfolk 1943 and 1945) all fall within the period when marine steam-system insulation, gaskets, and packing were commonly asbestos-containing; peer-reviewed scholarship documents extensive asbestos use in WWII-era U.S. shipbuilding.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1918-1946
- Population
- Construction trades (Skinner & Eddy, Seattle, 1918-19); New York Navy Yard conversion workforce (1921-22); Mare Island and Norfolk yard workers (1922-1945 availabilities); ship's company
- Limitations
- Era/design inference only - no manual, survey, or hull record names this vessel. Corn & Starr documents WWII shipbuilding generally; it does not name this hull and does not itself establish materials in the 1919 build. Does not establish presence, quantity, present-day condition (hull scrapped 1948), individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-altair-ad11-04
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[9]Discrepancy resolution across DANFS (hazegray transcription), NavSource AD-11 page, Shipscribe AD-11 disposition table, and MARAD ShipHistory milestones [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS final paragraph; NavSource 09/03/0311 header block; Shipscribe disposition table; MARAD Detail 173 milestones
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Disposition discrepancies resolved/logged: (a) decommissioning yard - DANFS says Mare Island Naval Shipyard 21 Jun 1946; NavSource says Hunter's Point Navy Yard same date; DANFS adopted as controlling, conflict logged. (b) Decommission/strike dates - DANFS 21 Jun / 21 Jul 1946 adopted; Shipscribe table reads 28 Jun / 31 Jul. (c) Disposal - MARAD milestones 'Sold as scrap' 2/13/1948 and 'Sold to Basalt Rock Co.' 3/9/1948 reconcile as sale contract vs delivery; Shipscribe MA-sale 10 Feb 48 is the contract-award family; DANFS 'sold 9 Mar 1948, scrapped' adopted for the buyer event, Shipscribe 'scrapped by 27 Apr 48' for completion.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1946-1948
- Limitations
- Reconciles secondary-source conflicts against the official history; residual uncertainty on the decommissioning yard (Mare Island vs Hunter's Point) is logged rather than resolved - both are 12th Naval District yards and either is plausible for a ship 'slated for disposal within the 12th Naval District.' No asbestos content in any source.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-altair-ad11-05
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[10]Batch-441 search ledger (this record): DANFS transcription; NavSource 09/03/0311; MARAD ShipHistory 173; Shipscribe AD/AD11; CourtListener API v4 (throttled) + web-surface check; NHHC live page check [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-altair-ad11-01 through sl-uss-altair-ad11-08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed asbestos case naming the AD-11 hull was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The sole surfaced court record naming 'Altair' - Koch v. United States, No. 15-30811 (5th Cir., filed May 12, 2017) - is a non-asbestos slip-and-fall under the LHWCA aboard a later MARAD reserve vessel named Altair (T-AKR-291 lineage); AD-11 was scrapped in 1948 and cannot be that vessel - name collision, non-qualifying. Law-firm marketing lists naming AD-11 (freeasbestostesting.com, duboselawfirm.com) were located and excluded per source rules.
- 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 1919 steam hull converted and repeatedly overhauled through WWII is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials. CourtListener API was rate-limited (HTTP 429, 125/day) so the opinion/docket search is incomplete - a deck-log/claims archive could still hold hull-specific material. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-altair-ad11-06
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[11]NARA record-group mapping: RG 24 (Navy deck logs), RG 181 (naval district/yard records incl. New York, Mare Island, Norfolk), RG 19 (Bureau of Ships); MARAD ShipHistory status cards and EDISTA.pdf for this hull [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA Guide to Federal Records RG 24/RG 181/RG 19 group pages; MARAD ShipHistory Detail 173 status-card and documents tabs
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - no spend authorized): NARA RG 24 deck logs for Altair (1921-1946); RG 181 New York Navy Yard records for the 1921-22 conversion and Mare Island/Norfolk yard records for the documented availabilities (1941, 1943, 1945) - work-package level material where insulation disturbance would appear if recorded; RG 19 Bureau of Ships for conversion drawings/specs; MARAD ShipHistory Detail 173 holds three digitized status cards (not OCR-verified) and an EDISTA.pdf document that returned HTTP 403 on fetch.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1918-1948 records
- Limitations
- Record-group mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; existence of asbestos-specific documents for this hull is unknown until surveyed. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-altair-ad11-07