Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet au-packet.md (10 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-amphion-ar13-pkt-au-packet-md
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[2]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Amphion II (AR-13) entry [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry 'Amphion II'; live NHHC page returned 404 on 2026-09-26 (standing NHHC link-rot issue); text verified via public-domain DANFS incorporation at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Amphion_(AR-13) and the hazegray.org DANFS transcription snippet (hazegray DNS unresolved on 2026-09-26)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS entry for Amphion II (AR-13): second ship of the name; launched 15 May 1945 by Tampa Shipbuilding Co., Inc., Tampa, Fla.; sponsored by Mrs. Howard D. Orem; commissioned 30 January 1946. Joined Service Squadron 2, Atlantic Fleet, 1946; operated out of Norfolk, Va., with runs to Guantanamo Bay, Bermuda, and Newfoundland; at times served as force and squadron flagship. Extended narrative (public-domain DANFS text incorporated in secondary reproduction): shakedown Chesapeake Bay; repair services on the east coast out of Norfolk and Newport, R.I.; Mediterranean deployments summers 1957 and 1958 servicing Sixth Fleet; 1965 Dominican Republic contingency support; 1968 Scotland and England port visits; departed Norfolk 18 August 1971 for transfer, via Recife (29-31 Aug) and Mombasa (18-22 Sep), arriving Bandar Abbas 28 September; decommissioned 2 October 1971 and turned over to the Imperial Iranian Navy the same day; renamed IIS Chah Bahar, first Iranian CO Lt. Cmdr. Arabshahi; purchased outright by Iran 1 March 1977 and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register the same date; in Iranian service into 1985.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-1985
- Limitations
- Establishes identity, construction, service history, and transfer chronology for this hull. Contains no asbestos or insulation-material statement; supports no asbestos claim. Live NHHC page unreachable - text relied on is the public-domain DANFS reproduction, which is faithful to the entry but accessed through secondary mirrors.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-amphion-ar13-01
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[3]Shipscribe, USS Amphion (AR-13) Class page (compilation from official Ships' Data U.S. Naval Vessels and Naval Vessel Register records) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Class header specifications block; Construction, Disposition, and Ship Notes tables
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Ships' Data/NVR-derived compilation for the Amphion (AR-13) class: design Navy C3 Mod; 7,826 tons light / 16,900 limiting; 492.0 ft oa x 69.5 ft x 27.5 ft limiting draft; complement 741 (1944); 18.4 kts; 8,500 HP; Westinghouse Curtis turbine, 1 screw; original armament 2 x 5"/38, 4 x 40mmT, 8 x 20mmT (1946). Construction table: AR-13 ordered 3 Aug 1944, Tampa SB; keel 20 Sep 44; launch 15 May 45; commission 30 Jan 46. Disposition table: decommissioned 2 Oct 71; strike 1 Nov 76; disposal 2 Oct 71 (transfer). Class notes: FY44 program; AR 13-14 originally ordered from Todd Tacoma 25 Nov 43 as C3s, all four ARs shifted to Tampa SB 3 Aug 44; in May 1944 two surplus destroyer-escort-type boilers substituted for planned C3 boilers. Ship note: transferred (lease) to Iran as CHAR BAHAR, sold 1 Mar 77; largely immobile following the 1979 Iranian revolution; served for years as a stationary repair facility at Bandar Abbas.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1943-1985
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation of official records, not a scanned primary document; specifications and milestone dates track Ships' Data/NVR but the strike date it gives (1 Nov 76) conflicts with the DANFS-derived 1 Mar 77 - logged as discrepancy, not resolved. No asbestos or materials statement; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-amphion-ar13-02
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[4]USS Amphion (AR-13) 1958 Mediterranean cruise book (ship-published), digitized reproduction at e-yearbook.com, page 6 of 60 [other_primary]
- Locator
- 1958 cruise book, page 6 (ship history and facilities section); page 7 (CO biography)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Ship's 1958 cruise book (contemporaneous ship-published record): Amphion authorized for construction 17 June 1943; keel laid 20 September 1944 at Tampa Shipbuilding Company, Tampa, Florida; launched 15 May 1945; commissioned 30 January 1946; described as a 14,000-ton vessel with a complement of 'nearly 800 Officers and Enlisted men'; flag-equipped and frequently auxiliary flagship to Commander, Service Squadron TWO; Battle Efficiency honors in 1952 and 1954; departed Norfolk 8 July 1957 for a seven-month Mediterranean cruise as flagship for Commander Service Force, Sixth Fleet, arriving off Cannes, France after a Gibraltar transit on 18 July. Repair shops listed aboard include shipfitter, carpenter, foundry, pipe and copper, sheet metal, welding, canvas, watch, optical, typewriter, electrical, print, photo, blueprint, paint, spray and baking, ordnance, fire control, range finder, gyro compass, electrical instrument, electronic, gas mask and OBA, rigging/diving/salvage, light and heavy machine, hydraulic, refrigeration, internal combustion engine, gauge, and boiler shops.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1943-1958
- Population
- Ship's company ~800 (1958, cruise-book figure)
- Limitations
- Contemporaneous ship-published document accessed via a commercial digitizer (e-yearbook.com) - the underlying artifact is the ship's own 1958 cruise book; the 'nearly 800' complement is a crew-era figure that differs from the 741 design figure and the 921 in secondary compilations. Lists repair-shop capabilities, not materials; contains no asbestos statement and supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-amphion-ar13-03
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[5]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) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Abstract and article, AJIM 11(3):359-373
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Class/era inference only: Amphion is a 1944-45 wartime-specification steam auxiliary (geared turbine, two boilers) built under the FY44 emergency auxiliary program; peer-reviewed scholarship documents that asbestos was used extensively as a fireproofing and insulating material in U.S. shipbuilding during WWII, and period Navy steam-plant practice insulated boilers, steam lines, turbines, valves, and associated thermal systems with asbestos-containing materials.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1940s era documented; article 1987
- Population
- WWII shipyard workers and ship crews (class context); Tampa Shipbuilding construction trades 1944-46; ship's repair-force personnel 1946-71
- Limitations
- Program/era-level documentation of WWII shipbuilding asbestos use; does not name this vessel and does not establish that asbestos was or remains aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation. The ship's documented boiler/pipe/machine-shop repair mission implies crew contact with other ships' materials during repair work, but no asbestos pathway aboard this specific hull is documented.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-amphion-ar13-04
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[6]Batch-2523 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS (link rot, PD reproduction verified); shipscribe AR-13 class page; 1958 cruise book reproduction; CourtListener name/hull searches; MARAD ShipHistory; NARA deck-log guidance [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-amphion-ar13-01 through sl-uss-amphion-ar13-11
- 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 Amphion (AR-13) hull was found in the public sources searched - the DANFS entry, Ships' Data/NVR-derived compilation, and the 1958 cruise book contain no asbestos or insulation-material statement; CourtListener name and hull-number searches returned no qualifying case (see litigation_sweep row and search_ledger).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1944-45 steam auxiliary is era-consistent with asbestos-containing insulation. The hull left U.S. custody in 1971 and has been under Iranian control since; post-1971 records are inaccessible, so no present-day survey is realistically obtainable. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-amphion-ar13-05
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[7]NARA, 'Logbooks of the US Navy at the National Archives' and 'Navy Deck Logs Available in the National Archives Catalog' guidance pages [other_primary]
- Locator
- https://www.archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy ; https://www.archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy-online ; https://www.archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/reproductions
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival lead (not retrieved - requires research-room or reproduction order; no spend authorized): NARA RG 24, U.S. Navy Ship Deck Logs, Entry 118 (National Archives Identifier 581208), holds this hull's deck logs for 1946-1971; Vietnam-era logs are partially digitized in the National Archives Catalog under the Blue Water Navy digitization project, but Amphion's digitization status was not confirmed. NHHC also holds OPNAV 5750-1 command-history reports that may document yard availabilities and overhaul periods relevant to materials disturbance.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1946-1971 records
- Limitations
- Record-group mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; whether Amphion's deck logs are digitized, and whether any asbestos-relevant entries exist, is unknown until checked. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-amphion-ar13-06
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[8]DANFS entry (PD reproduction); shipscribe AR-13 class page (Ships' Data/NVR-derived); NavSource AR-13 page (search-index snippet); secondary compilations [other_primary]
- Locator
- Disposition table (shipscribe); DANFS narrative final paragraph; infobox figures in secondary sources
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Source discrepancies logged: (a) strike date - the DANFS-derived record and NavSource give 1 March 1977 (same date as outright Iranian purchase), while the Ships' Data/NVR-derived compilation gives 1 November 1976; the DANFS-derived 1 Mar 1977 date is carried in the stricken field with the conflict flagged. (b) Decommission month - a secondary lede says 'September 1971' while the detailed narrative gives 2 October 1971; 2 October 1971 (same-day turnover to Iran) is adopted as controlling. (c) Complement - 741 (1944 design), 'nearly 800' (1958 cruise book), 921 (secondary compilations) carried separately. (d) Displacement and speed - 7,826 lt/16,900 lim tons and 18.4 kts (Ships' Data-derived) vs 17,600 tons and 16.5 kts in secondary compilations; design figures adopted.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1971-1977
- Limitations
- Resolves or flags publication-level discrepancies between official-derived sources and secondary compilations; does not affect identity or custody timeline materially. No asbestos content in any of these sources.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-amphion-ar13-07
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[9]CourtListener API v4 opinion search; sole name hit classified name collision: In re Complaint of Kreta Shipping, S.A., 1 F. Supp. 2d 282 (S.D.N.Y. 1998) [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener v4 /search/?type=o results for "USS Amphion" (count 0), "Amphion" AR-13 asbestos (count 1, collision), "AR-13" (count 319, docket-number collisions)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener sweep (API v4, authenticated, 2026-09-26): exact-name search "USS Amphion" returned 0 opinions. Query "Amphion" AR-13 asbestos returned 1 hit - In re Complaint of Kreta Shipping, S.A., 1 F. Supp. 2d 282 (S.D.N.Y. 1998), a limitation-of-liability action involving the Greek-flag merchant vessel M/V Amphion: NAME COLLISION, not this hull, not an asbestos case. Hull-number search "AR-13" returned 319 hits, all reviewed top results being docket-number collisions (state appellate docket IDs such as 'No. AR-13' and 'AR 13-004384') with no ship reference. No qualifying asbestos litigation naming USS Amphion or AR-13 located.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- Opinion-corpus coverage only - absence of a published opinion does not exclude undocketed, settled, or unindexed claims, and does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility. Bare-name query "Amphion" (without qualifiers) could not be run before the fleet-wide request budget was spent - carried as a search gap in the ledger.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-amphion-ar13-08