Evidence
14 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-14).
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[1]CourtListener opinion search: 'USS Antares' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion search 'USS Antares' 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-antares-ag10-cl-name-opinion
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[2]CourtListener docket search: 'USS Antares' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener docket search 'USS Antares' returned 124 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-antares-ag10-cl-name-docket
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[3]CourtListener opinion search: 'AG-10' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion search 'AG-10' returned 375937 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-antares-ag10-cl-hull-opinion
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[4]CourtListener docket search: 'AG-10' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener docket search 'AG-10' returned 1320795 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-antares-ag10-cl-hull-docket
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[5]DANFS, Antares I (AG-10/AKS-3), Naval History Division - verbatim HyperWar/ibiblio transcription (live NHHC page returned HTTP 404 on 2026-09-18 for both antares-i and antares URL forms) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specification line through disposition paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS establishes the hull's full identity and service: built under U.S. Shipping Board contract as the steel freighter Nedmac by American International Ship Building Corp.; acquired by the Navy 1921-11-14 under Executive Order No. 3570 (1921-10-29), renamed Antares and classified miscellaneous auxiliary AG-10; commissioned at Philadelphia Navy Yard 1922-02-23 (Lt. Comdr. Howard E. Pinkham, USNRF). Joined the Fleet Train replacing Nanshan; flagship for the Train, Scouting Fleet from March 1923 (later Squadron 1, Fleet Base Force); fleet target repair and photographic ship through the 1920s; transported VJ-2 aircraft; supply ship for Special Service Squadron from 1934 and Mobile Base for the Fleet Marine Force Jan-Mar 1935; Caribbean operations to 1936-06-01; reduced commission 1936-06-04 as receiving ship at Philadelphia Navy Yard; full commission 1937-05-17, Naval Transportation Service duty; Training Detachment U.S. Fleet - Fleet Landing Exercise No. 4 (Feb 1938), rated 'indispensable' by RADM Alfred W. Johnson, whose report praised her handling of experimental tank and artillery lighters; Base Force duty from mid-June 1938 out of San Pedro, then Pearl Harbor; reclassified general stores issue ship AKS-3 1940-11-30. On 1941-12-07, standing toward Pearl Harbor entrance with a 500-ton steel barge in tow, her watch sighted a suspicious object ~1,500 yards on the starboard quarter; she notified the patrolling destroyer Ward (DD-139), which attacked and sank what proved to be a Japanese midget submarine - among the first shots of the Pacific War. Strafed by a Japanese plane at ~0800 and shaken by nearby fragments while unarmed, she passed her tow to Keosanqua (AT-38) and moored in Honolulu Harbor at 1146. Availability at Pearl Harbor through 1942-04-27, during which she received her authorized battery (2x5-inch, 4x3-inch, 8x20mm). General stores issue duty at Tongatabu, Noumea, Fiji, Auckland, Espiritu Santo, Tulagi, Guadalcanal, Ulithi, Guam, Saipan; issued stores at Kerama Retto, Okinawa from 1945-05-10; salvaged Delphinus (AF-24) off Garanhua Reef March 1943. On 1945-06-28, steaming singly from Saipan to Pearl Harbor, she fought off a submarine/kaiten attack (postwar records identify I-36 and kaiten-carrier I-165), expending 11 rounds 5-inch, 35 rounds 3-inch, 130 rounds 20mm; four men wounded, seven with broken eardrums. Supported occupation of Korea and China (Jinsen, Taku Bay, Weiheiwei, Tsingtao) into spring 1946. Decommissioned at Mare Island Naval Shipyard 1946-08-02; stricken 1946-09-25; sold to Kaiser and Co. for scrapping 1947-09-18. Two battle stars for WWII service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1918-1947
- Population
- Crew (~197-229); Navy-yard workers at Philadelphia (1921-22, 1936-37, 1940-41 conversion), Pearl Harbor (1941-42 availability), San Francisco (1943 drydocking), Mare Island (1946 inactivation)
- Limitations
- Authoritative naval-history narrative for this hull; contains no asbestos, insulation-material, or hazmat content - supports identity, yard periods, and service timeline only, no asbestos claim. Live NHHC page unreachable (404); verbatim transcription mirror cited per batch-01 link-rot convention.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-antares-ag10-01
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[6]USS Antares, Report of Air Raid on Oahu December 7, 1941 (action report AKS3/A16-3(0661), signed L.C. Grannis), verbatim HyperWar transcription [other_primary]
- Locator
- Action report, paragraphs 2-4
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The ship's own action report (CO Antares to CinCPac, AKS3/A16-3(0661), Pearl Harbor, 1941-12-10) documents the hull's December 7 experience in her commanding officer's words: arrived off the harbor entrance 0630 with the 500-ton barge in tow; sighted the suspicious object ('could have been a small submarine with upper conning tower awash and periscope partly raised but it could not be positively identified as such'); notified USS Ward; observed Ward open fire 0645-0647; passed the tow to Keosanqua at 0835; under machine-gun fire from a Japanese plane at 0800 ('the topside being hit in a few places by approximately thirty calibre bullets'); 'As this vessel is not armed, no effective offensive or defensive tactics appeared possible'; authorized into Honolulu at 1054, moored Berth 5-A 1146; 'No casualties to personnel or material were received.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1941-12-07
- Population
- Antares crew on exposed stations, 1941-12-07
- Limitations
- Primary operational document for this hull (transcription of the NARA-held report; not the archival scan itself). Confirms the ship was unarmed during the attack and took topside machine-gun hits with no personnel casualties. Contains no asbestos or materials content; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-antares-ag10-02
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[7]Shipscribe (Stephen S. Roberts), U.S. Navy Auxiliary Ships class file, ANTARES (AG-10) page - compiled from official Navy records (construction/disposition tables, CNO correspondence summaries, class notes) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Class/Design data block; Construction and Disposition tables; Class Notes; Ship Notes
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Shipscribe's compiled official data for class ANTARES (AG-10) establishes: Design EFC 1022; displacement 4,800 light / 11,450 full; dimensions 401.0' oa x 54.0' x 24.4' mean; Curtis geared turbines, 1 screw, 2,500 hp, 11.5 kts; complement 229 (1929); no armament installed 1922, later 2-5"/51 + 4-3"/50 + 8-20mm (1942). Construction table: keel 1918-07-03, launched 1919-05-30, commissioned 1922-02-23. Ship notes: EFC hull 524, ex-mercantile NEDMAC (ID-4239N, completed 1919-07-26), ex-SHAKOPEE; to AKS-3 1940-11-30 (ship notified 1941-03-28); Maritime Administration sale 1947-09-10, delivered to buyer 1947-09-18, scrapped by 1947-10-29. Class notes: six EFC Design 1022 hulls were acquired by the Navy in November 1921 under EO 3570 - NEDMAC and SHAUME became ANTARES and PROCYON (AG-10/11) as 'fleet tenders,' and four became the AK-13 class; the AKI designation changed to AKS 1940-10-16 and AG-10's conversion to stores issue ship followed on 1940-11-30.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1918-1948
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation of official U.S. Navy auxiliary records (not the underlying documents themselves); keel date 1918-07-03 conflicts with NavSource/NavalCoverMuseum's 1917-07-03 (see correction row and gaps); MA sale date 1947-09-10 differs from DANFS/MARAD 1947-09-18 delivery date - recorded separately, not merged. No asbestos or materials content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-antares-ag10-03
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[8]U.S. Maritime Administration, ShipHistory database - ANTARES (AG-10/AKS-3), Ship History Detail 274 [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- ShipHistory Detail 274, milestone table and vessel status
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- MARAD ShipHistory database record for ANTARES (AG-10/AKS-3), Ship History Detail 274: built 1919 by American International Shipbuilding Co.; type Naval Auxiliary, AKS General Stores Issue Ships; custody milestones - Entry 1946-08-02, Acquisition 1946-08-02, Disposition 1947-09-18, Withdrawal 1947-09-18; vessel status 'Sold - Scrap.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1946-1947
- Limitations
- Authoritative for government custody milestones. Direct fetch returned HTTP 502 during the 2026-09-18 session; milestone data captured via search-index copy of the page, and the digitized vessel status card (which may carry construction detail) was not retrieved - flagged as an open lead. Contains no asbestos, materials, or condition-survey information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-antares-ag10-04
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[9]Documented plant and yard-period record: Shipscribe AG-10 class file (machinery, construction) + DANFS service narrative (yard periods, availabilities); inference framed per house convention against era documentation [other_primary]
- Locator
- Shipscribe machinery/construction lines; DANFS service narrative
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Antares's documented plant and work history define the era-consistent asbestos inference space for this hull: an oil-fired steam auxiliary with Curtis geared turbines (2,500 hp, single screw) built to EFC Design 1022 in 1918-19, then outfitted/converted at Philadelphia Navy Yard 1921-22, held there as receiving ship 1936-37, converted to a general stores issue ship (AKS-3) 1940-41, given a wartime availability at Pearl Harbor Dec 1941-Apr 1942, drydocked and repaired at San Francisco May 1943, and inactivated at Mare Island 1946. Steam plants of this type and era carried asbestos in boiler and turbine insulation, steam-line lagging, valve and flange gaskets, and machinery packing; Navy-yard conversion and repair work of the 1920s-1940s was performed in the documented heavy-asbestos period.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1918-1947
- Population
- Construction trades (Hog Island, 1918-19); Navy-yard workers Philadelphia 1921-22/1936-37/1940-41, Pearl Harbor 1941-42, San Francisco 1943, Mare Island 1946; engine-room crew
- Limitations
- Era/design inference only - no ship-specific insulation schedule, survey, or material list was located for this hull or for EFC Design 1022. The documented facts are the steam plant and the yard periods; the asbestos content of any material aboard is inference, not ship-proven. Does not establish quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation for any individual.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-antares-ag10-05
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[10]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
- Peer-reviewed historical study documents that asbestos was used extensively as a fireproofing and insulating material in U.S. shipbuilding during WWII, and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization aboard Navy and merchant-type hulls - the era covering this hull's 1940-41 stores-ship conversion, her Dec 1941-Apr 1942 Pearl Harbor availability, and her 1943 San Francisco drydocking and voyage repairs.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1940s era documented; article 1987
- Population
- WWII shipyard workers and ship crews (class context)
- Limitations
- Program/era-level scholarly documentation of asbestos use in WWII shipbuilding generally; does not name this vessel and does not establish that asbestos was or was not aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation. Covers the WWII-era yard work on this hull; the ship's 1918-19 construction predates the study's period.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-antares-ag10-06
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[11]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2 (full text blocked, HTTP 403)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented the Navy's asbestos-protection program and its 1975/1979 insulation-removal policies - program-level confirmation that asbestos insulation was standard aboard Navy steam-driven vessels of this ship's era and that the material later required managed removal. Antares's full service life (1922-1946) falls within the pre-policy period GAO describes, in which insulation work was routine and unregulated.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1979 (report); era reviewed includes 1920s-1940s
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review (class context)
- Limitations
- Yard/program-level documentation, not hull-specific; establishes the era's asbestos-insulation baseline for Navy steam auxiliaries, not conditions aboard Antares. Does not establish what was installed, removed, or retained on this hull. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403) - content via product-page description, same standing defect as batch-01.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-antares-ag10-07
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[12]Batch-122 search ledger (this record): DANFS/HyperWar transcription; ship's 1941 action report; Shipscribe AG-10 file; MARAD ShipHistory 274; shipbuildinghistory.com Hog Island list; CourtListener API (throttled) + web-index litigation screen; NARA record-group guides [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-antares-ag10-01 through sl-uss-antares-ag10-10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming USS Antares (AG-10/AKS-3) was found in the public sources searched. The CourtListener API was throttled at query time (HTTP 429, 125/day cap exceeded, ~6.4-hour backoff), so litigation screening ran via web index: only name collisions surfaced (Antares Pharma securities suits; Antares Underwriting insurance litigation) plus law-firm marketing ship-lists that enumerate AG-10/AKS-3 - marketing pages are not evidence under batch rules and were not used. The ship's namesake collisions (AK-258, AKS-33, T-AKR-294) were screened separately.
- 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 - a 1918-19 steam auxiliary with multiple Navy-yard work periods is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials. The litigation screen is weaker than the standard CourtListener direct query because the API was throttled; a follow-up direct query is an open lead. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-antares-ag10-08
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[13]NARA Guide to Federal Records: RG 24 (Bureau of Naval Personnel - ship deck logs), RG 19 (Bureau of Ships), RG 178 (U.S. Maritime Commission records); MARAD ShipHistory status-card series [other_primary]
- Locator
- https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/024.html ; https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/019.html ; https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/178.html
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - research-room or reproduction order required; no spend authorized): NARA RG 24 deck logs for AG-10/AKS-3 (1922-1946) including the December 1941 log underlying the action report; RG 19 (Bureau of Ships / Bureau of Construction and Repair) records of the 1940-41 AKS-3 conversion and of Navy-yard availabilities, which may carry material/work specifications; RG 178 (U.S. Maritime Commission / predecessor EFC records) for the hull 524 construction contract; Pearl Harbor Navy Yard and Mare Island inactivation work packages; MARAD digitized status card for Detail 274 (page intermittently unreachable).
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1918-1947 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. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-antares-ag10-09
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[14]Shipscribe AG-10 file (construction/disposition tables, ship notes); DANFS Antares I; MARAD ShipHistory 274 milestones; NavSource AKS-3 page (via index snippet); NavalCoverMuseum ANTARES AKS-3 page; shipbuildinghistory.com Hog Island list [other_primary]
- Locator
- Shipscribe construction table vs NavSource/NavalCoverMuseum entries; disposition tables across sources
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Source discrepancies recorded for this hull: (a) keel-laying date - Shipscribe's construction table gives 1918-07-03 while NavSource and NavalCoverMuseum give 1917-07-03; launch (1919-05-30) and delivery (1919-07-26) agree across all sources, and the 1918 date is adopted pending a primary construction record. (b) Complement - DANFS specification line gives 197; Shipscribe gives 229 specifically for 1929; both retained for their stated periods, not merged. (c) Disposal dates - Shipscribe records Maritime Administration sale 1947-09-10 and delivery to buyer 1947-09-18; DANFS and the MARAD milestone table give 1947-09-18 ('sold to Kaiser and Co.'); the dates describe different steps (sale vs. delivery) and are recorded separately. (d) Name-history - the hull was ordered as SHAKOPEE and renamed NEDMAC before completion (Shipscribe ship notes; shipbuildinghistory.com list), a detail absent from DANFS.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1918-1947
- Limitations
- Resolves publication-level discrepancies among secondary/compiled sources; none affects identity, service timeline, or asbestos posture materially. The keel date remains formally unresolved absent a primary construction record. No asbestos content in any of these sources.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-antares-ag10-10