Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]Naval History and Heritage Command, DANFS entry 'Antares II (AK-258)' (live page HTTP 404 2026-09-21; cited via Internet Archive Wayback capture 2024-12-09 of the canonical NHHC page) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS A section, Antares II (AK-258) entry - specification header and full narrative text
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS establishes the hull's identity and Navy service: laid down 1944-04-06 under Maritime Commission contract (MCV hull 107) as SS Nampa Victory at Portland, Ore., by Oregon Shipbuilding Co.; launched 1944-05-19 (sponsor Mrs. R. A. Hadley); delivered to the Maritime Commission 1944-06-10; operated during WWII by International Freighting Co. under War Shipping Administration contract; acquired by the Navy 1951; converted to a Navy cargo ship at Baltimore by Maryland Drydock Co.; renamed Antares and designated AK-258 1951-07-26; commissioned at Baltimore 1952-02-12 (Comdr. Grant O. Hansen). Cargo carrier 1952-1959 between Atlantic coast, West Indies, and Mediterranean ports; Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal fall 1958 for support of the Lebanon intervention. Redesignated stores issue ship AKS-33 1959-04-01; entered Norfolk Naval Shipyard June 1959 for underway-replenishment modifications (interrupted Aug-Nov 1959 for Cuban refresher training and a two-month Mediterranean deployment); returned to service February 1960 alternating with Altair (AKS-32) as station underway replenishment ship for the 6th Fleet. Late 1961 designated support ship for fleet ballistic missile (FBM) submarines deployed abroad; modifications at Norfolk and Charleston Oct-Nov 1961. First resupply voyage to the FBM base at Holy Loch, Scotland, June 1962 (returned Norfolk 1962-07-25). Relieved Altair in the Mediterranean September 1962; deployment extended when Altair's overhaul was delayed by the October 1962 Cuban missile crisis - Altair could not relieve Antares at Naples before 1963-05-30; back in Norfolk early June 1963; tender availability alongside Cadmus (AR-14); east-coast ops for remainder of 1963. Holy Loch resupply January 1964; 'Springboard' exercise near Puerto Rico; reported to Norfolk Group, Atlantic Reserve Fleet 1964-09-15; decommissioned 1964-12-18; struck from the Navy list 1965-09-01 and transferred to the Maritime Administration for layup at James River, Va. DANFS header: dp. 4,600; l. 455'0"; b. 62'0"; dr. 29'2" (lim.); s. 15.5 k.; cpl. 145; a. 8 40mm.; cl. Greenville Victory; T. VC2-S-AP3. Second Navy ship of the name ('a star in the constellation Scorpio').
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-21
- Study period
- 1944-1975
- Limitations
- Authoritative Navy service narrative; contains no asbestos or insulation-material statement - supports no asbestos claim. DANFS gives the disposal as 'late in 1975... sold, apparently for scrapping,' which conflicts with the MARAD custody record (sale 1974-04-05, withdrawal 1974-05-31); see correction row. Renamed date 1951-07-26 here vs MARAD 1951-07-23 - logged, not resolved.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-antares-ak258-01
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[2]U.S. Maritime Administration, ShipHistory database - ANTARES (AKS-33) Ship History Detail 275 and NAMPA VICTORY Detail 9922, incl. three digitized status cards (MA vessel status card and MA-383 Reserve Fleet ship particulars) and milestone tables [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Detail 275 milestone table + status-card scans; Detail 9922 milestone table + status-card scans (cards/561_01.png, 561_02.png, MA-383 particulars card)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD ShipHistory records and digitized vessel status cards establish the custody chain and merchant-era operators: ON 245798, type VC2-S-AP3, built 1944 by Oregon Shipbuilding Co. (yard hull 1023 / MC hull 107), 455.25 ft x 62 ft, 7,608 gross / 4,551 net, bale 453,210 cu ft, 17 kts, DWT 10,668. Delivered to the War Shipping Administration 1944-06-10 3:15 PM PWT at Portland; operators under agreement: International Freighting Corp. (GAA, Portland, 1944-06-10), Pacific-Atlantic SS Co. (GAA, New York, 1945-11-28), Waterman SS Corp. (GAA 1946-10-31, then bareboat MC/BB 1946-11-13), A. L. Burbank & Co. (GAA, 1946-12-06), Dichmann, Wright & Pugh (GAA, 1947-12-17); Wilmington Reserve Fleet layup 1948-01-18; withdrawn for activation under U.S. Lines (GAA, Wilmington NC, 1950-09-21); James River Reserve Fleet layup 1950-11-28; Navy Department custody at James River 1951-07-23 ('RENAMED ANTARES 7/51 (AK 258)(AKS-33)'); title to Navy 'as is where is' 1956-05-31; James River Reserve Fleet custody entry 1965-03-30 (reimbursable, Navy asset); permanent transfer/MARAD title 1965-09-01; sold for scrap under PD-X-974 on 1974-04-05 to Union Minerals & Alloys Corp. for $225,433; physically delivered out of the fleet 1974-05-31.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-21
- Study period
- 1944-1974
- Limitations
- Authoritative for government custody milestones and the merchant operator sequence (handwritten card entries partially OCR-aided; 'Dichmann, Wright & Pugh' read from card hand). Contains no asbestos, materials, or condition-survey information; supports no asbestos claim. Milestone DB prints the name change as 7/23/1951 while the card annotates 'RENAMED ANTARES 7/51' - DANFS gives 7/26/1951 (see correction row).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-antares-ak258-02
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[3]Shipscribe.com (Stephen S. Roberts), 'USS Altair (AKS 32) (VC2-S-AP3) class' file, incl. construction/disposition tables and SCB Project 49 class notes drawn from BuShips/CNO correspondence [other_primary]
- Locator
- AKS 32 class page - construction and disposition tables, class notes (SCB 49 history)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Shipscribe (Stephen S. Roberts) AKS-32/33 class file documents the design lineage and Navy specifications: Antares entered Navy service in 1951 as a commissioned cargo ship of the Alcor (AK-259) class, a Victory ship of the VC2-S-AP3 type, and served as a cargo ship until 1959; reclassified AKS-33 on 1959-04-01; returned to service as an AKS circa February 1960. Class specifications for the AKS conversion (SCB Project No. 49, modified): displacement 4,960 light / 10,440 full tons; 455' oa x 62' x 23' max nav; armament 4-40mmT (1952) reduced to 2-40mmT (1963); accommodations 22 officers + 228 enlisted; 17 kts; 8,500 hp geared steam turbines, 2 boilers (440 psi/740 degF), 1 screw. Disposition table: decommissioned 1964-12-18; stricken 1965-09-01; disposal 1965-09-01 (MA/T); Maritime Administration sale 1974-04-05. The file's class notes document the SCB-49 conversion-program history (initially planned for Mercury AKS-20; redirected to a Victory hull in 1951; Maryland Drydock Co., Baltimore, signed as design agent 1952-04-17; Altair AK-257 converted first, in service as AKS-32 1953-12-15).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-21
- Study period
- 1944-1974
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation of official Navy data (construction/disposition tables, CNO/BuShips correspondence summaries) - not the underlying documents themselves. Names this hull in its tables and notes. No asbestos or materials content; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-antares-ak258-03
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[4]shipbuildinghistory.com, 'Oregon Shipbuilding, Portland OR' emergency-yard production table (compiled MC/yard data) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Oregon SB table row: hull 1023 / Nampa Victory / MC 107
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Shipbuildinghistory.com's Oregon Shipbuilding production table documents the hull's build entry: yard hull 1023, original name Nampa Victory, type VC2-S-AP3, MC hull 107, keel laid 6-Apr-44, launched 19-May-44, delivered 10-Jun-44 - 43 days on the ways, 22 days in the water, 65 total days. The table's disposition column carries the entry 'Troopship.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-21
- Study period
- 1944
- Limitations
- Compiled production table (independent compiler), consistent with DANFS dates and the MARAD status card ('Bldrs-1023'). The 'Troopship' disposition note is not corroborated by DANFS or the status card and is not asserted elsewhere in this record. No asbestos or materials content; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-antares-ak258-04
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[5]Documented plant and work-period facts per Shipscribe AKS-32 class file and DANFS (rows ev-01, ev-03); material-class framing per the VC2 Victory design era and the WWII-shipbuilding asbestos record (Corn & Starr, row ev-06) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Shipscribe class table (machinery) + DANFS yard-work dates; inference framed per house convention
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design-level asbestos inference anchored to documented facts: this hull is a VC2-S-AP3 steam cargo ship (geared turbines, 2 boilers, 8,500 hp) built April-June 1944 - squarely inside the documented peak of WWII shipbuilding asbestos use - and her documented Navy work periods include the Maryland Drydock Co. conversion (1951-1952), the Norfolk Naval Shipyard stores-issue conversion (1959-1960, SCB Project 49 modified), and FBM-support modifications at Norfolk and Charleston (Oct-Nov 1961). Steam cargo hulls and auxiliaries of this era were commonly fitted with asbestos-containing boiler and turbine insulation, steam-line lagging, valve and flange gaskets, machinery packing, and accommodation-space insulation, and yard conversion work of the period is era-consistent with both installation of and disturbance to such materials.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-21
- Study period
- 1944-1965
- Population
- Navy crew (AK-258/AKS-33, 1952-1964); Maryland Drydock, Norfolk NSY, and Charleston NSY yard workers during documented conversion periods; merchant crews and Oregon SB construction trades (1944)
- Limitations
- Inference only - no ship-specific insulation schedule, survey, abatement record, or exposure documentation exists in the sources searched. Does not establish that asbestos was or remains aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, individual exposure, or causation. The hull was scrapped in 1974.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-antares-ak258-05
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[6]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 - the era and program under which this VC2-S-AP3 hull was mass-produced - and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization aboard merchant-type hulls.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-21
- 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 remains aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-antares-ak258-06
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[7]U.S. Government Accountability Office, HRD-80-2 product page [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page (title/description); full-text PDF blocked HTTP 403
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- GAO report HRD-80-2 ('Asbestos: Need for Better Controls Over Shipyard Workers,' 1979) documents at program level the extent of asbestos use and control deficiencies in U.S. shipbuilding and ship repair through the wartime and postwar decades covering this hull's construction and Navy work periods. Full text unreachable at fetch time (gao.gov HTTP 403 to automated fetches); product-page description used - standing defect since batch-01.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-21
- Study period
- report 1979; coverage era WWII-postwar
- Population
- U.S. shipyard workers generally (program context)
- Limitations
- Program-level context only - the report does not name this vessel or its builder/conversion yards and establishes nothing ship-specific. Full text not retrieved (403); reliance is on the product-page description only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-antares-ak258-07
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[8]Batch-910 search ledger (this record): DANFS entry; MARAD Details 275/9922 + status cards; Shipscribe AKS-32 file; shipbuildinghistory Oregon SB table; CourtListener API (blocked); web-index litigation screen [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-antares-ak258-01 through sl-uss-antares-ak258-11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, insulation schedule, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming the Antares AK-258/AKS-33 or Nampa Victory hull was found in the public sources searched. DANFS, MARAD ShipHistory + status cards, Shipscribe, and the Oregon SB production table contain zero asbestos or insulation-material statements. The direct CourtListener API query was blocked by rate-limiting (HTTP 429, 2,800/day shared quota exhausted at time of check); a web-index litigation screen surfaced only name collisions (Antares-branded commercial entities) and law-firm marketing ship lists (excluded as a source class), no qualifying asbestos case naming this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-21
- Study period
- 2026-09-21
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1944 steam cargo hull with documented 1951-52 and 1959-61 Navy conversion work is era-consistent with installed asbestos-containing materials. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility. The direct CourtListener query remains an open lead (see ledger).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-antares-ak258-08
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[9]DANFS Antares II entry (rename date, disposal framing); MARAD ShipHistory 275/9922 + status cards (custody chain, PD-X-974 sale); NavSource/NavalCoverMuseum (rename date, campaign list); Wikipedia class table (1992 scrap entry - internally inconsistent with its own vessel article); Shipscribe (complement, armament, machinery figures) [other_primary]
- Locator
- MARAD status card verso + milestone tables; DANFS disposal paragraph; Shipscribe AKS-32 class table
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Source discrepancies resolved: (a) Rename date - DANFS and NavSource give 'renamed Antares 26 July 1951' while the MARAD milestone table gives 7/23/1951 (the status card annotates only 'RENAMED ANTARES 7/51'); the MARAD custody-withdrawal date 7/23/1951 is consistent across card and table, so the rename is carried as July 1951 with the 23-vs-26 conflict logged, not resolved. (b) Disposal - DANFS states the ship 'remained [at James River] until late in 1975 when she was sold, apparently for scrapping,' and a Wikipedia class-table entry says 'scrapped in 1992'; the MARAD status card and milestone table document sale under PD-X-974 on 1974-04-05 to Union Minerals & Alloys Corp. for $225,433 with physical delivery out of the fleet 1974-05-31 - the MARAD custody record is adopted as controlling. (c) Complement - DANFS 145 (AK-258 spec) vs Shipscribe AKS-config 22 officers + 228 enlisted vs an uncited 250 in secondary infoboxes - figures kept separate by configuration, not merged. (d) Armament - DANFS '8 40mm' vs Shipscribe '4-40mmT' (1952)/'2-40mmT' (1963) - reconcilable as barrels vs twin mounts; recorded, not asserted. (e) Speed - DANFS 15.5 kts vs status card/Shipscribe 17 kts design - both recorded. (f) Type - all sources agree VC2-S-AP3; a 'VC2-S-AP2' reading would be an error (the class-c AP2 profile does not cover this hull).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-21
- Study period
- 1951-1974
- Limitations
- Resolves publication-level discrepancies in secondary framings using the primary custody record; does not affect identity or the service timeline materially. No asbestos content in any of these sources.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-antares-ak258-09
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[10]NARA Guide to Federal Records: RG 19, RG 181, RG 178, RG 248, RG 26 record-group paths mapped for this hull's construction and service periods [other_primary]
- Locator
- Record-group level mapping only - no box-level retrieval
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - require research-room or reproduction order; no spend authorized): NARA RG 19 (Bureau of Ships) and RG 181 (naval district/shipyard records) for the Maryland Drydock Co. 1951-52 conversion contract files and the Norfolk NSY 1959-60 SCB-49(modified) conversion plus the 1961 Norfolk/Charleston FBM-support modifications - the likeliest repositories of any insulation schedules or materials lists; Navy deck logs 1952-1964 (NARA, by hull); RG 178 (U.S. Maritime Commission) and RG 248 (War Shipping Administration) for MC hull 107 construction/outfitting specifications and wartime operating records; RG 26 (U.S. Coast Guard) merchant-vessel documentation for ON 245798.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-21
- Study period
- 1944-1965 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-ak258-10