Evidence
12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).
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[1]research packet 791-packet.md (1 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-arayat-ix134-pkt-791-packet-md
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[2]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS), 'Arayat (IX-134)' entry, as transcribed with full specification table at NavSource Online Service Ship Photo Archive, file 09/46/46134 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NavSource IX-134 page, chronology and specifications blocks; canonical NHHC URL https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/a/arayat-ix-134-ii.html returned 404 on access date (standing NHHC link-rot)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity and service chronology for USS Arayat (IX-134): mobile floating storage tanker; laid down as tanker SS War Patriot in 1918 at Fairfield Co., Ltd., Glasgow; delivered 1919 to Anglo-Saxon Petroleum; renamed Adna 1921; to Hansen-Tangens Raderi (Norway) 1927; to Polena Soc. di Nav., Genoa, renamed Dentice, Italian flag, 1937; taken over by Venezuela, renamed Faireno; to War Shipping Administration, managed by Cities Service Oil Co.; acquired by U.S. Navy 13 April 1944 and commissioned 18 April 1944 at Brisbane, LT M. Himelfarb USNR in command; Milne Bay station tanker May 1944-early March 1945 dispensing fuel oil to Seventh Fleet units; Hollandia station tanker from 13 March 1945 with Tanahmerah Bay replenishment runs; repairs at Seeadler Harbor, Manus, late October 1945; Pearl Harbor 27 November-4 December 1945; Panama Canal transit 3 January 1946; Mobile arrival 14 January 1946; decommissioned 15 February 1946 and delivered to WSA same day; struck from Naval Register 12 March 1946; scrapped Savona area 1954. Specifications: 12,275 t full; 431'1" x 52' x 25'8"; 9.7 kts; complement 8 officers + 100 enlisted; cargo 47,000 bbls oil; armament one 5"/38 DP, three twin 40mm AA, eight single 20mm AA; propulsion one vertical triple-expansion engine, three single-ended Scotch boilers 170 psi sat., single screw 2,500 shp.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1918-1954
- Population
- Ship's company (8 officers + 100 enlisted per NavSource table); Seventh Fleet receiving crews alongside
- Limitations
- NavSource is a secondary transcription/compilation of DANFS and official data, not the live NHHC page (404 as of access date); dates cross-checked against the Maritime Commission status card and shipscribe class file, which agree on acquisition, commissioning, decommissioning, and strike dates. No asbestos or insulation-material information in the source.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-arayat-ix134-01
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[3]U.S. Maritime Administration, ShipHistory database - FAIRENO, Ship History Detail 1788, including two digitized vessel status cards [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- ShipHistory Detail 1788 status-card scans /cards/2AB_01.png and /cards/9cd1ed49-08e7-433c-8e60-c450bd8b1341.png
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- U.S. Maritime Commission / MARAD vessel status cards for FAIRENO (primary scans): (1) custody card - flag 'PAN. ex VEN. ex ITALIAN REG.', former name DENTICE, type tanker, DWT 7830, gross 5281, net 2784, speed 9.7, built Glasgow Scotland, completed 1918; 'Basis to W.S.A. 7-6-42 @ Puerto Cabello, Venezuela from Venezuelan Govt. Purch.'; allocations: Cities Service Oil Co. (GAA) delivered Tampa, Fla. 7-13-43 8AM EWT; Navy Dept. renamed 'ARAYAT' (bareboat charter) delivered Brisbane, Aust. 4-13-44 11:00AM; Reserve Fleet delivered Mobile, Ala. 2-15-46 11:30AM CST; SOCIETA POLENA (purchase) delivered Mobile 10-6-49 2:45PM CST. (2) reserve-fleet card headed IX-134: present name FAIRENO, former ARAYAT ex DENTICE ex ADNA ex WAR PATRIOT; fleet Mobile (annotated 'TENSAW'); entered fleet 2-15-46; 1,046 bbls Bunker C aboard at entry; stripping of vessel equipment '100% per letter 4/11/47'; 'Transfer to Italy Exec Order 9935'; agreement 'MCC-61161 3-16-48'; withdrawn from fleet 10-6-49 2:45 PM; 'BD-X237 BIDS REJECTED' noted under ships papers/custodian.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1949
- Population
- WSA merchant crew (Cities Service Oil Co. operation); Navy crew 1944-1946; reserve-fleet caretakers 1946-1949
- Limitations
- Handwritten card entries partially legible; read with care. The MARAD database record for the same hull contains anomalies that do not control: builder field 'N. Odero and Company' conflicts with the card's 'Glasgow, Scotland' (card adopted; Odero logged as a data-entry anomaly), 'Specific Type: LNG Liquefied Natural Gas' is implausible for a 1918 tanker, and milestone-table entries dated 1992/1993 are records artifacts, not custody events. No asbestos or insulation-material content in the cards.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-arayat-ix134-02
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[4]USCG COTP Houston Case No. 1 violation summary; U.S. Attorney S.D. Tex. letter of 8 October 1943; DCGO 8ND first endorsement of 23 October 1943 - digitized in the MARAD vessel history file for FAIRENO [other_primary]
- Locator
- Faireno_1788_002.pdf, 4-page scan: case summary, DOJ declination letter (27-A3066), 8ND endorsement
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- U.S. Coast Guard Captain of the Port, Houston, Case No. 1 records an Oil Pollution Act violation (33 U.S.C. secs. 431-437) by S/S Faireno (Panamanian tanker, owned by the War Shipping Administration, operated by Cities Service Oil Co. of New York City): on 1 October 1943 at Berth No. 1, Humble docks, Houston Ship Channel, Baytown, Texas, an oil spill resulted from 'a break in the seams of the ship in tank No. 2,' leaking oil over approximately 100 feet with widths up to 30 feet from midship to stern; violation report filed 6 October 1943; the U.S. Attorney, Southern District of Texas (File 27-A3066), declined prosecution 8 October 1943 because there was no evidence of crew negligence; DCGO 8th Naval District forwarded the file to the Commandant (OPS) 23 October 1943.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943-10
- Population
- Merchant crew aboard during spill event; dockside personnel at Humble Berth No. 1
- Limitations
- Documents an oil-pollution incident and a prosecutorial declination, not an adjudication on any issue; its evidentiary value here is a contemporaneous government record of hull material condition (a seam break in tank No. 2) four months before Navy acquisition. Not an asbestos record; establishes no asbestos fact.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-arayat-ix134-03
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[5]U.S. Coast Guard Report of Radio Sealing, SS Faireno, 13 August 1943 - digitized in the MARAD vessel history file for FAIRENO [other_primary]
- Locator
- Faireno_1788_001.pdf, single-page scan
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- U.S. Coast Guard Report of Radio Sealing for SS Faireno: tanker, Panamanian nationality, owned by the War Shipping Administration, master E.V. Shonburg; arrived within U.S. jurisdiction at Key West, Florida at 0400 on 13 August 1943 from last port Corpus Christi; in fuel-oil service; bound for New York; radio sealed under authority of the District Coast Guard Officer, Seventh Naval District. Documents WSA merchant operation under Panamanian flag between the July 1943 Tampa yard period and the April 1944 Navy acquisition.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943-08
- Population
- Merchant crew and USCG boarding party
- Limitations
- Single-page boarding report; establishes flag, ownership, service type, and movement only. Master's surname partially legible ('Shonburg' read with low confidence). No asbestos or materials content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-arayat-ix134-04
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[6]Executive Order 9935, 13 FR 1395 (Mar. 18, 1948); NARA Executive Orders disposition table for 1948; transfer agreement MCC-61161 per USMC status card [federal_register]
- Locator
- NARA EO disposition table entry for EO 9935; full text at American Presidency Project (presidency.ucsb.edu); status card 2AB_01.png allocation line 'SOCIETA POLENA PURCH MOBILE 10-6-49'
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- Executive Order 9935, 'Directing the Transfer of Certain Vessels to the Government of Italy' (signed 16 March 1948; published 13 FR 1395, 18 March 1948), lists 'FAIRENO (ex. DENTICE)' among fourteen former Italian-registry vessels directed transferred to the Government of Italy under the act of 5 August 1947 (Public Law 370, 80th Congress). The Maritime Commission status card records the implementing transfer agreement as MCC-61161 dated 3-16-48 and physical withdrawal/delivery at Mobile on 6 October 1949 to Societa Polena by purchase, resuming the name Dentice.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1948-1949
- Limitations
- The EO names the vessel under her WSA identity 'FAIRENO (ex. DENTICE)' - the hull is Arayat's - and authorizes transfer to Italy; it does not itself record the 1949 physical delivery (that comes from the status card). An executive instrument, not litigation; establishes no asbestos fact.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-arayat-ix134-05
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[7]U.S. National Archives photo, Record Group 19-LCM, captioned for SS Faireno at Tampa Shipbuilding Co., 13 July 1943 (shipscribe.com ex-Italian tankers photo page; NavSource 46134) [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipscribe 'Ex-Italian Tankers (IX-132 etc.): Photographs' page, Faireno entries; NARA RG-19-LCM per caption
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- U.S. National Archives RG-19-LCM photograph (reproduced via shipscribe.com and NavSource) shows S.S. Faireno 'undergoing modifications at the Tampa Shipbuilding Co. on 13 July 1943' - the same date the Maritime Commission status card records her GAA delivery to Cities Service Oil Co. at Tampa. Documents a WWII-era shipyard availability on this hull three months before the Auxiliary Vessels Board recommended the class for Navy acquisition.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943-07
- Population
- Tampa Shipbuilding Co. yard workers, July 1943
- Limitations
- Photo caption establishes presence and modification work at the Tampa yard on the stated date; the scope, materials, and work items of the modification are not documented in the consulted source. Yard work on a 1918 steam tanker in 1943 is consistent with era insulation practices but establishes no asbestos fact for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-arayat-ix134-06
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[8]Shipscribe (Stephen S. Roberts compilation from official Navy records), 'Ex-Italian Tankers (IX-132 etc.)' class page - specifications stated to be those of IX-134 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Class Notes FY 1943 narrative; Construction/Disposition table rows for IX-134; Ship Notes IX-134 paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Shipscribe compiled class file 'EX-ITALIAN TANKERS (IX-132 etc.)' documents the Navy acquisition program and this hull's line entries: on 12 October 1943 the Auxiliary Vessels Board recommended acquiring 15 old WSA tankers (IX 131-145) for floating oil storage at Pacific advanced bases, directing that because the service was primarily stationary storage 'only minimum repairs for service should be made and no conversion features be undertaken'; VCNO's 14 October 1943 request to WSA specified merchant operation to destination, then Navy takeover, with merchant crews returned; the 19 October 1943 directive armed the vessels per standard merchant practice for Area 1-A and supplied fueling hose for transferring fuel to other vessels. Class table for IX-134: Fairfield SB builder, launched 1918, acquired 13 Apr 44, commissioned 18 Apr 44; decommissioned 15 Feb 46, struck 12 Mar 46, disposal 15 Feb 46, fate 'RTO'. Ship note for IX-134: 'Ex merc. FAIRENO, ex DENTICE (Italian) 1942, built as WAR PATRIOT... To WSA from Venezuelan Govt. 6 Jul 42 at Puerto Cabello. Acquired at Brisbane, Australia. Merc. FAIRENO (MC) 1946. To Italian buyer as DENTICE 6 Oct 49. Scrapped 1954 at Vado.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943-1949
- Population
- Program-level: crews of the IX 131-145 group
- Limitations
- Expert compilation from official sources (Auxiliary Vessels Board and VCNO records), not the underlying documents themselves; class-level program context, with the ship-specific table row and ship note verified against the USMC status card. The ship note's 'completed Apr 08' is internally inconsistent with every other source (launch 17 Jan 1918) and is treated as a typographical error for April 1918. Armament in the class table (2-3"/50, 8-20mm 'original') differs from the NavSource as-fitted list (5"/38, twin 40mm, 20mm) - both reported, unresolved. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-arayat-ix134-07
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[9]NavSource IX-134 specification table (propulsion/boiler plant); 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
- NavSource specs block; Corn & Starr AJIM 11(3):359-373 abstract and article
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/type inference only. The documented propulsion plant - one vertical triple-expansion steam engine with three single-ended cylindrical Scotch boilers (170 psi, saturated) - is a First World War-era merchant steam plant of the type that characteristically carried asbestos-containing insulation: boiler lagging, steam-line and engine-cylinder insulation, valve and flange gaskets, machinery packing, and brake linings on deck machinery. Peer-reviewed scholarship documents extensive asbestos use and federal reservation of asbestos supply in U.S. shipbuilding and repair during WWII - the era covering this hull's 1942-1943 WSA repair/reflagging period, her July 1943 Tampa Shipbuilding modifications, and her 1944-1946 Navy service. The Auxiliary Vessels Board's minimum-repairs/no-conversion directive is consistent with retention rather than renewal of era materials.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- Engine-room and maintenance crew (ship's company, 1944-1946); Tampa yard workers (July 1943); WSA merchant engine crew (1942-1944)
- Limitations
- Type- and era-level inference, not a hull record: no consulted source names asbestos aboard this hull. Corn & Starr documents WWII-era practice and does not address 1918 original construction; whether, where, and in what form asbestos existed aboard Arayat/Faireno, and whether it was disturbed during the 1943 Tampa work or Navy service, is unknown. Does not establish quantity, location, condition, individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-arayat-ix134-08
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[10]CourtListener API v4 search results, queries "Arayat", "IX-134", "Faireno" (type=o) and "Arayat" (type=r), 2026-09-29 [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-arayat-ix134-06 through sl-uss-arayat-ix134-09
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener API v4 sweep on 2026-09-29 (authenticated; helper-paced): opinion search '"Arayat"' returned 0 results; '"IX-134"' returned 3 hits, all name collisions (unrelated criminal/employment/consent-decree cases matching exhibit or docket-number tokens, none referencing the vessel); '"Faireno"' returned 0 results. Docket search '"Arayat"' returned 6 dockets / 8 documents, all name collisions (e.g., an 'arayat.org' e-mail address in a trademark case; Philippine place/person references inside Lehman Brothers and PLDT-related filings; none naming the vessel). No qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull under any identity was located.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2026-09-29
- Limitations
- Absence of a docketed opinion or RECAP docket is not proof no claim was ever filed - many asbestos actions are resolved in MDL-875 or state court without published opinion, and this vessel's short U.S. service and foreign disposal shrink the expected litigation surface. Classified as negative finding for qualifying asbestos litigation in searched indexes only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-arayat-ix134-09
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[11]Batch-4704 search ledger (this record): NavSource 46134; MARAD ShipHistory Detail 1788 + status cards + USCG documents; NARA EO table / EO 9935 text; shipscribe ex-Italian tankers file; HyperWar ships-ix table; CourtListener sweeps [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-arayat-ix134-01 through sl-uss-arayat-ix134-12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, shipyard materials list, or docketed asbestos case naming the hull under any of its identities (War Patriot, Adna, Dentice, Faireno, Arayat, IX-134) was found in the public sources searched - NavSource/DANFS transcription, MARAD ShipHistory record and document scans, USMC status cards, Executive Order 9935, shipscribe class file, and HyperWar's Ships of the U.S. Navy 1940-1945 tabulation all contain no asbestos or insulation-material statement (see search_ledger).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2026-09-29
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1918 steam hull retained in Navy service with only minimum repairs is era-consistent with retained asbestos-containing materials. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-arayat-ix134-10
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[12]NARA record-group mapping: RG 24 (Bureau of Naval Personnel / deck logs), RG 19-LCM (Bureau of Ships imagery), USMC/MARAD vessel file no. 2742 (status-card annotation); yard records for Tampa Shipbuilding [other_primary]
- Locator
- RG 24 deck-log guidance; RG 19-LCM per NARA photo caption; status card no. 2742
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - require research-room or reproduction order; no spend authorized): NARA RG 24 deck logs for USS Arayat (IX-134), April 1944-February 1946, would document daily operating detail and any in-service repair; NARA RG 19-LCM holds the Tampa Shipbuilding modification photograph series cited herein and may hold related correspondence; Maritime Commission vessel file referenced on status card no. 2742 (WSA purchase papers, GAA file, disposition file incl. 'BD-X237 BIDS REJECTED' sale attempt); Tampa Shipbuilding Co. (TASCO) wartime repair records; Armed Guard/logbook and muster-roll material for crew documentation.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1918-1954 records
- Limitations
- Record-group and file mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; whether any asbestos-specific document exists for this hull is unknown until surveyed. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-arayat-ix134-11