Evidence
13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).
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[1]CourtListener opinion search: 'USS Arctic' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion search 'USS Arctic' returned 10 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-arctic-af7-cl-name-opinion
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[2]CourtListener docket search: 'USS Arctic' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener docket search 'USS Arctic' returned 250 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-arctic-af7-cl-name-docket
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[3]CourtListener opinion search: 'AF-7' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion search 'AF-7' returned 14856 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-arctic-af7-cl-hull-opinion
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[4]CourtListener docket search: 'AF-7' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener docket search 'AF-7' returned 184242 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-arctic-af7-cl-hull-docket
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[5]Bowles, Oliver, 'Asbestos,' U.S. Bureau of Mines Bulletin 403, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, 1937 (mirrored scan) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Bulletin 403, heat-insulation history section (pp. ~69-75 of the bulletin scan)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- U.S. Bureau of Mines Bulletin 403 documents that asbestos heat-insulation products were established decades before this hull's 1918 construction: asbestos-cement boiler covering was first tried about 1870; canvas-covered sectional magnesia pipe covering appeared in 1885; asbestos paper was used from about 1878 to protect hair-felt insulation from the heat of steam pipes. Steam-plant insulation products of the WWI era commonly contained asbestos fiber.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1870s-1937 (product history); hull 1918-1948
- Population
- WWI-era shipbuilders and engine-room crews (era context)
- Limitations
- Product-history documentation, not a hull record - does not name this vessel and does not itself describe shipboard installation aboard any specific hull; asbestos presence aboard this hull is era inference, not ship-proven. Does not establish quantity, location, present-day presence, individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-arctic-af7-01
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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 World War II - the era covering this ship's wartime operations and her documented yard availabilities (Mare Island 1941-42 periods; Alameda/Oakland overhaul July-September 1943).
- 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 installed or disturbed aboard this hull during her documented yard periods, nor quantity, location, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-arctic-af7-02
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[7]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, 'Arctic IV (AF-7),' Naval History and Heritage Command [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS 'Arctic IV' entry; canonical NHHC URL returned 404 on 2026-09-18 (standing NHHC link rot - see search_ledger); public-domain DANFS text recovered via its verbatim reproduction at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Arctic_(AF-7) and the NHHC Online Library caption mirror at ibiblio.org/hyperwar/OnlineLibrary/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-a/af7.htm
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS entry for Arctic IV (AF-7): Yamhill - a steel-hulled, single-screw refrigerated freighter completed in 1919 at Oakland, CA by Moore Shipbuilding Co. under a U.S. Shipping Board contract - was acquired by the Navy from the Shipping Board on 4 November 1921, renamed Arctic (AF-7) on 2 November 1921, and commissioned at the New York Navy Yard 7 November 1921. She served the Pacific Fleet's train 1922-1941 (1925 Australasian cruise; TrainRon 2; 1936-37 maritime-strike diversions to Pearl Harbor and Samoa; 5-6 annual San Francisco-Pearl round trips 1939-41); was one day out of Hawaiian waters on 7 December 1941; ran Pearl Harbor-San Francisco with Mare Island yard periods in early 1942; supplied TF 8 at Kodiak 3-13 July 1942; provisioned Noumea, Espiritu Santo, and Efate through most of 1943 (overhaul at Alameda and Oakland 4 July-27 September 1943); joined ServRon 8 February 1944 for five round trips to Majuro, Kwajalein, and Eniwetok; issued supplies at Seeadler Harbor (Manus) and Ulithi (ServRon 10); made four round trips to the Palaus (Kossol Roads, Peleliu, Angaur) 18 December 1944-1 April 1945; provisioned at Saipan and Iwo Jima (9-12 April 1945); issued stores at Okinawa 5-21 August 1945 in convoy UOK-43; provisioned fleet units off Yokosuka 21 November-13 December 1945 (occupation service), sinking mines en route 12 November and again in December; decommissioned at Pendleton Shipyard, New Orleans 3 April 1946; stricken 1 May 1946; transferred to the Maritime Commission 3 July 1946; sold 19 August 1947 to Southern Shipwrecking Corp.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1918-1947
- Limitations
- Authoritative operational history naming this hull throughout; contains no asbestos, insulation-material, or hazardous-material information whatsoever - supports no asbestos claim. Canonical NHHC URL is currently dead; text verified against public-domain DANFS reproduction and NHHC caption mirror.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-arctic-af7-03
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[8]U.S. Maritime Administration, ShipHistory database - ARCTIC (AF-7), Ship History Detail 296 [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- ShipHistory Detail 296, milestone table; digitized status card ARTIC.pdf located but retrieval failed (site HTTP 502 on 2026-09-18)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD ShipHistory database record for Arctic (AF-7): vessel name history Yamhill 1919-1921, Arctic (AF-7) 1921-1947; milestone table shows entry into Reserve Fleet 1946-07-03; disposition 1947-08-19 'ex-YAMHILL'; sold as scrap to Southern Shipwrecking Co. under PDX-360 for $33,176 on 1947-08-19.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1919-1947
- Limitations
- Authoritative for government custody milestones and disposal; contains no asbestos, materials, or condition-survey information - supports no asbestos claim. Status-card scan not retrievable at research time.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-arctic-af7-04
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[9]Naval History and Heritage Command, Online Library of Selected Images - 'USS Arctic (AF-7), 1921-1947' and 'S.S. Yamhill (American Freighter, 1918)' (ibiblio HyperWar transcription mirror) [other_primary]
- Locator
- ibiblio mirror pages af7.htm and civsh-xz/yamhill.htm; photo captions 19-N-25853/25854/25855/25856/25857/25858 (Mare Island, 25-29 Oct 1941), 80-G-64746 (Pearl Harbor, Apr 1942), NH 100103 (Yamhill trials, 1918)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC Online Library of Selected Images caption history (mirrored at ibiblio HyperWar): USS Arctic, a 12,600-ton store ship, was built at Oakland, CA in 1918 as the civilian refrigerated cargo ship Yamhill and acquired/commissioned November 1921; operated in the Pacific as a unit of the U.S. Fleet Train through the 1920s-30s; Bureau of Ships photos 19-N-25853 through 19-N-25858 place her at the Mare Island Navy Yard 25-29 October 1941 with newly installed splinter protection around her 5-inch/51 and 3-inch/50 gun positions; photo 80-G-64746 shows her arriving deeply laden at Pearl Harbor, April 1942.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1918-1946
- Population
- Shipyard workers at Mare Island Navy Yard, Oct 1941 (topside work documented; below-deck scope undocumented)
- Limitations
- NHHC-authored captions document identity and the October 1941 Mare Island availability (topside splinter-protection work only); contain no asbestos or insulation-material information - supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-arctic-af7-05
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[10]Shipscribe, 'USS Arctic (AF-7) Class' - compiled construction/disposition tables and class notes from Navy Ship's Data records [other_primary]
- Locator
- AF-7 class page: class notes, construction/disposition tables, ship notes (EFC 146)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Shipscribe AF-7 class compilation (S.S. Roberts, from Navy Ship's Data / NavData records): EFC Design 1015, EFC hull 146; built Moore DD, Oakland - keel 18 March 1918, launched 4 July 1918, completed 7 February 1919 as Yamhill (ID-3806); one of six long-radius oil-burning Design 1015 reefers considered for Navy acquisition; transfer authorized by Executive Order 3570 (29 October 1921); New York Navy Yard conversion scope limited to living spaces, galley and bake-shop equipment, heads and washrooms for the larger Navy crew, and a supply office in a new wooden house on the boat deck; complement 210 (1929); Parsons geared turbine, 1 screw, 2,800 HP; armed September 1941 (2-5in/51, 4-3in/23), re-armed 1942 (1-5in/51, 4-3in/50, 8-20mm); to buyer 19 August 1947, scrapped by 25 February 1948.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1918-1948
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation of primary Navy/Shipping Board records; the documented 1921-22 conversion scope contains no insulation-material itemization and no asbestos information - supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-arctic-af7-06
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[11]NARA History Hub staff response re: AF-7 war diaries/deck logs; NARA record-group guides RG 19 / RG 32; Online Archive of California finding aid, Moore Dry Dock Company ships plans collection HDC 1065 (San Francisco Maritime NHP) [other_primary]
- Locator
- History Hub thread (NARA staff: 'war diaries for 1942, various months in 1943, and all months in 1944 and 1945'); OAC finding aid https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt6d5nf1zx/
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (existence confirmed at collection level, not retrieved - no spend authorized): (a) NARA College Park holds WWII war diaries for USS Arctic (AF-7) covering 1942, various months of 1943, and all months of 1944-1945 - no action reports - per NARA staff response on History Hub; deck logs also held; (b) RG 19 (Bureau of Ships) records and RG 32 (U.S. Shipping Board/EFC) records may hold the Yamhill/Design 1015 construction contract, specifications, and the ship's Navy file; (c) San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park holds the Moore Dry Dock Company ships plans collection (HDC 1065, ~21,700 drawings, bulk 1916-1954) which may include Design 1015 hull plans with material callouts.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1918-1948 records
- Limitations
- Collection-level existence confirmed only; no box-level retrieval performed and no asbestos-specific documents identified - nothing in this row is an asbestos finding. Whether these records contain insulation-material information is unknown until surveyed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-arctic-af7-07
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[12]Batch-118 search ledger (this record): DANFS/NHHC canonical URL (404); NHHC Online Library mirror; NavSource; shipscribe; MARAD ShipHistory 296; CourtListener API/UI (blocked); web-indexed court records; HAER/LOC; NARA History Hub; OAC finding aids [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-arctic-af7-01 through sl-uss-arctic-af7-11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, specification itemization, or docketed asbestos case naming USS Arctic (AF-7) or Yamhill was found in the public sources searched; the hull was scrapped by February 1948 so no present-day hull survey exists. CourtListener access was rate-limited/blocked during this pass (API 125/day throttle; web UI 403) - the dedicated name/hull litigation search is incomplete; web-indexed opinion searches returned only name collisions (F/V Arctic Star; Arctic Reefers Corp.; USS Arctic SP-1158, a different vessel; Arctic Shipping Co.).
- 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 steam hull insulated to era practice is era-consistent with asbestos-containing machinery-space materials. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility. Litigation search incomplete pending a CourtListener pass.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-arctic-af7-08
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[13]NHHC/DANFS and NHHC Online Library captions (Moore Shipbuilding); NavSource spec sheet (complement 20+248); shipscribe (complement 210; scrapped by 25 Feb 1948); MARAD ShipHistory 296 (sale 19 Aug 1947); shipbuildinghistory.com Moore yard history; OAC Moore Dry Dock finding aid (name-change dates) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 09/06/0607 spec table; shipscribe AF-7 ship notes; MARAD Detail 296; shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/large/moore.htm; oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt6d5nf1zx/
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Source discrepancies noted and resolved: (a) builder name - NHHC/DANFS name the builder Moore Shipbuilding Company while NavSource and shipscribe say Moore Dry Dock Co.; the firm operated as Moore Shipbuilding Company when Yamhill was built in 1918-19 and was renamed Moore Dry Dock Company in 1922-23, so the period-correct name is used in this record (same Oakland yard). (b) complement - shipscribe lists 210 (1929); the NavSource spec sheet lists 20 officers + 248 enlisted (268); secondary infoboxes give 211; the dated 1929 shipscribe figure is adopted as the reference figure and the variance flagged in gaps. (c) scrapping - secondary sources often give 'scrapped 19 August 1947,' but MARAD records that date as the sale to Southern Shipwrecking Co.; shipscribe records scrapping complete by 25 February 1948. (d) length - sources variously give 415'6in, 416'5in-416'10in overall; the Atlas schema carries no dimension field and no figure is asserted here.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1918-1948
- Limitations
- Resolves publication-level discrepancies in secondary framings; does not affect identity or custody timeline materially. No asbestos content in any of these sources.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-arctic-af7-09