Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]National Park Service, National Historic Landmark nomination, USS Arizona (BB-39), NRHP/NHL 89001083 [nps]
- Locator
- NHL nomination 89001083, description/significance and 'USS Arizona Today' sections
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The NHL nomination documents this hull's construction and machinery: as built, four shafts driven by four paired Parsons turbines supplied by 12 Babcock & Wilcox boilers developing 33,375 hp; during the congressionally authorized 1929-31 modernization the original boilers were replaced with six Bureau Express 3-drum boilers and the engines upgraded with new geared units; torpedo bulges, tripod masts, and added armor also installed. It documents WWII salvage scope (most superstructure, masts, and armament removed, including the 14-inch guns of turrets 2, 3, and 4; holes cut into the hull for equipment removal and salvage-crew access before the decision not to raise the hulk) and describes the wreck as lying in 38 feet of water off Ford Island at berth F-7.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1914-1943; nomination 1989
- Population
- New York Navy Yard construction trades (1914-16); Norfolk Navy Yard trades (1929-31); salvage crews (1942-43)
- Limitations
- Documents machinery-replacement events and salvage history on this hull, not fiber content: the nomination contains no asbestos statement. Establishes where and when machinery was replaced, not what the replacement insulation contained. Does not establish exposure for any individual.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-arizona-bb39-01
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[2]National Park Service, USS Arizona Memorial page and Pearl Harbor National Memorial materials; NPS administrative history of the USS Arizona Memorial (npshistory.com/publications/perl/adhi-2004.pdf) [nps]
- Locator
- nps.gov USS Arizona Memorial place page; npshistory.com administrative history (crew complement section, footnote 34); NHL designation date corroborated by NRIS 89001083 and USGS SIR 2013-5096
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NPS documents that 1,177 of the ship's crew were killed on 7 December 1941 and that over 900 remain aboard the wreck; the administrative history records 1,514 men on the muster roll that morning (including 88 Marines), noting a 1,511 vs. 1,514 discrepancy in prior compilations. The 184-foot memorial (Alfred Preis) was completed in 1961 and dedicated 30 May 1962; the wreck was designated a National Historic Landmark on 5 May 1989.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1941; 1962; 1989
- Population
- Ship's crew and Marine detachment, 1941-12-07 (documentation only - no exposure claim made)
- Limitations
- Casualty and memorial documentation, not hazardous-material documentation. The figure set has documented internal variance (1,511/1,512/1,514 on the roll; DANFS records 1,103 dead of ~1,400 aboard) - see gaps. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-arizona-bb39-02
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[3]DANFS, Arizona II (BB-39) - construction, modernization, yard periods, loss, and stricken date (verbatim transcription; live NHHC page returned 404 on both URL patterns checked) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS service narrative and spec block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented yard periods for this hull: built at New York Navy Yard 1914-16 with a post-shakedown overhaul there Dec 1916-Apr 1917; modernization at Norfolk Navy Yard May 1929-March 1931 (entered yard 4 May 1929; reduced commission 15 Jul 1929; new boilers, new main and cruising turbines, bulges, tripod masts; full commission 1 Mar 1931); Puget Sound Navy Yard overhaul beginning late 1940 into the following year; Pearl Harbor Navy Yard overhaul commencing 27 Oct 1941. Placed 'in ordinary' 29 Dec 1941; stricken from the Naval Vessel Register 1 Dec 1942.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1914-1942
- Population
- Norfolk Navy Yard, Puget Sound Navy Yard, and Pearl Harbor Navy Yard trades; crew
- Limitations
- Yard periods are ship-specific and documented; any asbestos disturbance during them is era inference, not a per-hull record. DANFS's casualty figure (1,103 of ~1,400 aboard) differs from the NPS figure (1,177 of a 1,514-name muster roll) - the variance is carried in gaps rather than reconciled.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-arizona-bb39-03
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[4]DANFS, Arizona II (BB-39) spec block and construction narrative; NPS NHL nomination machinery sections [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS spec block; NHL nomination machinery description; era substitution timing per GAO HRD-80-2 product description
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A 1916-commissioned battleship re-engined in 1929-31 sits inside the period in which marine steam plants were lagged and gasketed with asbestos-containing materials; era-standard applications included boiler and turbine lagging, steam-line lagging, valve and flange gaskets, machinery packing, and compartment insulation. The Navy did not begin substituting alternative insulation materials until the early 1970s, so the 1931 plant would have been insulated to period standards.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1914-1941
- Population
- Construction trades (1914-16); Norfolk Navy Yard trades (1929-31); crew (1916-1941)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey or material list located for this ship, and the wreck interior's material condition is undocumented. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials on this hull; no quantity; no present-day characterization exists in the public record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-arizona-bb39-04
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[5]NPS, 'Underwater at the USS Arizona' (Pearl Harbor National Memorial); USGS SIR 2013-5096, 'Settlement of the USS Arizona, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii' (pubs.usgs.gov/publication/sir20135096, verified live); NPS Submerged Resources Center / partners: Submerged Cultural Resources Study (Lenihan ed., 1989); Long-Term Management Strategies for USS Arizona (Russell et al., 2007, npshistory.com/series/archeology/submerged/27/report.pdf) [nps]
- Locator
- nps.gov 'Underwater at the USS Arizona' (oil estimate, ROV program); pubs.usgs.gov/publication/sir20135096; npshistory.com Submerged Cultural Resources series (1989 SCRU study; 2007 LTMS report)
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- A multi-decade federal documentation and monitoring program covers the wreck's condition: biofouling and corrosion surveys, hull-thickness and settlement measurements (USGS investigations 2002-2005, SIR 2013-5096), fuel-oil characterization (NPS estimates half a million gallons remain inside the stern and monitors the slow leak), and periodic ROV interior investigations - most recently a custom ROV built to penetrate the lower decks. The program exists to support long-term stewardship of the hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1983-present (ongoing monitoring); reports 1989, 2007, 2013
- Population
- NPS/Navy preservation divers and researchers (contemporary)
- Limitations
- The preservation literature reviewed addresses corrosion, structural deterioration, and fuel oil; it contains no asbestos findings and does not characterize the wreck's interior insulation, even though interior ROV investigations have occurred. Absence of asbestos discussion in these reports is not evidence of absence aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-arizona-bb39-05
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[6]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 that the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships and did not begin substituting alternative insulation materials until the early 1970s - meaning every insulation installation aboard this ship (1916, 1929-31) predates the substitution era.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; GAO fieldwork was at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards. Supports era context for insulation practice at build and modernization, not any fact specific to this hull; full text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403) - description via product page.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-arizona-bb39-06
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[7]Batch-162 search ledger (this record): NPS NHL nomination 89001083, park pages, administrative history, 'Underwater at the USS Arizona'; Submerged Resources Center and USGS wreck studies; DANFS transcription; general web trace of circulating claims. CourtListener re-query throttled today; the documented 2026-09-15 CourtListener sweep (batch-04 ledger, same repo) returned 7 opinion + 28 docket hits, all name collisions or other litigation, and 0 asbestos hits. [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-arizona-bb39-01 through sl-uss-arizona-bb39-07
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed asbestos case naming USS Arizona (BB-39) was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). NPS preservation documentation of the wreck - including interior ROV investigations - contains no asbestos characterization.
- 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 - the wreck is substantially intact with 1916- and 1931-era insulation plausibly retained below decks, but its interior material condition is undocumented. Does not establish that asbestos is or is not present; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility. Litigation sweep rests on the documented 2026-09-15 CourtListener queries; today's re-query was throttled before completion.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-arizona-bb39-07