Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]research packet 1025-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-arrowsic-yfb59-pkt-1025-packet-md
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[2]U.S. Navy, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Ferryboats and Launches (YFB) table, scanned 1946 edition [other_primary]
- Locator
- Ferryboats and Launches (YFB) table, page 531; YFB59 row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The U.S. Navy Ships' Data table identifies YFB-59 as Arrowsic, 151 feet long and 53 feet broad, allocated to the Third Naval District, with 850 indicated horsepower. It identifies the vessel as ex-Rockaway, acquired from the City of New York on 19 February 1945, built by Todd Shipyard Corp., Brooklyn, New York, in 1925.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1925-1945
- Population
- City of New York ferry users and crew; Third Naval District ferry personnel
- Limitations
- Scanned Navy reference table is authoritative for the listed dimensions, allocation, horsepower, acquisition, builder, and build year, but does not state machinery type, fuel, crew, exact construction dates, asbestos content, or final disposition.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-arrowsic-yfb59-01
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[3]NavSource Online, Service Ship Photo Archive, Arrowsic (YFB-59) page (verified live) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Chronology block; page last updated 7 November 2020
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource's live Arrowsic page records the vessel's chronology as: completed for New York City as Murray Hulbert (official no. 224506) in July 1925; renamed Rockaway in 1930; acquired by the Navy on bareboat charter on 19 February 1945; named Arrowsic on 6 April 1945; assigned to the Third Naval District in 1945-1946; placed out of service on 20 May 1946; struck from the Naval Register on 5 June 1946; returned to the former owner on 11 June 1946; later hulked by 1967; final disposition unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1925-1967
- Population
- City of New York ferry crew; Third Naval District personnel; later owner/users
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer compilation rather than an official Navy register. Its chronology is carried for dates not found in the Navy table; its specification block appears to duplicate YFB-58/Lacosta (84 feet 9 inches, 26 feet 2 inches, 200 hp) and is excluded from this record. The page does not establish asbestos, exposure, or legal causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-arrowsic-yfb59-02
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[4]U.S. Government Accountability Office, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page; full report text was not retrievable because gao.gov returned HTTP 403
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO's Navy asbestos-program report describes extensive Navy use of asbestos insulation aboard ships and substitution of alternative insulation materials beginning in the early 1970s. This provides Navy-era context for a vessel that served in 1945-1946, not a finding about Arrowsic's installed materials.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- Navy practice through the early 1970s; report 1979
- Population
- Navy shipboard and shipyard workers; Navy asbestos program
- Limitations
- Program-level context only. It does not name Arrowsic, identify materials aboard this ferry, establish quantity or condition, or establish any person's exposure, causation, or legal eligibility; full text was blocked by the live site.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-arrowsic-yfb59-04
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[5]Batch-8760 search ledger: Navy Ships' Data; NavSource; Todd construction table; GAO program page; CourtListener helper attempt [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-arrowsic-yfb59-01 through -08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record was located for USS Arrowsic (YFB-59): no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazardous-material disclosure, material inventory, or qualifying asbestos-litigation record was established in the completed source review. Ship-specific asbestos documentation remains unknown.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 2026-10-04
- Limitations
- A bounded negative finding is not proof that asbestos was absent. The required CourtListener sweep was interrupted by the fleet pacing limiter after one completed zero-result query; the remaining base queries were not completed. The Navy-era GAO context does not convert into hull-specific exposure evidence.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-arrowsic-yfb59-05
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[6]National Archives, Guide to Federal Records, Record Group 181: Records of Naval Districts and Shore Establishments [other_primary]
- Locator
- RG 181 overview and naval-district records description
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's guide to Record Group 181 identifies records of naval districts and shore establishments. Because Navy Ships' Data allocates Arrowsic to the Third Naval District, RG 181 is an archival lead for district correspondence, craft records, maintenance material, or disposal documentation; no box-level Arrowsic file was retrieved.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1945-1946 records
- Population
- Future archival researchers
- Limitations
- Record-group mapping only. No specific Arrowsic folder, log, work order, survey, asbestos record, or final-disposition document was located; this row is not an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-arrowsic-yfb59-06