Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet mo-packet.md (2 sources cited) [museum_official]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS Atlantida — IX-108 [Roberts, NCM]
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-atlantida-ix108-pkt-mo-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Atlantida (IX-108) - verbatim text via Wayback capture of the NHHC page (live NHHC URL returned 404 on 2026-09-29) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, 'Atlantida' body text and specifications line
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS records the hull's identity and eight-month naval career: built at Belfast, Ireland, in 1924 by Workman Clark & Co.; owned and operated by Standard Fruit & Steamship Co.; obtained by the Maritime Commission 22 May 1942; acquired by the Navy at Norfolk, Va., 13 September 1943 and simultaneously commissioned, Lt. Comdr. Thomas N. Saul in command; served at Yorktown, Va., from 15 September 1943 as a training ship for the Naval Mine Warfare School; entered Todd Shipbuilding Corp. yards at Hoboken, N.J., in mid-December 1943 for overhaul; returned to Yorktown 6 April 1944 and resumed training for about a month; decommissioned at Norfolk 16 May 1944 and turned over to the Maritime Commission; struck from the Navy list 9 June 1944; returned to Standard Fruit 11 March 1946; remained in merchant service until scrapped in 1960. DANFS specifications: dp. 3,380; l. 365'; b. 50'; dr. 20'.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1924-1960; Navy service 1943-1944
- Population
- Navy crew and Naval Mine Warfare School students (1943-1944)
- Limitations
- Ship-identity history only - DANFS contains no asbestos, insulation, or materials information. Establishes dates, roles, and yard periods only; does not establish asbestos conditions aboard this hull in either direction.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atlantida-ix108-01
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[3]Shipscribe (Stephen S. Roberts compilation of U.S. Navy auxiliary vessel register data), USS Atlantida (IX-108) class and ship notes [other_primary]
- Locator
- IX-108 page - construction/disposition tables, class notes, ship notes
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Compiled register data documents the vessel's program history in detail: one of two refrigerated banana carriers ordered by Standard Fruit (Vaccaro Brothers) from British yards in 1923 (~4,000 GRT, 76 first-class passengers, ~50,000 stems of bananas in four refrigerated holds); sister Amapala torpedoed south of New Orleans 15 May 1942; Atlantida requisitioned by WSA at New Orleans 22 May 1942 and re-delivered to Standard Fruit under Government control, retaining Honduran registry; allocated to the Navy 9 June 1943 for Mark 29 anti-torpedo mine-gear duty; Auxiliary Vessels Board recommended bareboat charter, Navy crew, and IX designation 7 September 1943 after WSA reported civilian-crew manning difficulties; modified at New York to accommodate 60 officer and 335 enlisted students, merchant armament (1-3"/50, 4-20mm) retained; repairs at Todd Hoboken completed 4 February 1944; Mk-29 program terminated (installation on merchant vessels discontinued 19 November 1943; improved gear abandoned on CNO approval 8 April 1944); machinery: 1 screw, triple expansion, 4,681 ihp, 15.65 kts; withdrawn from banana trade 1958.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1923-1960
- Population
- Merchant crew (1924-1960); Navy crew + ~395 students (1943-1944); New York conversion and Todd Hoboken yard workers (1943-1944)
- Limitations
- Compiled secondary reference built on Navy register and operational records - detailed program narrative, not itself a primary document. Internal inconsistency: class notes state return to the Maritime Commission '16 Apr 44' while the same page's disposition table and DANFS give 16 May 1944; DANFS date used. Contains no asbestos or materials information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atlantida-ix108-02
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[4]Shipscribe IX-108 register line (machinery: 1 screw, triple expansion, 4,681 ihp) - propulsion documentation for era inference [other_primary]
- Locator
- IX-108 page - register line 'Machinery: 1 screw, triple expansion'; propulsion (HP) 4,681
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- The documented propulsion plant - a 1924 British-built single-screw triple-expansion steam engine in a refrigerated passenger/cargo hull - is consistent with era-standard marine insulation practice: boilers, steam drums, steam lines, valves, and machinery of the period were commonly insulated with asbestos-containing materials, and period gaskets and packing commonly contained asbestos. Typical applications for the type: boiler and steam-line lagging; valve and flange gaskets; machinery packing; accommodation insulation. Refrigerated-hold insulation material is undetermined (cork was also standard for reefer spaces in this era).
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1924-1960
- Population
- Construction trades (Belfast, 1923-1924); merchant engine crew (1924-1960); Navy crew and trainees (1943-1944)
- Limitations
- Era/design inference only - no insulation specification, hull survey, shipyard work order, or abatement record naming this vessel was located. The 1924 construction date precedes peak U.S. naval asbestos use but falls within the period when marine asbestos insulation was standard practice. Does not establish asbestos aboard this hull, quantity, condition, or exposure of any individual.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atlantida-ix108-03
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[5]CourtListener API v4 searches, 2026-09-29: "Atlantida" opinions (17, all name collisions); "Atlantida" asbestos opinions (0); "IX-108" opinions (7, all number collisions); "SS Atlantida" opinions (0); "Atlantida" dockets (75, all name collisions) [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener API v4 search endpoint, type=o queries run via cl-auth-search.py
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull located. The "Atlantida" opinion search returned 17 hits, all name collisions - the recurring referent is Banco Atlantida / the Atlantida department of Honduras inside Louisiana Vaccaro-family corporate litigation (e.g., Henriques v. Vaccaro, 51 So. 2d 611 (La. 1951), a quantum-meruit fee dispute over Banco Atlantida shares), plus immigration, tax, and criminal cases; none names this vessel. The targeted "Atlantida" + asbestos opinion search returned zero results; "SS Atlantida" returned zero. The "IX-108" hull-number search returned 7 opinions, all exhibit/docket/statute-number collisions (e.g., In re IAC/InterActive Corp., Del. Ch. 2008; Gerald Metals v. United States, Fed. Cir. 1997; two 1820s Ohio cases). The "Atlantida" docket search returned 75 dockets, all name collisions (companies, venues, and individuals named Atlantida - e.g., US v. Atlantida Construction, D. Mass. 2015; La Atlantida aquaculture co-op v. BP, E.D. La. 2016; Atlantida Ltd. v. Iberia Airlines, E.D.N.Y. 1994); none maritime-asbestos or naming this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2026-09-29
- Limitations
- Search coverage is limited to CourtListener's opinion and docket indexes; unindexed state-court records and older dockets may not appear. A name match is not a finding of exposure, and absence of indexed litigation does not establish that no claim was ever filed - only that no qualifying opinion was located. Hull was scrapped by 1960, before the asbestos-litigation era.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atlantida-ix108-04
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[6]Batch-4677 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS (live 404; verbatim via Wayback); shipscribe compiled register; NavSource photo archive; MARAD ship-history index (blocked, HTTP 403); CourtListener opinion/docket indexes [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-atlantida-ix108-01 through sl-uss-atlantida-ix108-10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no hull insulation survey, abatement contract, shipyard work-order disclosure, hazmat documentation, or docketed case naming USS Atlantida (IX-108) or SS Atlantida was found in the public sources searched (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 - the 1924 steam plant and two documented yard periods make era-consistent inference reasonable but unproven for this hull. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility. Deck logs and any conversion/overhaul work orders, if extant, are the archival lead (NARA, not digitized).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atlantida-ix108-05
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[7]National Archives, Special List 44 - Named Vessels (Navy logbooks): 'Atlantida (IX-108) 9/15/1943 - 5/16/1944' [other_primary]
- Locator
- Special List 44, 'Atlantida (IX-108)' row, begin 9/15/1943, end 5/16/1944
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's Special List 44 named-vessel logbook index confirms deck logs for Atlantida (IX-108) exist at the National Archives covering 15 September 1943 through 16 May 1944 - the hull's entire commissioned Navy service, including the Yorktown training period and the Todd Hoboken overhaul.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1943-09-15 to 1944-05-16 (log coverage); indexed 2026-09-29
- Limitations
- Index-level confirmation only - the logs themselves are not digitized in the public sources searched and their contents (any materials, repair, or insulation references) are unexamined. Existence of logs does not establish any asbestos fact; they are the next research step for this hull, along with any WSA conversion and Todd Hoboken work orders.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atlantida-ix108-06