Evidence
5 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-5).
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[1]research packet y-packet.md (3 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED (mirror-sourced; DANFS direct slug
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- qualifier: VERIFIED (mirror-sourced; DANFS direct slug
- Evidence ID
- uss-bottineau-apa235-pkt-y-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Bottineau (APA-235) - verbatim transcription via HyperWar; live NHHC page returned HTTP 500 on 3 attempts 2026-09-25 [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS-derived entry for USS Bottineau (APA-235): Haskell-class attack transport; Maritime Commission VC2-S-AP5 hull (MCV 681) built by Kaiser Co., Inc., Vancouver, WA; laid down 11 October 1944, launched 22 November 1944; commissioned 30 December 1944 at Astoria, OR (Capt. Harold B. Edgar); Okinawa Gunto operation 10-15 May 1945; one battle star WWII; assigned Joint Task Force 1, Operation Crossroads (Bikini, July 1946); decommissioned 8 March 1947 at San Francisco (Pacific Reserve Fleet); recommissioned 24 March 1951 (Capt. O. B. Cushing), Atlantic Fleet service; decommissioned 31 August 1955 at Philadelphia; redesignated LPA-235 on 1 January 1969; struck 1 July 1961; MARAD custody 6 November 1960 (NDRF James River); sold for scrapping 1 August 1983, removed 17 August 1983.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- Mirror-sourced: the live NHHC DANFS page returned HTTP 500 on 3 direct fetch attempts 2026-09-25; claims rest on the verbatim HyperWar DANFS transcription and NavSource mirror. Contains no asbestos or material-composition information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bottineau-apa235-01
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[3]DANFS Haskell-class context + GAO HRD-80-2 era documentation (see ev-03) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Haskell-class attack transports were built 1944-45 under wartime Navy insulation specifications; steam propulsion plants and associated piping of the era were routinely lagged and gasketed with asbestos-containing materials, and boiler/fireroom insulation, steam-line lagging, and bulkhead materials were standard era applications.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey located for APA-235. Names the era standard, not confirmed installed materials on this hull; does not establish exposure for any individual.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bottineau-apa235-02
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[4]GAO HRD-80-2, Navy efforts to protect workers from asbestos exposure (1980) [gao]
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- 1980 GAO report on Navy efforts to protect workers from asbestos exposure documents that asbestos-containing materials were used across Navy shipbuilding and ship-repair operations during the era in which Bottineau was built and served.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Limitations
- Era-level Navy-wide context; does not mention this hull or establish any ship-specific finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bottineau-apa235-03
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[5]CourtListener API v4 opinion search, authenticated, 2026-09-25 (attempted; paced out) [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion search for "USS Bottineau" APA-235 could not be completed: the authenticated helper reported the fleet-wide request budget was spent (paced ~114/hr against the 2,800/day account quota). No results were retrieved. No qualifying asbestos litigation is known for this hull, but the litigation sweep is incomplete.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- Search not completed due to fleet-wide CourtListener budget pacing. Retry after budget refresh; do not treat as a confirmed negative.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bottineau-apa235-04