Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet 636-packet.md (4 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-boulder-lst1190-pkt-636-packet-md
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[2]Naval History and Heritage Command, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Boulder (LST-1190) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, first two paragraphs and closing decommissioning statement
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS identifies Boulder (LST-1190) as named for the county and city of Boulder, Colorado; laid down 6 September 1969 at San Diego by National Steel & Shipbuilding Corp.; launched 22 April 1970; commissioned 4 June 1971; assigned after commissioning to Amphibious Force, Atlantic Fleet, homeported at Little Creek, Virginia; engaged through 1980 in east-coast and Caribbean amphibious training and regular extended Mediterranean deployments; received a Meritorious Unit Commendation for removal and disposal of ordnance from the Suez Canal in 1974; and decommissioned 28 February 1994.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1969-1994
- Population
- Construction trades at National Steel & Shipbuilding Corp.; ship's company and embarked personnel
- Limitations
- The official page text was available through the Studio search fallback on 2026-10-02, but a direct request from this environment returned 404; the entry itself says updates for 1980-94 were pending. It documents history, not asbestos, materials, exposure, causation, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-boulder-lst1190-01
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[3]Naval History and Heritage Command, photograph catalog NH 72654, USS Boulder (LST-1190) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Catalog title, caption, and Original Date field
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NHHC photograph catalog NH 72654 identifies USS Boulder (LST-1190) being launched at National Steel and Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, California, by Mrs. Gordon L. Allott, with Mrs. Donald G. Brotzman as matron of honor. The catalog dates the image 22 May 1970, which conflicts with DANFS's 22 April 1970 launch date.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1970
- Limitations
- The catalog text was available through the Studio search fallback on 2026-10-02, but a direct request from this environment returned 404. It creates an unresolved launch-date conflict with DANFS and contains no asbestos or material information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-boulder-lst1190-02
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[4]Naval Sea Systems Command, Naval Vessel Historical Evaluation: BOULDER (LST 1190), Final Determination, 24 March 2014 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Final Determination cover/table: vessel identity, class, location, status, eligibility, and lineage dimensions
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NAVSEA's 24 March 2014 final historic evaluation identifies BOULDER, LST 1190, as a Newport (LST 1179)-class dock landing ship, then located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and decommissioned; it concludes the vessel was ineligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. The evaluation gives displacement 8,450 tons, length 523 feet, beam 70 feet, and draft 19 feet.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2014
- Limitations
- The PDF text was available through the Studio search fallback on 2026-10-02, but a direct request from this environment returned 403. The historic evaluation is not an environmental survey and does not identify asbestos, ACM, products, condition, exposure, or disposition after its 2014 evaluation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-boulder-lst1190-03
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[5]Department of the Navy, Certifications and Exemptions Under the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972; Amendment, 51 Fed. Reg. 36400 (Oct. 10, 1986) [federal_register]
- Locator
- 32 CFR part 706 final rule, summary and supplementary information
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- A 1986 Department of the Navy final rule identifies USS Boulder (LST 1190) as a Navy vessel whose special construction and purpose prevented full compliance with specified 72 COLREGS masthead-light placement requirements; the rule concerns navigational-light certification, not vessel materials.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1986
- Limitations
- This is identity and operational-design corroboration only. It does not establish asbestos, material composition, exposure, causation, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-boulder-lst1190-04
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[6]U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, hearing record, 110th Congress (GovInfo PDF CHRG-110shrg69104259) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hearing text discussing Navy asbestos use from the late 1930s through the late 1970s
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A congressional hearing record states that the Navy used asbestos extensively from the late 1930s through the late 1970s in engines, pipe covering, hull insulation, valves, pumps, gaskets, boilers, distillers, evaporators, rope packing, and brake and clutch applications. USS Boulder was constructed and commissioned within that broad period, but the hearing does not name the vessel or its class.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- late 1930s-late 1970s
- Population
- Navy personnel and shipyard workers generally
- Limitations
- Navy-wide historical context only; it does not name Boulder, the Newport class, NASSCO, any component installed aboard this hull, quantity, condition, exposure, causation, or legal eligibility. It must not be read as proof that any listed product was aboard Boulder.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-boulder-lst1190-05
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[7]CourtListener API v4 authenticated helper attempt: cl-auth-search.py --query 'USS Boulder' --type opinion --limit 20 [court_record]
- Locator
- Helper diagnostic: authenticated request: type=o query_len=11; no JSON response produced before client timeout
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying CourtListener result is reported because the required authenticated CourtListener helper did not return results before its 30-second request timeout for the exact-name opinion search. The attempted request was authenticated and used the prescribed v4 helper; no anonymous or raw CourtListener request was made. Exact-name docket and hull-number opinion/docket searches therefore remain incomplete rather than negative.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- This is an incomplete litigation sweep, not a no-result finding. A secondary-search lead suggesting a 2026 wrongful-death claim was excluded because it is a law-firm/marketing source and could not be verified through the required CourtListener workflow; it is not evidence of exposure or litigation against this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-boulder-lst1190-06
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[8]Batch-6680 search ledger for USS Boulder (LST-1190): official-source searches and source-text review [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-boulder-lst1190-01 through sl-uss-boulder-lst1190-09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos record was located in the authoritative publicly accessible material reviewed: the DANFS history, NHHC launch catalog, NAVSEA historic evaluation, Federal Register rule, NHHC cruise-book index, and NAVSEA asbestos reading-room search did not produce a survey, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, product record, or hull-specific material finding for USS Boulder (LST-1190).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 2026-10-02
- Limitations
- This limited public-record result does not prove that asbestos was absent from the hull. Firecrawl research was blocked by a shared-quota wait and direct NHHC/NAVSEA/MARAD requests were unavailable from this environment; CourtListener litigation searching is incomplete. No inference of presence, absence, exposure, causation, or legal eligibility is warranted.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-boulder-lst1190-07
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[9]Naval History and Heritage Command Archives Branch, Collection 94 electronic finding aid [other_primary]
- Locator
- Collection 94, Box 205, item 24
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NHHC's Archives Branch finding aid identifies a file titled 'USS Boulder (LST 1190): Decommissioning and Changes, 1970-1993' in Collection 94, Box 205. It is a potential hull-specific archival lead for decommissioning and change records.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-02
- Study period
- 1970-1993 records
- Limitations
- Finding-aid level only; the file was not retrieved or reviewed, and its asbestos relevance is unknown. The title does not establish any material, exposure, or legal fact.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-boulder-lst1190-08