Evidence
19 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-19).
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[1]CourtListener opinion search: 'USS Cape Cod' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion search 'USS Cape Cod' returned 1 result(s) (2026-10-07); individual records not reviewed
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Limitations
- hit count only — underlying dockets/opinions not individually reviewed; name query may match same-named vessels
- Evidence ID
- uss-cape-cod-ad43-cl-name-opinion
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[2]CourtListener docket search: 'USS Cape Cod' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener docket search 'USS Cape Cod' returned 547 result(s) (2026-10-07); individual records not reviewed
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Limitations
- hit count only — underlying dockets/opinions not individually reviewed; name query may match same-named vessels
- Evidence ID
- uss-cape-cod-ad43-cl-name-docket
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[3]CourtListener opinion search: 'AD-43' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion search 'AD-43' returned 354690 result(s) (2026-10-07); individual records not reviewed
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- hit count only — underlying dockets/opinions not individually reviewed
- Evidence ID
- uss-cape-cod-ad43-cl-hull-opinion
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[4]CourtListener docket search: 'AD-43' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener docket search 'AD-43' returned 522696 result(s) (2026-10-07); individual records not reviewed
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- hit count only — underlying dockets/opinions not individually reviewed
- Evidence ID
- uss-cape-cod-ad43-cl-hull-docket
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[5]Naval Vessel Register, CAPE COD (AD 43) register entry (NAVSEA, nvr.navy.mil; live detail page serves only the site navigation shell to non-browser fetches — content retrieved from the Internet Archive Wayback capture of 2024-06-24; earlier captures 2016, 2017, 2019 agree on format) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Wayback capture 2024-06-24, vessel status block, milestone dates, physical characteristics, program characteristics, comments field
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official NVR entry: CAPE COD (AD 43), DESTROYER TENDER, Class AD 41, UIC 21063. Milestones: award 1977-09-30; keel 1979-01-27; launch 1980-08-02; delivery 1982-02-15; commission 1982-04-17; decommission 1995-09-29; stricken 1999-04-07. Status: 'Disposed of by Navy title transfer to the Maritime Administration,' status changed 2001-07-28; berth James River Reserve Fleet, Fort Eustis, VA; custodian Maritime Administration (NDRF). Characteristics: overall length 642 ft (waterline 620 ft); extreme beam 85 ft (waterline 67 ft); max navigational draft 27 ft (draft limit 25 ft); light displacement 13,482 tons, full 20,429 tons, dead weight 6,947 tons; steel hull, steel superstructure; 1 propeller; propulsion type 'Steam Turbines'; accommodations 87 officers, 1,508 enlisted. NVR comment: 'ESCO MARINE, INC. WAS AWARDED A CONTRACT FOR THE REMEDIATING, DISMANTLING, OR RECYCLING OF THE AD 43, EX-CAPE COD, ON 16 FEB 12.' Page last updated 2019-08-21.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1977-2019 (register coverage window)
- Limitations
- Authoritative register data for identity, milestones, characteristics, and custody. Contains no asbestos, insulation, or materials statement — supports no asbestos claim; the ESCO contract language ('remediating, dismantling, or recycling') is the standard disposal-contract description and does not itself establish that asbestos was aboard. Builder printed 'General Dynamics, National Steel & Shipbuilding Corp.' — NASSCO was a General Dynamics subsidiary.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cape-cod-ad43-01
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[6]U.S. Maritime Administration, ShipHistory database — CAPE COD (AD-43), Ship History Detail 712 [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Detail 712 — header fields, milestone table, documents tab
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD record: CAPE COD (AD-43), Naval Auxiliary / AD Destroyer Tender, fate 'Sold - Scrap.' Milestones: Entry 2000-09-29 (James River Reserve Fleet custody); Disposition 2001-07-28 'MARAD accepted title 07-28-01'; 'Cleared NHPA process' 2006-03-24 — 'VA SHPO concurrence letter on this date cleared ships for disposal'; Withdrawal 2012-03-30 — 'Departed under domestic sale contract with ESCO Marine, Inc. in Brownsville, TX.' Record attaches a 'Yellowstone-Class General Plans.pdf' historical document (see ev-11). Record lists shipyard as 'Marine Fabricators Incorporated' — a data discrepancy against the NVR's 'General Dynamics, National Steel & Shipbuilding Corp.' resolved in correction row ev-14.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1982-2012
- Limitations
- Authoritative for federal custody milestones and the NHPA Section 106 clearance date; 'Shipyard' field conflicts with NVR/NavSource (resolved in ev-14). No status card posted for this vessel and no historical narrative. Contains no asbestos or materials statement — supports no asbestos claim; NHPA clearance is a historic-preservation review, not a hazmat survey.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cape-cod-ad43-02
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[7]NavSource Online, Service Ship Photo Archive — USS Cape Cod (AD-43), page 09/03/0343.htm (contributed by Mike Smolinski) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Page 0343.htm — class header, timeline, specification block, commanding-officer table, photo captions 09034315-09034322
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource record: 'Yellowstone Class Destroyer Tender' — laid down 1979-01-27 at National Steel and Shipbuilding, San Diego, CA; launched 1980-08-02; commissioned USS Cape Cod (AD-43) 1982-04-17, CAPT. Robert F. Baril in command; decommissioned 1995-09-29; struck from the Naval Register 1999-04-07; transferred to MARAD for disposal; laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Lee Hall, VA; sold for scrapping March 2012 to ESCO Marine, Brownsville, TX, withdrawn from the Reserve Fleet 2012-03-30 under tow to Brownsville. Specs: displacement 13,482 t (lt) / 20,429 t (fl); length 642'; beam 85'; draft 25'; speed 20 kts; complement 1,500; armament one single 5"/38 dual purpose mount; propulsion two boilers, steam turbines, one shaft, 20,000 shaft horsepower; radio call sign NCOD. Eight commanding officers listed (Baril 1982 through Flaherty 1995). Photo captions document: builders trials off San Diego 1981-09-15 (NARA 6351588/6351589); commissioning at Naval Station San Diego 1982-04-17; moored at Jebel Ali, Dubai with USS Curtis (FFG-38) 1993; laid up James River NDRF 2009-04-09 alongside ex-USNS Harkness, ex-USS Kittiwake, ex-USCGC Escape, ex-USS Ortolan; moored at ESCO Marine Brownsville awaiting dismantling 2012-04-12.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1979-2012
- Population
- Crew (complement ~1,500); repair-department personnel
- Limitations
- Private archival compilation, not an official record — used for the timeline, machinery spec block, CO list, and photo-caption details the official sources lack. 'There is no history available for Cape Cod (AD-43) at NavSource' — i.e., no DANFS-style narrative exists for this hull. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cape-cod-ad43-03
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[8]NavSource PDF archive file AD-43 CAPE COD (0343b.pdf, submitted 2011-02-21) — awards and campaign-ribbon eligibility dates [other_primary]
- Locator
- 0343b.pdf — full text (2 pages)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented award windows: Joint Meritorious Unit Award 1991-06-10 to 1991-06-28, Operation Fiery Vigil; Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation 1991-06-16 to 1991-07-03; Navy 'E' Ribbon three awards (1985-10-01 to 1986-09-30; 1994-01-01 to 1994-12-31; 1995-01-01 to 1995-12-31); National Defense Service Medal 1990-08-02 to 1995-09-22 (Gulf War); Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal two awards, Persian Gulf 1987-12-26 to 1988-02-12 and 1988-02-25 to 1988-03-18; Southwest Asia Service Medal two campaign stars 1991-02-26 to 1991-05-25 (Liberation & Defense of Kuwait; Cease-Fire); Navy Sea Service Deployment Ribbon; Kuwait Liberation Medal (Saudi Arabia) 1991-02-26 to 1991-02-28; Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait) 1991-02-29 to 1991-05-25.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1985-1995
- Population
- Ship's company during the listed eligibility windows
- Limitations
- Compilation of award-eligibility data on the ship's NavSource page — consistent with official award conventions but not itself a Navy-issued document; the 'Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation' here corrects the 'Navy Unit Commendation' in secondary infoboxes (see ev-14). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cape-cod-ad43-04
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[9]U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, VA News — '#VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Laura E. Dwyer' [other_primary]
- Locator
- VA News article body (news.va.gov/46368)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official VA article: 'Based out of San Diego, California, Laura served the majority of her service aboard the U.S.S. Cape Cod AD-43. The U.S.S. Cape Cod departed from San Diego on Jan. 11, 1991 to replace the U.S.S. Acadia AD-42 in the Persian Gulf and aid in the conflict to liberate Kuwait from Iraq.' Documents the hull's Desert Storm deployment — departing San Diego 1991-01-11 and relieving sister tender USS Acadia (AD-42) on station in the Persian Gulf.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1991
- Population
- Crew, 1991 deployment
- Limitations
- Official VA publication honoring a veteran — reliable for the departure date, relief-of-Acadia fact, and homeport; it is a biographical feature, not a ship history, and contains no asbestos or materials information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cape-cod-ad43-05
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[10]Board of Veterans' Appeals, Citation Nr. 1024566, Docket No. 07-33 238 (decision date 2010-07-01; appeal from VA RO Atlanta, Georgia) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Decision text — Factual Basis, Remand directives (ship movement records for Feb-Mar 1991 and Jun-Jul 1991; Haifa Sep 1989-Jan 1993)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- BVA decision names the hull by hull number in a NON-asbestos claim: 'The Veteran served in the U.S. Navy as a Hull Technician (HT) aboard the U.S.S. Cape Cod, AD-43, a destroyer tender and repair ship,' assigned from 1989-09-16 initially as a Fireman Apprentice and later as a security petty officer. The decision documents the ship at Subic Bay in June-July 1991 supporting Operation Fiery Vigil relief after the Mt. Pinatubo eruption, and references possible port presence at Haifa, Israel between September 1989 and January 1993; the claim was for psychiatric disorders (PTSD, depression, anxiety) — reopened and remanded. NOT an asbestos claim.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1989-1993 (service); 2010 (decision)
- Population
- Hull Technician / security petty officer, USS Cape Cod 1989-1993
- Limitations
- Classification: other litigation — a name match in a non-asbestos decision, not a qualifying asbestos case. Confirms crew composition (HT, security) and the Fiery Vigil deployment; the decision contains no asbestos, insulation, or materials content and establishes nothing about exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cape-cod-ad43-06
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[11]USS Ticonderoga (CG-47) 1988 command history (official ship command-history submission; PDF hosted by the Ticonderoga veterans' association site, ticovets.org) [other_primary]
- Locator
- TICO1988.pdf — chronology section (IMAV entry) and 1988 narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- A contemporary Navy command history records Cape Cod's Earnest Will-era tender service: Ticonderoga's 1988 chronology includes 'IMAV with USS CAPE COD (AD-43), vicinity Masirah Anchorage' — an Intermediate Maintenance Availability alongside the tender at Masirah, Oman, during the Persian Gulf convoy-escort period. The same history places Battle Group Alpha (centered on USS Midway CV-41) in the North Arabian Sea supporting Earnest Will during this period — the force Cape Cod maintained.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1987-11 to 1988-05 (deployment)
- Population
- Crew; crews of tended ships alongside (Ticonderoga CG-47)
- Limitations
- Official command-history document of another vessel naming this hull for one availability — documents the tender mission at Masirah, not materials aboard either ship. Hosted on a veterans' association site; content is the submitted Navy document. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cape-cod-ad43-07
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[12]USS Cape Cod (AD-43) cruise books — the ship's own published crew documents (scanned pages at e-yearbook.com): 1983 (history/mission page), 1988 (CO deployment letter, pp. 11-13), 1991 (ship-and-mission page, pp. 7-9) [other_primary]
- Locator
- 1983 cruise book p.9 (history/mission); 1988 cruise book CO letter pp. 11-13; 1991 cruise book pp. 7-9 (ship-and-mission) — e-yearbook scans
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The ship's own publications document the mission and workload. 1983 cruise book: 'USS CAPE COD is the first United States Ship to bear the name. Commissioned 17 April 1982, CAPE COD's first deployment was a 33 day cruise to San Francisco and Everett, Washington in June 1982. WESTPAC '83 marks her first extended deployment. The third of four new modified Gompers class destroyer tenders, CAPE COD provides materials and mobile facilities for ships requiring service or repair inport or at sea.' 1991 cruise book: 'This modified Samuel Gompers class destroyer tender is designed to assist the DD 963 class destroyers, CGN class cruisers and FFG-7 class frigates. Customer ships range from patrol boats of about 150 feet, armed with guns, to nuclear propelled missile cruisers almost 600 feet in length... USS Cape Cod also has special repair facilities for supporting ships with nuclear propulsion plants. For customer ships with machinery under repair, USS Cape Cod is fitted with extra electrical generators, water distilling capacity and transfer facilities for providing these ships tied alongside with electricity, boiler feed, fresh water and other services'; and 'Cape Cod completed her fifth deployment in July 1991.' 1988 cruise book CO letter for the six-month deployment November 1987 - May 1988 at Masirah anchorage: 'Cape Cod was designed for the situation at Masirah. We established an island of support, a refuge for our combatants. We were directly responsible for maintaining Battle Group Alfa and Battle Group Foxtrot on station. We serviced USS Iowa's Surface Action Group. We tended the need of the various replenishment ships. Thirty-one availabilities: 6,762 jobs completed, 314,059 work hours expended, countless boat transfers, helo details, assist visits, and Medical and Dental appointments.' The ship arrived Masirah 1987-12-26 ('the day after Christmas').
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1982-1991
- Population
- Repair department and ship's company; tended-ship crews
- Limitations
- Primary crew artifacts (the ship's own cruise books) accessed via a third-party scan host — OCR-level transcription; workload figures are the CO's summary, not independently audited. Documents the repair-availability workload and alongside-support services that are the asbestos-relevant activity pattern for tenders (work performed on tended ships' materials); contains no asbestos statement and identifies no materials handled.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cape-cod-ad43-08
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[13]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 the Navy's asbestos-protection program, including post-1975 procurement of non-asbestos insulation and the 1979 policy under which existing asbestos insulation typically remained in place unless disturbed by yard work. Cape Cod's construction window (keel January 1979, delivery February 1982) falls after the insulation-procurement change — making original thermal insulation aboard this hull plausibly non-asbestos — while her active service (1982-1995) and upkeep availabilities fall inside the period the report describes.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- policies of 1975 and 1979; report 1979-10-18
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Navy-wide program-level documentation, not a hull record: the report characterizes fleet-wide insulation policy, not what was installed aboard AD-43 — procurement policy and as-built material are different things, and gaskets/packing/other components were not covered by the insulation change. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches — standing defect since BATCH-01); policy characterization rests on the product-page description and prior-batch extraction.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cape-cod-ad43-09
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[14]Design lineage: the ship's own cruise books describe her as 'modified Gompers class' (1983) and 'modified Samuel Gompers class' (1991); secondary compilations (GlobalSecurity.org tender history, Wikipedia class tables) describe the Yellowstone class as a repetition of the preceding Samuel Gompers class; cross-checked against NVR 'Class: AD 41' designation [other_primary]
- Locator
- 1983/1991 cruise-book mission pages (ev-08); globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/ad.htm; en.wikipedia.org class tables; NavSource spec block (ev-03); GAO policy row (ev-09)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Class/era inference for this hull is double-edged. The ship's own cruise books call her a 'modified Gompers class' tender — the Samuel Gompers class being the Navy's first post-WWII-designed destroyer tenders, configured to service nuclear-powered and gas-turbine ships — a 1960s design carried into 1979-1982 construction, and the class retained a steam plant (two boilers, steam turbines, 20,000 shp) of the type historically insulated with asbestos. Against that, construction post-dates the Navy's post-1975 non-asbestos insulation procurement (ev-09), so era inference cannot reach 'typical of the era = asbestos aboard' for the insulation scope; residual asbestos in gaskets, packing, deck tile, and fire-resistant materials remained common in the fleet into the 1980s. The asbestos-relevant exposure pathway for a tender is repair work — the documented Masirah workload and alongside repair services (ev-08) put repair personnel in contact with tended ships' materials, including older asbestos-era hulls.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1960s design lineage; 1977-1982 construction; 1982-1995 service
- Population
- NASSCO construction trades (1979-82); ship's company and repair personnel (1982-95); crews of tended ships alongside
- Limitations
- Inference layered on documented facts: the 'modified Gompers class' wording is the ship's own (cruise books), with secondary compilations agreeing; construction dates and steam plant are documented. The asbestos content of anything aboard is unestablished in both directions — neither 'asbestos installed' nor 'asbestos-free' is proven. Does not establish individual exposure, quantities, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cape-cod-ad43-10
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[15]MARAD ShipHistory attached document: 'Yellowstone-Class General Plans.pdf' — 7-sheet scanned set of class general-arrangement plans (cover/general information, inboard and outboard profiles, deck and platform plans, holds, inner bottom, midship/type sections; sheet marked 'AD 41', i.e., the lead-ship booklet) [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- PDF cover sheet (order-of-plans table) and sheet 1 profile; examined in full this session (7 pages, image-only scans)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The MARAD ShipHistory record for Cape Cod carries the class general-plans booklet as its sole historical document — a genuine Navy class artifact confirming the AD-41-class general arrangement for this hull (the class was a four-ship repetition built to the same general plans). The plans index lists only structural and arrangement sheets; no insulation, lagging, or materials schedule appears in the sheet list.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- circa 1979 design; posted to MARAD record 2016-10-03
- Limitations
- Class-level drawings hosted on this hull's record page — they document arrangement, not materials; the booklet is titled for AD-41 and applies to the class. No asbestos statement exists anywhere in the sheet set; absence of an insulation schedule is not evidence of absent asbestos — such schedules live in specifications, not general plans.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cape-cod-ad43-11
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[16]Recycling Today, 'Ship Shape' (Oct 16, 2007) — profile of ESCO Marine, Brownsville, TX [reputable_press]
- Locator
- Recycling Today article, EH&S program description; NVR comment field (ev-01)
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- Trade-press profile of the yard that later dismantled ex-Cape Cod: ESCO Marine describes itself as 'an environmental firm first and a scrap dealer second'; 'Fully 100 of our employees are involved in environmental remediation — that's asbestos, PCBs, mercury and oils'; Navy ships accounted for about 60 percent of its business, and the firm had overseen dismantling of more than 500 ships. Combined with the NVR contract comment ('remediating, dismantling, or recycling'), any residual regulated material aboard ex-Cape Cod at disposal would have been handled under this remediation regime.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 2007 (profile); 2012 (this hull's dismantling)
- Population
- ESCO Marine dismantling workers (2012)
- Limitations
- Yard-level context for the disposal pathway — documents ESCO's stated remediation practice generally; does not itemize what was found or removed from this specific hull, and no hull-specific disposal manifest or asbestos survey for ex-Cape Cod was located.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cape-cod-ad43-12
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[17]Batch-470 search ledger (this record): sl-uss-cape-cod-ad43-01 through sl-uss-cape-cod-ad43-16 [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-cape-cod-ad43-01 through sl-uss-cape-cod-ad43-16
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, material itemization, or docketed asbestos case naming USS Cape Cod or AD-43 was found in the sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener: the exact-name query '"USS Cape Cod"' type=o returned 0 published opinions in the one HTML fetch that succeeded; the API was quota-exhausted (HTTP 429, 125/day limit) and subsequent HTML requests were blocked (403/202), so docket coverage is partial rather than exhaustive. Indexed-web checking surfaced only (a) law-firm marketing ship-lists (banned sources — noted as exclusions, never cited) and (b) BVA 1024566, a non-asbestos psychiatric-claim decision naming the hull. NARA's own asbestos research guidance scopes Navy-materiel asbestos research to 1941-1961 — this hull post-dates that framing by two decades.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 2026-09-19
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard — residual asbestos materials were fleet-common into the 1980s and a 1960s-derived steam plant design is consistent with some asbestos-era content; equally, post-1975 insulation procurement makes full WWII-style asbestos insulation unlikely. Coverage INCOMPLETE on the litigation side: CourtListener API quota exhausted (resets ~5h after research window) and HTML endpoint blocked after one success. Does not establish presence or absence of asbestos, individual exposure, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cape-cod-ad43-13
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[18]NVR register entry vs MARAD ShipHistory Detail 712 vs NavSource 0343.htm vs NavSource awards PDF 0343b.pdf vs Wikipedia infobox [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR characteristics block; MARAD header fields; NavSource spec block; 0343b.pdf awards list; Wikipedia infobox (comparison only)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Source discrepancies resolved or flagged: (a) Builder — MARAD lists 'Marine Fabricators Incorporated' while NVR prints 'General Dynamics, National Steel & Shipbuilding Corp.' and NavSource 'National Steel and Shipbuilding, San Diego'; NVR/NavSource adopted (NASSCO, a General Dynamics subsidiary), the MARAD field treated as a data-entry error. (b) Award naming — Wikipedia infobox prints 'Navy Unit Commendation' while the NavSource awards document and ribbon display show 'Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation' with dates 1991-06-16 to 1991-07-03; MUC adopted. (c) Complement — NVR accommodations 87 officers + 1,508 enlisted vs NavSource 'Complement 1,500'; both carried separately. (d) 'Year built' — MARAD prints 1982 (delivery/commissioning year); keel 1979, launch 1980; 1982 adopted consistent with the completion-year convention. (e) Draft — NVR 'Max Navigational Draft 27 ft, Draft Limit 25 ft' vs NavSource 'Draft 25'; the limit vs navigational figures explain the spread; both carried in context.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1979-2012
- Limitations
- Publication-level discrepancy resolution among cited sources; does not materially affect identity or service timeline. No asbestos content in any of these sources.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cape-cod-ad43-14
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[19]NARA guided topic, 'Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961' — research pathway documentation (RG 19 Bureau of Ships correspondence filed hull→class→type→shipyard; RG 24 deck logs and muster rolls) [other_primary]
- Locator
- archives.gov asbestos guided topic — RG 19 entry list, RG 24 deck-log guidance, methodology paragraphs
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved — require research-room or reproduction order; no spend authorized): NARA RG 24 deck logs cover this hull's 1982-1995 commissioned service; construction-contract and as-built material records for a 1979-82 NASSCO hull fall to NAVSEA/BuShips-successor records rather than the RG 19 1940-1961 correspondence series the guide describes; NHHC Operational Archives hold command histories (CORs) for 1982-1995 that would document availabilities and upkeep; the ship's own cruise books (1988, 1989-90) are held in the Navy Department Library cruise-book collection. Note the guide's own framing — NARA scopes the frequently-requested asbestos topic to 1941-1961 materiel, two decades before this hull.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1979-2012 records
- Limitations
- Record-group and pathway mapping only — no box-level retrieval performed; whether asbestos-specific documents exist for this hull is unknown until surveyed in person. The 1941-1961 scoping is the guide's own and reflects where the documented-inventory era ends, not a statement about this hull. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cape-cod-ad43-15