Evidence
14 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-14).
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[1]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, 'Compass Island' entry (public-domain transcription mirrors) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Compass Island entry; losthistory/hazegray transcription; NavSource reproduction at navsource.net/archives/09/49/49153.htm; canonical NHHC URL returned 404 on 2026-09-20 (standing link rot)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS entry for Compass Island (EAG-153): namesake an island in Penobscot Bay off Maine; launched 24 October 1953 as Garden Mariner by New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J. (the 24 Oct 1953 date is the completion/delivery date per the MARAD status card - see correction row); sponsored by Mrs. H. A. Smith; acquired by the Navy 29 March 1956; commissioned 3 December 1956, Commander J. A. Dare in command. Mission: development and evaluation of a navigation system independent of shore-based and celestial aids as an adjunct of the ballistic missile program; eastern-seaboard equipment testing and personnel training; Mediterranean experimental voyage 13 March-17 April 1958; SINS tested aboard Compass Island was the system USS Nautilus (SSN-571) used on the 3 August 1958 submerged North Pole transit; entered New York Naval Shipyard 10 September 1958 for overhaul and installation of additional navigational equipment; continued east-coast and Caribbean operations through 1960. Statistics block: dp. 18,000 (f.), l. 563', b. 76', dr. 26', s. 20 k., cpl. 214.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1953-1960 (entry coverage)
- Limitations
- Authoritative for identity and the documented 1956-1960 service narrative; DANFS coverage ends at 1960. 'Launched 24 October 1953' conflates launch and delivery (see correction row). Contains no asbestos or materials information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-compass-island-ag153-01
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[2]Shipscribe (S.S. Roberts) USS Compass Island (EAG-153, C4-S-1a) class notes, construction/disposition tables, and ship notes, compiled from Navy Ship's Data and NARA records; shipscribe.com/usnaux2/AG/AG153.html and usnaux2/AGM/AGM19-p.html [other_primary]
- Locator
- AG153.html class notes + ship notes; AGM19-p.html photo caption (DN-SC-86-03308 note)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Shipscribe EAG-153 class compilation (S.S. Roberts, from Navy Ship's Data / BuShips records, incl. NARA RG 19 design records): design MA C4-S-1a; 16,076 full / 15,600 operational tons; 563.7 ft oa x 76 ft x 29 ft; geared steam turbines, 2 boilers (600psi/875deg), 1 screw, 17,500 HP, 20 kts; accommodations 17 officers + 248 enlisted; keel 17 Mar 1952, launch 12 Mar 1953, commissioned 3 Dec 1956; built as SS GARDEN MARINER (completed 24 Oct 1953), commercially operated by three firms (at least the first for MSTS) 24 Oct 1953-17 May 1955; tentatively YAG-56 Feb-May 1956; Navy title 29 Mar 1956; formally designated EAG-153 and named 25 Jun 1956; conversion at NSY New York 1 Jul-1 Dec 1956 (builder's trials Nov 1956, 22.8 kts); reclassified EAG-153 to AG-153 effective 1 Apr 1968 (directive 11 Mar 1968); participated in the 1968 search for USS Scorpion (SSN-589); periscope experiments amidships 1976-78; Transit satellite-navigation development work; replaced 1980 by AG-194 (ex AGM-19, USNS Vanguard - per shipscribe AGM-19 photo caption, reconfigured 1980 'to replace Compass Island (AG 153)'); decommissioned 1 May 1980; Navy Retention status in NDRF 31 Jul 1984; title to MARAD 9 Apr 1993; disposal contract awarded 25 Jul 2003; arrived UK early Dec 2003; BU complete 3 Jun 2010.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1952-2010
- Population
- Conversion workers, New York Naval Shipyard (Jul-Dec 1956); crew (1956-1980)
- Limitations
- Compiled transcription of official Navy data by a recognized specialist archive; the EAG-153 to AG-153 reclassification (eff. 1968-04-01) is the authoritative designation chronology adopted here - many sources (incl. the ship's own Booklet of General Plans) style her AG-153 for the post-1968 period. Contains no asbestos or insulation-material statements; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-compass-island-ag153-02
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[3]U.S. Maritime Administration, ShipHistory database - COMPASS ISLAND (E-AG-153) Detail 1080 and GARDEN MARINER Detail 8204, incl. digitized status cards (MC-7146a vessel status card; MA-383 Reserve Fleet ship particulars) [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Detail 1080 milestone table + status cards 1080_RS10435AF.jpg / 1080_RS10435BF.jpg; Detail 8204 + cards 2M3_01.png / 2M3_02.png
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD ShipHistory records and digitized status cards for both names of the hull: COMPASS ISLAND (E-AG-153) Detail 1080 (year built 1953, New York Shipbuilding, MARAD type C4-S-1a, 'E-AG Polaris Navigational Research Test Ship', 9,214 gross t, milestones: Interim Movement 10/16/2003 'Scrap services contract to Able UK', Withdrawal 6/3/2010) and GARDEN MARINER Detail 8204 (Official No. 266479, C4-S-1a, 560.08 ft, 9,214 gross/5,316 net t). Digitized status cards retrieved: (a) MC-7146a vessel status card for GARDEN MARINER - MA hull no. 26, built by New York Shipbuilding at Camden NJ (builder's hull 492), completed 10-24-53; custody chain: delivered 10-24-53 11:00 AM EST at Camden under GAA to American Hawaiian SS Co.; Hudson River Reserve Fleet 5-5-54; American Hawaiian GAA 8-30-54; reserve fleet 9-16-54; Moore-McCormack Lines GAA 'interim repairs' 5-12-55; reserve fleet repair program 5-17-55; Navy Department title 3-29-56 11:15 AM EST at Hudson River; (b) Reserve Fleet ship particulars cards for COMPASS ISLAND - ex-name handwritten 'GARDNER MARINER' (vs. database 'GARDEN MARINER' - see correction row), type C4-S-1a, hull 'MA 26 / Bldrs 492', service prior to lay-up 'Navy-MSC', annotated 'T-AG-153', category 'scrap': entered James River fleet 9-4-80 1:45 PM EDT; withdrawn 11-17-81 10:45 AM EST 'Withdrawn by Navy for stripping'; re-entered 7-15-82 1:15 PM EDT 'In from Navy / Held for Special purpose'; 'Navy Retention' James River 7/31/84; later card shows an 'Entered 9/04/89' record-keeping artifact (see correction row).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1953-2010
- Limitations
- Authoritative for government custody milestones, merchant-operator chain, hull numbers, and disposal events. 'Navy-MSC' service notation and 'T-AG-153' annotation on the reserve-fleet card are unexplained - the all-USN commanding-officer list (NavSource) indicates commissioned USS status through 1980; annotation carried as a discrepancy, not asserted as USNS service. Contains no asbestos, materials, or condition-survey information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-compass-island-ag153-03
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[4]Basel Action Network v. Maritime Administration, 370 F. Supp. 2d 57 (D.D.C. 2005) (Collyer, J.), Civ. A. No. 03-2000(RMC) - memorandum opinion on cross-motions for summary judgment; filed document also indexed as PACER Doc. 69 [court_record]
- Locator
- 370 F. Supp. 2d at 61-62 (background facts); CourtListener API throttled (125/day) and web UI returned 403 on 2026-09-20 - mirror URL is the PACER-filed Document 69 text
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Federal court opinion expressly names this hull: 'The CALOOSAHATCHEE, CANISTEO, CANOPUS, and the COMPASS ISLAND - all ships from the JRRF, also known as the "Ghost Fleet" - safely reached the United Kingdom and are moored at the AbleUK facility in Teesside.' The memorandum opinion resolves cross-motions for summary judgment in the environmental-export suit brought by Basel Action Network and Sierra Club against MARAD and EPA over the 13-vessel Able UK contract: the court dismissed the complaint (NEPA, NMHA, TSCA, RCRA, and CAA claims addressed; BAN held to lack associational standing). The record also quotes the UK Environment Agency's water-and-sediment review: 'no evidence that the presence of the four US Naval ships has caused a change in water or sediment quality in Seaton Channel or in the Tees Estuary.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 2005 (opinion); export events 2003-2004
- Limitations
- Merits-stage federal ruling naming the hull - but the litigation is environmental export law (NEPA/TSCA/RCRA), NOT an asbestos-exposure or personal-injury case; the ship's name appears because it was one of four exported hazmat-laden vessels. Establishes the export and the hazmat context, not individual exposure, causation, or claim eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-compass-island-ag153-04
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[5]Basel Action Network v. Maritime Administration, 285 F. Supp. 2d 58 (D.D.C. Oct. 2, 2003) (Collyer, J.) - TRO ruling; docket Civ. A. 03-2000(RMC) [court_record]
- Locator
- 285 F. Supp. 2d 58; CourtListener citation index confirms reporter cite (57 ERC (BNA) 1854; 2003 WL 22258174) - opinion page unreachable 2026-09-20 (web UI 403)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Temporary-restraining-order phase of the same action: Judge Collyer granted the TRO in part, enjoining export of nine of the thirteen NDRF vessels pending preliminary-injunction review but permitting four ships to sail because MARAD had submitted the 'functional equivalent' of an environmental assessment to Congress for those four. The opinion records that MARAD informed UK officials 'the 13 ships contain up to 100 tons of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), as well as significant quantities of asbestos and fuel oil.' The four vessels permitted to depart - Caloosahatchee, Canisteo, Canopus, and Compass Island - are identified collectively in the opinion and by name in the 2005 merits opinion and contemporaneous coverage; Compass Island departed the James River under tow 16 October 2003.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 2003
- Population
- Tow crews; James River NDRF workforce (context)
- Limitations
- Interlocutory ruling, not a merits finding - and environmental-export posture, not exposure litigation. The opinion names Canisteo and Caloosahatchee in its own text and refers to 'the four ships' collectively; this hull's membership in the four is confirmed by the 2005 merits opinion naming COMPASS ISLAND and by MARAD/press records of the 16 Oct 2003 departure. Establishes hazmat-export context only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-compass-island-ag153-05
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[6]Det Norske Veritas, Marine Environmental Risk Assessment for Post-Service Remediation Partners LLC (Sept. 2003), as tabulated in Basel Action Network, 'Needless Risk' (Oct. 2003), Table 2 at p.17 (Wayback capture of ban.org PDF) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Needless Risk pp.16-17 + Table 2 + footnote 43 ('Marine Environmental Risk Assessment for Post-Service Remediation Partners LLC, Det Norske Veritas. September 2003')
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- Ship-specific asbestos inventory estimate for this hull: the Marine Environmental Risk Assessment prepared by Det Norske Veritas (September 2003) for Post-Service Remediation Partners LLC (the MARAD disposal contractor that assigned the work to Able UK) inventoried COMPASS ISLAND at 252 tonnes of asbestos - the joint-highest estimate among the 13 export-contract vessels (tied with Canopus) - plus 47.3 t non-liquid PCBs, 137 t oily ballast water, 204.6 t residual hydrocarbons, on a 15,057-tonne light hull. The per-ship table is published verbatim as Table 2 ('Summary of Hazardous Material Inventories onboard the MARAD Ships,' all figures in tonnes) in the Basel Action Network report 'Needless Risk: The Bush Administration's Scheme to Export Toxic Waste Ships to Europe' (Oct 20, 2003), which sources the figures to the DNV assessment.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 2003 (assessment); disposal window 2003-2010
- Population
- Shipbreaking/recycling workers, Able UK Graythorp (2003-2010); tow crews (2003)
- Limitations
- A commissioned risk-assessment estimate for disposal planning - NOT a measured hull survey; DNV modeled ships in 'normal condition,' and the contemporaneous OECD notification left this hull's asbestos column blank (see ev-07) so the figure is best read as a contractor's upper-bound disposal estimate. The published table sits inside an advocacy report; the underlying data are DNV's. Does not establish where the material was aboard, exposure of any individual, or present-day relevance (hull scrapped 2010).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-compass-island-ag153-06
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[7]OECD Waste Shipment Tracking Form / MARAD Transfrontier Movement Notification No. USDC170603 (June 4, 2003, as amended), Annex I - as tabulated in Basel Action Network, 'Needless Risk' (Oct. 2003), Table 3 at p.17 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Needless Risk Table 3 + source line ('OECD Waste Shipment Tracking Form - Notification No. USDC170603. June 4, 2003; Letter amending notification')
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- The contemporaneous export documentation disagrees with the DNV estimate for this hull: Annex I of the OECD Transfrontier Movement notification for the MARAD fleet (Notification No. USDC170603, June 4, 2003, as amended) lists COMPASS ISLAND at 15,057 gross tonnes with the asbestos column blank ('--') - while sister ships in the same table carry itemized asbestos figures of 77-317 tonnes. Compass Island's itemized entries are 419.0 t industrial waste, 449 t oily water, 225 t diesel fuel, and 15 t hydraulic oil on a 13,949 t total-scrap basis.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 2003
- Limitations
- The blank asbestos cell is ambiguous - it may mean asbestos was folded into 'industrial waste,' treated as non-shippable fixed material, or simply not itemized for this hull; it does NOT mean the hull was asbestos-free (DNV estimated 252 t). Recorded here as a documented discrepancy between two contemporaneous disposal documents, not resolved.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-compass-island-ag153-07
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[8]R (Friends of the Earth) v Environment Agency/Able UK proceedings and the Hartlepool residents' judicial review, High Court QBD Administrative Court, Dec. 2003 (Sullivan J) - via BBC News, ENS, The Independent, and Northern Echo contemporaneous coverage; ship arrival detail per ENS (Dec. 9, 2003) and BBC [court_record]
- Locator
- BBC 'Green group wins ghost fleet rule' (Dec. 2003); ENS 'UK High Court Bars Recycling of U.S. Ghost Ships' (Dec. 9, 2003) - 'the Compass Island arrived December 3'; Northern Echo on residents' JR
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- UK judicial-review proceedings governed this hull's fate after arrival: on December 8, 2003 the High Court (Sullivan J), on Friends of the Earth's judicial review, declared the Environment Agency's September 30, 2003 modification of Able UK's waste-management licence 'legally flawed' and quashable; days later, on a judicial review by three Hartlepool residents (Gregan, Hall, Marley), the same judge ruled that the 2002 planning permission relied upon did not cover ship dismantling - expressing 'grave concern' that four ships had been towed across the Atlantic without valid permissions. Compass Island is expressly named in the contemporaneous record as the fourth vessel, docking at Graythorp on December 3, 2003; the Environment Agency's licence conditions prohibited any dismantling, cutting, or breaking of the ships pending valid permissions.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 2003
- Population
- Able UK workforce; Hartlepool/Tees estuary community (context)
- Limitations
- Regulatory/licensing judicial review addressing the four ships collectively, not exposure litigation and not a finding about this hull's contents; EWHC neutral citations not confirmed (reported through press of record). Establishes that dismantling was legally barred 2003-2008, not individual exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-compass-island-ag153-08
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[9]BBC News, 'The legacy of Hartlepool's US Navy ghost ships' (licence June 2008; dismantling completed January 2011 for the full site); BBC Tees TERRC coverage; gazettelive/Teesside 2008-09 reports; shipscribe ship notes (BU complete 3 Jun 2010); MARAD ShipHistory milestone 6/3/2010 [reputable_press]
- Locator
- bbc.com/news/uk-england-tees-24636597; news.bbc.co.uk/local/tees TERRC feature; gazettelive.co.uk 'Able UK gets ghost ships green light five years on'; vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov Detail 1080
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Disposal-era condition and completion: a MARAD ship-disposal program document (SCRP_LS5.DOC, Sept. 19, 2000, quoted in BAN 'Needless Risk') describes this hull as having 'no cathodic protection and ... topside decks and houses that are heavily corroded causing leaking into interior spaces,' with about 2,125 barrels of fuel aboard - the basis of her non-retention/disposal priority. After the 2003 rulings the four ships remained berthed at Graythorp under Environment Agency storage conditions (floating containment booms, daily/weekly inspections, baseline and ongoing water/sediment monitoring; the EA found no evidence of ship-caused change in water or sediment quality). Hartlepool Council conditionally approved revised planning applications in October 2007; the Environment Agency issued the waste-management licence in June 2008 (shipscribe says Able 'secured waste management licensing in August 2008' - variant noted); after cofferdam construction the Graythorp dock was drained (largest dry dock then constructed) and dismantling proceeded from 2009; Compass Island's breakup was complete June 3, 2010, matching the MARAD 'Withdrawal' milestone of 6/3/2010.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 2003-2010
- Population
- Able UK demolition/recycling workforce (2009-2010)
- Limitations
- Disposal timeline is well-documented; BBC's 'January 2011' is the completion of the whole TERRC program incl. Clemenceau - this hull's BU-complete is 3 Jun 2010 per shipscribe + MARAD. The June vs August 2008 licence date varies by one source each; June carried (BBC). No asbestos-removal quantities for the demolition were published in sources found.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-compass-island-ag153-09
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[10]Bowles, 'Asbestos,' U.S. Bureau of Mines Bulletin 403 (1937); Corn & Starr, 'Historical perspective on asbestos: Policies and protective measures in World War II shipbuilding,' AJIM 11(3):359-373 (1987) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Bulletin 403 heat-insulation history; AJIM 11(3) abstract/article
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era inference only: asbestos heat-insulation, gasket, and packing products were established marine materials decades before this hull's 1952-53 construction (U.S. Bureau of Mines Bulletin 403, 1937), and peer-reviewed scholarship documents extensive asbestos use in mid-century U.S. shipbuilding and conversion work (Corn & Starr, AJIM 1987). For a geared-steam-turbine ship with two 600-psi/875 deg F boilers - built at New York Shipbuilding 1952-53 and converted to an electronics-heavy navigational research ship at New York Naval Shipyard in 1956 - the era-typical applications were boiler and steam-line lagging, turbine insulation, valve/flange gaskets, machinery packing, electrical and cable insulation, accommodation/joiner fireproofing, deck coverings, and winch/windlass brake linings.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- era documentation; hull 1952-2010
- Population
- NYSB Camden construction trades (1952-53); NNSY conversion workforce (1956); crew (1956-1980)
- Limitations
- Product-history and program-era documentation, not a hull record - neither source names this vessel. The era inference is corroborated at hull level only by the 2003 DNV disposal estimate (ev-06); does not establish quantity, location, condition, individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-compass-island-ag153-10
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[11]DANFS (NNSY periods); NavSource photo captions (Norfolk NSY 5 Jun 1958; Avondale drydock Feb 1977, from USS Compass Island 1976-77 cruise book); MARAD status cards (1981-82 stripping withdrawal); shipscribe (conversion dates) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 09/49/49153 photo index items 094915311, 094915315-317; DANFS entry; MARAD card 1080_RS10435BF; shipscribe ship notes
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented yard periods aboard this hull (asbestos-relevant venues, asbestos scope undocumented): conversion at New York Naval Shipyard (Brooklyn), Jul 1-Dec 1, 1956; overhaul and test-equipment installation at New York Naval Shipyard beginning Sep 10, 1958; photographed at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth VA, June 5, 1958; drydocked at Avondale Shipyard, New Orleans, early February 1977 (documented in the ship's 1976-77 cruise book photographs). Post-decommissioning: withdrawn from James River NDRF by the Navy 'for stripping' Nov 17, 1981 - Jul 15, 1982, then 'held for special purpose'; 'Navy Retention' status 31 Jul 1984.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1956-1984
- Population
- NNSY Brooklyn (1956, 1958), Norfolk NSY, and Avondale (1977) yard workers
- Limitations
- Yard events are documented; asbestos scope of any yard period is NOT documented - no work-package, abatement, or insulation records were located for this hull. A documented yard visit does not establish that asbestos work occurred.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-compass-island-ag153-11
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[12]Batch-649 search ledger (this record): DANFS mirrors; NavSource; shipscribe AG153/AGM19; MARAD ShipHistory Details 1080/8204 + status cards + Booklet of General Plans; BAN 'Needless Risk' (DNV Table 2, OECD Annex I Table 3); BBC/ENS/Independent/Northern Echo/LA Times ghost-fleet coverage; CourtListener API/UI (blocked); web-indexed court records [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-compass-island-ag153-01 through sl-uss-compass-island-ag153-15
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Negative finding (bounded): no service-era ship-specific asbestos documentation was located - no hull asbestos survey, no abatement contract for the 1956 conversion or 1958/1977 yard periods, no hazmat disclosure beyond the 2003 disposal documents, and no personal-injury/asbestos-exposure case naming this hull was found in web-indexed sources (results are law-firm marketing ship-lists only, excluded as non-authoritative). The dedicated CourtListener name + hull-number pass is INCOMPLETE - API throttled (HTTP 429, 125/day) and web UI returned 403 during this pass; a follow-up pass is owed before treating litigation coverage as complete.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 2026-09-20
- Limitations
- The negative result covers service-era exposure documentation only - a ship-specific disposal estimate (252 t, DNV 2003) does exist, so this is not the 'no asbestos record at all' pattern. Absence of a located exposure record does not prove absence of exposure; the CourtListener gap means litigation coverage is partial.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-compass-island-ag153-12
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[13]NARA record groups (RG 19 BuShips; RG 24 deck logs; still-picture USN numbers); shipscribe special-sources note; MARAD ShipHistory document attachments (Details 1080, 8204) [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipscribe AG153.html 'Special sources: NARA: RG 19 Entries UD 1024-AD Box 1 and UD 1024-M S1'; NavSource photo credits; vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov documents f321d326-... and d49c6a82-...
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (existence confirmed, not retrieved or retrieved-with-null-result): (a) NARA RG 19 entries UD 1024-AD Box 1 and UD 1024-M S1 - the ship's BuShips design records, cited as shipscribe's special sources for this class; (b) NARA still pictures: USN 1003758 (1956 trials, National Museum of the U.S. Navy) and USN 1163559 (Jun 1956) identified on NavSource; (c) RG 24 deck logs cover the commissioned period (1956-1980); (d) the DNV Marine Environmental Risk Assessment (Sept 2003) itself - the source of the per-ship asbestos inventory - is not located in public form; table content verified via its verbatim BAN publication; (e) the administrative record of Civ. A. 03-2000(RMC) includes the 'functional equivalent' EA for the four export ships; (f) MARAD-digitized 'COMPASS ISLAND (AG-153) Booklet of General Plans.pdf' WAS retrieved and text-extracted - no asbestos/insulation-material statements found (drawings booklet); (g) MARAD 'GARDEN MARINER.pdf' (Detail 8204) retrieved - no asbestos content.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1952-2005 records
- Limitations
- Collection-level mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; whether the BuShips design files or the EA contain insulation/abatement itemization is unknown until surveyed. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-compass-island-ag153-13
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[14]MARAD ShipHistory + status cards; DANFS transcription; shipscribe construction table/ship notes; NavSource page; BAN 'Needless Risk' Tables 1-3; FoE/LA Times figures [other_primary]
- Locator
- As listed per item
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Source discrepancies noted and resolved: (a) Merchant name - MARAD database and the typed status card give 'GARDEN MARINER' (DANFS agrees); the handwritten reserve-fleet card ex-name reads 'GARDNER MARINER'; NavSource prints 'Garden State Mariner' - GARDEN MARINER adopted, both variants flagged. (b) Launch vs delivery - DANFS 'launched 24 October 1953' equals the MARAD-documented completion/delivery date (10-24-53); shipscribe's launch of 12 Mar 1953 adopted (single-source). (c) Designation - commissioned EAG-153 (SecNav 25 Jun 1956) and reclassified AG-153 effective 1 Apr 1968 per shipscribe; NavSource/DANFS headers show E-AG-153 throughout while the official Booklet of General Plans and the 1976-77 cruise book use AG-153 - the reclassification explains the mixed usage; the MARAD card's 'T-AG-153' annotation is unexplained (all-USN CO list shows commissioned USS status to 1980). (d) MARAD ShipHistory milestone 'Entry 9/4/1989' conflicts with the contemporaneous card entry 9/4/80 - the 1989 date is a records-system artifact. (e) Complement - 214 (DANFS) vs 265 accommodations (shipscribe 17 off + 248 enl) - not merged. (f) Asbestos itemization - DNV estimate 252 t vs OECD notification asbestos cell blank for this hull (see ev-06/07). (g) Fleet asbestos totals vary by source - 1,402 t for 13 ships (DNV-derived BAN Table 2) vs 'over 620 t' for the four-ship consignment (FoE release) - both trace to the same DNV data at different scopes; the LA Times' 61 t per oiler is consistent with the DNV table.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-20
- Study period
- 1952-2010
- Limitations
- Resolves publication-level discrepancies among authoritative and near-authoritative sources; the EAG-to-AG reclassification and the ex-name form are the material corrections for downstream indexing. No asbestos content in the corrective sources themselves except as noted at (f)-(g).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-compass-island-ag153-14