Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]research packet 1020-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-conanicut-yfb15-pkt-1020-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online, Service Ship Photo Archive, Conanicut (YFB-15), live vessel page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Conanicut-class yard ferryboat service table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource identifies Conanicut (YFB-15) as a Conanicut-class yard ferryboat built by Atlantic, Gulf & Pacific Co., Mill Basin, Brooklyn; launched 29 May 1922; completed in September 1922 for the Poughkeepsie & Highland Ferry Co. as Poughkeepsie (Official No. 222280); acquired by the U.S. Navy 1 October 1940; serving at Newport, Rhode Island, 1940-1954; and struck from the Naval Register in 1954. Its final disposition is listed as unknown.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1922-1954
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer historical compilation, not a Navy registry or a primary acquisition record. Its service table supports the reported identity and milestones, but does not document commissioning, decommissioning, crew, Navy work periods, material composition, asbestos, exposure, causation, or final disposal.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-conanicut-yfb15-01
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[3]NavSource Online, Service Ship Photo Archive, Conanicut (YFB-15): specifications and image 1435001501 caption citing Port of New York Harbor and Marine Review, September 1922 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Specifications block; image 1435001501 caption
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource lists displacement as 574 gross tons, length 111.5 feet, beam 50.2 feet, draft 8.6 feet, no armament, and propulsion as two 6-cylinder diesels rated 200 shp. A caption to the page's 1922 Atlantic Gulf & Pacific advertisement calls Poughkeepsie the first ferryboat powered with diesel-electric propulsion.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1922
- Limitations
- The page attributes the caption to a 1922 trade publication but the underlying issue was not independently retrieved. The diesel/diesel-electric descriptions establish neither particular insulation, gasket, packing, brake, electrical, nor other material composition aboard the Navy vessel.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-conanicut-yfb15-02
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[4]U.S. Government Accountability Office, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (1979-10-18) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page; live page returned HTTP 403 to this research session
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO's 1979 review, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure (HRD-80-2), is Navy-wide asbestos-program context for the period in which Conanicut was a Navy ferryboat.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1979 review; Conanicut Navy service 1940-1954
- Population
- Navy asbestos program and covered workers; hull-specific population not identified
- Limitations
- This is Navy-wide program context, not a hull record; the GAO page was access-blocked and the report text was not retrieved this session. It does not identify Conanicut, any work site, a product, a quantity, an exposure, or a health outcome, and cannot establish asbestos aboard this vessel.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-conanicut-yfb15-03
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[5]Batch-8728 search ledger in this record: NavSource live vessel page; Naval Marine Archive ships database searches; GAO product page; NARA RG 71 guide; CourtListener attempts [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-conanicut-yfb15-01 through -09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos documentation was located in the public sources searched: no asbestos survey, abatement record, material list, hazmat disclosure, or qualifying litigation record naming Conanicut (YFB-15) or Poughkeepsie (Official No. 222280). The Naval Marine Archive ships database's current public search returned zero results for Conanicut; that database result is not independent confirmation of the vessel identity.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 2026-10-04
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove the absence of asbestos aboard or an individual's exposure. CourtListener could not be completed because the authenticated helper's fleet-wide pacing budget was spent; the litigation result is therefore an open gap, not a negative litigation finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-conanicut-yfb15-04
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[6]National Archives, Guide to Federal Records: Records of the Bureau of Yards and Docks (Record Group 71) [other_primary]
- Locator
- RG 71 guide, Construction Department and establishment-facilities sections
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival lead only: NARA Record Group 71, Records of the Bureau of Yards and Docks, includes records of the Construction Department and establishment facilities. It is a possible route to Navy acquisition, Newport facility, or maintenance records for this ferryboat.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1842-1958 record-group coverage
- Limitations
- Record-group mapping only; no box, file, acquisition record, maintenance record, or material specification for Conanicut was retrieved. It neither establishes that responsive records exist nor supplies an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-conanicut-yfb15-05