Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet 850-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-cove-msi1-pkt-850-packet-md
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[2]NavSource Online, Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive, Cove (MSI 1) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Cape Class Inshore Minesweeper timeline
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Live NavSource ship-history record identifies Cove (MSI 1) as a Cape-class inshore minesweeper: laid down 1 February 1957 by Bellingham Shipyard, Bellingham, Washington; launched 8 February 1958; delivered 15 November 1958; placed in service 20 November 1958; placed out of service 3 July 1971; and scrapped 24 April 1984.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1957-1984
- Population
- Bellingham construction trades; U.S. Navy crew and maintenance personnel; 1984 shipbreakers
- Limitations
- Live ship-history compilation; it establishes the listed identity and milestones but is not a Navy register or a materials survey. It contains no asbestos finding and does not establish condition at disposal.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cove-msi1-01
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[3]NavSource Online, Cove (MSI 1), specifications block [other_primary]
- Locator
- Specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The ship-specific specification block lists 120 tons displacement, 112-foot length, 23-foot beam, 8-foot draft, 12-knot speed, complement of 21, one .50-caliber machine gun, and propulsion by four 250-hp General Motors 6-71 diesel engines reduced to one shaft.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 1958-1971
- Population
- Crew and machinery personnel
- Limitations
- Supports the recorded specifications and the diesel propulsion summary only. It does not identify insulation, gasket, packing, or other asbestos-containing products aboard Cove.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cove-msi1-02
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[4]U.S. Government Accountability Office, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (18 October 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- Full report, p. 12, Enclosure I note 1
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- GAO's Navy-wide review states that thermal insulation referred to insulation for machinery, equipment, and piping, and that asbestos was also used in shipboard applications including gaskets and pipe-hanger liners when suitable asbestos-free substitutes were not designated. This supports era-level Navy shipboard context only; it does not identify Cove or the Cape class.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- Navy practice reviewed through 1979
- Population
- Navy shipboard and shipyard workers
- Limitations
- Program-level evidence, not a Cove or Cape-class record. It does not establish that asbestos was installed aboard this hull, the quantity or condition of any material, individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cove-msi1-03
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[5]National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Shipyards, Maritime Safety and Health [other_primary]
- Locator
- At a glance / Overview
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- NIOSH describes asbestos as one of the chemical hazards encountered in shipyard manufacture, repair, maintenance, and dismantling work. This is occupational context for the construction and later disposal populations, not evidence that Cove contained asbestos.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- General historical and current shipyard context
- Population
- Shipyard manufacturing, repair, maintenance, and dismantling workers
- Limitations
- General shipyard hazard context; it does not name Bellingham Shipyards, Cove, or the Cape class, and does not establish vessel-specific material content or exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cove-msi1-04
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[6]Batch-7580 source and access ledger: NavSource; GAO; NIOSH; NHHC candidate URLs; authenticated CourtListener helper status [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-cove-msi1-01 through sl-uss-cove-msi1-08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record was located in the public sources reviewed: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or ship-specific material list naming Cove was found. The NHHC/DANFS and NHHC image candidate URLs were live-access failures/404s at research time, so those access gaps do not count as negative evidence. CourtListener exact-name requests were initiated through the authenticated helper but the fleet pacing limiter stood down this session before results were returned; the required exact-hull requests were not completed.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Study period
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard. CourtListener status is an access gap, not a no-result finding; no litigation conclusion is drawn. The NHHC candidate pages were inaccessible/404 and require a later source-recovery pass.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cove-msi1-05
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[7]Naval History and Heritage Command, L45-67.07.01 USS Cove (MSI-1), indexed catalog result; direct page unavailable at verification [museum_official]
- Locator
- NHHC catalog title and topic metadata returned in indexed search; direct fetch of the candidate page returned HTTP 404
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NHHC's indexed search result identifies an official Naval History and Heritage Command photograph catalog entry titled USS Cove (MSI-1), classified under Mine Warfare and Boats-Ships--Support Ships. The candidate page returned 404 when directly verified on 3 October 2026, so the item is retained as an access lead rather than used to support a substantive vessel or asbestos claim.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-03
- Limitations
- The URL was not live at research time; this row records a recovery lead only. No image caption, date, location, material, or asbestos information is asserted.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cove-msi1-06