Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]research packet bm-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-current-ars22-pkt-bm-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, 'Current' (ARS-22) entry, Naval History and Heritage Command (verbatim text retrieved via Wayback capture 2025-01-24 of the hazegray.org DANFS mirror; canonical NHHC URLs 404 live on 2026-09-26) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- hazegray.org/danfs/auxil/ars22.htm via Wayback capture 20250124103848; canonical history.navy.mil DANFS slugs 404 live
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS spec block: 'ARS-22: dp. 1,441; l. 213'6"; b. 39'; dr. 14'8"; s. 15 k.; cpl. 120; a. 2 x 40mm. cl. Diver.' Entry text: launched 25 September 1943 by Basalt Rock Co., Inc., Napa, Calif., sponsored by Mrs. E. R. Booker, commissioned 14 June 1944, Lt. Comdr. J. B. Duff[y], Jr., USNR, in command. Cleared San Francisco 6 August 1944 for towing duty to Ulithi (arrived 14 October); local towing and salvage operations until 19 May 1945; emergency salvage work on Houston (CL-81) and Canberra (CA-70) 19 October-14 December 1944; fire fighting on Randolph (CV-15) 11 March 1945; arrived off Okinawa 2 June 1945 for salvage operations aiding ships damaged by Japanese air attack and those in fleet raids on the homeland; served occupation ships at Okinawa until 5 January 1946; returned via Sasebo to San Francisco, arriving 27 February. JTF-1 Operation Crossroads service 15 April 1946-22 July 1947; returned San Diego 23 August 1947; out of commission in reserve 9 February 1948. Recommissioned 10 October 1951; sailed from Long Beach 7 December to Pearl Harbor. 1952 Far East tour; SS Quartette salvage off Midway 23 December 1952-6 March 1953 (~2,000 tons of grain saved); 1953 Korea tour - refloated LST-578 at Cheju, salvaged stern half of SS Cornhusker Mariner off Pusan; 1954-55 Taiwan Patrol, Japanese ports, 'Passage to Freedom'; Arctic-duty alterations, Seattle 26 June 1955, northern Canada/Alaska construction lift 15 July-30 September, Pearl Harbor repairs; Kwajalein mooring-buoy inspection 16 January-22 February 1956; DEW-line supply convoy from Seattle 15 July-10 September 1956; 1957 deployment - Marianas mine-recovery exercise, Scarborough Shoal channel survey/blasting, Japan salvage, treatment of a bends-stricken Japanese diver, destroyer and 7th Fleet Taiwan Straits operations October 1957-February 1958; Pusan diving training July-December 1958; Samoa passenger lift March-April 1959; Far East November 1959-March 1960. Two battle stars WWII, three Korean War.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1943-1960
- Population
- Ship's company (~120 complement per spec block); Service Force Pacific Fleet operations 1944-1960
- Limitations
- Official Navy ship history retrieved via mirror/Wayback transcription because live NHHC pages 404 (standing link rot, BATCH-01). hazegray transcription prints '3rd and 6th Fleet raids' while Wikipedia's DANFS copy prints '3rd and 5th' - flagged in ev-09, original-print resolution needed. Entry ends ~1960 (Volume II era): Vietnam service, final decommissioning, striking, and disposal are outside its coverage. Prints 'Duff' for Duffy. Contains no asbestos, insulation, or materials information; establishes no asbestos fact.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-current-ars22-01
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[3]Shipscribe USS Diver (ARS-5) class page - Stephen S. Roberts compilation of official Navy records (Auxiliary Vessels Board and General Board actions, CNO/SecNav correspondence, BuShips records, vessel register and disposal data) [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipscribe.com/usnaux/ARS/ARS05.html - class header data, Construction and Disposition tables (row ARS-22), Ship Notes row 22, Class Notes
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official-records compilation places ARS-22 CURRENT in Class DIVER (ARS-5), 'Design: Navy ARS-5' - the steel-hulled salvage design derived from the Navajo (AT-64) fleet-tug hull and machinery. Construction table: ordered 14 Mar 42, builder Basalt Rock, keel 2 Apr 43, launch 25 Sep 43, commissioned 14 Jun 44. Class data: 1,478 light / 1,940 limiting tons; 213.5' oa x 39.0' e x 14.1' lim; complement 96 (1944); 14.8 kts; 3,000 hp; 2 screws, diesel-electric; original armament 2-1.1"Q. Later-armament table names ARS-22 in the 2-40mmT group (1944-47), the 2-40mmT 2>3-20mmT group (1951-55), and the 1-40mmS group (1963-68). Disposition table: decommissioned 28 Apr 72; struck 1 Jun 73; disposal 27 Aug 74; fate Sold. Ship note: 'In USN reserve 1947-51 (decomm. 9 Feb 48, recomm. 11 Oct 51). Sold by Navy 27 Aug 74 to John A. Williford of Novato, Calif., resold to Valor Navigation SA 20 May 75.' Class notes document that ARS 21-27 were fitted with wooden hull sheathing for stability after first-unit completion, and that the design's characteristics flowed from the 1941 General Board salvage-ship requirements (twin screws for bottom-scouring and maneuverability, flat-bottomed hull form for taking the ground, two 15-ton booms forward).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1941-1975
- Population
- Construction trades (Basalt Rock yard, Napa, 1942-44); ship's company (96 per 1944 class figure)
- Limitations
- Private specialist compilation of official records (Board actions, BuShips correspondence, register and sale data) - a transcription layer over the documents, not the documents themselves; underlying originals are the NARA archival leads (ev-10). Recommissioning date prints 11 Oct 51 vs DANFS/NavSource/pamphlet 10 Oct - one-day conflict carried in ev-09. Complement 96 (1944) conflicts with DANFS's 120 for this hull. Contains no asbestos or materials information; establishes no asbestos fact.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-current-ars22-02
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[4]NavSource Online Service Ship Photo Archive, USS Current (ARS-22) page (secondary volunteer compilation: campaign/awards tables, class spec sheet, commanding-officer roster, photo captions citing US Navy photos and NARA-sourced material) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navsource.org/archives/09/37/3722.htm via Wayback capture 20241212051850 - campaign/awards tables, spec block, CO table, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Secondary archive documents: Asiatic-Pacific campaigns - Okinawa Gunto operation 1-30 June 1945 and 3rd Fleet operations against Japan 10-31 July 1945 (two battle stars); Navy Occupation Service Medal 2 September 1945-25 January 1946; China Service Medal (extended) 27 January-15 February 1946; assignment to Joint Task Force 1, Task Unit 1.2.7 Target Vessel Group - Salvage Units for Operation Crossroads at Bikini July 1946; laid up Pacific Reserve Fleet San Diego Group; recommissioned 10 October 1951, LT Charles E. Tiernan in command. Korean campaigns - Second Korean Winter, Korean Defense Summer-Fall 1952, Korean Summer-Fall 1953 (three battle stars). Vietnam campaigns - Vietnam Defense 1-8 October 1965, Counteroffensive Phase V 23 October-1 November 1968, Phase VI 2 November-12 December 1968, Winter-Spring 1970 12 December 1969-6 January 1970 and 15 March-28 April 1970, Phase VII 12 May-13 June and 17 June 1971, Consolidation I 11 August-12 September 1971 (six campaign stars). Awards list includes Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation and RVN Gallantry Cross Unit Citation. Decommissioned 28 April 1972; struck 1 June 1973; final disposition 'sold, date unknown, to John A. Williford, of Novato, CA. Contract terminated date unknown, and removed to Brownsville, TX for scrapping in April 1975.' Spec sheet: 1,530 lt / 1,940 lim tons; 213'6" x 39' x 14'4"; 12 kts; 7 officers + 113 enlisted; 10-ton largest boom; one 3"/50, two twin 40mm mounts reduced to one single 40mm during a 1963-64 overhaul, four .50-cal removed same period; two 6-cylinder Cooper Bessemer GSB-8 diesel-electric engines, Farrel-Birmingham reduction gear, twin propellers 3,000 shp. Photo caption places Current at Navy Yard Mare Island 28 March 1946. Commanding-officer roster covers 1944-1972.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-1975 (page capture 2024-12-12)
- Limitations
- Secondary volunteer-compiled archive - the spec block is a class sheet, not hull-specific documentation. Internal conflicts: header prints 'Decommissioned, 9 February 1947 at Pearl Harbor' while its own CO table prints 8 February 1948 and DANFS gives 9 February 1948 (inactivation 12 Feb); the 1947 year is a typo. 'Contract terminated ... April 1975' conflicts with the register compilation's cleaner sale chain (Navy sale 27 Aug 74; resale to Valor Navigation SA 20 May 75) - reconciled in ev-09. 3"/50 armament line not corroborated by the register-derived armament table (which shows 40mm/20mm fits only). No asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-current-ars22-03
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[5]usscurrent.com documents page - veteran-maintained tribute site hosting scans of contemporaneous documents: 10 October 1951 re-commissioning pamphlet; Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation citation text (27 January-20 July 1967); Basalt Rock commendation letter of 29 March 1945; M/V Beaverbank salvage report [other_primary]
- Locator
- usscurrent.com/documents.htm - re-commissioning pamphlet statistics block; MUC citation block; Basalt commendation letter
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Scanned contemporaneous documents transcribed on the page: the 1951 re-commissioning pamphlet gives 'Decommissioned 9 February 1948 / Inactivated 12 February 1948' and statistics (Built by Basalt Rock Company, Napa, CA; first commissioned 14 June 1944; displacement 1900 tons; overall length 218' 1 3/8"; extreme width 41' 3 3/8") and describes the ship as 'primarily designed for off-shore salvage work in forward areas.' The MUC citation, signed for the Secretary of the Navy by CNO Admiral Thomas H. Moorer, awards USS CURRENT for 'meritorious service from 27 January to 20 July 1967 during operations in Southeast Asia,' citing salvage of MV AMASTRA, SS MINOT VICTORY, and SS COSMOS TRADER and an offshore POL line and mooring laid for the U.S. Air Force in Taiwan. A 29 March 1945 letter commends the Basalt Rock yard workforce for the ship's part in a four-ship salvage tow of two disabled warships through Japanese-controlled waters (the Houston/Canberra operation).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-1967 documents; page accessed 2026-09-26
- Population
- Ship's company and Basalt Rock yard workforce referenced in the scanned documents
- Limitations
- Private tribute site - the documents are scans of contemporaneous Navy records, but the site itself is not an official repository; page-level transcription used as pointers to primary documents, not as independent authority. Pamphlet statistics (1,900 t, 218' 1 3/8") conflict with DANFS/class figures - carried in ev-09. No asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-current-ars22-04
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[6]Napa Valley Register, 'Napa Pipe: a history and timeline of a new neighborhood' (2023); corroborated by shipbuildinghistory.com Basalt Rock yard table [reputable_press]
- Locator
- napavalleyregister.com 'Napa Pipe' timeline (1941 entry); shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencysmall/basalt.htm
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Builder-yard context: Basalt Rock Company entered shipbuilding in 1941 at its Napa River yard (established for steel barges); the yard employed more than 3,000 workers - many housed at the adjacent 'Shipyard Acres' - and produced approximately 150 ships for the Navy during WWII, including the steel salvage-ship run (ARS 5-9, 19-27, 33-34 per the register compilation); Kaiser Steel acquired the yard in 1955 and it closed in 1985. This hull was laid down, built, and launched at that yard in 1943.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1941-1945 (build era); yard closed 1985
- Population
- Basalt Rock yard workforce (~3,000+, wartime)
- Limitations
- Yard-level context only - documents the construction environment (a wartime-emergency yard with a large wartime workforce) for the hull's 1943-44 build period; contains no asbestos or materials information for this hull and establishes nothing about yard-worker exposure on this specific hull. Not a shipyards.json entry - builder yard carried in gaps for cross-link when covered.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-current-ars22-05
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[7]Corn, Jacqueline Karnell, and Jennifer Starr, 'Historical perspective on asbestos: Policies and protective measures in World War II shipbuilding,' American Journal of Industrial Medicine 11(3):359-373 (1987) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Abstract and article, AJIM 11(3):359-373
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Peer-reviewed historical study documents that asbestos was used extensively as a fireproofing and insulating material in U.S. shipbuilding during WWII - the era and program under which this hull was built at the Basalt Rock yard in 1943-44 - and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization aboard U.S. hulls and in shipyards.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1940s era documented; article 1987
- Population
- WWII shipyard workers and ship crews (class context); Basalt Rock construction trades (Napa, 1943-44)
- Limitations
- Program/era-level scholarly documentation of asbestos use in WWII shipbuilding generally; does not name this vessel and does not establish that asbestos was aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation. For this diesel-electric design the boiler/steam-plant categories prominent in steam-vessel framing are inapplicable - era inference only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-current-ars22-06
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[8]Batch-2658 search ledger (this record): DANFS via hazegray/Wayback mirror; shipscribe official-records compilation (ARS-5 class page); NavSource via Wayback; HyperWar ships compilation; NVR ship-detail check; NARA deck-log index; usscurrent.com document scans; CourtListener authenticated API v4; MARAD vessel-history database [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-current-ars22-01 through sl-uss-current-ars22-14
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, occupational-medicine or exposure record, or docketed case naming USS Current (ARS-22) or builder Basalt Rock Company in connection with this hull was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). Structurally, none can be generated by the usual routes: the hull was sold out of Navy custody in 1974-75 and scrapped at Brownsville, Texas in 1975 - no surviving hull to survey, no museum stewardship, and no post-disposal maintenance record.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a WWII-built steel naval auxiliary is era-consistent with asbestos-containing gaskets, electrical insulation, exhaust lagging, deck coverings, and brake linings even without a steam plant. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility. Litigation coverage is limited to the CourtListener sweeps logged in the ledger - pleadings or state-court filings that omit the hull name would not surface.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-current-ars22-07
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[9]CourtListener API v4 opinion and docket search via authenticated fleet helper (cl-auth-search.py) [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-current-ars22-08 through sl-uss-current-ars22-12
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener sweeps returned no qualifying asbestos litigation and no litigation naming this vessel. Opinion index: '"USS Current"' returned 1 opinion - Green v. United States Steel Corp., 570 F. Supp. 254 (E.D. Pa. 1983), an employment-discrimination class case, a name collision on 'USS' (U.S. Steel) plus the common word 'current'; '"ARS-22"' returned 2 opinions, both name collisions on 'A.R.S. section 22-xxx' / statutory 'A.R.S.' citations (Arizona Revised Statutes): State v. Renteria, 617 P.2d 543 (Ariz. App. 1979) and Moses v. Martin, 360 F. Supp. 2d 533 (S.D.N.Y. 2004) - neither names the vessel; '"USS Current" asbestos' returned 0 opinions. Docket index: '"USS Current"' returned 5 dockets, all name collisions (contract suits and bankruptcy dockets: Leontiev v. Varshavsky S.D.N.Y. 2016; Nortel Networks bk D. Del. 2009; Blaha bk N.D. Ill. 2005; 683 Capital Partners v. Republic of Argentina S.D.N.Y. 2019; Bryant bk N.D. Ill. 2016) - none names the vessel and none is asbestos-related.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- A name-match search cannot prove no filing exists - complaints that omit the hull number or index only a party name would not surface, and opinion/docket coverage excludes unreported state-court matters. Collision class for this name: 'current' is a high-frequency common word, 'USS' collides with U.S. Steel abbreviations, and 'A.R.S. 22' collides with Arizona Revised Statutes citations. Builder-yard sweep ('Basalt Rock' asbestos) and the space-variant hull sweep were queued under fleet pacing at write time - see ledger and report for final status.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-current-ars22-08
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[10]Cross-source discrepancy resolution: DANFS entry vs shipscribe register compilation vs NavSource page vs 1951 re-commissioning pamphlet (usscurrent.com scan) vs HyperWar ships compilation vs Wikipedia/NavalCoverMuseum secondary compilations [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS entry (ev-01); shipscribe.com/usnaux/ARS/ARS05.html (ev-02); navsource.org 3722.htm (ev-03); usscurrent.com pamphlet scan (ev-04); ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/ARS/ARS-22_Current.html; en.wikipedia.org USS_Current; navalcovermuseum.org CURRENT_ARS_22
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Source discrepancies resolved or carried: (a) First decommissioning - DANFS and the 1951 re-commissioning pamphlet give 9 February 1948 (pamphlet adds inactivated 12 February); NavSource CO table prints 8 February 1948 and its header prints '9 February 1947' - the 1947 year is a typo; 9 February 1948 carried. (b) Recommissioning - DANFS, NavSource, and the pamphlet give 10 October 1951; the register compilation ship note prints 11 October - one-day conflict, 10 October carried on three-to-one sourcing. (c) Complement - DANFS spec block 120 (NavSource itemizes 7 officers + 113 enlisted) vs register compilation class figure 96 (1944); both recorded, DANFS hull-level figure carried. (d) Speed - DANFS 15 kts vs class 14.8 kts vs NavSource 12 kts vs HyperWar 13 kts - unresolved across sources. (e) Disposal chain - register compilation: Navy sale 27 August 1974 to John A. Williford (Novato), resold to Valor Navigation SA 20 May 1975; secondary compilations (Wikipedia infobox, NavalCoverMuseum, Liquisearch) print 'sold for scrapping 27 June 1975' with a $78,000 Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service price; NavSource prints a Williford sale with contract terminated and April 1975 removal to Brownsville - the compilation chain reconciles buyer and scrapping; the 27 June/$78,000 variant is carried as a secondary-source residual. (f) Displacement variants - DANFS 1,441 vs NavSource 1,530 lt/1,940 lim vs pamphlet '1900 tons' vs HyperWar 1,950 vs class 1,478 lt/1,940 lim - unit conventions (light/limiting/full) unresolved across compilations. (g) Armament - DANFS '2 x 40mm' vs NavSource '3"/50 + two twin 40mm + four .50 cal' vs HyperWar '2x2 40mm, 5 20mm' vs register armament table (2-40mmT 1944-47, later single 40mm) - register-derived table carried; NavSource's 3"/50 line uncorroborated. (h) hazegray DANFS transcription '3rd and 6th Fleet raids' vs Wikipedia copy '3rd and 5th' - printed DANFS original needed; '6th Fleet' is implausible for a Pacific 1945 context.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1943-1975
- Limitations
- Resolves publication-level discrepancies and identifies secondary-source errors; does not affect identity, service period, or disposal facts materially. Register-compiled dates carried where they conflict with secondary compilations; DANFS carried where it conflicts with class-level figures. No asbestos content in any cited source.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-current-ars22-09
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[11]NARA 'Navy Deck Logs Available in the National Archives Catalog' index page (lists Current (ARS-22) digitized deck logs, years 1966-1970, under catalog series 594258 - VA Blue Water Navy digitization pipeline); RG 24 deck logs and RG 19 BuShips records guidance [other_primary]
- Locator
- archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy-online - 'Current (ARS-22)' entry (years 1966-1970); catalog.archives.gov search-within/594258
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - no box-level pull performed): the NARA index names Current (ARS-22) with digitized deck logs for 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, and 1970 in the National Archives Catalog (search-within/594258); earlier deck logs (1944-46 WWII, 1951-53 Korea) and the Vietnam-era years outside 1966-70 follow RG 24 textual reference at Archives II. RG 19 BuShips files hold the 14 March 1942 construction award and Navy ARS-5 design documentation quoted in the official-records compilation. Photo captions on NavSource cite US Navy photos including a 28 March 1946 Mare Island Navy Yard image.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1943-1972 records
- Limitations
- Record-group mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; nothing in this row is an asbestos finding. Whether asbestos-specific documents exist in any of these groups is unknown until surveyed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-current-ars22-10