Evidence
14 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-14).
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[1]research packet af-packet.md (3 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED (mirror-sourced
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- qualifier: VERIFIED (mirror-sourced
- Evidence ID
- uss-dauphin-apa97-pkt-af-packet-md
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[2]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 3 (NAVSHIPS 250-012, 1945), auxiliaries - transports, attack (APA) section, per-hull rows for DAUPHIN APA-97 (shipscribe.com scan of the official BuShips publication) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v3 APA tables pp. 234-240 (dimensions row 76 p.234; personnel/limiting-displacement row 76 p.235; machinery row 76 p.237; gears/generators/fuel row 76 p.238; armament/cargo row 76 p.239; construction row 76 p.240); index 'Dauphin (ex-M.C. Hull 1675) - APA97 ... 234'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official BuShips Ships' Data 1945 Vol. 3 carries a per-hull row for DAUPHIN APA-97 (ex-M.C. Hull 1675): 473'1" overall / 450'6" wl; beam 66'0"; 18.6 knots designed speed; 8,600 tons trial displacement; limiting displacement 13,143 tons, limiting draft 25'0"; ship's company 54 officers + 498 enlisted; troops 91 officers + 1,420 enlisted; largest boom 30 t.; machinery 1 propeller, Bethlehem geared turbine, 8,000 shp, 2 Babcock & Wilcox header-type boilers at 450 psi / 750 deg F; double Falk main reduction gears; 3 turbo-drive 300 kW 120/240 V D.C. ship's-service generators; fuel 12,330 bbls NSFO + 675 bbls diesel; armament 1 x 5"/38 cal. (D.P.) + 4 twin 40mm A.A. mounts; cargo 150,000 cu ft non-refrigerated, 1,600 cargo DWT; built Bethlehem Steel Co., Sparrows Point, Md.; acquired 23 Sept 44; first commissioned 23 Sept 44.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1945
- Limitations
- Authoritative wartime BuShips publication naming this hull - confirms identity, machinery plant, manning, builder, and commissioning. OCR of the scanned table is columnar and partially degraded; values cross-verified against DANFS, MARAD registry, and NavSource. Armament row (1 x 5"/38) conflicts with the DANFS spec block ('a. 2 5"') - see gaps. Contains no materials, insulation, or asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-dauphin-apa97-01
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[3]DANFS, 'Dauphin (APA-97)' entry, Naval History and Heritage Command (live NHHC URL returns 404 as of 2026-09-25 - verbatim text retrieved via Internet Archive Wayback capture 20250202215117; NHHC page published 2015-07-06) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry body text + spec block, 'Dauphin (APA-97)' (Wayback capture 20250202215117; live https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/d/dauphin.html returns 404; transcription cross-check https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/dafs/APA/apa97.html)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC records: Dauphin (APA-97) was launched 10 June 1944 by Bethlehem-Sparrows Point Shipyard, Inc., Sparrows Point, Md., under a Maritime Commission contract; sponsored by Miss B. Conway; transferred to the Navy 23 September 1944; commissioned same day, Commander B. Connelly in command. Reported to Newport 29 Oct 1944 for duty training precommissioning crews of transport and cargo ships, serving 36 ships; cleared Newport 20 Jan 1945; Norfolk 21 Jan; underway for the Pacific 13 Feb; troops and combat cargo at Pearl Harbor 5-29 Mar; Ulithi staging 15 Apr; landed reinforcements at Hagushi Beach, Okinawa, 26-30 Apr; casualties to Saipan; San Francisco 22 May; troops New Guinea to Philippines from 27 Jun; occupation troops ex-Batangas Bay, Luzon, 26 Aug; anchored Tokyo Bay on surrender day 2 Sept; four Philippines-to-Japan troop voyages 4 Sept - 27 Oct; two 'Magic Carpet' voyages (Sasebo; San Pedro Bay, Leyte) 6 Nov 1945 - 17 Jan 1946; Norfolk 17 Feb 1946; decommissioned 3 Apr 1946; delivered to the War Shipping Administration the next day for disposal. Earned one battle star. DANFS spec block: dp. 7,970; l. 473'1"; b. 66'; dr. 25' (ibiblio transcription prints 26'); s. 16 k. (ibiblio prints 15 k.); cpl. 554; a. 2 5"; cl. Bayfield.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Limitations
- Primary Navy historical entry - authoritative for service history and disposal. Contains no asbestos or materials information; supports no asbestos claim. Live NHHC page 404s (standing link rot, cf. BATCH-01); the Wayback capture is the verbatim NHHC text. The DANFS stat block classes this C3-S-A3 hull 'cl. Bayfield' while MARAD, shipscribe, and NavSource carry the modern Windsor-class assignment - discrepancy carried in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-dauphin-apa97-02
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[4]NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive - USS Dauphin (APA-97), file 10/03/03097 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 03097.htm - timeline entries, campaign/ribbon tables, commanding-officer table, merchant-service entries, specifications block, call sign NZVL
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline corroborates DANFS and adds detail: laid down date unknown as Exochorda, MC type C3-S-A3 hull under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1675) at Bethlehem Steel Corp., Sparrow Point Shipyard; launched 10 June 1944; acquired and commissioned USS Dauphin (APA-97) 23 Sept 1944, CDR Bailey Connelly in command (sole CO through 3 Apr 1946); campaign table lists Okinawa Gunto operation (assault and occupation 26-30 Apr 1945); Navy Occupation Service Medal periods 2-10 Sept, 5-11 Oct, and 25 Oct - 6 Nov 1945; decommissioned 3 Apr 1946 and returned to the Maritime Commission the same day for disposal; struck from the Naval Register 17 Apr 1946; one battle star; merchant service: 1948 refurbished as passenger-cargo SS Exochorda for American Export Lines New York-Mediterranean service; 1959-1967 laid up NDRF Hudson River Group, Jones Point, N.Y.; Nov 1967 renamed SS Stevens for floating-dormitory service; final disposition: partially dismantled at Chester, PA 1975-1979, resold to scrappers at Kearny, N.J. March 1979. Specifications block matches SDB 1945 v3 (1 Bethlehem geared turbine; 2 B&W header-type boilers 450 psi/750 deg F; Dbl. Falk gears; 3 x 300 kW turbo-drive 120/240 V DC generators; single propeller 8,000 shp; 18.6 kts; 12,230 bbls NSFO + 675 diesel; complement 54 off. + 498 enl.; troops 91 off. + 1,496 enl.; armament 1 x 5"/38 + 4 twin 40mm + 2 twin 20mm + 18 single 20mm).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1943-1979
- Limitations
- Specialist secondary compilation - detailed but non-official; consistent with NHHC, BuShips SDB, and the MARAD registry on shared datapoints. Page header classes the hull 'Bayfield Class' (NavSource groups the C3-based APAs under that label) - see gaps. Its 12,230-bbl NSFO figure differs slightly from SDB's 12,330 (typo-level variance), and its enlisted troop figure (1,496) conflicts with SDB (1,420) - both in gaps. Contains no asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-dauphin-apa97-03
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[5]U.S. Maritime Administration, ShipHistory database - DAUPHIN (APA-97), Ship History Detail 7563, incl. scanned vessel custody-ledger document (DAUPHIN.pdf) [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- ShipHistory Detail 7563 registry block + custody-ledger PDF https://vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/documents/affd83c2-365f-4a91-bde5-971a8dc78f78.pdf (front card read visually)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD ShipHistory registry record for this hull: Year Built 1944; Official Number 256697; Shipyard 'Bethlehem-Sparrows Point Shipyard'; General Type Naval Auxiliary; Specific Type 'APA Attack Transport'; MARAD Type C3-S-A3; length 473.08 ft; beam 66.00 ft; displacement lightweight 7,950 tons, summer 13,143 tons; vessel name history DAUPHIN (APA-97) / EXOCHORDA; fate 'Sold -NTU' (non-transportation use). Scanned custody ledger (read visually) records the disposal chain: Navy Dept. redelivered to 'W.S.A. - Reserve Fleet' 4/4/46 noon EST at Lee Hall, Va. ('Surplus LU'); Reserve Fleet to USMC 11/14/47 12:45 PM James River ('LU' to 'GAA'); USMC to Dichmann, Wright & Pugh same date/port; USMC to Bethlehem Shipyard same date, purpose 'Reconversion'; Dichmann, Wright & Pugh to USMC (Conversion) 11/18/47 1:15 AM Hoboken, N.J.; U.S.M.C. to Amer. Export Lines 10/26/48 Hoboken ('Purch.'), renamed EXOCHORDA.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1948 (ledger); registry through disposal
- Limitations
- Authoritative MARAD registry plus handwritten custody-ledger scan read visually (entries legible; reverse side carries only pencil catalog numbers, no content). Documents custody events including the Nov 1947 Bethlehem Shipyard Hoboken 'Reconversion' - a documented yard-period event - but contains no asbestos, materials, insulation, or condition-of-materials information and establishes nothing about asbestos content, quantity, location, exposure, or causation. Registry name history lists only DAUPHIN and EXOCHORDA; the STEVENS rename (1967) is absent from the name-history field though the NTU fate is consistent with the dormitory sale.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-dauphin-apa97-04
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[6]Stevens Institute of Technology v. United States, 396 F. Supp. 986 (S.D.N.Y. 1975) (opinion Apr 30, 1975; supplemental opinion May 27, 1975), No. 69 Civ. 4329 [court_record]
- Locator
- Opinion text at 986-990 (facts: vessel identification, Invitation to Bid conditions, break-out incident, damage estimate); CourtListener cluster 1873093
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Published federal opinion naming this hull: Stevens Institute sued the United States for damage to the vessel - identified in the opinion as 'the SS Exochorda, a passenger vessel' kept 'held up' by MARAD since 1959 as a 'navy retention ship' - sustained 1967 when a MARAD officer (Capt. Syre), conducting the contract break-out tow from the Jones Point reserve fleet with MARAD tugs only, misjudged the tidal current and caused the unpowered ship to collide with a moored vessel, damaging bulwarks port and starboard (repair estimate $36,070; partial repairs $5,296). The court held the purchase contract's exculpatory clause unenforceable as against public policy under the Seckinger rule; a supplemental opinion addressed damages.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1967 incident; 1969-1975 litigation
- Limitations
- Ship-specific but NOT asbestos litigation - a contract-damages suit over delivery negligence; the opinion contains no asbestos, materials, or condition-survey findings. Its value is documentary: it confirms the hull's identity chain (Exochorda = this hull), MARAD 'navy retention ship' lay-up since 1959, the 1967 break-out incident, and sale terms ('as is, where is'). Merits ruling for plaintiff on the exculpatory-clause issue; damages fixed by supplemental opinion - the record establishes nothing about hazardous materials aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-dauphin-apa97-05
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[7]Alexander McDonald v. United States and Bethlehem Steel Co. (impleaded), 321 F.2d 437 (3d Cir. 1963), No. 14086 [court_record]
- Locator
- Opinion text at 437-441 (facts: acquisition contract, NSA Order No. 64, drydock/pier-side work, deactivation findings); CourtListener cluster 261538
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Published Third Circuit opinion naming this hull: a Bethlehem Steel painter was injured 1 April 1959 aboard S.S. Exochorda during a court-documented deactivation overhaul - the vessel, acquired by the United States 16 Mar 1959 under contract requiring Export Lines as general agent to have it 'completely overhauled, put in a state of repair, and deactivated' per NSA Order No. 64 (OPR-4 Revised), was towed without steam, power, or crew to a Bethlehem Steel shipyard, drydocked 17-20 Mar, then worked pier-side until 1 Apr 1959 in Bethlehem's exclusive possession and control (stern tube disconnected and filled with preservative; tail shaft secured; sea chests and overboard discharge lines permanently blocked; boats and radar dismantled/stowed). Suit under the Public Vessels Act alleging unseaworthiness and negligence; the Third Circuit affirmed dismissal, holding the implied warranty of seaworthiness does not attach to a vessel withdrawn from navigation undergoing extensive repairs.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1959 incident/work period; 1963 opinion
- Population
- Bethlehem Steel yard workforce aboard the hull during the 1959 deactivation overhaul (painter libelant; yard trades generally)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific but NOT asbestos litigation - a personal-injury admiralty case decided for defendants on the merits; no asbestos, insulation, or materials evidence appears in the opinion. Its documentary value: a court record confirming an extensive March-April 1959 Bethlehem-yard deactivation overhaul of this hull before mothballing - a documented disturbance event whose materials scope is otherwise unrecorded. Defense judgment leaves nothing established about exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-dauphin-apa97-06
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[8]New York Times, 'Stevens Getting a Ship Dormitory; Jersey School to Convert Liner for Freshmen' (Oct 4, 1967) + 'Floating Dormitory About to Be Scuttled' (May 12, 1975) + 'On Her Last Cruise' (Aug 27, 1975, p. 84); Stevens Institute of Technology official history 'Life Aboard the S.S. Stevens' (stevens.edu) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- NYT archive 1967-10-04 (bid $130,301, McAllister tow, Bethlehem Hoboken conversion, ~200 freshmen planned); NYT 1975-05-12 (sale, sealing of engine room/hatches, 150 students since Jan 1968); NYT 1975-08-27 p.84 (final tow); https://www.stevens.edu/news/life-aboard-ss-stevens (institutional confirmation: ~$130,000, Nov 10 1967 rechristening, ~150 students/yr 1968-1975)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented floating-dormitory phase: MARAD awarded the mothballed Exochorda to Stevens Institute of Technology on its $130,301 bid; the ship was towed from Jones Point 4 Oct 1967 by McAllister tugs to the Bethlehem Steel Hoboken yard for conversion, rechristened S.S. Stevens 10 Nov 1967, and moored at the institute's Eighth Street Pier, Hoboken - the country's first collegiate floating dormitory, housing about 150 students a year from January 1968 to May 1975 (per the institution's own history). Conversion sealed off cargo hatches and the engine room and removed deck equipment except two masts. Rising heating/repair costs forced sale for scrap in 1975; the last student debarked 23 May 1975 and the hulk was towed 26 Aug 1975 to a Chester, Pa. shipyard (partially dismantled there to 1979; resold to Kearny, N.J. scrappers March 1979; final demolition at a Raritan Bay port).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1967-1979
- Population
- Stevens Institute students (~150/yr, Jan 1968 - May 1975); Bethlehem Hoboken conversion workers (1967); Chester/Kearny dismantling and breaking workers (1975-79)
- Limitations
- Documents the dormitory occupancy and the conversion/disturbance events at Bethlehem Hoboken (1967) and Chester/Kearny (1975-79). None of the cited coverage mentions asbestos, insulation condition, or abatement; the dormitory population's exposure, if any, is undocumented. Yard names: 'Bethlehem Steel Hoboken yard' is named by NYT/Stevens; the Chester dismantling yard is unnamed in all sources located (Sun Shipbuilding was Chester's major yard but is not confirmed as the recipient - see gaps).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-dauphin-apa97-07
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[9]Consolidated era/design inference - BuShips SDB 1945 v3 machinery row 76 for this hull + MARAD-documented disturbance events (1947-48 Bethlehem Hoboken reconversion per custody card; 1959 Bethlehem-yard deactivation overhaul per McDonald v. United States; 1959-67 NDRF lay-up; 1967 Bethlehem Hoboken dormitory conversion; 1975-79 Chester/Kearny/Raritan Bay breaking) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v3 machinery table, APA section (DAUPHIN row 76); MARAD custody-card conversion entries; 321 F.2d 437 facts section
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference: this hull carried a single-screw geared-steam plant (one Bethlehem turbine, 8,000 shp; two Babcock & Wilcox header-type boilers at 450 psi / 750 deg F superheat) built at the peak of WWII asbestos usage at Bethlehem-Sparrows Point - the machinery configuration for which boiler and fireroom insulation, main and auxiliary steam-line lagging, turbine lagging, valve and flange gaskets, machinery packing, and accommodation joiner insulation were commonly asbestos-containing in 1943-44 Maritime Commission construction.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1943-1979
- Population
- Construction trades at Bethlehem-Sparrows Point (1943-44); wartime crew and embarked troops (1944-46); Bethlehem Hoboken reconversion workforce (1947-48); merchant crew/passengers as Exochorda (1948-59); Bethlehem-yard deactivation workforce (1959); Stevens dormitory residents (~150/yr, 1968-75); Chester/Kearny breaking-yard workers (1975-79)
- Limitations
- Inference from the documented machinery plant and construction era - NOT a hull record. No survey, specification, material schedule, or abatement record naming APA-97 / MC hull 1675 / Exochorda / Stevens was located; establishes no asbestos content, quantity, location, individual exposure, or causation. Does not establish condition at any phase - the hull no longer exists (demolished 1979).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-dauphin-apa97-08
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[10]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 Maritime Commission construction program under which this C3-type attack transport was built - and that wartime demand drove unprecedented exposure of shipyard workers.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1940s era documented; article 1987
- Population
- WWII shipyard workers and ship crews (class context)
- Limitations
- Program/era-level scholarly documentation of asbestos use in WWII shipbuilding generally; does not name this vessel or class and does not establish that asbestos was or remains aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-dauphin-apa97-09
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[11]Fleischer, W.E., Viles, F.J. Jr., Gade, R.L., and Drinker, P., 'A health survey of pipe covering operations in constructing naval vessels,' J Ind Hyg Toxicol 28(1):9-16 (Jan 1946), PMID 21016030 [other_primary]
- Locator
- PubMed record PMID 21016030; article pp. 9-16 (pipe covering material section)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- The U.S. Maritime Commission-commissioned industrial-hygiene survey of pipe-covering operations in naval-vessel construction (1944-45 fieldwork) found amosite asbestos 'an important ingredient of pipe covering material used on U.S. Navy vessels' and documented worker exposure during pipe-covering fabrication and installation - the construction trade whose output was installed in hulls of this type and era.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- survey ~1944-45; published 1946
- Population
- WWII pipe coverers and insulators at Navy and contract yards (era context)
- Limitations
- Era-level documentation of asbestos use in naval construction generally; does not name this vessel, class, or builder yard (whether Bethlehem Sparrows Point was among the surveyed contract yards is unverified) and establishes nothing about this hull's materials, condition, or any individual exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-dauphin-apa97-10
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[12]CourtListener API v4 authenticated sweeps (fleet-paced helper cl-auth-search.py): "USS Dauphin" OR "Dauphin" "APA-97" asbestos type=o - 0 results; "Dauphin" "APA-97" type=o - 0 results; "USS Dauphin" type=r dockets - 0 results; "APA-97" type=o - 5 hits, all Administrative Procedure Act citation collisions; "Dauphin" asbestos type=o - 51 hits, all Dauphin County (Pa.) asbestos-docket and Dauphin Island (Ala.) name collisions; "Exochorda" type=o - 4 hits, 2 naming this hull (Stevens Institute 396 F. Supp. 986; McDonald 321 F.2d 437 - both non-asbestos, see ev-05/ev-06), 2 incidental customs-protest cargo-manifest mentions [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-dauphin-apa97-08 through sl-uss-dauphin-apa97-12
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener sweeps produced no qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull: exact-phrase "USS Dauphin" returned zero opinions (combined and standalone queries) and zero dockets; "Dauphin" + "APA-97" returned zero; bare "APA-97" returned 5 opinions, all Administrative Procedure Act citation collisions (Friends of Alaska Nat'l Wildlife Refuges v. Bernhardt, 381 F. Supp. 3d 1127 (D. Alaska 2019); Texas v. United States, 328 F. Supp. 3d 662 (S.D. Tex. 2018); et al.) - no vessel context; "Dauphin" + asbestos returned 51 opinions dominated by Dauphin County, Pa. common-pleas asbestos dockets (In re Dauphin County Asbestos Cases, 1 Pa. D. & C.4th 211 (1989); Blase v. Allied Signal, 36 Pa. D. & C.4th 491 (1996); et al.) and Dauphin Island, Ala. cases (Murray v. Holiday Isle, 620 F. Supp. 2d 1302 (S.D. Ala. 2009)) - all name collisions; "Exochorda" returned 4 opinions - 2 name this hull in non-asbestos matters (carried as ev-05 and ev-06) and 2 are 1954/1956 Customs Court cargo protests (Amity Silk Corp. v. United States, 33 Cust. Ct. 238; Joseph Poli Co. v. United States, 37 Cust. Ct. 329) naming the ship only as the importing vessel - incidental mentions, classified as collisions.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 2026-09-25
- Limitations
- CourtListener coverage is RECAP/opinion-indexed text only - complaint exhibits, unscanned attachments, state-court filings, and filings that omit the hull number under-cover ship names escape it. The asbestos-keyword sweep relied on the 'Dauphin' token, which collides heavily with Dauphin County, Pa. - the namesake county itself runs a consolidated asbestos docket, so a genuine vessel claim could hide in the collision mass; results were screened by caption and court. Merchant-name sweeps for 'Stevens'/'S.S. Stevens' are impracticable as unqualified common-word queries and were not completed within the fleet pacing window - see gaps. A name absent from the index is not proof no filing ever existed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-dauphin-apa97-11
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[13]Batch-2397 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS via Wayback; BuShips SDB 1945 v3; MARAD ShipHistory Detail 7563 + custody-ledger scan; NavSource 03097; shipscribe Windsor-class (APA-55) class page; NYT archive (1967, 1975 x2); Stevens Institute official history; CourtListener API v4 name/hull/merchant-name sweeps; NVR; VA BVA indexed check; NARA record-group guides [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-dauphin-apa97-01 through sl-uss-dauphin-apa97-16
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, court finding, or docketed asbestos case naming USS Dauphin / APA-97 / MC hull 1675 / Exochorda / Stevens was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 2026-09-25
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1943-44 superheated-steam Maritime Commission hull is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials, and the documented 1947-48 reconversion, 1959 deactivation overhaul, 1967 dormitory conversion, ~150-student/year dormitory occupancy, and 1975-79 domestic breaking are disturbance events whose materials scope is unrecorded. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-dauphin-apa97-12
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[14]NARA Guide to Federal Records: RG 24 (Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel - Navy deck logs), RG 19 (Records of the Bureau of Ships), RG 178 (Records of the U.S. Maritime Commission), RG 357 (Records of the Maritime Administration) [other_primary]
- Locator
- https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/024.html ; /groups/019.html ; /groups/178.html ; /groups/357.html ; deck-log series note https://www.archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy-online ; Special List 44 named-vessels coverage https://www.archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/special-list-44-named
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - requires research-room or reproduction order; no spend authorized): Navy deck logs for USS Dauphin 1944-1946 (RG 24, 'Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations, 1941-1992' / earlier RG 24 entry 118, NARA College Park - digitization for this hull not confirmed; WWII-era hulls appear in Special List 44 coverage); BuShips C3-S-A3 design and Booklet of General Plans (RG 19); Maritime Commission contract file for MC hull 1675 (RG 178); MARAD/WSA records covering the 1947-48 Bethlehem Hoboken reconversion, the 1959 NSA Order No. 64 deactivation overhaul, and the 1967 Stevens sale file (RG 357) - the most promising yard-period materials leads for this hull.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1943-1975 records
- Limitations
- Record-group mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; existence of asbestos-specific documents for this hull is unknown until surveyed in person. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-dauphin-apa97-13