Evidence
4 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-4).
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[1]Naval History and Heritage Command (Naval Historical Center), Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, 'Demand' (AMc-74) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Internet Archive Wayback Machine capture, 2012-10-24, of legacy NHHC URL http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/d3/demand.htm. The current-structure NHHC URL (https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/d/demand.html) returns HTTP 404 as of 2026-09-23 and has no successful (HTTP 200) crawl in the Wayback CDX index at any timestamp - standing NHHC link rot, consistent with prior batch findings; this hull's DANFS text was never migrated to (or never published under) the current site structure.
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Full text of the DANFS entry for Demand: 'Demand (AMC-74) was launched by the Gibbs Gas Engine Co., Jacksonville, Fla., on 22 May 1941. She was placed in service on 5 September 1941 for duty in the 3d and 6th Naval Districts. Demand was stricken from the Navy List on 5 December 1945.' This is the complete entry; DANFS records no combat service, no named commanding officer, no laid-down date, and no disposal/sale detail for this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-23
- Study period
- 1941-1945
- Limitations
- Establishes builder, builder location, launch date, in-service date, operating districts, and strike date only. Contains no asbestos, materials, condition, or disposal information; supports no asbestos claim. The entry is unusually short even by DANFS stub standards for small district craft, and does not state a class name, laid-down date, displacement, dimensions, armament, or complement.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-demand-amc74-01
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[2]Batch-1612 search ledger (this record): DANFS entry; NHHC Accentor (AMc-36) lead-boat DANFS entry (class-context check); CourtListener opinion and docket/RECAP searches; NARA deck-log guidance page; shipyards.json dataset check; class-profile worktree check [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-demand-amc74-01 through sl-uss-demand-amc74-13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific or class/type-specific asbestos record was located for Demand (AMc-74) in the public sources searched: the ship-specific DANFS entry contains no materials or condition information; no museum, NRHP, HAER, or hazmat/abatement disclosure exists because the vessel was not preserved; no Accentor-type/AMc-class engineering or characteristics document naming insulation, lagging, gasket, or packing materials was located (contrast with the EC2-S-C1 Liberty ship instruction manual used for other batch records); and CourtListener searches (opinion and docket/RECAP collections, both the exact ship name 'USS Demand' and the hull designator 'AMc-74'/'AMC-74') returned no qualifying hit - see search_ledger.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-23
- Study period
- 2026-09-23
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard this hull or its era-typical fittings - WWII-built small craft of this period are era-consistent with some asbestos-containing components (gaskets, packing, wiring/exhaust lagging) regardless of hull material. This row establishes only that no documentary record - ship-specific or type-specific - was found; it does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility, and does not establish presence, absence, quantity, or condition of any material.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-demand-amc74-02
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[3]CourtListener API v4 (via authenticated batch search helper), opinion and docket/RECAP collections [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-demand-amc74-06 through sl-uss-demand-amc74-09
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener searches found no qualifying asbestos litigation naming this vessel. Opinion-collection searches for the exact phrase 'USS Demand' and for the hull designator 'AMc-74' each returned zero results. Docket/RECAP-collection searches for the same two terms returned results, but every hit is a name collision unrelated to this vessel or to asbestos: the hull-designator search matched dockets containing 'AMC' as a corporate name (e.g., AMC Networks, Inc.; AMC Theatres/American Multi-Cinema, Inc. as a claimant in the Open Road Films bankruptcy) or unrelated numeric/party coincidences, none involving a Navy vessel; the exact-name search matched dockets using 'demand' as an ordinary legal term (an FTC civil-investigative-demand enforcement action; a criminal case with an unrelated 'disclosure' filing), none involving a ship or asbestos claim.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-23
- Study period
- CourtListener collections as indexed through 2026-09-23
- Limitations
- Covers only CourtListener's indexed opinion and RECAP/PACER-sourced docket collections as of 2026-09-23; does not cover state-court filings outside RECAP, settled claims that never generated a public docket entry, or administrative/workers'-compensation proceedings. Does not establish that no exposure claim naming this vessel has ever been filed, only that none was found in the collections searched. 'Demand' is a common word and 'AMc' collides with the unrelated corporate abbreviation 'AMC'; all hits were individually reviewed and classified as non-qualifying name collisions, not asbestos cases.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-demand-amc74-03
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[4]National Archives and Records Administration, 'Military Records: Navy Deck Log Exemptions' guidance page [other_primary]
- Locator
- Page text: Record Group 24, deck log request procedure
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival lead (not retrieved - no research-room visit or reproduction order made, no spend authorized): Navy deck logs for the WWII period are held in NARA Record Group 24 (Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel), series U.S. Navy Ship Deck Logs. NARA's published guidance directs requesters to email archives2reference@nara.gov with the ship name and hull number (AMc-74) and dates of interest (1941-1945) to determine whether a deck log survives and its access status; if publicly available it would be requestable through the National Archives Catalog. No deck-log item for this hull was located or retrieved in this research pass.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-23
- Study period
- 1941-1945 records
- Limitations
- Record-group/procedure guidance only - no hull-specific deck log was located or examined, so nothing in this row is an asbestos, materials, or condition finding. Whether a surviving deck log for this hull exists, and whether it contains any materials-relevant information, is unknown.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-demand-amc74-04