USS Edenton (ATS-1)

Evidence

17 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-17).

1. [1]Naval Vessel Register (NAVSEA), ship detail page 'EDENTON (ATS 1)', record current to 1998-04-16 [other_primary]

   Locator

   Wayback capture 2001-11-12 of nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/ATS1.htm - the live NVR page (SHIPSDETAIL_ATS1.HTML) serves only the register navigation shell; pre-1987-disposal hulls are not in current NVR coverage

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Naval Vessel Register record for EDENTON (ATS 1), 'Salvage and Rescue Ship': class ATS 1, UIC 20151; builder Brooke Marine; award date 1966-08-19, keel 1967-03-28, launch 1968-05-15, delivery 1971-01-05, commission 1971-01-23, decommission 1996-03-29, stricken 1997-12-29; status 'Disposed of by transfer to other Government Agencies' with date status changed 1997-11-18; 283 ft overall / 264 ft waterline, extreme beam 50 ft, maximum navigational draft 17 ft; light displacement 2,592 tons, full 3,484 tons, deadweight 892 tons; steel hull and superstructure; propulsion 'Diesel Engines', 2 propellers; accommodations 9 officers + 108 enlisted; record notation 'No changes to this information were reported since 04/16/1998'.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-26

   Study period

   1966-1998

   Limitations

   Official register; establishes identity, milestones, dimensions, diesel propulsion (no boilers), and disposal path to the Coast Guard. Contains no asbestos or materials data. Record froze 1998-04-16 (post-disposal); nothing USCG-era. Transfer date (1997-11-18) precedes strike date (1997-12-29) - reported as NVR shows them.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-edenton-ats1-01

2. [2]U.S. Coast Guard, 'CGC Alex Haley - History' official page, hosted scanned ship document 'Supreme Salvage Team - USS EDENTON (ATS-1), 23 January 1971 - 29 March 1996' (history_02.png) [other_primary]

   Locator

   Image asset history_02.png linked from the official USCG history page (Wayback capture 2025-12-03); live pacificarea.uscg.mil intermittently returns 403 to automated fetch

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Official USCG 'CGC Alex Haley History' page hosts a scanned ship-produced document 'Supreme Salvage Team - USS EDENTON (ATS-1), 23 January 1971 - 29 March 1996': keel laid at Brooke Marine Ltd., Lowestoft; commissioned 1971-01-23; assigned Combat Logistics Group Two; 6,000 shaft horsepower with a Stothert & Pitt towing machine producing a 200,000-pound bollard pull on either of two 2-1/4-inch tow hawsers; tows included aircraft carrier Lexington (AVT-16) and battleship Wisconsin (BB-64), and post-November-1993 tows of ex-USS R. K. Turner, ex-USS Savannah, a former U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey vessel, and submarine ex-USS Andrew Jackson from Philadelphia and Charleston to the Panama Canal; dive capability 190 FSW on air and 300 FSW on helium-oxygen; aft 20-ton crane and forward 3.5-ton boom; first ship with the modern MK21 diving system and last with a mixed-gas system aboard; recoveries credited include three U.S. Air Force aircraft, a USMC CH-46 helicopter, a frigate's anchor, and a special warfare vessel; platform for deep-submergence-vehicle testing, port surveys, and a recovery attempt on the Civil War ironclad Monitor in 240 feet of water; operating areas Nova Scotia to the Panama Canal Zone, Atlantic, Mediterranean and Caribbean; Lebanon and Libya service; hosted divers from Israel, Italy, Spain, Tunisia and Albania during a prior deployment; Battle Efficiency award; 1995 Navy award winner in the small afloat command category.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-26

   Study period

   1971-1996

   Population

   Ship's company ~117 (NVR accommodations)

   Limitations

   A commemorative ship-produced history hosted on the cutter's official USCG page - not an audited operational record; claims (e.g., Monitor recovery attempt, aircraft recoveries) are the document's own framing. Its keel date 'March 9th, 1967' conflicts with NVR 1967-03-28 - NVR adopted, discrepancy logged. Contains no asbestos or materials content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-edenton-ats1-02

3. [3]USS Edenton (ATS-1) decommissioning ceremony program cover (history_05.png) and CNO letter from Adm. J. M. Boorda (history_06.png), hosted on the official USCG 'CGC Alex Haley - History' page [other_primary]

   Locator

   Image assets history_05.png (ceremony cover) and history_06.png (CNO letter) linked from the official USCG history page, Wayback capture 2025-12-03

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Official decommissioning record: the ceremony program cover reads 'DECOMMISSIONING CEREMONY / UNITED STATES SHIP EDENTON (ATS-1) / 29 MARCH 1996 / AT THE NAVAL AMPHIBIOUS BASE LITTLE CREEK, VIRGINIA'. The hosted letter from Admiral J. M. Boorda, Chief of Naval Operations, states the ship 'became the first ship in the U.S. Navy certified to dive the MK-21' and that over 25 years she was 'decorated many times receiving, among others, two Meritorious Unit Commendations, three Battle "E"s, the Navy Expeditionary Medal, two National Defense Service Medals and five Sea Service Deployment ribbons.'

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-26

   Study period

   1996-03-29

   Population

   Ship's company

   Limitations

   Official contemporaneous documents (ceremony program, CNO letter) hosted by the operating agency. The 1995 'small afloat command' award in ev-02 is identified in external recipient lists as the Marjorie Sterrett Battleship Fund Award (Atlantic Fleet, per OPNAVINST 3590.11H eligibility rules) - the hosted documents do not name the award; identification rests on secondary recipient lists and is flagged in gaps. No materials content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-edenton-ats1-03

4. [4]U.S. Coast Guard document 'The Conversion of the CGC ALEX HALEY At the Coast Guard Yard' (history_07.png), hosted on the official USCG 'CGC Alex Haley - History' page; photo credit 'Official USCG photo by Matt Suit, Yard' [other_primary]

   Locator

   Image asset history_07.png linked from the official USCG history page, Wayback capture 2025-12-03

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Official USCG document 'The Conversion of the CGC ALEX HALEY At the Coast Guard Yard': ex-USS Edenton arrived at the Coast Guard Yard in November 1997; the $20 million conversion took ~1.5 years, ~300 yard employees, 259,000 work hours; materials installed itemized: 7,900 lb welding rods, 1,280 lineal ft vent ducts, 7,420 lineal ft steel shapes, 11,150 sq ft steel plate, 800 ft hoses, 60 filters, 1.5 miles of pipe, 2,144 gallons of paint, 14,000 ft electronic cable and 3,000 ft fiber-optic cable, 52,000 ft electric cable, 1,300 lineal ft nomex panels, 6,500 sq ft underlayment/carpet/dielectric matting, and 15,000 sq ft fiberglass insulation; tradesmen 'upgraded the Cutter for habitability and environmental compliance, installed new electronics systems, an emergency diesel generator, and a helicopter landing deck, and improved the Cutter's mechanical systems.'

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-26

   Study period

   1997-11 to 1999-07

   Population

   Coast Guard Yard tradesmen (~300 employees credited); conversion-era workforce

   Limitations

   The only ship-specific materials record located - and it documents what was INSTALLED (fiberglass insulation, nomex panels), not what was removed. 'Environmental compliance' upgrades are stated without scope; no asbestos statement appears anywhere in the document. Does not establish that legacy asbestos was or was not aboard, disturbed, or abated during the conversion.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-edenton-ats1-04

5. [5]USCG datasheet 'CGC Alex Haley (WMEC 39)' (uscg.mil/datasheet/haleywmec.asp, via Wayback 2009-02-10); DVIDS 'USCG Unit Spotlight: "Bulldog of the Bering" Coast Guard Cutter Alex Haley' (news/247775) [other_primary]

   Locator

   Datasheet spec table and narrative block; DVIDS article text (official USCG public-affairs product)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Official USCG datasheet and DVIDS unit spotlight document the post-conversion identity: recommissioned for Coast Guard duty 1999-07-10; 282 ft length, 50 ft beam, ~3,000 tons; power plant four Caterpillar diesels, two shafts with controllable-pitch propellers, bow thruster; homeport Kodiak, Alaska. The DVIDS spotlight ('Bulldog of the Bering,' USCG PAD) states the former USS Edenton 'served as a salvage and rescue ship for 24 years'; that the ship's aging engines 'were replaced by four 16-cylinder diesel engines'; and that 'its salvage equipment and machinery were soon replaced by a flight deck, retractable hangar and an air-search radar.' Cutter named for Alex Haley, the Coast Guard's first African American chief petty officer, first Chief Journalist, and author of Roots.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-26

   Study period

   1999-2017 (sources); identity documented through conversion

   Population

   USCG crew ~100 officers and enlisted (DVIDS)

   Limitations

   Official USCG sources for the post-transfer identity. '24 years' Navy service is the spotlight's rounding of the 1971-1996 span (~25.2 years by NVR). ShipScribe's class page shows 'WMEC 42' for the conversion - the WMEC-39 number in all official USCG sources is adopted; discrepancy logged. No asbestos or materials content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-edenton-ats1-05

6. [6]U.S. Coast Guard 17th District Alaska, 'Coast Guard Cutter Alex Haley crew returns to Kodiak, Alaska, following a 7-month-long maintenance period' (2023-01-13), distributed via govdelivery USDHSCG bulletin 3427a36 [other_primary]

   Locator

   Release body; live news.uscg.mil URL returned 403 to automated fetch - govdelivery is the USCG's official distribution channel

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   USCG 17th District release (distributed 2023-01-13): the cutter completed a seven-month drydock maintenance period in Seattle, Washington (returned to Kodiak 2023-01-12), with more than $6 million of repairs including major overhauls of the controllable-pitch propeller system, speed reducers, rudders, and boilers, plus fuel/sewage/water tank inspections and flight-deck/navigation/electronics renewals; the release describes Alex Haley as 'a 52-year-old 282-foot Medium Endurance Cutter that has been homeported in Kodiak since 1999' and 'the Coast Guard's primary asset in the Bering Sea.'

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-26

   Study period

   2022-2023

   Population

   USCG crew; drydock contractors (Seattle)

   Limitations

   Documents a 2022-23 maintenance availability and continued active status - the most recent official status datum located. The 'boilers' reference likely denotes auxiliary/heating boilers on a diesel-driven cutter (main propulsion documented as Caterpillar diesels); boiler type and any insulation work are not specified. No asbestos or materials content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-edenton-ats1-06

7. [7]U.S. Coast Guard Contract Forecast, 'USCGC ALEX HALEY (WMEC 39) DS FY23' work-item list (republished by HigherGov); SAM.gov drydock-repair notice 'CGC ALEX HALEY FY26' (SAM#8952, republished by fbodaily 2026-05-31) [other_primary]

   Locator

   Forecast entry 1044932, dockside work items list; FY26 notice via fbodaily.com archive 2026-05-31 (SAM#8952). The underlying sources are USCG/SAM.gov procurement records - HigherGov and fbodaily are commercial aggregators republishing federal data

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   A USCG dockside (DS) work-item list for CGC Alex Haley (WMEC-39) FY23, republished in a federal contract-forecast aggregator, includes among repair items 'pipe insulation renewal' and 'vent insulation renewal' - documenting that insulation systems aboard this hull are subject to recurring maintenance renewal in Coast Guard service, without identifying the insulation material. A further drydock-repair procurement for the cutter was listed for FY26 (SAM notice republished 2026-05-31), consistent with continued active service.

   Verification

   partial

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-26

   Study period

   FY2023 (forecast); work-period ~2023

   Population

   Dockside contractors (Kodiak availability)

   Limitations

   Planned-work forecast, not a completion record - whether every listed item was executed is unverified. 'Insulation renewal' names the system, not the material; fiber content is not stated and cannot be inferred. Does not establish that asbestos was or is aboard, or that asbestos work was performed.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-edenton-ats1-07

8. [8]ShipScribe, 'USS Edenton (ATS 1) Class' page (shipscribe.com/usnaux2/ATS/ATS01.html), compiled by Stephen S. Roberts from official records including NARA RG 19 Entry P 26 Box 27 [other_primary]

   Locator

   Class notes, construction and disposition tables, ship notes row ATS 1

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   ShipScribe EDENTON (ATS 1) class page (compiled from official records incl. NARA RG 19 Entry P 26, Box 27): the ATS type originated in a 1957 COMSERVPAC proposal to replace ATF/ARS types; design SCB Project No. 719.66 (characteristics approved 1964-12-28), revised through SAIP Project No. 719.71 (1972-10-19). In late 1965 the U.S. decided to procure some support ships - ultimately the AGS 29 and ATS 1 classes - in British yards in reciprocity for planned British purchases of U.S. military goods, principally the F-111; the three FY 1966-67 ships became ATS 1-3 (ATS 4-5 authorized but cancelled March 1973; ATS 6 not authorized). Construction table for Edenton: ordered 1966-08-19, keel 1967-03-28, launch 1968-05-15, commission 1971-01-23 - matching NVR. Disposition: decommissioned 1996-03-29, stricken 1997-12-29, transferred to the U.S. Coast Guard 1997-11-18; converted to USCGC Alex Haley. Class notes describe the class's British-manufactured Paxman diesel engines - 'difficulties in maintaining the ships of these two classes because of their foreign-manufactured components' - and record that Edenton's engines were replaced with Caterpillars during the Coast Guard conversion.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-26

   Study period

   1957-1999 (class design and disposition history)

   Limitations

   Privately maintained reference work compiling official records (NARA RG 19 design files and registers), not itself a government publication - accepted as reference quality and flagged accordingly; milestone dates corroborate NVR. Its 'WMEC 42' conversion hull number conflicts with WMEC-39 in all official USCG sources - not asserted. No asbestos content on the page.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-edenton-ats1-08

9. [9]U.S. Navy Supervisor of Salvage and Diving (NAVSEA), 'Salvage Report - Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm, Vol. I' (July 1992) [other_primary]

   Locator

   Report front matter and narrative (single-ship deployment passage; USS BEAUFORT commendation section)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   The NAVSEA-hosted 'U.S. Navy Salvage Report - Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm, Vol. I' (July 1992) records that only 'a single Navy salvage ship' was deployed to the Arabian Gulf, naming USS BEAUFORT (ATS-2) throughout as that ship ('USS BEAUFORT set a new standard for salvage excellence'; combat-casualty assistance to Tripoli and Princeton; aircraft and Tomahawk recovery). No deployment of USS Edenton to the Gulf appears in the report. Secondary sources implying Edenton Desert Storm service are not supported by the official salvage record; the ship's Gulf-era decoration is the National Defense Service Medal, a period award not requiring in-theater presence.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   correction

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-26

   Study period

   1990-1992

   Limitations

   Corrects an attribution, not a ship characteristic: documents that the class's Gulf salvage deployment was Beaufort (ATS-2). Absence of Edenton from this report cannot alone prove she performed no Gulf-era tasking (the report covers salvage operations, not all tasking), but no source searched documents an Edenton Gulf deployment - the claim rests on secondary-source conflation of the sister ships.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-edenton-ats1-09

10. [10]U.S. General Accounting Office, HRD-80-2, 'Navy's Efforts to Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure' (Oct. 18, 1979), review of Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards [gao]

    Locator

    Report summary/timeline sections; gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch (standing issue) - content verified via Wayback download and indexed excerpts

    Finding type

    asbestos_application

    Finding

    GAO HRD-80-2 ('Navy's Efforts to Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure,' October 18, 1979) documents the Navy asbestos-elimination timeline that frames this hull's construction era: Navy thermal-insulation product specifications were revised to asbestos-free materials in 1973; the eliminate-asbestos policy issued October 1975 (NAVSEAINST 5100.2); and ships 'were delivered with asbestos insulation as late as May 1978' because stock was already purchased. The Navy's January 1979 statement to GAO recorded that all ships then in service contained some quantity of asbestos - citing piping-system gaskets and packing, floor/deck tiling, galley-range and equipment cabling insulation, electrical resistors, and brakes and clutches as continuing shipboard applications. Edenton was contracted August 1966, built 1967-1971, and delivered January 5, 1971 - squarely inside the documented asbestos-insulation delivery era.

    Verification

    inferred

    Role

    context

    Documentation level

    class_or_era

    Accessed

    2026-09-26

    Study period

    1979 report covering 1973-1979 policy; applied to 1966-1971 build era

    Population

    Navy ship crews and shipyard workers (fleet-wide context)

    Limitations

    Program/era-level Navy-wide documentation; does not name this hull. Supports the era inference that a hull delivered Jan 1971 likely carried asbestos applications - but cannot prove it for this hull: she was built under USN contract at a British commercial yard, and whether Navy insulation specifications or British yard practice governed her outfit is not documented. Does not establish quantity, location, present-day presence, exposure, or causation.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-edenton-ats1-10

11. [11]NAVSEA FOIA Reading Room, 'Asbestos' index of asbestos-related specifications and QPLs [other_primary]

    Locator

    QPL/spec index entries with issue-date ranges; live page 403s to automated fetch - content verified via Wayback capture

    Finding type

    regulatory

    Finding

    The NAVSEA FOIA Reading Room 'Asbestos' page indexes historical asbestos-related military specifications and Qualified Products Lists active through this ship's procurement and construction window: MIL-I-24244 thermal-insulation spec and superseding MIL-I-24244A; asbestos-fiber insulation felt QPL-15091; metallic-asbestos spiral-wound gaskets QPL-15342 and QPL-16265/QPL-16680; asbestos high-pressure rod packing QPL-17340/QPL-17349; compressed asbestos sheet gasket material QPL-17472; asbestos pipe-covering coating compounds QPL-19564/QPL-19565; compressed asbestos packing QPL-46.

    Verification

    inferred

    Role

    context

    Documentation level

    class_or_era

    Accessed

    2026-09-26

    Study period

    specifications active through 1966-1971 build window

    Limitations

    A specification index, not a hull record: it documents which asbestos-product specs remained qualified during this ship's 1966-1971 contract and build, not whether this ship contains them. Application of any listed product to ATS-1 is unverified; a British-built hull under USN contract adds sourcing uncertainty the index cannot resolve.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-edenton-ats1-11

12. [12]Gun RT et al., 'Asbestos-related cancer in naval personnel: findings from participants in the British nuclear tests 1952-1967,' Scientific Reports (2023); Harries PG et al., Occup Environ Med 29(3):274-279 (1972); Sheers G, Templeton AR, BMJ 3(5618):574-579 (1968) [other_primary]

    Locator

    Sci Rep article text (ACM-in-British-naval-vessels passage); OEM/BMJ citations via the naval-dockyard literature record

    Finding type

    asbestos_application

    Finding

    Peer-reviewed medical-history literature documents that asbestos-containing materials 'were present in British and Australian naval vessels throughout the twentieth century, and programs for asbestos elimination only began in the 1980s,' with the greatest onboard exposure likelihood in engine-room maintenance disturbing asbestos on pipework and machinery - context relevant to this hull because she was built at a British commercial yard (Brooke Marine, Lowestoft) in 1967-1971 under a U.S. Navy contract. UK naval-dockyard asbestos disease was itself documented contemporaneously by Harries et al. (Occupational and Environmental Medicine 1972) and Sheers & Templeton (BMJ 1968).

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    context

    Documentation level

    class_or_era

    Accessed

    2026-09-26

    Study period

    1967-1971 build era; literature through 2023

    Population

    British shipyard workers (Brooke Marine, 1967-71) as era context

    Limitations

    Country/era-level scholarly documentation of asbestos aboard British naval vessels; does not name this hull and does not establish that asbestos was or remains aboard. Whether USN specifications or British shipbuilding practice governed material selection for this contract is itself undocumented - the row frames that uncertainty, it does not resolve it.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-edenton-ats1-12

13. [13]U.S. EPA Region III, Federal Facility Agreement under CERCLA Sec. 120 for U.S. Coast Guard Yard, Curtis Bay (docket CERC-03-2008-0097-FF) [other_primary]

    Locator

    FFA site descriptions: Site 7 burn pit (mid-1940s-possibly 1960s), 'disposal and intermittent incineration of ... asbestos-containing materials'

    Finding type

    environmental_record

    Finding

    The conversion venue is a documented federal hazardous-materials site: the Coast Guard Yard at Curtis Bay, Baltimore - where the 1997-99 Alex Haley conversion was performed - is subject to a CERCLA section 120 Federal Facility Agreement (EPA Region III, docket CERC-03-2008-0097-FF). The FFA identifies Site 7, the Yard's burn pit used from the mid-1940s to the 1960s, among remedial areas containing disposed asbestos-containing materials - a facility-level record predating the Edenton conversion by decades.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    context

    Documentation level

    context_only

    Accessed

    2026-09-26

    Study period

    1940s-2008 (facility record); conversion venue 1997-99

    Population

    Coast Guard Yard workforce (facility context)

    Limitations

    Facility-level environmental record for the conversion yard - NOT ship documentation. The ACM record concerns 1940s-60s disposal areas of the yard, decades before the 1997-99 conversion; no document located ties yard asbestos to work on this hull. Included to bound what 'conversion at an asbestos-documented yard' does and does not establish: individual exposure, shipboard material, causation - none is established.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-edenton-ats1-13

14. [14]NavSource Online Service Ship Photo Archive, USS Edenton (ATS-1) page (09/31/3101) - U.S. Navy/DoD/DVIC photo captions and NARA NAID identifiers [other_primary]

    Locator

    Photo caption entries: Little Creek 1974-06-20; DN-ST-89-11246 (1989-08-08); DN-ST-92-03956 (1991-10-03); NAIDs 7577227/7577228

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Official DoD/Navy imagery captions archived at NavSource document the hull's operating record: USS Edenton at Little Creek, Virginia, 1974-06-20; at anchor off the Virginia Capes 1989-08-08 (photo DN-ST-89-11246, RG 330); and positioning battleship Wisconsin (BB-64) on 1991-10-03 preparatory to towing her to the Philadelphia Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (photo DN-ST-92-03956, RG 330). NARA catalog records for Brooke Marine construction-progress photography of the class (June and August 1969) also exist (NAIDs 7577227, 7577228). NavSource's own ribbon display adds a Secretary of the Navy Letter of Commendation to the awards in the CNO letter.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    supporting

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-26

    Study period

    1969-1991

    Population

    Ship's company

    Limitations

    The underlying imagery is official U.S. Navy/DoD (DVIC photo numbers and NARA NAIDs cited in captions); the NavSource host is a private volunteer archive - caption metadata is accepted as reproduced from official captions. NavSource's ribbon display (incl. SECNAV Letter of Commendation and four Battle 'E's) differs from the CNO letter's three Battle 'E's and is not corroborated by an official awards source - CNO-letter counts adopted; discrepancy logged. No asbestos content.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-edenton-ats1-14

15. [15]Batch-3028 search ledger (this record): NVR, official USCG sources, ShipScribe, GAO, NAVSEA FOIA index, NavSource, EPA, CourtListener [other_primary]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-edenton-ats1-01 through sl-uss-edenton-ats1-16

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, environmental record, or docketed case naming USS Edenton, ATS-1, or USCGC Alex Haley was found across the sources searched (archived NVR record, official USCG history/datasheet/release pages, ShipScribe class file, GAO HRD-80-2, NAVSEA FOIA asbestos index, NavSource archive, CourtListener opinion and docket sweeps). No DANFS/NHHC ship-history entry exists for Edenton - the only Edenton-class hull without one - and no digitized NHHC command-operation reports exist for ATS-1 or her sisters.

    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 - for this hull the era documentation (1967-71 construction, delivered Jan 1971, pre-1973 asbestos-free spec) makes asbestos presence plausible-to-likely but unproven; the active-service hull also means maintenance-era materials state is undocumented, not absent. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-edenton-ats1-15

16. [16]CourtListener API v4 search sweep via fleet-authenticated helper (queries: '"USS Edenton"', '"Edenton" asbestos', '"Edenton"', '"ATS-1"', '"Alex Haley"' + maritime terms; RECAP '"Edenton"') [court_record]

    Locator

    Opinion-type (o) and RECAP (r) queries; collision sets reviewed to stated depth; individual query results in search_ledger

    Finding type

    litigation_documented

    Finding

    CourtListener sweep (authenticated API v4 via fleet helper, 2026-09-26): '"USS Edenton"' opinions -> 0 hits. '"Edenton" asbestos' opinions -> 1 hit (Thomas v. Raleigh Gas Co., N.C. 1940 - the NC town, name collision). '"Edenton"' opinions (720 hits, first page + targeted review) -> all name collisions: Edenton, N.C. municipal/school matters (Edenton-Chowan School Board), the Edenton Cotton Mill, and surnames. '"ATS-1"' opinions -> 39 hits, all reviewed - every hit a collision (Alien Tort Statute 'ATS' litigation and companies named ATS/ATS-1 Corp.); zero ship references. '"Alex Haley"' + ship/cutter/vessel/Coast Guard opinions -> 10 hits, all author/estate-name collisions; none about the cutter. '"Edenton"' RECAP dockets (1,589 dockets / 5,584 documents, sampled) -> all surname/town collisions; no maritime or ship-related case identified. No qualifying asbestos-litigation record naming this hull located.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    negative_finding

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-26

    Study period

    2026-09-26

    Limitations

    Sweep verifies no opinion-level or located docket-level asbestos hit naming the hull. The 1,589-docket bare-'Edenton' RECAP set was sampled, not exhaustively reviewed; a deeper '"USS Edenton"'/'"ATS-1"' RECAP pass and any 'WMEC-39' query were deferred by the fleet pacing budget - pleading-stage claims naming the vessel cannot be fully excluded.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-edenton-ats1-16

17. [17]NARA RG 19 record-group guide (via ShipScribe special-sources note); NARA RG 24 deck-log program; NARA catalog NAIDs; DTIC accession listings AD0889646/AD0904368; USCG Historian's Office cutter-file collection [other_primary]

    Locator

    RG 19 record-group guide; NARA catalog (NAIDs 7577227-7577228); DTIC public catalog (PDF delivery bot-blocked); NHHC COR directory check - no digitized volumes for any Edenton-class hull

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Archival leads (not retrieved - no research-room visit or reproduction order authorized): (a) NARA RG 19 (Bureau of Ships), Entry P 26 Preliminary Design Branch files - ShipScribe cites Box 27 for the SCB 719.66 ATS design files, the likeliest public record path to the class's material/insulation specifications; (b) NARA RG 24 deck logs for USS Edenton 1971-1996; (c) NARA RG 330 still pictures incl. construction-progress NAIDs 7577227/7577228 and DVIC photo numbers DN-ST-89-11246, DN-ST-92-03956; (d) DTIC technical reports with cataloged abstracts: AD0889646 (NSRDC-3762, standardization trials, Oct 1971) and AD0904368 (Report 3961, tactical/maneuvering trials, Jul 1972) - PDFs bot-blocked, contents unreviewed; (e) USCG Historian's Office Alex Haley (WMEC-39) cutter file; (f) Coast Guard Yard conversion work packages (1997-99) - the likeliest path to any abatement/insulation-removal scope; (g) Brooke Marine yard records - the firm was nationalized into British Shipbuilders July 1977 and closed in the 1980s-90s; surviving records disposition unknown.

    Verification

    unverified

    Role

    archival_lead

    Documentation level

    context_only

    Accessed

    2026-09-26

    Study period

    1966-1999 records

    Limitations

    Record-group mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; whether asbestos-specific documents exist for this hull is unknown until surveyed. The DTIC reports' existence is catalog-verified but contents unread. The Brooke Marine records-disposition claim rests on secondary corporate histories. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-edenton-ats1-17