Evidence
13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).
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[1]research packet bk-packet.md (5 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-egeria-arl8-pkt-bk-packet-md
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[2]Naval History and Heritage Command, DANFS entry 'Egeria (ARL-8)' (published 2015-07-07; live page 404 on 2026-09-26 - text verified via Internet Archive Wayback capture 2024-05-26) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS 'Egeria (ARL-8)' full entry; Wayback capture https://web.archive.org/web/20240526174408/https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/e/egeria.html
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC DANFS entry 'Egeria (ARL-8)': class data (ARL-8: dp. 2,125; l. 328'; b. 50'; dr. 11'; s. 12 k.; cpl. 255; a. 1 3"; cl. Achelous). LST-136 launched by Chicago Bridge and Iron Works, Seneca, Ill., 23 November 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Delphine Z. Draut, placed in reduced commission 18 December 1943; proceeded to Baltimore, Md., decommissioned, converted to ARL-8, named Egeria 3 November 1943, recommissioned 30 March 1944, Lt. A. H. Wilson USNR in command. Panama Canal to San Diego, then Pearl Harbor; Eniwetok Lagoon 21 June - 16 July 1944 repairing damaged ships; 17 July joined a task unit for Guam; thereafter Saipan, Tinian, Leyte Gulf, Lingayen Gulf, Kerama Retto, Okinawa. After overhaul, June 1945 proceeded to Saipan, returned to Pearl Harbor converting LCIs for service as transports. 'Following decommissioning she was placed in the Pacific Reserve Fleet in January 1947.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1943-1947
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked repair personnel 1944-1946
- Limitations
- Authoritative service history of this hull; contains no asbestos, insulation, or materials statement - supports identity, conversion, service, and reserve-fleet layup only. DANFS text predates the 1977 striking and 1980 sale and gives no decommission or strike date ('January 1947' Pacific Reserve Fleet placement only). Live NHHC URL returns 404 (standing link-rot issue); capture date and URL recorded. Does not establish individual exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-egeria-arl8-01
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[3]Stephen S. Roberts, 'U.S. Navy Auxiliary Ships' (shipscribe.com), USS Achelous (ARL-1) class page incl. ARL-8 construction/disposition rows, class notes, ship note; compiled 2007-06-30 [other_primary]
- Locator
- ARL01.html class construction table, disposition table, class notes, ship note 8
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Stephen S. Roberts shipscribe auxiliary-ships reference, Achelous (ARL-1) class page: construction table - ARL-8 Egeria, reclassified 3 Nov 43, builder Chicago Bridge Seneca, keel 19 Jun 43, launch 23 Nov 43, commission 30 Mar 44. Disposition table - decommissioned 29 Nov 46, struck 1 Oct 77, disposal 29 May 80, fate 'MA/S' (MARAD sale), MA sale 29 May 80. Ship note: 'Ex LST-136 3 Nov 43. Ferry commission as LST-136 7 Dec 43 to 17 Jan 44 (from reduced to full commission at New Orleans ca. 18 Dec 43). Converted by Bethlehem Steel, Key Highway, Baltimore, Md. In USN reserve 1946-77. To buyer 20 Jun 80.' Class notes: all nine ARL-1-class ships built under LST contracts and reclassified/fitted as ARLs before entering service; ships transited from building to conversion yards as LSTs; COMINCH directed LST-to-repair-ship conversions 3 Dec 1942; ARL/ARB/AGP type designations approved by SecNav 13 Jan 43; seven of nine ARL-1-class conversions performed at Bethlehem-Key Highway, Baltimore, with Gibbs & Cox design agent for all LST conversions; ARL-1-class conversions welded the bow doors shut and relocated the stern anchor rig to the starboard bow. Class data: 2,125 t light / 4,100 t limiting; 328.0' oa x 50.0' e x 11.2' lim; complement 253 (1944); 11.6 kt; 1,800 hp GM diesels, 2 screws.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1943-1980
- Limitations
- Expert reference-work registry data (Roberts, compiled from BuShips/OpNav records) consistent with DANFS, NVR, and the MARAD status card on dates. Ferry-commission dates differ in detail from DANFS (which states reduced commission 18 Dec 1943) - reconciled in the correction row. No asbestos or materials content. Does not establish exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-egeria-arl8-02
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[4]NavSource Naval History, 'USS Egeria (ARL-8) ex USS LST-136,' Amphibious Photo Archive page 10/19/1908.htm (last updated 29 Sep 2017) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/19/1908.htm - chronology, Asiatic-Pacific campaign table, awards, spec block, CO table, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource Amphibious Photo Archive, USS Egeria (ARL-8) ex USS LST-136 page: laid down 19 June 1943 as LST-136 at Chicago Bridge and Iron Works, Seneca IL; launched 23 November 1943; placed in partial commission 18 December 1943 as USS LST-136 for transit to her conversion yard at Baltimore MD; decommissioned at Baltimore and converted to a Landing Craft Repair Ship (ARL); recommissioned USS Egeria (ARL-8) 30 March 1944, LT. Ansel H. Wilson USNR in command. Asiatic-Pacific campaigns: Leyte landings 20 October 1944; Okinawa Gunto assault and occupation 26 March - 14 June 1945. Decommissioned 29 November 1946; laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet; struck from the Naval Register 'date unknown' (resolved by NVR - see ev-07); Navy Unit Commendation for service in Salvage, Fire Fighting, and Rescue Unit, Service Force, 7th Fleet, Philippine Islands area, 6 January - 15 February 1945; two battle stars; turned over to MARAD for disposal; sold by MARAD 1 June 1980; scrapped 1980. Spec block: 3,900 t lt / 4,100 t fl; 328' x 50' x 11'2"; 11.6 kts; complement 20 officers / 230 enlisted; 1x3"/50, 2x quad 40mm w/Mk 51 directors, 6x twin 20mm; 2x GM 12-567A diesels, Falk reduction gear, 1,800 shp, twin rudders. Commanding officers: LT Ansel H. Wilson USNR (30 Mar 1944 - 30 Oct 1945); LCDR Clifford E. Mosier USN (30 Oct 1945 - Jul 1946); LTjg Raymone A. Black USN (Jul 1946 - 29 Nov 1946). NARA Bureau of Ships photos 19-N-63509, -63510, -63511, -63512, -63513 (post-conversion, Baltimore, c. April 1944).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1943-1980
- Population
- Ship's company and embarked repair personnel 1944-1946
- Limitations
- Standard volunteer-compiled per-hull reference reproducing official data (specs per BuShips-derived class data; CO table; campaign dates). Consistent with DANFS, shipscribe, and NVR on all overlapping points; its 'struck date unknown' is resolved by the NVR detail record (ev-07). No asbestos or materials content. Does not establish exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-egeria-arl8-03
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[5]Worrall Reed Carter, 'Beans, Bullets and Black Oil: The Story of Fleet Logistics Afloat in the Pacific During World War II' (Dept. of the Navy, 1953), Chapter XXVII - HyperWar transcription [other_primary]
- Locator
- BBBO Chapter XXVII, Kerama Retto salvage/repair sections (pp. ~331-340)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official Navy logistics history (Carter, 'Beans, Bullets and Black Oil,' Chapter XXVII, Logistics at Kerama Retto for the Okinawa Operation): on 27 March 1945 Task Group 51.6, the first salvage and repair facility, began operations at Kerama Retto 'with two fleet tugs, Yuma and Tekesta; 1 salvage tug, Clamp; and 1 landing-craft repair ship, Egeria,' established at the sheltered anchorage termed 'Cripple Creek' or 'Wiseman's Cove' to give emergency repairs to battle-damaged ships; her first job patched kamikaze-damaged destroyer Kimberly for return to Ulithi. Repair facilities were augmented 2 April by ARLs Endymion and Coronis and ARB Oceanus; facilities were soon overtaxed amid constant kamikaze threat. Egeria is also listed among Admiral Turner's repair ships at Kerama; 'Originally it was intended to use the Egeria and the landing ship dock Gunston Hall for repairs to boat-pool craft, but both had to be used' for heavier work.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1945-03-27 to 1945-06
- Population
- Egeria repair personnel and ship's company at Kerama Retto, 27 Mar - Jun 1945; crews of damaged ships alongside
- Limitations
- Official Navy historical monograph documenting this hull's forward battle-damage repair role under kamikaze attack - relevant occupational context (repair crews working on damaged ships and landing craft) but contains no asbestos or materials statement; does not establish exposure aboard this hull or the vessels repaired.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-egeria-arl8-04
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[6]Consolidated era inference - BuShips Ships' Data 1945 Vol. 2 LST design table (2x GM 12-567A diesels, ~1,700-1,800 shp; shipscribe.com scan) + era amphibious-ship construction practice (lst-1-class class profile) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v2 LST design table; class profile ev-lst-1-class-03
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Class/era inference for this diesel-powered LST-1-class hull converted to an Achelous-class ARL: no boilers - asbestos-relevant applications are GM diesel exhaust lagging and gaskets, engine-room thermal/acoustic insulation, deck coverings/tile, bulkhead and accommodation insulation, and winch/crane brake linings; ARL conversions added interior-outfitting scope (tank-deck shops, deckhouses, enlarged accommodation spaces) of the type where era insulation products were applied. The documented Bethlehem-Key Highway conversion plus wartime repair operations aboard damaged vessels are the plausible installation/disturbance pathways; nothing ship-specific documents asbestos.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1943-1980
- Population
- Chicago Bridge & Iron construction trades (Seneca, 1943); Bethlehem Key Highway conversion workforce (Baltimore, 1944); ship's force and repair personnel
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no ship-specific asbestos record exists for this hull. Does not establish that asbestos was or was not aboard, nor quantity, location, condition, individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-egeria-arl8-05
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[7]Historic American Engineering Record, SPHINX (ARL-24)/(LST-963), HAER No. VA-130 (historian Brian Clayton, 2008; NPS Heritage Documentation Programs; hosted by MARAD) [haer]
- Locator
- Sphinx HAER VA-130, Description/Design sections (39 pp.; full-text search for asbestos/insulat/lagging/magnesia = 0 hits per batch-2634 verification)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- HAER documentation of sister Achelous-class hull USS Sphinx (ARL-24, ex LST-963) records the class conversion pattern: the LST tank deck divided into shops and storerooms (metals machine shop, electrical repair, metals shaping, welding area, wood shop, stores, offices), superstructure additions - the same conversion scope performed on this hull at Bethlehem-Key Highway. Full-text search of the 39-page HAER report found zero mentions of asbestos, insulation, or lagging - the class conversion record contains no asbestos statement.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-2008 (document scope)
- Population
- ARL conversion-yard workers (class context)
- Limitations
- Documents a SISTER hull's conversion, not this ship; contains no asbestos statement at all - establishes conversion scope for the class only. Absence of asbestos text in the HAER record is a documentation gap, not evidence of absence aboard any hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-egeria-arl8-06
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[8]Naval Vessel Register detail page ARL8.htm (archived nvr.navy.mil, Wayback capture 2000-12-11); MARAD Vessel History Database, EGERIA (ARL-8) Detail 5857 incl. digitized status card 5857_AF.jpg (MA-20 Record of Ship Sales) [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- NVR details/ARL8.htm via https://web.archive.org/web/20001211153600/http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/ARL8.htm ; MARAD card https://vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/cards/5857_AF.jpg
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official disposition record: NVR detail page for EGERIA (ARL 8, ex-LST 136, UIC 50136) records Status 'Disposed of by MARAD sale,' date status changed 06/01/1980, Stricken Date 10/01/1977, custodian Maritime Administration (National Defense Reserve Fleet). MARAD Vessel History Database record 5857 (EGERIA (ARL-8), year built 1943, Chicago Bridge and Iron Company, 'ARL Repair Ship Small,' 328' x 50', 4,100 t summer / 3,900 t light, fate 'Sold -NTU') carries a digitized Record of Ship Sales (Form MA-20): awarded to Levin Metals Corporation 5-29-80, contract MA-9662, purchase price lump sum $300,000.00 for 2 vessels, location of vessel Bremerton, Wa.; remarks 'Advertised under PD-X-1031 dated 4-17-80 opened 5-21-80 under two condition: (1) NTU (2) SCRAP HULL-US. Award under condition (1) NTU.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1947-1980
- Population
- Levin Metals shipbreaking workforce (1980) - contextual, not an exposure finding
- Limitations
- Authoritative for strike date (1977-10-01), MARAD sale (status change 1980-06-01), sale award (1980-05-29), buyer (Levin Metals Corp.), contract MA-9662, and lay-up location (Bremerton). 'NTU' = non-transportation use; scrapping location not stated on the card. Note: the two PDF 'Historical Documents' attached to MARAD Detail 5857 are scans concerning a 291-ton American yacht named Egeria - a different vessel misfiled under this hull's record; they carry no ARL-8 information. No asbestos or materials content in either source.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-egeria-arl8-07
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[9]Cross-source reconciliation: DANFS; shipscribe ARL-1 class page (construction/disposition/ship notes); NavSource ARL-8 page (chronology, CO table, awards); NVR detail record; MARAD MA-20 card; U.S. Navy Memorial log for Achilles ARL-41 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry text; shipscribe ARL01.html tables and notes; NavSource 10/19/1908.htm; NVR ARL8.htm (Wayback 2000-12-11); MARAD card 5857_AF.jpg; navylog.navymemorial.org/achilles
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Source discrepancies reconciled: (a) Decommission date - NavSource and shipscribe record 29 November 1946 (consistent with the NavSource CO table ending LTjg Black's command that day); DANFS and derivative sources (Wikipedia, uboat.net) state only 'January 1947' Pacific Reserve Fleet placement; the record adopts 29 November 1946 decommission with January 1947 reserve-fleet berthing. (b) Strike date - NavSource records 'date unknown'; the NVR detail record gives 10/01/1977 and shipscribe agrees (1 Oct 77). (c) Disposal date - Wikipedia's Achelous-class table states 'Sold for scrapping, 18 September 1973,' a documented defect (that date is sister ships Atlas/Endymion's disposal date per shipscribe); the MARAD card and NVR record award 29 May 1980 / status change 1 June 1980. (d) Reduced-commission dates - DANFS states 18 December 1943; shipscribe records the LST-136 ferry commission as 7 December 1943 - 17 January 1944 with full commission at New Orleans ~18 December 1943. (e) Reported kamikaze strike - the U.S. Navy Memorial Lost at Sea log for sister ship Achilles (ARL-41) records a kamikaze crashing into Egeria during the 12 November 1944 San Pedro Bay attacks; neither DANFS nor NavSource's Egeria entry mentions such a hit - carried as uncorroborated. (f) Complement - DANFS 255; shipscribe 253 (1944); NavSource 20 officers / 230 enlisted - reported per source, not merged.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1943-1980 (events); 2000-2024 (source publications)
- Limitations
- Resolves publication-level discrepancies among authoritative and reference sources; does not affect identity or service timeline materially. The uncorroborated kamikaze report is retained as a flagged item, not asserted as fact. No asbestos content in any source.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-egeria-arl8-08
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[10]CourtListener API v4 search, authenticated via cl-auth-search.py (fleet-paced): 'Egeria' type=o (count 55); 'ARL-8' type=o (2, collisions); 'USS Egeria' type=o (0); 'LST-136' type=o (0) [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-egeria-arl8-05 through -08
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener sweeps 2026-09-26: 'Egeria' (type=o) returned 55 opinions; the 20-result first page is entirely name collisions - the Egeria Societa Per Azioni di Navigazione bankruptcy cluster (Bankr. E.D. Va. 1982-83, e.g., In re Egeria S.p.A. di Navigazione, 26 B.R. 494, and its citing/adversary cases: Ciel y Cia, Istituto Mobiliare Italiano, In re A. Tarricone), a 1920s Ninth Circuit matter concerning a steamship Egeria owned by a Coast Shipbuilding syndicate ('The Egeria'), Colorado water-rights litigation (Grimes-Brooks Reservoir v. Kayser), and incidental text matches - no asbestos case and nothing naming the naval vessel. 'ARL-8' (type=o) returned 2 non-ship collisions (Baughman v. Pall Corp., E.D.N.Y. securities class action - '(ARL)' magistrate-judge initials in docket numbers; CTS Investments v. Garfield County, Colo. property tax). 'USS Egeria' (type=o) 0 hits. 'LST-136' (type=o) 0 hits. No qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull or its hull numbers was located.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- Sweep of indexed opinions only - a name match is not automatically a case; all hits classified as collisions, not qualifying litigation. RECAP docket sweep and an asbestos-narrowed 'Egeria' opinion query were queued but deferred when the fleet pacing budget closed; coverage gap logged honestly (see report). Docket coverage is incomplete for pre-2000s filings; absence of a located docket does not prove no suit was ever filed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-egeria-arl8-09
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[11]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
- AJIM 11(3):359-373
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Peer-reviewed historical scholarship documents that asbestos was used extensively as a fireproofing and insulating material in U.S. shipbuilding during WWII - the era and emergency shipbuilding program under which this hull was built (Chicago Bridge & Iron, 1943) and converted (Bethlehem Steel Key Highway, Baltimore, 1944).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1940s era documented; article 1987
- Population
- WWII shipyard workers and ship crews (era context)
- Limitations
- Program/era-level scholarship on WWII shipbuilding generally; does not name this vessel or class and does not establish that asbestos was or was not aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-egeria-arl8-10
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[12]Batch-2642 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS via Wayback; NavSource; shipscribe ARL-1 class page; NVR via Wayback; MARAD ShipHistory 5857 + status card; BBBO ch. 27; Sphinx HAER VA-130; CourtListener name/hull sweeps; NARA deck-log series mapping [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-egeria-arl8-01 through -11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, material schedule, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming LST-136 / Egeria ARL-8 was found in the public sources searched (DANFS, NavSource archive, shipscribe class record, NVR detail record, MARAD ShipHistory + MA-20 status card, official Navy logistics history BBBO ch. 27, CourtListener, sister-hull HAER VA-130 - see search_ledger).
- 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 1943 Chicago Bridge-built LST converted to a repair ship at Bethlehem Key Highway is era-consistent with asbestos-containing outfitting. The hull was scrapped in 1980; no survey opportunity exists. Does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-egeria-arl8-11
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[13]NARA published guidance - RG 24 deck-log series NAID 594258; NARA still-picture holdings (RG 19 photo numbering per NavSource captions); NARA RG 38 operational records [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA military-records overview (deck logs, Special List 44); NARA deck-log project descriptions (NAID 594258)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - no spend authorized): (1) NARA RG 24 'Logbooks of the U.S. Navy Ships and Stations, 1941-1978' (NAID 594258, Archives II College Park) - deck logs for LST-136/Egeria 1943-46 would document the ferry passage, conversion availability, repair-party work, and Kerama Retto operations; (2) NARA RG 19 (BuShips) still imagery incl. photos 19-N-63509, -63510, -63511, -63512, -63513 (Egeria post-conversion, Baltimore, c. April 1944, per NavSource captions) and any conversion plan files; (3) NARA RG 38 WWII operational/action records for TG 51.6 at Kerama Retto; (4) NHHC Operational Archives ship history file for ARL-8; (5) BuShips/Bethlehem Key Highway conversion records for the ARL-1-class yard program.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1943-1980 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-egeria-arl8-12