Evidence
13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).
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[1]Naval Vessel Register (nvr.navy.mil), USS EMORY S LAND (AS 39) ship-details page, via Internet Archive Wayback capture 2024-06-07 (live page requires DoD OAM authentication for automated fetch) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR ship-details table: VESSEL STATUS, MILESTONE DATES, PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS, PROGRAM CHARACTERISTICS blocks
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Naval Vessel Register entry for USS EMORY S LAND (AS 39), submarine tender, class AS 39, UIC 20635: status 'Active, in commission,' U.S. Pacific Fleet; homeport NAVAL BASE, GUAM; custodian MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND; planning yard MSC; ships program manager COMSUBPAC/MSC; builder Lockheed Shipbuilding & Construction Co. Milestones: award 11/20/1974; keel 03/02/1976; launch 05/04/1977; delivery 03/02/1979; commission 07/07/1979; no decommission/inactivation/stricken dates. Characteristics: steel hull and superstructure; overall length 644 ft; waterline length 620 ft; extreme beam 85 ft; max navigational draft 29 ft; light displacement 13,911 tons; full displacement 22,978 tons; deadweight 9,067 tons; 1 propeller; propulsion type 'Steam Turbine'; accommodations 83 officers / 1,270 enlisted. Page last updated 03/04/2019.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1974-2024
- Limitations
- Official Navy registry via 2024-06-07 Wayback capture; the live NVR page redirected automated requests to DoD single-sign-on on 2026-09-26 and NVR lists the page's own last update as 03/04/2019, so status fields could be stale relative to present-day tasking. Accommodations are berthing capacity, not necessarily current crew size. Contains no asbestos or materials statement; supports no asbestos claim by itself.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-emory-s-land-as39-01
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[2]Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet (COMSUBPAC), official USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) ship page - 'History of USS Emory S. Land' (csp.navy.mil), via Internet Archive Wayback capture 2026-04-11 [other_primary]
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- History section full text (Wayback capture) + 'Vice Admiral Emory S. Land' namesake subpage (same ship site: Chief Bureau of Construction and Repair 1932-1937; USMC Chairman from Feb. 18, 1938; WSA Administrator 1942-45; died Nov. 1971); live pages return HTTP 403 to automated fetch (Akamai)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official COMSUBPAC ship history: keel laid March 2, 1976; launched May 4, 1977, christened by sponsor Mrs. Sarah H. Long; delivered to the U.S. Navy March 2, 1979; placed in commission July 7, 1979. Construction required 12,500 tons of steel, 142 miles of electric cable, and 30 miles of piping. First of the Navy's then-newest class of submarine tenders, designed (but not limited) to support Los Angeles-class fast attack submarines, with 'an engineering plant similar to that of a small town' plus maintenance repair, fabrication and service shops. Service: deployed to the Pacific Fleet September 1980 (Indian Ocean Battle Group); Officer in Tactical Command July 1986 International Naval Review transit; tactical communications platform for Submarine Squadrons EIGHT and SIX August 1987; 1988 world deployment of 182 days / 26,011 nm incl. 92 days anchored in the North Arabian Sea tending Joint Task Force Middle East units; Submarine Group TWO flagship during July 1993 Boston port visit hosting the CinC of the Russian Northern Fleet; April 6, 1999 departed Norfolk for La Maddalena, Italy, relieving USS Simon Lake (AS-33) as forward-deployed Mediterranean tender; Operation Enduring Freedom support 2001; three-month Eastern Mediterranean deployment for Operation Iraqi Freedom 2003; departed La Maddalena 2007 for Bremerton, Washington for a Docking Phased Maintenance Availability and the first-ever Navy-Military Sealift Command hybrid crew conversion ('Unlike other ships operated by MSC, LAND remains a USS naval vessel under the command of a U.S. Navy Captain'); sailed June 14, 2010 for new forward-deployed homeport Diego Garcia (61-day, 10,000-mile voyage via Pearl Harbor, Guam, Singapore). Awards: Navy Unit Commendation, three Meritorious Unit Commendations, eleven Battle 'E' awards, four Navy Expeditionary Medals, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Kosovo Campaign Medal, GWOT Expeditionary Medal, NATO medal.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1976-2010
- Population
- Ship's crew; tended submarine and surface-combatant crews; shipyard workers (Bremerton availability)
- Limitations
- Official U.S. Navy command page. The page's compressed wording places the Bremerton move in '2005 and 2006'; contemporaneous Navy photo captions and the Kitsap Sun (carried in sl-11) fix the actual arrival at Naval Base Kitsap as November 29, 2007, with the PSNS overhaul running 2008-2010. Namesake biography sourced from the command's namesake subpage via search extraction. Contains no asbestos, insulation, or materials statement; supports no asbestos claim by itself.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-emory-s-land-as39-02
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[3]GAO HRD-80-2 (B-163375), 'Navy's Efforts to Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure' (Oct. 18, 1979), Enclosure I: Department of the Navy, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, letter Ser 4542/318054 (5 Jan 1979) with Attachment 1 ship list, p. 10 of enclosure [gao]
- Locator
- Enclosure I, Attachment 1 table, 'SUBMARINE TENDER - AS' block (report page 10 of Enclosure I); live gao.gov returns 403 to automated fetch - 2026-08-10 Wayback capture of the PDF used
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- The U.S. Navy's own ship-by-ship asbestos inventory lists this hull as asbestos-free in thermal insulation. Enclosure I to CNO letter Ser 4542/318054 of 5 January 1979 (reproduced in GAO report HRD-80-2), 'List of U.S. Navy Ships Delivered Since 1973 or Under Construction (Ship Class, Name and Hull Number and Status of Thermal Insulation),' carries under 'SUBMARINE TENDER - AS': EMORY S. LAND, hull 39, start 6/75, delivery 1/79 - grouped annotation 'Asbestos-free thermal insulation' covering AS-39, AS-40 (FRANK CABLE), and AS-41 (MCKEE). Per Attachment Note 1, 'thermal insulation' means insulation for machinery, equipment and piping; the note adds that asbestos is also used in shipboard applications for which no suitable asbestos-free substitutes had been designated - 'i.e., gaskets and pipe hanger liners.' The list's dates are projected as of the letter date (delivery shown 1/79 vs. actual delivery 3/2/1979; 'start' shown 6/75 vs. keel laid 3/2/1976).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- Document dated 1979-01-05; construction window 1976-1979
- Population
- Ship's company and repair/maintenance personnel aboard (residual non-insulation applications); Lockheed construction workforce
- Limitations
- This is affirmative government documentation of absence, not of presence: it establishes that AS-39's thermal insulation (machinery, equipment, piping) was specified asbestos-free as built. It does NOT establish an asbestos-free ship - the same attachment's Note 1 and letter text state asbestos remained in gaskets, pipe hanger liners, and other shipboard applications lacking substitutes on all ships. Grouped annotation visually covers all three AS hulls; table dates are pre-delivery projections. Does not establish present-day material condition, individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-emory-s-land-as39-03
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[4]GAO HRD-80-2 (B-163375), Enclosure I, CNO letter Ser 4542/318054 (5 Jan 1979) - policy narrative paragraphs [gao]
- Locator
- Enclosure I letter text, pp. 1-3 (discussion of 1973 specification change, NAVSEAINST 5100.2 of 24 Oct 1975, May 1978 last deliveries, residual applications)
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- The same Navy correspondence documents the transition framework under which AS-39 was built: thermal-insulation specifications were changed to require asbestos-free materials by late 1973; the no-asbestos policy statement NAVSEAINST 5100.2 was issued 24 October 1975; ships 'well under construction and already insulated' nevertheless 'continued through to delivery as late as May 1978 with asbestos insulation.' The letter further states 'all ships presently in service contain some quantity of asbestos,' enumerating asbestos in electrical resistor bodies, ship-deck floor tiling, galley-range cabling, piping-system gaskets and packing, and equipment brakes and clutches: 'There are so many common uses of asbestos that it is nearly impossible to build a Navy ship free of the mineral.' AS-39 (projected delivery 1/79 in the same table, actual delivery 3/2/1979) postdates the documented last-asbestos-delivery window by ~10 months - consistent with its asbestos-free thermal-insulation listing.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1973-1979
- Population
- Fleet-wide shipboard personnel (context)
- Limitations
- Fleet/program-level statements, not a hull record - 'all ships presently in service' is the Navy's general characterization. It establishes that residual asbestos applications were normal fleet practice for the era this ship entered service; it does not itemize which residual applications were actually installed aboard AS-39, nor quantity, condition, or present-day presence.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-emory-s-land-as39-04
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[5]Johnson v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp., No. 2:24-cv-00491-LK, Doc. 144 (W.D. Wash. Jan. 26, 2026) - order granting defendants' summary judgment (40-page order; copy reviewed from public docket PDF) [court_record]
- Locator
- Doc. 144 sections I.A (industry history), I.C ('Lockheed Operated a Shipyard Where Asbestos Was Present'), and analysis pp. 36-38 (1979 boiler incident Dkt. 128 at 801-02; May 1980 Ecology penalty Dkt. 128 at 799)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Federal litigation documents asbestos conditions at the shipyard that built this hull during the construction era. Johnson v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp. (W.D. Wash. No. 2:24-cv-00491-LK, Doc. 144, filed Jan. 26, 2026) - a mesothelioma case for a Crosby & Overton laborer at Seattle-area yards - recites record evidence that: 'Asbestos was prohibited in new construction in 1974,' yet vessels built before 1974 continued to carry asbestos insulation; asbestos abatement work was performed at the yards 'through the '70s and '80s'; in 1979 a subcontractor at Lockheed reported being forced to work on an asbestos-containing boiler and to dispose of asbestos without proper protection; and in May 1980 Lockheed received a Washington Department of Ecology penalty notice for dumping 'asbestos lining into Elliott Bay.' Lockheed acknowledged it was 'likely' some older ships in the yard in the 1970s-80s contained asbestos insulation. These incidents fall within AS-39's construction/delivery window (keel 1976 - delivered March 1979) and AS-41's build (1978-1981). The court granted defendants' summary judgment - a merits-level negative for that plaintiff; the background recitals are litigation-record assertions, not adjudicated findings.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1970s-1980s events; order filed 2026-01-26
- Population
- Lockheed Shipbuilding workers and subcontractors, Seattle/Harbor Island, 1970s-1980s
- Limitations
- Yard-level litigation context, not a hull record: AS-39 is not named in the opinion; the documented asbestos incidents concern other vessels/boilers at the Lockheed yard contemporaneous with this hull's construction. Per litigation-stage discipline the order is a defense summary-judgment win - plaintiff's proof of exposure/causation failed at the merits stage; the historical recitals derive from party expert reports and exhibits, not adjudicated facts. Supports no ship-specific asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-emory-s-land-as39-05
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[6]Gorman v. Garlock, Inc., 155 Wn.2d 198, 118 P.3d 311 (2005) (Justia mirror of official opinion); McAllister v. Lockheed Shipbuilding, BRB No. 06-0646 (2006) and 39 BRBS 35 (2005) (dol.gov decision PDFs) [court_record]
- Locator
- Gorman opinion paras. 1-3 (employment at Lockheed and Todd 1960-75; LHWCA exclusivity); DOL BRB PDFs 04-0887.pdf and 06-0646.pdf
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Two adjudicated/appellate asbestos proceedings name the builder yard (not this hull). (1) Gorman v. Garlock, Inc., 155 Wn.2d 198, 118 P.3d 311 (2005): shipyard worker Donald Gorman alleged asbestos exposure at Lockheed Shipbuilding and Todd Shipyards Washington yards 1960-1975 and resulting lung cancer; the Washington Supreme Court affirmed dismissal - such suits against the employer are barred by the exclusive-remedy provision of the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (33 U.S.C. ch. 18). (2) McAllister v. Lockheed Shipbuilding (U.S. DOL Benefits Review Board): LHWCA death-benefits claim by the widow of a shipyard worker who died September 22, 2002 of left pleural mesothelioma; ALJ found 'clear, credible, and unrebutted' asbestos exposure evidence and identified Lockheed as last responsible employer (BRB 39 BRBS 35 (2005) vacated a conflated causation/responsible-employer analysis; 2006 remand decision 06-0646 addressed responsible-employer allocation among shipbuilders).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1960-2006
- Population
- Lockheed/Todd shipyard workers, 1960-1975 era
- Limitations
- Builder-yard-level adjudicated litigation - neither case names AS-39 nor ties exposure to this hull's construction contract; both document that asbestos exposure was claimed and adjudicated against the yard that built the ship (Gorman's employment window 1960-1975 precedes AS-39's 1976 keel). Gorman is a procedural ruling (LHWCA exclusivity), not a finding about any vessel. McAllister resolves employer liability allocation, not vessel-level exposure. Supports no ship-specific asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-emory-s-land-as39-06
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[7]U.S. EPA, Harbor Island (Lead) Superfund Site profile and OU3/OU7 Record of Decision (June 28, 1994); Federal Register 61 FR (Sep. 5, 1996) partial-deletion notice; Port of Seattle Terminal 10 (Lockheed Upland OU) cleanup page [other_primary]
- Locator
- EPA Superfund site profile (operable units list); EPA ROD 'Lockheed Shipyard, Harbor Island' decision summary; 61 FR 96-22646 partial-deletion notice
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- The builder's premises are a federal Superfund operable unit. EPA Region 10 records identify the Lockheed Shipyard facility on Harbor Island, Seattle, as Operable Unit 3 (upland) and OU 7 (sediments) of the Harbor Island (Lead) NPL site (listed 1983); a Record of Decision for the Lockheed upland unit was signed June 28, 1994 and the OU was proposed for partial NPL deletion in a September 5, 1996 Federal Register notice after cleanup. Documented contaminants are shipbuilding-related (petroleum, lead, copper, PCE, mercury, zinc, PAHs, PCBs in sediments); a contemporaneous state penalty for asbestos dumping into Elliott Bay (May 1980) appears in the Johnson v. Air litigation record (ev-05), not in the EPA ROD.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1983-1996 (site actions); operations era 1959-1986
- Population
- Lockheed Shipbuilding workforce; Harbor Island remediation workers
- Limitations
- Environmental record for the construction yard's premises only - the ROD's contaminants of concern are metals/solvents/PCBs, not asbestos; no ship-specific asbestos content. Establishes that the builder's facility was a documented hazardous-substance site during and after AS-39's construction. Supports no hull-level asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-emory-s-land-as39-07
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[8]NavSource AS-39 photo captions (PSNS dry dock 2009-09-03; departure 2010-03-01) and ship-prepared chronology PDF (MSC operation from 2010-02-01); U.S. Navy photo captions 071026-N-1082Z-017 (Norfolk departure Oct. 26, 2007) and 071129-N-2143T-001 (Kitsap arrival Nov. 29, 2007); Kitsap Sun Nov. 29, 2007 report (as quoted at tendertale.com); shipyard-exposure-map shipyards.json 'puget-sound-naval-shipyard' record [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 3639 photo-caption block (William Homer photos, Sept 2009 drydock; March 1, 2010 departure); navsource.net 3639c.pdf chronology; tendertale.com/tenders/139 quoting Kitsap Sun 11/29/07
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The hull underwent a multi-year industrial availability at a documented asbestos-site naval shipyard: departed La Maddalena September-October 2007, arrived Naval Base Kitsap Bremerton November 29, 2007 for what contemporaneous Navy photo captions and the Kitsap Sun described as a ~$80 million, ~10-month overhaul performed at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (PSNS) with first-ever Navy-MSC hybrid crew conversion; photographed in dry dock at PSNS September 3, 2009; departed PSNS March 1, 2010 for a Portland, Oregon commercial-yard post-overhaul repair availability; MSC assumed operation February 1, 2010 (ship-prepared chronology); departed June 14, 2010 for Diego Garcia. PSNS is a Tier-1 documented asbestos site in the companion yard dataset (OSHA-era health study DTIC AD0715808; peer-reviewed PMID 1065583 documenting 1962-1972 rip-out/overhaul exposures; NPL-listed WA2170023418).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2007-2010
- Population
- PSNS industrial trades and ship's hybrid crew during the 2007-2010 availability; Portland commercial-yard workforce (post-overhaul availability)
- Limitations
- The ship's presence in PSNS drydock is ship-specific documented history; the shipyard's asbestos documentation is yard-level and mostly pre-dates this availability by decades (the cited exposure studies cover 1962-1972). No asbestos abatement scope or hazmat work item for AS-39's 2007-2010 availability was located in public sources. NavSource 'MSC assumed operation 1 February 2008' conflicts with the ship-prepared chronology's 'MSC 01 Feb 2010' - 2010 adopted (conversion completed at end of the Bremerton period); discrepancy logged in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-emory-s-land-as39-08
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[9]DVIDS (Defense Visual Information Distribution Service) release 'Second submarine tender to be homeported in Guam' (2015-12-23); navy.mil photo 2001620117 caption (April 11, 2016 Guam return); NAVSEA article 'USS Hawaii (SSN 776) joins USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) in First-ever Nuclear-Powered Attack Submarine Maintenance Availability in Australia' (Aug. 22, 2024); SAM.gov solicitation N3220525R6015 [other_primary]
- Locator
- DVIDS release body; navsea.navy.mil Media/News/Article-View/Article/3882585; sam.gov workspace contract-opp view cca27a28e8d94f5d8ea88f9f9c2366f0 (samdaily.us mirror for presol)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Forward-deployed status and mission set confirmed by Navy releases: DVIDS release of December 23, 2015 announced the homeport change from Diego Garcia to Naval Base Guam to support four Guam-homeported fast-attack submarines and rotationally deployed submarines, describing 'an integrated crew of approximately 350 officers and enlisted Sailors working alongside 150 civil service mariners'; Navy photo caption records the ship's first return to Guam April 11, 2016. NAVSEA news (August 22, 2024) documents Emory S. Land at HMAS Stirling, Western Australia, conducting a Submarine Tendered Maintenance Period on USS Hawaii (SSN-776) - the first U.S. nuclear-powered submarine maintenance availability in Australia under AUKUS Pillar 1, with Australian personnel executing work under U.S. oversight after a January 2024 knowledge-exchange aboard the tender. MSC solicitation N3220525R6015 (SAM.gov, posted 2025) covers a Regular Overhaul/Drydocking May 1 - December 1, 2026 at a West Coast contractor facility (PSC J999 non-nuclear ship repair).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2015-2026
- Population
- Hybrid crew (~350 Sailors + ~150 civil-service mariners, 2015 release); tended submarine crews; Australian personnel embarked for AUKUS knowledge exchange (2024)
- Limitations
- Official Navy/DoD release content (DVIDS carries official service releases; NAVSEA article is command-published). Establishes current mission and crew scale - no asbestos, hazmat, or materials content. The FY26 ROH/DD solicitation confirms continued operation but its work package is not public; no asbestos scope is stated or can be inferred.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-emory-s-land-as39-09
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[10]Batch-2720 search ledger (this record): NVR (Wayback); COMSUBPAC history/about (Wayback); GAO HRD-80-2 full text incl. CNO attachment; NavSource 3639 + 3639c.pdf; tendertale AS-39 page; DVIDS/NAVSEA releases; EPA Harbor Island records; Johnson v. Air order; Gorman and McAllister decisions; CourtListener name/hull searches; targeted asbestos web searches [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-emory-s-land-as39-01 through sl-uss-emory-s-land-as39-16
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying positive ship-specific asbestos record located beyond the government asbestos-free-thermal-insulation listing: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazardous-material disclosure, industrial-hygiene report, or docketed asbestos case naming USS Emory S. Land or AS-39 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The ship-specific documentation that does exist (ev-03) documents absence for the thermal-insulation category only.
- 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 all asbestos aboard - the Navy's own 1979 correspondence (ev-04) states that every in-service ship retained asbestos in applications lacking substitutes (gaskets, pipe hanger liners, electrical, deck tile, galley cabling, brakes/clutches). An active commissioned vessel's present-day material condition is not publicly surveyed. Does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-emory-s-land-as39-10
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[11]CourtListener API v4 search '"Emory S. Land"' type=o - 15 results, all namesake collisions (incl. Land v. Dollar, 341 U.S. 737, opinion 104924; Harney v. Land opinions 4634034/4475206); '"AS-39"' sweep pending on fleet pace budget [court_record]
- Locator
- cl-auth-search.py '"Emory S. Land"' completed ~10:25 local after six paced retries; '"AS-39"' still budget-blocked at drafting
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion searches via the authenticated fleet-paced helper (API v4): '"Emory S. Land"' (type=o) returned 15 clusters - every hit is a name collision on the NAMESAKE, Vice Admiral Emory S. Land, in his official-capacity litigation as Chairman of the U.S. Maritime Commission / War Shipping Administration Administrator (Harney v. Land, T.C. 1950; Armstrong v. Land, D.D.C. 1946; Land v. Dollar, 341 U.S. 737 (1951) and its D.C. Cir. predecessor; Southern Steamship Co. v. NLRB, 316 U.S. 31 (1942); American-Hawaiian S.S. Co. v. United States, S.D.N.Y.; California Eastern Line v. Chairman, U.S. Maritime Commission, T.C. 1952; Atlantic Refining Co. v. United States, E.D. Pa. 1947; United States v. Dollar, N.D. Cal. 1951; Schumacher v. Aldridge, D.D.C. 1987 - citing Land v. Dollar; Johnson v. Knapp, Mass. 1888 - unrelated surname). None names the vessel; none is asbestos litigation. Classified: name collision (namesake), no qualifying asbestos litigation. Hull-number sweep '"AS-39"' pending at drafting - fleet pace budget saturated (see search_ledger).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- Name sweep complete; hull-number sweep INCOMPLETE at drafting - the shared pace budget re-saturated after the name query; a completed '"AS-39"' pass may update this row. CourtListener indexes published/appellate opinions and RECAP dockets only - not trial-court pleadings or settled MDL-875 claims. The name is distinctive but collides systematically with the namesake's official-capacity WWII litigation; every hit was inspected by caption and classified.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-emory-s-land-as39-11
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[12]NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive, USS Emory S. Land (AS-39), navsource.org/archives/09/36/3639.htm + navsource.net/archives/09/36/pdf/3639c.pdf (ship-prepared chronology, Roger Tyrrell) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Chronology block, Specifications block, contributed photo captions; chronology PDF submitted 2011-03-28
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource Service Ship Photo Archive entry for USS Emory S. Land (AS-39): Emory S. Land-class submarine tender; laid down March 2, 1976 at Lockheed Shipbuilding Corp., Seattle WA; launched May 4, 1977; commissioned July 7, 1979; assigned to the U.S. Atlantic Fleet and homeported at La Maddalena, Sardinia until September 2007; MSC operation stated as '1 February 2008' on the main page (ship-prepared chronology PDF 3639c.pdf states 'MSC 01 Feb 2010' - 2010 adopted, conflict logged in gaps). Specification block: displacement 13,911 t (lt) / 22,978 t (fl); length 649 ft; beam 85 ft; draft 29 ft max; speed 21 kts; armament two 40mm AA mounts, four 20mm AA mounts; complement 1,500; propulsion two boilers, one steam turbine, single propeller, 20,000 shp. Photo captions document the hull under construction at Lockheed in 1977 (builder's ways, launching May 4, 1977, christening by sponsor Mrs. Sara Long), underway in Puget Sound February 1979, Norfolk D&S piers 1982-1985, PSNS dry dock September 3, 2009, and departure from PSNS March 1, 2010.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1976-2010
- Limitations
- Volunteer-edited archive of official USN imagery and data, not itself an official record; live host did not resolve for automated fetch 2026-09-26 - 2025-04-26 Wayback capture used. Figures conflict with official sources in places (speed 21 kts here vs 18 kts in secondary summaries; complement 1,500 vs NVR berthing 83 officers/1,270 enlisted; MSC date 2008 vs ship chronology 2010) - NVR/official sources preferred for registry facts. Contains no asbestos or materials statement; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-emory-s-land-as39-13
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[13]NHHC Command Operations Reports collection index (history.navy.mil); NARA Guide to Federal Records RG 19/RG 24; GAO HRD-80-2 Enclosure I (weight-control-report methodology); SAM.gov N3220525R6015 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NHHC COR ship index listing 'Emory S. Land (AS-39) I'; NARA record-group guides; GAO Enclosure I paragraph on weight control reports
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - require research-room or reproduction order; no spend authorized): (1) NHHC Command Operations Reports collection holds 'Emory S. Land (AS-39) I' command histories (confirmed in the NHHC COR ship index; individual-year PDFs not located at resolvable URLs this session). (2) NARA RG 24 U.S. Navy ship deck logs, 1979-forward, College Park - not digitized. (3) NAVSEA/Bureau of Ships contract and construction records for the Lockheed hull (RG 19 lineage) - the CNO letter notes per-ship thermal-insulation weights are obtainable from weight-control reports; the AS-39 weight-control report, if extant, is the authoritative hull-level material quantity source. (4) Lockheed Shipbuilding corporate/yard records (Port of Seattle Terminal 10 / University of Washington regional collections) for the 1976-79 construction contract. (5) MSC FY26 ROH/DD work-item package under N3220525R6015 (access restricted by NDA per the solicitation notice).
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1974-2026 records
- Limitations
- Record-group and collection mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; whether asbestos-specific documents exist for this hull is unknown until surveyed. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-emory-s-land-as39-12