Evidence
12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).
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[1]research packet br-packet.md (2 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-fabius-arva5-pkt-br-packet-md
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[2]NHHC, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, 'Fabius (ARVA-5)' (live page returns 404; cited via Internet Archive Wayback capture 2025-01-24) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry text; canonical NHHC URL https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/f/fabius.html (404 at access date)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS (NHHC): Fabius (ARVA-5) launched 11 April 1945 by American Bridge Co., Ambridge, Pa., sponsored by Mrs. W. R. Nichols, commissioned 7 June 1945 (Lt. Cmdr. A. Kutz). Arrived San Diego 28 July 1945 with passengers from the Canal Zone; sailed 7 August for Pearl Harbor, Saipan, Okinawa; repaired aircraft at Okinawa 17 September-10 December 1945; decommissioned and placed in reserve at San Diego 30 August 1946. Recommissioned 28 July 1950; repaired aircraft at Okinawa, various points in Japan, and Pohang, Korea, until 16 October 1951, then cleared Yokosuka for Long Beach; out of commission in reserve at San Diego 4 April 1952. Stricken from the Naval Vessel Register 1 June 1973; disposed of by Navy sale 1 January 1974. One battle star for Korean War service. DANFS stats: displacement 3,960; length 328'; beam 50'; draft 11'2"; speed 12 knots; complement 245; armament 2 40mm.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1945-1974
- Population
- Ship's company (~245), 1945-1946 and 1950-1952
- Limitations
- Authoritative official service history; contains no asbestos, insulation-material, or hazardous-materials information. Does not state laid-down or reclassification dates. Establishes identity, operations, and disposal method only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-fabius-arva5-01
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[3]Naval Vessel Register (nvr.navy.mil), ship detail page ARVA 5 and 'Ships, Both Coasts, Disposed' index (live NVR detail page offline; cited via Internet Archive Wayback capture 2001-12-24) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR details/ARVA5.htm; index row 'ARVA 5 ... FABIUS ... 58093' in nvrships/S_B_10.htm (Wayback capture 2000-12-02)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Naval Vessel Register disposed-ships record: 'FABIUS (ARVA 5) (ex-LST 1093), AIRCRAFT REPAIR SHIP, AIRCRAFT,' UIC 58093, class ARVA 5. Status: 'Disposed of, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping,' date status changed 01/01/1974; stricken date 06/01/1973.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1973-1974
- Limitations
- Official disposal record: establishes DRMS scrapping sale and stricken date. Does not identify buyer, scrapping yard, or any materials/hazmat condition. Status-change date granularity (01/01/1974) differs from register-recorded disposal 29 Jan 1974 / buyer delivery 27 Feb 1974 - treated as contract-effective vs execution dates.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-fabius-arva5-02
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[4]S. S. Roberts, 'USS Fabius (ARVA-5) Class,' shipscribe.com U.S. Navy auxiliary register (compiled from BuShips Ships' Data and Naval Vessel Register data) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Class overview, construction/disposition tables, class notes, ship notes (compiled 30 Jun 2007)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Ship register compilation (Stephen S. Roberts, shipscribe.com, compiled from BuShips/NVR data): ARVA-5 FABIUS ex LST-1093, reclassified 14 Dec 44; keel 12 Jan 45; launched 11 Apr 45; commissioned 7 Jun 45; ferry commission 30 May-7 Jun 45 for Mississippi transit to New Orleans; decommissioned 4 Apr 52; struck 1 Jun 73; disposal 29 Jan 74, sold, delivered to buyer 27 Feb 74; in USN reserve 1946-50 (decommissioned 30 Aug 46, recommissioned 28 Jul 50) and 1952-73. Class notes: FY44 landing-craft program; BuAer recommended aircraft-repair conversions 7 Mar 44; CominCh directed conversion of 11 new-construction LSTs to tenders 27 Oct 44; CNO initiated 4 LSTs for aircraft repair 4 Nov 44; BuAer shop list required splitting the function across two LSTs - ARVA (airframe) and ARVE (engine); design based on ARL-10 plans; ships built under LST contracts and modified by the builder during construction. Design data: 1,753 t light / 4,100 t lim; 328' oa x 50' x 11.2'; G.M. diesels, 2 screws, 1,800 HP, 11.6 kts; armament 2-40mmQ, 6-20mmT (1945).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-1974
- Limitations
- Compiled transcription of official register data - treated as register-equivalent for dates/specs but is a secondary compilation, not the primary register itself. Conflicts with NavSource on reclassification (14 vs 8 Dec 1944) and keel (12 vs 8 Jan 1945) - see correction row. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-fabius-arva5-03
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[5]NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive, USS Fabius (ARVA-5) page 09/35/3505 (volunteer-compiled per-hull reference drawing on DANFS, NHHC, NARA photo records) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Chronology block, Korean War campaign table, CO table, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource service-ship archive entry: authorized as LST-1093; reclassified aircraft repair ship (aircraft) 8 December 1944; laid down 8 January 1945 at American Bridge Co., Ambridge, PA; launched 11 April 1945; commissioned 7 June 1945, LCDR A. Kutz in command; decommissioned 30 April 1946 at San Diego; Pacific Reserve Fleet San Diego Group; recommissioned 28 July 1950; Korean campaign UN Summer-Fall Offensive October 1951 (one battle star); decommissioned 4 April 1952 San Diego; struck from Naval Register 1 June 1973; 'final disposition, fate unknown' (superseded by NVR DRMS record). Photo captions document: Okinawa waters arrival 10 September 1945 with port entry delayed days by typhoon; Aircraft Repair Division One (Fabius + Aventinus ARVE-3) operating at NAF Yokosuka 24 March 1951 (NARA photo 80-G-440496); Kanmon Strait transit 6 July 1951 (80-G-440504/506).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-1973
- Limitations
- Volunteer-compiled secondary record - canonical per-hull reference for auxiliaries but not itself an official document. Contains conflicts vs DANFS/register (first decommissioning 30 Apr vs 30 Aug 1946; reclassification 8 vs 14 Dec 1944; keel 8 vs 12 Jan 1945) and stale 'fate unknown' disposition superseded by the NVR record - see correction row. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-fabius-arva5-04
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[6]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data U.S. Naval Vessels Vol. II (January 1945), LST design grouping and machinery table (shipscribe.com scan); ARVA conversion-program record per shipscribe class notes (BuAer/CominCh/CNO directives) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SD-1945 v2 LST design table (machinery section); shipscribe ARVA-5 class notes
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference for the hull type: Fabius is a diesel-powered LST-542-group hull (2 x GM 12-567A diesels, 1,800 shp - no boilers), completed 1945 under BuShips SD-1945 design grouping and modified during construction to ARL-10-derived aircraft-repair-ship plans. For diesel-powered amphibious hulls of this era the asbestos-relevant applications are: diesel-exhaust lagging, machinery gaskets and packing, engine-room thermal/acoustic insulation, deck coverings and tile, bulkhead and accommodation insulation, and winch/crane brake linings; the repair-ship conversion added interior workshop-space insulation scope.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1945
- Population
- Construction trades (American Bridge, Ambridge, 1945); ship's company (~245); aircraft repair crews embarked
- Limitations
- Design/era inference - the design table documents machinery and arrangement, not materials; neither source names this hull's insulation content and neither states 'asbestos.' The diesel plant narrows (does not eliminate) the classic steam-lagging pathway. Does not establish asbestos presence aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-fabius-arva5-05
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[7]Corn, Jacqueline Karnell, and Jennifer Starr, 'Historical perspective on asbestos: Policies and protective measures in World War II shipbuilding,' American Journal of Industrial Medicine 11(3):359-373 (1987) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Abstract and article, AJIM 11(3):359-373
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Peer-reviewed historical study documents that asbestos was used extensively as a fireproofing and insulating material in U.S. shipbuilding during WWII - the era and program under which this hull was built (1944-45, American Bridge Co., an inland 'cornfield yard' producing LSTs under Navy contract).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1940s era documented; article 1987
- Population
- WWII shipyard workers and ship crews (class context)
- Limitations
- Program/era-level scholarship on WWII shipbuilding generally; does not name this vessel and does not establish that asbestos was or remains aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-fabius-arva5-06
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[8]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2 (full text blocked to automated fetch, HTTP 403; content via product-page description)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented the Navy's asbestos-protection program: the standing policy (1975) removed asbestos insulation only when damaged or when required for repairs, modified in 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas - meaning original-era insulation typically remained in place for decades unless a yard period disturbed it. Relevant here only as program context: Fabius spent 1946-1950 and 1952-1973 in reserve at San Diego with no documented asbestos-removal yard period, and was sold for scrapping in January 1974, before the documented policy era ended.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review (context)
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation, not ship-specific; the report's fieldwork yards did not involve this hull. Reserve-fleet inactivity implies preserved original materials only as inference - no survey documents this hull's condition.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-fabius-arva5-07
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[9]Cross-source reconciliation: NHHC DANFS; NVR disposed-ships record; shipscribe register compilation; NavSource chronology and CO table [other_primary]
- Locator
- ev-01 through ev-04 (this record)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Source discrepancies resolved: (a) first decommissioning - NavSource records 30 April 1946; DANFS and the register record 30 August 1946, and NavSource's own commanding-officer table shows LCDR Kutz in command 7 June 1945 to 30 August 1946; 30 August 1946 adopted. (b) Reclassification - NavSource 8 December 1944 vs register 14 December 1944; register adopted for the record, both logged. (c) Keel - NavSource 8 January 1945 vs register 12 January 1945; register adopted, both logged. (d) Disposal - NavSource 'fate unknown' is superseded by the NVR DRMS scrapping-sale record (effective 1 Jan 1974; register: disposal 29 Jan 1974, buyer delivery 27 Feb 1974).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-1974
- Limitations
- Resolves publication-level date conflicts among official/compiled sources; does not affect identity or the asbestos posture. No asbestos content in any reconciled source.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-fabius-arva5-08
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[10]CourtListener API v4 opinion and RECAP docket searches (queries listed in search_ledger sl-06 through sl-11) [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-fabius-arva5-06 through sl-uss-fabius-arva5-11
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener sweep (authenticated API v4, 2026-09-26): "USS Fabius" opinions - 0 results; "ARVA-5" OR "LST-1093" opinions - 0; "Fabius" mesothelioma opinions - 0; "Fabius" asbestos opinions - 1 hit (HSBC Bank USA v. McKenna, N.Y. Sup. Ct. 2012, a mortgage foreclosure - name collision, non-qualifying); 'Fabius ship OR vessel OR navy' opinions - 310 hits, all name collisions (Fabius Township MI, surnames, Fabius & Co. customs protests); 'Fabius' docket search - 177 hits, all name collisions (surname parties incl. FABIUS v. Johnson & Johnson D.N.J. 3:18-cv-15289, Fabius-Pompey Central School District cases, bankruptcy/immigration matters). NO qualifying asbestos litigation, no litigation of any kind naming the ship or hull numbers located.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- CourtListener indexes opinions and PACER/RECAP dockets - absence of a named hit does not prove no claim was ever filed (many asbestos filings name manufacturers, not hulls; state-court and non-digitized records are outside the index). A 1974-scrapped hull also predates most modern pleading practice that names ships. Fleet pacing paused the sweep mid-session; completed after the hourly window cleared.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-fabius-arva5-09
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[11]Batch-2694 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS, NVR, NavSource, shipscribe register, MARAD ShipHistory (no record - Navy-sold hull never in MARAD custody), CourtListener opinion/docket sweeps, web sweep for survey/abatement/disposal records [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-fabius-arva5-01 through sl-uss-fabius-arva5-12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, preservation-fleet materials statement, or docketed case naming Fabius (ARVA-5/LST-1093) was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). A law-firm marketing page (asbestosnavy.com) includes the ship on a 'Navy ships with asbestos' roster with no cited support - excluded as non-authoritative.
- 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 1945-built hull is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials, and a DRMS scrapping sale predates hazmat-disclosure norms. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-fabius-arva5-10
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[12]NARA record-group guidance: RG 24 deck-log series NAID 594258 (NARA 'Text Message' blog, deck-log project); RG 19 BuShips; RG 181 naval-district records; RG 80-G photo series [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA blog: 'Logbooks of the U.S. Navy Ships and Stations, 1941-1978 (NAID 594258)'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - no spend authorized): NARA RG 24 'Logbooks of the U.S. Navy Ships and Stations, 1941-1978' (NAID 594258, Archives II College Park) covers Fabius's 1945-1952 commission periods; RG 19 (Bureau of Ships) holds LST construction records and the ARL-10-derived ARVA conversion plan documentation for the Ambridge-built hulls; ship muster rolls (RG 24) and Pacific Reserve Fleet San Diego Group inactivation/preservation records (RG 181, Eleventh Naval District files) would document manning and mothballing work; NARA still-picture series RG 80-G holds the cited photo records (80-G-440496, -440504, -440506).
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-1974 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-fabius-arva5-11