Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet bx-packet.md (4 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-florikan-asr9-pkt-bx-packet-md
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[2]U.S. Maritime Administration, National Register Eligibility Assessment: USS Florikan (ASR-9), 12 May 2009 [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- PDF pp. 6-7 (PDF pages 5-6), Integrity and Eligibility sections
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- MARAD's 2009 National Register eligibility assessment found Florikan not eligible for listing and noted that much equipment had already been stripped before transfer to MARAD.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- before 2001-2009
- Limitations
- Equipment stripping is nonspecific. The assessment does not identify whether any stripped equipment contained asbestos or describe asbestos retained aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-florikan-asr9-04
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[3]U.S. Maritime Administration, ShipHistory: FLORIKAN (ASR-9), Detail 1585 [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Historical Narrative and Milestones table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD records commissioning on 1943-04-05, decommissioning on 1991-08-02, withdrawal from the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet for recycling on 2010-07-26, and completed dismantlement on 2010-12-29.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1943-2010
- Limitations
- Dismantlement is recorded, but MARAD's vessel page does not report asbestos survey results, specific abatement activities, materials, or quantities. Its current-status field must not be read as proof that every scheduled abatement step occurred.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-florikan-asr9-02
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[4]U.S. Maritime Administration, contract DTMA1P10035, Vessel FLORIKAN, performance schedule [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Contract p. 25 of 38 (PDF page 2), milestones for certificate of asbestos abatement liability and completion of asbestos abatement
- Finding type
- abatement_record
- Finding
- MARAD recycling contract DTMA1P10035, headed 'Vessel FLORIKAN,' schedules delivery of a certificate of asbestos abatement liability five days after contract start and lists 'Complete Asbestos Abatement' among vessel dismantlement milestones, with timing to be set by the contractor's performance schedule.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2010
- Population
- 2010 recycling contractor personnel (planned work only)
- Limitations
- This is a ship-named prospective contract schedule, not an asbestos survey, analytical test, invoice, or completion certificate. The asbestos clauses may reflect planned or standard recycling scope; they do not verify material presence, product identity, quantity, location, completed abatement, Navy-service conditions, individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-florikan-asr9-03
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[5]National Archives, Navy Deck Logs Available in the National Archives Catalog; NHHC Library, ZC Files - F [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA entry 'Florikan (AER/ASR-9)'; NHHC https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/z-files/zc-files/zc-files-f.html, Florikan entry
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's online deck-log listing identifies Florikan (AER/ASR-9) and provides digitized logs for all months of 1963 and May-June 1975. NHHC's ZC-files index lists a 1978 Florikan welcome-aboard brochure. These are leads for further hull-specific service and equipment research.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1963, 1975, 1978
- Limitations
- Only finding aids were inspected. Logbooks and brochure were not reviewed; neither index states that asbestos appears in the underlying records.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-florikan-asr9-05
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[6]Naval History and Heritage Command Archives Branch, Collection 94 finding aid [other_primary]
- Locator
- Box 172, item 220
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NHHC Archives finding aid for Collection 94 identifies box 172, item 220, 'USS Florikan (ASR 9): Decommissioning and Changes, 1958-1991.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1958-1991
- Limitations
- Finding-aid description only; the files were not retrieved, and the index does not indicate any asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-florikan-asr9-06
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[7]CourtListener authenticated v4 search result, Dryfka v. Trane US, Inc., docket 4264471; notice of removal, docket entry 2 [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener search query "USS Florikan", type=r, result 1; S.D. Ill. 3:13-cv-01019, document 2 (2013-10-01)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Authenticated CourtListener v4 exact-name docket search returned one asbestos-suit docket: Dryfka v. Trane US, Inc., S.D. Ill., No. 3:13-cv-01019, filed 2013-10-01 and terminated 2014-02-20. The indexed match to "USS Florikan" occurs in the docket search corpus, which lists a 2013-10-01 notice of removal by General Dynamics as document 2. This is a pleading-stage lead only; the particular Florikan passage has not been read. The exact-hull docket query returned 65 broad results across four pages; none names Florikan or has asbestos suit-nature metadata, and all are provisionally classified as name collisions in the batch hit table.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2013-2014 litigation
- Limitations
- Search-index match and asbestos suit-nature metadata are verified, but the matched filing text is not: document-detail API returned HTTP 403. No alleged exposure details, product, sailor role, service period, judicial finding, or disposition of the vessel allegation can be asserted. Termination date is docket metadata and does not identify the basis for termination. Hull-number matches are provisional classifications based on returned metadata/previews, not full-text inspection.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-florikan-asr9-07
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[8]Batch-2737 source review: MARAD ShipHistory Detail 1585; 2009 National Register eligibility assessment; MARAD contract DTMA1P10035 schedule [other_primary]
- Locator
- Search ledger sl-uss-florikan-asr9-01 and -02; MARAD assessment PDF pp. 1-7; contract p. 25 of 38
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The inspected MARAD Florikan eligibility assessment, ship-history page, and recycling schedule do not identify an asbestos-containing product, its vessel location, sample result, abatement quantity, or a Navy-service exposure event.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- Sources covering 1941-2010; review 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- A bounded negative finding about the inspected documents, not proof the ship lacked asbestos. Court records and unexamined MARAD contractor files could contain further information. No individual exposure or causation conclusion follows.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-florikan-asr9-08
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[9]U.S. Maritime Administration, National Register Eligibility Assessment: USS Florikan (ASR-9), 12 May 2009 [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- PDF pp. 1-2 and 6 (PDF pages 0-1 and 5)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD's Florikan assessment identifies a Chanticleer-class submarine rescue ship laid down 1941-09-30 and launched 1942-06-14 at Moore Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Oakland; commissioned 1943-04-05. It describes rescue training and salvage service during World War II, Korean War zone duty in 1951-1953, and operations in the Vietnam War zone in 1969. The assessment specifies diesel-electric propulsion with four engines.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1941-1991
- Limitations
- Historical and specification source, not an asbestos survey. Its 2009 present-tense reserve-fleet statement is superseded by MARAD's later dismantlement record. Crew figures are excluded pending DANFS/NHHC cross-check.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-florikan-asr9-01