Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]research packet dy-packet.md (1 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS Floyds Bay. Hull: AVP-40. Designation: AVP (seaplane tender). Class: Barnegat — https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/dafs/AVP/avp40.html [mirror]
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-floyds-bay-avp40-pkt-dy-packet-md
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[2]Naval History and Heritage Command, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, 'Floyds Bay (AVP-40),' published 28 January 2018 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Characteristics line and opening paragraph; live page returned 404, text verified against Wayback Machine capture 2025-12-09 of the canonical NHHC URL and hazegray DANFS transcription (Wayback capture 2024-08-12)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Floyds Bay (AVP-40), a Barnegat-class small seaplane tender named for a Virginia bay since renamed Burtons Bay, was launched 28 January 1945 by Lake Washington Shipyards, Houghton, Washington; sponsored by Mrs. R. R. McCracken; and commissioned 25 March 1945, Commander J. R. Ogden in command. DANFS header data: displacement 1,766; length 310'9"; beam 41'2"; draft 13'6"; speed 18 knots; complement 215; armament one 5-inch gun.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Limitations
- Establishes identity, builder, launch/commission dates, and stated complement only; the entry does not identify construction materials, insulation, or asbestos aboard this hull. NavSource lists a 26 March 1945 commissioning that conflicts with DANFS 25 March; DANFS is followed, independently corroborated by the NARA Special List 44 deck-log span beginning 25 March 1945. DANFS states no laid-down date; the 16 May 1944 date appears only in secondary listings.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-floyds-bay-avp40-01
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[3]NHHC, DANFS, 'Floyds Bay (AVP-40)' [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Third and fourth narrative paragraphs and award line; live page 404, text via Wayback capture 2025-12-09
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Homeported at San Diego, Floyds Bay made a round-the-world good-will cruise 5 June 1947 to 27 March 1948, proceeding eastward to Mediterranean and Far Eastern ports and operating in Japanese waters for several months. In summer 1948 she tended planes flying photographic missions from Annette Island, Alaska; in summer 1949 at Hong Kong she served as communications base for diplomatic officials and maintained a seadrome for the evacuation of Americans from Communist-threatened Canton. Annually from 1950 through 1959 she had Far East tours, serving as seaplane tender at Iwakuni, Japan, during the Korean War and often as station ship at Hong Kong, alternating with west coast duty from Mexico to Alaska. On 26 February 1960 she was placed out of commission in reserve at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. She received one battle star for World War II and one for Korean War service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1947-1960
- Population
- Ship's company; Puget Sound Naval Shipyard workers during 1960 inactivation
- Limitations
- Establishes postwar service chronology, the inactivation site (Puget Sound Naval Shipyard), and battle-star awards; says nothing about materials, repair scope during the inactivation, or asbestos. DANFS gives no stricken or disposal date.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-floyds-bay-avp40-03
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[4]Department of the Navy, Naval Historical Center, Online Library of Selected Images, 'USS Floyds Bay (AVP-40), 1945-1960' (HyperWar/ibiblio mirror) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Page summary text and photo captions 19-N-86695/-86696/-86697, 19-N-84926, NH 98810
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Naval Historical Center's Online Library ship page identifies Floyds Bay as a 1,766-ton Barnegat-class small seaplane tender built at Houghton, Washington, commissioned March 1945, summarizes her Okinawa, Japan/China seadrome, round-the-world, Alaska photographic, Hong Kong, and annual Far East service, and states she was decommissioned in February 1960 and sold in July 1960. Photographs 19-N-86695, 19-N-86696, 19-N-86697 (off Lake Washington Shipyards, 22 March 1945, camouflage Measure 33 Design 1F) and 19-N-84926 (christening by Mrs. R. R. McCracken, 28 January 1945) are Bureau of Ships Collection images in the U.S. National Archives; NH 98810 is a postwar NHC image noting a fantail quadruple 40mm mount added circa 1948 and removed circa 1956.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1945-1960
- Limitations
- Corroborating official NHC summary; contains no asbestos or materials information. 'Sold in July 1960' confirms the disposal month but gives no buyer, day, or site; the 20 July 1960 date and 'fate unknown' appear only in secondary listings.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-floyds-bay-avp40-04
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[5]National Archives, Special List 44, Named Vessels [other_primary]
- Locator
- Named-vessel table, Floyds Bay (AVP-40) row
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List 44 indexes a single deck-log span for Floyds Bay (AVP-40): 25 March 1945 through 31 December 1945. The span's begin date independently corroborates the DANFS commissioning date of 25 March 1945 against the 26 March date carried by secondary listings.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1945
- Limitations
- Holdings index only; the deck logs were not retrieved or reviewed. The indexed span ends 31 December 1945, leaving the entire 1946-1960 postwar career unindexed in this list (postwar deck logs are held in the RG 24 deck-log series and were not located for this hull), and NARA notes deck logs do not directly establish asbestos or materials content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-floyds-bay-avp40-05
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[6]National Archives, Ship Plan Index (Cartographic Research Room) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Ship Plan Index, FLOYDS BAY rows (NAIDs 153714275, 175669133)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's Ship Plan Index lists two Floyds Bay entries: AVP-40 in RG 19 Hull Series of Ship Engineering Drawings (NAID 153714275) and AVP-40 in RG 19 microfilm (NAID 175669133).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944-1960 record groups
- Limitations
- Series-level index rows, not retrieved documents; the index does not state that insulation or lagging (S39) drawings exist for this hull, and no plan, general information book, or inspection report was examined. Whether these holdings contain asbestos information is unknown.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-floyds-bay-avp40-06
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[7]National Archives, 'Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961' [other_primary]
- Locator
- Bureau of Ships correspondence instructions; Cartographic Branch drawing series description
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's asbestos research guide identifies Bureau of Ships records as the research path for shipboard asbestos: RG 19 general correspondence filed by hull designation (file code AVP40 for this hull, class correspondence under AVP10 for the Barnegat class), RG 19 S39 insulation and lagging drawings, auxiliary-vessel general information books, and RG 38 inspection reports.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1940-1961 record coverage
- Limitations
- A records-locator guide, not a retrieved Floyds Bay document. It does not establish that any asbestos record exists for this hull; its stated coverage runs through 1961, and no AVP40 or AVP10-class file was examined.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-floyds-bay-avp40-07
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[8]U.S. GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (18 October 1979), enclosure I: Department of the Navy response dated 1979-01-05 [gao]
- Locator
- PDF pp. 11-12 (enclosure I, Navy response); gao.gov returned HTTP 403 to automated fetch in prior batch work, report description and sibling-batch extraction used
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A 1979 Navy response reproduced by GAO describes asbestos-containing materials on then-serving Navy ships, including thermal insulation for machinery, equipment, and piping, plus gaskets, packing, deck materials, and cabling.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy fleet and shipyard workers generally, 1979
- Limitations
- Navy-wide program description concerning ships in Navy service in 1979; it does not name AVP-40, which was stricken and sold in 1960, nineteen years before the report. The listed product categories are context only and are not entered as documented products aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-floyds-bay-avp40-08
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[9]Batch 3073 public-source search ledger: NHHC DANFS; NHC Online Library; NARA Special List 44 and Ship Plan Index; NARA asbestos research guide; GAO HRD-80-2; Naval Vessel Register; MARAD ShipHistory; NAVSEA asbestos reading room [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger sl-uss-floyds-bay-avp40-01 through -08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos material schedule, survey, abatement record, disposal hazmat document, or other asbestos statement naming AVP-40 was located in the reviewed public sources: NHHC DANFS, Naval Historical Center Online Library ship page, NARA logbook and ship-plan indexes, NARA asbestos research guide, GAO HRD-80-2, the Naval Vessel Register (no entry; pre-1987 disposal), MARAD ShipHistory (no record located), and the NAVSEA asbestos reading room (which returned HTTP 403).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- A bounded negative finding from the sources reviewed, not proof that asbestos was absent. Archival holdings were indexed but not retrieved, the NAVSEA reading room was unreachable, and the CourtListener sweep is incomplete. Presence, materials, quantities, disposal scope, and individual exposure remain unknown.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-floyds-bay-avp40-09
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[10]CourtListener API v4 authenticated search via fleet helper cl-auth-search.py, 26 September 2026 [court_record]
- Locator
- Opinion searches q='"Floyds Bay"' (count 0), q='Floyds Bay' (count 1535, page 1 reviewed), q='"AVP-40"' (count 1, collision); https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/10588690/roman-santiago-jonathan-v-cost-control-company-inc/; search_ledger sl-uss-floyds-bay-avp40-09 through -12
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- The authenticated CourtListener opinion search for the quoted exact phrase 'Floyds Bay' returned count 0 - no opinion contains the ship's name. The unquoted 'Floyds Bay' opinion search returned count 1535 (token match on 'Floyd' and 'Bay'); the 20 first-page results were classified as all name collisions (East Bay Clothiers, City of Bay Minette, Back Bay, Maunalua Bay, Bay State Bingo, Oyster Bay, surnames Floyd/Perkins, and similar), with zero occurrences of the phrase 'Floyds Bay' and zero vessel references. The 'AVP-40' hull-number opinion search returned one result, Roman Santiago v. Cost Control Company, Inc. (P.R. App. 2025, KLRA202400387), a Puerto Rico labor administrative review in which 'AVP' is the Administracion de Vivienda Publica (Public Housing Administration) - a tokenization collision, not a vessel reference and not asbestos litigation. The 'USS Floyds Bay' opinion variant and all docket searches remained unexecuted because the required fleet pacing helper reported its shared request budget spent.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- The sweep is incomplete: the quoted exact-name opinion search is a verified zero-hit and the sole 'AVP-40' hit is a confirmed non-vessel collision, but the 'USS Floyds Bay' opinion variant and all docket searches are unexecuted, so no absence of litigation is inferred from the pending portions. No qualifying asbestos opinion was found in the reviewed results.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-floyds-bay-avp40-10
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[11]NHHC, DANFS, 'Floyds Bay (AVP-40)' [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Second narrative paragraph; live page 404, text via Wayback capture 2025-12-09
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- After training at Pearl Harbor and in the Marianas, Floyds Bay arrived at Okinawa 28 July 1945 and operated with Air-Sea Rescue Squadron 6 and other seaplanes until 9 September. From that time she controlled seadromes at Wakanoura Wan and Nagoya, Japan, and Shanghai and Tsingtao, China, until sailing from Yokohama 1 December 1946 for San Francisco.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1945-1946
- Population
- Ship's company, complement 215 (DANFS)
- Limitations
- Documents operating areas and duties only. It identifies no material aboard the hull and no exposure; seaplane-tending and seadrome-control duties cannot be attributed to asbestos on this ship.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-floyds-bay-avp40-02