Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet z-packet.md (2 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-francis-marion-apa249-pkt-z-packet-md
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[2]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships: Francis Marion (APA-249) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Launched as Prairie Mariner 13 Feb 1954 by New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J., sponsored Mrs. C. A. Wolverton; delivered 25 May to MARAD; NDRF 6 Jan 1955; transferred to Navy 16 Mar 1959, named/classified APA-249; converted by Bethlehem Steel, Baltimore. 16,838 tons, 563 ft, 76 ft beam, 26 ft draft, 20 knots, complement 519.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- Construction facts primary-sourced.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-francis-marion-apa249-03
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[3]Shipscribe APA hull list: 249 row [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Fate: reclassified LPA-249 effective 1 Jan 1969; decommissioned 1 Jan 1980; sold to Spain as Aragón (L-22), 11 Jul 1980.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- Fate details from secondary registry; DANFS entry predates decommissioning.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-francis-marion-apa249-04
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[4]GAO report on Navy asbestos worker-protection efforts (1980) [gao]
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- GAO documents that asbestos-containing materials were used across Navy shipbuilding and ship-repair operations during the era in which Francis Marion was built and served. Era-level context only; does not establish any ship-specific finding for this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Limitations
- Class/era context; never to be read as ship-specific exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-francis-marion-apa249-05
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[5]CourtListener opinion search via fleet helper (cl-auth-search.py) [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion search for "USS Francis Marion" APA-249 could not be completed in this research pass: the authenticated helper reported the fleet-wide request budget was spent (pacing throttle, ~114 requests/hour against 2,800/day quota). No results obtained; no litigation documented or excluded by this search. Coverage gap logged honestly per brief.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- Search not completed due to fleet pacing throttle; this is not a finding of no litigation. Retry on a later pass when budget refreshes.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-francis-marion-apa249-06
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[6]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships: Francis Marion (APA-249) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- USS Francis Marion (APA-249), Paul Revere-class attack transport; commissioned 6 Jul 1961, Capt. David S. Bill, Jr., in command; active in Atlantic Fleet at time of DANFS publication.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- DANFS entry loaded directly 2026-09-25; identity facts primary-sourced.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-francis-marion-apa249-01
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[7]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships: Francis Marion (APA-249) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Namesake: Francis Marion (1732–1795), Revolutionary War 'Swamp Fox' of South Carolina; militia service against Cherokee, Provincial Congress 1775, defense of Savannah and Charleston, guerrilla brigade command, brigadier general.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- Namesake biography from DANFS entry.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-francis-marion-apa249-02