Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]DANFS, USS Gilbert Islands (CVE-107) entry (verbatim transcription; live NHHC page returned 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS CVE-107 entry, construction and service paragraphs
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS documents: launched 20 July 1944 by Todd-Pacific Shipyards, Inc., Tacoma; commissioned 5 February 1945; air strikes and combat air patrol at Okinawa (May-June 1945), Balikpapan support (July 1945), and 3d Fleet logistics-group screen off Japan; received three WWII battle stars; decommissioned 21 May 1946 at Norfolk; recommissioned 7 September 1951; ferried jets to Yokohama and operated in the Atlantic, Caribbean, and Mediterranean; decommissioned at Boston 15 January 1955; reclassified AKV-39 (7 May 1959); stricken from the Navy List June 1961; reclassified AGMR-1 and renamed Annapolis (22 June 1963); recommissioned 7 March 1964; served as major communications relay ship including Vietnam service; decommissioned 20 December 1969.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1944-1979
- Population
- Crew (~1,066 as CVE; ~748 as AGMR-1)
- Limitations
- Documents construction, service, reclassifications, and disposal; contains no insulation, material, or asbestos information. NavSource gives a conflicting first-decommissioning date of 21 February 1947 - DANFS and navysite both give 21 May 1946, which is carried; conflict logged in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gilbert-islands-cve107-01
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[2]NavSource Online, Escort Carrier Photo Archive, USS Gilbert Islands (CVE-107) / USS Annapolis (AGMR-1) - Operational and Building Data + navypedia class technical block [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource CVE-107 page, Operational and Building Data block; navypedia us_cv_commencement_bay.htm technical block
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NavSource building data documents: keel laid 29 November 1943; launched 20 July 1944; commissioned 5 February 1945; decommissioned (first); recommissioned 7 September 1951; decommissioned 15 January 1955; reclassified AKV-39 7 May 1959; stricken June 1961; reinstated to the Naval Vessel Register; reclassified AGMR-1 and renamed Annapolis 22 June 1963; recommissioned 7 March 1964; decommissioned 20 December 1969 at Philadelphia; stricken 15 October 1976; sold for scrapping 1 November 1979 by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service. Class machinery data (NavSource/navypedia): 16,000 shp, geared turbines, 2 screws, 19 knots, crew 1,066; navypedia technical block gives 4 Combustion Engineering boilers and 2 Allis-Chalmers (source spelling 'Allison-Chalmers') geared steam turbine sets.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1943-1979
- Population
- n/a (building data)
- Limitations
- Compiled secondary sources consistent with DANFS except the first-decommissioning date (NavSource prints 21 February 1947 vs DANFS 21 May 1946 - DANFS carried, conflict logged). No insulation/asbestos content. 'Allis-Chalmers' carried as the correct manufacturer spelling.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gilbert-islands-cve107-02
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[3]shipscribe.com, ANNAPOLIS (AGMR 1) class page - compiled from the BuShips hull design history for SCB Project No. 215 (dated 12 September 1961) [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipscribe AGMR-1 class notes, SCB 215 program narrative and construction/disposition tables
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The BuShips SCB-215 design history (as compiled by shipscribe) documents the AGMR conversion program: Gilbert Islands (AKV-39, ex-CVE-107) and Vella Gulf (AKV-11, ex-CVE-111) were reinstated to the NVR on 1 November 1961 under their AKV numbers for conversion to AGMR-1 and AGMR-2 respectively; the Gilbert Islands conversion (SCB Project No. 215) included a hurricane bow, removal of WWII armament, four twin 3"/50 mounts, a directional/omni-directional antenna array on the flight deck, and conversion of the hangar bay into communications spaces; she recommissioned as USS Annapolis on 7 March 1964.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1958-1964
- Population
- Conversion yard workforce (New York Naval Shipyard, 1963-64)
- Limitations
- Documents the shipyard conversion scope at program level; shipscribe is a compiled source quoting the official BuShips design history. It establishes major structural work (bow enclosure, hangar-to-communications conversion, electrical plant work) - relevant to later-era material disturbance - but contains no asbestos or insulation specifics and names no workers.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gilbert-islands-cve107-03
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[4]U.S. Navy, Bureau of Ships Technical Manual, NAVSHIPS 250-000, Chapter 39 'Thermal Insulation' (1960, page date 15 April 1959) - specification-level document for Navy shipboard insulation materials [other_primary]
- Locator
- BuShips TM ch.39, sections 39-11 through 39-13 (materials)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- The 1960 BuShips Technical Manual's insulation chapter enumerates the asbestos material suite standard to Navy steam plants of this hull's construction era: MIL-I-2781 pipe covering including 85% magnesia 'formed from a combination of 85 percent magnesium carbonate with about 15 percent asbestos fiber' and a class 'formed from a uniform mixture of amosite asbestos fibers'; roll asbestos felt MIL-I-15091; asbestos cloth/tape SS-C-466 (80-95% chrysotile) as lagging; asbestos millboard HH-M-351; asbestos finishing cement; molded asbestos block for high-temperature service. This hull's four Combustion Engineering boilers, two Allis-Chalmers geared turbines, and associated steam piping are the equipment classes these specifications cover.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1960 (manual); describes era-standard specifications
- Population
- Construction trades (Tacoma, 1943-44); conversion yard workforce (1963-64); crew
- Limitations
- Specification-level documentation of materials the Navy specified, not a ship-specific installation record - establishes the era insulation suite, not what was installed on this hull or removed during the 1963-64 conversion. Retrieved PDF is a scan hosted in the Garlock bankruptcy Daubert-appendix repository; the document itself is the government manual (verified legible 2026-09-18; also independently verified in the class-D profile 2026-09-16).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gilbert-islands-cve107-04
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[5]Port of Tacoma v. Todd Shipyards Corp. et al., No. 3:08-cv-05132-BHS (W.D. Wash.), Order approving TSC settlement (Doc. 139, 2010-09-09); allegations recited from Port's CERCLA contribution complaint (Doc. 58) [court_record]
- Locator
- Order Doc. 139 at 1-3; complaint summary Doc. 58 (Shipbuilding Site, 1916-1946)
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- A W.D. Wash. order recites the Port of Tacoma's CERCLA/MTCA contribution allegations that Todd Shipyards Corporation owned and operated parcels near the mouth of the Hylebos Waterway in Tacoma - 'the Shipbuilding Site' - from 1916 through 1946, and that Todd's shipbuilding operations disposed of contaminated material and hazardous substances into the waterway. The Shipbuilding Site is the Commencement Bay yard where this hull was built; a settlement releasing TSC (Todd) was approved.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1916-1946 site era; litigation 2005-2010
- Population
- Todd Tacoma yard workforce (allegation-level)
- Limitations
- Establishes the builder's site identity and operating era (1916-1946) at the location of construction. The litigated contaminants were listed hazardous substances (metals, PAHs, PCBs) - asbestos is not among the recited substances; the order recites allegations for settlement approval, not findings of contamination or exposure. No individual or hull-level exposure is established.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gilbert-islands-cve107-05
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[6]Herring v. Texaco, Inc., 161 Wn.2d 189, 165 P.3d 4 (Wash. 2007) [court_record]
- Locator
- Opinion, 161 Wn.2d 189 (No. 78774-3)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Washington Supreme Court opinion documents that Roger Herring worked for subcontractors at Todd Shipyards sites in the 1960s-early 1970s, developed pleural thickening (1986), asbestosis (~1989), and fatal mesothelioma (2002), and that his suit against Todd was barred because his asbestos claims were discharged in Todd's 1987 Chapter 11 bankruptcy (published-notice sufficiency was the litigated issue). Documents that occupational asbestos-exposure claims were litigated against this hull's builder corporate family in the postwar era.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1960s-2007
- Population
- Todd Shipyards subcontractor worker (mesothelioma)
- Limitations
- Yard/corporate-level litigation at Todd's Puget Sound operations post-dating this hull's construction era; does not name this hull, does not adjudicate exposure aboard any specific vessel, and Herring's claim was barred on bankruptcy-discharge grounds - a merits-level negative for that plaintiff, not affirmative exposure evidence. Construction-era (1943-44) conditions at the Tacoma yard are not addressed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gilbert-islands-cve107-06
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[7]Batch-54 search ledger (this record): DANFS/NavSource/navypedia/shipscribe ship records; CourtListener-domain searches by exact names and hull numbers; builder-yard litigation verification [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-gilbert-islands-cve107-01 through -09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, insulation specification, abatement contract, or docketed asbestos case naming USS Gilbert Islands (CVE-107), USS Annapolis (AGMR-1), or their hull numbers was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). Litigation-index sweeps returned no qualifying asbestos opinion naming this hull under either name.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 2026-09-18
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1943-44 Tacoma construction with a 1963-64 naval shipyard conversion sits inside the Navy's asbestos-specification era and the negative reflects record availability, not hull condition. The AGMR conversion's material-handling scope is documented but no abatement record for it was located. CourtListener API was rate-limited (HTTP 429, daily cap) and its HTML interface CloudFront-blocked on 2026-09-18; the domain-restricted index sweep is a degraded but honest substitute, logged in the ledger. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gilbert-islands-cve107-07