Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office, USS Hiwassee, AOG-29 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Official USCG history page, identification and history sections
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official U.S. Coast Guard history identifies USS Hiwassee (AOG-29) as a Mettawee-class motor gasoline tanker, launched 30 August 1944 under Maritime Commission contract by East Coast Shipyard, Inc., Bayonne, New Jersey; acquired 17 October 1944 and commissioned 24 October 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-06
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Shipyard workers and crew, 1944-1946
- Limitations
- Establishes identity, builder, launch, acquisition, and commissioning. It contains no asbestos, insulation, survey, or abatement statement and supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hiwassee-aog29-01
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[2]U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office, USS Hiwassee, AOG-29, specifications [other_primary]
- Locator
- Official USCG history page, specifications block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The USCG history records 220 feet 6 inches length, 37-foot beam, 17-foot draft, 2,270 tons full-load displacement, 720-hp diesel direct drive, one propeller, 10-knot top speed, and a complement of 62.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-06
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Ship crew
- Limitations
- The specifications do not identify insulation or asbestos-containing products. An earlier Navy data compilation gives a complement of 58; the conflicting figures are not merged.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hiwassee-aog29-02
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[3]U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office, USS Hiwassee, AOG-29, service history [other_primary]
- Locator
- Official USCG history page, History section
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- After shakedown, Hiwassee transited the Panama Canal, reached Ulithi on 1 April 1945, departed 24 April for Okinawa, arrived 1 May, and shuttled gasoline ashore under air-attack conditions. The USCG history records decommissioning on 20 February 1946, turnover to the Army at Okinawa, repossession by the Navy at Subic Bay on 25 March 1947, and subsequent sale to Luzon Stevedoring Co.; it also records one World War II battle star.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-06
- Study period
- 1944-1947
- Population
- Crew and fuel-handling personnel, 1944-1946
- Limitations
- Documents service and postwar custody/disposition through the reported sale. It does not establish materials aboard, exposure, or the final civilian fate after sale.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hiwassee-aog29-03
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[4]Toward an Asbestos Ban in the United States, PMC5707941, discussion of World War II Navy shipbuilding [other_primary]
- Locator
- Shipbuilding/asbestos-use discussion
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Historical medical and occupational-health literature describes asbestos use in U.S. Navy shipbuilding during World War II, including insulation of piping and use in valve gaskets and packing. This is class/era context for a 1944 naval auxiliary, not a finding about Hiwassee's actual construction materials.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-06
- Study period
- 1941-1945
- Population
- WWII shipyard workers and naval crews, era context
- Limitations
- The source is general historical context and does not name Hiwassee, its builder, or its materials list. It does not establish quantity, condition, survival, individual exposure, or causation aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hiwassee-aog29-04
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[5]Batch-1973 source review: USCG Hiwassee history; Navy ship-history transcription; NARA named-vessel logbook list; CourtListener sweep recorded in search_ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-hiwassee-aog29-01 through sl-uss-hiwassee-aog29-07
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record was located in the official USCG history, the available Navy ship-history transcription, NARA's named-vessel logbook listing, or the other public sources searched: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or materials inventory naming Hiwassee was found.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-06
- Study period
- 2026-10-06
- Limitations
- A failure to locate a public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard the hull. It establishes only that no qualifying ship-specific documentation was found in the searched sources; it does not establish or defeat exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hiwassee-aog29-05
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[6]National Archives, Special List 44 - Named Vessels [other_primary]
- Locator
- Hiwassee (AOG-29) entry
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's named-vessel Special List 44 identifies Hiwassee (AOG-29) deck logs for 24 October 1944 through 30 June 1945. The log listing is an archival lead for ship operations and maintenance chronology, not an asbestos finding.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-06
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- Crew and ship operations, 1944-1945
- Limitations
- The listing confirms the existence/coverage of a log series but the logs were not reviewed and do not, by listing alone, establish asbestos materials, disturbance, exposure, or abatement.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hiwassee-aog29-06
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[7]Authenticated helper sweep on 2026-10-06 using cl-auth-search.py; four base queries at limit 20 [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-hiwassee-aog29-04 through sl-uss-hiwassee-aog29-07
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The required authenticated CourtListener sweep returned no qualifying asbestos-litigation hit for the four base searches: exact-name opinion, exact-name docket, hull-number opinion, and hull-number docket. No hits were available to classify as qualifying asbestos litigation, other litigation, or name collision; no asbestos-qualified variants were run because no base query overflowed its 20-result page.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-06
- Study period
- 2026-10-06
- Limitations
- A no-result search is not proof that no litigation exists. The sweep establishes only that no qualifying result was returned by the four required base queries; it does not establish asbestos presence, absence, exposure, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hiwassee-aog29-07