Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]MARAD vessel detail 2280 and reserve-fleet ship particulars card 2280_4241AF [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Card: name, ex-name, builder, date built, type, service prior to lay-up; detail 2280: Specific Type
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD identifies USNS Huntsville (T-AGM-7), formerly Knox Victory, as a 1945 Oregon Shipbuilding Company vessel built in Portland, Oregon. The detail page identifies a missile range instrumentation ship and original MARAD type VC2-S-AP3. The status card records MSC Navy service before lay-up. Use USNS for this hull; retain uss-huntsville only as the requested stable file/record identifier.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- The 1945 construction date belongs to the merchant predecessor, not the start of Navy instrumentation service. This source does not document asbestos or a Navy commissioning date.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-huntsville-01
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[2]MARAD reserve-fleet ship particulars card 2280_4241AF [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Card: Fleet, Entered, Withdrawn and Reason fields
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The MARAD card records entry at Suisun Bay on November 22, 1974, and withdrawal on August 11, 1975. Its reason field records sale for scrap under PD-X-997, July 17, 1975, to National Metal & Steel Corporation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- These are reserve-fleet and disposal transactions, not commissioning, decommissioning or striking dates. Sale for scrap does not establish completion or location of dismantling, or asbestos removal.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-huntsville-02
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[3]P. E. Schmid, Apollo C-Band Radar Tracking Capability, X-551-67-503 (September 15, 1967), NTRS 19680003409 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Printed pp. 1-2, sections 1.0 and 3.0 (PDF pp. 6-7)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NASA’s September 15, 1967 report identifies Huntsville (T-AGM-7) for planned Apollo spacecraft reentry tracking and describes modified CAPRI C-band radar aboard Huntsville as part of its current 1967 equipment review. This establishes Cold War instrumentation context rather than WWII service under the Huntsville name.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- The report describes equipment and planned mission use; it is not proof of participation in every planned mission. It says nothing about asbestos composition, occupational exposure or product installation beyond radar equipment.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-huntsville-03
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[4]Morgan v. Huntington Ingalls, Doc. 101 (M.D. La., June 21, 2017) [court_record]
- Locator
- pp. 2-4, p. 3 n. 1; conclusion p. 28; appellate treatment in ev-uss-huntsville-05
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Morgan v. Huntington Ingalls, M.D. La. No. 3:17-cv-00269-JWD-MBN, Doc. 101 (June 21, 2017), reports discovery in an asbestos action by a 1966 Avondale worker. Medical records were offered as indicating work/injuries on Huntsville. Morgan lacked specific memory of the ship, conditionally agreed he worked there if the records so indicated, and assented to counsel’s question about a belief that he likewise worked around insulators there. The court remanded for untimely removal; this order was later vacated.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Discovery-stage testimony and medical-record characterization reported in a procedural order; neither asbestos aboard Huntsville nor exposure/causation was adjudicated. The referenced deposition and medical exhibit were not independently retrieved. Detailed dust/wallboard testimony on pp. 3-4 concerns a Lykes vessel and must not be transferred to Huntsville. Court usage of USS is preserved only in source discussion; canonical prefix is USNS.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-huntsville-04
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[5]Morgan v. Huntington Ingalls, No. 17-30523, Document 00514303847 (5th Cir., January 11, 2018) [court_record]
- Locator
- pp. 2-3 and n. 3; disposition p. 15
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- In Morgan v. Huntington Ingalls, No. 17-30523 (January 11, 2018), the Fifth Circuit held that the removal clock began on receipt of the deposition transcript, vacated the remand order and returned the matter for consideration of federal-officer jurisdiction. Murphy Oil’s appeal was dismissed for lack of standing. Footnote 3 describes Huntsville’s mid-1960s Apollo conversion and Avondale’s subcontract.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- This appellate disposition concerns removal timing and standing, not asbestos exposure or liability. It does not elevate the discovery record to a trial finding or affirmed exposure judgment. Later merits disposition remains unverified.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-huntsville-05
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[6]Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (October 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- pp. 1-2, Navy policy on use of asbestos; https://www.gao.gov/products/hrd-80-2
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- GAO’s 1979 Navy review describes asbestos thermal insulation as a major historical shipboard application and discusses Navy-wide replacement policies. This supplies Navy-era asbestos background only.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- GAO fieldwork was at Long Beach and Norfolk, not a Huntsville survey or Avondale investigation. The report postdates Huntsville’s recorded scrap sale. Applying this background to prioritize research is contextual inference; it does not establish material presence, location, quantity, exposure, causation or retained asbestos aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-huntsville-06
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[7]Batch 9536 source review and search ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger sl-01 through sl-11; research/batch-9536/RESEARCH.md
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No hull-specific material survey, abatement record, asbestos product identification or adjudicated exposure finding was located in the sources reviewed. Ship-specific asbestos material documentation remains unknown. A discovery-stage Huntsville connection in Morgan is retained separately; the CourtListener sweep was incomplete.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- This is a bounded search outcome, not a finding that asbestos was absent or a denial of Morgan’s allegation. The shared CourtListener pacing block prevents a complete name/hull opinion and docket sweep; unindexed or unretrieved records may exist.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-huntsville-07
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[8]NARA Guide to Federal Records, RG 19 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Sections 19.8.1 and 19.8.4
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA RG 19 identifies unclassified Bureau of Ships correspondence for 1946-66 and a general ship photographic file for 1883-1972 with a vessel-name/hull-number index. These are leads for conversion correspondence and the Huntsville photograph identified in the assignment.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Only the record-group guide was reviewed. No Huntsville box, conversion specification or original photograph catalog item was retrieved; existence of relevant asbestos records is unverified. Do not treat aggregator photograph dates as primary-verified dates.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-huntsville-08
