Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (NHHC), 'Isle Royale' (AD-29) entry - ship characteristics and service narrative through 1967 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry 'Isle Royale' (history.navy.mil, published 2015-07-22; Wayback capture 2022-07-06)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS: Isle Royale (AD-29), Shenandoah class; dp. 8,165 (lt.); l. 492'; b. 69'6"; dr. 27'3"; s. 19 k.; cpl. 977; a. 1 5", 4 3". Launched by Todd Pacific Shipyards, Inc., Seattle, Wash., 1945-09-19; sponsored by Mrs. Greer A. Duncan; delivered to the Navy 1946-07-02 for lay-up in the San Diego Reserve Fleet; headquarters ship for the San Diego Subgroup, Pacific Reserve Fleet during inactivation; commissioned Long Beach 1962-06-09 replacing Hamul (AD-20), taking Hamul's officers and men; tender service to Pacific Fleet destroyers at Long Beach; Pearl Harbor deployment 1963-02-08 to 1963-09-11; Pearl Harbor Jun-Oct 1964; departed Long Beach 1965-08-03 for mid-Pacific cruise, diverted at Pearl Harbor to the Philippines, tended 7th Fleet ships fighting in Vietnam; returned Long Beach 1966-03-05; Far East deployment 1966-09-16 to 1967-04-12, operating primarily out of Subic Bay; thereafter SoCal operations (entry text ends 1967).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1944-1967
- Limitations
- DANFS entry text ends in 1967 - post-1967 service, decommissioning, striking, and disposal are not covered by this source. Contains no asbestos, insulation-material, or condition information. Live NHHC URL returned 404 on 2026-09-19; verified via Wayback capture of the canonical page (2022-07-06) and corroborated by the hazegray/losthistory.net DANFS transcription, which matches word for word.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-isle-royale-ad29-01
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[2]Shipscribe.com (T. Colton/S. Roberts compilation of official U.S. Navy/Maritime Commission records), Shenandoah (AD-26) class page - construction table, class notes, disposition table, and ship notes [other_primary]
- Locator
- AD-26 class page, Construction/Disposition tables, Class Notes, and Ship Notes (AD-29 entry)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Navy-records compilation: class design 'Navy C3 Mod' (AD-26 class; FY 1944 program; Auxiliary Vessels Board C3-derived tender program of Jun 1943). AD-29 ordered 1944-08-10 from Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle after earlier orders to Tampa Shipbuilding (1944-02-18 as AD-14 type; 1944-04-15 as C3); keel 1944-12-16; launched 1945-09-19. Ship note: 'Was to have been transferred to Lake Washington SY, Houghton, Wash., for completion after launch but on 9 Sep 45 she was assigned to the reserve fleet and on 24 Sep 45 was towed to Todd Tacoma when 40% complete for completion and inactivation. Accepted without commissioning in inactive condition 2 Jul 46. In USN reserve 1946-62 (in service in reserve at Long Beach 1948-61 and at San Diego 1961-62). To NDRF 1 Sep 71, to buyer 18 Jan 78.' Disposition table: decommissioned 30 Jun 71; stricken 15 Sep 76; disposal 21 Dec 77, fate MA/S. Class machinery: 1 screw, Westinghouse turbine, 8,500 HP, 18.4 kts; complement 741 (1944).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1944-1978
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation of official records - reliable for dates/milestones but not itself a primary document; keel date, order history, and the completion-tow detail corroborate and extend DANFS. Its decommission figure (30 Jun 71) conflicts with NavSource (11 Mar 1971 page/CO roster vs 11 Mar 1970 awards PDF) - logged in gaps, unresolved. Contains no asbestos or materials information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-isle-royale-ad29-02
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[3]U.S. Maritime Administration, ShipHistory database - ISLE ROYALE (AD-29), Ship History Detail 2327, incl. digitized Form MA-383 'Reserve Fleet - Ship Particulars' status card (2327_4338AF.jpg) [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- ShipHistory Detail 2327; status card image /cards/2327_4338AF.jpg
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD ShipHistory record: ISLE ROYALE (AD-29), year built 1945, shipyard Todd-Pacific Shipyards, type Naval Auxiliary / AD Destroyer Tender, MARAD type C3, gross 7,900, displacement 17,151 summer / 8,296 lightweight, fate 'Sold -NTU'; mission 'Vietnam War'. Status card (Form MA-383): type C3 Destroyer Tender, fleet Suisun; builder field 'Todd S/Y Tacoma, Wash.', date built 9-19-1945 (launch date), service prior to lay-up 'NAVY'; entered NDRF 9-1-71 at 1300 PDT; withdrawn 4-29-77 at 0900 PDT, reason 'Withdrawn by Navy for stripping'; stamped 'Sold for NT use under PD-X-1023 12/21/77 to Waterman Supply Co. Inc. for $100,000.00. Ship located at Pearl Harbor when sold. Delivered to Buyer at Pearl Harbor, 18 January 1978.' Card dimensions LOA 492', breadth 70'.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1971-1978 (custody/disposal)
- Limitations
- Authoritative primary document for custody, disposal, and sale terms; no asbestos, materials, or hull-condition information on the card. 'NT use' denotes non-transportation-use sale terms; physical dismantling details beyond the sale are not in this record. Card's builder field 'Todd S/Y Tacoma' reflects the completion/inactivation yard (ship's hull was launched at Todd Seattle and towed to Todd Tacoma at ~40% complete per shipscribe) - reconciled, not contradictory. Card's 'date built 9-19-1945' is the launch date, not delivery.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-isle-royale-ad29-03
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[4]Corn, Jacqueline Karnell, and Jennifer Starr, 'Historical perspective on asbestos: Policies and protective measures in World War II shipbuilding,' American Journal of Industrial Medicine 11(3):359-373 (1987) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Abstract and article, AJIM 11(3):359-373
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Peer-reviewed historical study documents that asbestos was used extensively as a fireproofing and insulating material in U.S. shipbuilding during WWII - the era and program under which this Navy C3-Mod destroyer tender was built (keel Dec 1944, launched Sep 1945, completed to inactivation standard 1945-46).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1940s era documented; article 1987
- Population
- WWII shipyard workers and ship crews (class context)
- Limitations
- Program/era-level scholarship; does not name this vessel and does not establish that asbestos was or ever was aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation. Inference for this hull is additionally attenuated by her unusual build path - ~40% complete at VJ-Day, finished to inactivation standard rather than operational fit - and by scrapping in 1977-78 with no surviving fabric to survey.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-isle-royale-ad29-04
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[5]Oxford v. Foster Wheeler LLC, 177 Cal.App.4th 700 (Cal. App. 1st Dist. 2009, No. A121577) - published opinion naming sister-type tender USS Klondike (AD-22) [court_record]
- Locator
- Opinion text, Factual Background and Evidence Presented at Trial sections; 177 Cal.App.4th 700
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Type-level context only: the published opinion in Oxford records that a Navy boiler tender was alleged exposed to asbestos 1963-1967 while assigned to the boiler repair shop of USS Klondike - a Navy C3-derived destroyer tender/repair ship of the same WWII tender program as Isle Royale - servicing other warships' Foster Wheeler D-type boilers whose Navy specifications required asbestos in insulation, handhole/manhole gaskets, flange gaskets, and economizer parts. Documents the occupational pathway for the vessel type: tender crews disturbed asbestos-containing components installed aboard serviced ships, inside the tender's own repair shops.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1963-1967 (alleged exposure era litigated)
- Population
- Destroyer-tender repair-shop crews (vessel-type context)
- Limitations
- This row documents a DIFFERENT hull (Klondike AD-22) and is carried strictly as type-level context: nothing in the opinion names Isle Royale or establishes any asbestos condition aboard her. The Oxford jury's negligence verdict was vacated on appeal as irreconcilably inconsistent and remanded for new trial - the record stands at tried allegations plus trial testimony, no affirmed judgment; outcome on remand not located. Does not establish exposure, causation, or legal eligibility for any Isle Royale crew member.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-isle-royale-ad29-05
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[6]NavSource Online, Service Ship Photo Archive - USS Isle Royale (AD-29) page 09/03/0329 + companion awards PDF 0329a.pdf (contributor-compiled chronology, commanding-officer roster, campaign credit, NARA photo index) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 09/03/0329 chronology, awards box, CO roster; companion PDF 0329a.pdf
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource compilation: laid down 1944-12-16 as Maritime Commission C3 hull under MC contract at Todd-Pacific Shipyards Inc., Seattle; launched 1945-09-19; laid up Pacific Reserve Fleet, Long Beach as headquarters for the Long Beach Group; commissioned 1962-06-09 (CAPT Eugene H. Simpson); decommissioned 11 March 1971; custody to MARAD 1971-09-01 for NDRF Suisun Bay; struck from Naval Register 1976-09-15; withdrawn from reserve and transferred to U.S. Navy for stripping 1977-04-29; permanent title to MARAD 1977-12-21; sold by MARAD 1977-12-21 NTU to Waterman Supply Co. for $100,000, delivered Pearl Harbor 1978-01-18, resold by Waterman to International Steel Co. for scrapping. Credits one Vietnam Service Medal campaign star (Vietnam Counteroffensive, 1967-01-09 to 1967-02-01). CO roster runs Simpson (1962-06-09) through CDR Richard J. Morin (1970-10-05 to 1971-03-11). NARA RG-19-LCM photo index references BuShips imagery incl. 19-N-93750 (Puget Sound machinery trials, 1946-03-21).
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1944-1978
- Limitations
- Volunteer-compiled archive - not an official source; used as lead corroboration only. Internally contradictory: main page and CO roster support decommissioning 11 Mar 1971 while companion PDF 0329a.pdf lists in-commission '09 Jun 1962 - 11 Mar 1970' - the 1970 figure also appears in Wikipedia-era compilations; unresolved, logged in gaps. The Vietnam campaign-star credit is NOT verified against the CNO-approved awards listing (awards.navy.mil unreachable 2026-09-19) and the PDF mislabels the phase (calls the Jan-Feb 1967 window 'Counteroffensive Phase III', whose official dates are Jun 1967-Jan 1968; Jan-Feb 1967 falls in Phase II). NavSource's Long Beach reserve-group framing conflicts with DANFS's San Diego Subgroup - noted in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-isle-royale-ad29-06
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[7]NARA guidance - U.S. Navy Ship Deck Logs, Record Group 24 (Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel); reproduction via NATF Form 72 process [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA 'An Introduction to Navy Deck Logs' + 'How to Order Deck Log Reproductions' (RG 24, U.S. Navy Ship Deck Logs series)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival lead (not retrieved - requires reproduction order or research-room visit; no spend authorized): Isle Royale's commissioned-era deck logs (1962-1971) are the record series most likely to document alongside-ship repair operations, yard availabilities (including the undocumented 1962 reactivation work), and any recorded material-handling or industrial-hygiene entries relevant to asbestos work aboard. Deck logs for commissioned Navy ships are retained permanently in RG 24.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1962-1971 records
- Limitations
- Record-group mapping only - no retrieval performed; whether the logs contain any asbestos-specific entries is unknown until surveyed. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-isle-royale-ad29-07
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[8]Batch-459 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS (via Wayback + hazegray mirror); MARAD ShipHistory 2327 + MA-383 status card; shipscribe AD-26 class page; NavSource 0329 + PDF; NVR (out of coverage); CourtListener API (throttled); web litigation sweep; VA BVA index sweep; PubMed esearch [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-isle-royale-ad29-01 through sl-uss-isle-royale-ad29-10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, hull-condition report, or docketed asbestos case naming USS Isle Royale / AD-29 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). Litigation sweeps returned only name collisions - Isle Royale National Park cases (e.g., Isle Royale Boaters Ass'n v. Norton, 330 F.3d 777 (6th Cir. 2003), a Wilderness Act challenge to the Michigan park's General Management Plan) and Isle Royale Copper Co. matters (e.g., Maki v. Isle Royale Copper Co., Mich. 1914) - none concerning the vessel. PubMed esearch 'Isle Royale' + asbestos returned 0 results. Law-firm and marketing pages listing the ship (mesotheliomabook.com, asbestosnavy.com, freeasbestostesting.com, duboselawfirm.com, mesotheliomasymptoms.com) are non-citable and were not used.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 2026-09-19
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - the ship was scrapped in 1977-78 and no survey regime then applied; her tender mission (repairing other warships' steam-era equipment) is a documented exposure pathway for the type (see ev-05) even though no Isle Royale-specific record of it exists. The CourtListener API was rate-limited (HTTP 429, 125/day, ~6h backoff) at research date, so a full opinion/RECAP docket sweep by name and hull number is incomplete - logged as a gap; collision screening relied on the web sweep. Does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-isle-royale-ad29-08