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, 'Juniata' (III, IX-77) entry - canonical NHHC page history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/j/juniata-iii.html returns HTTP 404 as of 2026-09-29 (NHHC link rot, consistent with Batch-01 finding); text verified against the hazegray-family DANFS mirror at losthistory.net [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Juniata (III) entry, full text; mirror of NHHC DANFS
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS (third Juniata entry): formerly Vega, built in 1930 by Krupp, of Kiel, Germany; purchased by the Navy from owner H. W. Rohl of Los Angeles in 1942; delivered 20 July; placed in service 11 August 1942. Assigned to the Western Sea Frontier and based at San Francisco; alternated with other ships on patrol of the great-circle route to Hawaii, steaming to and from a station some 500 miles west of Eureka, Calif. Placed out of service at Treasure Island, San Francisco, 1 January 1945; returned to the Maritime Commission; sold to a private owner in June 1945. DANFS data line: 242 t., 134 ft., 28 ft 2 in. beam, 17 ft 5 in. draft, 11 kt.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1930-1945
- Population
- Navy crew aboard IX-77, 1942-1945 (count per Shipscribe register data: 22)
- Limitations
- Authoritative for identity, acquisition, service assignment, and disposal; contains no asbestos, materials, crew-count, or condition information. Canonical NHHC URL is 404 and no Wayback capture exists, so text is verified via transcription mirror only. Does not support any asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-juniata-ix77-01
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[2]Shipscribe.com, 'USS Small IX: Auxiliary Schooners etc. (3)' (IX-77 specifications, construction/disposition table, and IX-77 ship note) - compilation of U.S. Navy register and Ships' Data U.S. Naval Vessels data with official-record class notes [other_primary]
- Locator
- IX-77 specification block, construction table row (Acq. 20 Jul 42 / Commiss. 12 Sep 42), disposition table row (1 Jan 45 / 19 Jan 45 / 4 Jun 45, MC/S), and IX-77 class note
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Shipscribe 'Small IX: Auxiliary Schooners etc. (3)' register compilation for IX-77: displacement 366 t. (242 gross); 134.2 ft deck (100.0 ft wl) x 28.2 ft x 17.4 ft; complement 22 (1944); 10.5 kt; machinery 1 screw, Winton diesel; armament small or none. Acquisition chronology: on 1 Jul 1942 VCNO asked WSA to requisition-purchase the yacht VEGA and authorized Com-12 to accept her; acquired 20 Jul 1942; renamed JUNIATA 3 Aug 1942; replaced by a new frigate (PF) in 1944. Disposition: out of service 1 Jan 1945; struck 19 Jan 1945; Maritime Commission/WSA sale 4 Jun 1945 to Thomas F. Hamilton of Beverly Hills. Class note traces postwar chain: 1951 Cornelius Crane (Tahiti, French registry, mainmast lost Dec 1951); South Pacific touring yacht 'TeVega'; re-engined in England later in the 1950s; 1960s Stanford University oceanographic/ecological studies; Flint School 1969-1981; Dutch owner leasing a school; 1990s Italian restoration; sold 2005 and renamed DEVA, operating out of La Spezia, Italy.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1930-2005
- Population
- Navy complement of 22 (1944)
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation of official Navy register data, not a primary document image; complement of 22 (1944) could not be verified against DANFS/NHHC directly (DANFS gives no complement). Table 'Commiss.' column (12 Sep 42) corresponds to the Western Sea Frontier assignment date, not literal commissioning. Contains no asbestos or materials information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-juniata-ix77-02
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[3]Stanford University, Hopkins Marine Station 'Seaside' project, 'Te Vega History' page (institutional history by the operating station) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Te Vega History timeline entries 1928-2017; companion page https://seaside.stanford.edu/tevega (program narrative, 1962 donation/charter framing, NSF funding, 19 cruises)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Stanford University Hopkins Marine Station 'Seaside' institutional history of R/V Te Vega: designed 1928 by Cox & Stevens for Walter G. Ladd; launched 1930 as ETAK, registered New York; sold 1933 to Adolph M. Dick and renamed VEGA; sold 1937 to Hans W. Rohl; acquired by the US Navy 1942 as USS JUNIATA, eastern-Pacific patrol; bought 1945 by Thomas F. Hamilton for chartering; sold 1951 to Cornelius Crane and dismasted off Tahiti the same year; bought 1954 by Omer Darr, remasted, renamed TE VEGA for Hawaii-Society Islands tourism; sold 1958 to Harold A. Miller; Caribbean charter 1959-1962; to Stanford for conversion to an oceanographic research vessel (the companion program page records NSF funding, home port Monterey, and 19 cruises 1963-1968 including the International Indian Ocean Expedition); sold 1969 to the Flint School (floating prep school to 1981); Landmark/Watermark school charter 1982-1992; sold to the family of Parmalat founder Calisto Tanzi, restored 1992-1997; Mediterranean circuit to 2004; sold 2006 to Andrea della Valle (Tod's vice chairman) and renamed DEVA; for sale 2017.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1928-2017
- Population
- Stanford research crews and graduate students (1963-1969); school-ship students and crews (1969-1992)
- Limitations
- Institutional history by the operating station, strongest for the 1962-1969 research-vessel period; minor acquisition-mechanism ambiguity (program page says 'donated to Hopkins Marine Station by Harold Miller in 1962' while the 1963 announcement describes a long-term charter from owner Liberian Pacific Navigation Co.). Contains no asbestos or materials information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-juniata-ix77-03
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[4]Classic Yacht Info registry entry 'Deva'; VesselFinder AIS record MMSI 232030742; vessel site te-vega.com [other_primary]
- Locator
- classicyachtinfo.com/asp_yachts/deva-2/; vesselfinder.com/vessels/details/232030742; te-vega.com
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The hull remains extant. Classic Yacht Info registry records DEVA (1930 Krupp schooner): restored 1995-1997 at Cantiere Beconcini, La Spezia; complete refit 1997 and masts/sails/rigging/hull/interior work 2006; renamed DEVA 2006, private yacht cruising the Mediterranean. VesselFinder AIS record for MMSI 232030742 lists sailing vessel 'TE VEGA' under United Kingdom flag, last position report in the West Mediterranean approximately May 2026 (142 days before access). The vessel's own site (te-vega.com) markets her as a Krupp 1930 steel-hulled schooner located in Italy with a 1992 MTU diesel.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1992-2026
- Population
- Contemporary private-yacht crew and any shipyard workers performing periodic refits
- Limitations
- Establishes survival, repeated major refits, and current flag/operating area only. AIS broadcast name (TE VEGA, UK flag) conflicts with the 2006 DEVA rename reported by registries - current documented name unresolved. No asbestos, materials, or condition information in any of these sources; repeated re-engining and restoration imply substantial renewal of original fabric but do not document it. Supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-juniata-ix77-04
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[5]Shipscribe.com photo page for IX-77 class, attributing photo NH 97587 to U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command and photo 19-N-49489 to U.S. National Archives RG-19-LCM [other_primary]
- Locator
- Shipscribe IX073-p photo page captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Archival photo leads for this hull are cataloged on the Shipscribe photo page: NHHC photo NH 97587 (USS Juniata IX-77 underway off the U.S. west coast, 1942-1944) and U.S. National Archives photo 19-N-49489 (RG-19-LCM, circa mid-1943).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1944
- Limitations
- Photo-number attribution only; the underlying NHHC and NARA catalog entries were not independently reachable during this session (NHHC site returns 404 on queried URLs; NARA catalog API not scriptable). Deck logs and any BuShips/12th-ND correspondence on the 1942 acquisition conversion are not located in digitized public sources - NARA RG-19/RG-181 remain the open leads. No asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-juniata-ix77-05
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[6]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
- AJIM 11(3):359-373, abstract
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era context only: a peer-reviewed historical study documents that asbestos was used extensively as a fireproofing and insulating material in U.S. shipbuilding during WWII and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization aboard vessels of that era.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1940s era documented; article 1987
- Population
- WWII-era ship crews (era context)
- Limitations
- Weaker-than-usual transplant: the study covers the WWII U.S. shipbuilding program, while this hull was built in Germany in 1930 as a private diesel-auxiliary yacht and was never built to U.S. Maritime Commission specifications. It contextualizes the wartime operating era only. Does not name this vessel, does not establish that asbestos was or remains aboard, and establishes nothing about quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-juniata-ix77-06
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[7]CourtListener API v4 opinion searches, authenticated via fleet helper, 2026-09-29 - 'USS Juniata' 0 hits; 'IX-77'/'IX 77' 16 hits all collisions; 'Juniata asbestos' 5 hits all collisions; docket sweep paced out [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger sl-uss-juniata-ix77-11 through -13
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion searches completed 2026-09-29 (authenticated API v4 via fleet helper): '"USS Juniata"' returned 0 results; '"IX-77" OR "IX 77"' returned 16 results, all name collisions (Texas AG opinions, workers-comp, chancery and unrelated matters); 'Juniata asbestos' returned 5 results, all name collisions (Lineberger and Adams v. Wyeth, Phila. CCP; Frederick v. Action Tire, Pa. Super.; Sea-Land Service v. United States, 3d Cir.; Wicker v. Consolidated Rail, W.D. Pa. - 'Juniata' references are incidental, e.g. Juniata Shops/County contexts, none naming this vessel). No qualifying asbestos litigation located for this hull. The docket-type (RECAP) search was not completed: the fleet-wide request budget was intermittently spent (paced ~114/hr against the 2,800/day account quota).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2026-09-29
- Limitations
- Opinion coverage is complete and clean: exact-name, hull-number, and asbestos-context queries returned no qualifying result - every hit is a name collision (Juniata County/Shops/River, Juniata College contexts) or unrelated matter. The RECAP docket-type sweep remains undone - retry owed. Zero opinion hits does not cover PACER-only dockets, unindexed state filings, or settled/undocketed claims.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-juniata-ix77-07
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[8]Batch-4870 search ledger (this record): DANFS mirror; Shipscribe IX-77 register page and photo page; Stanford Hopkins Marine Station history; Classic Yacht Info; VesselFinder AIS; te-vega.com; MARAD ShipHistory name search; NARA catalog; CourtListener (partial) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-juniata-ix77-01 through sl-uss-juniata-ix77-13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, NRHP/HAER documentation, or adjudicated litigation naming this hull was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The 1930 German-built hull is extant but has been re-engined at least twice (1950s Mirrlees; 1990s MTU) and underwent major restorations in 1995-1997 and 2006; survival of any original-era insulation or gasket materials is undocumented in either direction.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2026-09-29
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1930-built steel yacht is consistent with era-typical asbestos insulation materials, and her post-1945 documentation does not address hazardous materials. Does not establish that asbestos is or is not present; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-juniata-ix77-08