Evidence
12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).
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[1]CourtListener opinion search: 'USS Kalinin Bay' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion search 'USS Kalinin Bay' returned 0 results (2026-10-07)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Limitations
- zero-hit search; absence of hits is not proof of no litigation
- Evidence ID
- uss-kalinin-bay-cve68-cl-name-opinion
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[2]CourtListener docket search: 'USS Kalinin Bay' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener docket search 'USS Kalinin Bay' returned 7 result(s) (2026-10-07); individual records not reviewed
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Limitations
- hit count only — underlying dockets/opinions not individually reviewed; name query may match same-named vessels
- Evidence ID
- uss-kalinin-bay-cve68-cl-name-docket
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[3]CourtListener opinion search: 'CVE-68' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion search 'CVE-68' returned 144 result(s) (2026-10-07); individual records not reviewed
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- hit count only — underlying dockets/opinions not individually reviewed
- Evidence ID
- uss-kalinin-bay-cve68-cl-hull-opinion
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[4]CourtListener docket search: 'CVE-68' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener docket search 'CVE-68' returned 3587 result(s) (2026-10-07); individual records not reviewed
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- hit count only — underlying dockets/opinions not individually reviewed
- Evidence ID
- uss-kalinin-bay-cve68-cl-hull-docket
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[5]DANFS, USS Kalinin Bay (CVE-68) - construction, designation history, service narrative, battle damage, repair periods, and disposition (verbatim transcription; live NHHC page unavailable) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specification block and full service narrative (HyperWar/ibiblio transcription)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS documents this hull's construction and career: named for a bay on the northern shore of Kruzof Island, Alexander Archipelago, southeastern Alaska; originally designated AVG, classified ACV-68 20 Aug 1942; laid down under Maritime Commission contract 26 Apr 1943 by Kaiser Shipbuilding Co., Inc., Vancouver, Wash.; reclassified CVE-68 15 Jul 1943; launched 16 Oct 1943; commissioned 27 Nov 1943 at Astoria, Ore., Capt. C. R. Brown. Exposure-relevant events documented: replenishment/logistics duty Jan-Feb 1944; Composite Squadron 3 ASW and air-support operations Apr-Sep 1944; Taffy 3 (TU-77.4.3) at the Battle off Samar 25 Oct 1944 - 15 direct shell hits plus a kamikaze through the port flight deck and a second hit destroying the aft port stack (her single 5-inch gun scoring a hit on a Nachi-class cruiser at 16,000 yards), 5 dead among 60 casualties, Presidential Unit Citation; emergency repairs at Manus from 1 Nov; permanent repairs and alterations at San Diego 27 Nov 1944 - 18 Jan 1945; Pacific Carrier Transport Squadron replenishment carrier (6 cruises, 600+ planes ferried); Magic-Carpet repatriation (1,048 men embarked Samar to San Francisco, Oct 1945); storm flight-deck damage Dec 1945; Boston 9 Mar 1946; decommissioned 15 May 1946; sold for scrapping 8 Dec 1946 to Patapsco Steel Co., Baltimore, Md. Five battle stars.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Population
- Ship's company ~860 plus embarked squadrons; Kaiser Vancouver construction trades; San Diego repair workforce Nov 1944-Jan 1945
- Limitations
- Authoritative Navy history for milestones, operations, damage, and repair periods; contains no asbestos or insulation-material content. The asbestos scope of construction and of the documented San Diego repair availability is era inference, not a per-hull record. Does not establish exposure for any individual.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kalinin-bay-cve68-01
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[6]NavSource Online Escort Carrier Photo Archive, USS Kalinin Bay (CVE-68) - fate line citing Navy Department Bulletin 46-1211 p.18; contemporaneous Kaiser yard newsletter and OHS launch photo captions; NHHC and NARA photo captions [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource CVE-68 page - fate line; captions NS0306804, NS0306804a, NS0306805, NS0306807
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource records the ship stricken from the Navy list 5 June 1946, citing Navy Department Bulletin 46-1211, p.18, and notes no previous U.S. warship had borne the name. Contemporaneous launch documentation conflicts with DANFS: the Kaiser yard newsletter 'Bo's'n's Whistle' (Vol. 3, No. 21, 11 Nov 1943, p.7) records the launch on 15 October 1943 as 'Vancouver's 14th escort carrier,' sponsor Mrs. Anna Mary Updegraff, and an Oregon Historical Society photograph (OHS neg. 58783) is captioned Friday, 15 October 1943 - versus DANFS's 16 October. NHHC photo NH 106571 captions the ship arriving San Diego 25 Nov 1944 for battle-damage repair; NARA photos 80-G-270509/-270510 document the kamikaze flight-deck damage of 25 Oct 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1943-1946; page as accessed 2026-09-19
- Population
- n/a (archival/photographic record)
- Limitations
- Volunteer-compiled archive; the stricken date rests on the cited Navy Department Bulletin, not directly viewed. Launch date (15 vs 16 Oct 1943) and San Diego arrival (25 vs 27 Nov 1944) conflicts with DANFS are carried unresolved rather than reconciled. No asbestos or insulation-material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kalinin-bay-cve68-02
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[7]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 BuShips insulation chapter enumerates the asbestos material suite standard to Navy steam plants of this hull's construction era: MIL-P-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 Babcock & Wilcox boilers, two Skinner Uniflow reciprocating steam engines, and associated steam piping, valves, and pumps are the equipment classes these specifications cover, and her April 1943 keel sits inside the asbestos-specification period.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1960 (manual); describes era-standard specifications applicable to 1943 construction
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- Specification-level documentation of what the Navy specified, not a ship-specific installation record - establishes the era insulation suite, not what was installed aboard this hull; no quantity; does not establish remaining material. The retrieved PDF is a scan hosted in the Garlock bankruptcy Daubert-appendix repository; the document itself is the government manual.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kalinin-bay-cve68-03
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[8]Washington State Department of Ecology, cleanup site page 'Kaiser Shipyard Debris Pile' (csid 1831) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Ecology site record - site history paragraph (Kaiser Vancouver yard role and fill debris)
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- Official state cleanup record for the Kaiser Shipyard Debris Pile: in 1942 the site was developed as part of the Kaiser Vancouver Shipyard, which 'was responsible for construction of liberty ships, escort carriers, and transport ships used during World War II'; shipyard debris (metal, pipes, firebrick, ceramics) was used as fill 1940-1946. Confirms the builder yard's escort-carrier program and industrial debris stream for the yard that built this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1940-1946 yard operations
- Population
- Kaiser Vancouver yard workforce (contextual)
- Limitations
- Yard-level context only: the record does not list asbestos among documented debris constituents, does not name this hull, and documents the construction yard rather than any condition aboard the ship.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kalinin-bay-cve68-04
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[9]Braaten v. Saberhagen Holdings, 165 Wn.2d 373, 198 P.3d 1010 (Wash. 2008) [court_record]
- Locator
- Opinion factual background (Navy equipment asbestos use; PSNS exposure history)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Washington Supreme Court factual summary of Navy-era practice: Navy specifications called for asbestos-containing insulation, gaskets, and packing aboard its vessels - 'the use of asbestos in and on Navy valves, pumps, and turbines was not by chance, but by design.' The opinion describes pipefitters and insulators disturbing asbestos insulation during shipyard maintenance at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1960s-1970s exposure era recounted in 2008 opinion
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers (contextual)
- Limitations
- Documents Navy-wide era practice and PSNS yard exposure; does not name this class or this hull, and the plaintiff's exposure history is unrelated to this ship. Era/context support only - not a ship-specific finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kalinin-bay-cve68-05
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[10]Batch-257 search ledger (this record): DANFS/HyperWar; NavSource; BuShips WDR No. 60 compendium; WA Ecology; BuShips TM ch.39; web-indexed opinion repositories (Justia, Casetext, govinfo); VA BVA decisions; law-firm ship-list pages (leads only, excluded); CourtListener API (rate-limited) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-kalinin-bay-cve68-01 through -12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, litigation naming the hull, or archival material disclosure was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). Web-indexed opinion repositories and a VA Board of Veterans' Appeals sweep returned no qualifying hit naming the ship; the only name collisions located are a Russian surname ('Kalinin') in unrelated federal criminal files. The class profile's prior member-name sweeps across all 50 Casablanca-class hulls likewise found no qualifying asbestos opinion.
- 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 1946-47, decades before asbestos regulation, so no abatement-era documentation would be expected. CourtListener opinion coverage could not be directly swept this session (API rate limit, 125/day cap - see search_ledger); the negative finding rests on web-indexed repositories, the BVA sweep, and the class profile's prior sweeps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kalinin-bay-cve68-06
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[11]U.S. Navy War Damage Reports (BuShips) - digitized index; WDR No. 60 'Escort Carriers: Gunfire, Bomb and Kamikaze Damages and Losses' (ibiblio PDF) [other_primary]
- Locator
- WDR index (No. 60 PDF checked - sections IV covers CVE-79/CVE-61 only); NavSource photo captions
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The ship's own records for the 25 Oct 1944 action exist in federal custody per mandatory wartime War Damage Report practice (CO letter/report to BuShips, as cited for sister ships), but are not digitized: the digitized escort-carrier compendium WDR No. 60 contains sections only for Ommaney Bay (CVE-79) and Manila Bay (CVE-61) - no CVE-68 coverage. NARA photo holdings for this hull are confirmed via NavSource captions: 80-G-270509/-270510 (flight-deck damage, National Archives, College Park) and NHHC photo NH 106571.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1944-1945 records; access attempted 2026-09-19
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- The ship's war-damage report serial is inferred from mandatory WDR practice and sister-ship report citations in the compendium - existence is probable, not directly verified, and the document is not digitized. The 80-G photo series is confirmed. Action reports and the WDR would document damage/repair scope (insulation disturbance), not asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kalinin-bay-cve68-07
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[12]Navypedia, Casablanca class (CVE-55) - complete 50-member class table and technical block [other_primary]
- Locator
- navypedia us_cv_casablanca.htm - member table row CVE-68 (yard no. 314) and technical block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Class membership and construction-program context: the Casablanca class comprised 50 escort carriers (CVE-55 through CVE-104), all built by Kaiser Shipbuilding Co. at Vancouver, WA (Maritime Commission yard nos. 301-350), keels Nov 1942 - Mar 1944, on a wartime mass-production schedule - the largest single carrier class ever built. The member row for this hull reads: yard no. 314, laid down 26 Apr 1943, launched 15 Oct 1943, commissioned 27 Nov 1943 - corroborating the contemporaneous 15 Oct launch date against DANFS's 16 Oct.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1942-1944 construction program
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- Compiled secondary reference used for the class roster and member-row cross-check; class-level construction data, not a hull-specific material record. No insulation or asbestos data in the source.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kalinin-bay-cve68-08