Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet zcm-packet.md [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-kestrel-ix175-pkt-zcm-packet-md
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[2]Naval History Division, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, volume III (1968), Kestrel I [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Printed p. 636, Kestrel I; original government volume digitized by Internet Archive
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Kestrel (AMC-5), formerly Chanco, was built in 1938 by Salisbury Yacht Co., Salisbury, Maryland. The Navy acquired her from Chanco Corp., Gloucester, Virginia, on 1 October 1940 and placed her in service on 21 January 1941. She patrolled from Norfolk in the 5th Naval District until 11 January 1944, then performed similar work at Boston in the 1st Naval District. Reclassified IX-175 on 10 July 1944, she subsequently served as an experimental vessel for the MIT Radiation Laboratory, Cambridge, Massachusetts. She was placed out of service on 29 October 1945 and delivered to the WSA for disposal on 5 August 1946. AMC-5 and IX-175 identify the same hull. DANFS-published characteristics: displacement 219 tons, length 98'10", beam 21'8", draft 6'7", speed 11 knots, complement 19, armament 2 .30-cal. machine guns.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Limitations
- Historical facts only. No asbestos materials, exposure, equipment maker, propulsion specification, or ultimate disposal outcome is established. The scan is the government publication, not an independent commercial history. Complement is a published figure, not a crew roster or exposed-person count. Live NHHC DANFS page for Kestrel I returned 404 on 2026-09-29; the Internet Archive scan of the original volume is the accessible primary source.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kestrel-ix175-01
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[3]DANFS volume III (1968), Kestrel I; comparison with batch intake date [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Printed p. 636, first paragraph of Kestrel I
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The supplied 20 January 1941 service-entry date conflicts with DANFS, which states 21 January 1941 and uses placed in service. The record adopts 21 January and preserves the discrepancy. Either date establishes service within 1930-1986.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Limitations
- DANFS is preferred to the intake/secondary date, but an original service-entry order was not retrieved. Do not silently convert placed in service into commissioned.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kestrel-ix175-02
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[4]Navy Filing Manual 1941, ship designations, reproduced by NHHC [other_primary]
- Locator
- Printed p. 196, AMc AUXILIARIES--MINE SWEEPERS--COASTAL, AMc5
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Navy Filing Manual lists AMc5 Kestrel under coastal minesweepers.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-23
- Limitations
- Confirms name, designation and type only; this classification is not a construction class or an asbestos finding. NHHC page verified live 2026-09-23; recheck on 2026-09-29 returned 404 (NHHC site reorganization) - content verified when accessible, currently unreachable.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kestrel-ix175-03
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[5]OSHA, Occupational Exposure to Asbestos, final rule, 10 August 1994 [federal_register]
- Locator
- Shipbuilding and repairing discussion; paragraph beginning Asbestos products were used extensively on American ships
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- OSHA's 1994 rulemaking describes extensive use of asbestos products on American ships from the early 1940s through the late 1970s, including insulation and bulkhead applications. This is era-level background for Kestrel's naval service, not documentation of materials aboard her.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Limitations
- Verified against the official OSHA text indexed by web search on 2026-09-23; direct full-page retrieval returned 403 then and again 2026-09-29. The general statement does not name Kestrel, document her 1938 construction or conversion materials, or establish individual exposure. Tier 2 expresses era context only; ship-specific asbestos documentation remains unknown.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kestrel-ix175-04
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[6]NARA, Navy Deck Logs Available in the National Archives Catalog; Special List 44 by ship numbers [other_primary]
- Locator
- Kestrel (AMC-5) panel; Special List 44 PDF pp. 3 and 13: https://www.archives.gov/files/research/military/logbooks/sl-44-ship-number.pdf
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's online deck-log guide lists Kestrel (AMC-5), January 1941 to October 1945 service months, and digitized logs for 25 February-31 December 1941 and January-March 1942. Special List 44 separately lists AMC-5 (Kestrel), 25 February 1941-31 March 1942, and IX-175 (Kestrel), 1 October 1944-29 October 1945. These are archival leads for further vessel research.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Limitations
- Finding aids were read (URLs live 2026-09-29); underlying deck-log images were not examined. Coverage dates are holdings dates, not inferred commissioning or reclassification dates. No assertion that the logs contain asbestos information. The separate AMCU/MHC-26/LCI-874 panel is another hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kestrel-ix175-05
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[7]Batch 1585 and batch 4738 research and search ledgers [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger; research/uss-kestrel-ix175/COURTLISTENER-CLASSIFICATION.md
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos documentation was located in the sources reviewed across batches 1585 and 4738. The original DANFS entry, NARA finding aids and official-domain web searches do not document asbestos aboard this hull. CourtListener opinion screening yielded no qualifying Kestrel asbestos case; a ship-qualified docket query returned zero dockets. See the search ledger and hit classifications.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Limitations
- A bounded search result, not proof that asbestos or litigation is absent. No survey, material inventory, exposure measurement, product identification, or merits-stage exposure finding was obtained. Screening is snippet/metadata-level for unexamined documents; undigitized records and other repositories are outside scope.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kestrel-ix175-06
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[8]CourtListener API v4 search index (authenticated), opinion and RECAP docket indexes [court_record]
- Locator
- research/uss-kestrel-ix175/courtlistener-*.json; COURTLISTENER-CLASSIFICATION.md; raw responses retained
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener screening across two sessions: opinion query "USS Kestrel" OR "AMc-5" OR "IX-175" returned 16 hits, all screened as nonqualifying name/acronym/number/OCR collisions (2026-09-23). Ship-qualified docket query "USS Kestrel" OR (Kestrel AND ("AMc-5" OR "IX-175")) returned count=0 (2026-09-29), resolving the batch-1585 pacing-blocked follow-up. Asbestos-qualified opinion query Kestrel AND asbestos returned 1 hit (Federal Deposit Insurance v. Hurwitz, 384 F. Supp. 2d 1039, S.D. Tex. 2005) classified as a name collision: an FDIC corporate-recovery action; the matched token cannot identify a vessel out of service in 1945. Asbestos-qualified docket query Kestrel AND asbestos returned 66 docket groups; first 20 screened, all non-vessel collisions (corporate/entity names such as Kestrel Technologies, and asbestos-adjacent bankruptcies with Kestrel-named parties).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2026-09-23 to 2026-09-29 (search execution dates)
- Population
- U.S. Navy crew (complement 19 published) - no litigation-identified exposure population
- Limitations
- Screening is at case-metadata and snippet level; unreviewed documents and unindexed filings are not cleared. The zero-result ship-qualified docket query covers only text matching the queried terms; a case could reference the vessel by other wording (e.g., Chanco, or Kestrel without hull number) and escape the filter. The 46 unscreened asbestos-qualified docket groups are unreviewed, not classified clean. No exposure adjudication stage is established for this hull - no qualifying litigation was identified at any stage.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kestrel-ix175-07
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[9]NARA, Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA guided-topic page (indexed text, retrieved 2026-09-29)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA publishes a guided research path, Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961, describing how to document whether a particular U.S. naval ship carried asbestos material, using DANFS and record-group research. It is the official archival starting point for a hull-level asbestos determination on this vessel.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Limitations
- Research-methodology guidance only; names no hull and documents no asbestos aboard Kestrel. Records it points to (Bureau of Ships files, deck logs) were not examined for this vessel.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kestrel-ix175-08