USS Kiska (AE-35)

Evidence

17 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-17).

1. [1]CourtListener opinion search: 'USS Kiska' [court_record]

   Finding type

   litigation_documented

   Finding

   CourtListener opinion search 'USS Kiska' 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-kiska-ae35-cl-name-opinion

2. [2]CourtListener docket search: 'USS Kiska' [court_record]

   Finding type

   litigation_documented

   Finding

   CourtListener docket search 'USS Kiska' returned 21 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-kiska-ae35-cl-name-docket

3. [3]CourtListener opinion search: 'AE-35' [court_record]

   Finding type

   litigation_documented

   Finding

   CourtListener opinion search 'AE-35' returned 2742 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-kiska-ae35-cl-hull-opinion

4. [4]CourtListener docket search: 'AE-35' [court_record]

   Finding type

   litigation_documented

   Finding

   CourtListener docket search 'AE-35' returned 131440 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-kiska-ae35-cl-hull-docket

5. [5]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, 'Kiska (AE-35)' - Naval History and Heritage Command (Mark L. Evans, 2014) [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   DANFS 'Kiska (AE-35)' entry body; canonical NHHC URL returned 404 on 2026-09-20 (standing NHHC link rot); text verified via Internet Archive captures of 2024-05-25 and 2024-12-09 (web.archive.org), both HTTP 200

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   DANFS entry for Kiska (AE-35), 1972-2011 (Mark L. Evans, NHHC, dated 2014-02-03, published 2015-07-28): namesake a volcanic island in the Aleutian chain, Alaska; (AE-35: displacement 18,112; length 564'; beam 81'; draft 27'; speed 20 knots; complement 395; armament 8 x 3-inch, up to 12 .50-caliber or 7.62 mm machine guns, two Boeing Vertol UH-46 Sea Knights; class Kilauea). Laid down 8 April 1971 at Pascagoula, MS by Ingalls Shipbuilding Division, Litton Systems, Inc.; launched 11 March 1972, sponsored by Mrs. M. Angelique Kidd (wife of Adm. Isaac C. Kidd Jr.); commissioned at Charleston Naval Shipyard, SC, 16 December 1972, Capt. Jerred R. Rockwood in command. Supported the Mayaguez operation: sailed from Subic Bay to the Gulf of Thailand and supported the engaged ships 14-22 May 1975, then Sattahip 22-27 May. Deployed for Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm during the Persian Gulf War, 14 August 1990 - 15 May 1991. Decommissioned and placed in service with MSC at Fleet and Industrial Supply Center Oakland, CA, 1 August 1996. Placed out of service at Pearl Harbor, HI, 13 January 2011; Navy title transferred to the Maritime Administration 30 May 2013.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-20

   Study period

   1971-2013

   Limitations

   Authoritative NHHC-authored history naming this hull throughout; contains no asbestos, insulation-material, or hazardous-material information - supports no asbestos claim. Entry notes 'Detailed history under construction,' so the operational record is partial. Canonical URL currently dead; content verified against archived captures.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-kiska-ae35-01

6. [6]Naval Vessel Register (NAVSEA), ship detail record for KISKA (AE 35), UIC 20245 [other_primary]

   Locator

   NVR ship detail page; live URL 302-redirects to a DoD SSO gate (login.nslc.navy.mil) for automated fetch on 2026-09-20; content verified via Internet Archive captures - legacy page nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/AE35.htm (2001-07-13) and SHIPDETAILS/SHIPSDETAIL_AE_35.HTML (2017-01-09, 200)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Naval Vessel Register detail record for KISKA (AE 35), AMMUNITION SHIP: UIC 20245; Class AE 26 (Kilauea class); builder Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp. (MS); milestone dates - award 03/08/1968, keel 04/08/1971, launch 03/11/1972, delivery 11/21/1972, commission 12/16/1972, decommission 08/01/1996, inactivation 01/13/2011, stricken 01/13/2011. Physical characteristics: overall length 564 ft, extreme beam 81 ft, waterline length 540 ft, max navigational draft 27 ft, draft limit 28 ft; light displacement 9,932 tons, full displacement 18,112 tons, deadweight 8,180 tons; steel hull, steel superstructure; 1 propeller; propulsion type steam turbines; accommodations 20 officers + 375 enlisted. 2001-era record shows status 'Military Sealift Command (MSC) Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force,' Pacific fleet, custodian MSC, status change 08/01/1996. Post-disposal record (page last updated 07/08/2013) shows status 'Disposed of by Navy title transfer to the Maritime Administration,' status change 05/30/2013, custodian MARAD, and the comment: 'AE 35 WAS COMPLETELY DISMANTLED TO ITS BASIC MATERIAL CONTENT BY ESCO MARINE, INC. IN BROWNSVILLE, TX ON NOVEMBER 20, 2013. CERTIFICATE OF DESTRUCTION IS ON FILE.'

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-20

   Study period

   1968-2013

   Limitations

   Official NAVSEA register - authoritative for milestones, characteristics, custodial status, and the dismantling comment. Contains no asbestos, insulation-material, or condition-survey information; the certificate-of-destruction reference establishes disposal, not material content - supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-kiska-ae35-02

7. [7]Shipscribe, 'USS Kilauea (AE-26) Class' (usnaux2) - compiled construction/disposition tables and class notes from Navy Ship's Data records and NARA RG 19 SCB files [other_primary]

   Locator

   AE-26 class page: design and class notes, construction table (AE 35 row), disposition table, ship notes; compiled 22 July 2021

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Shipscribe Kilauea (AE 26) class compilation (S.S. Roberts, from Navy Ship's Data / NavData records, citing NARA RG 19 Entry P 62 Box 75 for SCB 249): class design SCB Projects 703.65/703.66 derived initially from the C4 Mariner hull then radically altered (superstructure moved aft, enlarged cargo-handling area, bulbous bow, APS automated propulsion); machinery 'steam turbines, 3 pressure-fired boilers (600psi), 1 screw, 22,000 HP'; accommodations 28 officers + 375 enlisted (AE 26); armament as built 4 twin 3-inch/50 mounts, reduced to 2 by 1988-90 (AE 35, probably class prototype, received the Mk 16 Mod 1 CIWS weapon group in 1983). Construction table: AE 35 KISKA ordered 8 Mar 1968, Ingalls, keel 8 Apr 1971, launched 11 Mar 1972, commissioned 16 Dec 1972. Disposition table: AE 35 inactivated 13 Jan 2011, stricken 13 Jan 2011, disposal 30 May 2013, fate MA/S (title to MA and ship sold by MA). Ship note: 'KISKA FY 1968. Decomm and to MSC 1 Aug 1996. Title to MA at time of sale (in Navy but not MA records). Dismantlement completed 20 Nov 2013 by ESCO Marine at Brownsville, TX.'

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-20

   Study period

   1963-2013

   Limitations

   Secondary compilation of primary Navy records naming this hull in class tables; documents the 2011-01-13 inactivation/strike and the 2013 MARAD-title/ESCO dismantling path, and explains why no MARAD ShipHistory record exists ('in Navy but not MA records'). Contains no asbestos or insulation-material information - supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-kiska-ae35-03

8. [8]NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive - 'USNS Kiska (T-AE-35) ex USS Kiska (AE-35)' (page 09/05/0535) [other_primary]

   Locator

   Page timeline, specifications block, awards list, photo-caption corpus incl. Mare Island Naval Shipyard photo MINSY 168005-5-80 (May 1980) and Miraflores Locks 2013-05-16

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NavSource Online Service Ship Photo Archive page for USNS Kiska (T-AE-35) ex-USS Kiska (AE-35): Kilauea-class milestones (laid down 8 April 1971 Ingalls Shipbuilding Division, Litton Systems Inc., Pascagoula; launched 11 March 1972; commissioned 16 December 1972; decommissioned 1 August 1996 and placed in service by MSC as USNS Kiska T-AE-35; deactivated and struck 15 January 2011 at Pearl Harbor; towed out of Pearl Harbor by tug Leslie Foss 30 March 2013 en route Brownsville, TX for scrapping). Specs: displacement 9,340 lt / 19,940 fl; 564' x 81' x 29'; 20 kts; MSC complement 125-133 civilian mariners + 30 naval detachment; cargo 60,000 cu ft / 6,000 DWT; USS armament four twin 3-inch/50 dual-purpose mounts, USNS none; two MH-60S Seahawks; propulsion one General Electric turbine, three Foster-Wheeler 600-psi boilers, single six-blade fixed propeller, 22,000 shp. Awards list includes SECNAV Letter of Commendation, Joint Meritorious Unit Award, Navy Unit Commendation (2), Meritorious Unit Commendation (3), Battle 'E' (4), Navy Expeditionary Medal (Iran/Indian Ocean), Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (Mayaguez operation; Libya), Southwest Asia Service Medal, GWOT Expeditionary Medal, Humanitarian Service Medal (Boat People). Photo captions document the hull at Mare Island Naval Shipyard in May 1980 (yard photo MINSY 168005-5-80), pierside NAS North Island circa 1978-79, and transiting the Miraflores Locks, Panama Canal, 16 May 2013 en route to the breakers. Twelve-ship commanding-officer list 1972-1996 (CAPT Jerred R. Rockwood commissioning CO through CAPT Nori Ann Reed).

   Verification

   partial

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-20

   Study period

   1971-2013

   Population

   Yard workforce at Mare Island NSY, May 1980 (presence documented; work scope undocumented)

   Limitations

   Volunteer-maintained archive that hosts Navy/shipyard photographs with official captions - milestone text is secondary and carries a strike-date discrepancy (15 Jan 2011) against the official 13 Jan 2011 (see correction row); the Mare Island May 1980 photo documents presence at the yard but not the scope of work performed. Contains no asbestos or insulation-material information - supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-kiska-ae35-04

9. [9]Military Sealift Command, Ship Inventory - 'USNS KISKA (T-AE 35)' (msc.navy.mil) [other_primary]

   Locator

   MSC ship-inventory page via Internet Archive capture 2007-05-10 (page last modified 2006-07-18); legacy msc.navy.mil host retired

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Military Sealift Command official ship inventory page for USNS KISKA (T-AE 35), Ammunition Ship: one of 39 MSC ships in the Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force; length 564 ft, beam 81 ft, draft 28 ft, displacement 19,940 long tons, speed 20.0 knots; organization Military Sealift Fleet Support Command; crew 133 civilian + 55 military; owner/operator government-owned, government-operated (GOGO).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-20

   Study period

   1996-2011

   Limitations

   Official MSC page documenting USNS-era status, organization, and crew model; contains no asbestos or insulation-material information - supports no asbestos claim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-kiska-ae35-05

10. [10]U.S. Pacific Fleet / navy.mil news release, 'USNS Kiska leaves U.S. 7th Fleet for deactivation' (Nov 2010) [other_primary]

    Locator

    cpf.navy.mil article 2758586; live page returned HTTP 403 to automated fetch on 2026-09-20 - content verified via search-index excerpt of the release

    Finding type

    vessel_history

    Finding

    U.S. Pacific Fleet official news release (Singapore dateline, November 2010): MSC ammunition ship USNS Kiska (T-AE 35) crossed the international date line 18 November 2010, leaving the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility for the last time, bound for Pearl Harbor to begin deactivation preparations; USNS Matthew Perry (T-AKE-9) had relieved Kiska of 7th Fleet duties on 30 October. The release states Kiska 'was commissioned into the active U.S. Navy force as USS Kiska (AE-35) in 1972,' 'served during the Vietnam conflict,' 'deployed to the Arabian Gulf in support of operation Desert Storm from 1990-1991,' was 'decommissioned and transferred to the service of the Navy's MSC in 1996,' 'deployed in support [of] Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003,' and carried a crew of 133 civil-service mariners; deactivation scheduled for January 2011.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    supporting

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-20

    Study period

    1972-2011

    Limitations

    Official Navy public-affairs release documenting service summary and the deactivation path; contains no asbestos or insulation-material information - supports no asbestos claim. Full page not re-fetchable due to navy.mil 403.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-kiska-ae35-06

11. [11]U.S. General Accounting Office, 'Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure,' HRD-80-2 (published 18 Oct 1979, released 22 Oct 1979), incl. Enclosure I (CNO letter Ser 4542/318054, 5 Jan 1979) with Attachment 1 ship list [gao]

    Locator

    Report letter and digest; Enclosure I pp. 1-5 and Attachment 1 (ship list, pp. 7-12 of enclosure); gao.gov PDF returned HTTP 403 to automated fetch - full text verified via the gao.justia.com mirror PDF (26 pp.)

    Finding type

    gov_survey

    Finding

    GAO report on Navy asbestos practices documents the policy window covering this hull's construction (keel 8 Apr 1971 - delivery 21 Nov 1972): the CNO's response letter (Enclosure I, Ser 4542/318054, 5 Jan 1979) states Navy thermal-insulation product specifications 'were changed as early as 1971 to specify that the Navy wanted materials with little or no asbestos' and 'by late 1973 ... to call for asbestos-free materials,' but that ship-sets of asbestos products purchased under earlier specifications 'had already been bought and in some cases installed,' so 'ships well under construction and already insulated at that time continued through to delivery as late as May 1978 with asbestos insulation.' The fleet-wide no-asbestos policy issued as NAVSEAINST 5100.2 of 24 October 1975. The same letter states 'all ships presently in service contain some quantity of asbestos,' citing applications for which no asbestos-free substitute was designated - gaskets and pipe hanger liners, plus electrical resistors, deck/floor tiling, galley-range cable insulation, and brakes/clutches. Attachment 1 lists ships delivered since 1973 or under construction with thermal-insulation status; hulls with build windows bracketing AE-35's - AOR-6 Kalamazoo (keel 3/69, delivered 7/73), FF-1090-97 (keels 11/69-5/70, delivered 1973-74), and YTB-821-826 (keels 1/72) - are listed 'Asbestos thermal insulation'; no AE-class ship appears, and AE-35's 21 Nov 1972 delivery predates the list's 'delivered since 1973' window.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    context

    Documentation level

    class_or_era

    Accessed

    2026-09-20

    Study period

    1971-1979 policy window documented; report issued 1979

    Population

    Navy shipbuilders and crews of ships under construction before the 1973 spec change (program context)

    Limitations

    Navy-wide program documentation, not a hull record - does not name this vessel. It fixes the specification era in which this hull was built (entirely before the late-1973 asbestos-free spec completion and before NAVSEAINST 5100.2), and documents that comparable auxiliaries with overlapping build windows were delivered with asbestos thermal insulation. Does not establish that asbestos was installed aboard AE-35, nor quantity, location, exposure, or causation for any individual.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-kiska-ae35-07

12. [12]Department of the Navy, Naval Ship Systems Command, NAVSHIPSINST 5100.26 (1971-02-09) with SCA transmittal memo (1972-02-04) - litigation exhibit scan hosted by toxicdocs.org (plaintiff's exhibit SBCA 5036) [other_primary]

    Locator

    Scanned instruction text - Purpose, Background, and Action (a) Fabrication paragraphs; SCA memo transmittal

    Finding type

    regulatory

    Finding

    Navy instruction contemporaneous with this hull's construction prescribes controls for asbestos work: NAVSHIPS Instruction 5100.26 (9 February 1971), 'Asbestos Exposure Hazards, control of,' states that 'the most critical use of asbestos in the Navy from a safety viewpoint is in the fabrication, installation, repair or removal of pipe and boiler insulation materials' and prescribes segregation, respirators, ventilation, wetting, disposal, X-ray surveillance of insulation workers, and a 5-fiber/ml TLV for fabrication, installation, and removal - distributed to private yards doing Navy work via the Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA memo of 4 February 1972 enclosing the instruction, noting the OSHA 5-fiber emergency standard of December 1971). AE-35 was under construction at a private yard (Ingalls, Pascagoula) from April 1971 through November 1972 - the same window.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    context

    Documentation level

    class_or_era

    Accessed

    2026-09-20

    Study period

    1971-1972 issuance window

    Population

    Insulation workers and supervisors in Navy-contracted yards (program context)

    Limitations

    Program/era-level Navy instruction documented via a litigation-exhibit scan on a third-party archive - the document is a genuine Navy issuance dated while this hull was under construction at a private yard, but it names no hull and establishes no material aboard AE-35. Its existence corroborates that asbestos pipe/boiler insulation work remained ongoing in Navy-contracted shipbuilding in 1971-72. Establishes no quantity, exposure, or causation for any individual.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-kiska-ae35-08

13. [13]Ingalls Shipbuilding, Inc. v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, 519 U.S. 248 (1997) (No. 95-1081), recital of stipulated facts [court_record]

    Locator

    Opinion Part I factual recital (Cornell LII mirror of the U.S. Reports text)

    Finding type

    litigation_documented

    Finding

    Supreme Court record documents asbestos exposure conditions at the yard that built this hull: Jefferson Yates 'worked for Ingalls as a shipfitter at its Pascagoula shipyards in Mississippi between 1953 and 1967 and was exposed to asbestos in his workplace during this time'; diagnosed with asbestosis March 1981; the parties stipulated his 1986 death resulted from asbestos exposure 'in the course and scope of [his] employment.' The opinion itself decides an LHWCA sec. 33(g) 'person entitled to compensation' question - a benefits-law holding, not an exposure finding beyond the stipulated facts.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    context

    Documentation level

    context_only

    Accessed

    2026-09-20

    Study period

    1953-1997

    Population

    Ingalls Pascagoula shipfitters and construction trades (1953-1967 documented)

    Limitations

    Builder-yard-level documentation only - does not name this hull or any vessel. Yates's documented exposure window (1953-1967) predates this hull's construction (1971-72) at the same yard; the row documents that the builder yard's asbestos environment was litigation-established, nothing about this hull's materials. Classified at the least-final applicable stage: stipulated facts plus a statutory holding on death-benefit eligibility.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-kiska-ae35-09

14. [14]Consolidated era inference - NVR/NavSource-documented steam plant for this hull + GAO HRD-80-2 specification timeline + NAVSHIPSINST 5100.26 (see ev-02, ev-04, ev-07, ev-08 rows) [other_primary]

    Locator

    Type technical data; NVR record for this hull; GAO HRD-80-2 Enclosure I

    Finding type

    asbestos_application

    Finding

    Era/design inference for this hull's documented configuration: a steam-turbine, single-screw auxiliary with three Foster-Wheeler 600-psi boilers (NVR 'steam turbines'; NavSource class specs; shipscribe class machinery line), built April 1971 - November 1972 entirely under pre-1973 Navy thermal-insulation specifications (GAO HRD-80-2 window), implies boiler casing and steam-line lagging, turbine and machinery insulation, valve/flange gaskets, packing, pipe hanger liners, deck tile, and brake/clutch linings typical of Navy auxiliary construction of the period - products commonly manufactured with asbestos fiber. Documented material-disturbance events consistent with insulation disturbance are the commissioning outfitting at Charleston Naval Shipyard (1972), the hull's presence at Mare Island Naval Shipyard (May 1980 photo), the 2011 Pearl Harbor inactivation, and the 2013 ESCO dismantling; material scope of all is undocumented.

    Verification

    inferred

    Role

    supporting

    Documentation level

    class_or_era

    Accessed

    2026-09-20

    Study period

    1971-2013

    Population

    Ingalls construction trades (1971-72); USS ship's company (395 per DANFS/NVR accommodations); Charleston NSY commissioning workforce (1972); Mare Island NSY workforce (May 1980, scope undocumented); Pearl Harbor inactivation workforce (2011); MSC civil-service mariners and naval detachment (1996-2011); ESCO shipbreakers (2013)

    Limitations

    Class/era inference only - no ship-specific material schedule, survey, or abatement record located. Asbestos presence aboard this hull is era-consistent inference, not ship-proven: the GAO documents the spec era, not this hull's bill of materials. Establishes no quantities and no exposure for any individual.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-kiska-ae35-10

15. [15]Batch-501 search ledger (this record): DANFS via Wayback; NVR via Wayback; MSC inventory via Wayback; CPF news release; shipscribe AE-26 class page; NavSource 09/05/0535; CourtListener API v4; MARAD ShipHistory; Federal Register API; VA vetapp/web-indexed opinions [other_primary]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-kiska-ae35-01 through sl-uss-kiska-ae35-14

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, material schedule, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming Kiska under AE-35 or T-AE-35 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The DANFS entry, NVR record (both 2001 and post-disposal captures), MSC inventory page, shipscribe class compilation, and NavSource page contain no asbestos or insulation-material statement. MARAD ShipHistory contains no KISKA record - consistent with the disposal path (title to MARAD at time of sale, per shipscribe). CourtListener API pass completed: 'Kiska' returned 175 opinions, all name collisions (Kiska Construction Corp. / Kiska Development Group litigation cluster; Kiska surnames); '"Kiska" asbestos' returned 4 opinions where both terms appear incidentally (WMATA/NY workers'-comp contexts, none the vessel); '"USS Kiska"' returned 0; '"AE-35"' returned 1 unrelated Alaska public-assistance case. Federal Register 'Kiska' hits are Aleutian-island wildlife notices. No BVA/vetapp or web-indexed opinion naming the hull located.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    negative_finding

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-20

    Study period

    2026-09-20

    Limitations

    Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a hull built April 1971 - November 1972 under pre-1973 Navy insulation specs is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials, and her 2011 inactivation and 2013 dismantling hazmat records are not public. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-kiska-ae35-11

16. [16]NARA deck-log guidance (archives.gov, RG 24); NHHC command-operation-reports collection structure; NVR disposal comment (certificate of destruction on file); shipscribe note on the MARAD title path [other_primary]

    Locator

    NARA logbook guidance page; NHHC COR collection framework; NVR Comments field

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Archival leads (not retrieved - require research-room or reproduction order; no spend authorized): (a) NHHC Archives holds command operation reports for commissioned auxiliaries 1972-1996 - the DANFS entry's 'detailed history under construction' note suggests thin compilation to date; (b) NARA RG 24 holds Navy deck logs for the USS period; (c) NAVSEA/Pearl Harbor NISMF inactivation and layup records (Jan 2011 - Mar 2013) would hold any pre-disposal material assessment; (d) the ESCO Marine dismantling file - NVR records a certificate of destruction on file (Nov 2013) - and any MARAD/Navy disposal contract hazmat attachments are the likeliest repositories of hull-specific material data; (e) Litton/Ingalls construction records for hull (builder's trials, outfitting specs) may survive in corporate or Gulf Coast repository collections.

    Verification

    unverified

    Role

    archival_lead

    Documentation level

    context_only

    Accessed

    2026-09-20

    Study period

    1971-2013 records

    Limitations

    Repository mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; existence of asbestos-specific documents for this hull is unknown until surveyed. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-kiska-ae35-12

17. [17]NVR record (stricken 01/13/2011); DANFS (out of service 13 January 2011); NavSource page (15 January 2011); NavalCoverMuseum wiki (March 1); shipscribe AE-26 class page; MSC inventory (55 military) [other_primary]

    Locator

    NVR milestone block; DANFS final paragraph; NavSource timeline; navalcovermuseum.org/wiki/KISKA_T-AE_35; MSC inventory crew line

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Source discrepancies noted and resolved: (a) inactivation/stricken date - NVR and DANFS both record 13 January 2011; NavSource and derivative secondary listings give 15 January 2011; the official NVR/DANFS date (2011-01-13) is adopted. (b) launch date - the NavalCoverMuseum page gives 'March 1 1972' while DANFS, NVR, NavSource, and shipscribe all give 11 March 1972; 11 March adopted. (c) class naming - the ship is the eighth and final unit of the Kilauea class (AE-26 class) per DANFS/shipscribe; informal references to a 'Kiska class' in secondary material are a misnomer. (d) builder name - DANFS gives 'Ingalls Shipbuilding Division, Litton Systems, Inc.'; NVR gives 'Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp.'; the period-correct divisional name is carried, with NVR's form noted. (e) MSC-era naval detachment - MSC inventory lists 55 military, NavSource lists ~30; both carried in complement without merging. (f) displacement figures differ by source (DANFS/NVR full load 18,112; NavSource/MSC 19,940 fl; light 9,932-9,340) - the schema carries no displacement field and no single figure is asserted here.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    correction

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-20

    Study period

    1971-2013

    Limitations

    Resolves publication-level discrepancies in secondary framings; does not affect identity or custody timeline materially. No asbestos content in any of these sources.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-kiska-ae35-13