Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]NHHC, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, 'Klickitat (AOG-64)' - updated Robert J. Cressman, published 2022-07-28 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry text (canonical live URL https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/k/klickitat.html returns 404 as of 2026-09-24 - standing NHHC link-rot issue first logged in BATCH-01)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS entry (NHHC, updated Robert J. Cressman 2022-07-28; live URL 404s, cited via Wayback capture 2024-12-18): Klickitat (AOG-64) laid down 1944-12-16 at Jacksonville, Fla., by St. John's River Shipbuilding Corp. under Maritime Commission contract (M.C. Hull 2624); launched 1945-03-24; sponsored by Mrs. I. B. McDaniel; commissioned 1945-07-14, Lt. M. J. Seibert, USCG, in command. Stateside service only: shakedown Chesapeake Bay; Rockland, Maine run Aug 1945; Nov-Dec 1945 Houston diesel-oil cargo run with sister Michigamme (AOG-65); decommissioned Norfolk 1946-01-23; returned to Maritime Commission 1946-01-24 (Reserve Fleet, Lee Hall, Va., 1:30 p.m., Unit 4, James River berthing area); stricken 1946-02-07. Renamed Capitan - GAA to Manuel Rodriguez Trading Corp., removed from Reserve Fleet noon 1948-06-14; title transferred at Savannah, Ga., 6:00 p.m. 1948-08-20; resold to Argentine Naval Commission; as Punta Loyola served Argentine Navy until decommissioned 1966; sold two years later, became Alkene, wrecked 1974. Particulars: displacement 1,988; length 325'2"; beam 48'2"; draft 19'0"; speed 10.0 knots; complement 80; armament 1 x 3-inch, 2 x 40mm, 8 x 20mm; class Klickitat; type T1-M-BT1.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1944-1974
- Population
- USCG crew (~80 complement)
- Limitations
- Authoritative for identity, dates, command, service, and custody chain. Contains no asbestos, materials, or insulation information - supports no asbestos claim. Live NHHC URL unresolved (link rot); Wayback capture is the access path.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-klickitat-aog64-01
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[2]U.S. Maritime Administration, ShipHistory database - KLICKITAT (AOG-64) Detail 2893 and CAPITAN Detail 7189, incl. digitized vessel status cards and CAPITAN.pdf [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- ShipHistory Detail 2893 + https://vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/7189 ; status card images /cards/2893_5379AF.jpg (front), /cards/2893_5379AB.jpg (redelivery-by-Navy data), /cards/041b4125-6ef0-4183-8a60-b2bcebc87051.jpg and /cards/14U_01.png (earlier vessel status card); /documents/8ba9eed2-ccd4-4588-9ed3-767fc199b596.pdf
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD ShipHistory records and digitized WSA/Reserve Fleet status cards for MC hull 2624 (KLICKITAT AOG-64, Detail 2893; CAPITAN, Detail 7189; same hull): T1-M-BT1 tanker built by St. Johns River SB Co., Jacksonville, Fla., completed 1945; DWT 4,180, net 1,668, gross 3,268; basis to WSA 1946-01-24 1:30 PM EST at Lee Hall, Va. from Navy Dept.; delivered to WSA Reserve Fleet Lee Hall 1946-01-24; operator Manuel Rodriguez Trading Corp. under GAA/PUR, delivered at Savannah 1948-06-14 12:00 noon and title transferred 1948-08-20 6:00 PM EDT; card notes 'Resold to Argentine Naval Commission' and '* Without cost.' Database fate fields: Detail 2893 'Sold - No Further Info'; Detail 7189 'Sold - Foreign Flag Op.', Mission 'World War II.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1945-1948
- Limitations
- Authoritative for government custody milestones; status-card handwriting partially legible (read visually, OCR-aided - 'Seeling & Jarvis' struck-through operator line, 'citizen sale' annotation). Contains no asbestos, materials, or condition-survey information; supports no asbestos claim. MARAD 'Specific Type: LNG Liquefied Natural Gas' is a generic database label - the hull is a gasoline/petroleum tanker (T1-M-BT1); noted, not propagated.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-klickitat-aog64-02
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[3]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 fireproofing and insulating material in U.S. shipbuilding during World War II - the era and Maritime Commission emergency construction program under which this T1-M-BT1 hull was built (keel 1944-12-16, delivered 1945-07) - and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization aboard merchant-type naval auxiliary hulls.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1940s era documented; article 1987
- Population
- WWII shipyard workers and ship crews (class context)
- Limitations
- Program/era-level scholarly documentation of asbestos use in WWII shipbuilding generally; does not name this vessel or type and does not establish that asbestos was or remains aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, exposure, or causation. Diesel-powered hull - the boiler-lagging pathway emphasized in steam-era discussion is largely absent from this type.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-klickitat-aog64-03
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[4]NARA guidance: 'Logbooks of the US Navy at the National Archives' (RG 24, Entry 118, NAID 581208); NARA Guide to Federal Records RG 178 (US Maritime Commission) and RG 26 (US Coast Guard); USCG Historian's Office historic-ships list (KLICKITAT, USS; AOG 64 listed among Navy vessels manned by Coast Guard crews in WWII) [other_primary]
- Locator
- https://www.archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy ; https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/178.html ; USCG historic-ships list (archived capture https://web.archive.org/web/20190421135806/https://www.history.uscg.mil/Historic-Ships/)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - no spend authorized): NARA RG 24, Entry 118 (Bureau of Naval Personnel deck logs, NAID 581208) holds WWII-era ship deck logs; the ship's entire commissioned career (1945-07-14 to 1946-01-23) would be covered by its deck logs - not located in digitized public sources. RG 178 (U.S. Maritime Commission) construction/contract records for MC hull 2624 (St. Johns River Shipbuilding, Jacksonville) may hold outfitting/materials specifications. Because the vessel was USCG-manned, USCG personnel and unit records (RG 26) apply to her crew.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1944-1946 records
- Limitations
- Record-group mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; existence of asbestos-specific documents for MC hull 2624 / AOG-64 is unknown until surveyed. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-klickitat-aog64-04
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[5]Batch-2011 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS (Wayback capture); MARAD ShipHistory Details 2893/7189 + status cards + CAPITAN.pdf; CourtListener name/hull searches; USCG Historian list; NARA digitized-log catalog check; shipyards.json cross-check [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-klickitat-aog64-01 through sl-uss-klickitat-aog64-08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming Klickitat (AOG-64), Capitan, Punta Loyola, or Alkene was found in the public sources searched - DANFS and the MARAD status-card record contain no asbestos or insulation-material statement; CourtListener ship-name/hull-number opinion and docket searches returned no hull-specific asbestos case ('Klickitat' hits in legal databases are the Washington county/river name - name collisions, classified non-qualifying; see search_ledger).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1944-45 emergency-program hull is era-consistent with asbestos-containing gaskets, packing, and insulation, though diesel propulsion removes the boiler-lagging pathway. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-klickitat-aog64-05
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[6]MARAD vessel status card (custody dates) + DANFS vs. NavSource Online AOG-64 page, shipscribe AOG-64 class page, HyperWar AOG-64 page, aukevisser.nl tanker compilation (secondary, leads only) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Status card custody table; https://navsource.org/archives/09/20/2064.htm ; https://www.shipscribe.com/usnaux/AOG/AOG64.html ; https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/AOG/AOG-64_Klickitat.html ; http://aukevisser.nl/t2tanker/t-tankers-2/id274.htm
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Source discrepancies resolved: (a) NavSource frames 'Resold to the Argentina without cost, 14 June 1948' - the MARAD status card and DANFS show 1948-06-14 is the vessel's removal from the Reserve Fleet under the Manuel Rodriguez Trading Corp. GAA; title transferred 1948-08-20; Argentine Naval Commission resale followed (secondary compilations date Argentine acquisition 1949 - not verified). (b) Complement: DANFS 80 vs. compiled BuShips class data (shipscribe) 91 - DANFS adopted. (c) Horsepower: 800 shp (compiled class data) vs. 1,400 hp (HyperWar compilation) - unresolved; propulsion_summary carries DANFS speed only. (d) Argentine service end: DANFS (2022 update) says decommissioned 1966, sold two years later; Spanish-language secondary sources say served until 1964 - DANFS adopted, variant logged. (e) NavSource reports 'wrecked in 1948 and rebuilt' during merchant service as Capitan - not in DANFS or the MARAD card; unverified, treated as a lead only.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1945-1974
- Limitations
- Resolves publication-level discrepancies between official records (DANFS, MARAD card) and secondary compilations; does not affect identity or Navy/WSA custody timeline. Secondary sources cited here are leads/context only - not carried as evidence for any claim beyond the discrepancy itself. No asbestos content in any cited source.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-klickitat-aog64-06