Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]USCG Historian: Kukui, 1908 (WAGL-225) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Machinery; Class History final sentence; Tender History first paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The machinery header describes twin triple-expansion steam engines and Scotch boilers. Tender History dates oil conversion to 1930; Class History instead assigns class-wide oil conversion and new water-tube boilers to 1932.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Conversion date and wartime boiler configuration unresolved. Machinery type is not proof of asbestos installation; no component makers or insulation composition established.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kukui-03
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[2]USCG Historian: USCG at Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Opening historical narrative; Honolulu vessels and Kukui paragraphs
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Coast Guard Pearl Harbor account places the unarmed buoy tender Kukui at Pier Four, Honolulu, on 7 December 1941. It dates naval control of the 14th Coast Guard District to August and the entire service to November 1941.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Official search-index text inspected; direct full-page fetch returned 403. Navy control does not by itself establish USS as the Coast Guard cutter’s WWII prefix. No asbestos evidence.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kukui-04
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[3]USCG Historian: Kukui, 1946 (WAK-186) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Designation header; Cutter History opening paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- AK-174 was USS Colquitt, later renamed Coast Guard cutter Kukui (WAK-186); the official history explicitly says the name came from a recently decommissioned buoy tender. This cargo vessel is distinct from WAGL-225.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Namesake disambiguation only. Cargo-ship machinery, crew, LORAN service and later disposition must not be assigned to WAGL-225.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kukui-05
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[4]USCG Office of Health Services: Information for Coast Guard Veterans and Retirees [other_primary]
- Locator
- Exposure section
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Coast Guard guidance describes possible asbestos exposure aboard cutters constructed before 1991, identifying thermal insulation and floor tiles as potential sources and some maintenance work as a circumstance of exceptional exposure.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Broad cutter-era guidance, not a WAGL-225 survey. Neither listed materials nor general measured exposure levels are attributed to Kukui. Supports Tier 2 background only; no individual dose, disease causation or eligibility finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kukui-06
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[5]Codex, Batch 9539 research/search ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger sl-uss-kukui-01 through sl-uss-kukui-10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement record or product identification was located in the official historical pages and indexed government searches reviewed. Ship-specific asbestos documentation remains unknown. CourtListener coverage is incomplete because the authenticated helper stopped at the fleet pacing limit.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- A bounded research result, not proof of absence. CourtListener returned no result set; neither a litigation no-result conclusion nor an adjudicated negative finding is claimed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kukui-07
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[6]NARA Guide to Federal Records: RG 26 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Sections 26.5.6 and 26.5.8
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA RG 26 lists engineering plans, cutter files (1941–63) and Coast Guard vessel logbooks (1915–47), offering collection-level leads for further Kukui research.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Finding aid inspected; no Kukui-specific folder, plan, log or material schedule retrieved. Holdings ranges do not prove a relevant Kukui item survives or contains asbestos evidence.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kukui-08
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[7]USCG Historian: Kukui, 1908 (WAGL-225) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Specifications: Builder, Launched, Commissioned; Class History
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Kukui (WAGL-225) was a Manzanita-class Lighthouse Service tender built by New York Shipbuilding Company, Camden, New Jersey, in 1908; launched 25 April and entered service 1 August 1908.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Historical identification only; no asbestos materials or individual exposure established.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kukui-01
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[8]USCG Historian: Kukui, 1908 (WAGL-225) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Tender History, final paragraph; Decommissioned/Disposition header
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Kukui served Hawaiian aids to navigation. The USCG narrative dates decommissioning to 1 February 1946 and sale to 8 April 1947; its specification header instead gives the internally inconsistent decommissioning year 1908.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- 1946 is adopted from the narrative, not silently substituted for the header; original decommissioning order not examined. Sale does not establish scrapping or current location.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kukui-02