Evidence
3 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-3).
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[1]CourtListener API v4 search (opinion, RECAP document, and docket record types), queried 2026-09-24 [court_record]
- Locator
- Search queries: q="Magpie" AMCU-29 (type=o); q="LCI(L)-944" (type=o); q="USS Magpie" asbestos (type=o); q="Magpie" asbestos (type=r); q="Magpie" ship (type=o); q=Magpie AMCU (type=d); q="LCI(L)-944" OR "MHC-29" OR "AMCU-29" (type=d) - all zero qualifying results; three name-collision hits reviewed and excluded
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying litigation record naming this vessel under any of its identities ("LCI(L)-944", "AMCU-29", "MHC-29", "USS Magpie (AMCU-29)", "Magpie" + AMCU-29/MHC-29) was located. CourtListener API v4 searches across opinions, RECAP documents, and dockets, using every identity variant, returned zero qualifying results (see search_ledger sl-uss-magpie-amcu29-06 through sl-uss-magpie-amcu29-09). Broader "Magpie"-only queries returned a small number of hits, all confirmed name collisions with no vessel connection: United States v. Crooked Arm (9th Cir., a migratory-bird-statute criminal appeal citing the word "magpie" as a bird species) and Kearney & Trecker Corp. v. Cincinnati Milacron, Inc. (an unrelated patent case) - both excluded as non-qualifying.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Zero qualifying results is a negative finding on the searched repository only; it does not rule out unindexed state-court, sealed, settled, or pre-electronic-filing litigation, and CourtListener/RECAP federal-docket coverage is not complete for all districts and periods. No PACER cross-check was performed. "Magpie" is also a four-way U.S. Navy name collision (AMc-2, AMS-25/YMS-400, AM-418, and this hull) - searches were run generically and every hit reviewed by case content, not by name match alone, to avoid attributing another Magpie's litigation to this hull. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-magpie-amcu29-01
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[2]Batch-1658 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS ship-histories index and individual-hull pages (history.navy.mil); NavSource; ibiblio.org/HyperWar; web.archive.org; National Archives Catalog (catalog.archives.gov) hull-specific search - see search_ledger sl-uss-magpie-amcu29-01 through sl-uss-magpie-amcu29-05 [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-magpie-amcu29-01 through sl-uss-magpie-amcu29-05
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific or class-era asbestos documentation, hull survey, abatement record, or LCI(L)-class general-characteristics/specification document was located this session. NHHC/DANFS (history.navy.mil) returned HTTP 503 on every attempted URL, including the site root; NavSource returned a DNS resolution failure; ibiblio.org (HyperWar), doi.org, and web.archive.org were blocked by this research environment's network egress policy. The National Archives Catalog (catalog.archives.gov) was reachable but returned no results for a hull-specific search on this vessel's identities.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- This is a primary-source access-failure gap, not a completed negative search and not proof of absence: it establishes only that this research session could not reach the standard official sources for this hull, not that no ship-specific or class-era documentation exists. Must be re-run once NHHC/DANFS access is restored before this record is treated as complete. Does not establish or defeat any claim of asbestos presence, exposure, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-magpie-amcu29-02
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[3]National Archives and Records Administration, Guide to Federal Records: Record Group 19 (Records of the Bureau of Ships) [other_primary]
- Locator
- RG 19 guide, sections 19.8.5 (Shipbuilding Division - ship plans) and 19.8.4 (Publications Division - general photographic file)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival lead (not retrieved - requires in-person or reproduction-order research; no spend authorized): NARA Record Group 19 (Records of the Bureau of Ships) holds series relevant to a hull of this type and era, including 19.8.5 (Shipbuilding Division) plans of U.S. Navy vessels 1908-59 with indexes, and 19.8.4 (Publications Division) a general photographic file of the Bureau of Ships covering vessel construction, launching, and refitting, 1883-1972 - a date range that spans this hull's WWII construction and 1950s conversion/reclassification period. A hull-specific catalog search under this vessel's identities returned no indexed online results, so any holding would require series-level, in-person research.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1883-1972 (record series coverage)
- Limitations
- Record-group series mapping only - no box- or item-level retrieval performed; whether any asbestos-specific or even hull-specific document exists within these series is unknown until surveyed in person. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding, and it does not establish any fact about this specific hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-magpie-amcu29-03