Evidence
17 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-17).
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[1]CourtListener opinion search: 'USS Mauna Kea' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion search 'USS Mauna Kea' 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-mauna-kea-ae22-cl-name-opinion
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[2]CourtListener docket search: 'USS Mauna Kea' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener docket search 'USS Mauna Kea' returned 20 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-mauna-kea-ae22-cl-name-docket
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[3]CourtListener opinion search: 'AE-22' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion search 'AE-22' returned 3855 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-mauna-kea-ae22-cl-hull-opinion
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[4]CourtListener docket search: 'AE-22' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener docket search 'AE-22' returned 178615 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-mauna-kea-ae22-cl-hull-docket
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[5]DANFS, 'Mauna Kea (AE-22)' (Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, 1969, Vol. 4, p. 276, plus NVR-derived post-1969 addendum; verbatim transcription via hazegray mirror; live NHHC page returned 404 on 2026-09-19) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS AE-22 entry, full narrative and spec block (Vol. 4 p. 276); hazegray/losthistory mirror
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS entry for Mauna Kea (AE-22): laid down at Bethlehem-Sparrows Point Shipyard Inc., Sparrows Point, Md., '6 May 1955' (conflicts with NVR/shipscribe 16 May 1955 - flagged); launched 3 May 1956; sponsored by Mrs. Charles R. Brown; commissioned 30 March 1957, Capt. Kenneth Loveland in command. Designed for rapid replenishment of ammunition at sea; ServRon 1 eastern Pacific from fall 1957; first WestPac November 1957, ServRon 3 Sasebo; rotating 1st/7th Fleet service with SEATO and joint Korean/Japanese/Chinese Nationalist exercises through 1965. FAST conversion at Lockheed Shipbuilding & Construction Co., Seattle, from 28 Feb 1965 (in commission in reserve), completed June 1966 after an 8-month delay for strikes and parts; heliopad added for vertical replenishment. Departed home port Concord, Calif. 28 Dec 1966 (ninth WestPac); Subic Bay 9 Jan 1967, ServRon 7; six months rearming carrier groups on Yankee Station and cruisers/destroyers off South Vietnam; Concord 22 Aug 1967; second Vietnam tour 20 Feb-14 Oct 1968. Spec block: 9,540 t; 502 ft x 72 ft x 29 ft; 21 k; complement 349; 4 3-in guns; class SURIBACHI. NVR addendum in the same entry: decommissioned 30 Jun 1995; stricken 12 Dec 1996; transferred to MARAD/NDRF 18 Dec 1998.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1955-1998
- Population
- Ship's company, 1957-1995
- Limitations
- Authoritative for identity, dates, and service narrative; transcription mirror used because the canonical NHHC page is unreachable (standing NHHC link-rot note, BATCH-01-REPORT). Contains no asbestos, materials, or insulation information - supports no asbestos claim. Narrative coverage ends ~1968 (vol. 4 publication, 1969); the post-1968 record comes from other rows. Keel date '6 May 1955' conflicts with NVR and shipscribe (16 May 1955); spec-block dimensions (502 ft) and complement (349) differ from NVR (511 ft; 23+324) - conflicts logged in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-mauna-kea-ae22-01
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[6]Naval Vessel Register (NAVSEA/NAVSHIPSO), SHIPSDETAIL_AE_22 - live page returned site chrome only to automated fetch (detail table is script-rendered); Wayback Machine capture 20240624052412 of the official page used [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR AE-22 detail page: vessel status, milestone dates, physical characteristics, program characteristics blocks
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Naval Vessel Register detail page for MAUNA KEA (AE 22), Ammunition Ship, class AE 21, UIC 08822: builder Bethlehem Steel Corp.; award 06/04/1954; keel 05/16/1955; launch 05/03/1956; delivery and commission 03/30/1957; decommission 06/30/1995; stricken 12/12/1996; status 'Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise,' date status changed 07/12/2006. Characteristics: 511 ft overall / 486 ft waterline; beam 72 ft; max navigational draft 27 ft / draft limit 29 ft; light displacement 9,286 t, full 15,728 t; deadweight 6,442 t; steel hull and superstructure; one propeller; propulsion type 'Steam Turbines'; accommodations 23 officers / 324 enlisted. Page last updated 07/17/2006.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1954-2006
- Population
- Ship's company 1957-1995; NDRF/SINKEX-prep personnel 1998-2006
- Limitations
- Official Navy register - authoritative for milestones, status, and listed characteristics. Contains no asbestos, materials, or condition-survey information; supports no asbestos claim. Keel date 05/16/1955 adopted over DANFS's 6 May 1955 (agrees with shipscribe). 'Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise' is the register's status label for the SINKEX sinking.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-mauna-kea-ae22-02
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[7]U.S. Maritime Administration, ShipHistory database - MAUNA KEA (AE-22), Ship History Detail 3294 (data block, milestone table, imagery index, documents list) [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- ShipHistory Detail 3294: characteristics block, Milestones tab, Images index (93), Documents tab
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD ShipHistory record for MAUNA KEA (AE-22), Detail 3294: year built 1957; shipyard Bethlehem Steel Shipbuilding Division; 511.00 ft x 72.00 ft; 15,500 gross tons; lightweight displacement 9,286 t; MARAD type Military; fate 'Sunk - No Further Info.' Milestones: Entry/Acquisition 3/2/1998 'Title for disposal'; Cleared Historic Review 6/21/2005 ('California SHPO cleared the ship for disposal on this date'); Interim Movement 2/28/2006 'To accomplish Sinkex Preparations'; 5/2/2006 and 5/9/2006 'Navy SINKEX preparation contract awarded 9/9/2005. Ship will not return to the SBRF'; 5/3/2006 'Vessel being towed to Pearl Harbor under Navy custody to undergo SINKEX preps. Will not return to MARAD custody'; 'Sunk by Sinkex' 7/12/2006 'Vessel was sunk off the coast of Hawaii on this date as part of a Navy Sinkex'; Withdrawal 7/12/2006. Record carries 93 photograph images of this hull and one attached document (Suribachi-Class Booklet of General Plans.pdf, added 10/3/2016); no digitized status card.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1998-2006
- Population
- NDRF/SBRF caretaker and SINKEX-preparation workforces, 1998-2006
- Limitations
- Primary government custody record - authoritative for NDRF custody milestones, SHPO clearance, and SINKEX disposition. MARAD entry 3/2/1998 precedes the title-acceptance date (18 Dec 1998 per DANFS addendum and shipscribe) - custody vs title distinction logged, not an error. Contains no asbestos, materials, or condition-survey information; supports no asbestos claim. 'Sunk - No Further Info' fate field carries no location detail beyond the milestone narrative.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-mauna-kea-ae22-03
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[8]Shipscribe U.S. Navy auxiliary ships data sheets, 'USS Suribachi (AE 21) Class' page (Stephen S. Roberts compilation from Navy registers, CominCh/JCS/SCB/BuShips records, NARA RG 19 Entry P 62, and Miller, 'Designing the U.S. Navy's Underway Replenishment System,' NSWC Port Hueneme 1996) [other_primary]
- Locator
- AE-21 class page: class data block, construction and disposition tables, class notes, ship notes (AE-22 line)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Ship-design compilation (shipscribe.com, compiled from Navy registers, SCB/BUSHIPS files, and NARA RG 19 Entry P 62 boxes 6-7 and 94): Suribachi class (AE 21), SCB Project No. 114 - purpose-built ammunition ships developed inside the BUSHIPS Hull Design Branch from 1952 on the AF-58 hull/machinery baseline; contract drawings and specifications signed 12 May 1953; Bethlehem Steel received the design-services award 21 Oct 1953; late contract-design change from transverse to longitudinal framing (Dec 1953-Jan 1954); five ships on the design, all built at Bethlehem Sparrows Point. AE-22 line: ordered 4 Jun 1954; keel 16 May 1955; launched 3 May 1956; commissioned 30 Mar 1957. FAST conversion SCB 232.64 ordered 26 Mar 1964, Lockheed Seattle, start 1 Mar 1965, completed 3 Jun 1966. Disposition: decommissioned 30 Jun 1995; stricken 12 Dec 1996; to MA custody 2 Mar 1998, MA accepted title 18 Dec 1998; towed Concord to Pearl Harbor May 2006 for SINKEX; sunk as target 12 Jul 2006 off Kauai, Hawaii, during RIMPAC 2006. Class data: 9,758 t light / 15,688 t full (AE 21); 511 ft oa x 72 ft x 28 ft max nav; geared steam turbines, 2 boilers (615 psi/850 deg F), 1 screw, 18,000 hp, 21 kts; accommodations 20 officers + 324 enlisted (AE 21); originally four twin 3-in/50 mounts (two forward centerline mounts unique to AE 21-22; later reduced to two mounts and a flight deck added aft).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1952-2006
- Population
- Ship's company; Bethlehem Sparrows Point construction workforce (1955-57); Lockheed Seattle FAST-conversion workforce (1965-66)
- Limitations
- Compiled secondary transcription of official register and design records, not the registers themselves; figures used where consistent with NVR/DANFS/MARAD. Names this hull with construction, conversion, and disposition dates. Contains no asbestos information; the FAST-conversion and cargo-handling details describe function, not materials. Class figures shown are AE-21's where noted; hull-level displacement differs slightly in NVR (9,286 lt / 15,728 fl).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-mauna-kea-ae22-04
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[9]USS Valley Forge (CG-50), Command History for CY1991 (NHHC Command Operation Reports collection; canonical NHHC PDF returned 404 on 2026-09-19 - Wayback Machine capture 20231116102258 used; text extracted via pdftotext) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- CY1991 command history, operational summary section (Battle Group Echo composition; 15 Jan 1991 Hormuz transit; Desert Shield/Storm narrative)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- USS Valley Forge (CG-50) Command History for CY1991 (OPNAV 5750 report, declassified; NHHC Command Operation Reports collection) names this hull: 'BATTLE GROUP ECHO CONSISTED OF USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50), USS RANGER (CV 61), USS CHOSIN (CG 62), USS KINKAID (DD 965), USS KIRK (FF 1087), USS WABASH (AOR 5), AND USS MAUNA KEA (AOE 22)' [sic - 'AOE' is the report's or OCR's rendering of AE 22]. The report records Battle Group Echo entering the Arabian Gulf via the Strait of Hormuz on 15 January 1991 in support of Operation Desert Shield, Desert Storm air-campaign operations through February 1991, and the group's departure from the Gulf for the homeward transit - placing Mauna Kea in the Arabian Gulf for the 1991 Gulf War period.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1991
- Population
- Ship's company during the 1990-91 Gulf deployment
- Limitations
- Primary-source Navy document naming this hull as a Battle Group Echo unit during Desert Shield/Desert Storm - documents presence in the Arabian Gulf, not any materials or conditions aboard her. Contains no asbestos information. The 'AOE 22' rendering of her hull number is the source document's own notation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-mauna-kea-ae22-05
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[10]USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72), Command History for CY1992 (NHHC Command Operation Reports collection; canonical NHHC PDF returned 404 on 2026-09-19 - Wayback Machine capture 20220818042537 used; text extracted via pdftotext) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- CY1992 command history, chronology of events, 15 JAN 92 entry
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) Command History for CY1992 (OPNAV 5750 report, declassified; NHHC Command Operation Reports collection) names this hull: the January 1992 chronology records 'Ammunition offload with USS MAUNA KEA (AE 22)' at 15 Jan 1992 - a documented underway-period ammunition transfer event involving this hull in her final years of service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1992
- Population
- Ship's company, January 1992; CVN-72 weapons department receiving personnel
- Limitations
- Primary-source Navy document naming this hull in a documented January 1992 ammunition-offload event with CVN-72; documents an operation, not materials or conditions aboard. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-mauna-kea-ae22-06
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[11]Cole, William, 'Two warships are refusing to say die,' Honolulu Advertiser, 13 Jul 2006 (military correspondent; RIMPAC 2006 SINKEX coverage) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- Honolulu Advertiser, 2006-07-13 article body
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Contemporaneous press account of the disposal: the Honolulu Advertiser reported on 13 July 2006 that the decommissioned ammunition ship USS Mauna Kea (511 ft, 'named after the Big Island landmark') and ex-Belleau Wood were 'pummeled with missiles and bombs from other ships and aircraft' the previous day about 50 miles northwest of Oahu during the monthlong, eight-nation, 20th RIMPAC exercise and were still afloat in the late afternoon; Canadian ships Algonquin and Vancouver fired SM-2 anti-air and Harpoon missiles in the sink exercise; more than 40 ships, six submarines, 160 aircraft, and ~19,000 personnel participated.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 2006-07-12 to 2006-07-13
- Population
- RIMPAC 2006 participants; SINKEX firing units
- Limitations
- Contemporaneous named-correspondent coverage consistent with MARAD/NVR disposal records (sunk 7/12/2006 off Hawaii during RIMPAC); used for the SINKEX narrative only. 'Still afloat late afternoon' is an interim observation - the MARAD milestone records the sinking complete the same day. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-mauna-kea-ae22-07
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[12]Aikins v. General Electric Co., No. 2:10-CV-64595-ER, 2011 WL 6415146 (E.D. Pa. Dec. 9, 2011) (Robreno, J.) - order on Todd Shipyards' motion for summary judgment (MDL-875); scanned opinion PDF hosted at paed.uscourts.gov, read page-by-page as rendered images [court_record]
- Locator
- Order pp. 1 (allegation and ship list incl. 'USS Mauna Kea: between 1975 and 1979'), 9-11 (sophisticated-user/intermediary analysis and holding), 13 (order)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Docketed federal asbestos litigation names this hull. Aikins v. General Electric Co., No. 2:10-CV-64595-ER (E.D. Pa.; consolidated under MDL-875; transferred from N.D. Cal. No. 10-00406-SI; filed 28 Jan 2010): plaintiff Charles Aikins, a U.S. DoD ship surveyor in the Supervisor of Shipbuilding offices (SUPSHIPS) and certified boiler inspector, alleged exposure to asbestos-containing products - 'in particular, thermal pipe and block insulation and refractory boiler materials' - aboard three ships: USS Hollister and USS Hepburn (newly built by defendant Todd Shipyards) and 'one ship (USS Mauna Kea) on which Todd Shipyards made repairs,' with alleged exposure aboard Mauna Kea 'between 1975 and 1979.' Judge Robreno's order of 9 December 2011 (Doc. No. 44; Todd's MSJ Doc. No. 28) granted Todd Shipyards' summary-judgment motion in part and denied it in part: applying California law, the court held the Navy/DoD a sophisticated user of asbestos products in the later period, so summary judgment was granted to Todd 'with respect to the exposure alleged aboard the two later ships at issue' (Mauna Kea 1975-79 and Hepburn 1977-78), and denied as to the earliest ship (Hollister). Reported at 2011 WL 6415146.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1975-1979 (alleged exposure); 2010-2011 (litigation)
- Population
- One SUPSHIPS ship surveyor/boiler inspector aboard during alleged 1975-79 Todd repair periods
- Limitations
- Litigation-stage discipline applied: the ship naming and the 1975-79 exposure window are the plaintiff's allegation recited in the order - a discovery-stage claim, not a court finding that asbestos exposure occurred aboard this hull. Disposition described exactly: defendant's summary judgment GRANTED as to the Mauna Kea-period exposure on the sophisticated-user/sophisticated-intermediary ground (undisputed expert declarations that the Navy's asbestos-hazard knowledge was state-of-the-art and superior to the defendant's by ~1971-72) - a merits-level outcome for this plaintiff that neither finds exposure aboard the hull nor finds its absence. The order's recital that 'Todd Shipyards made repairs' on this hull is itself allegation-stage record content; no independent yard work record was located. The order prints the Hollister window as '1960 to 1971' (likely a scan of '1960 or 1961') - quoted as printed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-mauna-kea-ae22-08
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[13]Board of Veterans' Appeals, Citation Nr. 1533328 (5 Aug 2015), docket no. 06-31 800 [court_record]
- Locator
- BVA decision: issues list (item 3), REMAND section; preliminary-matters and reasons sections documenting the 1974-75 command histories and 1975 itinerary
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- A docketed Board of Veterans' Appeals decision names this hull and carries an asbestos-issue claim: Citation Nr. 1533328 (decision 5 Aug 2015, docket 06-31 800, on remand from CAVC; N. Little Rock RO). A veteran with active service July 1974-June 1978 was assigned to USS MAUNA KEA (AE-22) from November 1974 to separation. Among the issues: whether new and material evidence had been received to reopen a previously denied claim of service connection for 'a chronic respiratory disability, to include asbestosis' - that issue (with presbyopia and hypertension claims) was REMANDED to the RO for issuance of a Statement of the Case, i.e., unadjudicated. The Board denied on the merits a separate diabetes claim premised on Agent Orange exposure, finding the ship's own 1974-75 command histories (produced by JSRRC) show she was in California until 22 May 1975 and then visited Guam, Japan, Okinawa, Korea, and the Philippines - never Vietnam waters - and that the veteran's herbicide account was not credible.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1974-1978 (service); 2003-2015 (adjudication)
- Population
- One named-veteran claimant aboard 1974-1978
- Limitations
- Claim-level record, not an exposure finding: the asbestosis service-connection claim was previously denied at the RO and the reopen question was remanded for a Statement of the Case - no adjudication of asbestos exposure aboard this hull occurred in this decision, and no post-2015 disposition was located. The decision is nonetheless ship-specific and also documents that the hull's 1974 and 1975 command histories exist and were produced to VA via JSRRC, and it fixes the ship's 1975 itinerary from those records. Does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-mauna-kea-ae22-09
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[14]Board of Veterans' Appeals, Citation Nr. 23018530 (24 Mar 2023), docket no. 14-24 524 [court_record]
- Locator
- BVA decision, service-connection analysis (USS Mauna Kea assignment and July-August 1964 altercations)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- A second docketed Board of Veterans' Appeals decision names this hull on non-asbestos issues: Citation Nr. 23018530 (decision 24 Mar 2023, docket 14-24 524) - a veteran with active service January 1962-January 1965 alleged back and shoulder disability and PTSD from physical assaults, including altercations 'while stationed aboard the USS Mauna Kea' in July and August 1964, corroborated by service personnel records; service connection for lumbar degenerative arthritis/IVDS, right shoulder rotator cuff tendonitis, and PTSD was granted. No asbestos, respiratory, or exposure issue appears anywhere in the decision.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1962-1965 (service); 2006-2023 (adjudication)
- Population
- One named-veteran claimant aboard 1962-1965
- Limitations
- NOT an asbestos claim - classified 'other litigation' per batch litigation-stage discipline; carried because it is a docketed record naming this hull and it fixes a documented service period aboard (1962-1965, with shipboard incidents July-August 1964). It establishes no asbestos fact and no exposure finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-mauna-kea-ae22-10
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[15]Franke, K., and Paustenbach, D., 'Government and Navy knowledge regarding health hazards of asbestos: A state of the science evaluation (1900 to 1970),' Inhalation Toxicology 23(sup3):1-20 (2011), PMID 22200078 + shipscribe AE-21 class machinery data (ev-04) and NVR propulsion type (ev-02) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Inhalation Toxicology 23(sup3):1-20, 1930-1959 and 1960-1970 analysis blocks
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- As completed (1956-57) and throughout her service to 1995, Mauna Kea's propulsion was a geared steam-turbine plant with two boilers (615 psi/850 deg F) and associated steam piping - machinery of a type and era for which the U.S. Navy specified asbestos-containing thermal insulation, gaskets, and packing. Peer-reviewed scholarship documents that the Navy required and used asbestos-containing materials aboard ships throughout the period spanning this hull's construction and entire service life (analysis blocks 1930-1959 and 1960-1970), and that naval ships carried amosite and chrysotile insulating materials extensively from the late nineteenth century well into the 1950s. Documented yard events on this steam-era hull - the 1965-66 Lockheed FAST conversion and the 1975-79 Todd Shipyards repair periods alleged in the Aikins record - are disturbance events; their asbestos scope is inference or allegation, not record.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1955-1995
- Population
- Bethlehem Sparrows Point construction workforce (1955-57); ship's company and yard workforces (1957-1995)
- Limitations
- Era/program-level scholarship combined with this hull's documented steam plant - establishes that asbestos-containing insulation was Navy-standard practice in Mauna Kea's construction and service era, NOT that a survey or record confirms asbestos aboard this specific hull. No hull-specific insulation specification, survey, or removal record was located. Does not establish quantity, location, condition, individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-mauna-kea-ae22-11
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[16]Batch-489 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS (live 404; mirror used); NVR (live script-rendered; Wayback capture); MARAD ShipHistory + Suribachi-class plans booklet; shipscribe class data; NHHC Command Operation Reports via Wayback (Valley Forge 1991, Abraham Lincoln 1992 - hull named in both; own-ship reports not digitized); E.D. Pa. opinion repository (Aikins order); VA BVA decisions index; CourtListener API/web (rate-limited); general web index litigation search; asbestos trust ship-list check; NARA record groups [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-mauna-kea-ae22-01 through sl-uss-mauna-kea-ae22-13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or adjudicated asbestos exposure finding naming USS Mauna Kea or hull AE-22 was located in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The hull was sunk as a target in 2006 rather than scrapped under documentation-era survey practices, so no disposal-era hazmat record was expected to exist. The litigation surface consists of the Aikins allegation (disposed for the defendant on sophisticated-user grounds), the unadjudicated BVA asbestosis reopen claim, and the non-asbestos BVA decision. Direct CourtListener API searching on 2026-09-19 was rate-limit blocked (HTTP 429, 125/day quota, ~3.3h reset); secondary web-index searches returned the Aikins order, name collisions (the Mauna Kea volcano/TMT Hawaii land-use cases; Mauna Kea Technologies commercial matters), and law-firm marketing ship lists (excluded source class).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 2026-09-19
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1955-57 steam auxiliary in service to 1995 is era-consistent with asbestos-containing insulation, and the Aikins allegation asserts it for a 1975-79 repair window. The litigation check is partial: CourtListener's index could not be queried directly (throttled) and the negative rests on the E.D. Pa. repository, secondary web indexes, and the VA BVA index; a re-run of CourtListener 'USS Mauna Kea' and 'AE-22' queries remains an open step. 'Mauna Kea' is a high-collision name (Hawaii volcano/TMT litigation; Mauna Kea Technologies) - name matches were classified individually. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-mauna-kea-ae22-12
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[17]MARAD ShipHistory Detail 3294 documents tab (Suribachi-Class Booklet of General Plans.pdf, retrieved and inspected); NARA Guide to Federal Records: RG 24, RG 19 record-group descriptions; NHHC Command Operation Reports collection [other_primary]
- Locator
- MARAD documents/c3f0b6d0-f88a-43b3-800d-6103ff75cf02.pdf (6 pp., image-only); https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/024.html and /groups/019.html; NHHC command-operation-reports collection
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival material located and leads not retrieved: (retrieved) the Suribachi-Class Booklet of General Plans attached to the MARAD record - a 6-page image-only scan of the class general plans, revised by Triple 'A' Machine Shop Inc./Ship Repair Corp. 1979 and marked applicable to the FAST conversion configuration; it documents the class's as-converted general arrangement and characteristics and was not surveyed page-by-page for materials/insulation annotations. (Not retrieved - research-room or reproduction order required; no spend authorized): NARA RG 24 deck logs for this hull; the ship's own command histories - 1974 and 1975 demonstrably exist (produced to VA by JSRRC per ev-09), other years unsurveyed; NARA RG 19 (Bureau of Ships) SCB-114 design files (the ship-design compilation cites Entry P 62 boxes 6-7 and 94); NHHC Command Operation Reports collection - no digitized Mauna Kea own-ship report was located; Todd Pacific Shipyards records for the 1975-79 repair periods alleged in Aikins are the ship-specific lead for that claim.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1952-2006 records
- Limitations
- Repository mapping plus one retrieved document - the plans booklet is a class-level (AE-21) general-arrangement document, image-only, and no asbestos or insulation annotation was located in inspection of its cover sheet; a full page-by-page survey was not performed. Existence of asbestos-specific documents for this hull is unknown until surveyed in person. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-mauna-kea-ae22-13