Evidence
13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).
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[1]research packet r2-packet.md (1 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-mispillion-ao105-pkt-r2-packet-md
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[2]Halseth v. General Electric Co., No. 3:07-cv-02543-EMC (N.D. Cal.), D.I. 1-2 Complaint Exhibit A (plaintiff exposure sheets), filed 2007-05-14 [court_record]
- Locator
- RECAP doc gov.uscourts.cand.192004.1.1 (complaint Ex. A), pp. 1-2 of the exhibit (Halseth entry, exposure table + job-duties narrative)
- Finding type
- litigation_product_id
- Finding
- A docketed asbestos personal-injury complaint names this hull: plaintiff Michael Halseth's Exhibit A exposure sheet lists 'USS MISPILLION (AO-105); Boston Naval Shipyard, Boston, MA' for 1965-1966 - exactly the hull's jumboization-completion window per DANFS (in commission in reserve 16 Apr 1965, departed Boston 6 Sep 1966). 'On the USS MISPILLION, plaintiff repaired pumps and also worked as a firefighter. Plaintiff replaced the seals and bearings.' Equipment recalled aboard: Ingersoll-Rand, General Electric, Westinghouse, Gould Pump and Peerless boilers. 'On both ships' (Hector AR-7 and Mispillion) he recalls asbestos-containing product suppliers Raybestos-Manhattan cloth and Unibestos insulation; states he used Johns-Manville pipecovering and asbestos rope, applied and removed valve packing, wrapped valves, and applied and removed pipe lagging.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1965-1966 (alleged exposure); 2007-2016 (litigation)
- Population
- Michael Halseth, USN machinist's mate aboard USS Mispillion 1965-1966 at Boston Naval Shipyard (alleged); diagnosed asbestosis 2006-10-13 and asbestos-related pleural disease 2007-02-09
- Limitations
- PLEADING-STAGE ALLEGATION - a complaint exhibit filed at case opening; no adjudication of the exposure or product claims was located (case terminated 2016-06-13, disposition detail not retrieved - likely settlement or dismissal, not a merits finding). The 'on both ships' framing spreads the product list across USS Hector and USS Mispillion - it cannot be isolated to this hull alone. Product and exposure statements are the plaintiff's recollection as drafted by counsel; they establish nothing proven about this hull. Does not establish quantity, condition, individual exposure, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-mispillion-ao105-01
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[3]Halseth v. General Electric Company, No. 3:07-cv-02543-EMC (N.D. Cal.), docket metadata via CourtListener RECAP index: filed 2007-05-14, cause 28:1332 Diversity-Asbestos Litigation, nature-of-suit 368 P.I.: Asbestos; parties include plaintiffs Michael Halseth, Robert Wagenman, Donald Hunter, Mary Hunter, Larry Robinson v. General Electric Co., Viad Corp.; terminated 2016-06-13 [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener docket index for gov.uscourts.cand.192004 (3:07-cv-02543-EMC); Ex. A at D.I. 1-2
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- The Halseth action was a multi-plaintiff diversity asbestos suit against General Electric Co. and Viad Corp. (not the United States or the Navy). The case ran from 2007 to a 2016-06-13 termination with no published opinion; only plaintiff Halseth's exhibit names this hull. The Mispillion service entry is contemporaneous with the hull's documented presence at Boston for jumboization completion (DANFS: in commission in reserve 16 Apr 1965, conversion completed at Boston, departed 6 Sep 1966), so the alleged aboard-window is consistent with the ship's official chronology.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 2007-2016 (litigation span)
- Population
- Multi-plaintiff asbestos claimant cohort (5 named parties); Mispillion-relevant claimant: Michael Halseth
- Limitations
- Docket-level metadata and the complaint exhibit are verified; the allegations are not. Termination 2016-06-13 - the specific disposition (settlement, voluntary dismissal, or judgment) was not retrieved from public sources; per litigation-stage discipline the record is carried at pleading stage, never upward. Product/defendant linkage to this hull (which recalled products were Mispillion's vs. Hector's) is not severable from the exhibit text.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-mispillion-ao105-02
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[4]DANFS entry 'Mispillion' (NHHC; live page returns 404 - verbatim text verified via Wayback capture 2025-12-09 of canonical URL .../danfs/m/mispillion.html; identical text in print DANFS vol. IV (1969) pp. 377-378 via Internet Archive) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Mispillion entry, full text (6 paragraphs + stat block); print equivalent DANFS vol. IV pp. 377-378
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official ship history: laid down 14 February 1945 under Maritime Commission contract by Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Chester, Pa.; launched 10 August 1945, sponsored by Mrs. C. E. Feddeman; acquired 30 November 1945; commissioned 29 December 1945, Comdr. R. E. Wingler in command. Joined Service Force, Pacific 6 April 1946; station tanker duty at Tsingtao, Shanghai, Subic Bay, Eniwetok, with shuttle runs from Bahrein; Operation 'Sandstone' atomic test at Eniwetok 1948; Alaska cold-weather operations 1949. Korea: TF 90; logistic support to the Inchon landing force (15 Sep 1950) and Wonsan-area forces; second combat tour from Nov 1951 supporting blockade, gunfire support, and bombardment operations plus TF 77 carriers in the Yellow Sea and Sea of Japan; station tanker at Kaohsiung supporting Taiwan Straits patrol on each tour. WestPac/west-coast rotations with yard periods 1953-1964; Operation 'Redwing' atomic test, Marshalls 1956. Placed in commission in reserve 16 April 1965 for jumboization/overhaul begun at Toledo, Ohio, completed at Boston, Mass. 16 months later; departed Boston 6 September 1966 for homeport Long Beach. Vietnam: Subic Bay arrival 22 April 1967; 7-month cruise refueling 7th Fleet carriers and gunfire ships at Yankee Station, >71 million gallons transferred; returned 30 November 1967; deployed again 11 May 1968 through year end. Eight battle stars for Korean service. Stat block: dp. 7,136; l. 553'; b. 75'; dr. 29'10"; s. 18 k.; cpl. 220; a. 1 5", 4 3"; cl. Cimarron; T. T3-S2-A1 [stat-block type conflicts with MARAD/HAER - see correction row ev-10].
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1945-1968 (entry coverage); ship in Navy/MSC service to c.1990
- Population
- Crew (complement 220-304 depending on source/date)
- Limitations
- Official Navy narrative history; ends at 1968 (entry vintage) and contains no asbestos, materials, or hazard information. The stat block's 'T3-S2-A1' type conflicts with the MARAD registry and HAER engineering record (both T3-S2-A3, MC hull 2701 / Sun yard 526) - treated as a DANFS print error, documented in ev-10. Live NHHC page 404s (standing NHHC link-rot, same as Batch-01); Wayback capture verifies the canonical URL and text.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-mispillion-ao105-03
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[5]Historic American Engineering Record, MISPILLION (AO-105), HAER No. CA-338 - written historical and descriptive data + large-format photo documentation (National Park Service for MARAD; historian Brian Clayton, spring 2006; photographer Jet Lowe, January 2006; ship documented at Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet) [haer]
- Locator
- HAER CA-338 full report (title block, Historical Context, T3-S2-A3 design, Jumboization, Operational History, Appendix B jumboized-hull table, Index to Photographs)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The NPS/MARAD engineering record documents this hull in detail: Maritime Commission type T3-S2-A3, MC hull 2701 (Sun Shipbuilding yard hull 526), Chester PA; keel laid 14 February 1945, dates of construction 14 Feb - 29 Dec 1945. As built: 553' x 75' x 32'-4", ABS-rated 11,335 gross / 18,300 dwt, twin-screw steam plant 13,500 shp for 18.3 knots, ~15,300-mile cruising radius, accommodations for 22 officers and 282 enlisted. Jumboization: new midbody fabricated by American Shipbuilding Co., Toledo, Ohio, and fitted to the ship at Boston (adding ~100 ft, +50% capacity to 150,000 bbl, 33,987 long tons); new kingposts/ram-tensioners, electric-hydraulic winches replacing steam winches, electric cargo pumps, air conditioning installed. HAER photo index documents the machinery spaces aboard: boilers looking forward to control space, steam turbines with Westinghouse reduction gears, engine-room controls, hydraulic steering gear, underway-replenishment rigs.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1945-2006 documentation
- Population
- Construction trades (Sun Ship, 1945); conversion yard workers (Toledo fabricators + Boston, 1965-66); crew and NDRF caretakers
- Limitations
- Engineering documentation of the actual hull - but it contains NO asbestos, insulation-material, or hazardous-material statement of any kind; it establishes the steam plant and spaces exist aboard, not their insulation chemistry. HAER's narrative says the midbody was 'fitted on the ship in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1964' while its cover says 'jumboized 1965' - both conflict with DANFS's documented window (in reserve 16 Apr 1965, departed Boston 6 Sep 1966); DANFS timeline adopted, discrepancy in ev-10.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-mispillion-ao105-04
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[6]MARAD Vessel History Database, MISPILLION (T-AO-105), Ship History Detail 3389 (registry fields, milestone table, two status-card scans, HAER document link) [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- MARAD ShipHistory Detail 3389 - fields, milestones table, Status Cards and Documents tabs
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Federal registry and custody record: Year Built 1945; Shipyard 'Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock'; MARAD Type T3-S2-A3; length 644 ft (jumboized), beam 75 ft; 19,294 gross tons; displacement 34,750 t summer / 11,000 t lightweight; fate 'Sold - No Further Info.' Milestones: Entry 2/8/1990 (entered MARAD custody at the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay); Acquisition 5/1/1999 - MARAD took title from US Navy; Cleared Historic Review 6/21/2005 - California SHPO cleared the ship for disposal (the HAER CA-338 documentation satisfies the NHPA review); Withdrawal 1/5/2012 - departed under domestic sale contract with ESCO Marine, Inc., Brownsville, TX.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1945-2012 (record coverage)
- Limitations
- Authoritative for government custody milestones and registry specs. Contains no asbestos or hazardous-material information. Two status-card scans exist on the record (images 3389_10409AF/AB) but were not retrievable - the detail may be finer-grained than the summary; logged as archival lead. The 1990 custody entry establishes the hull's physical presence at Suisun Bay while still Navy-titled (stricken 15 Feb 1995; title passed 1999).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-mispillion-ao105-05
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[7]NavSource Online Service Ship Photo Archive, USNS Mispillion (T-AO-105) ex-USS Mispillion (AO-105) page - compiled official specs, campaign/awards tables, CO roster, photo captions (incl. MARAD Suisun Bay and Mare Island dry-dock images) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource page 19105.htm - header block, specifications, campaign tables, awards block, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Ship-specific compiled record corroborating and extending DANFS: laid down 14 Feb 1945 as MC hull 2701 at Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock, Chester PA; commissioned 29 Dec 1945, CDR R. E. Wingler. Spec block: two Bethlehem geared turbines; four Foster & Wheeler K-type boilers (450 psi, 750 F); double Falk main reduction gears; two turbo-drive 400 kW + one diesel 150 kW ship's-service generators; two propellers, 13,500 shp; complement 22 officers + 282 enlisted; armament one 5"/38 DP, four 3"/50 DP, four twin 40mm, four twin 20mm; cargo 123,700 bbl NSFO + 788,000 gal gasoline. Full Korean War campaign table (North Korean Aggression, Communist China Aggression, First UN Counter Offensive, Communist China Spring Offensive, Second Korean Winter, Korean Defense Summer-Fall 1952, Third Korean Winter, Korea Summer-Fall 1953) and Vietnam campaign table (Counteroffensive Phases II-VII, Consolidation II, Ceasefire) - eight Korean battle stars and ten Vietnam campaign stars per the awards block. Chronology: in commission in reserve for jumboization 16 Apr 1965 at Toledo, completed Boston, placed in full commission 6 Sep 1966; decommissioned 26 Jul 1974; MSC service as USNS Mispillion (T-AO-105) from 1975; out of service 'circa 1994'; struck from the Naval Register 15 Feb 1995; MARAD custody for NDRF Suisun Bay; title to MARAD 1 May 1999; sold for scrapping early 2012 to ESCO Marine, Brownsville TX, $1.8 million. Photo captions document the hull at Suisun Bay NDRF and in Mare Island Dry Dock 3, 22 Jan 2012, 'for cleaning prior to being towed to Brownsville, TX for dismantling by ESCO Marine.'
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1945-2012
- Limitations
- NavSource is a non-official volunteer compilation - carried as archival lead/corroboration, not an official record; individual spec entries are uncited (spec block consistent with HAER's machinery documentation). 'Out of service circa 1994' conflicts with MARAD's 2/8/1990 NDRF-entry milestone and secondary '1991' framings - unresolved, logged in gaps. Foster & Wheeler boiler attribution differs from Wikipedia's unsourced 'Babcock & Wilcox' claim; NavSource spec is consistent with the litigation-verified Foster Wheeler boiler fit on sister hull Chukawan - treated as the better source but flagged.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-mispillion-ao105-06
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[8]Arc Ecology et al. v. U.S. Maritime Administration, No. 2:07-cv-02320-GEB-KJN (E.D. Cal.): consent judgment approved by Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr. and entered 2010-04-14 after the court granted summary judgment on Clean Water Act liability 2010-01-21 - as documented in CA Regional Water Quality Control Board (SF Bay Region) enforcement materials and 2017 compliance retrospective [court_record]
- Locator
- CA RWQCB fact sheet (suisunbay_facts.pdf); RWQCB Item 7 staff report Apr 2010 and Item 7B retrospective Sep 2017 (waterboards.ca.gov); CourtListener docket index 2:07-cv-02320 (filed 2007-10-29, terminated 2010-04-14)
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- The Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet - where this hull lay in MARAD custody from 1990 - was under a federal consent judgment when Mispillion departed: the court granted summary judgment that MARAD was discharging metals and other constituents to Suisun Bay without a CWA permit, and the approved judgment required cleaning, maintenance, and removal of the ~56 non-retention vessels on fixed deadlines (20 worst-condition vessels out by 30 Sep 2012; all by 30 Sep 2017), with each ship sent to a local drydock for cleaning (marine growth below the waterline; flaking paint above) before ocean tow. This hull's 2012 departure sequence (Mare Island drydock cleaning, then tow to Brownsville) is the decree-mandated procedure. The litigation concerned heavy-metal and paint debris pollution - NOT asbestos.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 2007-2017 (litigation + compliance window); hull departed Jan 2012
- Population
- NDRF caretakers and disposal-contractor workforce at Suisun Bay / Mare Island drydocks (2009-2017)
- Limitations
- Fleet-level regulatory record: the Water Board documents and CourtListener docket establish the decree and its terms but the retrieved texts do not print the covered-vessel list - Mispillion's inclusion is established indirectly by her documented Suisun Bay presence (MARAD entry 2/8/1990) and her documented decree-procedure departure (ev-08), not by a hull-by-hull citation. No part of this record concerns asbestos; the pollutants at issue were paint chips, PCBs, tributyltin, copper and other metals. NOT asbestos litigation - classified as regulatory context per batch discipline.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-mispillion-ao105-07
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[9]Vallejo Times-Herald, 'Ex-crewmembers watch online as ship prepped in Vallejo for its sad, final voyage' (2012-01-28); corroborating disposal detail in NavSource photo captions and MARAD milestone 1/5/2012 [reputable_press]
- Locator
- Times-Herald 2012-01-28 article; CBS SF 'Vallejo Mare Island Ship Recycling Facility Opens' 2011-02-18; East Bay Times 'Barnidge: They're taking apart the mothball fleet' 2011-03-04; NavSource captions (Dry Dock 3, 22 Jan 2012)
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- Ship-specific disposal record: in January 2012 the ex-USNS Mispillion - sold by MARAD to ESCO Marine of Brownsville TX for $1.8 million (Nov/Dec 2011) after a preservation effort by former crewman Vern Bouwman failed - was drydocked at Allied Defense Recycling's leased Dry Dock 3 at the former Mare Island Naval Shipyard, where crews completed exterior scrubbing before tow. She departed under tow 27 Jan 2012, transited the Panama Canal 21-22 Feb, and arrived ESCO Marine Brownsville 4 Mar 2012 for dismantling. Allied Defense's spokespeople described the mothball-fleet demolition trade as hazmat work ('These are very toxic ships, full of asbestos and other harmful materials' - fleet-level statement to CBS SF, 2011); an East Bay Times account describes the ADR workflow as 10 days gas-freeing/hazmat marking plus ~40 days abatement per ship under the MARAD contracts.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 2011-2012
- Population
- Allied Defense Recycling (Mare Island) and ESCO Marine (Brownsville) dismantling/hazmat crews, 2011-2012
- Limitations
- The Times-Herald and NavSource document THIS hull's exterior cleaning and tow; the asbestos/hazmat descriptions (CBS SF, East Bay Times) are fleet/facility-level statements about the mothball-fleet disposal program, not a survey of this hull - no ship-specific asbestos inventory or abatement manifest was located for Mispillion's Mare Island cleaning or ESCO demolition. The Mare Island scope per the consent decree was exterior-only (marine growth + flaking paint); interior asbestos handling, if any, occurred at ESCO Brownsville and is not publicly documented per-ship.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-mispillion-ao105-08
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[10]Consolidated era/design inference - Corn & Starr, 'Historical perspective on asbestos: Policies and protective measures in World War II shipbuilding,' American Journal of Industrial Medicine 11(3):359-373 (1987); Atlas shipyards.json record sun-shipbuilding-chester (evidence_tier 3: Lilley v. Johns-Manville Corp., 408 Pa. Super. 83, 596 A.2d 203 (1991) product-identification testimony); HAER CA-338 machinery documentation for this hull [other_primary]
- Locator
- AJIM 11(3):359-373 abstract/article; shipyards.json ev-sun-shipbuilding-chester rows; HAER CA-338 photo index (boilers/turbines/gears)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference: this hull is a 1945 emergency-program Maritime Commission T3-S2-A3 steam tanker - four oil-fired boilers feeding twin geared steam turbines - built at Sun Shipbuilding, Chester PA, a yard whose shipyards.json record (sun-shipbuilding-chester, evidence_tier 3) carries litigation product-identification testimony for asbestos brands used at that yard (Unibestos, Caltemp/Pabco, Kaylo, Garlock gaskets, Raybestos, Careytemp). Peer-reviewed scholarship documents that WWII-era U.S. shipbuilding used asbestos extensively for fireproofing and insulation on steam vessels: boiler and steam-drum insulation, steam-line lagging, machinery insulation, gaskets, packing, and accommodation insulation are the era-typical applications for this plant type.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1945 (construction); 1965-66 (jumboization); era scholarship 1987
- Population
- Sun Shipbuilding construction trades (1945); boiler-room/engine-room crew; Toledo fabricators and Boston conversion workers (1965-66); MSC-era mariners
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - NOT a hull record. The Lilley yard testimony window (1959-1976) postdates this hull's 1945 construction; nothing names this vessel or establishes asbestos aboard, quantity, location, condition, or present-day remnant (the hull no longer exists - scrapped 2012). The Halseth pleading (ev-01) is the only hull-naming asbestos allegation located.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-mispillion-ao105-09
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[11]Batch-1842 source reconciliation: DANFS (Wayback), HAER CA-338, MARAD ShipHistory 3389, NavSource 19105 [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS stat block and paras. 6 (Wayback capture); HAER CA-338 pp. 1, 5 and Appendix B; MARAD Detail 3389 milestones; NavSource spec block and chronology
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Source conflicts resolved in the record: (a) Design type - DANFS stat block reads 'T. T3-S2-A1,' but the MARAD registry, the NPS HAER engineering record (Appendix B lists all five Sun-built T3-S2-A3s incl. MC 2701/yard 526 Mispillion), and NavSource all carry T3-S2-A3; T3-S2-A3 adopted, DANFS stat line treated as a print error. (b) Jumboization date - HAER narrative says the midbody was 'fitted... in Boston in 1964' and its cover says 'jumboized 1965,' while DANFS and NavSource document the ship in commission in reserve from 16 Apr 1965, conversion begun at Toledo April 1965 and completed at Boston ~Aug 1966, departing 6 Sep 1966; the DANFS/NavSource window is adopted. (c) Complement - DANFS cpl. 220 vs. Ships' Data 1946/NavSource 22 officers + 282 enlisted (304); both figures carried separately. (d) MSC out-of-service year - MARAD records NDRF custody entry 2/8/1990 while NavSource says 'circa 1994' and secondary compilations say 1991; the MARAD custody milestone governs the physical record, and the conflict is logged in gaps.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1945-2012 (records); reconciliation 2026-09-25
- Limitations
- Reconciliation among primary/authoritative sources; none of the conflicts is asbestos-relevant. The adopted values are documented, but the contradicted source statements remain visible in the underlying records.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-mispillion-ao105-10
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[12]Batch-1842 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS via Wayback; MARAD ShipHistory 3389 + HAER CA-338 full text; NavSource 19105; CourtListener opinion and docket indexes (name + hull number); CA Water Board enforcement docs; regional press disposal coverage; archive finding aids [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-mispillion-ao105-01 through sl-uss-mispillion-ao105-11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying adjudicated ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, materials list, hazmat disclosure, or docketed adjudication naming this hull was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The NPS HAER documentation (which recorded the hull's machinery and spaces in detail at Suisun Bay) contains no asbestos statement. CourtListener opinion searches returned zero qualifying hits - all 'Mispillion' opinion hits are Delaware-geography name collisions (Mispillion Hundred/Creek/'Mispillion Property') plus one incidental tanker-industry case (Keystone Shipping). Docket-level matches beyond Halseth (Harris v. CBS, N.D. Cal. 18-cv-07572, asbestos PI remanded 2019; MDL-875 tag-along complaint exhibits) suggest additional plaintiff exposure sheets may name the hull, but those documents are not publicly retrievable via RECAP and are unverified - logged as leads, not findings.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 2026-09-25
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1945 USMC steam tanker is era-consistent with asbestos-containing insulation, and the Halseth pleading alleges it specifically. The unretrieved MDL-875/Harris complaint exhibits could not be checked; the record is complete for published/indexed sources only. Does not establish or defeat any exposure or eligibility claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-mispillion-ao105-11
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[13]NARA Guide to Federal Records (RG 24 Navy deck logs; RG 178 Maritime Commission); Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company records 1916-1998, Independence Seaport Museum (Philadelphia Area Archives finding aid); Hagley Museum & Library Sun Shipbuilding records 1890-1982; MARAD status-card scans for Detail 3389 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA RG 24/RG 178 record-group guides; ISM finding aid ISM_84.76 (ships plans series, hull 526 scope likely); Hagley Sun Shipbuilding records 1890-1982; MARAD Detail 3389 Status Cards tab
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads not retrieved (no paid reproduction or research-room work authorized): NARA RG 24 holds deck logs for the 1945-1974 commission (field/unit logs are regional by custody); RG 178 USMC construction files may cover MC hull 2701. Sun Shipbuilding records at Independence Seaport Museum include ship plans and technical drawings 1916-1980 - likely to include hull 526 documentation; Hagley holds complementary Sun corporate records 1890-1982. The 1965-66 jumboization work package (Toledo fabrication + Boston completion) would be in Navy shipyard/BuShips records. MARAD's two status-card scans for this hull (3389_10409AF/AB) exist on the ShipHistory record but the images were not retrievable. ESCO Marine's demolition records are private; no public per-ship ACM inventory exists for this hull.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1945-2012 records
- Limitations
- Record-group and 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-mispillion-ao105-12