Evidence
12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).
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[1]CourtListener opinion search: 'USS Paricutin' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion search 'USS Paricutin' 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-paricutin-ae18-cl-name-opinion
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[2]CourtListener docket search: 'USS Paricutin' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener docket search 'USS Paricutin' 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-paricutin-ae18-cl-name-docket
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[3]CourtListener opinion search: 'AE-18' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion search 'AE-18' returned 4751 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-paricutin-ae18-cl-hull-opinion
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[4]CourtListener docket search: 'AE-18' [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener docket search 'AE-18' returned 200689 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-paricutin-ae18-cl-hull-docket
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[5]Board of Veterans' Appeals, Citation Nr 1403429, docket 09-49 830 (Jan 27, 2014) - REMAND for service connection for COPD due to asbestos exposure (VA administrative adjudication) [court_record]
- Locator
- REMAND narrative, paragraphs 1-3; remand directive 2.a-b; service-record passage citing USS PARCUTIN (AE18), May 1961-Oct 1962
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- A veteran whose service personnel records confirm assignment aboard USS Paricutin (AE-18) from May 1961 through October 1962 testified under oath that he was exposed to asbestos while sleeping under an asbestos-wrapped pipe approximately 18 inches above his bunk rack. An undated Navy occupation record of file indicated a gunner's mate (the veteran's rating Aug-Nov 1961) 'would have had minimal exposure' to asbestos in service, and the Board's remand directives frame the issue as 'the Veteran's minimal exposure to asbestos during active service.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1961-1962 (service); 2009-2014 (claim)
- Population
- USS Paricutin crewman (gunner's mate, 1961-62); COPD claimant
- Limitations
- Administrative remand, not a merits decision - the Board found prior development noncompliant under Stegall v. West and ordered a new VA opinion; the claim's final disposition is not located. The pipe testimony is sworn allegation, not an adjudicated finding; the 'minimal exposure' document is of record but undated and unattributed. Establishes nothing about shipwide asbestos extent, quantity, condition, or any other individual's exposure or causation. Record spells the ship 'PARCUTIN.'
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-paricutin-ae18-01
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[6]Shipscribe (Stephen S. Roberts), Mount Hood (AE-11) class page - construction/disposition tables and ship notes compiled from NVR and Maritime Commission records [other_primary]
- Locator
- Ship Notes table, AE-18 row ('converted by Bethlehem Steel, Key Highway, Baltimore, Md.'); Construction and Disposition tables
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Paricutin (MC hull 1708) was delivered ~99% complete and unarmed like sisters AE-16/17/19; ferry commission 3-6 Mar 1945; converted to an ammunition ship by Bethlehem Steel, Key Highway, Baltimore, Md.; commissioned for service 25 Jul 1945. Disposition table: decommissioned 23 Apr 1971; stricken 1 Jun 1973; Maritime Administration sale 16 Oct 1975; to buyer 26 Nov 1975. Corrects DANFS's compressed 'acquired and commissioned 3 March 1945.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1944-1975
- Population
- Bethlehem Steel Key Highway yard workers (conversion, Mar-Jul 1945)
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation of official records, not itself a primary document; the conversion-yard attribution and the 23 Apr 1971 decommissioning date rest on this source alone (NavSource lists decommissioning date unknown). The ferry-commission and out-of-commission interval is corroborated by the NavSource commanding-officer list. Establishes dates and yards, not asbestos conditions.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-paricutin-ae18-02
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[7]DANFS, Paricutin (AE-18), Vol. 5 p.214 (verbatim transcription - live NHHC page returned 404 on 2026-09-19) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Full entry text; NVR addendum lines (stricken 1 Jun 1973, MARAD sale 16 Oct 1975)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Laid down 7 Dec 1944 under Maritime Commission contract by North Carolina SB Co., Wilmington, N.C. as MC hull 1708 (type C2-S-AJ1); launched 30 Jan 1945; acquired and commissioned 3 Mar 1945. Postwar: transferred excess ammunition from forward Pacific areas to Bangor, Wash. and Port Chicago, Calif.; ordered to Mare Island NSY for inactivation 20 Nov 1947; out of commission in reserve 30 Apr 1948, San Francisco Group Pacific Reserve Fleet. Recommissioned 28 Jul 1950 (reactivated 24 Jun 1950), Service Squadron 1, Sasebo; two Korean War tours through Mar 1953; annual WestPac deployments from Aug 1953 into the mid-1960s, then Vietnam support on rotational WestPac deployments into 1970. Stricken from the Naval Vessel Register 1 Jun 1973; disposed of by Maritime Administration sale 16 Oct 1975.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1944-1975
- Population
- Crew (1945-1971); Mare Island NSY workers (inactivation 1947-48)
- Limitations
- Authoritative Navy history but compressed: 'acquired and commissioned 3 March 1945' conflates the ferry acquisition with the 25 Jul 1945 service commissioning (see ev-02). Contains no asbestos, insulation, or hazardous-material information; supports identity and chronology only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-paricutin-ae18-03
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[8]MARAD ShipHistory database, PARICUTIN (AE-18), Ship History Detail 3774 (milestones, status cards, vessel particulars) [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- Detail page: Vessel Particulars block; Milestones table; Status Cards gallery (3774_6980AF.jpg et al.)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- MARAD records: year built 1945; shipyard North Carolina Shipbuilding Company; MARAD type C2-S-AJ1; 459.16 ft x 61.0 ft; 8,258 gross tons; fate 'Sold - Scrap.' Milestones: Entry/Acquisition 29 Jul 1971 (recorded as '"WRANGELL" AE 12 class'); Disposition/Withdrawal 26 Nov 1975 with content 'CUST 1971 NDRF 1971' - i.e., MARAD custody and National Defense Reserve Fleet status from 1971. Digitized status-card images on file.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1971-1975
- Limitations
- Milestone table only - no narrative, no buyer name, no scrapping site, no hazardous-material or asbestos content. MARAD classifies the hull under the 'Wrangell AE-12 class' label (same Mount Hood-class design family). Does not document which NDRF anchorage held the vessel.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-paricutin-ae18-04
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[9]NavSource Online, USS Paricutin (AE-18) service-ship photo archive (specifications, campaign credits, yard photos with official photo numbers, commanding-officer list, final disposition) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Specifications block; campaign tables; photo captions 09051809-11 (Mare Island 1956) and 09051849 (Hunters Point); CO list; final disposition line
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Specifications: one GE geared turbine, two Combustion Engineering header-type boilers (450 psi, 750F), double GE main reduction gear, three 300 kW turbo-drive ship's service generators, single screw; 16.4 kts trial; 13,910 t full load. Campaign credits: seven Korean War battle stars across eight campaigns; ten Vietnam-era campaign credits incl. Vietnam Advisory (Sep 1964), Vietnam Defense (1965), Counteroffensive phases through Tet/69 and Summer-Fall 1969. Documented yard period: repairs at Mare Island Naval Shipyard 11 Feb-23 Apr 1956 (yard photos 29044-4-56, 29048-4-56; USN 670061); undated photo at San Francisco Naval Shipyard, Hunters Point. Commanding-officer list shows ferry commission 3-6 Mar 1945 and out-of-commission interval to 25 Jul 1945. Final disposition: sold for scrapping 16 Oct 1975 to Levin Metals Corp., award PD-X-1000 dated 4 Sep 1975, $1,500,000 in a seven-ship sale.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1945-1975
- Population
- Mare Island NSY workers (repairs, Feb-Apr 1956); crew
- Limitations
- Volunteer-maintained archive built on official photos and NVR data - not itself an official record. The 1956 Mare Island repair period is photo-evidenced (dates in captions); scope of work is not documented. Hunters Point photo is undated with no work record. No asbestos or insulation content. Decommissioning date listed as unknown here - 23 Apr 1971 rests on shipscribe.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-paricutin-ae18-05
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[10]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 scholarship documents that asbestos was used extensively as a fireproofing and insulating material in U.S. shipbuilding during WWII - the program and era under which this C2-S-AJ1 hull and its steam plant (two CE boilers, GE geared turbine, steam piping, gaskets, packing) were built in 1944-45 and converted at Bethlehem Steel Key Highway in 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1940s era documented; article 1987
- Population
- WWII shipyard workers and ship crews (class context)
- Limitations
- Era/program-level documentation; does not name this vessel, its builder yard, or its conversion yard and does not establish that asbestos was or is aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, individual exposure, or causation. Yard-period asbestos disturbance at North Carolina Shipbuilding, Bethlehem Key Highway, and Mare Island is era-consistent inference, not hull documentation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-paricutin-ae18-06
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[11]Batch-485 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS (404 - mirror used); MARAD ShipHistory 3774; NavSource AE-18; shipscribe AE-11 class; VA BVA decisions via public index; CourtListener API v4 (throttled); web index for civil opinions [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-paricutin-ae18-01 through sl-uss-paricutin-ae18-08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Beyond the BVA asbestos remand (ev-01), no ship-specific asbestos documentation was located: no hull survey, insulation inventory, abatement contract, or hazmat disclosure, and no civil-court opinion naming Paricutin or AE-18. CourtListener API v4 returned HTTP throttling (125/day limit) and the web UI returned 403 during the 2026-09-19 search window, so that repository's coverage is incomplete rather than confirmed empty. Asbestos-marketing and lead-generation pages naming the ship exist but are excluded under batch rules.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 2026-09-19
- Limitations
- Absence of located records does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1945 steam auxiliary scrapped in 1975 predates modern hazmat-disposal disclosure. The civil-docket check is incomplete due to rate limiting and should be re-run. Does not establish or defeat any exposure or eligibility claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-paricutin-ae18-07
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[12]Board of Veterans' Appeals, Citation Nr 1042198, docket 09-35 173 (Nov 9, 2010); see also later decision Citation Nr 1504669 (Jan 30, 2015) - service connection for diabetes mellitus claimed due to herbicide (Agent Orange) exposure [court_record]
- Locator
- Findings of Fact 1-2 and Analysis (PARICUTIN service Sept 1966-May 1968); exa.ai excerpt of Citation Nr 1504669
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- A second BVA record confirms a veteran aboard USS Paricutin September 1966-May 1968, offshore Vietnam within sight and sound of the coast but never docking ('we were never docked in Vietnam... we could see land from the ship'). The herbicide-exposure claim was denied - Paricutin was not recognized as having served on inland waterways or docked in Vietnam. Recorded here as the hull's litigation surface: this is a NON-asbestos adjudication and carries no asbestos content.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1966-1968 (service); 2009-2015 (claim)
- Population
- USS Paricutin crewman (1966-68); diabetes claimant
- Limitations
- Non-asbestos claim; denied on the merits (no in-country service, no nexus). Included only to complete the litigation surface and corroborate offshore Vietnam service; it does not support any asbestos finding. 2015 decision located via aggregator excerpt (exa.ai) - va.gov text file not independently fetched.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-paricutin-ae18-08