USS Passumpsic (AO-107)

Evidence

12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).

1. [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-passumpsic-ao107-pkt-r2-packet-md

2. [2]Collins v. General Electric Company, No. 3:08-cv-02704-EDL (N.D. Cal.), D.I. 1 Complaint + Exhibit A (plaintiff exposure table), filed 2008-05-29; scanned PDF retrieved via RECAP and OCR'd (no usable text layer) [court_record]

   Locator

   RECAP complaint D.I. 1 (16 pp., stamped 'Filed 05/29/2008'), Exhibit A exposure table at PDF pp. ~13-14 (OCR: 'USS PASSUMPSIC. (AO-107)' + job-duties paragraph); CourtListener docket index gov.uscourts.cand.3:08-cv-02704-EDL

   Finding type

   litigation_product_id

   Finding

   A docketed asbestos wrongful-death complaint names this hull: the Exhibit A exposure table lists 'US Navy USS MIDWAY (CV-41) / USS FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT (CV-42) / USS PASSUMPSIC. (AO-107)' for decedent Lester Collins, USN Fireman, 'Approx. 1950 - 1955.' The job-duties narrative applies to 'the ships listed above': 'Decedent worked in the engine, generator and pump rooms... Decedent worked with packing and gaskets on pumps and valves in the engine rooms. Decedent cut out gaskets from sheet gasket material and hammered them into place. Decedent worked in proximity to many other trades, including boilermakers tearing out and reinstalling boiler refractory material and manway gaskets; steamfitters and pipefitters tearing off and reapplying asbestos pipe insulation, mixing asbestos insulating cement for piping, replacing and repairing valves, and scraping off and reapplying asbestos gaskets and valve packing; welders using asbestos sheet and blanket material for fire protection; and laborers sweeping up asbestos dust.'

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   1950-1955 (alleged exposure window); 2008 (pleading)

   Population

   Lester Collins, USN Fireman aboard USS Midway (CV-41), USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CV-42), and USS Passumpsic (AO-107), approx. 1950-1955 (alleged); died 2007-06-21 of asbestos-related lung disease per complaint para. 2

   Limitations

   PLEADING-STAGE ALLEGATION - a complaint exhibit filed at case opening; no adjudication of the exposure or product claims was located. The 'ships listed above' framing spreads the product/task list across USS Midway, USS Franklin D. Roosevelt, and USS Passumpsic - it cannot be isolated to this hull alone, and the ~1950-1955 service window is not allocated among the three ships. Product and exposure statements are the plaintiffs' allegations as drafted by counsel; they establish nothing proven about this hull. Does not establish quantity, condition, individual exposure, causation, or legal eligibility.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-passumpsic-ao107-01

3. [3]Collins v. General Electric Company, No. 3:08-cv-02704-EDL (N.D. Cal.), docket metadata via CourtListener RECAP index: complaint filed 2008-05-29; plaintiffs Lois Collins (wrongful-death heir and successor-in-interest to Lester Collins, deceased) and Donald, Stephen, Thomas, Douglas Collins and Karen Legge (legal heirs); defendants General Electric Company, Sun Ship, LLC, Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company; counsel Brayton Purcell LLP [court_record]

   Locator

   CourtListener docket index for N.D. Cal. 3:08-cv-02704-EDL (docket id 4173976); complaint caption and para. 1-3, D.I. 1 pp. 1-2

   Finding type

   litigation_documented

   Finding

   The Collins action was a wrongful-death asbestos suit brought by the heirs of Lester Collins against equipment/builder defendants - notably including Sun Ship, LLC, the successor-entity name of this hull's builder - not against the United States or the Navy. The complaint (D.I. 1) alleges decedent 'sustained an asbestos-related lung disease and death... through the person's occupational exposure to asbestos' and attaches the pathogenesis/exposure exhibit naming this hull. No published opinion, summary-judgment ruling, or trial finding on the shipboard-asbestos allegations was located; the case terminates in the docket index without a located merits adjudication of the Passumpsic claims.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   2008-2012 (litigation span per docket index)

   Population

   Collins claimant family (6 named parties); decedent Lester Collins

   Limitations

   Docket-level metadata and the complaint are verified documents; the allegations are not verified facts. Per litigation-stage discipline this record is carried at pleading stage, never upward - termination disposition (settlement vs. dismissal vs. judgment) was not retrieved. Sun Ship, LLC's presence as a defendant does not document asbestos aboard this hull; it is a party to the suit, not a finding.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-passumpsic-ao107-02

4. [4]DANFS entry 'Passumpsic' (NHHC; live page returns 404 - verbatim text verified via Wayback capture 2025-04-01 of canonical URL .../danfs/p/passumpsic.html) [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   DANFS Passumpsic entry, full text (Wayback capture 2025-04-01), narrative paragraphs + stat block

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Official ship history: 'Passumpsic (AO-107) was laid down 8 March 1945 as M.C. Hull 2703 by Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Chester, Pa.; launched 31 October; sponsored by Mrs. M.F. Draemel, wife of Rear Admiral Milo F. Draemel, then Commandant of the 4th Naval District; and commissioned 1 April 1946, Capt. C.M. Ryan in command.' Caribbean shakedown; Long Beach homeport under Commander, Service Force Pacific; Service Squadrons 1 and 3; between June 1950 and February 1954, 34 of 44 months outside the U.S. (Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, North Borneo, Fiji, Australia, Arabia, Ceylon, Philippines, Midway, Oahu, Marshall and Mariana Islands); nine of ten possible Korean War battle stars though never under hostile fire. April 1964 INSURV inspection at Long Beach Naval Shipyard; departed Long Beach 12 Oct 1964 for the Great Lakes; Boston Naval Shipyard Supply Overhaul Assistance Program; 'in commission, in reserve' at Lorain, Ohio 26 Nov 1964 with nucleus party of 28 men and 4 officers; conversion cut the hull and inserted a new tank section (+91 ft length; full-load displacement 25,500 to 34,350 tons; max draft 32 to 36 ft); departed Lorain 22 Nov 1965 with merchant marine master and civilian crew; Navy acceptance at Boston 10 Jan 1966; final Navy acceptance 24 Aug, ready-unit designation 1 Sep; Subic Bay-based Vietnam replenishment from 1966 with further WestPac deployments 1967-1968. Stat block: dp. 7,423; l. 553'; b. 75'; dr. 32'; s. 18.3 k.; cpl. 304; a. 1 5", 4 3", 8 40mm.; cl. Mispillion; T. T3-S2-A3.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   1945-1969 (entry coverage); ship in MSC service to 1991

   Population

   Crew (complement 304 as built; jumboized figures differ by source)

   Limitations

   Official Navy narrative history; entry coverage ends at 1969 and contains no asbestos, materials, or hazard information. DANFS names Capt. C.M. Ryan as commissioning CO while NavSource's command list leads with Capt. Roger D. Phillips - conflict carried in gaps. The stat block's '8 40mm' armament line differs from NavSource's spec block (4 twin 20mm only); shipscribe's class armament line carries both 40mm and 20mm mounts - noted in ev-09.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-passumpsic-ao107-03

5. [5]MARAD Vessel History Database, PASSUMPSIC (AO-107), Ship History Detail 3784 - registry fields, milestone table, and four status-card scans incl. MA-20 Record of Ship Sales [marad_nrc]

   Locator

   MARAD ShipHistory Detail 3784 - fields, milestones table; status-card scans 3784_7003AF (sale narrative), 3784_AF (MA-20 form face), 3784_AB (handwritten resale approval), 3784_7003AB (reference photocopy)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Federal registry and disposal record: Year Built 1946; Shipyard 'Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock'; MARAD Type T3-S2-A3; length 644 ft; fate 'Sold - No Further Info.' Milestones: Entry 12/18/1991 (MARAD custody at Yokohama, Japan); Disposition 12/18/1991 and 12/19/1991 (detail data missing); Withdrawal 12/19/1991. The MA-20 Record of Ship Sales card records: PASSUMPSIC (ex-TAO-107), type 'Jumboized T3,' awarded to Trusha Investments Pte Ltd., date 12-19-91, purchase price $1,357,236.00, contract no. MA-12685, dimensions 644' x 75' x 35'6" depth, 9,558 gross tons (LSW), location Yokohama Japan, acquired pursuant to Sec. 510(i) (as amended by P.L. 101-595, Nov. 16, 1990) of the Merchant Marine Act 1936; a handwritten card note records '7-1-92 Approval granted for resale of vessel to Apollo Vikas Steels Pvt. Ltd. of India for scrapping of vessel in India pursuant to Amendment No. 1 to Contract No. MA-12685 dated 7-1-92.' A second card back carries a photocopied reference table headed '5 Mispillion class (jumboized T3-S2-A3 type)' listing T-AO 107 in service 1-4-46, to MSC 24-7-73, with remarks (19,553 grt/36,840 dwt, ~180,000 bbl cargo, helicopter platform aft) and a captioned photo 'Passumpsic (T-AO 107)' dated 9-87.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   1946-1992 (record coverage)

   Limitations

   Authoritative for government custody milestones and the sale terms. Contains NO asbestos, hazardous-material, or material-condition information - the MA-20 records price/tonnage/authority only. The registry 'Specific Type' field displays 'LNG Liquefied Natural Gas,' a generic/erroneous label contradicted by the same record's MARAD Type T3-S2-A3 (oil tanker) - not adopted. The two 'Disposition' milestone rows carry no detail (DATA MISSING); the card fills the sale chain.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-passumpsic-ao107-04

6. [6]NavSource Online Service Ship Photo Archive, USNS Passumpsic (T-AO-107) ex-USS Passumpsic (AO-107) page (live page unretrievable - Wayback capture 2025-03-17) - compiled specs, campaign/awards tables, CO roster, photo captions [other_primary]

   Locator

   NavSource page 19107.htm via Wayback 2025-03-17 - header block, specifications, campaign tables, awards block, CO list, photo captions

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Ship-specific compiled record corroborating and extending DANFS: laid down 8 Mar 1945 as Maritime Commission T3-S2-A3 hull (MC hull 2703) at Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock, Chester PA; launched 31 Oct 1945; commissioned 1 Apr 1946; jumboized at American Shipbuilding Co., Lorain, Ohio, 26 Nov 1964 - 10 Jan 1966; decommissioned 24 Jul 1973 and placed in service with MSC as USNS Passumpsic (T-AO-107) the same day; 'placed out of service 18 January 1991' with custody transferred to MARAD at Yokohama; struck from the Naval Register 18 Dec 1991; sold 19 Dec 1991 to Trusha Investments Pte. Ltd., Singapore for $1,357,236; resold 1 Jul 1992 to 'Apollo Uikas Steels Pvt. Ltd.' of India for scrapping. Spec block: 7,423 light / 25,440 full-load tons as built; 12,840 / 34,475 tons jumboized; 553 ft to 644 ft; beam 75 ft; draft 32 ft to 35'9"; 18.3 knots; Westinghouse geared turbines, two Babcock & Wilcox header-type boilers 450 psi/740F, double Westinghouse main reduction gears, three turbo-drive 500 kW ship's-service generators, twin rudders, twin propellers, 6,750 shp; complement 22 officers + 282 enlisted (16 + 230 jumboized); armament one 5"/38, four 3"/50, four twin 20mm. Awards: nine Korean War battle stars; Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal; Vietnam Service Medal with eleven campaign stars; Combat Action Ribbon dated 17 Jan 1991. Command list leads with CAPT Roger D. Phillips (commissioning CO), C. M. Ryan second.

   Verification

   partial

   Role

   archival_lead

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   1945-1992

   Limitations

   NavSource is a non-official volunteer compilation - carried as archival lead/corroboration, not an official record. Three conflicts against other sources are carried in gaps: 'out of service 18 January 1991' conflicts with the documented June 1991 Pinatubo damage and a Nov 1991 Yokohama photo (likely Dec-1991 error); struck 18 Dec vs shipscribe's 17 Dec; buyer spelled 'Uikas' vs MARAD card's 'Vikas'; and Phillips-vs-Ryan first CO against DANFS. Boiler count (two) conflicts with shipscribe's four - unresolved.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-passumpsic-ao107-05

7. [7]Shipscribe U.S. Navy Auxiliary Ships records, Mispillion (AO-105) class + 'Mispillion (AO-105 Jumbo)' class pages (SCB Project No. 224 / MC T3-S2-A3 conversion), citing NARA RG 19 Entry P 62 Box 75 [other_primary]

   Locator

   shipscribe.com/usnaux/AO/AO105.html class table + shipscribe.com/usnaux2/AO/AO105j.html jumbo-class table and per-hull notes (AO-107 row)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Scholarly compilation of BuShips/SCB records confirming class data and the jumboization record for this hull: class MISPILLION (AO-105), design MC T3-S2-A3; AO-107 Passumpsic - Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock, keel 8 Mar 1945, launch 31 Oct 1945, commission 1 Apr 1946; as built 553 ft x 75 ft x 32.3 ft, 18.3 knots, twin Westinghouse turbines, twin screws, 13,500 HP. Jumbo class record (SCB Project 224 / MC T3-S2-A3 conversion): 34,645 full-load tons, 644 ft x 75 ft x 35.3 ft, 18 knots, two Westinghouse turbines, four boilers, two screws; the class note describes the new midsection with preserved midship house, separated bow/stern, new replenishment equipment and added generators. Per-hull note for Passumpsic: new midbody begun at Lorain 2 Mar 1964; ship departed Long Beach 12 Oct 1964 for the Great Lakes via Boston Navy Yard; 'in commission, in reserve' 26 Nov 1964 with 4 officers + 28 men; departed Lorain 22 Nov 1965 with merchant marine master and civilian crew; conversion completed at Boston Navy Yard 15 Dec 1965; decommissioned and transferred to MSC 24 Jul 1973; at Subic Bay during the 15 Jun 1991 Mount Pinatubo eruption - corrosive volcanic ash rendered her UNREP gear unusable; to NDRF 18 Dec 1991 for immediate sale at Yokohama; struck 17 Dec 1991; MA sale 19 Dec 1991.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   1945-1991

   Limitations

   Shipscribe is a careful private compilation of official record groups (it cites NARA RG 19 Entry P 62 Box 75 for the SCB 224 project file) - corroborating compilation, not itself a primary document. Conflicts carried in gaps: conversion completion 15 Dec 1965 (shipscribe) vs Navy acceptance 10 Jan 1966 (DANFS) vs NavSource's 26 Nov 1964-10 Jan 1966 span; struck 17 Dec vs NavSource's 18 Dec; four boilers vs NavSource's two; full-load 34,645 vs DANFS 34,350 vs NavSource 34,475.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-passumpsic-ao107-06

8. [8]Encisco v. 3M Company et al., No. CV-18-08214-PCT-JJT (D. Ariz.; stamped 3:18-cv-08214-SMB), D.I. 67 Joint [Proposed] Case Management Plan, filed 2018-11-20 - Rule 26(f) narrative of plaintiff JoAnn Victoria Encisco (wrongful-death action under A.R.S. 12-611 for decedent Emmanuel 'Manny' Encisco) [court_record]

   Locator

   D.I. 67, 'Nature of the Case' narrative, doc pages 4-5 (stamped pages), 21-page filing; CourtListener docket index for D. Ariz. 3:18-cv-08214 (docket id 8488972); complaint attachment D.I. 1-3 (removed state complaint, Maricopa County CV2018-008039) checked - no Passumpsic mention

   Finding type

   litigation_documented

   Finding

   A discovery-stage filing names a vessel matching this hull: 'Mr. Encisco, also known as "Manny," served in the United States Navy from 1956 to 1959' aboard USS Burton Island (AG-88), and 'was then reassigned in approximately 1958 to the USS Passumpsic (AO-17), a tanker. He was stationed on the Passumpsic until his discharge in 1959... Aboard the Passumpsic, he worked on deck force for about a year and as a cook for the brief remainder of his time on board until his discharge in 1959. His deck force duties required him to perform maintenance in all areas of the ship. His duties as a cook required him to visit, albeit rarely, the boiler rooms directly below the kitchen to deliver food to workers in the boiler and engine rooms while they worked. This Naval work exposed Mr. Encisco to asbestos from asbestos-containing equipment for which Defendants are responsible.' The printed designation is 'AO-17' - no U.S. Navy ship 'Passumpsic' other than AO-107 exists, so the passage almost certainly means this hull, but the record is carried exactly as written.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-25

   Study period

   1958-1959 (alleged exposure window); 2018 (filing)

   Population

   Emmanuel 'Manny' Encisco, USN 1956-1959, aboard USS Passumpsic ~1958-1959 per the filing (alleged); plaintiff JoAnn Victoria Encisco (wrongful-death representative)

   Limitations

   DISCOVERY-STAGE ALLEGATION - a joint Rule 26(f) case-management narrative filed early in the case; classified below pleading-exhibit weight and never adjudicated. HULL-NUMBER DISCREPANCY: the document prints 'AO-17' (a designation used by the Coast Guard for USCGC boats and by APA-17-type hulls), not AO-107; the match to this hull rests on the name 'Passumpsic' plus 'tanker' plus the 1958-1959 service window - plausible but not proven, and the error is preserved rather than silently corrected. The ship does not appear in the complaint proper (D.I. 1-3 checked - no hull naming at pleading stage). Does not establish asbestos presence, quantity, individual exposure, causation, or liability.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-passumpsic-ao107-07

9. [9]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); NavSource/shipscribe machinery documentation for this hull [other_primary]

   Locator

   AJIM 11(3):359-373; shipyards.json ev rows for sun-shipbuilding-chester; NavSource/shipscribe propulsion specs

   Finding type

   asbestos_application

   Finding

   Era/design inference: this hull is a 1945-46 emergency-program Maritime Commission T3-S2-A3 twin-screw steam tanker - oil-fired boilers (two per NavSource, four per shipscribe) feeding Westinghouse 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. 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

   1945-46 (construction); 1964-66 (jumboization); era scholarship 1987

   Population

   Sun Shipbuilding construction trades (1945-46); boiler-room/engine-room crew; Lorain fabricators and Boston Navy Yard conversion workers (1964-66); 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 1945-46 construction; nothing names this vessel or establishes asbestos aboard, quantity, location, condition, or present-day remnant (the hull no longer exists - scrapped in India 1992). The hull-naming allegations are the Collins exhibit (ev-01) and Encisco narrative (ev-07); this row supplies context, not a finding.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-passumpsic-ao107-08

10. [10]Batch-1844 source reconciliation: DANFS (Wayback), MARAD ShipHistory 3784 + MA-20 card, NavSource 19107 (Wayback), shipscribe AO105/AO105j, shipbuildinghistory Sun yard table [other_primary]

    Locator

    DANFS stat block + jumboization paragraph; MARAD Detail 3784 + cards; NavSource 19107 spec block/CO list/chronology; shipscribe AO105 + AO105j tables; shipbuildinghistory Sun Shipbuilding hull table (yard hull 528 = MC 2703)

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Source conflicts resolved or carried in the record: (a) Class taxonomy - DANFS stat block 'cl. Mispillion; T. T3-S2-A3,' MARAD type T3-S2-A3, and shipscribe's 'Mispillion (AO-105) / Mispillion (AO-105 Jumbo), SCB 224' agree; NavSource heads the page 'Cimarron Class Fleet Oiler / Jumboized' (explained by DANFS's own statement that jumboization was 'a project of modernization and renovation for AO-22 class fleet oilers'); secondary references call the converted group 'Ashtabula class.' Mispillion/T3-S2-A3 adopted as primary; split documented, hull identity unaffected. (b) First CO - DANFS: Capt. C.M. Ryan at commissioning; NavSource command list: CAPT Roger D. Phillips first, Ryan second (1946-47). Both carried. (c) Launch date - 31 Oct 1945 (DANFS, NavSource, shipscribe, Auke Visser) vs shipbuildinghistory yard table '21-Oct-45'; the three-way agreement is adopted and the table variance treated as transcription error. (d) MSC out-of-service - NavSource '18 January 1991' conflicts with shipscribe's June-1991 Pinatubo narrative and a Nov-1991 Yokohama photo; MARAD custody entry 18 Dec 1991 governs the disposal sequence. (e) Struck - 17 Dec (shipscribe, navysite, aukevisser) vs 18 Dec (NavSource). (f) Boilers - two B&W header-type (NavSource) vs four boilers (shipscribe jumbo spec, navysite) - unresolved. (g) Armament - DANFS '8 40mm' + NavSource 'four twin 20mm' vs shipscribe original fit 1-5"/38, 4-3"/50, 4-40mmT, 4-20mmT. (h) Jumboized full-load displacement - 34,350 (DANFS) vs 34,475 (NavSource) vs 34,645 (shipscribe) - all carried, none merged.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    correction

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-25

    Study period

    1945-1992 (records); reconciliation 2026-09-25

    Limitations

    Reconciliation among primary/authoritative and compiled sources; none of the conflicts is asbestos-relevant. The adopted values are documented, but the contradicted source statements remain visible in the underlying records and in the gaps list.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-passumpsic-ao107-09

11. [11]Batch-1844 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS via Wayback; MARAD ShipHistory 3784 + four status cards; NavSource 19107 via Wayback; shipscribe AO105/AO105j; CourtListener opinion and docket indexes (name + both hull numbers); NVR ship-detail check; specialist references (aukevisser, shipbuildinghistory); web sweep for asbestos/survey/abatement [other_primary]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-passumpsic-ao107-01 through sl-uss-passumpsic-ao107-12

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    No qualifying adjudicated or physical ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, materials list, hazmat disclosure, or adjudicated finding naming this hull was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The MARAD ShipHistory record and its MA-20 sale card contain no hazmat or asbestos disclosure; the sale file MA-12685 itself was not retrieved. CourtListener opinion searches returned zero qualifying hits - all 'Passumpsic' opinion hits are Vermont name collisions (Passumpsic Savings Bank, Connecticut & Passumpsic Rivers Railroad, Passumpsic Telephone, Passumpsic Fibre Leather), and both 'AO-107' opinion hits are docket-number collisions. The only hull-naming records are two unadjudicated allegations: the Collins complaint exhibit (pleading stage) and the Encisco Rule 26(f) narrative (discovery stage, with an 'AO-17' hull-number discrepancy). The Halseth exposure exhibit (sister-hull Mispillion pleading) was checked and does not name this hull.

    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 1945-46 USMC steam tanker is era-consistent with asbestos-containing insulation, and two litigation filings allege it specifically. The full Encisco docket-entry enumeration was not completed (CourtListener fleet pacing); other dockets' unretrieved attachments could contain additional exposure sheets. 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-passumpsic-ao107-10

12. [12]NARA Guide to Federal Records (RG 24 Navy deck logs; RG 178 Maritime Commission; RG 19 Bureau of Ships - shipscribe cites Entry P 62 Box 75 for SCB Project 224); 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 sales-contract file MA-12685 [other_primary]

    Locator

    NARA RG 24/RG 178/RG 19 record-group guides; ISM finding aid ISM_84.76; Hagley Sun Shipbuilding records; MARAD Detail 3784 (contract no. printed on MA-20 card); CourtListener docket indexes for the two cases

    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 1946-1973 commission years; RG 178 USMC construction files may cover MC hull 2703; RG 19 Entry P 62 Box 75 holds the SCB 224 jumboization project file shipscribe cites - the likeliest single source for conversion-scope material documentation. Sun Shipbuilding records at Independence Seaport Museum include ship plans and technical drawings 1916-1980 - likely covering yard hull 528; Hagley holds complementary corporate records 1890-1982. The 1964-66 jumboization work packages (American Shipbuilding Lorain new-midbody + Boston Navy Yard completion/SOAP) would be in Navy shipyard/BuShips records. The MARAD sales-contract file MA-12685 including Amendment No. 1 (Trusha -> Apollo Vikas resale, India scrapping) may carry hazmat/asbestos disclosures not scanned onto the status cards. The full Encisco and Collins docket-entry sets beyond the retrieved documents may hold additional exposure sheets or dispositions.

    Verification

    unverified

    Role

    archival_lead

    Documentation level

    context_only

    Accessed

    2026-09-25

    Study period

    1945-1992 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-passumpsic-ao107-11