Evidence
17 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-17).
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[1]research packet ch-packet.md (1 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS Sacramento (AOE-1); third USN ship of the name (for Sacramento River
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-sacramento-aoe1-pkt-ch-packet-md
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[2]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, 'Sacramento III (AOE-1)', Naval Historical Center / NHHC (live URL 404; verbatim text retrieved via Internet Archive Wayback capture of history.navy.mil/danfs/s2/sacramento-iii.htm) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Sacramento III entry - spec block, construction paragraph, deployment narrative, battle-star line
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS (Naval Historical Center) entry for Sacramento III: '(AOE-1: dp. 53,600 (f.); l. 792'9"; b. 107'; dr. 39'5"; s. 25 k.; cpl. 509; a. 8 3"; cl. Sacramento). The third Sacramento (AOE-1), the first of the Navy's fast combat support ships, was laid down on 30 June 1961 at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Wash.; launched on 14 September 1963; sponsored by Mrs. Edmund G. Brown; and commissioned on 14 March 1964, Capt. Mark M. Gantar in command.' Turbines 'are two of the four originally built for Kentucky (BB-66), which was never completed.' Cargo capacity: >175,000 barrels (~8 million gallons) fuel oil/JP-5/avgas; 1,600 tons ammunition; 250 tons refrigerated provisions; hangar space for three UH-46 helicopters. Vietnam service: TF 73 replenishment cycles, Yankee Station; maiden deployment serviced 294 ships, 35 million gallons of fuel; 'Sacramento earned 15 battle stars for service in the Vietnam War.' DANFS coverage ends mid-1974.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1961-1974
- Limitations
- Authoritative Navy ship history for identity, construction, machinery provenance, and Vietnam service through mid-1974 (DANFS cutoff). Contains no asbestos or insulation-material information. Battle stars stated as 15 here vs. '13 campaign stars' framing in NavSource - discrepancy logged in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sacramento-aoe1-01
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[3]Naval Vessel Register (NVR), ship detail page SACRAMENTO (AOE 1), NAVSEA-maintained official inventory (live page no longer serves disposed hull; retrieved via Internet Archive Wayback capture of nvr.navy.mil/SHIPDETAILS/SHIPSDETAIL_AOE_1.HTML, 2017-02-01) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR AOE-1 detail: UIC/status block, milestone dates table, physical characteristics block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Naval Vessel Register detail page for SACRAMENTO (AOE 1), UIC 05832, class AOE 1, 'FAST COMBAT SUPPORT SHIP': Builder 'Naval Shipyard Puget Sound'; Award 08/08/1960; Keel 06/30/1961; Launch 09/14/1963; Commission 03/14/1964; Delivery 05/29/1964; Decommission 10/01/2004; Stricken 10/01/2004; Status 'Disposed of by scrapping, dismantling', date status changed 07/11/2008. Physical characteristics: overall length 796 ft, extreme beam 107 ft, light displacement 18,884 tons, full 49,956 tons; steel hull, steel superstructure.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1960-2008
- Limitations
- Official register data for milestones and disposal status. Disposed-hull pages are removed from the live NVR; Wayback capture used. Contains no asbestos, materials, or hazmat information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sacramento-aoe1-02
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[4]USS Sacramento (AOE-1) Command History for Calendar Year 1967 (OPNAV Report 5750-1), NHHC command-operation reports collection [other_primary]
- Locator
- 1967 command history: Introduction, Commanding Officer, Homeport, Mission, Complement, and Operations sections (scanned PDF; filename misspelled 'Sacaramento' in NHHC archive)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Ship's own command history for calendar year 1967 (NHHC archives scan): 'SACRAMENTO is homeported in Seattle, Washington, and all yard work was performed at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington.' The ship arrived PSNS 13 July 1967 after her third WestPac deployment and 'remained at PSNS until 9 November for a much needed Restricted Availability' (11 September - 6 November work window). Complement: 'As of 31 December, SACRAMENTO had 21 officers and a crew of 500,' plus an air detachment (5 aviators, 20 enlisted aircrew, 2 Boeing Vertol technical representatives during deployment). Commanding officer Capt. James R. Collier, USN (assumed command 1 October 1966).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1967
- Population
- Ship's company (~521) and PSNS availability workforce, Jul-Nov 1967
- Limitations
- Contemporaneous ship-generated record of homeport, yard-availability period at PSNS, and complement. Contains no asbestos or materials information; documents where and when yard work occurred, not what materials were disturbed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sacramento-aoe1-03
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[5]U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Board of Veterans' Appeals, Citation Nr. 25005450, Docket No. 18-09 303 (decision 2025-04-23); earlier remand Citation Nr. 21069036 (2021-11-17), same docket [court_record]
- Locator
- BVA 25005450 ORDER and FINDINGS OF FACT 1-2; veteran's exposure allegation in 'Reasons and Bases'; companion remand va.gov/vetapp21/Files11/21069036.txt
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Board of Veterans' Appeals merits decision naming this hull, Citation Nr. 25005450 (decided 2025-04-23; Docket No. 18-09 303; VLJ David L. Wight; appeal from a July 2017 rating decision). The veteran served active duty March 1969 - December 1972, 'service aboard the USS Sacramento in the U.S. Navy' as a postal clerk (aboard June 1969 - November 1970 per his allegation), claiming exposure to asbestos 'wherein exposed pipes, air ducts, tiles, the ventilation system, and walls were coated / insulated / wrapped with asbestos.' FINDING OF FACT 1: 'Given the Veteran's military occupational specialty (MOS) duties as a postal clerk and his service aboard the USS Sacramento in the U.S. Navy during active duty from 1969 to 1972, the Board finds that it is probable the Veteran had some degree of exposure to in-service occupational asbestos.' The decision repeatedly refers to his 'confirmed in-service asbestos exposure.' ORDER: 'Service connection for asbestosis is denied' - on the current-disability element only (most probative medical evidence showed COPD/asthma, no asbestosis). Procedural history: November 2021 Board remand (Citation 21069036), August 2023 Board denial, February 2024 CAVC joint-motion partial vacatur and remand for inadequate reasons-and-bases, July 2024 Board remand, April 2025 final denial.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- Exposure period 1969-1972; adjudication 2016-2025
- Population
- Individual claimant - postal clerk aboard 1969-1972
- Limitations
- Stage discipline: a federal administrative benefits adjudication (final merits decision of the Board, affirmed-process complete), not a tort finding - exposure was found 'probable' under the VA benefit-of-the-doubt standard keyed to the claimant's MOS aboard this hull, and the decision is expressly non-precedential (38 C.F.R. 20.1303). It establishes a formal finding that one veteran probably experienced some degree of asbestos exposure while serving aboard this hull 1969-1972; the specific materials he described (pipes, ducts, tiles, ventilation, walls) are his lay allegations, not an independently verified inventory. Establishes no quantity, no exposure for other crew, and no disease - the claim failed on the current-disability element.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sacramento-aoe1-04
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[6]U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Board of Veterans' Appeals, Citation Nr. 0812376, Docket No. 98-10 179A (decision 2008-04-15) [court_record]
- Locator
- BVA 0812376 REMAND section - asbestos-exposure allegations and 'potential exposure' finding; remand directive 4
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Board of Veterans' Appeals decision naming this hull, Citation Nr. 0812376 (decided 2008-04-15; Docket No. 98-10 179A; VLJ Mark F. Halsey; appeal from Cleveland RO). The veteran served active duty August 1988 - September 1992 aboard USS Sacramento. 'He contends that he was exposed to both asbestos and smoke from oil well fires while he was stationed aboard the USS Sacramento. Regarding asbestos, the veteran states that he was exposed to asbestos dust when he provided maintenance on hydraulic winches and brakes.' The Board wrote: 'Although in-service exposure to asbestos is not documented, the VA Adjudication Procedure Manual lists the servicing of brake linings as a possible occupation involving exposure to asbestos. M21-1MR, Part IV.ii.2.C.9.f (2007). Given the veteran's military occupational specialty of an engineman, it is plausible that the veteran provided maintenance on brakes. Thus, potential exposure to asbestos existed.' The respiratory-disorder claim was REMANDED for a VA examination and medical opinion on any relationship between respiratory disorder and asbestos exposure - 'By this remand, the Board intimates no opinion as to any final outcome warranted.'
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- Exposure period 1988-1992; adjudication through 2008 remand
- Population
- Individual claimant - engineman aboard 1988-1992
- Limitations
- Stage discipline: allegation-level record that never reached a merits finding - the Board found only that 'potential exposure' existed under the M21-1MR brake-lining provision and remanded for development; the claim's final outcome after remand is not located. The veteran's own file documented pre-service asbestos exposure as a civilian truck mechanic (1987-88), so even a later finding could not attribute exposure to this hull alone. Establishes a documented exposure allegation tied to winch/brake maintenance aboard this hull 1988-1992; no survey, no quantity, no adjudicated exposure finding, no disease outcome.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sacramento-aoe1-05
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[7]U.S. National Archives catalog record, NAID 6466142 (Defense Visual Information photo DN-SN-91-09310), Operation DESERT SHIELD series [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA catalog item 6466142 - title, date, subject tags (USS Sacramento (AOE-1), Sacramento Class)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NARA-held official DoD photograph (Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files, RG 330): 'The fast combat support ship USS SACRAMENTO (AOE-1), center, conducts an underway replenishment with the battleship USS MISSOURI (BB-63), left, and the battleship USS WISCONSIN (BB-64), right, during Operation Desert Shield,' produced 14 January 1991 (NAID 6466142; local ID 330-CFD-DN-SN-91-09310).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1991-01-14
- Limitations
- Official photograph catalog record establishing the ship's Persian Gulf presence during Desert Shield on a specific date alongside both deployed Iowa-class battleships. Contains no asbestos information; corroborates deployment only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sacramento-aoe1-06
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[8]U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Board of Veterans' Appeals, Citation Nr. 1632976 (2016), citing the ship's CY1995 command history [court_record]
- Locator
- BVA 1632976 - 'Reasons and Bases' recitation of the 1995-06-05 collision and the CY1995 command-history citation
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Board of Veterans' Appeals decision on a PTSD claim (Citation Nr. 1632976, 2016) corroborating this hull's 5 June 1995 collision with USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) during underway replenishment in the Persian Gulf: 'The Command History for Calendar Year 1995 shows that the 2 ships collided, and that the U.S.S. SACRAMENTO subsequently spent several weeks in port Jebel Ali for repairs.' The veteran's account of the collision (fuel-line danger, personnel jumping from replenishment towers, small fires aboard) was credited for stressor purposes.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1995; decision 2016
- Limitations
- Non-asbestos adjudication - carried as corroboration of a significant mid-1990s casualty event aboard this hull documented in its own command history. No asbestos content; establishes no exposure. Repairs at Jebel Ali (UAE) followed the collision per the cited command history.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sacramento-aoe1-07
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[9]U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Board of Veterans' Appeals, Citation Nr. 1007480 (2010) [court_record]
- Locator
- BVA 1007480 - stressor-verification discussion naming USS Sacramento (AOE-1), Gulf service window 1991-01-01 to 1991-03-24
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Board of Veterans' Appeals decision (Citation Nr. 1007480, 2010) on a Gulf War PTSD claim, verifying crew service aboard this hull in theater: 'The appellant has verified service in the Gulf War from January 1, 1991 to March 24, 1991, on the USS SACRAMENTO (AOE-1)' and records assignment 'to the USS SACRAMENTO (AOE-1) from approximately July 1990 to September 1991,' including the claim that a mine detonated about fifty yards from the vessel.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1990-1991; decision 2010
- Limitations
- Non-asbestos adjudication - carried as a federal record confirming the hull's Persian Gulf service window during Desert Shield/Desert Storm. No asbestos content; establishes no exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sacramento-aoe1-08
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[10]U.S. Government Accountability Office, Decision B-401438, ESCO Marine, Inc. (protest of Navy ship-disposal task-order issuance to ISL), 2009 [gao]
- Locator
- GAO B-401438 'Background' section - 2004-12-30 ID/IQ award description
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- GAO bid-protest decision documenting the contract vehicle under which this hull was scrapped: 'On December 30, 2004, the Navy awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contracts to both ESCO and ISL for a period of 5 years for towing, dismantling, environmental remediation, and disposal services in support of the Navy's Ship Disposal Program.' The program's task orders covered towing and dismantling of inactive Navy vessels; ESCO Marine of Brownsville, Texas was one of the two program contractors.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 2004-2009
- Population
- Ship-disposal program contractor workforce (program level)
- Limitations
- Program-level procurement record - documents the Navy Ship Disposal Program ID/IQ contracts that included environmental-remediation scope; the decision itself concerns ex-Saipan, ex-Austin, and ex-Fort Fisher task orders, not Sacramento. It establishes that the disposal pathway for this hull carried a formal environmental-remediation component; it does not document this hull's actual hazmat inventory or remediation performed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sacramento-aoe1-09
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[11]NavSource Online Service Ship Photo Archive, USS Sacramento (AOE-1) file 09/59/5901 (disposal timeline); Shipscribe AOE-1 class page disposition table (NVR-derived: disposal 13 Apr 2007 'Navy sale', 'BU complete 11 Jul 2008'); NVR status record (ev-02) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource AOE-1 disposal paragraph; shipscribe usnaux2/AOE/AOE01.html disposition row AOE-1; NVR Wayback status field
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Disposal of the hull: decommissioned and struck 1 October 2004 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton; laid up at the NAVSEA Inactive Ships On-site Maintenance Office, Bremerton, initially slated for disposal 'in support of fleet training exercises'; disposal contract awarded to ESCO Marine, Brownsville, TX, 13 April 2007 'for scrapping, in lieu of use as a target for fleet training'; towed to Brownsville (the 107-ft beam exceeds the Panama Canal's limits); photographed being dismantled at ESCO Marine December 2007; scrapping completed 11 July 2008 (matches the NVR status-change date).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 2004-2008
- Population
- ESCO Marine dismantling workforce, Brownsville TX, 2007-2008
- Limitations
- Establishes the disposal pathway and dates. ESCO's dismantling process includes asbestos/PCB/lead remediation (per trade-press description of the facility's operations), but no hull-specific hazmat survey or remediation record for Sacramento was located - the existence and quantity of ACM removed is not documented in public sources.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sacramento-aoe1-10
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[12]U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, 'USS Sacramento (AOE-1),' Vol. 90/9/739 (September 1964) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- USNI Proceedings Sep 1964 article - commissioning narrative, specifications paragraph, Kentucky-turbine note
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Contemporaneous professional account of commissioning: 'A milestone in the history of the U.S. Navy was achieved on 14 March 1964, at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard when the USS Sacramento (AOE-1) was placed in commission.' BuShips issued the project order to PSNS 8 August 1960; work commenced 1 March 1961; keel laid 30 June 1961; christened Sacramento 14 September 1963 by Mrs. Edmund Brown (wife of Governor Edmund Brown of California). 'The Sacramento is 792 feet long and has a beam of 107 feet, a draft of 39 feet, and a full-load displacement of 53,000 tons. She has a sustained speed in excess of 25 knots and her turbines, driving two shafts, can develop 100,000 horsepower. Accommodations are provided for 33 officers, 36 chief petty officers, and 539 other enlisted personnel.' Turbines 'are two of the four originally built for the battleship Kentucky (BB-66) which was never completed. (The two other turbines from the Kentucky will be used in the AOE-2 now under construction at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey.)'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1960-1964
- Population
- PSNS construction workforce, 1961-1964
- Limitations
- Contemporaneous professional-journal account corroborating DANFS construction/commissioning data and adding pre-commissioning contract detail (project order, work commencement, FY1961 authorization at ~$66M). No asbestos or materials content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sacramento-aoe1-11
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[13]Mangold, Beckett, Bessmer, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard asbestos industrial-hygiene study, DTIC AD0715808 (1970); Mangold & Beckett, Environ Res 11(2):248-260 (1976), PMID 1065583; EPA Superfund site profile WA2170023418; cross-referenced to Atlas shipyard record puget-sound-naval-shipyard [other_primary]
- Locator
- DTIC AD0715808 report; PMID 1065583 abstract; EPA cumulis site profile WA2170023418; shipyard dataset record puget-sound-naval-shipyard
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- The shipyard that built and repeatedly overhauled this hull is independently documented for asbestos conditions during the relevant years: the 1970 Puget Sound Naval Shipyard industrial-hygiene study (DTIC AD0715808, Mangold/Beckett/Bessmer) and its peer-reviewed follow-up (Environ Res 1976;11(2):248-260, PMID 1065583) document airborne amosite and chrysotile exposure during ship overhaul, rip-out, and insulation installation at PSNS in 1962-1972 - including preformed 85% magnesia block insulation (~15% asbestos), asbestos cements, and asbestos cloth, with peak concentrations ~10x the contemporaneous 5 mppcf TLV during cutting/handling. PSNS is also an EPA Superfund site (WA2170023418) where asbestos is among the documented contaminants. Sacramento's construction (keel 1961 - delivery 1964), 1967 restricted availability, 1968-69 first regular overhaul, and December 1971 - June 1972 overhaul all fall inside this documented window and per her own 1967 command history 'all yard work was performed at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1962-1972
- Population
- PSNS construction and overhaul workforce, 1962-1972 (yard-level)
- Limitations
- Yard-level documentation, not a hull finding - establishes that the facility where this hull was built and overhauled had documented airborne asbestos conditions in exactly those years; it does not establish that asbestos was installed aboard, removed from, or present on this hull, and establishes no exposure pathway for any individual.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sacramento-aoe1-12
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[14]GAO HRD-80-2, 'Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure' (1979); VA M21-1MR Part IV.ii.2.C.9 asbestos-exposure provisions as quoted in BVA Citation Nr. 0812376; ship machinery particulars per DANFS/USNI/shipscribe (ev-01, ev-11) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO HRD-80-2 highlights (1975/1979 removal policy); BVA 0812376 M21-1MR quotation; shipscribe usnaux2/AOE/AOE01.html machinery block (2 turbines, 4 boilers 600 psi)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference: this hull was built 1961-1964 to SCB Project 196 with a conventional 600-psi steam plant (four boilers; two GE geared turbines originally manufactured in the 1940s for USS Kentucky BB-66; 100,000 shp). GAO's 1979 review of Navy asbestos efforts (HRD-80-2) documents that asbestos insulation was standard aboard Navy ships and that the Navy's 1975 policy was to remove and replace only damaged insulation - modified in 1979 to selectively replace insulation in high-maintenance areas - establishing that steam-plant ships of this construction era carried asbestos insulation as a class fact. VA adjudication guidance quoted in the ship-specific BVA records (M21-1MR IV.ii.2.C.9) likewise lists steam-pipe/boiler insulation, wallboard, fire-proofing, thermal insulation, and brake-lining servicing as asbestos-exposure materials/occupations. Typical applications for a steam plant of this era: boiler and steam-drum insulation; steam-line lagging through machinery spaces; valve and flange gaskets; machinery packing; winch/brake friction linings; accommodation-space insulation and deck tile.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1961-2004 era; GAO report 1979
- Population
- Engine-room and machinery crews; PSNS and Todd Pacific availability workforces (era context)
- Limitations
- Class/design-era inference, not a hull record - GAO documents Navy-wide asbestos use and removal policy circa 1975-79 (fieldwork at Long Beach and Norfolk yards, not this hull); M21-1MR provisions are adjudication guidance, not ship documentation. Names era-standard applications only; establishes no confirmed materials, no quantity, no condition aboard this hull. The ship-specific exposure record for this vessel rests on the BVA adjudications (ev-04, ev-05), not on this inference.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sacramento-aoe1-13
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[15]Todd Shipyards Corporation press releases filed with SEC (2004-01-14, 2005-01-12, EDGAR CIK 98537); Navy News Service via globalsecurity.org (mil-030917-nns01, 2003-09-17); Seattle Times 'USS Sacramento steams toward scrap heap' (2004-06-27); Cold War Museum newsletter Vol.4 Iss.3 (decommissioning ceremony venue) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- SEC EDGAR Todd press release 2004-01-14 (decommissioning notification + AOE contract); globalsecurity NNS mirror; archive.seattletimes.com 2004-06-27
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Final-years record: Todd Shipyards Corp. SEC filings (January 2004 and January 2005 press releases, SEC EDGAR) document that the Navy informed Todd Pacific Shipyards of Sacramento's scheduled decommissioning on or about 1 October 2004, and that Sacramento was one of four AOE-class ships covered by Todd's six-year cost-type maintenance contract (awarded June 2001, ~$180M notional), under which one reduced-scale five-week repair availability for Sacramento was exercised before decommissioning. Navy News Service coverage (mirrored) of the 2003 Carl Vinson strike-group deployment records Sacramento conducting 150 underway replenishments and delivering >26 million gallons of fuel during the OIF-era Western Pacific backfill; Seattle Times (June 2004) reports ~600 crew and '20 deployments ranging from Vietnam to Afghanistan'; decommissioning ceremony held at Naval Base Kitsap, Bremerton, 1 October 2004.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 2001-2004
- Population
- Todd Pacific Shipyards workforce, Seattle (2001-2004 availabilities); ship's company ~600 (2004)
- Limitations
- Establishes late-service industrial activity (Todd Pacific availabilities, Seattle) and the decommissioning timeline; commercial-yard work periods are exposure-relevant context but no asbestos content appears in these sources. Todd Pacific (Seattle) is not an Atlas yard_id - the generic 'todd-shipyards' entry maps to the parent corporation and is not linked.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sacramento-aoe1-14
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[16]Batch-1948 search ledger (this record): DANFS/NHHC, NVR, NHHC command-history archive, NARA catalog, NavSource, shipscribe, SEC EDGAR, VA vetapp index, GAO, CourtListener API v4 [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-sacramento-aoe1-01 through sl-uss-sacramento-aoe1-15
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Negative finding for survey-level documentation: no hull-specific asbestos survey, abatement contract, insulation-material schedule, hazmat inventory, or Article III court opinion/docket naming USS Sacramento / AOE-1 was located in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The qualifying asbestos records located are the two VA BVA adjudications (ev-04, ev-05) - administrative findings of probable/potential exposure for individual claimants - plus non-asbestos BVA decisions corroborating service events. CourtListener opinion searches ('USS Sacramento', 'USS Sacramento' asbestos, Sacramento AOE-1) returned no qualifying case; the sole AOE-1 hit was a name collision (ASBCA contract appeal).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 2026-09-24
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1961-64 steam plant is era-consistent with extensive installed ACM, and the BVA findings indicate probable exposure occurred aboard. The disposal task order's government-furnished hazmat estimate and any pre-scrapping survey are not public and remain the primary archival lead. CourtListener docket-type sweep could not be completed this session (fleet pacing budget intermittently exhausted) - RECAP docket coverage is partial rather than confirmed empty.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sacramento-aoe1-15
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[17]NARA Guide to Federal Records RG 19/RG 24 + NARA asbestos research guide; GAO B-401438 (contract vehicle N00024-05-D-4210); MuckRock FOIA 11253 (ESCO contract exemplar); state asbestos-notification programs (WA L&I/PSCAA, TCEQ) [other_primary]
- Locator
- archives.gov asbestos guided topic; gao.gov/products/b-401438; muckrock.com/foi shipbreaking contracts 11253
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - require FOIA or research-room/reproduction order; no spend authorized): (a) NAVSEA ship-disposal task order for ex-Sacramento under ID/IQ contract N00024-05-D-4210 (the ESCO/ISL vehicle documented in GAO B-401438) - task orders carry the government-furnished hazardous-materials estimate for the hull; a FOIA exemplar exists for sister-task-order contracts (MuckRock 11253, DON-NAVY-2014-004920 for Santa Barbara/Des Moines contracts). (b) NARA RG 19 (Bureau of Ships) AOE-1 construction/SCB-196 design files - NARA's own asbestos research guide (archives.gov 'Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961') maps the BuShips correspondence series; construction window extends just past the guide's 1961 scope. (c) NARA RG 24 deck logs for the hull's 1964-2004 service. (d) Washington State (Dept. of Labor & Industries / Puget Sound Clean Air Agency) and TCEQ asbestos demolition-notification records for the 2007-08 ESCO Brownsville breaking.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-24
- Study period
- 1961-2008 records
- Limitations
- Record-group and program mapping only - no box-level or task-order 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-sacramento-aoe1-16