Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]research packet du-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-salisbury-sound-av13-pkt-du-packet-md
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[2]Naval History and Heritage Command, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Salisbury Sound (AV-13) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Opening specifications and paragraphs 1-4
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS identifies AV-13 as a Currituck-class seaplane tender with a complement of 684; laid down as Puget Sound at Todd Shipyards, San Pedro, 1943-04-10; renamed Salisbury Sound 1944-06-05; launched 1944-06-18; commissioned 1945-11-26. It records 19 western Pacific deployments from 1946 through 1966, Korean War support, Vietnam calls in 1964-1966, decommissioning 1967-03-31, transfer to the Maritime Administration reserve fleet at Olympia 1968-07-03, and sale to Ziddell Explorations 1972-02-07.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1943-1972
- Population
- Ship's company (design complement 684)
- Limitations
- Historical vessel record; no asbestos material, exposure, or abatement finding. Sale is the last disposition documented in this source; it does not establish final scrapping or present whereabouts.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-salisbury-sound-av13-01
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[3]Robertson v. Carrier Corp., No. 2:09-cv-64068-ER, Document 139 (E.D. Pa. Nov. 8, 2012) [court_record]
- Locator
- PDF pp. 23-25, Analysis and Conclusion
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- The Robertson court granted Todd Shipyards summary judgment on strict product liability because a Navy ship was not a product for that theory. It denied summary judgment on the remaining negligence claims, finding triable issues in the evidence presented. This was a ruling on a motion, not a verdict that Todd caused Robertson's disease.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2012
- Population
- John Robertson litigation
- Limitations
- Interlocutory summary-judgment ruling; strict-liability disposition is a merits-level negative for this plaintiff and defendant, while denial on negligence merely allowed that claim to proceed. Final case disposition and any appeal were not established.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-salisbury-sound-av13-03
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[4]Kruse v. Actuant Corp., No. 2:19-cv-09540-ODW-RAO, Document 203 (C.D. Cal. June 18, 2020) [court_record]
- Locator
- PDF pp. 2 and 12 (complaint summary and remand disposition)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- In Kruse v. Actuant Corp., a federal district court order describes the plaintiffs' complaint as alleging George Kruse's asbestos exposure while working on Salisbury Sound (AV-13) and on several military aircraft. The court denied a motion to remand on federal-officer jurisdiction grounds.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2019-2020
- Population
- George Kruse litigation
- Limitations
- The ship reference is an unadjudicated pleading allegation. The ruling concerned federal jurisdiction only; it made no ship-specific asbestos, product-identification, exposure, or causation finding. The PDF is a copy of a docket-stamped court order hosted by a legal publisher; an official court-hosted copy was not located.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-salisbury-sound-av13-04
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[5]Batch 3035 research search ledger, including NHHC DANFS, NARA deck-log index, and federal court orders [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-salisbury-sound-av13-01 through sl-uss-salisbury-sound-av13-09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No Navy material survey, laboratory fiber analysis, abatement record, or final adjudicated ship-specific exposure finding was located in the official public sources reviewed for this batch. The Robertson court order supplies ship-specific litigation evidence at the deposition and expert-declaration stage.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- A bounded negative search result, not proof that asbestos was absent, that no such records exist, or that no exposure occurred. Litigation testimony is not a substitute for physical sampling.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-salisbury-sound-av13-05
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[6]Robertson v. Carrier Corp., No. 2:09-cv-64068-ER, Document 139 (E.D. Pa. Nov. 8, 2012) [court_record]
- Locator
- PDF pp. 16-18 (deposition and Ay declaration); pp. 22-23 (admissibility and summary-judgment analysis)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- In Robertson v. Carrier Corp., the district court recounts John Robertson's deposition testimony that he worked aboard Salisbury Sound from February 1962 to 1965 in the engine and fire rooms, removed and replaced insulation, and worked near others disturbing insulation and gaskets. It also recounts insulator Charles Ay's declaration that he worked aboard this ship during an early-1960s Long Beach Naval Shipyard overhaul and his opinion that thermal pipe insulation in its engineering spaces contained asbestos. The court allowed Ay's ship-specific declaration for purposes of Todd Shipyards' summary-judgment motion.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- Early 1960s; court order 2012
- Population
- John Robertson, fireman apprentice; Charles Ay, shipyard insulator
- Limitations
- Ship-specific deposition and expert opinion summarized in an interlocutory court order, not a Navy survey, laboratory result, trial finding, or affirmed judgment about asbestos aboard the hull. The court considered the evidence without deciding that every insulation location or product contained asbestos. Ay's numerical pipe-footage and percentage estimates are excluded because the order does not independently verify them. No individual exposure or medical causation is established as a final fact.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-salisbury-sound-av13-02