Evidence
5 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-5).
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[1]research packet y-packet.md (1 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED (identity certain; decommission year flagged as internally inconsistent in DANFS)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-sevier-apa233-pkt-y-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Sevier (APA-233) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS entry for USS Sevier (APA-233): Haskell-class attack transport; Maritime Commission VC2-S-AP5 hull (MCV 679) built by Kaiser Co., Inc., Vancouver, WA; laid down 4 October 1944, launched 16 November 1944 (sponsor Mrs. Fred Lord); commissioned 5 December 1944 (Capt. A. R. Ponto); two battle stars for WWII; struck from Navy list 23 June 1947; delivered to Maritime Commission, NDRF Suisun Bay (laid up into 1975 per DANFS).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- DANFS page loaded directly 2026-09-25. Establishes identity, construction, and service timeline; contains no asbestos or material-composition information. Decommission date internally inconsistent (see gaps).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sevier-apa233-01
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[3]DANFS Haskell-class context + GAO HRD-80-2 era documentation (see ev-03) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Haskell-class attack transports were built 1944-45 under wartime Navy insulation specifications; steam propulsion plants and associated piping of the era were routinely lagged and gasketed with asbestos-containing materials, and boiler/fireroom insulation, steam-line lagging, and bulkhead materials were standard era applications.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey located for APA-233. Names the era standard, not confirmed installed materials on this hull; does not establish exposure for any individual.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sevier-apa233-02
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[4]GAO HRD-80-2, Navy efforts to protect workers from asbestos exposure (1980) [gao]
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- 1980 GAO report on Navy efforts to protect workers from asbestos exposure documents that asbestos-containing materials were used across Navy shipbuilding and ship-repair operations during the era in which Sevier was built and served.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Limitations
- Era-level Navy-wide context; does not mention this hull or establish any ship-specific finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sevier-apa233-03
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[5]CourtListener API v4 opinion search, authenticated, 2026-09-25 (attempted; paced out) [court_record]
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion search for "USS Sevier" APA-233 could not be completed: the authenticated helper reported the fleet-wide request budget was spent (paced ~114/hr against the 2,800/day account quota). No results were retrieved. No qualifying asbestos litigation is known for this hull, but the litigation sweep is incomplete.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- Search not completed due to fleet-wide CourtListener budget pacing. Retry after budget refresh; do not treat as a confirmed negative.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sevier-apa233-04