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S its ofMaine C iui ty ofCumberland ) ) ) Yi Gcliard J. Horan, Jr., being duly sworn, state under oath: 1. I :!xn a naval architect and a member ofthe Society ofNaval Architects and Marine Engineers. One ofmy areas ofexpertise is research on ship design, construction and repair, shipbuilding practices and other issues related to Navy shipbuilding and repair. 2. During the 1940s, manufacturers ofhigh temperature insulating products for thermal pr e covering, insulating block and insulating cement were required to have their respective products undergo testing and approval by the Navy prior to use aboard LT.;3. Naval combatant vessets, built or overhauled at US Naval Shipyards, including th<: Brooklyn Navy Yard. The approved manufacturers were listed on the Navy Approved Material Lists. . 3 [ hitve personally reviewed Approved Material Lists for thermal pipe covering, he mat insulating block, and high temperature insulating cement dated from the late L930's through the 1940'$. 4. vlindet Cork Corporation was not listed as an approved manufacturer ofthermal pipe overing, thermal insulating block, or high temperature insulating cement during this leriiod. -' Svk; n:o me, this third day ofJanuary, 2000.