Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]DANFS, Albany IV (CA-123), Vol. A (1991), pp. of record (builder, dates, 6th Fleet deployments, CG-10 conversion; verbatim transcription - live NHHC page serves 404; transcription ends mid-entry at the 9 November 1968 recommissioning) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications block + service narrative (transcription ends at 'Capt. Robert C. Peniston in command')
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: the fourth ALBANY (CA-123), Oregon City class, laid down 6 March 1944 at Quincy, Mass., by the Bethlehem Steel Co.; launched 30 June 1945; sponsored by Mrs. Elizabeth F. Pinckney; commissioned 15 June 1946 at the Boston Navy Yard, Capt. Harold A. Carlisle in command. Shakedown Casco Bay; east-coast/West Indies operations and reservist/NROTC training; five 6th Fleet Mediterranean deployments alternating with east-coast duty and three South American cruises (carried the U.S. representative to the Brazilian presidential inauguration January 1951). Placed out of commission at the Boston Naval Shipyard 30 June 1958 to begin conversion to a guided missile cruiser; redesignated CG-10 on 1 November 1958; 'the warship spent the next four years at Boston undergoing very extensive modifications'; recommissioned at Boston 3 November 1962; alternated Mediterranean/North Atlantic deployments with east-coast and West Indies operations for almost five years; decommissioned at Boston Naval Shipyard 1 March 1967 for further extensive modifications; recommissioned at Boston 9 November 1968, Capt. Robert C. Peniston in command (transcription ends here).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1944-1968 (transcription coverage)
- Population
- Bethlehem/Fore River construction trades 1944-46; Boston Naval Shipyard conversion trades 1958-62 and 1967-68; crew 1946-58, 1962-67, 1968-80
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. The HazeGray/LostHistory transcription is truncated mid-entry at the November 1968 recommissioning - the printed Vol. A entry continues through the 1980 decommissioning and disposal; post-1968 events here rest on secondary sources (ev-02). Mirror cited because the live NHHC page returns 404.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-albany-ca123-01
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[2]Wikipedia 'USS Albany (CA-123)' service-history and infobox (post-1968 career, decommissioning, disposal) - secondary compiled reference [other_primary]
- Locator
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Albany_(CA-123), 'Conversion to guided missile cruiser' and 'Decommissioning and disposal' sections + infobox
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Secondary continuation of the DANFS record (the DANFS transcription is truncated at 1968): decommissioned in 1973 for overhaul at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard; recommissioned May 1974 and homeported at Norfolk; flagship of the 2nd Fleet; flagship of the 6th Fleet homeported at Gaeta, Italy, 1976-1980; decommissioned 29 August 1980 and laid up on the Elizabeth River across from the Norfolk Navy Yard; stricken from the Naval Vessel Register 30 June 1985; held five years pending a possible museum donation to her namesake city that was never realized; sold for scrapping 12 August 1990. A section of her bow survives at the Albany County Fairgrounds, Altamont, N.Y.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1968-1990
- Population
- Philadelphia Naval Shipyard trades 1973-74; crew 1968-80; NDRF/reserve custody Norfolk 1980-85; scrapping-yard workers 1990
- Limitations
- Secondary compiled reference, not a primary record - the post-1968 dates and disposal narrative are carried as partially verified pending a primary source (NVR is login-gated; NHHC DANFS page 404; DANFS transcription truncated). The 1973-74 Philadelphia Naval Shipyard overhaul is a further documented yard period whose insulation scope is not public.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-albany-ca123-02
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[3]Corley v. Long-Lewis, Inc., 688 F. Supp. 2d 1315 (N.D. Ala. 2010), No. 2:09-cv-01812-HGD, Magistrate Judge Davis - order denying plaintiffs' motion to remand (federal-enclave jurisdiction); later procedural history: Corley v. Long-Lewis, Inc., 965 F.3d 1222 (11th Cir. 2020) (Rule 41(a)(2) voluntary-dismissal posture) [court_record]
- Locator
- 688 F. Supp. 2d 1315, 'The Amended Complaint' section (vessel list); CourtListener Harvard CAP scan 2316747
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Published federal opinion recites that plaintiff Charles Corley alleged continuous exposure to asbestos-containing products during 1946-1973 employment 'as a boiler room technician and ship-wide maintenance worker' in the U.S. Navy aboard a listed dozen vessels including 'USS Albany'; mesothelioma diagnosed 27 February 2009. CA-123/CG-10 is the only commissioned USS Albany within the alleged 1946-73 service window, so the reference resolves to this hull. QUALIFYING asbestos litigation naming this hull - at pleading stage: the opinion adjudicates only removal jurisdiction (federal enclave), not exposure; the 2020 Eleventh Circuit appeal addressed dismissal procedure, leaving the exposure allegations unadjudicated.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1946-1973 (alleged exposure window); 2009-2020 (litigation)
- Population
- Navy boiler-room technician / ship-wide maintenance worker, 1946-1973; mesothelioma
- Limitations
- Pleading-stage allegation recited in a jurisdictional opinion - classified down per litigation-stage discipline; the court made no finding that asbestos products were aboard Albany or that Corley was exposed aboard her. The multi-vessel list is undifferentiated (no dates, scope, or products specific to Albany). Does not quantify material, does not establish causation, and says nothing about present-day conditions or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-albany-ca123-03
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[4]U.S. Navy, Bureau of Ships Technical Manual, NAVSHIPS 250-000, Chapter 39 'Thermal Insulation' (1960) + DANFS specifications block + Atlas shipyard dataset [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAVSHIPS 250-000 ch. 39 (scan via Garlock bankruptcy repository); DANFS specifications block and service narrative; shipyards.json records 'bethlehem-shipbuilding', 'fore-river-shipyard', 'boston-naval-shipyard', 'philadelphia-naval-shipyard'
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era inference: Oregon City-class construction (Baltimore-type plant - 4 boilers, 4 geared steam turbines, ~120,000 shp) at Bethlehem/Fore River in 1944-46 falls squarely in the documented Navy asbestos-insulation era; the 1960 BuShips Technical Manual insulation chapter enumerates the era-standard suite - 85%-magnesia and amosite pipe covering, asbestos felt, chrysotile cloth/tape lagging, asbestos millboard, finishing cement, molded block. Documented disturbance periods for this hull: the 1958-62 Boston Naval Shipyard CG-10 conversion ('very extensive modifications' per DANFS - a program-standard gut-and-rebuild above the main deck), the 1967-68 Boston modification period, and the 1973-74 Philadelphia Naval Shipyard overhaul (secondary).
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1944-1990
- Population
- Bethlehem/Fore River construction trades 1944-46; Boston NSY conversion trades 1958-62, 1967-68; Philadelphia NSY trades 1973-74; crew 1946-80
- Limitations
- Class/era specification and yard-period inference only - the ship-specific evidence for this hull is the Corley pleading-stage row (ev-03); this row must not be read as establishing that asbestos products were or remain aboard. The conversion's insulation-removal scope is undocumented in public sources; does not quantify material.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-albany-ca123-04
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[5]Batch-75 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS; CourtListener name + hull-number queries (API-throttled, web-indexed hits reviewed); NVR; museum/municipal preservation sweep; secondary references [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-albany-ca123-01 through -07
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No additional qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located beyond the Corley pleading-stage row: no hull ACM survey, abatement contract, scrapping hazmat disclosure, or museum record with asbestos data was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener API search was throttled (HTTP 429, 125/day shared quota) on 2026-09-18; web-indexed CourtListener material located no other qualifying case naming this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 2026-09-18
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - it establishes only that no qualifying ship-specific documentation was found in the searched repositories. State-court and unindexed matters are outside coverage; the fresh per-ship CourtListener queries remain a deferred open item (API 429). Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-albany-ca123-05
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[6]NARA RG 19 (Bureau of Ships records) - Boston Naval Shipyard CG-10 conversion work packages and Philadelphia NSY 1973-74 overhaul records [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA RG 19; Boston NSY and Philadelphia NSY project records
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The likeliest repository of hull-level insulation-removal and material records for this hull is the conversion/overhaul work-package record set: NARA RG 19 (BuShips) and yard-specific series for Boston Naval Shipyard (1958-62 conversion, 1967-68 modifications) and Philadelphia Naval Shipyard (1973-74 overhaul). Not searched; held as an open archival lead.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1958-1974
- Population
- Conversion-yard trades 1958-62, 1967-68, 1973-74
- Limitations
- Archival lead only - records not located or reviewed; their existence and contents are presumed from standard BuShips/yard documentation practice, not verified for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-albany-ca123-06