Evidence
4 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-4).
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[1]DANFS entry, USS Amsterdam (CL-101), Vol. A, 1991 revised edition (hazegray transcription; live NHHC page 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS CL-101 entry, specifications block + full service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: the first Amsterdam (CL-59) was converted on the ways to carrier Independence (CVL-22); this second AMSTERDAM (CL-101) was laid down 3 March 1943 at Newport News, Va., by Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co.; launched 25 April 1944; commissioned at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Va., 8 January 1945; spec-block complement 1,426. WWII service: shakedown Chesapeake/Trinidad; Norfolk Navy Yard availability March-April 1945; Pearl Harbor May 1945; Leyte June 1945; TF 38 fast-carrier screens for the July-August home-island strikes (Tokyo, Kure, Kobe, Osaka); off Honshu at surrender; Tokyo Bay 5-20 September; Magic Carpet lift; Navy Day Portland, Ore. Decommissioned 30 June 1947 and laid up at San Francisco (Pacific Reserve Fleet); struck 2 January 1971; sold 11 February 1972 to National Metal & Steel Corp., Terminal Island, and scrapped. One battle star.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1943-1971
- Population
- Construction trades 1943-1945; crew 1945-1947
- Limitations
- DANFS documents construction, service history, and disposal - not materials or asbestos content. Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC page returns 404; transcription is verbatim DANFS text.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-amsterdam-cl101-01
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[2]NHHC Online Library of Selected Images, USS Amsterdam page (official Naval Historical Center narrative + photo catalog) [other_primary]
- Locator
- https://ibiblio.org/hyperwar/OnlineLibrary/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-a/cl101.htm
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC Online Library narrative for this hull: commissioned January 1945; TF 38 screens for the final strikes on Japan; 'Formally decommissioned at the end of June 1947, she spent well over two decades in the Pacific Reserve Fleet. USS Amsterdam was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register in January 1971 and sold for scrapping in February 1972.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1947-1971
- Population
- Reserve-fleet custody and disposal-era personnel
- Limitations
- Official NHHC narrative page - month-level summary corroborating DANFS and supplying register/disposal dates; contains no asbestos or materials content. Where its narrative conflicts with DANFS/register values, the conflict is carried in gaps and the register value used.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-amsterdam-cl101-02
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[3]U.S. Navy, Bureau of Ships Technical Manual, NAVSHIPS 250-000, Chapter 39 'Thermal Insulation' (1960) + BuShips Ships' Data 1945 CL machinery tables + Atlas shipyard dataset [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAVSHIPS 250-000 ch. 39 (scan via Garlock bankruptcy repository); DANFS entry; shipyards.json records; cleveland-class.class.json
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era inference: Cleveland-class wartime construction (4 Babcock & Wilcox boilers, 4 GE geared steam turbines, 100,000 shp) at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, VA, falls squarely in the documented Navy asbestos-insulation era; the 1960 BuShips Technical Manual insulation chapter enumerates the era-standard suite - 85%-magnesia (~15% asbestos) and amosite-fiber pipe covering, asbestos felt, chrysotile cloth/tape lagging, asbestos millboard, finishing cement, and molded asbestos block. Documented disturbance periods for this hull: builder yard period 1943-45 at Newport News; commissioning and a documented availability at the Norfolk Navy Yard March-April 1945; and nearly 24 years of reserve layup at San Francisco 1947-71 - the least-disturbed custody category.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1943-1947
- Population
- Construction trades 1943-1945; repair/overhaul yard workers; crew 1945-1947
- Limitations
- Class/era specification and yard-period inference only - no ship-specific asbestos record exists for this hull (ev-04); this row must not be read as establishing that asbestos products were or remain aboard. Does not quantify material; insulation disturbance at documented yard periods is inference from work scope, not a documented abatement record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-amsterdam-cl101-03
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[4]Batch-50 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS + Online Library; CourtListener ship-name and hull-number queries; NVR; museum/disclosure sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-amsterdam-cl101-01 through sl-uss-amsterdam-cl101-05
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: CourtListener queries ("USS Amsterdam" asbestos = 0; "Amsterdam" "CL-101" asbestos = 0) returned no qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull - no hits of any kind; and no hull ACM survey, abatement contract, scrapping hazmat disclosure, NVR entry (hull disposed of before live-register coverage), or museum record with asbestos data was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger).
- 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. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-amsterdam-cl101-04