Evidence
5 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-5).
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[1]DANFS entry, USS Atlanta (CL-104), Vol. 1 A-B p.71 (1959) and Vol. 1-Part A p.453 (1991) (hazegray transcription; live NHHC page 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS CL-104 entry, specifications block + full service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: laid down 25 January 1943 at Camden, N.J., by New York Shipbuilding Corp.; launched 6 February 1944, sponsored by Margaret Mitchell (author of 'Gone With the Wind'), who had also sponsored CL-51; commissioned 3 December 1944; complement 1,426. WWII service: Philadelphia navy-yard period early 1945; TF 58 screens off Okinawa/Kyushu May-June 1945; TG 38.1 home-island strikes and Honshu/Hokkaido bombardments July 1945; Tokyo Bay and Yokosuka occupation; Terminal Island extensive overhaul October 1945-January 1946; Far East cruises 1946-48 incl. Sydney visit; San Francisco Naval Shipyard overhaul June-October 1946; Seattle overhaul mid-1948; Mare Island deactivation from 1 March 1949; decommissioned 1 July 1949, Pacific Reserve Fleet. Struck 1 October 1962; reinstated as IX-304 15 May 1964 and converted at San Francisco Naval Shipyard - hull cut down to main deck, experimental DLG/DDG superstructures erected - as weapons-effects target ship for high-energy air-explosion tests (Operation Sailor Hat, three 500-ton TNT shots off Kahoolawe, Hawaii, February-June 1965); damaged but not sunk; laid up Stockton, Calif., late 1965; struck again 1 April 1970; sunk during explosive test off San Clemente Island 1 October 1970. Two battle stars.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1943-1962
- Population
- Construction trades 1943-1944; crew 1944-1949
- 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-atlanta-cl104-01
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[2]NHHC Online Library of Selected Images, USS Atlanta page (official Naval Historical Center narrative + photo catalog) [other_primary]
- Locator
- https://ibiblio.org/hyperwar/OnlineLibrary/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-a/cl104.htm
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC Online Library narratives for this hull: CL-104 page - Camden construction financed by Atlanta war-bond sales; 'stricken from the Naval vessel Register at the beginning of 1962' [conflicts with DANFS 1 October 1962 - DANFS carried]; 'reinstated in May 1964, redesignated IX-304, and converted to a weapons effects test ship.' IX-304 page - converted at Hunter's Point Naval Shipyard, San Francisco, for Operation Sailor Hat; armament and superstructure removed, two aluminum DLG-type deckhouses fitted; three 500-ton TNT explosions off Kahoolawe February-June 1965; Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard repairs between shots; stricken second time April 1970; sunk as target off San Clemente Island 1 October 1970.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1949-1962
- 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-atlanta-cl104-02
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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 New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, NJ, 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 1943-44 at Camden; navy-yard periods at Philadelphia (early 1945), Terminal Island (Oct 1945-Jan 1946), San Francisco NSY (1946 overhaul), Seattle (1948), and Mare Island deactivation (1949); ~13 years reserve layup; and the 1964-65 IX-304 conversion at Hunter's Point - a documented gutting of the ship to main-deck level plus test explosions - the heaviest documented structural-disturbance event in this batch.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1943-1949
- Population
- Construction trades 1943-1944; repair/overhaul yard workers; crew 1944-1949
- 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-atlanta-cl104-03
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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-atlanta-cl104-01 through sl-uss-atlanta-cl104-06
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: CourtListener queries ("USS Atlanta" asbestos = 0; "Atlanta" "CL-104" asbestos = 0) returned no qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull - no qualifying hits; 'USS Atlanta' conflates CL-51 (Atlanta class, sunk 1942), this hull, CLAA-119-era namesakes, and non-ship uses - zero qualifying hits means no separation needed; 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-atlanta-cl104-04
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[5]NHHC Online Library, USS Atlanta (IX-304) page + 'Operation Sailor Hat Explosive Tests, February-June 1965' event page (official Naval Historical Center) [other_primary]
- Locator
- ix304.htm narrative; op-sa-ht.htm event page (Operation Sailor Hat, shots Bravo 1965-02-06, Charlie 1965-04-16, Delta 1965-06-19)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Documented post-service hull event: stricken 1 October 1962, reinstated 15 May 1964 as IX-304 and converted at Hunter's Point (San Francisco Naval Shipyard) - armament and superstructure removed to main-deck level, two aluminum DLG-type deckhouses and test instrumentation fitted - then used as the close-in target ship for Operation Sailor Hat (three 500-ton TNT shots off Kahoolawe, February-June 1965), with Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard repairs between shots. Laid up Stockton late 1965; stricken again 1 April 1970; sunk in explosive test off San Clemente Island 1 October 1970. This is a documented near-total structural strip of a WWII-era hull at a Navy yard - a material-disturbance event whose insulation-removal scope is itself undocumented.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1964-1970
- Population
- Conversion yard workers 1964-65; test-program personnel; target-tow crews
- Limitations
- Documents the conversion/test event, not asbestos handling - no abatement, survey, or hazmat record for the strip-out is public. Asbestos relevance is inference from work scope (gutting a 1944 steam cruiser to main deck); does not quantify or confirm removed material.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atlanta-cl104-05