Evidence
4 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-4).
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[1]DANFS entry, USS Atlanta III (CL-51), Vol. 1 pp. 452-453 (ibiblio/HyperWar transcription; live NHHC page 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS CL-51 entry, specifications block + full service narrative incl. loss account
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: 'the first of a new class of ships originally conceived as flotilla leaders but which became known as particularly effective antiaircraft cruisers' - laid down 22 April 1940 at Kearny, N.J., by Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Co.; launched 6 September 1941 (sponsored by Mrs. John R. Marsh, better known as Margaret Mitchell); commissioned at the New York Navy Yard 24 December 1941, Capt. Samuel P. Jenkins. Spec block: cpl. 810; cl. Atlanta. Shakedown in Chesapeake and Casco Bays; post-shakedown repairs and alterations at the New York Navy Yard; Pacific transit April 1942; screened TF 16 carriers at the Battle of Midway; Guadalcanal landings support; Battle of the Eastern Solomons; screened the torpedoed Saratoga; Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands (TF 64); flagship of Rear Admiral Norman Scott's TG 64.2 from 28 October; bombardment of Point Cruz 30 October; air-defense screen for the transports 11-12 November. Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, night of 12-13 November 1942: torpedoed in the forward engine room by the Japanese destroyer Akatsuki, then riddled by an estimated 19 8-inch 'friendly' hits from San Francisco in the confusion; Admiral Scott killed. Scuttled on her captain's orders with a demolition charge after salvage proved hopeless - sank at 2015 on 13 November 1942 three miles west of Lunga Point in 30 fathoms. Struck from the Navy list 13 January 1943. Five battle stars plus the Presidential Unit Citation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1940-1943
- Population
- Construction trades 1940-1941; crew 1941-1942
- Limitations
- DANFS documents construction, service history, and loss - 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-cl51-01
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[2]NHHC Online Library of Selected Images, USS Atlanta (CL-51), 1941-1942 (official Naval Historical Center narrative + photo catalog) [other_primary]
- Locator
- https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/OnlineLibrary/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-a/cl51.htm
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC Online Library narrative for this hull: first of a class of 6000-ton light cruisers, built at Kearny, New Jersey; commissioned Christmas Eve 1941; Midway, Guadalcanal, Eastern Solomons, Santa Cruz; Naval Battle of Guadalcanal night of 12-13 November 1942 - 'hit by one Japanese torpedo and riddled by gunfire, both enemy and "friendly", Atlanta suffered heavy casualties among her crew and was almost completely disabled'; sunk on her captain's orders. Wreck status: 'USS Atlanta lies on her port side off Guadalcanal's Lunga Point, some five-hundred feet below the surface of Iron Bottom Sound. Her wreck was briefly examined in 1991-92 by remotely-operated deep-sea vehicles and more recently by a team of civilian divers.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1941-present (wreck)
- Population
- Crew at loss (November 1942); wreck-site survey teams 1991-92+
- Limitations
- Official NHHC narrative page - corroborates DANFS and documents the wreck's location/depth and survey history; contains no asbestos or materials content. No material survey of the wreck is documented.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atlanta-cl51-02
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[3]U.S. Navy, Bureau of Ships Technical Manual, NAVSHIPS 250-000, Chapter 39 'Thermal Insulation' (1960) + Atlanta-class design data + Atlas shipyard dataset [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAVSHIPS 250-000 ch. 39 pp. 39-11..39-13 (scan via Garlock bankruptcy repository); DANFS entry; shipyards.json 'federal-shipbuilding-kearny', 'brooklyn-navy-yard'; atlanta-class.class.json ev-01
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era inference: Atlanta-class wartime construction (uniform class plant: 4 boilers, 2 Westinghouse geared steam turbines, 75,000 shp per BuShips Ships' Data 1945 CL machinery table for surviving sisters) at Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Kearny, NJ, 1940-41, 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 1940-41 at Kearny; commissioning and post-shakedown repairs/alterations at the New York Navy Yard December 1941 - March 1942; a Pearl Harbor drydocking 1-2 July 1942 (bottom cleaning/painting per DANFS). Sunk in action November 1942 - no post-loss material disturbance possible.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1940-1942
- Population
- Construction trades 1940-1941; yard workers December 1941 - March 1942; crew 1941-1942
- 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 aboard. Does not quantify material; insulation disturbance at documented yard periods is inference from work scope, not a documented abatement record. Ships' Data 1945 omits this hull (sunk before publication); machinery data rests on the uniform class design.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atlanta-cl51-03
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[4]Batch-61 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-cl51-01 through sl-uss-atlanta-cl51-05; atlanta-class.class.json ev-07
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: fresh CourtListener queries for this hull were BLOCKED (HTTP 429 - shared-IP 125/day cap exhausted mid-session); the class-profile's completed per-name CourtListener sweep of 2026-09-16 returned zero qualifying asbestos opinions for 'USS Atlanta' (the name is additionally shared with Cleveland-class CL-104, commissioned 1944 - a documented collision class; the sweep found no qualifying opinion under either hull). No hull ACM survey, abatement contract, sinking/disposal hazmat disclosure, NVR entry (hull sunk 1942, predates 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. The fresh per-ship sweep is a partial sweep (blocked); corroboration rests on the class-level 2026-09-16 sweep. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-atlanta-cl51-04