Evidence
4 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-4).
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[1]DANFS, Baltimore V (CA-68), Vol. I (1964) + Bauer & Roberts disposal bracket (builder, dates, Pacific campaign narrative, Presidential lift, disposal; verbatim transcriptions - live NHHC page serves 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications block + full service narrative + bracketed disposal paragraphs (ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/dafs/CA/ca68.html carries the fuller bracket incl. Mare Island phase I)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull, lead ship of her class: launched 28 July 1942 by Bethlehem Steel Co., Fore River, Mass.; sponsored by Mrs. Howard W. Jackson, wife of the Mayor of Baltimore; commissioned 15 April 1943, Capt. W. C. Calhoun in command; Pacific Fleet. November 1943 - June 1944: Makin Islands landings, Kwajalein invasion, Truk raid, Eniwetok seizure, Marianas attacks, Palau-Yap-Ulithi-Woleai raid, Hollandia landing, Truk-Satawan-Ponape raid, Marcus and Wake Island strikes, Saipan invasion, Battle of the Philippine Sea. July 1944: embarked President Roosevelt and party to Pearl Harbor (Nimitz/MacArthur conference), then carried him to Alaska where he departed 9 August 1944. November 1944: 3rd Fleet attacks on Luzon, Formosa, the China coast, and Okinawa; 5th Fleet from 26 January 1945: Honshu attacks, Iwo Jima operation, Okinawa-supporting raids to 10 June. 'Magic Carpet' duty, then naval occupation force in Japan 29 November 1945 - 17 February 1946; out of commission in reserve at Bremerton 8 July 1946. Recommissioned 28 November 1951, Atlantic Fleet; 6th Fleet Mediterranean deployments summers 1952, 1953, 1954; U.S. Navy representative at the Coronation Naval Review, Spithead, June 1953; transferred to Pacific Fleet 5 January 1955; 7th Fleet February - August 1955 [patrol of the Formosa Straits including Quemoy, Matsu, and the Tachen Islands]. Pre-inactivation overhaul on return; [sailed to Mare Island for phase I of decommissioning, then to Bremerton to complete decommissioning]; out of commission in reserve at Bremerton 31 May 1956. [Struck from the Navy list 15 February 1971; sold 10 May 1972 and towed to Portland, Oreg. for scrapping - Bauer & Roberts supplement.] Nine battle stars for Pacific WWII service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1941-1972
- Population
- Bethlehem/Fore River construction trades 1941-43; crew 1943-46, 1951-56; Mare Island decommissioning trades 1956
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content; the Vol. I (1964) entry omits the laid-down date (carried from secondary sources in ev-04 and gaps). Mirror transcriptions cited because the live NHHC page returns 404.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-baltimore-ca68-01
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[2]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', 'mare-island-naval-shipyard'
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era inference: Baltimore-class construction (4 Babcock & Wilcox boilers, 4 GE geared steam turbines, ~120,000 shp, 565 psi/850 deg F) in 1941-43 at Bethlehem/Fore River - the class lead ship, first of the wartime hulls - 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 pre-inactivation overhaul of 1955-56 and the Mare Island phase-I decommissioning work prior to Bremerton lay-up.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1941-1956
- Population
- Bethlehem/Fore River construction trades 1941-43; Mare Island trades 1956; crew 1943-46, 1951-56
- Limitations
- Class/era specification and yard-period inference only - no ship-specific asbestos record exists for this hull (ev-03); this row must not be read as establishing that asbestos products were or remain aboard. Does not quantify material; removed-material scope is undocumented.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-baltimore-ca68-02
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[3]Batch-62 search ledger (this record) + baltimore-class profile CourtListener sweep, class-e/baltimore-class.class.json sl-baltimore-class-05 / ev-baltimore-class-07 (2026-09-16) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-baltimore-ca68-01 through -06
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: the class-level CourtListener exact-phrase sweep ('USS <name>' + asbestos) covering all fourteen Baltimore-class hulls on 2026-09-16 returned no qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull; a fresh per-ship re-query on 2026-09-18 was blocked by API throttle (HTTP 429, 125/day shared quota) and deferred per the backoff rule rather than retried. No hull ACM survey, abatement contract, scrapping hazmat disclosure, NVR entry (hull sold 1972, 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. State-court and unindexed matters are outside the sweep's coverage; the fresh per-ship hull-number query remains an open deferred item. 'Baltimore' is a high-collision name (city; CA-3/other namesakes) - the sweep's zero-hit result is nonetheless what the repository returned. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-baltimore-ca68-03
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[4]Navypedia 'Baltimore heavy cruisers' member table (hull 1494, laid down 26 May 1941, stricken 2.1971) - secondary compiled reference [other_primary]
- Locator
- navypedia.org/ships/usa/us_cr_baltimore.htm member table row CA-68
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Secondary class-table data for this hull: laid down 26 May 1941 (Bethlehem Fore River hull 1494; the DANFS entry omits the date); stricken 2.1971 per the member table (consistent with the DANFS supplement's 15 February 1971).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1941-1971
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- Secondary compiled reference, not a primary record - used for the laid-down date where DANFS is silent; build and disposal values cross-checked against DANFS where overlapping.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-baltimore-ca68-04