Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]DANFS, USS Barnes (CVE-20) entry (verbatim transcription; live NHHC page returned 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS CVE-20 entry, construction and service paragraphs
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS documents: laid down under a Maritime Commission contract; the second Barnes (ACV-20) was transferred to the Navy 1 May 1942; launched 22 May 1942 by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp., Tacoma, Wash.; sponsored by Mrs. G. L. Hutchinson, widow of Lieutenant Hutchinson; commissioned 20 February 1943, Captain C. D. Glover in command. Originally AVG-20, reclassified ACV-20 20 August 1942, CVE-20 15 July 1943, CVHE-20 12 June 1955. Her major WWII task was transporting aircraft and personnel from the United States to forward areas of the Pacific; she also served as a combat, training, and pilot-qualifying carrier. She launched planes on raids against Tarawa (20 November-5 December 1943); provided aircraft replenishment to Third Fleet task groups during the western Caroline Islands operation (6 September-14 October 1944) and the Luzon attacks (19 October 1944). After Japan's surrender she remained in the Far East on occupation duty until 3 November 1945, returned to the United States in March 1946, and steamed to Boston, where she was placed out of commission in reserve 29 August 1946. Three battle stars.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- Crew (~890) plus embarked squadrons and transport passengers
- Limitations
- Short DANFS entry - documents construction and the service outline but omits keel date, stricken date, and disposal (carried from NavSource). Contains no insulation, material, or asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-barnes-cve20-01
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[2]NavSource Online, Escort Carrier Photo Archive, USS Barnes (ACV-20/CVE-20/CVHE-20) - Operational and Building Data + class specifications [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource CVE-20 page, Operational and Building Data block; photo NS0302-series caption (Mare Island, 10 Oct 1943)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NavSource building data documents: named 19 March 1942 for a sound at the southern tip of Florida; Maritime Commission hull 236, type C3-S-A1; laid down 19 January 1942; launched 22 May 1942; acquired 1 May 1942; AVG-20, ACV-20 (20 August 1942), CVE-20 (15 July 1943), CVHE-20 (12 June 1955); commissioned 20 February 1943; decommissioned 29 August 1946; stricken 1 March 1959; sold to Union Minerals and Alloys Corp. 1 October 1959; broken up in Japan (1961). Class specifications: 7,800 tons standard; 2 boilers (285 psi), 1 steam turbine, 1 shaft, 8,500 shp; 16.5 knots; crew 890. A dated photograph documents the ship at Navy Yard Mare Island, California, 10 October 1943.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1942-1961
- Population
- n/a (building data)
- Limitations
- Compiled secondary source consistent with DANFS on all overlapping facts; the keel, stricken, and disposal dates are NavSource-only (DANFS omits them). The Mare Island photograph documents presence at the yard, not the scope or nature of any work performed. No insulation/asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-barnes-cve20-02
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[3]U.S. Navy, Bureau of Ships Technical Manual, NAVSHIPS 250-000, Chapter 39 'Thermal Insulation' (1960, page date 15 April 1959) - specification-level document for Navy shipboard insulation materials [other_primary]
- Locator
- BuShips TM ch.39, sections 39-11 through 39-13 (materials)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- The 1960 BuShips Technical Manual's insulation chapter enumerates the asbestos material suite standard to Navy steam plants of this hull's construction era: MIL-I-2781 pipe covering including 85% magnesia 'formed from a combination of 85 percent magnesium carbonate with about 15 percent asbestos fiber' and a class 'formed from a uniform mixture of amosite asbestos fibers'; roll asbestos felt MIL-I-15091; asbestos cloth/tape SS-C-466 (80-95% chrysotile) as lagging; asbestos millboard HH-M-351; asbestos finishing cement; molded asbestos block for high-temperature service. This hull's two Foster-Wheeler boilers, single Allis-Chalmers geared turbine set, and associated steam piping are the equipment classes these specifications cover.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1960 (manual); describes era-standard specifications
- Population
- Construction trades (Tacoma, 1942-43); crew (1943-46)
- Limitations
- Specification-level documentation of materials the Navy specified, not a ship-specific installation record - establishes the era insulation suite, not what was installed on this hull. Keel-to-commissioning window (1942-43) is inside the asbestos-spec period. Retrieved PDF is a scan hosted in the Garlock bankruptcy Daubert-appendix repository; the document itself is the government manual (verified legible 2026-09-18; same document verified in the class-D profile work of 2026-09-16 and batch-54 records).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-barnes-cve20-03
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[4]Port of Tacoma v. Todd Shipyards Corp. et al., No. 3:08-cv-05132-BHS (W.D. Wash.), Order approving TSC settlement (Doc. 139, 2010-09-09); allegations recited from Port's CERCLA contribution complaint (Doc. 58) [court_record]
- Locator
- Order Doc. 139 at 1-3; complaint summary Doc. 58 (Shipbuilding Site, 1916-1946)
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- A W.D. Wash. order recites the Port of Tacoma's CERCLA/MTCA contribution allegations that Todd Shipyards Corporation owned and operated parcels near the mouth of the Hylebos Waterway in Tacoma - 'the Shipbuilding Site' - from 1916 through 1946, and that Todd's shipbuilding operations disposed of contaminated material and hazardous substances into the waterway. The Shipbuilding Site is the Commencement Bay yard where this hull was built; a settlement releasing TSC (Todd) was approved.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1916-1946 site era; litigation 2005-2010
- Population
- Todd Tacoma yard workforce (allegation-level)
- Limitations
- Establishes the builder's site identity and operating era (1916-1946) at the location of construction. The litigated contaminants were listed hazardous substances (metals, PAHs, PCBs) - asbestos is not among the recited substances; the order recites allegations for settlement approval, not findings of contamination or exposure. No individual or hull-level exposure is established.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-barnes-cve20-04
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[5]Herring v. Texaco, Inc., 161 Wn.2d 189, 165 P.3d 4 (Wash. 2007) [court_record]
- Locator
- Opinion, 161 Wn.2d 189 (No. 78774-3)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Washington Supreme Court opinion documents that Roger Herring worked for subcontractors at Todd Shipyards sites in the 1960s-early 1970s, developed pleural thickening (1986), asbestosis (~1989), and fatal mesothelioma (2002), and that his suit against Todd was barred because his asbestos claims were discharged in Todd's 1987 Chapter 11 bankruptcy (published-notice sufficiency was the litigated issue). Documents that occupational asbestos-exposure claims were litigated against this hull's builder corporate family in the postwar era.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1960s-2007
- Population
- Todd Shipyards subcontractor worker (mesothelioma)
- Limitations
- Yard/corporate-level litigation at Todd's Puget Sound operations post-dating this hull's construction era; does not name this hull, does not adjudicate exposure aboard any specific vessel, and Herring's claim was barred on bankruptcy-discharge grounds - a merits-level negative for that plaintiff, not affirmative exposure evidence. Construction-era (1942-43) conditions at the Tacoma yard are not addressed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-barnes-cve20-05
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[6]Batch-66 search ledger (this record): DANFS/NavSource/navypedia ship records; CourtListener-domain searches by exact name and hull number; builder-yard litigation verification [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-barnes-cve20-01 through -08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, insulation specification, abatement contract, or docketed asbestos case naming USS Barnes (CVE-20) was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). Litigation-index sweeps by exact ship name and hull number returned no qualifying asbestos opinion naming this hull; 'Barnes' hits are unrelated surname matches.
- 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 - a 1942-43 Tacoma construction sits inside the Navy's asbestos-specification era and the negative reflects record availability, not hull condition. CourtListener API was rate-limited (HTTP 429, daily cap) on 2026-09-18; the domain-restricted index sweep is a degraded but honest substitute, logged in the ledger. 'Barnes' is a high-collision surname; sweeps keyed on the ship name and hull number returned no qualifying result. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-barnes-cve20-06