Evidence
5 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-5).
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[1]DANFS, USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24) entry (verbatim transcription; live NHHC page returned 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Belleau Wood entry - construction paragraph, kamikaze paragraph (30 Oct 1944), Hunter's Point repair paragraph, transfer line
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Construction and service milestones (DANFS): New Haven (CL-76) was reclassified CV-24 and renamed Belleau Wood 16 Feb 1942; launched 6 Dec 1942 by New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J.; commissioned 31 Mar 1943; became CVL-24 on 15 Jul 1943. A kamikaze - shot down while she patrolled east of Leyte - crashed on her flight deck aft 30 Oct 1944, starting fires that set off ammunition; 92 men were killed or missing. Temporary repairs at Ulithi (2-11 Nov 1944), then permanent repairs and overhaul at Hunter's Point, Calif. (arrived 29 Nov 1944, departed San Francisco Bay 20 Jan 1945). Earlier documented yard work: overhaul at Pearl Harbor (29 Jun-31 Jul 1944). Magic Carpet duty; placed out of commission in reserve at Alameda Naval Air Station 13 Jan 1947; transferred to France 5 Sep 1953 under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program. Presidential Unit Citation and twelve battle stars.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1941-1953
- Population
- New York Shipbuilding construction trades 1941-43; crews 1943-47; Philadelphia Navy Yard workers (post-shakedown repairs, updated DANFS); Pearl Harbor yard workers Jun-Jul 1944; Hunter's Point repair workers Nov 1944-Jan 1945
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history from the official ship dictionary; contains no asbestos, insulation, or hazardous-material content. Laid-down date (11 Aug 1941) is not given in this entry - rests on secondary builder data (see gaps). A July 1943 Philadelphia Navy Yard post-shakedown repair period appears in the updated/expanded DANFS transcription (MaritimeQuest mirror) but not this base text.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-belleau-wood-cvl24-01
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[2]NHHC, United States Naval Aviation 1910-2010, vol. II, Part IV 'Ships', Chapter 26 'Aviation Ships' - Carrier Listing, hull 24 row; NHHC Online Library USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24) page [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Part4.pdf carrier listing hull 24 (pp. 341-342); http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/OnlineLibrary/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-b/cvl24.htm
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Disposition (NHHC): commissioned 31 Mar 1943, decommissioned 13 Jan 1947; designation CVL 24; transferred to France under MDAP 5 Sep 1953 and served as Bois Belleau (R-97) until returned to U.S. custody; stricken 1 Oct 1960 and sold for scrapping.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1943-1960
- Population
- French Navy crews/yard workers 1953-1960
- Limitations
- Official NHHC tabular + narrative data; the seven-year French service period is documented as to dates only - material changes, refits, or abatement during French custody are undocumented in these sources (see gaps). No material/asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-belleau-wood-cvl24-02
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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) [other_primary]
- Locator
- BuShips TM ch.39, materials sections (verbatim OCR text of retrieved PDF scan)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Class/era material context: cruiser-hull conversion construction (keel as CL-76, August 1941; carrier conversion through commissioning March 1943) inside the Navy asbestos-specification era. The 1960 BuShips Technical Manual's insulation chapter enumerates the asbestos material suite standard to Navy steam plants of this construction era: MIL-P-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. Her four Babcock & Wilcox boilers, GE geared turbines, and steam piping are the equipment classes those specifications cover.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1941-1943 construction; 1960 manual describing era-standard specifications
- Population
- New York Shipbuilding construction trades 1941-43; crews and repair workers
- Limitations
- Specification-level documentation of what the Navy specified, not a ship-specific installation record - establishes what the era insulation suite contained, not what is or was aboard this hull. The retrieved PDF is a scan hosted in the Garlock bankruptcy Daubert-appendix repository; the document itself is the government manual.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-belleau-wood-cvl24-03
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[4]Simmons v. Pacor, Inc., 543 Pa. 664, 674 A.2d 232 (Pa. 1996) [court_record]
- Locator
- 674 A.2d 232 - factual recital (Murray employment at NYSB Camden; trial testimony)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Pennsylvania Supreme Court opinion (consolidated appeal on a trial record) documents Theodore Murray's work as carpenter, joiner, pipecoverer and insulator at New York Shipbuilding Company, Camden, N.J., 1952-1967, with 'considerable asbestos exposure in all areas of his employment' - the yard that built this hull in 1941-43.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1952-1967 yard employment; opinion 1996
- Population
- New York Shipbuilding insulation/carpentry trades
- Limitations
- Builder-yard context only. The documented exposure period (1952-67) postdates this hull's construction (1941-43); establishes the yard's asbestos work environment in the immediately following era, not material aboard this hull. The opinion's holding (asymptomatic pleural thickening non-compensable) concerns injury definition, not exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-belleau-wood-cvl24-04
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[5]Batch-67 search ledger (this record): DANFS/NHHC; NHHC Online Library; updated DANFS transcription (MaritimeQuest mirror); NHHC carrier listing; CourtListener API (blocked HTTP 429); substitute web-index litigation sweep; NavSource (DNS unreachable); hazegray (DNS unreachable) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-belleau-wood-cvl24-01 through sl-uss-belleau-wood-cvl24-08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, insulation inventory, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed asbestos case naming USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24) was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). Litigation sweeps surfaced only law-firm marketing pages naming the ship - banned sources carrying no opinion record; the class profile's 2026-09-16 CourtListener sweep likewise found no qualifying member-naming opinion. The hull was scrapped after French service; no survey path remains.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- search date 2026-09-18
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1941-43 New York Shipbuilding build is peak-era for marine asbestos applications. CourtListener API was rate-limited this session so the litigation sweep is a web-index substitute plus the class profile's 2026-09-16 sweep; unindexed or settled matters are invisible to both. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-belleau-wood-cvl24-05