Evidence
4 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-4).
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[1]DANFS, Biloxi (CL-80), Vol. 1 (1964) (builder, launch/commission dates, complete WWII operation list, inactivation; verbatim transcription - live NHHC page serves 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications block + full service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: launched 23 February 1943 by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Va.; commissioned 31 August 1943, Capt. D. M. McCurl in command; reported to Cruiser Division 13, Pacific Fleet. From January 1944 to April 1945 screened fast carrier task groups, bombarded shore installations, and covered amphibious landings across the Central Pacific and Philippines campaigns: Eniwetok, Truk, Marianas, Palau-Yap-Ulithi-Woleai, Hollandia, Saipan, the Battle of the Philippine Sea (19-20 June 1944), Bonins, Guam, Palaus, Okinawa raid, northern Luzon and Formosa raids, the Battle of Leyte Gulf (24-26 October), Luzon raids, China coast raids, Honshu/Nansei Shoto strikes, Iwo Jima, and the Okinawa operation (25 March-20 April 1945). Slightly damaged by a Japanese suicide plane off Okinawa 27 March but remained in action. Departed 27 April 1945 for west-coast overhaul; attacked Wake Island 18 July; reached Leyte 14 August; assisted evacuation of Allied POWs from Nagasaki; occupation duty to 9 November 1945. Inactivation at Port Angeles/Puget Sound Naval Shipyard: commission in reserve 18 May 1946; out of commission in reserve 29 October 1946. Nine battle stars WWII. (1964 DANFS edition - predates disposal; NHHC Online Library supplies stricken/sold.)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1941-1962
- Population
- Newport News construction trades 1941-43; crew 1943-46; Puget Sound Naval Shipyard inactivation trades 1946
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC page returns 404. The 1964 edition contains no laid-down date and no disposal paragraph - laid-down (1941-07-09) rests on class-profile/NavSource secondary data; stricken/sold supplied by NHHC Online Library (ev-02).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-biloxi-cl80-01
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[2]NHHC Online Library of Selected Images, 'USS Biloxi (CL-80), 1943-1962' narrative (service summary, inactivation, disposal; via ibiblio HyperWar mirror) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NHHC Online Library page narrative for CL-80 (service summary, disposal paragraph)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC Online Library narrative for this hull: commissioned end of August 1943; Pacific from late 1943 screening carrier striking forces through the Philippine Sea and Leyte Gulf battles plus bombardments at the Marshalls, Northern New Guinea, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa; hit by a Japanese suicide plane during pre-invasion bombardment 27 March 1945 but damage relatively light and she remained in action; west-coast shipyard overhaul late April-mid-August 1945; occupation support to early November; decommissioned at Bremerton, Washington, October 1946; Pacific Reserve Fleet for the next decade and a half; stricken from the Naval Vessel Register September 1961; sold for scrapping March 1962.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1943-1962
- Population
- Crew 1943-46; Bremerton inactivation trades 1946
- Limitations
- NHHC publication hosted on the ibiblio HyperWar mirror; consistent with secondary sources on stricken (September 1961; day-level 1 September carried from NavSource - secondary). Narrative only; no materials or asbestos data.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-biloxi-cl80-02
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[3]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 NHHC narrative; shipyards.json records
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era inference: Cleveland-class construction (4 boilers, 4 GE geared steam turbines, ~100,000 shp) in 1941-43 at Newport News 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. This hull had no conversion or reconstruction; the documented disturbance windows are the April-August 1945 west-coast overhaul and the 1946 Bremerton/Puget Sound inactivation.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1941-1946
- Population
- Construction trades 1941-43; west-coast overhaul trades 1945; Puget Sound Naval Shipyard inactivation trades 1946; crew 1943-46
- 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; scope of any insulation work in the 1945 overhaul and 1946 inactivation is undocumented.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-biloxi-cl80-03
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[4]Batch-51 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS + Online Library; CourtListener ship-name and hull-number queries (partial - rate-limited); NVR; museum/disclosure sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-biloxi-cl80-01 through sl-uss-biloxi-cl80-05
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: the completed CourtListener query ('U.S.S. Biloxi' + asbestos) returned zero hits; the 'USS Biloxi' and 'CL-80' queries were not completed before the CourtListener daily rate cap was exhausted and are logged as blocked, not as negative results (see search_ledger). The class-profile's completed 2026-09-16 'USS Biloxi' + asbestos sweep returned zero. No hull ACM survey, abatement contract, scrapping hazmat disclosure, NVR entry (hull sold 1962, before live-register coverage), or museum record with asbestos data was found in the public sources searched.
- 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. The litigation sweep is INCOMPLETE for this hull - two of three CourtListener queries hit the 125/day API cap and remain unrun; 'no result' applies only to the completed 'U.S.S. Biloxi' variant and the class-profile's 'USS Biloxi' sweep. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-biloxi-cl80-04