Evidence
5 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-5).
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[1]DANFS, USS Blower (SS-325) - construction, three war patrols, postwar service, Philadelphia repair period, Turkish transfer (verbatim transcription; live NHHC page returned 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS service narrative and spec block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: launched 23 April 1944 by Electric Boat Co., Groton (sponsor Mrs. Richard F. J. Johnson); commissioned 10 August 1944, Lt. Cmdr. J. H. Campbell. Arrived Pearl Harbor 16 December 1944; three war patrols from 17 January 1945, all in the Java and South China Seas, all unprofitable; arrived Fremantle from last patrol 28 July 1945. San Diego from 29 January 1946 with Submarine Force, Pacific Fleet - torpedo exercises, sound school, training; Japan cruise late 1946; fleet operations near Pearl Harbor early 1947; August-September 1948 Alaskan operations with Carp (SS-338) patrolling the contour of the Arctic ice pack in the Chukchi Sea on radar tracking and sonar exercises. Departed for the east coast early 1950; arrived Philadelphia 3 March and underwent repairs at the Naval Shipyard until September; arrived New London 27 September 1950 and trained Turkish naval personnel. Decommissioned at Submarine Base New London 16 November 1950 and transferred to Turkey under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program; lost 4 April 1953 in Turkish service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1943-1953
- Population
- EB construction trades (1943-44); Philadelphia NSY yard trades (1950); US crew (1944-1950); Turkish crew (1950-1953, 81 lost)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. Yard-period asbestos disturbance is era inference, not a per-hull record. Live NHHC DANFS page returned 404; verbatim transcription used.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-blower-ss325-01
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[2]NavSource Online Submarine Photo Archive, SS-325 Blower data block (construction dates, Guppy I modernization, Turkish transfer, Dumlupinar sinking) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource SS-325 data block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource data block: laid down 15 July 1943 at Electric Boat Co., Groton; modernized at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard March-September 1950 to Guppy I (Fleet Snorkel) configuration; arrived New London 27 September 1950 to embark core Turkish Navy crew; sailed for Izmir under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program and decommissioned 16 November 1950; struck from the US Naval Vessel Registry and commissioned TCG Dumlupinar (D-6). Final disposition: at 0200 on 4 April 1953, Dumlupinar was rammed by Swedish M/V Naboland off Nara Point, Dardanelles, while returning from NATO exercise 'Blue Sea'; struck on her starboard bow on the surface, holed in her forward torpedo room, and sank - 81 Turkish submariners perished; 5 of the 7 bridge personnel survived.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1943-1953
- Population
- EB construction trades (1943-44); Philadelphia NSY yard trades (1950); US crew (1944-1950); Turkish crew (1950-1953, 81 lost)
- Limitations
- NavSource is an authoritative non-government archive; data captured via search-result text (navsource.net unreachable by direct fetch from this network - DNS resolution failure). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-blower-ss325-02
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[3]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 1 (Jan 1945), submarine machinery tables (shipscribe.com scan) + shipyard-exposure-map asbestos product list for electric-boat-groton [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v1 pp. 266-270 submarine tables; shipyards.json electric-boat-groton product list
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Balao-class diesel-electric boats carried NO boilers or steam plant (BuShips 1945: DERD drive, four main diesel-generator engines - diesel maker Fairbanks-Morse or General Motors varying by hull block, electric motors Elliott or General Electric, ~5,400 hp, two shafts). Era-typical asbestos-relevant applications on the type: diesel exhaust lagging, engine gaskets and packing, acoustic and thermal hull insulation, insulation around galley and refrigeration equipment, and battery/electrical materials. The Electric Boat/Groton yard's asbestos product use in submarine construction of this era is independently documented at the yard level.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1943-1953
- Population
- EB construction trades (1943-44); Philadelphia NSY yard trades (1950); US crew (1944-1950); Turkish crew (1950-1953, 81 lost)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey or material list located for SS-325. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; establishes no quantities and no exposure for any individual.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-blower-ss325-03
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[4]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2 (full text blocked, HTTP 403)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented that the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships and did not begin substituting alternative insulation materials until the early 1970s - covering this hull's entire US service period (1944-1950) including her 1950 Philadelphia Naval Shipyard modernization.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-blower-ss325-04
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[5]Batch-24 search ledger (this record): DANFS transcription; NavSource data block; CourtListener searches; BuShips Ships' Data 1945 [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-blower-ss325-01 through -05
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or adjudicated case naming USS Blower (SS-325) was found. CourtListener sweeps pending (rate-limited in this window - see search_ledger). As a Turkish war grave since 1953, no US disposal/abatement documentation chain exists.
- 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. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-blower-ss325-05