Evidence
5 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-5).
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[1]DANFS, USS Blueback (SS-326) - construction, three war patrols, postwar service, 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 7 May 1944 by Electric Boat Co., Groton (sponsor Mrs. William Brent Young, wife of Rear Admiral Young); commissioned 28 August 1944, Lt. Cmdr. M. K. Clementson. Arrived Pearl Harbor 21 November 1944; three war patrols 16 December 1944-20 July 1945 in the South China and Java Seas; sank a 300-ton submarine chaser and eight smaller vessels. Postwar: Guam training to November 1945; San Diego from 12 January 1946; Far East tour (Pearl Harbor, Truk, Subic Bay, Tsingtao, Shanghai) August-November 1946; Pearl Harbor cruise February-April 1947; local operations and type training off California to March 1948. Departed the west coast 4 March 1948 via New London to the Mediterranean; arrived Izmir, Turkey, 11 May 1948 and was decommissioned and transferred to Turkey 23 May 1948. Two battle stars.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1943-1973 (US service 1944-1948)
- Population
- EB construction trades (1943-44); crew (1944-1948); Philadelphia NSY yard trades (1953 snorkel completion); Turkish crew and Golcuk yard trades (1948-1973)
- 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-blueback-ss326-01
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[2]NavSource Online Submarine Photo Archive, SS-326 Blueback data block (construction dates, Turkish transfer, Ikinci Inonu service, return/disposal) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource SS-326 data block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource data block and captions: laid down 29 July 1943 at Electric Boat Co., Groton; decommissioned at Izmir, Turkey 23 May 1948 under the Security Assistance Program and transferred to the Turkish Navy; commissioned TCG Ikinci Inonu (D-2) 25 May 1948; renumbered S-18 in 1955 and S-331 in 1959 under the NATO pendant system. Ikinci Inonu received Guppy I interior modifications at Golcuk Naval Yard, Turkey, with the remaining snorkel modification conducted at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in 1953. Decommissioned from the Turkish Navy 30 November 1973 and returned to US custody for disposition; sold for scrap - fate unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1943-1973 (US service 1944-1948)
- Population
- EB construction trades (1943-44); crew (1944-1948); Philadelphia NSY yard trades (1953 snorkel completion); Turkish crew and Golcuk yard trades (1948-1973)
- Limitations
- NavSource is an authoritative non-government archive; data captured via search-result text (navsource.net unreachable by direct fetch - DNS resolution failure). Turkish-service and disposal details partly conflict across sources - carried in gaps. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-blueback-ss326-02
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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
- 1943-1973 (US service 1944-1948)
- Population
- EB construction trades (1943-44); crew (1944-1948); Philadelphia NSY yard trades (1953 snorkel completion); Turkish crew and Golcuk yard trades (1948-1973)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey or material list located for SS-326. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; establishes no quantities and no exposure for any individual.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-blueback-ss326-03
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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 (1944-1948) and her 1953 Philadelphia Naval Shipyard snorkel work.
- 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-blueback-ss326-04
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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-blueback-ss326-01 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 Blueback (SS-326) was found. CourtListener sweeps pending (rate-limited in this window - see search_ledger). Her early transfer to Turkey (1948) and foreign disposal leave no US abatement documentation chain.
- 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-blueback-ss326-05