Evidence
5 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-5).
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[1]DANFS, USS Boarfish (SS-327) - construction, four 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 21 May 1944 by Electric Boat Co., Groton (sponsor Miss Barbara Walsh, daughter of Senator Walsh of New Jersey); commissioned 23 September 1944, Cmdr. R. L. Gross. Arrived Pearl Harbor 2 December 1944; four war patrols 24 December 1944-10 August 1945 in the South China Sea, Java Sea, and Gulf of Siam; sank one freighter of 6,968 tons and combined with 14th Air Force units to sink another of 6,890 tons. Postwar: Guam training (August-November 1945); San Diego from February 1946; cruise to Midway, Marcus Island, Okinawa, Tsingtao, and Guam October-November 1946; Pearl Harbor voyage February 1947; Alaska and Canada voyage July-November 1947. Entered Mare Island Naval Shipyard 15 November 1947 for overhaul preparatory to transfer to Turkey; departed Mare Island 21 February 1948 via the Panama Canal and New London to Izmir, Turkey, where she was turned over to the Turkish Navy 23 May 1948. One battle star.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1943-1980 (US service 1944-1948)
- Population
- EB construction trades (1943-44); Mare Island yard trades (1947-48 overhaul); crew (1944-1948); Turkish crew (1948-1973/75)
- 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-boarfish-ss327-01
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[2]NavSource Online Submarine Photo Archive, SS-327 Boarfish data block (construction dates, Turkish transfer, stricken, disposal) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource SS-327 data block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource data block: laid down 12 August 1943 at Electric Boat Co., Groton; launched 21 May 1944; commissioned 23 September 1944. Decommissioned and transferred to Turkey 23 May 1948 as TCG Sakarya (S-332); struck from the US Naval Vessel Register (date varies - 28 May 1948 in NavSource block, 20 May 1948 in alternate records). Sakarya returned to US custody / disposed of after Turkish service - return/disposal dates conflict across sources (1973 return, 1975 decommission, or 1980 disposal variants).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1943-1980 (US service 1944-1948)
- Population
- EB construction trades (1943-44); Mare Island yard trades (1947-48 overhaul); crew (1944-1948); Turkish crew (1948-1973/75)
- Limitations
- NavSource is an authoritative non-government archive; data captured via search-result text (navsource.net unreachable by direct fetch - DNS resolution failure). Stricken date and Turkish end-of-service dates conflict across sources - carried in gaps. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-boarfish-ss327-02
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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
- 1943-1980 (US service 1944-1948)
- Population
- EB construction trades (1943-44); Mare Island yard trades (1947-48 overhaul); crew (1944-1948); Turkish crew (1948-1973/75)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey or material list located for SS-327. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; establishes no quantities and no exposure for any individual.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-boarfish-ss327-03
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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).
- 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-boarfish-ss327-04
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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-boarfish-ss327-01 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 Boarfish (SS-327) 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-boarfish-ss327-05