Evidence
5 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-5).
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[1]DANFS, USS Brill (SS-330) - construction, three war patrols, Hunters Point overhaul, 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 25 June 1944 by Electric Boat Co., Groton (sponsor Mrs. Francis S. Low, wife of Rear Admiral Low); commissioned 26 October 1944, Cmdr. H. B. Dodge. Three war patrols 28 January-9 August 1945 in the South China Sea and Gulf of Siam; only score was damaging an unidentified ~1,000-ton ship. Postwar: Pearl Harbor repairs from 1 May 1946; Midway/Adak/Kodiak/Puget Sound cruise; training around Hawaii with Submarine Squadron 5 to September 1947; overhaul at San Francisco Naval Shipyard 29 September 1947-24 February 1948; decommissioned 23 May 1948 and turned over to Turkey the same day. One battle star.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1943-1972 (US service 1944-1948)
- Population
- EB construction trades (1943-44); Pearl Harbor (1946) and San Francisco Naval Shipyard/Hunters Point (1947-48) yard trades; crew (1944-1948); Turkish crew (1948-1972)
- 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-brill-ss330-01
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[2]NavSource Online Submarine Photo Archive, SS-330 Brill data block (construction dates, Hunters Point overhaul, Turkish transfer, stricken) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource SS-330 data block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource data block: laid down 23 September 1943 at Electric Boat Co., Groton; launched 25 June 1944; commissioned 26 October 1944. Overhauled at Hunters Point Naval Shipyard. Decommissioned and transferred to Turkey 23 May 1948 as TCG Birinci Inonu (S-330); struck from the US Naval Vessel Register (dates vary across sources - 28 May 1948 in NavSource block). Turkish service ended 1972; returned to US custody and sold for scrapping.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1943-1972 (US service 1944-1948)
- Population
- EB construction trades (1943-44); Pearl Harbor (1946) and San Francisco Naval Shipyard/Hunters Point (1947-48) yard trades; crew (1944-1948); Turkish crew (1948-1972)
- Limitations
- NavSource is an authoritative non-government archive; data captured via search-result text (navsource.net unreachable by direct fetch - DNS resolution failure). Stricken and Turkish-service dates conflict across sources - carried in gaps. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-brill-ss330-02
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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
- 1943-1972 (US service 1944-1948)
- Population
- EB construction trades (1943-44); Pearl Harbor (1946) and San Francisco Naval Shipyard/Hunters Point (1947-48) yard trades; crew (1944-1948); Turkish crew (1948-1972)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey or material list located for SS-330. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; establishes no quantities and no exposure for any individual.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-brill-ss330-03
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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) including her Hunters Point overhaul.
- 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-brill-ss330-04
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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-brill-ss330-01 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 Brill (SS-330) 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-brill-ss330-05