Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]DANFS, Capitaine (SS-336) - verbatim transcription at losthistory.net/hazegray mirror (live NHHC DANFS page returned HTTP 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS service narrative and spec block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: launched 1 October 1944 by Electric Boat Co., Groton (sponsor Mrs. J. A. Rondomanski); commissioned 26 January 1945, Lt. Cmdr. E. S. Friedrick; Pacific Fleet. Two war patrols (off Indochina; Java Sea - concerted gun attack with Baya SS-318 sinking one of five small enemy craft); rescued five Japanese survivors 16 June. Decommissioned and placed in reserve at Mare Island 10 February 1950; recommissioned 23 February 1957; San Diego training, ASW target duty, reservist training, 7th Fleet deployments through 1960. Reclassified AG(SS)-336 on 1 July 1960. One battle star.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1943-1966
- Population
- EB construction trades (1943-44); Mare Island yard trades (1950); crew (1945-1966)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. Live NHHC page 404s; verbatim hazegray transcription used. The DANFS spec block lists class as 'Gato' - the hull is Balao class (DANFS spec blocks genericize the class label).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-capitaine-ss336-01
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[2]NavSource Online Submarine Photo Archive, Capitaine (SS-336) data block (keel, decommission/stricken dates, reclassifications, final disposition) - secondary compilation, not an official Navy source [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource Capitaine (SS-336) data block (Wayback capture; navsource.net unreachable by direct fetch)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource data block: laid down 2 December 1943 at Electric Boat Co., Groton; Pacific Reserve Fleet Mare Island Group after 1950 decommissioning; appeared in the film 'In Harm's Way' (1956); decommissioned 4 March 1966; transferred (loaned) to Italy 5 March 1966 and renamed Alfredo Cappellini (S-507); sold to Italy and struck from the Naval Register 5 December 1977.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1943-1977
- Population
- Crew (1945-1966); Italian Navy crew (1966 onward)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer-maintained photo archive, not an official record; post-service dates await NVR/NHHC confirmation (pre-1987 disposals are absent from the public NVR by its own notice). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-capitaine-ss336-02
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[3]Marina Militare (Italian Navy) official magazine Notiziario, May 2014 - history of the Italian submarine force [other_primary]
- Locator
- Notiziario May 2014, submarine-force history article (marina.difesa.it PDF)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Italian Navy's official history states that after Italy entered NATO the U.S. Navy transferred Gato- and Balao-class boats to Italy: between 1954 and 1966 five boats joined the Marina Militare renamed for distinguished WWII submarines - Tazzoli, Da Vinci, Torricelli, Cappellini, and Morosini - followed by Gazzana and Longobardo (Tench/GUPPY) in 1973. Corroborates the ex-Capitaine transfer as Alfredo Cappellini.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1954-1977
- Population
- Italian Navy crew (1966 onward)
- Limitations
- Official foreign-navy corroboration of the transfer program; does not give per-hull dates (the 1966 loan and 1977 sale dates rest on NavSource). No asbestos or material content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-capitaine-ss336-03
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[4]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 1 (Jan 1945), submarine machinery tables (shipscribe.com scan) + Balao class profile (class-f/balao-class.class.json) + shipyard-exposure-map product list for electric-boat-groton [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v1 submarine tables; class-f/balao-class.class.json; shipyards.json electric-boat-groton
- 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, 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
- 1943-1975 (era)
- Population
- EB construction trades (1943-45); era yard and crew trades
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey or material list located for SS-336. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; establishes no quantities and no exposure for any individual.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-capitaine-ss336-04
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[5]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 - spanning this hull's service and yard periods (1945-1977).
- 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-capitaine-ss336-05
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[6]CourtListener searches for "USS Capitaine" / "SS-336" (API v4 throttled; completed via search-engine index sweep of courtlistener.com) [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-capitaine-ss336-03 and sl-uss-capitaine-ss336-04
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation naming USS Capitaine / SS-336 located: the indexed CourtListener corpus returned no pleading, opinion, or docket naming this hull; surfaced items were unrelated asbestos and maritime matters (name-string collisions only).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 2026-09-18
- Limitations
- CourtListener API v4 and HTML search returned HTTP 429/403 to automated fetches during this window; the sweep was completed via a search-engine index of the courtlistener.com domain, which has weaker recall than the native index - a residual unverifiable margin exists. Absence of a located public docket does not prove absence of exposure or of filings; state-court and non-digitized records are not covered.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-capitaine-ss336-06
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[7]Batch-25 search ledger (this record): DANFS transcription; NavSource data block; CourtListener index sweep; BuShips Ships' Data 1945; GAO HRD-80-2; NVR coverage notice; hull-specific official sources as logged [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-capitaine-ss336-01 through end
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for CAPITAINE (no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, HAER documentation, museum disclosure, or adjudicated case naming this hull was found in the public sources searched; see search_ledger).
- 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 - era materials may have been installed and later removed or retained undocumented. Does not establish that asbestos is or is not present; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-capitaine-ss336-07