Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]DANFS, Carbonero (SS-337) - 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 19 October 1944 by Electric Boat Co., Groton (sponsor Mrs. S. S. Murray); commissioned 7 February 1945, Cmdr. C. L. Murphy. Fleet Sonar School Key West; two war patrols (Formosa lifeguard duty; Gulf of Siam - sank four schooners, two sampans, two junks). Seattle west-coast operations from 22 September 1945; fitted to launch missiles May 1949 and snorkel in 1951; Regulus missile evaluation service 1952-1957 operating from San Diego and Port Hueneme as a control vessel; home port Pearl Harbor from 13 May 1957; Arctic familiarization cruise 1957; Far East cruises 1958 and 1959-60; trained Republic of Korea and Japan forces. One battle star.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1943-1970
- Population
- EB construction trades (1943-44); crew incl. missile-program personnel (1945-1970)
- 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-carbonero-ss337-01
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[2]NHHC publication 1910, Chapter 6 'The Cold War 1946-1949' - official Navy chronology (PDF, history.navy.mil) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NHHC 1910 ch.6, p.228 chronology entry + Loon launch photo caption
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NHHC chronology entry for 5 March 1947: 'Secretary of the Navy James V. Forrestal approved the conversion of two submarines into guided-missile launching vessels. The two later selected for this conversion were Carbonero (SS 337) and Cusk (SS 348).' Photo caption in the same chapter: 'Submarine Carbonero (SS 337) launches a Loon guided missile adapted from the German V-1 rocket, 1949.' Confirms this hull's selection for the guided-missile program at the Secretary level.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1947-1949
- Population
- Missile-program crew and test personnel (1947-1962)
- Limitations
- Official ship-specific program documentation; contains no asbestos or material content. The chapter is a chronology, not a technical record - conversion scope and materials are not described.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-carbonero-ss337-02
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[3]NavSource Online Submarine Photo Archive, Carbonero (SS-337) data block (keel, decommission/stricken dates, reclassifications, final disposition) - secondary compilation, not an official Navy source [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource Carbonero (SS-337) data block (Wayback capture; navsource.net unreachable by direct fetch)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource data block: laid down 16 December 1943 at Electric Boat Co., Groton; launched 15 October 1944 (conflicts with DANFS 19 October - carried in gaps); assigned to Guided Missile Program April 1947 and as a Loon Launcher May 1949; Fleet Snorkel conversion late 1951; Regulus guidance-equipped submarine 1953; equipment removed early 1962; re-designated AGSS-337 on 30 June 1969; SS-337 on 1 October 1969; decommissioned and struck from the Naval Register 1 December 1970; sunk as a target by Pogy (SSN-647) off Pearl Harbor 27 April 1975.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1943-1975
- Population
- Crew incl. missile-program personnel (1945-1970)
- 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-carbonero-ss337-03
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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-337. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; establishes no quantities and no exposure for any individual.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-carbonero-ss337-04
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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 (1945-1970).
- 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-carbonero-ss337-05
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[6]CourtListener searches for "USS Carbonero" / "SS-337" (API v4 throttled; completed via search-engine index sweep of courtlistener.com) [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-carbonero-ss337-03 and sl-uss-carbonero-ss337-04
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation naming USS Carbonero / SS-337 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-carbonero-ss337-06
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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-carbonero-ss337-01 through end
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for CARBONERO (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-carbonero-ss337-07