Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]DANFS, Cincinnati III (CL-6), Vol. 2 pp. 119-120 (specs block, split-yard construction credits, full service narrative; verbatim transcription - live NHHC page serves 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications block + full service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: launched 23 May 1921 by Seattle Construction Drydock Co., Seattle, Wash. (sponsor Mrs. C. E. Tudor); completed by Todd Dry Dock and Construction Co., Tacoma, Wash.; commissioned 1 January 1924 (Capt. C. P. Nelson); shakedown off South America; Scouting Fleet from June 1924 (Atlantic coast, Caribbean); Pacific fleet maneuvers off the Panama Canal Zone spring 1925; Far East duty from 17 February 1927 - Shanghai to October, then Manila, Shanghai February-April 1928; carried men Honolulu to Corinto, Nicaragua; Newport, R.I. 25 July 1928; east coast to 1932; Battle Force Pacific early 1932; Presidential Review 31 May 1934 New York; reservist training cruises 1935-38; Atlantic duty 1939; based Pearl Harbor April 1940 with Guam/Philippines transport voyages; Atlantic from March 1941 - western Atlantic patrol; wartime patrols and convoy escort western Atlantic and Caribbean; blockading French men-of-war at Martinique; with Milwaukee (CL-5) and Somers (DD-381) discovered blockade runner SS ANNALIESE ESSBERGER 21 November 1942 - German crew scuttled; boarding party identified her and took all 62 crew prisoner before she sank; New York overhaul early 1944; escort flagship for three New York-Belfast convoys March-July 1944; sailed Norfolk 28 July 1944 for Western Mediterranean patrol during the Southern France assault, returned New York 9 September; 4th Fleet Recife from 17 November 1944, South Atlantic patrols through the close of the European war; two midshipmen cruises summer 1945; arrived Philadelphia 29 September 1945; decommissioned 1 November 1945; scrapped 27 February 1946; one battle star.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1918-1946
- Population
- Construction trades 1918-24 (Tacoma/Seattle); crew 1924-45
- Limitations
- DANFS documents identity, specifications, and service history - not materials or asbestos content. Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC DANFS page returns 404 (standing link-rot defect). The 1963-era entry gives no laid-down date and no stricken date, and does not record the 1935 Macon rescue.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cincinnati-cl6-01
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[2]NavSource Online Cruiser Photo Archive, USS Cincinnati (CL-6) page - operational/building data block, awards list, commanding-officer roster, and period/NHHC/NARA/HAER photo captions [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource page 04/006/04006.htm - 'Operational and Building Data' block; awards block; photo captions incl. Dry Dock #4 scrapping (10 Jan and 18 Feb 1946)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Compiled operational data for this hull: keel laid 13 December 1918 at Todd Dry Dock & Construction Co., Tacoma, WA; launched 23 May 1921; commissioned 1 January 1924; decommissioned 1 November 1945; fate 'Sold for scrap 27 FEB 1946'; machinery 90,000 SHP, geared turbines, 4 screws, 35 knots, crew 458; awards (Second Nicaraguan Campaign Medal, Yangtze Service Medal, American Defense Service Medal w/FLEET clasp, American Campaign Medal, EAME Campaign Medal with one star, WWII Victory Medal). Photo captions document: sponsor Mrs. Charles Edgar Tudor (Lillie Fogg), christening with champagne and Ohio River water; departure from the New York Navy Yard for Rockland, Maine speed trials November 1923; South Boston drydock December 1931 (Leslie Jones Collection, Boston Public Library); Bureau of Ships Collection NARA photographs at the New York Navy Yard 4 and 8 July 1942 ('recent alterations marked and identified'; incl. #19-N-31170) and New York Harbor 22 March 1944 (#19-N-62459, #19-N-64188); Gaillard Cut, Panama Canal, 12 January 1927 (catalog.archives.gov id 100996520); and scrapping in Dry Dock No. 4 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard - ex-Marblehead being scrapped 10 January 1946 with ex-Cincinnati, ex-Raleigh and ex-Omaha alongside (Library of Congress HAER PA,51-PHILA,709D-20), all four sisters 18 February 1946.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1918-1946
- Population
- Construction trades 1918-24; crew 1924-45; Philadelphia Navy Yard shipbreaking workforce 1946
- Limitations
- Secondary photographic-archive compilation, not a primary record. Two source conflicts flagged: its 'keel laid 13 DEC 1918' conflicts with the 15 May 1920 figure carried by Ships' Data-derived compilations (see gaps); and a period newspaper caption says 'launched at the Tacoma, Wash., shipyards' where DANFS credits the launch to Seattle Construction Drydock Co., Seattle. The HAER catalog number (PA,51-PHILA,709D-20) is transmitted via caption and was not independently pulled this session.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cincinnati-cl6-02
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[3]NavSource machinery summary (90,000 SHP; geared turbines, 4 screws) + DANFS specifications block (displacement 7,050 t; speed 34 k; complement 458) + BuShips Ships' Data-derived armament/machinery figures (12 Yarrow boilers, 4 Westinghouse geared steam turbines) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 04006.htm machinery block; DANFS cl6.txt specifications block; Ships' Data 1921/1935-derived figures republished in standard cruiser references
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era inference: an Omaha-class scout cruiser contracted 1917 and completed 1922-24 with a twelve-boiler, 90,000-shp geared steam-turbine plant is of the era in which marine steam systems were insulated with asbestos-containing materials. Period-typical applications for the type: boiler and steam-line insulation, turbine lagging, pipe lagging, gaskets and flange packing, machinery insulation, fireproofing, and deck coverings.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1918-1946
- Population
- Construction trades 1918-24; engine/boiler-room crew 1924-45; scrapping workforce 1946
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding. Weaker than for 1940s hulls: this ship was designed 1916-18 and completed 1922-24, predating the documented WWII-era Navy insulation-spec regime (see ev-04); no hull insulation survey exists and none can now be generated (hull scrapped 1946). Does not quantify material or establish present or past presence aboard this specific hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cincinnati-cl6-03
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[4]O'Neil v. Crane Co., 53 Cal. 4th 335 (2012) - California Supreme Court opinion reciting WWII-era U.S. Navy steam-plant insulation specifications and Navy asbestos-hazard awareness dating to 1922 (CourtListener opinion 844228, verified per batch-01 citation repair) [court_record]
- Locator
- Opinion, 53 Cal. 4th 335 - factual recital on Navy specifications and 1922 awareness
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Era doctrine: the opinion recites that Navy specifications required asbestos-containing insulation on all external surfaces of warship steam propulsion systems in the WWII era, that asbestos was preferred as lightweight and effective, and that non-conforming material was rejected - and that 'as early as 1922, the Navy was aware' of the potential hazard of airborne asbestos. Used here only to bound the era regime a 1918-24 hull would have been refitted and operated within.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- WWII-era spec regime; 2012 (opinion)
- Population
- Navy steam-plant workforce generally (era context)
- Limitations
- Doctrinal/era context for a DIFFERENT hull (USS Oriskany, CV-34) and a WWII-era spec regime that postdates CL-6's construction. It documents the Navy asbestos regime generally and the 1922 awareness horizon; it does not document materials aboard this ship and must not be read as a ship-specific finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cincinnati-cl6-04
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[5]California Marine Cleaning, Inc. v. United States, No. 3:22-cv-00741 (S.D. Cal., filed 2022-05-24) - Suits in Admiralty Act docket (46 U.S.C. 30902-30911; '380 Personal Property: Other'), the only CourtListener result naming 'USS Cincinnati' [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener RECAP docket 63333045; cause '46:30902 to 30911 Suits in Admiralty Act'; assigned Jinsook Ohta
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Name-collision control record: the sole CourtListener result for 'USS Cincinnati' is a 2022 Suits in Admiralty Act docket by a marine-cleaning contractor against the United States in the Southern District of California - context consistent with the active littoral combat ship USS Cincinnati (LCS-20), the only commissioned vessel of the name since this cruiser was scrapped in 1946. The subject matter is non-asbestos regardless. Carried so the collision is documented rather than re-derived.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 2022 (litigation, other hull)
- Population
- Marine-cleaning contractor vs. United States (different hull)
- Limitations
- Docket-index record only (no opinion); the vessel is not named in indexed fields - identity is inferred from plaintiff trade, admiralty cause, district, and date. Even if it names LCS-20, it has zero evidentiary weight for CL-6; classified as name collision, not qualifying litigation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cincinnati-cl6-05
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[6]Batch-218 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS live page (404, mirror used); CourtListener API v4 type=o and type=r passes (intermittently throttled, completed via spaced retries); NavSource; Naval Vessel Register; marketing/law-firm ship-list check (excluded) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-cincinnati-cl6-01 through sl-uss-cincinnati-cl6-09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, or hazmat disclosure exists for this hull (scrapped 1946, pre-dating such practices), and no qualifying asbestos litigation naming CL-6 was found in the searches performed (see search_ledger). CourtListener opinion passes for 'USS Cincinnati', 'U.S.S. Cincinnati', and 'aboard the Cincinnati' returned zero; the sole RECAP hit is the LCS-20 collision at ev-05; all twenty 'Cincinnati'+'CL-6' opinion hits are identifier collisions; no salvage/prize litigation arose from the 21 November 1942 Annaliese Essberger interception (the runner sank - no res to libel).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 2026-09-19
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - era inference remains reasonable but unproven for this hull. CourtListener API coverage was intermittent (5/min and 125/day shared limits hit mid-session); all planned queries completed with spaced retries and each returned hit was individually classified. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cincinnati-cl6-06
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[7]USS Cincinnati (CL-6) Wikipedia article (GA-rated) - secondary service-history compilation citing Ships' Data U.S. Naval Vessels 1921 and 1935, Navy List 1921, Terzibashitsch 'Cruisers of the US Navy 1922-1962', Friedman 'U.S. Cruisers', and the 2015 NHHC DANFS entry 'Cincinnati III (CL-6)' (live page unreachable) [other_primary]
- Locator
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Cincinnati_(CL-6) - infobox, 'Construction and design', 'Service history', 'Awards' sections and bibliography
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Secondary compilation supplying particulars beyond the 1963-era DANFS entry: ordered 29 August 1916; contract awarded to Todd Dry Dock & Construction Co., Tacoma 27 August 1917 (supplementary contract 21 February 1919); hull & machinery cost $1,238,833 (Navy List 1921); keel laid 15 May 1920 (citing Ships' Data 1935 pp. 24-31); completed 1 July 1922; rescue of six crewmen of the crashed airship USS Macon off Point Sur 12 February 1935 (AP-cited); Board of Inspection and Survey recommended decommissioning at Philadelphia September 1945; ship's bell held at the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County main branch; armament-change history (mine rails removed class-wide 1926 per CNO order; lower casemate 6-inch guns plated over after 1940; 1.1-inch mounts replaced by twin 40mm Bofors and 14 20mm Oerlikons by war's end; TF41 Recife-based South Atlantic duty).
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1916-1946
- Population
- Crew 1924-45
- Limitations
- Lead source, not evidence - a secondary compilation whose own citations (Ships' Data 1935; Navy List 1921; Terzibashitsch; AP wire report; library PDF) were not independently fetched this session. Its laid-down date (15 May 1920) is the consensus figure of Ships' Data-derived compilations and is carried in the record field against NavSource's 13 December 1918 - the conflict is logged in gaps. Its infobox '4 x Parsons steam turbines' contradicts its own 'Westinghouse' prose; the Westinghouse figure (consistent with sister-ship records) is carried in propulsion_summary. Macon rescue, bell custody, and cost figure are not independently verified.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cincinnati-cl6-07
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[8]U.S. National Archives imagery for this hull (index-level): Bureau of Ships Collection photographs at the New York Navy Yard 4 and 8 July 1942 (alterations 'marked and identified'; incl. #19-N-31170) and New York Harbor 22 March 1944 (#19-N-62459, #19-N-64188); Panama Canal transit 12 January 1927 (catalog.archives.gov id 100996520); Library of Congress HAER PA,51-PHILA,709D-20 (Philadelphia Navy Yard Dry Dock #4 scrapping, 10 January 1946) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov id 100996520; NARA identifiers #19-N-31170, #19-N-62459, #19-N-64188 (via NavSource captions); LoC HAER PA,51-PHILA,709D-20 (via NavSource caption)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival retrieval lead: NARA and Library of Congress catalog imagery documents this hull's wartime alteration photography at the New York Navy Yard (July 1942, 'recent alterations marked and identified'), the early-1944 New York overhaul period (March 1944), the 1927 Panama Canal transit, and the February 1946 Dry Dock #4 shipbreaking at Philadelphia. The BuShips alteration photographs are the likeliest located lead for period shipyard-work detail on this hull.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1927-1946
- Population
- New York Navy Yard workforce 1942/1944; Philadelphia Navy Yard shipbreaking workforce 1946
- Limitations
- Index/caption-level only - the photographs' alteration annotations were not pulled for shipyard-work or materials detail this session; carried as a lead for future retrieval, not evidence of materials handled. HAER series number transmitted via NavSource caption, not independently pulled.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cincinnati-cl6-08