Evidence
4 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-4).
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[1]DANFS entry, USS Cleveland (CL-55), Vol. 2, pp.129-130 (1963) (hazegray transcription; live NHHC page 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS CL-55 entry, specifications block + full service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: launched 1 November 1941 by New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J. (laid down 1 July 1940 per BuShips Ships' Data / class-profile register cross-check); commissioned 15 June 1942; design complement 992. Lead ship of the 27-cruiser Cleveland class. WWII service: North Africa landings (Fedhala, Nov 1942); Solomons incl. Battle of Rennell Island and Battle of Empress Augusta Bay (Navy Unit Commendation); Marianas and Battle of the Philippine Sea; Palaus; stateside overhaul Oct 1944-Feb 1945; Philippines incl. Corregidor; Brunei Bay and Balikpapan, Borneo; East China Sea sweeps; POW evacuation and occupation duty. Naval Reserve training out of Newport 1946; decommissioned in reserve at Philadelphia 7 February 1947; sold 18 February 1960. 13 battle stars.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1940-1959
- Population
- Construction trades 1940-1942; crew 1942-1947
- Limitations
- DANFS documents construction, service history, and disposal - not materials or asbestos content. Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC page returns 404; transcription is verbatim DANFS text.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cleveland-cl55-01
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[2]NHHC Online Library of Selected Images, USS Cleveland page (official Naval Historical Center narrative + photo catalog) [other_primary]
- Locator
- https://ibiblio.org/hyperwar/OnlineLibrary/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-c/cl55.htm
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC Online Library narrative for this hull: North Africa, Solomons incl. Empress Augusta Bay, Marianas/Philippine Sea, Palaus, Philippines, Borneo; 'decommissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard in February 1946' [sic - conflicts with DANFS 7 Feb 1947]; remained there until sold for scrapping February 1960. No stricken date stated.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1947-1959
- Population
- Reserve-fleet custody and disposal-era personnel
- Limitations
- Official NHHC narrative page - month-level summary corroborating DANFS and supplying register/disposal dates; contains no asbestos or materials content. Where its narrative conflicts with DANFS/register values, the conflict is carried in gaps and the register value used.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cleveland-cl55-02
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[3]U.S. Navy, Bureau of Ships Technical Manual, NAVSHIPS 250-000, Chapter 39 'Thermal Insulation' (1960) + BuShips Ships' Data 1945 CL machinery tables + Atlas shipyard dataset [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAVSHIPS 250-000 ch. 39 (scan via Garlock bankruptcy repository); DANFS entry; shipyards.json records; cleveland-class.class.json
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era inference: Cleveland-class wartime construction (4 Babcock & Wilcox boilers, 4 GE geared steam turbines, 100,000 shp) at New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, NJ, falls squarely in the documented Navy asbestos-insulation era; the 1960 BuShips Technical Manual insulation chapter enumerates the era-standard suite - 85%-magnesia (~15% asbestos) and amosite-fiber pipe covering, asbestos felt, chrysotile cloth/tape lagging, asbestos millboard, finishing cement, and molded asbestos block. Documented disturbance periods for this hull: builder yard period 1940-42 at Camden; a stateside overhaul October 1944-February 1945 (yard not named in DANFS); and 13 years of reserve layup at Philadelphia 1947-60 - the least-disturbed custody category.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1940-1947
- Population
- Construction trades 1940-1942; repair/overhaul yard workers; crew 1942-1947
- Limitations
- Class/era specification and yard-period inference only - no ship-specific asbestos record exists for this hull (ev-04); this row must not be read as establishing that asbestos products were or remain aboard. Does not quantify material; insulation disturbance at documented yard periods is inference from work scope, not a documented abatement record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cleveland-cl55-03
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[4]Batch-50 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS + Online Library; CourtListener ship-name and hull-number queries; NVR; museum/disclosure sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-cleveland-cl55-01 through sl-uss-cleveland-cl55-05
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: CourtListener queries ("USS Cleveland" asbestos = 0; "Cleveland" "CL-55" asbestos = 0; "USS Cleveland" "light cruiser" asbestos = 0) returned no qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull - no hits of any kind; name-collision risk (LPD-7, 1903 cruiser C-19) did not materialize; and no hull ACM survey, abatement contract, scrapping hazmat disclosure, NVR entry (hull disposed of before live-register coverage), or museum record with asbestos data 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 - it establishes only that no qualifying ship-specific documentation was found in the searched repositories. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cleveland-cl55-04