Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]DANFS, USS Corporal (SS-346) - construction, wartime/postwar service, dispositions; verbatim transcription via losthistory.net/hazegray (live NHHC DANFS page returned 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS service narrative and spec block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: Launched 10 June 1945 by Electric Boat Co., Groton, Conn. (sponsor Mrs. H. C. Wick); commissioned 9 November 1945, Cmdr. E. E. Shelby. Key West-based ASW exercises and fleet operations 1946-47; 'extensive modernization' at Groton Feb 1947-Mar 1948. Med tours 1952 and 1960; Charleston, S.C. home port from August 1959. Per NavSource: first U.S. submarine to land a helicopter aboard (26 Apr 1956); GUPPY III modernization at Charleston Navy Yard (15-ft hull section added), recommissioned 20 July 1962.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1944-1973
- Population
- Construction trades 1944-45 (Electric Boat Co.); crew; yard trades at documented availabilities
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. Yard-period asbestos disturbance is era inference, not a per-hull record. DANFS Vol. 2/3-era text ends ~1960-67 for this hull; later events rest on NavSource/NVR supplements.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-corporal-ss346-01
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[2]Naval Vessel Register, SHIPSDETAIL SS-346 record (Wayback capture) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR SHIPSDETAIL SS 346
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NVR SHIPSDETAIL SS-346: stricken 11/28/1973; disposed through Security Assistance Program (SAP), transferred, cash sale; custodian TURKEY; status changed 11/01/1973.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1973-1974 (status dates); capture ~2019
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- Register-level status data only; NVR milestone fields for pre-digital-era hulls are largely blank - stricken date and SAP custodian are the substantive fields.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-corporal-ss346-02
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[3]NavSource Naval History, submarine photo-archive entry (secondary archival compilation; disposition data consistent with Bauer & Roberts Register of Ships supplements) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource entry header block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource: laid down 27 April 1944 at Electric Boat Co., Groton; first U.S. submarine to land a helicopter aboard, 26 April 1956; Charleston Navy Yard GUPPY III modernization; recommissioned 20 July 1962; simultaneously decommissioned/struck/transferred to Turkey 21 November 1973 at Groton as TCG Ikinci Inonu (S-333); Turkish decommission 2 September 1996; final disposition unrecorded.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1944-1996
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation, not an official record; dates/items not corroborated by DANFS or NVR are flagged in this record's gaps. Used for laid-down date, final-disposition detail, and conversion labels.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-corporal-ss346-03
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[4]Era inference built on: DANFS spec block (diesel-electric drive, no boilers); BuShips Ships' Data 1945 submarine machinery tables (shipscribe.com SDB1945v1); documented yard-period events above [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS spec block; BuShips SDB1945v1 pp. 266-270 submarine tables; balao-class profile ev-05
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-electric fleet boat built 1944-45 and maintained through Navy-yard availabilities at Electric Boat (Groton) and Charleston Naval Shipyard sits inside the Navy's peak asbestos-use era. Diesel-electric boats carried no boilers/steam plant: era-consistent asbestos applications are diesel exhaust lagging, engine gaskets and packing, acoustic/thermal hull insulation, galley/refrigeration insulation, and battery/electrical materials; the documented 1947-48 Groton modernization and 1961-62 GUPPY III conversion at Charleston Navy Yard yard period(s) would have disturbed interior insulation.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1944-1973
- Population
- Electric Boat Co. construction trades (1944-45); yard trades at documented availabilities; crew (1945-1973)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey or material list located for this hull. Names era-standard diesel-boat applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantities.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-corporal-ss346-04
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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; standing policy (1975) removed asbestos insulation only when damaged or required for repairs, modified 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas - covering this hull's service-era insulation and yard-period events.
- 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-corporal-ss346-05
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[6]Batch-26 search ledger (this record): DANFS transcriptions; NavSource; NVR (where extant); Google Scholar case-law sweep; CourtListener attempted [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-corporal-ss346-01 through -07
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or qualifying asbestos case naming USS Corporal (SS-346) was found. CourtListener partial results 2026-09-18: "USS Corporal" returned 0 opinions and 0 RECAP dockets; "SS-346" returned 9 opinions and 22 dockets, none yet document-verified - visible docket names are generic collisions except one unresolved lead (Jakes v. MacArthur Corporation; MacArthur Co. is a known insulation defendant and "SS-346" could be a work-history-exhibit string, unconfirmed). Google Scholar published-opinion sweeps: "USS Corporal" zero hits; "SS-346" zero hits.
- 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. Scholar covers published opinions only. CourtListener sweep was interrupted by a bot-challenge/HTTP 429 shared-quota throttle after the SS-346 queries; the 31 "SS-346" opinion+docket hits are unclassified string matches, and the Jakes v. MacArthur lead is unverified - RECAP/docket-level review remains an open QA item.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-corporal-ss346-06