Evidence
4 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-4).
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[1]DANFS entry, USS Dayton (CL-105), Vol. 2, p.247 (1963) + Bauer & Roberts register bracket (hazegray transcription; live NHHC page 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS CL-105 entry, specifications block + full service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: launched 19 March 1944 by New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J. (laid down 8 March 1943 per BuShips Ships' Data / class-profile register cross-check); commissioned 7 January 1945; design complement 992. WWII service: Pearl Harbor training; joined 3d Fleet at San Pedro Bay, Leyte, 16 June 1945; screened fast-carrier groups and conducted shore bombardments in the final July-August strikes on Japan; Tokyo Bay 10 September; occupation duty to 7 November. Atlantic Fleet from February 1947: Mediterranean tour incl. Istanbul diplomatic visit; flagship Commander Naval Forces Mediterranean for part of deployment; second Med cruise February-June 1948; placed out of commission in reserve at Boston 1 March 1949. Bauer & Roberts bracket: stricken 1 September 1961; sold 6 April 1962. One battle star.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1943-1961
- Population
- Construction trades 1943-1945; crew 1945-1949
- 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-dayton-cl105-01
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[2]NHHC Online Library of Selected Images, USS Dayton page (official Naval Historical Center narrative + photo catalog) [other_primary]
- Locator
- https://ibiblio.org/hyperwar/OnlineLibrary/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-d/cl105.htm
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC Online Library narrative for this hull: final-strikes service and occupation; Mediterranean deployments incl. Naval Forces Mediterranean flagship duty; 'Decommissioned at Boston, Massachusetts, in March 1949, USS Dayton was part of the Reserve Fleet there and at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for the next dozen years. She was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register in September 1961 and sold for scrapping in April 1962.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1949-1961
- 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-dayton-cl105-02
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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 1943-45 at Camden; no documented major repair or conversion yard period - the lightest disturbance profile in this batch; and a dozen years of reserve layup at Boston/Philadelphia 1949-61.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1943-1949
- Population
- Construction trades 1943-1945; repair/overhaul yard workers; crew 1945-1949
- 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-dayton-cl105-03
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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-dayton-cl105-01 through sl-uss-dayton-cl105-05
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: CourtListener queries ("USS Dayton" asbestos = 0; "Dayton" "CL-105" asbestos = 0) returned no qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull - no hits of any kind; 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-dayton-cl105-04