Evidence
5 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-5).
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[1]DANFS, Detroit IV (CL-8), Vol. 2 pp. 269-270 (builder, launch/commission dates, Pearl Harbor presence, Aleutians/Kuriles service, Tokyo Bay, decommissioning; 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: fourth Detroit; launched 29 June 1922 by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., Quincy, Mass.; commissioned 31 July 1923; Scouting Fleet and Europe flagship duty in the 1920s; Battle Force, San Diego, from 1931; home port Pearl Harbor 1941 - moored with Raleigh (CL-7) and Utah (AG-16) on 7 December 1941, got underway undamaged and claimed several attackers; convoy escort duty including delivery of 9 tons gold / 13 tons silver received from Trout (SS-202) to the U.S. Treasury at San Francisco; Aleutian service (Amchitka, Attu, Kiska bombardments) to 1944; TF 94 Kuriles bombardment June 1944; temporary flagship, Southeast Pacific Force, Aug-Dec 1944; arrived Ulithi 4 February 1945 for duty with the fleet (DANFS text reads '6th Fleet' - apparent transcription artifact) and served as flagship for the replenishment group supporting the fast carrier task forces; entered Tokyo Bay 1 September 1945; decommissioned at Philadelphia 11 January 1946 and sold 27 February 1946; six battle stars.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1922-1946
- Population
- Construction trades 1920-23; crew 1923-46
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content; omits the laid-down and stricken dates; the '6th Fleet' line reads as a transcription/editing artifact and is not relied on. Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC page returns 404.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-detroit-cl8-01
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[2]NavSource Online, Cruiser Photo Archive, USS Detroit (CL-8) page - operational/building data and photo captions (volunteer-transcribed official data; accessed via navsource.net mirror - .org host unresolvable this session) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Operational and Building Data block; Pearl Harbor raid photo caption (Ford Island moorings)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource building/disposal data for this hull: keel laid 10 November 1920 at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., Quincy, MA; launched 29 June 1922; commissioned 31 July 1923; collision with USS Milwaukee (CL-5) 1 February 1926; decommissioned 11 January 1946; stricken 21 January 1946; sold for scrap 27 February 1946 to Patapsco Scrap Co., Bethlehem, PA for $67,228. Machinery: 90,000 shp geared turbines, 4 screws, 35 knots; crew 458. Photo captions corroborate the Pearl Harbor mooring with Raleigh (torpedoed) and Utah (capsized) during the 7 December 1941 attack.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1920-1946
- Population
- Construction trades 1920-23; crew 1923-46; scrapping workers 1946
- Limitations
- Volunteer-compiled official data used to fill dates DANFS omits (keel, stricken, buyer); speed (35 kt) conflicts with DANFS spec block (34 kt) - DANFS figure carried in propulsion_summary; not an asbestos source.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-detroit-cl8-02
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[3]U.S. Navy, Bureau of Ships Technical Manual, NAVSHIPS 250-000, Chapter 39 'Thermal Insulation' (1960, page date 15 April 1959) + Atlas shipyard dataset records 'bethlehem-shipbuilding' and 'fore-river-shipyard' (documented asbestos litigation/product use at the builder yard) [other_primary]
- Locator
- BuShips TM ch.39 sections 39-11 through 39-13; shipyards.json 'bethlehem-shipbuilding', 'fore-river-shipyard'
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era inference: an Omaha-class light cruiser with a ~90,000-shp geared steam plant built at Bethlehem/Fore River in 1920-23 falls inside the documented Navy asbestos-insulation era; the 1960 BuShips Technical Manual insulation chapter enumerates the era-standard suite (MIL-P-2781 pipe covering incl. 85% magnesia ~15% asbestos and amosite classes; asbestos felt MIL-I-15091; chrysotile cloth/tape SS-C-466; asbestos millboard HH-M-351; finishing cement; molded block). The builder yard is documented in the Atlas shipyard dataset with asbestos litigation and product-use records spanning this period.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1920-1946
- Population
- Bethlehem/Fore River construction trades 1920-23; crew 1923-46
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - no ship-specific asbestos record exists for this hull (see ev-04); this row must not be read as an independent ship-specific finding. The 1960 manual postdates construction and describes specification families, not this hull's bill of materials; does not quantify material aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-detroit-cl8-03
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[4]Batch-59 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS; reporter-web litigation sweep (Justia/state-court/F.Supp-indexed opinion text via web search); NavSource; CourtListener API v4 (blocked - HTTP 429 daily throttle); NVR (login redirect) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-detroit-cl8-01 through sl-uss-detroit-cl8-06; Hardick opinion at https://www.vacourts.gov/static/opinions/opnscvwp/1101909.pdf
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no qualifying asbestos litigation naming USS Detroit (CL-8) was found in the repositories searched. All 'USS Detroit' asbestos-litigation hits classify to the later same-name hull USS Detroit (AOE-4): John Crane, Inc. v. Hardick (Va. Sup. Ct., Record No. 101909, 2012-03-02) recites plaintiff work aboard 'the USS Detroit, which was located at the naval shipyard in Bremerton, Washington, because the vessel was in the process of being built' - i.e., AOE-4 (built Puget Sound, commissioned 1970), temporally impossible for CL-8 (scrapped 1946); Gordon v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp., 990 F. Supp. 2d 311 (E.D.N.Y.) alleges 1955-1975 Navy service aboard 'USS Cadmus and USS Detroit' - likewise AOE-4. No hull ACM survey, abatement contract, or scrapping hazmat disclosure was located (hull scrapped 1946, predating disclosure regimes).
- Verification
- partial
- 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. CourtListener API v4 was blocked by daily throttle (HTTP 429) this session, so the sweep is partial; re-run pending. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-detroit-cl8-04
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[5]National Museum of the Pacific War, oral history interview with James Greene (7 December 2003), University of North Texas Portal to Texas History (crew service aboard USS Detroit CL-8, December 1940 - December 1945, including the Pearl Harbor attack) [museum_official]
- Locator
- UNT Portal to Texas History, metapth1604461 (interview summary)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Museum oral-history interview documents a crewman's continuous service aboard this hull December 1940 - December 1945: assignment to Detroit in December 1940, presence at the 7 December 1941 attack (recalls the ship riding light so torpedoes passed beneath), escort duty, Aleutians bombardments, the Trout bullion transfer to San Francisco, Tokyo Bay, and the final Philadelphia decommissioning run. Confirms a real, interviewable crew population aboard this hull across the whole war.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1940-1945 (service); 2003 (interview)
- Population
- Crewman aboard CL-8, 1940-45
- Limitations
- Oral history of wartime service only - contains no asbestos, materials, or medical content; useful as a crew-existence lead, not an exposure record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-detroit-cl8-05