Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]DANFS, 'Dubuque I (Gunboat No. 17) 1905-1946' - construction, sponsor, commissioning, spec block, and full service narrative (archived NHHC page; live URL returned 404 on 2026-10-04) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry 'Dubuque I (Gunboat No. 17)' spec block and service narrative; Wayback capture 20190824133057
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: launched 15 August 1904 by Gas Engine and Power Co., and Charles L. Seabury and Co., Morris Heights, Long Island, N.Y.; sponsored by Miss M. Tredway; commissioned 3 June 1905, Lieutenant Commander A. F. Fechteler in command. Reclassified AG-6 in 1919; IX-9, 24 April 1922; and PG-17, 4 November 1940. Spec block: disp. 1,084; l. 200'5"; b. 35'; dr. 13'4"; s. 13 k.; cpl. 98; a. 2 4-inch, 4 6-pounders, 2 1-pounders. Service narrative: home port Portsmouth, N.H., Atlantic coastal and Caribbean cruising; saved Americans from Cuban bandits night of 18-19 May 1907; Chicago 29 June 1911, decommissioned 22 July 1911 for Illinois Naval Militia training use; recommissioned 4 August 1914, reserve commission 3 October, fitted as mine-training ship, full commission 30 July 1915, Mining and Minesweeping Division Atlantic Fleet; WWI submarine nets Hampton Roads and New London, reserve-officer training at the Naval Academy, three NY-Halifax convoy-escort voyages 6 June-14 July 1917, Caribbean Patrol (French division) from St. Thomas 3 August, American Patrol Detachment 8 December 1918, out of commission 27 May 1919; recommissioned 25 May 1922, Detroit 24 June, 9th Naval District Naval Reserve lake cruises; reduced commission 1 November 1940, Boston modernization and refit (1st Naval District), full commission 1 July 1941, New England patrol to 14 October, Armed Guard School gunnery practice ship at Little Creek, Va., training merchant armed guard crews in Chesapeake Bay through WWII; decommissioned 7 September 1945, transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal 19 December 1946.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1905-1946
- Population
- Construction trades at Morris Heights (1903-05); crews and trainees (1905-45)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. Live NHHC page returned 404 on 2026-10-04 (standing NHHC link-rot; same condition as Batch-01) - verbatim text taken from the 2019-08-24 Wayback capture of the NHHC URL and labeled archived. Hazegray's DANFS transcription of this entry carries transcription variants (AG-5, cpl. 198, '8 days', 5 December, 5 June) that conflict with the NHHC text - NHHC text carried, variants logged in ev-09.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-dubuque-pg17-01
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[2]DANFS, 'South Dakota I (Armored Cruiser No. 9) 1902-1930' - 1910 Bluefields intervention naming Dubuque and Paducah (archived NHHC page; live URL returned 404 on 2026-10-04) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS South Dakota I entry, Nicaragua/Bluefields paragraph; Wayback capture 20250204083149
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC documents that Sailors and Marines landed from Dubuque (Gunboat No. 17) and Paducah (Gunboat No. 18) at Bluefields, Nicaragua, on 19 May 1910 during the Estrada rebellion, establishing neutral zones to protect Americans; 'The gunboats alternated between thwarting the steamer from shelling or blockading the rebels, and transporting Leathernecks from Panama to Bluefields. The Marines remained ashore until 4 September.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1909-1910 (intervention episode)
- Population
- Dubuque and Paducah landing parties; embarked Marines (May-Sept 1910)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific operational detail documented by NHHC (in the South Dakota entry - the Dubuque DANFS entry itself does not mention Bluefields); no asbestos or material content. Live NHHC page 404 on 2026-10-04; 2025-02-04 Wayback capture used and labeled archived.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-dubuque-pg17-02
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[3]NavSource Online: Gunboat Photo Archive, Dubuque (PG 17) ex-IX-9 ex-AG-6 ex-Gunboat No. 17 - milestone timeline, specifications, propulsion, disposal (verified live 2026-10-04) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 12/09017.htm header block, milestone list, specifications block (incl. Ships-Data-era variants)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource timeline for this hull: laid down 22 September 1903 by Gas Engine and Power Co. and Charles L. Seabury Co., Morris Heights, Long Island, NY; launched 15 August 1904; completed 29 November 1904; commissioned USS Dubuque, Gunboat No. 17, 3 June 1905; decommissioned 22 July 1911 and transferred to the Illinois Naval Militia; recommissioned 4 August 1914, reserve commission 3 October 1914, full commission 30 July 1915 as mine-training ship; reclassified AG-6 in 1919; decommissioned 27 May 1919 (1921 Ships Data variant: 27 July 1919); IX-9 on 24 April 1922; recommissioned 25 May 1922 as Naval Reserve mine training ship; reduced commission 1 November 1940; PG-17 on 4 November 1940; recommissioned (full) 1 July 1941; decommissioned 7 September 1945; struck from the Naval Register 17 September 1945; transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal 19 December 1946; sold for scrap in January 1947. Specifications: disp. 1,237 t.; length 200'5"; beam 35'; draft 12'3"; speed 12 kts. (12.9 in 1921); complement 162 (172 in 1914, 161 in 1921). Propulsion: two 235-psi Babcock and Wilcox boilers, two 500-ihp Gas Engine Power Co. vertical triple-expansion engines, two shafts (596.5 ihp in 1921 data).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1903-1947
- Population
- Builder trades (1903-05); crew and Illinois Naval Militia (1905-19); Naval Reservists 9th Naval District (1922-40); Armed Guard trainees (1941-45); scrappers (1947)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer secondary compilation, not a primary registry - milestone dates generally track DANFS/Ships Data but spec values conflict with the DANFS spec block (displacement 1,237 vs 1,084; draft 12'3" vs 13'4"; speed 12 vs 13 kts.; complement 162 vs 98) - both sets carried, conflicts logged in gaps. Struck date (17 Sep 1945) and Jan 1947 sale are NavSource-only. Contains no asbestos content; propulsion spec is the asbestos-relevant engineering fact (steam plant) but says nothing about materials installed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-dubuque-pg17-03
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[4]Bowling Green State University, Historical Collections of the Great Lakes, vessel record 'DUBUQUE (GUNBOAT NO. 7)' - registry/dimensions/builder/career summary (verified live 2026-10-04) [other_primary]
- Locator
- BGSU HCGL item 434895, Registry/Rig, Dimensions, Vessel History, Build Information fields
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- University archive's vessel record for this hull: U.S. Navy steel propeller gunboat, length 200.42, beam 35.00, depth 13.33, built by Gas Engine & Power Co. and Charles L. Seabury & Co. at Morris Heights, NY; career summary tracks DANFS (Portsmouth/Atlantic/Caribbean service 1904-11; Chicago 29 June 1911 and Illinois Naval Militia training; 1914 recommission and mine-training fit; WWI convoy escort NY-Halifax, Caribbean Patrol, Venezuela/Colombia coasts, American Patrol Detachment; Detroit 1922, 9th Naval District; Boston 14 November 1940, 1st Naval District, then Armed Guard School Little Creek on Chesapeake Bay; decommissioned 7 September 1945, Maritime Commission disposal 19 December 1946, sold for scrapping).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1904-1946
- Population
- Crew and trainees per career summary
- Limitations
- Corroborating institutional record, not a primary document - the item's catalog title reads 'GUNBOAT NO. 7' while every date and detail matches Gunboat No. 17 (a cataloging quirk logged in gaps, not adopted). Records 'Decommissioned May 17, 1919' against DANFS's 27 May 1919 (variant logged in gaps). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-dubuque-pg17-04
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[5]NavalCoverMuseum, 'DUBUQUE PG 17' - ship name/designation history and postmark record (verified live 2026-10-04) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavalCoverMuseum DUBUQUE_PG_17 page, Ship Name and Designation History + Postmarks sections
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Postal-history record corroborates the designation sequence and operating periods: Gunboat No. 17 post office established 7 April 1909, disestablished 24 July 1911; reestablished 31 July 1915, disestablished 27 May 1919; IX-9 period postmarks include a 1937 Toronto port-visit cover alongside USS Wilmington (PG-8) for Warriors Day celebrations; PG-17 post office reestablished 1 March 1941, disestablished 30 June 1945, with censored WWII-era covers (19 December 1941, 22 May 1943).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1909-1945 (postmark record)
- Limitations
- Philatelic corroboration of designation/operating windows only; postmark dates are evidence of shipboard post-office periods, not commissioning status. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-dubuque-pg17-05
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[6]Era inference built on: NavSource specifications (two Babcock & Wilcox 235-psi boilers, two vertical triple-expansion engines); DANFS Boston refit line ('modernized and refitted' after 14 November 1940); shipyard-exposure-map documented asbestos record for Boston Naval Shipyard (John Crane gasket litigation row); GAO HRD-80-2 Navy program window (see ev-07) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource specifications block; DANFS service narrative (Boston refit); shipyards.json boston-naval-shipyard record; GAO HRD-80-2 (ev-07)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A 1904 steam gunboat carried the era-standard steam-plant applications that period practice furnished in asbestos-containing form: boiler and steam-drum insulation, steam-line lagging, valve and flange gaskets, and machinery packing. Her November 1940-mid-1941 modernization and refit at Boston (documented by DANFS; Boston Naval Shipyard is a documented asbestos yard in the Atlas yard dataset) fell inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era. Asbestos aboard this hull is a reasonable era-consistent inference.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1903-1947
- Population
- Morris Heights builder trades (1903-05); engineering crew (boiler room, engine room) all commissions; Boston yard trades during 1940-41 refit; 1947 scrappers
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, spec page, or work package located for this ship at any period (1903-05 construction, 1914-15 mine-training fit, 1940-41 refit). No cited source reaches 1904 construction materials; the inference rests on steam-era practice generally and, for the WWII window, on the documented Navy asbestos era. Names era-standard applications, not confirmed installed materials; no quantity; no manufacturer attribution for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-dubuque-pg17-06
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[7]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 - covering this hull's 1940-41 Boston modernization/refit and her WWII Armed Guard training service, though not her 1903-04 original construction.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- 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, confirmed 2026-10-04 - same standing block as Batches 01 and 98) - content via product-page description. Whether the report's historical review reaches construction as early as 1904 is unverified.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-dubuque-pg17-07
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[8]Batch-8517 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS via Wayback; hazegray DANFS transcription; NavSource; BGSU HCGL; NavalCoverMuseum; NVR; MARAD Vessel History Database; NARA digitized deck-log list; Library of Congress P&P; GAO product page; secondary web litigation sweep; CourtListener (see ledger for status) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-dubuque-pg17-01 through -13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no insulation survey, material list, abatement contract, or verified litigation naming Dubuque (Gunboat No. 17 / AG-6 / IX-9 / PG-17) was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). NAME COLLISION documented: asbestos-litigation and marketing references to 'USS Dubuque' name USS Dubuque (LPD-8), a different hull - e.g., a RECAP-filed removal notice in Siegfried (C.D. Cal. docket 2:18-cv, Owens-Illinois joinder) lists 'USS Dubuque (LPD-8)' among dozens of vessels alleged in a Long Beach Naval Shipyard exposure claim; navyshipexposure.com, mesobook.com, and freeasbestostesting.com listicle entries likewise concern LPD-8 - all excluded or classified as collision, none evidencing this gunboat.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 2026-10-04
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a hull that served 1905-45 with steam plant and a documented WWII refit sits inside era inference regardless. The LPD-8 collision means affirmative litigation for THIS hull cannot be ruled out without the completed CourtListener pass; see search_ledger for the four base queries' status. Deck logs and any refit work packages are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-dubuque-pg17-08
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[9]Transcription/source cross-check: live-NHHC DANFS text (via Wayback) vs hazegray DANFS transcription (losthistory.net/hazegray/danfs/patrol/pg17.htm); NavSource milestones vs DANFS/BGSU career dates; BGSU catalog title [other_primary]
- Locator
- hazegray pg17.htm vs NHHC/Wayback Dubuque entry; NavSource milestone list; BGSU item 434895 title
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CORRECTIONS: (1) hazegray's DANFS transcription reads 'reclassified AG-5 in 1919', 'cpl. 198', 'sailed 8 days later', 'On 5 December 1918', 'sailed from Portsmouth 5 June' - the NHHC text reads AG-6, cpl. 98, 'sailed 3 days later', '8 December 1918', '8 June'; NHHC text carried in this record (NavSource, NavalCoverMuseum, and Wikipedia all carry AG-6). (2) BGSU HCGL item 434895 is catalog-titled 'DUBUQUE (GUNBOAT NO. 7)' though its dates/details describe Gunboat No. 17 - quirk logged, not adopted. (3) 1919 decommissioning: 27 May (DANFS, NavSource, NavalCoverMuseum) vs 27 July (1921 Ships Data, per NavSource) vs 17 May (BGSU) - 27 May carried; variants unresolved.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1919-1946 (variant windows)
- Limitations
- Corrects circulating transcription/cataloging variants, not material claims. The NHHC text itself may carry its own spec-block quirks (e.g., cpl. 98 vs NavSource's 162) - treated as a genuine conflict in gaps rather than resolved.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-dubuque-pg17-09
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[10]Library of Congress Prints & Photographs, Detroit Publishing Co. glass negatives of U.S.S. Dubuque (gunboat): LC-D4-22656 (c.1911), LC-D4-39963 and LC-D4-39964 (1905-15), LC-D4-62863/62864 (c.1900-05) - 6 items returned for 'dubuque gunboat'; plus NARA deck-log and MARAD status-card leads [other_primary]
- Locator
- loc.gov/pictures search 'dubuque gunboat' (6 items, Detroit Publishing collection); archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy-online (Dubuque entries are LPD-8 only); vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov ShipList keyword 'Dubuque' (1 result: JULIEN DUBUQUE 1943)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads for physical-presence and work records: six Library of Congress Detroit Publishing photographs document this hull (search 'dubuque gunboat' returns 6 P&P items with subject 'Dubuque (Gunboat)'). NARA holds pre-1941 ship logbooks for this era in RG 24 (the digitized deck-log catalog lists only the later Dubuque, LPD-8 - no PG-17-era logs are online). MARAD's Vessel History Database contains no status card for this hull (only SS Julien Dubuque, a 1943 Liberty ship) - the December 1946 Maritime Commission disposal record is not digitized there.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- c.1900-1947 (records window)
- Limitations
- Archival leads only: photographs establish appearance/condition, not materials or work performed. The undigitized records (RG 24 logs; Maritime Commission disposal file; any Boston refit work package) are where a ship-specific material record would most plausibly live - all open. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-dubuque-pg17-10