Evidence
4 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-4).
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[1]DANFS, Duluth (CL-87), Vol. 2 pp. 303-04 (1963) (builder, dates, typhoon damage, training/flagship duties, disposal; 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: launched 13 January 1944 by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. (DANFS text reads 'Portsmouth, Va.' - almost certainly a transcription/edition error for Newport News, Va.; see gaps); commissioned 18 September 1944, Capt. D. R. Osborn, Jr., in command. Training cruiser at Newport, R.I., 14 December 1944-2 March 1945; brief Norfolk overhaul; Pacific via Pearl Harbor April 1945; joined the 5th Fleet fast carriers 27 May. Severe structural bow damage in the 5 June typhoon forced Guam repairs; rejoined TF 38 21 July for the final strikes on Japan. Radar-picket/CAP cover for occupation airlift August-September; Tokyo Bay 16 September; Seattle 19 October for Navy Day. Far East tour January-September 1946; Pearl Harbor visit February 1947; Australia/Truk/Guam/Manila May-July; second Far East tour (China coast patrol) September 1947-May 1948; homeport Long Beach; NROTC cruise to British Columbia summer 1948; Kodiak cold-weather operations February 1949. Placed out of commission in reserve 25 June 1949; sold 14 November 1960. Two battle stars WWII.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1942-1960
- Population
- Newport News construction trades 1942-44; crew 1944-49; Norfolk overhaul trades 1945; Guam repair parties June-July 1945
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC page returns 404. The 1963 edition contains no laid-down date (carried from class profile/NavSource: 9 November 1942) and no stricken date (supplied by NHHC + NavSource, ev-02). The 'Portsmouth, Va.' builder-city is flagged as a likely source-text error - Newport News Shipbuilding was in Newport News, Va.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-duluth-cl87-01
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[2]NHHC Online Library of Selected Images, 'USS Duluth (CL-87), 1944-1960' narrative (service summary, disposal; via ibiblio HyperWar mirror) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NHHC Online Library page narrative for CL-87 (service summary, disposal paragraph)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC Online Library narrative for this hull: commissioned September 1944; shakedown/training duties on the East Coast into 1945; Pacific April 1945; bow damaged in the 5 June typhoon, repaired over the next month; screened the carriers during the final three weeks of strikes on Japan; occupation cover to October; West Coast, then Far East deployments 1946 and 1947-48 (Australia, Truk, Guam, Philippines, China coast); Alaska early 1949; decommissioned June 1949 into the Reserve Fleet for ten years; 'stricken from the Navy list in January 1960 and sold for scrapping in September of that year.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1944-1960
- Population
- Crew 1944-49; Guam repair parties 1945
- Limitations
- NHHC publication hosted on the ibiblio HyperWar mirror. Its 'sold for scrapping in September' conflicts with DANFS's 'sold on 14 November 1960' and with NavSource/uboat (stricken 1 January 1960, sold 14 November 1960) - the November sale is carried; the NHHC 'September' is treated as an outlier error in gaps. Narrative only; no materials or asbestos data.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-duluth-cl87-02
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[3]U.S. Navy, Bureau of Ships Technical Manual, NAVSHIPS 250-000, Chapter 39 'Thermal Insulation' (1960) + DANFS specifications block + Atlas shipyard dataset [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAVSHIPS 250-000 ch. 39 (scan via Garlock bankruptcy repository); DANFS specifications block and narratives; shipyards.json records
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era inference: Cleveland-class construction (4 boilers, 4 GE geared steam turbines, ~100,000 shp) in 1942-44 at Newport News falls squarely in the documented Navy asbestos-insulation era; the 1960 BuShips Technical Manual insulation chapter enumerates the era-standard suite - 85%-magnesia and amosite pipe covering, asbestos felt, chrysotile cloth/tape lagging, asbestos millboard, finishing cement, molded block. Documented disturbance windows for this hull are limited: a brief Norfolk overhaul early 1945 and Guam repairs for the 5 June 1945 typhoon bow damage; no conversion or reconstruction; reserve from June 1949.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1942-1949
- Population
- Construction trades 1942-44; Norfolk yard trades 1945; Guam repair parties 1945; crew 1944-49
- 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; scope of any insulation work in the 1945 overhaul and Guam bow repair is undocumented.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-duluth-cl87-03
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[4]Batch-51 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS + Online Library; CourtListener ship-name and hull-number queries (blocked - rate-limited); NVR; museum/disclosure sweep; BVA sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-duluth-cl87-01 through sl-uss-duluth-cl87-06
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: both CourtListener queries for this hull ('USS Duluth', 'CL-87') hit the 125/day API cap before running and are logged as blocked, not as negative results; only the class-profile's completed 2026-09-16 'USS Duluth' + asbestos sweep (zero) and web-search mitigation cover this hull's name. Web-surfaced asbestos-claim material referencing 'USS Duluth' involves the LPD-6 amphibious transport (Vietnam-era), a name/ship collision, not this hull - classified as collision, not litigation. No hull ACM survey, abatement contract, scrapping hazmat disclosure, NVR entry (hull sold 1960, before live-register coverage), or museum record with asbestos data was found in the public sources searched.
- 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. The litigation sweep is INCOMPLETE for this hull - all batch CourtListener queries were throttled; 'no result' applies only to the class-profile's single-variant sweep and web mitigation. 'Duluth' carries an LPD-6 name collision in benefits/claim records - a documented ambiguity for any later sweep to disambiguate by service dates. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-duluth-cl87-04