USS Enhance (AM-437)

Name
USS Enhance
Hull designation
AM-437
Vessel class
Aggressive
Evidence tier
Tier 2
Evidence entries
12
Record ID
uss-enhance-am437
Dataset version
2026.10.12-rc.1
Canonical URL
https://asbestosatlas.org/ships/uss-enhance-am437

Evidence

12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).

  1. [1]DANFS, 'Enhance' (MSO-437) - official Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships text via verbatim hazegray.org transcription (Wayback capture 2024-12-26; live NHHC page 404s - standing link rot; hazegray.org unreachable live this session) [nhhc_danfs]
    Locator
    DANFS 'Enhance' entry, spec block + service narrative (Wayback capture of hazegray.org/danfs/mine/mso437.htm); mirror cross-check historycentral.com/navy/Minelayer/Enhance.html
    Finding type
    vessel_history
    Finding
    Official DANFS record for this hull: name gloss 'To augment or add'; spec block 'MSO-437: dp. 620; l. 172'; b. 36'; dr. 10'; s. 16 k.; cpl. 74; a. 1 40 mm.; cl. Agile'. Enhance (AM-437) was launched 11 October 1952 by Martinolich Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, Calif., sponsored by Mrs. A. C. Martinolich; reclassified MSO-437, 7 February 1955; commissioned 16 April 1955, Lieutenant R. P. Green in command. From home port Long Beach: west coast mine-warfare training; first 7th Fleet tour 1 October 1956 - 12 April 1957 incl. Sea of Japan shipping-surveillance patrol during the Suez crisis; second Far Eastern deployment 2 April - 16 October 1959 with exercises alongside Republic of China and Republic of Korea minecraft; 8 January 1960 rescued four men from an overturned sailboat off Long Beach; June 1960 visited Portland, Oregon; remainder of 1960 type training and overhaul at San Diego.
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    supporting
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-09-22
    Study period
    1952-1960
    Population
    Martinolich San Diego construction trades (1952-55); commissioning and early-service crews (design complement 74)
    Limitations
    DANFS documents identity, builder, launch/reclassification/commissioning, and service narrative through 1960 only - the entry predates the Vietnam, End Sweep, and Persian Gulf service. It carries no laid-down date (NavSource supplies 12 July 1952), no materials or asbestos content, and no propulsion detail. Live NHHC page unavailable (404); text verified from the verbatim hazegray transcription via Wayback. The HistoryCentral mirror of the same text prints 'commissioned 16 April 1966' - a transcription typo; correct is 1955 (ev-07(d)).
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-enhance-am437-01
  2. [2]NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive - Enhance (MSO 437) ex-AM-437, file 11/02437 (Wayback capture 2024-12-26; live fetch failed this session) [other_primary]
    Locator
    NavSource 11/02437 - chronology block, specifications block, propulsion line, CO list, photo captions (Wayback capture 20241226062850)
    Finding type
    vessel_history
    Finding
    NavSource per-hull record: 'Aggressive Class Minesweeper'; call sign November-Bravo-November-Mike; 'Laid down 12 July 1952 as AM-437 at Martinolich Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, CA'; launched 11 October 1952; reclassified ocean minesweeper MSO-437 7 February 1955; commissioned USS Enhance (MSO-437) 16 April 1955; 'Decommissioned 31 December 1991'; 'Struck from the Navy Register 21 February 1992'; 'Scrapped 6 March 2000 by Crowley Marine Services, Long Beach, CA.' Spec block: 775 t; 172'; 35' beam; 12' draft; 14 kts; complement 78; armament as built one 40mm mount + two .50 cal, final configuration bow gun replaced by one twin 20mm mount; propulsion 'Four Packard ID1700 diesel engines, replaced by four Waukasha [sic] Motors Co. diesel engines, two shafts, two controllable pitch propellers.' CO roster of 25 officers LT Robert Phillip Green (16 Apr 1955) through LCDR Phillip Tim Swanson (Feb - 13 Dec 1991). Photo-caption service markers: entering Tagbilaran, Philippine Islands, 'the first U.S. ship to visit there in 14 years' (All Hands, January 1962); Pearl Harbor 1 April 1969 'returning from Market Time patrol in Vietnam'; Naval Station Treasure Island c. July 1969; 'Enhance on fire' c. 1973 photographed from USS Pluck (MSO-464); San Diego Bay 6 May 1977 (Navy photo DN-SC-86-00168); Arabian Gulf arrival 29 October 1987 leading Esteem (MSO-438) with Carr (FFG-52) and Barbour County (LST-1195) (AP wirephoto by Peter Kemp); Persian Gulf 1 November 1987 (Navy photo DN-ST-88-02752); alongside USS LaSalle (AGF-3) supporting Operation Earnest Will c. November 1987; Enhance, Esteem, Conquest (MSO-488) inport Basrac Shipyard, Bahrain; return to Seattle aboard heavy-lift ship Super Servant 3; 'Being scrapped at Crowley Marine' 26 June 2000.
    Verification
    partial
    Role
    supporting
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-09-22
    Study period
    1952-2000
    Population
    Martinolich San Diego trades (1952-55); crews across 1955-1991 commission; Crowley Marine scrapping workforce (2000)
    Limitations
    Specialist secondary compilation - detailed but non-official; the strongest single located source for the post-1960 skeleton (Vietnam, End Sweep fire photo, Gulf deployment, disposal). Spec variances vs DANFS (775 t vs 620 t; cpl 78 vs 74; 14 vs 16 kts; draft 12' vs 10') and the 'Waukasha' spelling are flagged in ev-07, not silently merged. Photo captions document presence, not materials. Contains no asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-enhance-am437-02
  3. [3]USS Inchon (LPH-12), 1973 Command History (OPNAV Report 5750-1), CO CAPT John K. Thomas to CNO - NHHC archives PDF (live URL 404s; Wayback capture 2025-12-10 retrieved and text-extracted this session) [other_primary]
    Locator
    Inchon 1973 Command History PDF - '1973 Summary of Operations' item 3; chronological summary '17 MAR 73 ... Rendered assistance to USS ENHANCE (MSO-437)'; ANNEX C 'Fire aboard USS ENHANCE (MSO-437)' summary of action
    Finding type
    historical_record
    Finding
    Official Navy command history documents this hull's 17 March 1973 casualty: 'On the night of 17 March 1973, USS INCHON (LPH 12), then assigned as a unit of Task Force 78 and participating in Operation ENDSWEEP, was anchored in Haiphong Roadstead. A report was received that USS ENHANCE (MSO-437), also a unit of the minesweeping force, had an out-of-control fire on board.' Annex C (pilot summary-of-action) adds: at 2230 the report arrived; the ship 'had lost all power'; CH-46D 'Carson 373' (LT Beougher) launched eight minutes after the SAR alert and flew twelve nautical miles on instruments (300-ft ceiling, one-mile visibility, rain and fog) to Enhance's position in a narrow waterway near ~700-ft islands; a swimmer with an emergency radio was hoisted into the water at 2305; USS SAFEGUARD (ARS-25) arrived and moored alongside; an HMH-463 helicopter delivered 'light water'; Carson 373 held a 75-ft hover off the port bow ~40 minutes providing smoke dispersal and illumination during 'the emergency evacuation of personnel and material to SAFEGUARD'; the fire was brought under control and the response 'doubtlessly aided in ... averting a catastrophe at sea.'
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    supporting
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-09-22
    Study period
    1973-03-17/18
    Population
    Enhance crew aboard during the fire (~74 design complement); Inchon/Safeguard/HMH-463 responders; subsequent Subic Bay repair workforce (secondary)
    Limitations
    Primary official record of the casualty event and rescue response. It does NOT state the fire's origin space (the 'engine room fire' framing and the $294,000 repair figure and tow to Subic come from secondary sources - 102msos veterans site as repeated by Wikipedia - flagged in ev-07/gaps); it does not quantify damage; it contains no asbestos information. An engine-room fire repair period is an exposure-relevant event in principle (disturbance of machinery-space materials), but this document establishes nothing about materials aboard.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-enhance-am437-03
  4. [4]Arkin, William M., and Joshua Handler, 'Naval Accidents 1945-1988,' Neptune Papers No. 3, Greenpeace / Institute for Policy Studies (June 1989), p. 48 - FAS-hosted PDF via Wayback capture 2021-06-29 (live fas.org URL dead; entry verified verbatim this session) [other_primary]
    Locator
    Naval Accidents 1945-1988 PDF, chronological entry 01/05/75 (p. 48 per Wikipedia's citation)
    Finding type
    historical_record
    Finding
    Published accident compendium records a second shipboard fire for this hull: '01/05/75: The USS Enhance (MSO-437) is disabled by an engine room fire when a ruptured "O" ring in a lube oil filter causes the turbo charger to explode while operating off San Diego, California.'
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    supporting
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-09-22
    Study period
    1975-01-05
    Population
    Engine-room crew at the time of casualty; subsequent repair workforce
    Limitations
    Secondary compendium of Navy accident records (Neptune Papers No. 3) - the citation Wikipedia uses for this event; the underlying Navy accident report was not located. Confirms the entry text verbatim; does not itself establish damage extent, repair scope, or any materials disturbance. No asbestos information.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-enhance-am437-04
  5. [5]U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, 'Navy and Coast Guard Ships Associated with Service in Vietnam and Exposure to Herbicide Agents' (official VA ship list; verbatim copy mirrored at tf116.org) [other_primary]
    Locator
    VA ship list PDF, alphabetical entry 'Enhance (MSO-437)'; tf116.org mirror of the VA document
    Finding type
    vessel_history
    Finding
    The VA's official herbicide-exposure ship list names this hull: 'USS Enhance (MSO-437) entered inland waterway of Qui Nhon Bay repeatedly during October through November 1968 and January through February 1969' - documentary evidence (deck logs/official histories per the list's stated evidence standards) of in-country Vietnam service qualifying crew for the Agent Orange presumption for those periods. Corroborated in outline by NavSource's 1 April 1969 Pearl Harbor photo captioned 'returning from Market Time patrol in Vietnam.'
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    context
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-09-22
    Study period
    1968-1969
    Population
    Crew embarked Oct-Nov 1968 and Jan-Feb 1969
    Limitations
    Official administrative record naming the hull - but it documents HERBICIDE (Agent Orange) exposure presumption, not asbestos, and is included strictly as vessel-history context. Note the 2016 VA policy change reclassifying Qui Nhon Bay as an open-water bay: Enhance's listing is grandfathered for the dates shown. No asbestos information.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-enhance-am437-05
  6. [6]Federation of American Scientists, MSO 422 Aggressive class page (dod-101 ship directory) [other_primary]
    Locator
    man.fas.org/dod-101/sys/ship/mso-422.htm - narrative, builders list, spec block
    Finding type
    vessel_history
    Finding
    Class-level documentation for this hull's design family: Aggressive-class ocean minesweepers 'designed to counter North Korean mining during the Korean War,' capable of sweeping moored, bottom contact, magnetic and acoustic mines; builders listed include Martinolich Shipbuilding Company (with Colberg, Higgins, J.M. Martinac, Wilmington Boat Works); class figures 853 t full load, 172 ft, 35 ft beam, 15 kts, '4 - Aluminum block Diesels; 2 shafts, 2,400 bhp,' complement 'Active: 77: 7 officer, 70 enlisted; NRF: 57 ... plus 25 reserve'; MSOs deployed to the Persian Gulf during the 1987-88 escort missions - the documented context for Enhance's Oct-Nov 1987 Earnest Will service.
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    context
    Documentation level
    class_or_era
    Accessed
    2026-09-22
    Study period
    1950s design era; 1987-88 Gulf deployment context
    Population
    Aggressive-class crews (class context)
    Limitations
    Class-level compilation, not a hull record - the spec figures describe the class, not measured values for MSO-437 (DANFS prints 620 t / 74 crew; variances flagged in ev-07). Corroborates the builder list and Gulf-deployment context. Contains no asbestos information; supports no asbestos claim for this hull.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-enhance-am437-06
  7. [7]Source-discrepancy resolution - DANFS (hazegray Wayback) vs NavSource 11/02437 vs NavalCoverMuseum vs GlobalSecurity MSO-421 class table vs Colton shipbuildinghistory Martinolich/Lynch yard histories vs HistoryCentral mirror [other_primary]
    Locator
    web.archive.org capture of hazegray.org/danfs/mine/mso437.htm; navsource.org/archives/11/02437.htm (Wayback); navalcovermuseum.org/wiki/ENHANCE_MSO_437; globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/mso-421-unit.htm; shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/small/martinolich.htm and .../lynch.htm; navalmarinearchive.com/sbh/shipyards/small/lynch.html
    Finding type
    historical_record
    Finding
    Source discrepancies logged, not silently merged: (a) Class name - DANFS spec block prints 'cl. Agile'; NavSource, Wikipedia, and the NavalCoverMuseum print 'Aggressive class'; GlobalSecurity titles its list 'MSO-421 Agile.' The SCB-45A design family is styled both ways across sources - no resolution asserted. (b) Spec variances - displacement 620 t (DANFS) vs 775 t (NavSource) vs 853 t full load (FAS class); complement 74 vs 78 vs 77-active/57-NRF; beam 36' vs 35'; draft 10' vs 12'; speed 16 vs 14-15 kts. (c) Commissioning year - the HistoryCentral mirror of the DANFS text prints 'commissioned 16 April 1966' (typo); official DANFS text, NavSource, NavalCoverMuseum, and GlobalSecurity all give 16 April 1955. (d) Scrapping granularity - 'Scrapped 6 March 2000 by Crowley Marine Services, Long Beach' (NavSource; NavalCoverMuseum) vs 'Scrapping completed 1 Aug 2000' (GlobalSecurity class table) - consistent as start/sale vs completion. (e) 1973 fire details beyond the NHHC record - 'engine room fire,' tow to Subic Bay, $294,000 repair - rest on the 102msos veterans site as repeated by Wikipedia; secondary-only, not independently verified. (f) Builder-yard corporate nuance - Navy records uniformly credit 'Martinolich Shipbuilding Co., San Diego' for this hull and sisters; Colton's yard history records the 28th St. San Diego yard passing from Martinolich (1940 reactivation) to Frank Lynch (1941) to NASSCO (1948), while the navalmarinearchive mirror of his Lynch-yard table carries the 1951-56 MSO block (Illusive 448, Impervious 449, Enhance 437, Esteem 438, Italian-program Storione/Salmone 506/507) in the same yard lineage. The post-1948 Martinolich San Diego operating entity is unresolved in located sources.
    Verification
    partial
    Role
    correction
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-09-22
    Study period
    1952-2000
    Limitations
    Resolves publication-level discrepancies among the official DANFS text, secondary compilations, class tables, and yard histories, adopting the better-supported values and flagging the rest. The builder corporate-history question is flagged, not resolved - DANFS attribution stands in record fields. No asbestos content in any of these sources.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-enhance-am437-07
  8. [8]Consolidated era/design inference - documented propulsion plant (NavSource: four Packard ID1700 diesels, later four Waukesha diesels, twin CPP screws; FAS class page: '4 - Aluminum block Diesels') + documented wooden (non-magnetic) minesweeper construction (class literature) + documented construction era (laid down July 1952, Martinolich San Diego - DANFS; NavSource; GlobalSecurity class table) [other_primary]
    Locator
    NavSource 11/02437 propulsion/spec block; FAS mso-422 class spec block; DANFS construction/service dates; class construction-material descriptions
    Finding type
    asbestos_application
    Finding
    Era/design inference: this hull is a 1952-55-built wooden (plywood, non-magnetic) ocean minesweeper with a diesel twin-screw plant - no boilers, no steam distribution - so its insulation load was materially lighter than a steam vessel's; but its construction era sits squarely inside the Navy's asbestos period. Era-typical asbestos applications for the type: exhaust-system and muffler lagging, machinery gaskets and packing, electrical-cable insulation, accommodation/galley joiner insulation, winch and sweep-gear brake linings, and deck compositions of the period. Exposure-relevant populations if any material was present: Martinolich San Diego construction trades (Jul 1952 - Apr 1955 fitting-out); the commissioned crews (design complement ~74) across 1955-1991 service incl. WestPac deployments, Vietnam in-country periods (Qui Nhon Bay 1968-69), and the 1987-88 Gulf deployment; the Subic Bay repair workforce after the 17 March 1973 fire; the post-casualty repair workforce after the 5 January 1975 San Diego fire; stateside overhaul/availability workforces (San Diego overhaul 1960 per DANFS); and the Crowley Marine scrapping workforce (2000).
    Verification
    inferred
    Role
    supporting
    Documentation level
    class_or_era
    Accessed
    2026-09-22
    Study period
    1952-2000
    Population
    Martinolich San Diego trades (1952-55); crews 1955-1991; Subic repair workforce 1973; post-fire repair workforce 1975; overhaul workforces; Crowley scrapping workforce 2000
    Limitations
    Inference from documented design, machinery type, construction material (wood), and era - NOT a hull materials record. No survey, specification, or material schedule naming AM-437/MSO-437 was located; establishes no asbestos content, quantity, location, condition, individual exposure, or causation. The wooden hull and diesel (non-steam) plant make even era-level inference weaker than for steam vessels of the same era.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-enhance-am437-08
  9. [9]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 the Navy's asbestos-protection program, its 1975/1979 insulation-removal policies, and the scale of asbestos in naval-ship construction and overhaul - the program era covering this hull's entire commission (1955-1991), including her overhaul and post-fire repair periods.
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    context
    Documentation level
    class_or_era
    Accessed
    2026-09-22
    Study period
    1979 (report); 1955-1991 applicable era
    Population
    Navy shipyard workers; in-service crews (program context)
    Limitations
    Program-level documentation, not hull-specific; establishes that asbestos was pervasive in the Navy's in-service fleet during Enhance's commission, not that it was aboard this hull or what any repair removed or retained. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403) - content via product-page description.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-enhance-am437-09
  10. [10]Batch-1351 search ledger (this record): DANFS via hazegray Wayback capture + HistoryCentral mirror; NavSource 11/02437 via Wayback; NHHC Inchon 1973 command history (Wayback PDF); Arkin & Handler Naval Accidents (FAS/Wayback PDF); VA herbicide ship list (tf116.org mirror); FAS MSO-422 class page; GlobalSecurity MSO-421 unit list; Colton Martinolich/Lynch yard pages; NavalCoverMuseum; NVR MSO437 detail page; degraded indexed queries for litigation/BVA [other_primary]
    Locator
    search_ledger rows sl-uss-enhance-am437-01 through sl-uss-enhance-am437-14
    Finding type
    historical_record
    Finding
    No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for USS Enhance / AM-437 / MSO-437: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, scrapping-condition document, court finding, or docketed asbestos case naming this hull was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The CourtListener API v4 sweep could not run this session - the authenticated request returned HTTP 429 ('Request was throttled. Rate limit exceeded: 2800/day. Expected available in 26413 seconds') on the first attempt and 26150 seconds on recheck; the shared daily quota was exhausted by prior batch work on this machine, so the opinion/docket sweep is logged as blocked, not retried, per batch rules (same wall hit by sibling batches today incl. batch-1236's USS Method). Indexed-web substitute queries surfaced only name collisions and generic asbestos filings - no hit naming this hull - and marketing-roster name mentions (mesothelioma.com's minesweeper jobsites table lists 'USS Enhance | AM-437'; mesotheliomahelp.org's roster lists USS Enhance; navyshipexposure.com runs class-pattern pages on sister hulls - all excluded per source rules, no hull-specific evidence).
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    negative_finding
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-09-22
    Study period
    2026-09-22
    Limitations
    Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1952-built vessel is era-consistent with asbestos-containing materials even accounting for the wooden hull and lighter diesel insulation load. IMPORTANT: the CourtListener sweep did not run (throttled, shared quota) - 'no qualifying case located' reflects the non-litigation repositories and degraded indexed queries only; a differently-phrased hull reference may exist in the opinion/docket indexes. The hull was scrapped domestically in 2000 (post-NESHAP era), making the MARAD/Navy disposal contract file the likeliest repository of any hazmat survey - unretrieved (archival lead). Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-enhance-am437-10
  11. [11]Air & Liquid Systems Corp. v. DeVries, 586 U.S. 446 (2019), CourtListener opinion 4601080 - bare-metal-defense doctrinal context [court_record]
    Locator
    CourtListener opinion 4601080
    Finding type
    litigation_documented
    Finding
    No case located names this hull (see negative_finding row and search_ledger - CourtListener sweep blocked this session). Doctrinal context only for the vessel's type: claims arising from service-era Navy-vessel asbestos exposure ran under maritime law against equipment manufacturers, and the Supreme Court's DeVries decision settled the 'bare-metal defense' framework - manufacturers that supplied bare equipment had a duty to warn where their products required asbestos-containing parts. It illustrates the litigation posture claims arising from service aboard a diesel minesweeper would have faced; no such claim naming Enhance was located.
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    context
    Documentation level
    class_or_era
    Accessed
    2026-09-22
    Study period
    2019 decision
    Limitations
    Doctrinal context only - the cited case does not name or involve this hull, and DeVries addressed manufacturers' duty to warn for asbestos-containing components on Navy vessels generally. Classification note: a complaint's vessel list would be a pleading allegation, not a finding; no pleading naming this hull was located in the searches performed. Does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-enhance-am437-11
  12. [12]Archival leads (not retrieved - require research-room or reproduction order; no spend authorized; NARA catalog returns only its JS application shell to automated fetch): (a) NARA RG 24 deck logs 1955-1991 - the underlying records for the VA list's Qui Nhon Bay 1968-69 entries and all deployment detail post-1960; (b) BuShips/NAVSEA contract and specification files for the Martinolich San Diego MSO block - the plausible home of hull-level material schedules; (c) NHHC command-operation reports for Enhance post-1960 (DANFS narrative ends at 1960); (d) Ship Repair Facility Subic Bay records for the 17 March 1973 fire repair - the likeliest record of materials disturbed/replaced; (e) Navy JAG command-investigation reports for the 1973 and 5 January 1975 fires (jag.navy.mil FOIA library is the digitized path); (f) MARAD/Navy disposal contract file for the 2000 Crowley Marine demolition - post-NESHAP-era scrapping, the likeliest repository of a hazmat/asbestos survey for this hull. [other_primary]
    Locator
    archives.gov RG 19/24 group guides; jag.navy.mil FOIA manual-investigations library; history.navy.mil command-operation-reports archive; MARAD vessel disposal records
    Finding type
    historical_record
    Finding
    Record-group mapping only: the archival repositories most likely to hold hull-level material or disposal-condition documentation for AM-437/MSO-437, keyed to the documented events of her career (San Diego construction 1952-55; commission 1955-1991 incl. Vietnam in-country periods; 17 March 1973 End Sweep fire and Subic repair; 5 January 1975 San Diego fire; 1987-88 Gulf deployment; decommissioning 1991; domestic scrapping 2000).
    Verification
    unverified
    Role
    archival_lead
    Documentation level
    context_only
    Accessed
    2026-09-22
    Study period
    1952-2000 records
    Limitations
    Record-group mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; existence of asbestos-specific documents for this hull is unknown until surveyed. Deck logs, contract files, repair records, investigation reports, and disposal files are operations/disposal records, not materials documentation - the 2000 disposal file is the most promising for an actual hazmat survey. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-enhance-am437-12

Attribution

Compiled by
Paul Danziger; Rod de Llano
Publisher
Danziger & De Llano, LLP
License
CC-BY-4.0
Citation
Danziger, P., and De Llano, R. (2026). AsbestosAtlas Navy Vessel Asbestos Exposure Dataset. Danziger & De Llano, LLP. DOI: not yet assigned
Dataset version
asbestosatlas-ships-2026.10.12-rc.1
DOI
not yet assigned