Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]DANFS, 'Fanshaw Bay (CVE-70)' - verbatim transcription (live NHHC page 404s) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, construction paragraph and spec block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS entry documents construction and spec block: Fanshaw Bay (CVE-70) was launched 1 November 1943 by Kaiser Shipbuilding Co., Vancouver, Wash., under a Maritime Commission contract (sponsor Mrs. James L. McArdle); acquired by the Navy and commissioned 9 December 1943, Capt. D. P. Johnson in command. Spec block: displacement 7,800; length 512'3"; complement 860; class Casablanca. Laying date (18 May 1943) comes from the class roster - DANFS does not print it for this hull (see gaps).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1943
- Limitations
- Authoritative Navy history for construction milestones; contains no asbestos or insulation-material content. Keel date is not printed in this entry and is carried from the class roster (secondary).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-fanshaw-bay-cve70-01
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[2]DANFS, 'Fanshaw Bay (CVE-70)' - service narrative and disposal lines [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, service narrative paragraphs and final lines
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Service and damage narrative per DANFS: with CarDiv 26 (Rear Adm. G. P. Bogan) she supported the Saipan operation from Majuro - a torpedo evaded on 15 June 1944, then a bomb hit on 17 June that burst the after elevator, ruptured the fire main, flooded compartments, gave a 3-degree list, and killed 14 men with 23 wounded; after Pearl Harbor repairs she rejoined at Manus. In the 25 October 1944 Battle off Samar (Taffy 3) she took three shell hits by 0855 from two enemy cruisers and destroyers while avoiding a torpedo attack and recovering sisters' orphaned aircraft - four men killed, four wounded; the unit received the Presidential Unit Citation. After Manus and San Diego repairs she covered Okinawa operations (21 Mar-28 May 1945), Sakishima Gunto strikes, East China Sea minesweeping cover, then northern-Japan occupation landings and 'Magic Carpet' from Tokyo Bay; decommissioned at Tacoma 14 August 1946; redesignated CVHE-70 (1955); sold 26 September 1959. Five battle stars plus the Presidential Unit Citation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1943-1959
- Population
- Wartime crew (14 KIA/23 WIA 17 Jun 1944; 4 KIA/4 WIA 25 Oct 1944); Pearl Harbor, Manus, and San Diego repair workers
- Limitations
- Documents two separate battle-damage events and multiple repair periods - exposure-relevant disturbance events - without describing insulation or asbestos materials. DANFS does not print a stricken date for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-fanshaw-bay-cve70-02
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[3]U.S. Navy, Bureau of Ships, NAVSHIPS A-3 (420), 'Summary of War Damage to U.S. Battleships, Carriers, Cruisers, Destroyers and Destroyer Escorts' (HyperWar transcription) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAVSHIPS A-3 (420), escort carrier damage entries - Fanshaw Bay 17 Jun and 25 Oct 1944
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official BuShips war-damage summary NAVSHIPS A-3 (420), 'Summary of War Damage to U.S. Battleships, Carriers, Cruisers, Destroyers and Destroyer Escorts, 8 December 1943 to 7 December 1944,' carries ship-specific entries for Fanshaw Bay covering both damage events: the 17 June 1944 bomb hit off Saipan (after-elevator detonation, fire-main rupture, flooding, list) and the 25 October 1944 gunfire damage east of Samar.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- Ship's company at time of damage events
- Limitations
- Primary Navy engineering summary documenting this hull's two damage events; contains no insulation-fiber or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-fanshaw-bay-cve70-03
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[4]NHHC, Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons - Volume I, Appendix 2 'Carrier Listing for CVE Designations' (PDF, via Internet Archive capture of history.navy.mil) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Appendix 2, CVE carrier listing table, p. 520 - CVE-70 row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons Vol. I, Appendix 2 'Carrier Listing for CVE Designations' (official NHHC publication) lists: 70 Fanshaw Bay - commissioned 9 Dec 1943; stricken 1 Mar 1959; designation CVHE 70 effective 12 Jun 1955. Supplies the stricken date DANFS omits and corroborates the commission date.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1943-1959
- Limitations
- Official NHHC tabular reference for milestone and designation dates; contains no asbestos or materials content. The live history.navy.mil PDF 404s; the archived capture (2023-11-12) was used.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-fanshaw-bay-cve70-04
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[5]Batch-41 search ledger (this record): CourtListener exact-name + asbestos-term sweeps; class-profile sweep 2026-09-16 [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-fanshaw-bay-cve70-03 through sl-uss-fanshaw-bay-cve70-05
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- CourtListener sweeps for this hull could not be completed this session: both '"USS Fanshaw Bay" asbestos' and '"Fanshaw Bay" asbestos' type=o queries were throttled by the service's rate limiter (HTTP 202) and returned no data (2026-09-18). The 2026-09-16 class-profile member-name sweep covering all 50 Casablanca-class hulls located no asbestos opinion naming CVE-70.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 2026-09-18
- Limitations
- A null litigation result is not proof that no exposure claims exist - unindexed state-court and settled matters are invisible to opinion databases. Hull-number and bare-name sweeps were rate-limited; reported as a partial search outcome.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-fanshaw-bay-cve70-05
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[6]Batch-41 search ledger (this record): full source sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-fanshaw-bay-cve70-01 through sl-uss-fanshaw-bay-cve70-08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos record of any kind located for this hull: no insulation survey, no material schedule, no abatement contract, no dismantlement hazmat disclosure for the 1959 scrapping, and no qualifying published opinion naming CVE-70 in an asbestos claim was found in the sources searched.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 2026-09-18
- Limitations
- Negative finding within the sources searched; 1959 commercial scrapping predates modern hazmat recordkeeping. Not a claim that the ship lacked asbestos.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-fanshaw-bay-cve70-06
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[7]U.S. Navy, Bureau of Ships Technical Manual, NAVSHIPS 250-000, Chapter 39 'Thermal Insulation' (1960) - specification-level document; class construction and repair context per DANFS [other_primary]
- Locator
- BuShips TM ch.39, sections 39-11 through 39-13 (materials)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Class/era context: all 50 Casablanca-class escort carriers were mass-produced by Kaiser at Vancouver, WA, on Maritime Commission S4-S2-BB3 hulls with keels November 1942 - March 1944 - squarely inside the Navy's asbestos-specification era. The 1960 BuShips Technical Manual ch.39 'Thermal Insulation' enumerates the era insulation suite for steam plants of this type: MIL-P-2781 pipe covering incl. 85% magnesia ('about 15 percent asbestos fiber') and an amosite-asbestos class; roll asbestos felt MIL-I-15091; asbestos cloth/tape SS-C-466 (lagging); asbestos millboard HH-M-351; asbestos finishing cement; molded asbestos block for high-temperature service. This hull's 4 B&W boilers and Skinner Uniflow steam plant are the equipment classes those specifications cover; her Pearl Harbor and San Diego repair periods are documented disturbance events.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1943 construction; 1944-45 repairs; 1960 manual describes era-standard specifications
- Population
- Construction trades (Kaiser Vancouver, 1943); wartime crew; Pearl Harbor, Manus, and San Diego repair workers (1944-45)
- Limitations
- Specification-level documentation of what the Navy specified, not a ship-specific installation record - does not confirm installed materials on this hull; repair-event insulation scope is era inference. Retrieved PDF is a litigation-repository scan of the government manual.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-fanshaw-bay-cve70-07
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[8]National Park Service, Fort Vancouver NHS, 'Vancouver During World War II' - Kaiser Shipyards section [nps]
- Locator
- NPS article, Kaiser Shipyards paragraph
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- The builder yard is documented by the National Park Service (Fort Vancouver NHS): Kaiser Shipyards Vancouver was established May 1942, operated around the clock, and by war's end had launched ten Liberty ships, 30 LSTs, fifty escort aircraft carriers ('baby flat tops'), 31 attack transports, 12 C-4 troopships, eight C-4 cargo vessels, and two 14,000-ton drydocks.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1942-1945
- Population
- Kaiser Vancouver shipyard workforce (peak wartime employment)
- Limitations
- Yard-level context confirming the builder and its escort-carrier program; contains no asbestos or material content. Does not document conditions aboard any specific hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-fanshaw-bay-cve70-08