Evidence
4 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-4).
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[1]DANFS entry, USS Flint (CL-97), Vol. 2 p. 417 (hazegray transcription; live NHHC page 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS CL-97 entry, specifications block + full service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: launched 25 January 1944 by Bethlehem Steel Co., San Francisco, Calif. (keel laid 23 October 1942 per BuShips Ships' Data 1945 dates table - DANFS omits); sponsored by Mrs. R. A. Pitcher; commissioned 31 August 1944, Capt. C. R. Will. Spec block: cpl. 623; cl. Oakland. Reclassified CLAA-97 on 18 March 1949. Reported to the 3d Fleet at Ulithi 27 December 1944; TF 38 Luzon/Taiwan/China-coast strikes January 1945 (AA cover during the 21 January kamikaze attack); Tokyo strikes preceding Iwo Jima; Iwo Jima air support from 21 February; TF 58 Kyushu strikes and Okinawa bombardment March - June 1945; final home-island strikes from 1 July 1945; rescue ship and homing station off Nii Shima from 24 August; Tokyo Bay 10-15 September; Honshu surveillance to 21 September. Magic Carpet (Yokosuka load into San Francisco 28 November 1945; Kwajalein run); reported at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, 11 January 1946; placed out of commission in reserve at Bremerton 6 May 1947. Four battle stars.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1942-1966
- Population
- Construction trades 1942-1944; crew 1944-1947
- Limitations
- DANFS documents construction, service history, and disposal - not materials or asbestos content. Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC page returns 404; transcription is verbatim DANFS text. The 1960s-era entry predates the September 1965 striking; stricken/sale dates are carried from the Online Library.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-flint-cl97-01
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[2]NHHC Online Library of Selected Images, USS Flint (CL-97, later CLAA-97), 1944-1966 (official Naval Historical Center narrative + photo catalog) [other_primary]
- Locator
- https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/OnlineLibrary/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-f/cl97.htm
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC Online Library narrative for this hull: a 6,000-ton Oakland class light cruiser built at San Francisco; commissioned end of August 1944; Luzon invasion support January 1945; Iwo Jima landings and home-island raids; Okinawa screening and shore bombardment March - June 1945; Third Fleet Japan strikes July - August 1945; occupation support; two Magic Carpet round-trips; inactive at Bremerton after January 1946; decommissioned May 1947; reclassified CLAA-97 March 1949; 'remained in the Pacific Reserve Fleet until stricken from the Naval Vessel Register in September 1965. USS Flint was sold for scrapping in October 1966.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1944-1966
- Population
- Reserve-fleet custody personnel 1947-1966
- Limitations
- Official NHHC narrative page - corroborates DANFS and supplies the stricken month (September 1965) and sale month (October 1966) absent from the DANFS entry; contains no asbestos or materials content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-flint-cl97-02
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[3]U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 1 (1945), Light Cruisers (CL) tables - 'FLINT (EX-SPOKANE)' machinery and dates rows; U.S. Navy, Bureau of Ships Technical Manual, NAVSHIPS 250-000, Chapter 39 'Thermal Insulation' (1960); Atlas shipyard dataset [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v1.pdf CL dates table (keel row: 'Oct. 23, 1942') + CL machinery table (CL-97 row, 'FLINT (EX-SPOKANE)'); NAVSHIPS 250-000 ch. 39 pp. 39-11..39-13 (scan via Garlock bankruptcy repository); shipyards.json 'bethlehem-shipbuilding', 'puget-sound-naval-shipyard'
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era inference: Oakland-group construction (the modified Atlanta design) at Bethlehem Steel Co., San Francisco (Union Iron Works) - keel laid 23 October 1942 per the Ships' Data 1945 dates table, which lists this hull as 'FLINT (EX-SPOKANE)' - falls squarely in the documented Navy asbestos-insulation era. Ships' Data 1945 lists this hull's plant as 4 boilers, 2 Westinghouse geared steam turbines, 75,000 shp, 565 psi / 850 deg F; the 1960 BuShips Technical Manual insulation chapter enumerates the era-standard suite - 85%-magnesia (~15% asbestos) and amosite-fiber pipe covering, asbestos felt, chrysotile cloth/tape lagging, asbestos millboard, finishing cement, and molded asbestos block. Documented disturbance periods for this hull: builder yard period 1942-44 at San Francisco; Puget Sound Naval Shipyard inactivation from January 1946; and 18 years of reserve layup at Bremerton 1947-65 - the least-disturbed custody category.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1942-1947
- Population
- Construction trades 1942-1944; crew 1944-1947
- 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; insulation disturbance at documented yard periods is inference from work scope, not a documented abatement record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-flint-cl97-03
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[4]Batch-61 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS + Online Library; CourtListener ship-name and hull-number queries; NVR; museum/disclosure sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-flint-cl97-01 through sl-uss-flint-cl97-05; atlanta-class.class.json ev-07
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: fresh CourtListener queries for this hull were BLOCKED (HTTP 429 - shared-IP 125/day cap exhausted mid-session); the class-profile's completed per-name CourtListener sweep of 2026-09-16 returned zero qualifying asbestos opinions for 'Flint' hulls (the name is shared with the Michigan city - collision class noted; 'Spokane' searches also sweep this hull's original assigned name). No hull ACM survey, abatement contract, scrapping hazmat disclosure, NVR entry (hull disposed of before live-register coverage), or museum record with asbestos data was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger).
- 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 - it establishes only that no qualifying ship-specific documentation was found in the searched repositories. The fresh per-ship sweep is a partial sweep (blocked); corroboration rests on the class-level 2026-09-16 sweep. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-flint-cl97-04