Evidence
12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).
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[1]research packet 380-packet.md (1 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: Gloria Dalton; hull IX-70; unclassified miscellaneous vessel.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-gloria-dalton-ix70-pkt-380-packet-md
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[2]DANFS entry 'Gloria Dalton' (NHHC, published 2015-07-13): IX-70, dp. 86, l. 87', b. 21'; built 1925 by Craig Shipbuilding Co., Long Beach, Calif.; purchased by the Navy 11 May 1942; commissioned 30 May 1942, Lt. (j.g.) W. H. Sutherland in command; coastal patrol duties, home port San Diego, under Commandant 11th Naval District until 16 November 1942, then Commander Western Sea Frontier; laid up and decommissioned because of a need for too extensive repairs 1 October 1943; struck from the Navy List 28 June 1944; transferred to the WSA for disposal and eventually returned to her owner. [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS online entry 'Gloria Dalton', single-paragraph record + stat line
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official Navy service record: IX-70 was a 1925 Craig Shipbuilding vessel purchased 11 May 1942, commissioned 30 May 1942 under Lt. (j.g.) W. H. Sutherland; performed coastal patrol duties homeported at San Diego under the 11th Naval District until 16 November 1942, then under the Western Sea Frontier; laid up and decommissioned 1 October 1943 owing to uneconomical repair needs; struck 28 June 1944; transferred to the War Shipping Administration for disposal and eventually returned to her owner.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1944
- Population
- U.S. Navy crew, 11th Naval District / Western Sea Frontier (May 1942-Oct 1943)
- Limitations
- Authoritative for the Navy custody timeline but terse: no complement, no armament, no draft or propulsion figures beyond dp/length/beam, no yard detail for the 1942 acceptance or 1943 layup, and no asbestos or materials content. 'Commissioned' wording supports the USS prefix. Does not establish or refute any exposure claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gloria-dalton-ix70-01
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[3]Navy Department, NAVSHIPS 1851 (24 July 1946), Ships Data Section / Public Information Division / Office of Public Relations - table 'Yachts Acquired Since September 1939 From Private Owners' (ShipScribe scan of the official publication) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAVSHIPS 1851 (24 Jul 1946), 'Yachts Acquired Since September 1939 From Private Owners' table, IX-70 row (scan p. 10)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official Navy acquisition table row: 'IX 70 - GLORIA DALTON - Gloria Dalton - Purchase - 5/11/42 - Victor E. Dalton' - confirming hull number, Navy name identical to former name, purchase (not charter or requisition) as the acquisition method, the 11 May 1942 acquisition date matching DANFS, and Victor E. Dalton as former owner.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942
- Limitations
- Primary government document (OCR of scanned official table); the table gives acquisition data only - no service, specification, materials, or disposition detail, and no asbestos content. Lists 'Victor E. Dalton' as owner where ShipScribe's narrative says the purchase was from his estate - consistent, estate-vs-person nuance noted.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gloria-dalton-ix70-02
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[4]Roberts, Stephen S., 'Small IX: Auxiliary Schooners etc. (2)' - ShipScribe compilation from BuShips/Navy acquisition and disposition records (class table, class notes, ship notes, disposition table for IX-70) [other_primary]
- Locator
- ShipScribe IX065 page: class notes 'IX-70', construction/disposition tables, ship note IX-70
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Compiled record: on 4 May 1942 CNO asked the War Shipping Administration to acquire the auxiliary schooner GLORIA DALTON and authorized Com-11 to accept her; her IX number was assigned 20 May 1942. The schooner was designed by George L. Craig and built by his yard at Long Beach; purchased from the estate of Victor E. Dalton and sold back to his estate in 1944. Ship note: ex yacht GLORIA DALTON, ex GEORGANNA; auxiliary schooner; 75 tons light / 86 tons gross; 107.0' oa, 70.0' wl x 21.0' x 12.0'; steel hull; one Hall-Scott diesel; laid up 1 October 1943. Disposition table: decommissioned 1 Oct 1943, struck 28 Jun 1944, disposal 28 Dec 1944, fate 'MC/S'. Postwar: resumed yacht service as GLORIA DALTON; renamed GLORIA MARIS 1955, MARY TYSEN 1958, COLLEGIATE REBEL 1960; disappeared from U.S. merchant vessel registers 1964.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1925-1964
- Population
- Navy custodial crews 1942-1943; Craig Shipbuilding workforce (1925 build); postwar civilian yacht crews and repair trades
- Limitations
- Researcher's compilation drawing on Navy acquisition/disposition files - authoritative-seeming detail but a secondary source; the 28 Dec 1944 disposal date, steel-hull and Hall-Scott diesel specifications, and the rename chain are single-source here (corroborated loosely by NavSource/Nauticapedia registry lines). The 107' overall figure conflicts with DANFS's 87' length - discrepancy logged in gaps. No asbestos or materials content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gloria-dalton-ix70-03
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[5]NavSource Online, Service Ship Photo Archive: 'USS Gloria Dalton (IX-70)' - compiled service record, specifications, and postwar registry chain [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource IX-70 vessel page: header lineage block, Specifications block, disposition lines
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Compiled record: displacement 86 t.; length 87'; beam 21'; complement unknown; armament unknown; propulsion unknown; call sign NXNB; awards American Campaign Medal and WWII Victory Medal. Service chronology matches DANFS. Postwar registry chain: registered 1945 by Clare Harms of Chicago as yacht Gloria Dalton (homeport Los Angeles); 1954 by Louis E. Strickland of San Gabriel; 1955 by Alfred J. Ostheimer III of Philadelphia as Gloria Maris; 1958 by Paul Critchfield of Wilmington CA as Mary Tysen; 1959 by William H. Stuart Jr. of Barrow FL; renamed Collegiate Rebel 1960; final disposition 'foundered on August 11, 1963 in the Indian Ocean.'
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1925-1963
- Limitations
- Volunteer-compiled archive of registry data - reputable secondary compilation, not itself a primary record; corroborates DANFS for the Navy timeline. The 1945-1963 ownership chain and the 1963 Indian Ocean foundering are unattributed to registry documents in the entry (Nauticapedia independently lists the same chain citing Merchant Vessels of the United States 1935). No asbestos or materials content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gloria-dalton-ix70-04
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[6]Shipbuilding History (Tim Colton), Craig Shipbuilding yard output table, Long Beach CA - hull 149 row [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipbuildinghistory.com Craig yard table, hull 149 row (ON 224905 Georganna)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Yard output list row: hull no. 149, U.S. official no. 224905, original name 'Georganna', original owner Craig Shipbuilding, type Yacht, 86 GT, delivery 1925, disposition 'Later Gloria Dalton, to USN 1942 as IX 70, returned to owner 1946' - confirming the builder, hull number, official number, original name, and yacht type from the builder-list side.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1925-1946
- Limitations
- Compiled yard list (secondary compilation of registry/yard data) - the 86 GT matches DANFS displacement and the 1925 delivery matches DANFS/shipscribe, but 'returned to owner 1946' differs from ShipScribe's 28 Dec 1944 disposal/sale-back date; kept as the registry-return framing, discrepancy noted in gaps. No asbestos or materials content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gloria-dalton-ix70-05
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[7]National Archives, Special List 44 (ship-number list PDF) - WWII-era deck log holdings by hull number [other_primary]
- Locator
- sl-44-ship-number.pdf, IX-70 row: 'IX-70 (Gloria Dalton) 5/30/1942 10/1/1943'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List 44 ship-number list shows deck-log holdings for 'IX-70 (Gloria Dalton)' covering 5/30/1942-10/1/1943 - exactly the commissioned service span from commissioning to decommissioning. A concrete archival lead for vessel-level operational research.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1942-1943
- Limitations
- Finding-aid entry verified in the published SL44 ship-number list PDF; the named-vessel list does not carry a Gloria Dalton row (ship-number list is the operative index). Underlying logs were not retrieved or read; the holding range describes archival coverage, not verified events, and does not establish that the logs discuss materials, asbestos, or yard work.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gloria-dalton-ix70-06
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[8]Batch-4863 CourtListener sweep (authenticated API v4 via fleet helper script): queries "Gloria Dalton" and "IX-70" in opinion index; "Gloria Dalton" in RECAP docket index - run 2026-09-29 [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-gloria-dalton-ix70-06, -07, -08
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener sweep completed 2026-09-29: no qualifying asbestos litigation and no vessel-related litigation located. "Gloria Dalton" (opinion index): 2 hits, both personal-name collisions - Dalton v. Superior Court, 153 Ariz. 494 / 738 P.2d 365 (Ariz. App. 1987), litigant Gloria Marie Dalton; In the Interest of A.D., 489 N.W.2d 50 (Iowa App. 1992), juvenile case. "Gloria Dalton" (RECAP docket index): 6 hits, all personal-name collisions - three individual bankruptcy debtors (M.D. Ga. 20-70734; D. Ariz. 2:14-bk-06424; D. Md. 01-57121), an FLSA opt-in list entry (Neor v. Acacia Network, S.D.N.Y. 1:22-cv-04814), an FMLA employment case (Ramey v. Vacumet Corp., E.D. Tenn. 2:09-cv-00196 - labor litigation, not asbestos, despite the defendant's separate asbestos-trust history), and a creditor-name match in a Publishers Clearing House-related bankruptcy (382 Channel Drive LLC, S.D.N.Y. 25-10694). "IX-70" (opinion index): 15 hits, all non-vessel collisions (the string matches internal form/rule numbers, not the hull).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2026-09-29
- Limitations
- Opinion and docket indexes are not exhaustive (RECAP coverage is PACER-deposit dependent; state trial courts largely absent). 'Gloria Dalton' occurs as a personal name - all 8 name hits screened individually and classified as collisions. Absence of docketed asbestos cases does not prove absence of exposure or of claims filed under other names (trust claims, settled suits, unindexed venues).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gloria-dalton-ix70-07
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[9]Corn, Jacqueline Karnell, and Jennifer Starr, 'Historical perspective on asbestos: Policies and protective measures in World War II shipbuilding,' American Journal of Industrial Medicine 11(3):359-373 (1987) [other_primary]
- Locator
- AJIM 11(3):359-373, abstract and article
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era context only: peer-reviewed scholarship documents that asbestos was used extensively as fireproofing and insulating material in U.S. shipbuilding during WWII - the period in which this vessel was purchased and accepted for Navy coastal-patrol duty at San Diego (1942). For a sail-primary auxiliary schooner with a single small diesel, the era-consistent scope would be limited to applications such as engine/exhaust lagging, gaskets, packing, and electrical or galley insulation - materially narrower than a steam-plant hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1940s era documented; article 1987
- Population
- WWII shipyard workers and ship crews (era context)
- Limitations
- Program/era-level documentation: the article does not name this vessel or vessel type and does not establish that asbestos was or remains aboard this hull, nor quantity, location, condition, individual exposure, or causation. No conversion specification or work order for IX-70 was located; the inference base for this hull is thinner than for purpose-built or steam-powered vessels.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gloria-dalton-ix70-08
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[10]Lemen RA, Landrigan PJ. 'Sailors and the Risk of Asbestos-Related Cancer.' Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021;18(16):8417. PMID 34444165 [other_primary]
- Locator
- IJERPH 2021;18(16):8417, abstract and ship-construction passage
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Peer-reviewed review documenting that chrysotile and amphibole asbestos were used extensively in ship construction of the era - insulation, joiner bulkhead systems, pipe coverings, boilers, machinery parts, bulkhead panels - and that sailors both worked and lived at their exposure site. Establishes the era-level background against which any 1942-43 naval vessel must be read.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 20th-century naval construction era
- Population
- Naval/merchant sailors generally (era context)
- Limitations
- Fleet-era epidemiology review; does not name this hull, this vessel type, or small diesel auxiliaries; describes typical construction materials mostly on larger steam-driven vessels. Cannot be read as evidence of asbestos aboard this specific diesel auxiliary schooner - included as context only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gloria-dalton-ix70-09
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[11]NARA Guide to Federal Records: RG 24 (Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations - IX-70 deck logs confirmed held, per SL44); RG 19 (Bureau of Ships records - acquisition/conversion correspondence for the 4 May 1942 CNO-WSA directive); RG 248 (Records of the War Shipping Administration - disposal file for the 1944 transfer); Merchant Vessels of the United States registry volumes under official no. 224905 (Georganna/Gloria Dalton) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA Guide RG 24/19/248 pages; SL44 ship-number list IX-70 row; MVUS registry under ON 224905 (unverified at page level)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - require research-room or reproduction order): (a) IX-70 deck logs 1942-05-30 to 1943-10-01 in RG 24 at NARA II (SL44-confirmed); (b) BuShips/WSA acquisition and any acceptance-fit-out correspondence in RG 19/RG 248 covering the 4-5 May 1942 directive and the San Diego patrol conversion; (c) WSA disposal records for the 28 Dec 1944 transfer/sale; (d) MVUS registry volumes under official no. 224905 for yacht particulars and the postwar name changes.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 1925-1964 records
- Limitations
- Record-group mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; existence of asbestos-specific documents for this hull is unknown until surveyed in person. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding. MVUS page-level verification was not completed this session; the 1935 Dalton-ownership entry is cited via Nauticapedia's bibliography, not verified at page level.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gloria-dalton-ix70-10
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[12]Batch-4863 search ledger (this record): DANFS/NHHC live page; NAVSHIPS 1851 scan; ShipScribe Small IX (2) page; NavSource IX-70 page; Shipbuilding History Craig yard list; NARA Special List 44 (ship-number and named-vessel lists); NARA Guide record-group mapping; MARAD Vessel History Database attempts; Naval Vessel Register scope; NPS/NRHP screen; Nauticapedia registry compilation; CourtListener name/hull/docket sweeps; general web screening [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-gloria-dalton-ix70-01 through sl-uss-gloria-dalton-ix70-12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, conversion specification, hazmat disclosure, work order, material callout, or docketed asbestos case naming Gloria Dalton / IX-70 / Georganna / Gloria Maris / Mary Tysen / Collegiate Rebel was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). MARAD Vessel History Database returned site errors for all query paths attempted; NVR excludes pre-1987 disposals by its own scope note.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-29
- Study period
- 2026-09-29
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - material records for small acquired yachts rarely survive, and the 1942 acceptance/conversion file was not located. Does not establish that asbestos is or is not present; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gloria-dalton-ix70-11