Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]DANFS, Golet (SS-361), Vol. 3 (verbatim hazegray transcription via Wayback) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS service narrative and spec block (Wayback capture of hazegray transcription)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: launched 1 August 1943 by the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co., Manitowoc, Wis. (sponsor Mrs. Alexander Wiley, wife of U.S. Senator Wiley of Wisconsin); commissioned 30 November 1943, Lt. Cmdr. James M. Clement. Departed Manitowoc 19 December 1943 via the Mississippi River for New Orleans; shakedown at Panama and battle practice in Hawaiian waters. First war patrol (from 18 March 1944) off the Kuriles/southern Hokkaido/eastern Honshu - severe weather, no attacks. Second patrol under Lt. James S. Clark departed Midway 28 May 1944 for northern Honshu; never heard from again - presumed lost 26 July 1944; Japanese antisubmarine records indicate a 14 June 1944 attack at 41-04'N, 141-30'E that brought up debris and a heavy oil pool; 82 men lost. One battle star.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1943-1944
- Population
- Manitowoc Shipbuilding construction trades (1943); crew (1943-1944, 82 lost)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. DANFS gives no laid-down date (NavSource: 27 January 1943). DANFS spec block reads 'cl. BALAO' for this hull while NavSource and the Gato class profile list her as Gato - the SS-361-364 attribution boundary is unresolved across references; logged in gaps. Live NHHC page pattern returned 404 batch-wide; verbatim transcription used.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-golet-ss361-01
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[2]NavSource Online Submarine Photo Archive, Golet (SS-361) page - milestones, Manitowoc construction/launch photos, loss report (volunteer-compiled archive) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource spec block, disposition line, and dated photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource supplements: laid down 27 January 1943 at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co. (DANFS gives no laid-down date); side-launched into the Manitowoc River; sea trials on Lake Michigan August 1943; sunk during 2nd patrol on 14 June 1944 by Japanese ASW north of Honshu Island, all hands lost (82 per ComSubPac loss report); struck from the Naval Register (date not given). Built to Gato-block GM-diesel specifications.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1943-1944
- Population
- Manitowoc Shipbuilding trades (1943); crew (1943-1944, 82 lost)
- Limitations
- Volunteer-compiled archive; consistent with DANFS. Striking date absent from both sources - logged in gaps. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-golet-ss361-02
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[3]Era inference built on: DANFS spec block + service history (diesel-electric DERD plant, no boilers); BuShips Ships' Data 1945 submarine machinery tables (Gato-era DERD drive, 4 diesels, ~5,400 hp); shipyard-exposure-map documented asbestos product lists for (none - Manitowoc Shipbuilding is a private yard absent from the yard dataset) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS service narrative; BuShips SDB 1945 submarine tables; shipyards.json product lists
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Construction at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co. (Jan-Nov 1943) is her only documented shipyard window - a construction-era-only hull lost on her second patrol, with no post-commissioning Navy-yard availability documented. As a diesel-electric fleet boat she carried no boilers or steam plant; era-standard asbestos applications for the type were diesel exhaust lagging, engine gaskets and packing, acoustic/thermal hull insulation, and insulation around galley/refrigeration equipment.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1943-1944
- Population
- Manitowoc Shipbuilding trades (1943); crew (1943-1944, 82 lost)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey or material list located for SS-361, and Manitowoc Shipbuilding is not in the yard dataset (its era asbestos product use is undocumented here). Names era-standard applications for diesel-electric boats, not confirmed installed materials; establishes no quantities and no exposure for any individual.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-golet-ss361-03
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[4]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 that the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships and did not begin substituting alternative insulation materials until the early 1970s - covering her 1943 construction and brief wartime service (she was lost before the substitution era).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-golet-ss361-04
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[5]Kase v. Metalclad Insulation Corp., Cal. Ct. App. (4th Dist.) 2021 (CourtListener opinions 4324658, 4332654) [court_record]
- Locator
- Opinion, specification-history discussion (SUBSAFE/MIL-I-24244)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- A docketed asbestos personal-injury opinion recounts that after USS Thresher's 1963 loss the Navy created the SUBSAFE program, which issued procurement specification MIL-I-24244 covering asbestos-containing insulation for submarines - court-documented evidence that asbestos-containing insulation was specified in the submarine construction and maintenance regime.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 2021 (opinion); regime described 1963-forward
- Population
- Navy submarine construction/maintenance trades, SUBSAFE era
- Limitations
- Documents the spec regime only; names no vessel as an exposure site. Postdates this hull's entire existence - she was lost June 1944, nearly two decades before SUBSAFE; the spec never governed this vessel. Does not establish exposure, causation, quantity, or eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-golet-ss361-05
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[6]Dryfka v. Trane US, Inc., Notice of Removal, ECF No. 2, S.D. Ill. No. 3:13-cv-01019; Lyautey v. Alfa Laval, Inc., Notice of Removal exhibits, ECF 1-2, S.D. Fla. No. 1:10-cv-22891; Keri Heath, 'World War II-era vessels in Galveston to undergo asbestos abatement', Galveston Daily News, 27 Jul 2020 (located via the Gato class profile's litigation sweep) [court_record]
- Locator
- Dryfka ECF 2 service-history recital; Lyautey ECF 1-2 exposure sheets pp. 37-39; galvnews.com 27 Jul 2020 (per class profile ev-gato-class-04/05/10)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- The Gato class's documented ship-level asbestos landscape: Dryfka v. Trane US recites a Navy reservist's alleged asbestos exposure aboard USS Drum (SS-228) as a reserve instructor at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard May 1966-Feb 1967; Lyautey v. Alfa Laval attaches exposure sheets listing USS Cavalla (SS-244) among Navy jobsites (1954-1974 window); and the Galveston Daily News reported in 2020 that asbestos had been found in the public areas of museum boat Cavalla (SS-244), with an approved abatement. All are pleading-stage or press-stage items for sister hulls, not this vessel. No pleading naming this vessel was located.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- Service windows 1954-1974; filings 2010-2013; reporting 2020
- Population
- Sailors and yard workers aboard sister Gato-class hulls (SS-228, SS-244)
- Limitations
- Pleading-level allegations and a news account for different hulls; unadjudicated; carried as class context showing the class's litigation/documentation landscape, not as evidence about this vessel. Does not establish exposure, causation, quantity, or eligibility for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-golet-ss361-06
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[7]Batch-36 search ledger (this record): DANFS transcription via Wayback/hazegray; NavSource; CourtListener searches (blocked by throttle - see ledger); web litigation-footprint check; GAO product page [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-golet-ss361-01 through -07
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or qualifying asbestos case naming USS Golet (SS-361) was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener searches were throttled this session (HTTP 429, retry-after ~10,339 s observed 2026-09-18; web UI 403) - logged as blocked and flagged for QA re-run.
- 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. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-golet-ss361-07