Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]DANFS, USS Greenfish (SS-351) - construction, wartime/postwar service, dispositions; verbatim transcription via Wayback capture of hazegray.org (live NHHC DANFS page returned 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS service narrative and spec block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: Launched 21 December 1945 by Electric Boat Co., Groton, Conn. (sponsor Mrs. Thomas J. Doyle); commissioned 7 June 1946, Cmdr. R. M. Metcalf. Entered Electric Boat yards 8 January 1948 for GUPPY (Greater Underwater Propulsion Power) conversion - snorkel, enlarged sail, additional batteries; returned to New London 21 August 1948. Pearl Harbor home port from November 1948; Mare Island overhaul ~1950; Korean War patrol 1952; Pearl Harbor Shipyard modernization Nov 1954-Jul 1955; FRAM overhaul and GUPPY III conversion at Pearl Harbor Shipyard 15 December 1960-28 July 1961 (15-ft hull section added); further overhaul Mar-Sep 1964.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1944-1973
- Population
- Construction trades 1944-45 (Electric Boat Co.); crew; yard trades at documented availabilities
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. Yard-period asbestos disturbance is era inference, not a per-hull record. DANFS Vol. 2/3-era text ends ~1960-67 for this hull; later events rest on NavSource/NVR supplements.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-greenfish-ss351-01
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[2]Naval Vessel Register, SHIPSDETAIL SS-351 record (Wayback capture) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR SHIPSDETAIL SS 351
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NVR SHIPSDETAIL SS-351: stricken 10/29/1973; disposed through Security Assistance Program (SAP), transferred, cash sale; custodian BRAZIL; status changed 12/01/1973.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1973-1974 (status dates); capture ~2019
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- Register-level status data only; NVR milestone fields for pre-digital-era hulls are largely blank - stricken date and SAP custodian are the substantive fields.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-greenfish-ss351-02
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[3]NavSource Naval History, submarine photo-archive entry (secondary archival compilation; disposition data consistent with Bauer & Roberts Register of Ships supplements) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource entry header block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource: laid down 29 June 1944 at Electric Boat Co., Groton; Guppy conversion 1948 at Electric Boat; FRAM overhaul and Guppy III conversion 15 December 1960-28 July 1961 at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard; decommissioned, struck, and transferred (sold) under SAP to Brazil 19 December 1973, renamed Amazonas (S-16); struck from the Brazilian Navy 15 October 1992; scrapped 30 January 2004 at the Niteroi shipyard.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1944-2004
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation, not an official record; dates/items not corroborated by DANFS or NVR are flagged in this record's gaps. Used for laid-down date, final-disposition detail, and conversion labels.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-greenfish-ss351-03
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[4]Era inference built on: DANFS spec block (diesel-electric drive, no boilers); BuShips Ships' Data 1945 submarine machinery tables (shipscribe.com SDB1945v1); documented yard-period events above [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS spec block; BuShips SDB1945v1 pp. 266-270 submarine tables; balao-class profile ev-05
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-electric fleet boat built 1944-45 and maintained through Navy-yard availabilities at Electric Boat (Groton) and Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Mare Island Naval Shipyard sits inside the Navy's peak asbestos-use era. Diesel-electric boats carried no boilers/steam plant: era-consistent asbestos applications are diesel exhaust lagging, engine gaskets and packing, acoustic/thermal hull insulation, galley/refrigeration insulation, and battery/electrical materials; the documented 1948 Electric Boat GUPPY conversion, 1954-55 Pearl Harbor Shipyard modernization, and 1960-61 FRAM/GUPPY III conversion at Pearl Harbor Shipyard yard period(s) would have disturbed interior insulation.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1944-1973
- Population
- Electric Boat Co. construction trades (1944-45); yard trades at documented availabilities; crew (1946-1973)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey or material list located for this hull. Names era-standard diesel-boat applications, not confirmed installed materials. No quantities.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-greenfish-ss351-04
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[5]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; standing policy (1975) removed asbestos insulation only when damaged or required for repairs, modified 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas - covering this hull's service-era insulation and yard-period events.
- 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 blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-greenfish-ss351-05
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[6]Batch-26 search ledger (this record): DANFS transcriptions; NavSource; NVR (where extant); Google Scholar case-law sweep; CourtListener attempted [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-greenfish-ss351-01 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 Greenfish (SS-351) was found. CourtListener sweeps attempted 2026-09-18: public search UI blocked by bot-challenge (HTTP 202/403) and v4 API throttled (HTTP 429, shared 125/day quota); Google Scholar case-law sweep substituted for published opinions. Exact-name "USS Greenfish" search: no published-opinion hits. Hull-number "SS-351" search: 2 hits, both collisions - U.S. Mineral Products v. Commissioner (docket-number string); In re Heckmann (citation fragment 'SS, 351 F.Supp.').
- 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. Scholar covers published opinions only - RECAP/docket-level text was not searched (CourtListener blocked); an unresolved sweep limitation, logged in the ledger.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-greenfish-ss351-06