Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]DANFS, 'USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60)' - 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: the first Guadalcanal (CVE-60) was converted from a Maritime Commission hull by Kaiser Co., Inc., of Vancouver, Wash.; originally Astrolabe Bay (AVG-60), reclassified ACV-60 20 August 1942; launched as Guadalcanal (ACV-60) 5 June 1943 (sponsor Mrs. Alvin I. Malstrom); reclassified CVE-60 15 July 1943; commissioned at Astoria, Oreg., 25 September 1943, Captain D. V. Gallery in command. Spec block: displacement 7,800; length 512'; complement 860; class Casablanca; type S4-S2-BB8.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1942-1943
- Limitations
- Authoritative Navy history for construction milestones; contains no asbestos or insulation-material content. Entry does not print a laying date - the 5 Jan 1943 keel date comes from the class roster (secondary).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-guadalcanal-cve60-01
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[2]DANFS, 'USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60)' - service narrative and disposal lines [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, service narrative paragraphs and final lines
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Service narrative per DANFS: flagship of antisubmarine TG 21.12 out of Norfolk from January 1944 - aircraft sank U-544 on 16 January; on the March-April cruise the group sank U-515 (9 April) and U-68 (10 April). On 4 June 1944 in TG 22.3, after Chatelain's depth-charge attacks forced U-505 to the surface, a boarding party led by Lt.(jg) A. L. David from Pillsbury boarded and captured the submarine - the Navy's first capture of an enemy ship at sea since 1815 - and Guadalcanal took her in tow toward Bermuda, arriving 19 June; the group shared a Presidential Unit Citation and the captured boat 'proved to be of inestimable value to American intelligence.' Postwar she ran carrier qualifications at Mayport/Pensacola (nearly 4,000 pilots qualified), decommissioned at Norfolk 15 July 1946, entered the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, was redesignated CVU-60 (1955), stricken 27 May 1958, and sold for scrap to Hugo Neu Corp. of New York 30 April 1959. Three 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; Norfolk voyage-repair and reserve-fleet yard workers
- Limitations
- Documents repeated Norfolk voyage repairs (Feb, Apr, Jun 1944) and reserve-fleet lay-up - exposure-relevant industrial events - without describing insulation or asbestos materials. The 'first capture since 1815' framing is the DANFS account.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-guadalcanal-cve60-02
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[3]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-60 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: 60 Guadalcanal - commissioned 25 Sep 1943; stricken 27 May 1958; designation CVU 60 effective 12 Jun 1955. Corroborates DANFS milestones except the June/July-1955 redesignation date (DANFS prints 15 July 1955 - conflict flagged in gaps).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1943-1958
- 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-guadalcanal-cve60-03
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[4]Griffin Museum of Science and Industry, 'U-505 Submarine' exhibit pages incl. 'Capturing the U-505' and 'The U.S. Navy Responds' [museum_official]
- Locator
- MSI U-505 exhibit pages - capture narrative and TG 22.3 description
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The captured U-505 survives as a museum exhibit: the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago) has displayed the submarine since 1954; the museum's official exhibit pages recount TG 22.3's 4 June 1944 capture led by USS Guadalcanal's task group (Chatelain, Pillsbury, Jenks, Pope, Flaherty; Composite Squadron Eight aircraft).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1944 (capture); 1954-present (exhibit)
- Limitations
- Confirms the capture event and the artifact's survival; contains no asbestos or material content about either vessel. Museum pages are institutional narrative, not a materials record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-guadalcanal-cve60-04
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[5]In re McAllister Towing & Transportation Co., 432 F.3d 216 (3d Cir. 2005), CourtListener opinion 3014696 [court_record]
- Locator
- Opinion, Part I Background (1999 ex-USS Guadalcanal tow from NISMF Philadelphia)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener sweep '"USS Guadalcanal" asbestos' returned exactly one opinion: In re McAllister Towing & Transportation Co., 432 F.3d 216 (3d Cir. 2005) - a FECA/contribution dispute arising from the failed October 1999 tow of the retired USS Guadalcanal from the Philadelphia Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility. That vessel is the LATER USS Guadalcanal (LPH-7, Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship, decommissioned 1994) - CVE-60 was scrapped in 1959. NAME COLLISION, non-asbestos: classified as other litigation concerning a different hull; '"CVE-60" asbestos' returned 0 results. The 2026-09-16 class-profile member sweep likewise located no asbestos opinion naming this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1999 tow; opinion filed 2005-12-21
- Population
- Civilian seaman injured during 1999 tow of a DIFFERENT vessel (LPH-7)
- Limitations
- Name collision - the litigated hull is LPH-7 (in service to 1994, towed 1999), not CVE-60 (scrapped 1959); the case is a maritime contribution/FECA dispute with no asbestos claims. Recorded to document the sweep outcome, not as exposure evidence.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-guadalcanal-cve60-05
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[6]Batch-41 search ledger (this record): full source sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-guadalcanal-cve60-01 through sl-uss-guadalcanal-cve60-08
- 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 asbestos opinion naming CVE-60 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-guadalcanal-cve60-06
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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 repeated Norfolk voyage repairs are documented disturbance events.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1943 construction; 1944 repairs; 1960 manual describes era-standard specifications
- Population
- Construction trades (Kaiser Vancouver, 1943); wartime crew; Norfolk yard workers (1944 repairs)
- 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-guadalcanal-cve60-07
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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-guadalcanal-cve60-08