Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]DANFS, Guavina (SS-362), 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 29 August 1943 by the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co., Manitowoc, Wis. (sponsor Miss Marie Roen); commissioned 23 December 1943, Lt. Comdr. Carl Tiedeman. Towed down the Mississippi in floating drydock to New Orleans; six war patrols; sank Noshiro Maru, Tama Maru, tanker Dowa Maru, tanker Taigyo Maru, and tanker Eiyo Maru, and rescued 12 downed aviators on one patrol; five battle stars. West-coast overhaul summer 1945 (departed San Francisco 6 August); put in at Mare Island and placed in commission, in reserve. From March 1949 extensive overhaul and modification at Mare Island for conversion to a submarine oiler, equipped with a snorkel; recommissioned as SSO-362 on 1 February 1950 at Mare Island. Overhauls at Philadelphia (before reporting to Key West 29 January 1951; 18 April-26 July 1952; and a second extensive Philadelphia overhaul adding the 'flight deck' platform). Redesignated AGSS-362; Mediterranean deployment September-December 1956; overhaul at Charleston, emerging 12 July 1957 with new designation AOSS-362. Entered Charleston Navy Yard 4 January 1959, decommissioned 27 March 1959; reserve training ship for the 5th Naval District; struck 30 June 1967 and used as a target for the Atlantic Fleet.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1943-1967
- Population
- Manitowoc Shipbuilding construction trades (1943); Bethlehem Steel SF trades (1945, NavSource photo); Mare Island conversion trades (1948-50); Philadelphia NSY trades (1950-57); Charleston NY trades (1956-57, 1959); crew (1943-1959)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. DANFS gives no laid-down date (NavSource: 3 March 1943) and no decommissioning date for her first inactivation (NavSource: 8 June 1946). DANFS spec block reads 'cl. BALAO' - 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-guavina-ss362-01
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[2]NavSource Online Submarine Photo Archive, Guavina (SS/SSO/AGSS/AOSS-362) page - milestones, conversion and overhaul documentation, disposal (volunteer-compiled archive) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource spec block, disposition line, and dated photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource supplements and dates: laid down 3 March 1943 at Manitowoc; placed in commission in reserve 6 December 1945; decommissioned 8 June 1946; reactivated for conversion at Mare Island Naval Shipyard to a Submarine Oiler (conversion work ordered 13 August 1948); recommissioned SSO-362 1 February 1950; redesignated AGSS-362 on 11 December 1951; re-designated AOSS-362 on 22 June 1957; decommissioned 27 March 1959 and assigned to reserve training in Baltimore; struck 30 June 1967; sunk as a target by Cubera (SS-347) off Cape Henry, VA. A photo caption documents her summer-1945 major overhaul at the Bethlehem Steel Shipyard, San Francisco.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1943-1967
- Population
- Bethlehem Steel SF trades (1945); Mare Island conversion trades (1948-50); Philadelphia NSY trades (1950-57); Charleston NY trades (1956-57, 1959); Baltimore NRT personnel (1959-1967)
- Limitations
- Volunteer-compiled archive; consistent with DANFS on milestones. First-inactivation decommissioning date (8 Jun 1946) and the designation dates (AGSS 11 Dec 1951; AOSS 22 Jun 1957) are NavSource-only specifics - flagged. Final-disposal sinking detail (Cubera, off Cape Henry) NavSource-only. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-guavina-ss362-02
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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 mare-island-naval-shipyard, philadelphia-naval-shipyard, charleston-naval-shipyard, bethlehem-shipbuilding [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS service narrative; BuShips SDB 1945 submarine tables; shipyards.json product lists
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Construction at Manitowoc Shipbuilding (Mar-Dec 1943), a documented Bethlehem Steel San Francisco overhaul (summer 1945, photo-captioned), Mare Island inactivation and the submarine-oiler conversion (1948-Feb 1950, snorkel-equipped), three Philadelphia Navy Yard overhauls (to Jan 1951; Apr-Jul 1952; a second extensive Philadelphia overhaul adding the 'flight deck'), a Charleston overhaul (Dec 1956-12 Jul 1957), and Charleston Navy Yard inactivation (Jan-Mar 1959) define her asbestos-relevant disturbance windows - the widest yard record in the batch. 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
- 1943-1967
- Population
- Manitowoc Shipbuilding trades (1943); Bethlehem Steel SF trades (1945); Mare Island trades (1945-50); Philadelphia NSY trades (1950-57); Charleston NY trades (1956-59); crew (1943-1959); Baltimore NRT (1959-1967)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey or material list located for SS-362. Names era-standard applications for diesel-electric boats and the hull's documented yard events as disturbance pathways, not confirmed installed materials; establishes no quantities and no exposure for any individual. Manitowoc is absent from the yard dataset; Bethlehem Steel SF mapped to bethlehem-shipbuilding; Baltimore NRT maintenance scope undocumented.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-guavina-ss362-03
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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, wartime service, and all postwar conversions/overhauls through the 1959 decommissioning and reserve custody to 1967 (all 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-guavina-ss362-04
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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. Her last documented Navy-yard availability ended in 1959 - before SUBSAFE existed; her 1959-67 reserve/NRT custody postdates it nominally but no maintenance event in that window is documented. The spec documents the regime governing sister hulls, not this vessel's materials. Does not establish exposure, causation, quantity, or eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-guavina-ss362-05
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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-guavina-ss362-06
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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-guavina-ss362-01 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 Guavina (SS-362) 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-guavina-ss362-07