Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]DANFS, Guitarro (SS-363), Vol. 3 pp.184-185 (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 26 September 1943 by Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co. of Manitowoc, Wis. (sponsor Mrs. Ross T. McIntire, wife of the Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery); commissioned at Manitowoc 26 January 1944, Lt. Comdr. E. D. Haskins. Towed in floating drydock from Chicago to New Orleans; five war patrols; sank Shisen Maru, frigate Awaji, frigate Kusakaki, tanker Shinei Maru, passenger-cargo Uga Maru, Nanshin Maru, and shared in sinking Kagu Maru and in finishing light cruiser Kumano; tracked Kurita's Central Force through Mindoro Strait before Leyte Gulf; four battle stars and a Navy Unit Commendation. Decommissioned at Mare Island 6 December (1945) and placed in reserve; recommissioned 6 February 1952, overhaul at San Diego; decommissioned 22 September 1953 and underwent conversion to snorkel equipment at Mare Island Shipyard; recommissioned 15 May 1954; decommissioned and loaned to Turkey 7 August 1954 as Preveze (S-22; NATO pennant S-340 from 1965 per Jane's via DANFS); deleted from the Turkish Navy in 1971.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1943-1972
- Population
- Manitowoc Shipbuilding construction trades (1943-44); Mare Island inactivation/conversion trades (1945-46, 1953-54); San Diego yard trades (1952-53); crew (1944-1954)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. Decommissioning year is elided in DANFS's '6 December' (1945 by narrative order; NavSource reads 1946 - logged). DANFS spec block reads 'Class: 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-guitarro-ss363-01
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[2]NavSource Online Submarine Photo Archive, Guitarro (SS-363) page - milestones, Turkish-service detail researched with a Turkish Navy CPOS, disposal (volunteer-compiled archive) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource spec block, disposition line, and dated photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource supplements: laid down 7 April 1943 at Manitowoc; decommissioned 6 December 1946 (conflicts with DANFS's 1945 by narrative order - logged) and laid up at Mare Island Group, Pacific Reserve Fleet; recommissioned 6 February 1952, overhaul at San Diego; decommissioned 22 September 1953 for GUPPY (snorkel) configuration; recommissioned 15 May 1954; decommissioned at Mare Island 7 August 1954 and transferred on loan to Turkey as TCG Preveze (D-7); renumbered S-22 in 1955 and S-340 in 1959 under the NATO pennant system (conflicts with Jane's-via-DANFS 1965 - logged); her name was cancelled 22 March 1965 to clear it for SSN-665. Sold to Turkey 1 January 1971 (header text internally inconsistent, also carrying '1 January 1972'); struck from the U.S. Naval Vessel Register and title transferred; decommissioned from Turkish Navy 4 May 1972; renamed Ceryan Botu (No. 4) and served as a charging boat at Golcuk Navy Yard until scrapped September 1983; her sail was used as a memorial at the sub base until the 17 August 1999 earthquake.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1943-1983
- Population
- Mare Island inactivation/conversion trades (1945-46, 1953-54); San Diego yard trades (1952-53); Turkish Navy crews and Golcuk Navy Yard workers (1954-1983)
- Limitations
- Volunteer-compiled archive researched with a Turkish Navy veteran; consistent with DANFS on milestones. Conflicts logged: decommissioning year (1945 DANFS vs 1946 NavSource), S-340 renumbering (1965 Jane's/DANFS vs 1959 NavSource), sale date (1 Jan 1971 vs 1 Jan 1972 within NavSource itself). No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-guitarro-ss363-02
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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 [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS service narrative; BuShips SDB 1945 submarine tables; shipyards.json product lists
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Construction at Manitowoc Shipbuilding (Apr 1943-Jan 1944), Mare Island inactivation and reserve custody (1945-52), an overhaul at San Diego (1952-53, yard unnamed), and the snorkel conversion at Mare Island Shipyard (Sep 1953-May 1954) define her U.S.-custody asbestos-relevant disturbance windows; Turkish-era maintenance at Golcuk (1954-1983) is outside the U.S. yard system and undocumented here. 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
- 1943-1983
- Population
- Manitowoc Shipbuilding trades (1943-44); Mare Island trades (1945-46, 1953-54); San Diego yard trades (1952-53); crew (1944-1954); Turkish Navy crews and Golcuk workers (1954-1983)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey or material list located for SS-363. 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 and the San Diego overhaul yard are unnamed/absent from the yard dataset; Turkish-era maintenance undocumented.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-guitarro-ss363-03
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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 1943-44 construction and U.S.-custody maintenance through the 1954 transfer (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-guitarro-ss363-04
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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. This hull left U.S. custody in August 1954, nearly a decade before SUBSAFE; the spec never governed this vessel. Does not establish exposure, causation, quantity, or eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-guitarro-ss363-05
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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-guitarro-ss363-06
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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-guitarro-ss363-01 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 Guitarro (SS-363) 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-guitarro-ss363-07