Evidence
4 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-4).
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[1]DANFS entry, USS Juneau II (CL-119) (ibiblio/HyperWar transcription; live NHHC page 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS CL-119 entry, specifications block + full service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: laid down by Federal Shipbuilding Co., Kearny, N.J., 15 September 1944; launched 15 July 1945 (sponsored by Mrs. E.L. Bartlett); commissioned 15 February 1946, Capt. Rufus E. Rose. Spec block: cpl. 623; cl. Juneau. First year on the Atlantic seaboard and Caribbean; three Mediterranean deployments 1947-49 (Trieste, Greece); reclassified CLAA-119 on 18 March 1949; transferred to the Pacific late 1949; flagship for Rear Adm. J.M. Higgins, Commander CruDiv 5, 22 April 1950; Yokosuka 1 June 1950, Tsushima Strait patrols. Korean War: first shore bombardments 29 June 1950 at Bokuko Ko; first naval action 2 July (sank three enemy torpedo boats near Chumonchin Chan); barrage on troop concentrations near Yongdok 18 July; flagship, Formosa Patrol Force 4 August - 29 October; fast-carrier plane guard off Korea; returned to Long Beach 1 May 1951 for overhaul; second Korean tour April - 5 November 1952; Atlantic Fleet from 7 April 1953; Mediterranean 1953 and 1954-55. Placed in reserve at Philadelphia '23 March 1956' [sic - see gaps], decommissioned 23 July 1956; Philadelphia Group, Atlantic Reserve Fleet; struck 1 November 1959; sold for scrapping to Union Metals & Alloys Corp., New York, 1962. Five battle stars (Korean War).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1944-1962
- Population
- Construction trades 1944-1946; crew 1946-1956
- Limitations
- DANFS documents construction, service history, and disposal - not materials or asbestos content. Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC page returns 404; transcription is verbatim DANFS text. The '23 March 1956' reserve date is internally inconsistent with the surrounding 1955 narrative and is flagged in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-juneau-cl119-01
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[2]NHHC Online Library of Selected Images, USS Juneau (CL-119, later CLAA-119), 1946-1962 (official Naval Historical Center narrative + photo catalog) [other_primary]
- Locator
- https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/OnlineLibrary/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-j/cl119.htm
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC Online Library narrative for this hull: built at Kearny, New Jersey; commissioned February 1946; three Mediterranean deployments 1947-49; reclassified CLAA-119 March 1949; transferred to the Pacific late 1949 and deployed to the Far East April 1950; 'with the outbreak of the Korean War the following June, Juneau became the first U.S. warship to enter combat against the invading North Korean forces'; active off Korea and the Formosa Straits until spring 1951; second Korean War tour 1952; rejoined Atlantic Fleet April 1953; Mediterranean 1953 and 1954-55; decommissioned July 1956 at Philadelphia and remained there until sold for scrapping 1962.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1946-1962
- Population
- Reserve-fleet custody and disposal-era personnel
- Limitations
- Official NHHC narrative page - month-level summary corroborating DANFS; contains no asbestos or materials content. Confirms the July 1956 decommissioning at Philadelphia.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-juneau-cl119-02
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[3]U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. 1 (1945), Light Cruisers (CL) tables - CL-119 machinery and dates rows; U.S. Navy, Bureau of Ships Technical Manual, NAVSHIPS 250-000, Chapter 39 'Thermal Insulation' (1960); Atlas shipyard dataset [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v1.pdf CL dates table (keel row: 'Sept. 15, 1944') + CL machinery table (CL-119 row); NAVSHIPS 250-000 ch. 39 pp. 39-11..39-13 (scan via Garlock bankruptcy repository); shipyards.json 'federal-shipbuilding-kearny'
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era inference: Juneau-group construction (the further-modified Atlanta design) at Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Kearny, NJ - keel laid 15 September 1944 per the Ships' Data 1945 dates table - falls squarely in the documented Navy asbestos-insulation era. Ships' Data 1945 lists this hull's plant as 4 boilers, 2 Westinghouse geared steam turbines, 75,000 shp, 565 psi / 850 deg F; the 1960 BuShips Technical Manual insulation chapter enumerates the era-standard suite - 85%-magnesia (~15% asbestos) and amosite-fiber pipe covering, asbestos felt, chrysotile cloth/tape lagging, asbestos millboard, finishing cement, and molded asbestos block. Documented disturbance periods for this hull: builder yard period 1944-46 at Kearny; a stateside overhaul at Long Beach from 1 May 1951 (DANFS); and reserve layup at Philadelphia 1955/56-1959 - the least-disturbed custody category.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1944-1956
- Population
- Construction trades 1944-1946; repair/overhaul yard workers; crew 1946-1956
- Limitations
- Class/era specification and yard-period inference only - no ship-specific asbestos record exists for this hull (ev-04); this row must not be read as establishing that asbestos products were or remain aboard. Does not quantify material; insulation disturbance at documented yard periods is inference from work scope, not a documented abatement record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-juneau-cl119-03
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[4]Batch-61 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS + Online Library; CourtListener ship-name and hull-number queries; NVR; museum/disclosure sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-juneau-cl119-01 through sl-uss-juneau-cl119-05; atlanta-class.class.json ev-07; uss-juneau-lpd10.atlas.json (batch-12) ev-03/ev-04
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: fresh CourtListener queries for this hull were BLOCKED (HTTP 429 - shared-IP 125/day cap exhausted mid-session, corroborating retry also throttled); the class-profile's completed per-name CourtListener sweep of 2026-09-16 returned zero qualifying asbestos opinions for 'Juneau' hulls, and every 'USS Juneau' litigation record located in that and prior sweeps resolves to LPD-10 (Austin/Cleveland-class amphibious transport dock, commissioned 1969): Hultner v. Air & Liquid Systems (C.D. Cal. 8:24-cv-00409) and Siegfried v. 3M (C.D. Cal. 2:18-cv-01575, complaint-exhibit vessel list 'Juneau (LPD-10)') are documented name collisions for this hull, not qualifying hits. No hull ACM survey, abatement contract, scrapping hazmat disclosure, NVR entry (hull disposed of before live-register coverage), or museum record with asbestos data was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger).
- 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 - it establishes only that no qualifying ship-specific documentation was found in the searched repositories. The fresh per-ship sweep is a partial sweep (blocked); corroboration rests on the class-level 2026-09-16 sweep and batch-12's full-text review of the LPD-10 dockets. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-juneau-cl119-04