Evidence
5 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-5).
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[1]DANFS, USS Lamprey (SS-372) - construction, wartime/postwar service, dispositions; verbatim transcription via Wayback capture of hazegray.org (live NHHC DANFS page returned 404); incl. Bauer & Roberts Register of Ships supplement [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS service narrative and spec block + Bauer & Roberts supplement
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented for this hull: laid down 22 February 1944 by Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co., Manitowoc, Wis.; launched 18 June 1944 (sponsor Mrs. W. T. Nelson); commissioned 17 November 1944, Cmdr. William T. Nelson. Three war patrols - lifeguard duty off Formosa and Hong Kong; Java Sea patrol; Siam Gulf patrol with 28 May coordinated gun attack with BLUEBACK (SS-326) damaging a 60-ton escort; Singapore-area gun actions August 1945. Entered Mare Island Navy Yard, decommissioned 3 June 1946, into reserve. Transferred on loan to the Government of Argentina 21 July 1960; serves as SANTA FE (S-11). Four battle stars. Bauer & Roberts supplement: Santa Fe broken up in 1971 for spare parts; former Lamprey stricken from the US Navy Register 1 September 1971.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1944-1971
- Population
- Construction trades 1944 (Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co.); Mare Island inactivation trades (1946); crew (1944-1946; Argentine service)
- Limitations
- Ship-specific history only; no asbestos or material content. Yard-period asbestos disturbance is era inference, not a per-hull record. NavSource swaps the Argentine names of Lamprey and Macabi - DANFS names (Santa Fe for Lamprey) carried; see gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lamprey-ss372-01
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[2]NavSource Naval History, submarine photo-archive entry (secondary archival compilation; corrections noted as supplied by John D. Alden, author, The Fleet Submarine in the U.S. Navy, who served aboard Lamprey) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource entry header block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource: laid down 22 February 1944 at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co.; decommissioned 3 June 1946 at Mare Island Navy Yard; transferred on loan to Argentina 21 August 1960 - entry names her 'Santiago Del Estero (S-12)', which is ex-USS Macabi's Argentine name per DANFS; returned to US Navy custody 1 September 1971, struck from the Naval Register and sold outright to Argentina; broken up in 1971 for spare parts. CORRECTION: NavSource transposes the Argentine names of Lamprey and Macabi - DANFS assigns SANTA FE (S-11) to Lamprey and SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO (S-12) to Macabi, and this record follows DANFS. NavSource's transfer date (21 August 1960) also differs from DANFS (21 July 1960).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1944-1971
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation, not an official record. The Argentine-name transposition is a documented NavSource defect - DANFS names carried. The 21 July vs 21 August 1960 transfer-date conflict is unresolved.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lamprey-ss372-02
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[3]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
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A diesel-electric fleet boat built 1944 at Manitowoc 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. Documented yard event for this hull: 1946 Mare Island Navy Yard inactivation - a second, limited asbestos-relevant work window (inactivation/preservation work).
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-18
- Study period
- 1944-1946
- Population
- Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co. construction trades (1944); Mare Island inactivation trades (1946); crew (1944-1946)
- 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; inactivation scope is not documented per-hull. No quantities.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lamprey-ss372-03
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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 this hull's construction, service-era insulation, and 1946 Mare Island inactivation.
- 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-lamprey-ss372-04
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[5]Batch-27 search ledger (this record): DANFS transcription; NavSource; NVR check; Google Scholar case-law sweep; CourtListener attempted; GAO product page [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lamprey-ss372-01 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 Lamprey (SS-372) was found. Google Scholar exact-name "USS Lamprey" returned zero published-opinion hits; hull-number "SS-372" produced 10 hits, all name collisions ('SS' litigant-initials cases, NJ family-court opinions, citation fragments). No NVR detail page extant for this hull. CourtListener sweeps blocked this session - public search UI bot-challenged (HTTP 202) and v4 API throttled (HTTP 429, shared 125/day quota); Google Scholar substituted for published opinions.
- 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-lamprey-ss372-05