Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]DANFS, McCalla II (DD-488) - specifications block + service narrative (verbatim transcription via hazegray.org mirror, retrieved through Wayback capture 2024-05-25; live NHHC DANFS page returns 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry 'DD-488 / McCalla II', specifications block + service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: laid down 15 September 1941 by Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Kearny, N.J.; launched 20 March 1942; sponsored by Mrs. Arthur MacArthur; commissioned 27 May 1942, Lt. Comdr. W. G. Cooper in command. Specs: 1,630 t; 348 ft 3 in; beam 36 ft 1 in; 35 kt; complement 276; 4 x 5-inch, 4 x 40mm, 5 x 20mm, 5 x 21-inch tt, 6 dcp, 2 dct; class Gleaves. Service: convoy escort 19 July 1942; reported ComSoPac Noumea 28 September; TF 64, Battle of Cape Esperance night 11-12 October 1942 - rescued 107 of USS Duncan's crew, captured 3 Japanese sailors; destroyed 40 Japanese landing craft off Tassafaronga Point 25 November; 1943 Fiji/New Hebrides/Solomons plane-guard, escort, ASW; New Georgia campaign - Rendova escort 26-30 June (rescued 98 of McCawley APA-4's crew after the 30 June air attack), Rice Anchorage screen 5 July, Munda bombardment 9 July; collision with USS Patterson end of September 1943 (bow damage), temporary repairs Purvis Bay, then shipyard repairs at Mare Island - en route rescued 868 survivors of torpedoed transport SS Cape San Juan; underway again 8 January 1944; Marshalls ASW/escort from Majuro; attached to fast-carrier TF 58 from 30 May through October - strikes on Marianas, Bonins, Palaus, Philippines, Formosa, Okinawa (Battle of the Philippine Sea June; Leyte Gulf October); escort work Ulithi/Eniwetok/Peleliu/Manus/Leyte from 24 October 1944; Philippine inter-island escort from mid-February 1945, NEI June; July 1945 mopping-up western Carolines. Departed 22 July 1945 for Portland, Oregon, arriving 9 August for pre-deactivation overhaul; to Charleston S.C. by end of January 1946; decommissioned 17 May 1946, Atlantic Reserve Fleet; recommissioned 11 December 1948; trained nucleus Turkish crew; sailed for Turkey spring 1949; decommissioned and transferred 29 April 1949, recommissioned same day as Giresun (D-345); 'Into 1969, she continues to serve in the Turkish Navy.' Ten WWII battle stars.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1941-1949 (entry narrative through 1969)
- Population
- Federal Shipbuilding construction trades 1941-42; wartime crew (design complement 276); nucleus Turkish crew 1948-49
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history, specifications, and transfer - not materials or asbestos content. Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC page returns 404; the hazegray scan carries minor OCR faults (e.g., 'night of 11 and 13 October' for the Cape Esperance action - NHHC Online Library and standard accounts read 11-12 October 1942). Entry was written while the hull remained in Turkish service and carries no U.S. Navy strike date.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-mccalla-dd488-01
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[2]Naval Historical Center, Online Library of Selected Images - 'USS McCalla (DD-488), 1942-1949' page (ibiblio HyperWar mirror), narrative summary + photo captions [other_primary]
- Locator
- ibiblio OnlineLibrary dd488.htm - narrative paragraph + captions for photos 80-G-13393 (delivery voyage Kearny to New York Navy Yard, 26 May 1942) and NH 97933-97935 (off Mare Island Navy Yard, 11 Jan 1944)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHC Online Library record for this hull: 1,630-ton Gleaves-class destroyer built at Kearny, New Jersey, commissioned 27 May 1942; Guadalcanal campaign incl. Cape Esperance 11-12 October 1942; Rendova/New Georgia landings late June-early July 1943, shelling 9 July; 'Damaged in collision during an anti-barge sweep north of Kolombangara on 29 September, McCalla was sent back to the U.S. for repairs and overhaul' - photographs NH 97933/97934/97935 show the ship off Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 11 January 1944; TF 58 service incl. Battle of the Philippine Sea and Battle of Leyte Gulf; decommissioned Charleston May 1946; recommissioned December 1948 for Turkish crew training; transferred late April 1949, renamed Giresun, 'served as a Turkish warship until 1973.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1942-1949; Turkish service to 1973
- Population
- Wartime crew; Mare Island Navy Yard repair workforce 1943-44
- Limitations
- Official photo-catalog narrative - documents events, dates, and the Mare Island repair period, not materials or asbestos content. Resolves DANFS's vaguer 'end of September' collision to 29 September 1943. Turkish-service end (1973) stated without a strike/scrapping mechanism.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-mccalla-dd488-02
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[3]NavSource Naval History, Destroyer Photo Index DD-488 USS McCalla - operational/building data block (retrieved via Wayback capture 2025-03-17; live page fetch failed) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navsource.org/archives/05/488.htm 'Operational and Building Data' block + machinery line
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource record for this hull: laid down Federal Shipbuilding, Kearny NJ, 15 September 1941; launched 20 March 1942; commissioned 27 May 1942; decommissioned 17 May 1946; recommissioned 11 December 1948; decommissioned 29 April 1949; 'Stricken June 7 1949'; 'To Turkey April 28 1949, renamed Giresun'; 'Stricken and scrapped in 1973.' Machinery block: 50,000 shp, Westinghouse geared turbines, 2 screws, 35 kt, as-built crew 208.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1941-1973
- Population
- Postwar crew 1948-49; Turkish crew 1949-73; scrapping workers 1973
- Limitations
- Volunteer-compiled secondary archive - the standard public source for U.S. Navy strike dates but not an official register; 'To Turkey April 28 1949' conflicts by one day with DANFS's 29 April 1949 transfer/decommissioning (carried in gaps). The 1973 Turkish strike/scrapping and the as-built crew figure (208 vs DANFS 276) are corroborated by navypedia's Turkish destroyer page but no Turkish official source was located.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-mccalla-dd488-03
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[4]Haberturk (Istanbul), 'Turk subayin zaferi' / 'Asbestli gemide calisan Turk amirale tazminat' ['Compensation for Turkish officer who worked on asbestos ship'], Gungor Karakus, 24 July 2012; corroborated same-day by NTV, Milliyet, Cumhuriyet, Hurriyet [reputable_press]
- Locator
- Haberturk article body + embedded list 'ISTE O 25 GEMI', item 16 'Giresun D 345'
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Mainstream Turkish press reported that a court ruled the U.S. shipbuilder of TCG Adatepe (D-353 - a different ex-U.S. destroyer, transferred to Turkey in 1971) pay compensation to the family of a retired Turkish officer who served aboard her and died of cancer - reported as Turkey's first such ruling. In the same reporting, plaintiffs' attorneys Ozge Haktan Ozturk and Ozlem Nur Ozturk published a list of 25 ex-U.S.-built or -donated warships asserted to contain asbestos, 'the first arriving in Turkey in 1949'; item 16 of the published list is 'Giresun D 345' - this hull's Turkish identity (ex-USS McCalla DD-488, transferred 29 April 1949 per DANFS).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1949-1973 (Turkish service); 2012 (ruling and report)
- Population
- Turkish Navy crew of TCG Giresun (D-345), 1949-1973 (attorneys' claim scope); adjudicated claimant served aboard TCG Adatepe
- Limitations
- Allegation-level naming only: the 25-ship list is a plaintiff attorneys' assertion reported in press, not an adjudicated finding as to this hull - the reported judgment concerned TCG Adatepe (D-353) only, and its case name/docket was not located (outside U.S. court coverage). Reporting establishes that the attorneys characterize this hull as asbestos-containing; it does not establish fiber content, quantities, locations aboard, or any individual exposure. Litigation-stage discipline applied: classified at pleading/allegation level, not at the sister hull's ruling level.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-mccalla-dd488-04
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[5]Atlas shipyard dataset, Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. (Kearny NJ) record incl. Owens-Illinois Industrial Health Survey of the yard, Aug. 30 - Sep. 2, 1944 (shipyards.json 'federal-shipbuilding-kearny'); Gleaves-class machinery context per BuShips Ships' Data U.S. Naval Vessels Vol. 1 (Jan 1945) [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipyards.json record 'federal-shipbuilding-kearny' (flagship evidence ev-federal-kearny-ihs-1944); DANFS/NavSource machinery data for DD-488
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/yard inference: a Gleaves-class destroyer built 1941-42 with four Babcock & Wilcox superheated boilers and geared steam turbines (50,000 shp, 2 shafts) would have carried period-standard asbestos insulation - boiler casing and fireroom insulation, steam-pipe and turbine lagging, valve/flange gaskets and packing, fireproofing, deck tile. Builder yard is documented at yard level in the Atlas dataset: Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock, Kearny (tier 2), incl. a 1944 Owens-Illinois industrial-health survey documenting insulator work with Johns-Manville Superex asbestos pipe covering and boiler insulation in confined yard spaces; yard-documented products also include Garlock asbestos gaskets (1930-75 use window, spanning this hull's build).
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1941-1973
- Population
- Federal Shipbuilding construction trades 1941-42; crew 1942-49; Turkish crew 1949-73
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding. The 1944 yard survey postdates this hull's 20 March 1942 launch and documents yard practice, not materials installed aboard DD-488. Other yard-documented products (Owens-Illinois Kaylo, 1948-58; W.R. Grace Monokote, 1950s-70s) postdate this hull's construction entirely and are excluded from inference. Establishes no quantities and no individual exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-mccalla-dd488-05
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[6]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 to automated fetch)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented the Navy's asbestos-protection program: standing policy (1975) removed asbestos insulation only when damaged or when required for repairs, modified 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas - i.e., original-era insulation typically remained in place for decades unless a yard period disturbed it. Context for this hull's wartime construction and its 1949 transfer: whatever era insulation remained aboard at transfer passed to Turkish custody undocumented.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; Navy asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation, not ship- or class-specific; gao.gov blocks automated fetch (HTTP 403) so content derives from the product-page description, consistent with prior batches' treatment. Says nothing about materials aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-mccalla-dd488-06
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[7]Batch-3470 search ledger (this record): DANFS transcription, NHHC Online Library, NavSource, navypedia Turkish destroyer roster, Turkish press (Haberturk/NTV/Milliyet/Cumhuriyet/Hurriyet), Atlas shipyard dataset [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-mccalla-dd488-01 through sl-uss-mccalla-dd488-08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific primary asbestos record located for DD-488: no hull ACM survey, no abatement contract or hazmat disclosure, no NPS/HAER/museum documentation (the hull is not preserved), and no adjudicated litigation naming this hull. The only ship-specific public naming is the attorney-sourced 2012 Turkish press list (ev-uss-mccalla-dd488-04), which is allegation-level. U.S. CourtListener coverage for this record is incomplete - the fleet-wide pacing budget blocked the sweeps during this session; see search_ledger.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1941-42 steam destroyer is era-consistent with standard asbestos insulation, but that is class/era inference, not a ship-specific finding. CourtListener sweeps were attempted but blocked by shared pacing budget at session time; a 'blocked' result is recorded in the ledger rather than claimed as a negative. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-mccalla-dd488-07