USS Savage (DE-386)

Name
USS Savage
Hull designation
DE-386
Vessel class
Edsall
Evidence tier
Tier 2
Evidence entries
13
Record ID
uss-savage-de386
Dataset version
2026.10.12-rc.1
Canonical URL
https://asbestosatlas.org/ships/uss-savage-de386

Evidence

13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).

  1. [1]research packet kk-packet.md (1 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
    Finding type
    vessel_history
    Finding
    Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS Savage; hull DE-386 (later DER-386); destroyer escort,
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    supporting
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Evidence ID
    uss-savage-de386-pkt-kk-packet-md
  2. [2]DANFS, Savage (DE-386) (namesake biography, spec block, service narrative, DER conversion, Vietnam service, struck/target notes; live NHHC page returns 404 - Wayback capture 2025-12-09 plus verbatim transcription at ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/dafs/DE/de386.html) [nhhc_danfs]
    Locator
    NHHC DANFS 'Savage' entry, namesake paragraph + spec block + service narrative + bracketed disposal note; Wayback capture 2025-12-09
    Finding type
    vessel_history
    Finding
    DANFS record for this hull: named for Walter Samuel Savage, Jr. (born 26 April 1919, New Orleans; commissioned Ensign USNR 10 June 1941; Assistant Paymaster aboard Arizona BB-39; killed with 46 other officers and 1,057 enlisted men on 7 December 1941). Spec block: dp. 1,200; l. 306'; b. 36'7"; dr. 8'7"; s. 21 k.; cpl. 186; a. 3 3", 3 21" tt., 8 dcp., 1 dcp. (hh.), 2 dct.; cl. Edsall. Laid down 30 April 1943 by Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, Tex.; launched 15 July 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Walter S. Savage, Sr.; commissioned 29 October 1943, Lt. Comdr. Oscar C. Rohnke, USCG, in command. Fitting out at Galveston; shakedown off Bermuda; Charleston Navy Yard; departed Norfolk 6 January 1944 as part of Escort Division 23; 1944-45 convoy escort U.S. east coast to African, Mediterranean, and European ports; 1 April 1944 convoy UGS-36 attacked by the Luftwaffe off Algiers (one casualty, a depth-charge crewman wounded in the ankle by shell fragments). Yard availability at Brooklyn Navy Yard; sailed 30 May 1945 for Culebra; Panama Canal 18 June; via San Francisco to the Aleutians, arriving Adak 8 July; escorted two convoys from Cold Harbor, Alaska, toward Russian waters and escorted oilers refueling Task Force 92 during Kuril bombardment; 27 September departed Attu for Petropavlovsk, USSR, arriving 2 October. Liaison duty Okinawa-Tsingtao-Shanghai December 1945-February 1946; Green Cove Springs, Fla., arriving April; decommissioned there 13 June (DANFS prints '1945' - error, see gaps). Redesignated radar picket escort destroyer DER-386 on 3 September 1954; converted at Boston; recommissioned 18 February 1955; Pacific Fleet, homeport Seattle (arrived 6 August 1955); radar picket station ship three years; homeport changed to Pearl Harbor December 1958 (arrived 12 January 1959); mid-Pacific Barrier until March 1960; search-and-rescue navigation-aid ship until May 1965; Vietnam Operation 'Market Time' - more time on station than any other DER - plus Taiwan Strait patrols (tours listed 1965-1968). Returned to Pearl Harbor 1 February 1969 for restricted availability; departed 7 July for San Francisco; decommissioned 17 October 1969 at San Francisco Bay Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, joining the inactive reserve fleet. Bracketed note: struck from the Navy list 1 June 1975; sunk as a target off southern California 25 October 1982. One battle star World War II; six for Vietnam.
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    supporting
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-09-28
    Study period
    1943-1982
    Population
    Brown Shipbuilding construction trades 1943; USCG-manned wartime crew 1943-1946 (design complement 186); Navy crew 1955-1969
    Limitations
    DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. Its decommissioning sentence prints '13 June 1945,' internally inconsistent with the same paragraph's April 1946 arrival at Green Cove Springs and with NavSource (13 June 1946) - carried in gaps. Live NHHC page returns 404; Wayback capture 2025-12-09 and verbatim HyperWar/ibiblio transcription cited.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-savage-de386-01
  3. [3]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. I (1945), Destroyer-Escort Vessels roster row 295 for SAVAGE, DE-386 (book p. 258; PDF p. 139) [other_primary]
    Locator
    SDB 1945 Vol. I, DE roster row 295 (book p. 258 = PDF p. 139)
    Finding type
    historical_record
    Finding
    Contemporaneous official BuShips roster row (no. 295) for this hull: SAVAGE, official number DE-386, design group FMR; built by Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, Tex.; contract price of hull and machinery $2,183,000; contract signed 7 August 1942; keel laid 30 April 1943; ship launched 15 July 1943; preliminary acceptance 28 October 1943; date of first commission 29 October 1943.
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    supporting
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-09-28
    Study period
    1942-1943
    Population
    Brown Shipbuilding construction trades 1943
    Limitations
    Official contemporaneous build roster - documents identity, builder, contract, and dates; contains no insulation or materials information and says nothing about asbestos. Read from a 300-400 dpi page render (the scan has no text layer); dates cross-checked against DANFS and NavSource, which concur.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-savage-de386-02
  4. [4]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. I (1945), Destroyer-Escort Vessels design-group table, group 4 / FMR (book pp. 234-235; PDF p. 127) [other_primary]
    Locator
    SDB 1945 Vol. I, DE design-group table row 4/FMR + symbol legend (book pp. 234-235 = PDF p. 127)
    Finding type
    historical_record
    Finding
    Official BuShips design-group table for design group 4 (symbol FMR - 'Fairbanks Morse diesel reverse gear drive'): 306 ft overall / 300 ft waterline; beam 36 ft 7 in; 1,200 tons standard / 1,590 tons full load; trial speed 21.2 kt; machinery - Fairbanks-Morse model 38D8-1/8 diesel engines, 6,000 shp, 2 propellers; boilers: 'None'; ship's-service diesel generators; accommodations 15 officers + 201 enlisted; armament 3 x 3-inch/50 cal. D.P. Documents that this hull's FMR design group carried a diesel plant with no boilers or steam system - materially different asbestos-relevant profile than the steam-driven TE/WGT escort groups.
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    supporting
    Documentation level
    class_or_era
    Accessed
    2026-09-28
    Study period
    1945 (design data)
    Population
    Design cohort: all FMR-group (Edsall-class) hulls
    Limitations
    Class/design documentation for the whole FMR group, not a per-hull material schedule - establishes plant type and accommodations, not insulation content or asbestos. Scanned table read at 300 dpi; the roster's per-cell detail reflects group design, not post-commission alterations (e.g., the 1954-55 DER conversion).
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-savage-de386-03
  5. [5]USS Savage (DE-386), 'Ship's History' - ship-submitted war history letter, CO to Secretary of the Navy, file DE-386(FMR)/A12, serial no. 153, dated 17 September 1945 (NavSource-hosted scan) [other_primary]
    Locator
    NavSource image 06386wh.jpg - multi-page scan of the 17 September 1945 CO submission ('Ship's History' enclosure forwarded under ALPAC 202)
    Finding type
    vessel_history
    Finding
    Contemporaneous record written by this hull's own command: commissioned 1430, 29 October 1943, at the Tennessee Coal and Iron Dock, Houston, Texas; Lt. Comdr. Oscar C. Rohnke, USCG, first CO; final fitting out at Galveston; ready for duty 18 November 1943; shakedown off Bermuda under CTG 23.1 until 23 December; Charleston Navy Yard (designated home port) arriving 26 December 1943; incorporated in Escort Division 23 6 January 1944. Itemized convoy record: six slow mercantile convoys Jan-Jul 1944 (UGS-30, GUS-29, UGS-36 - attacked off Cape Cherchell, Algiers, 1 April 1944 by the Luftwaffe, one casualty: a depth-charge-thrower crewman wounded in the ankle by a 20mm AA shell, 'the only verified contact with the enemy during the war'; GUS-36, UGS-43, GUS-43), then twelve fast troop/tanker convoys New York/Boston to the British Isles Aug 1944-May 1945 (TCU-35, UCT-35, CU-41, UC-41A - a fatal accident, seaman's skull crushed in a watertight door; CU-47/UC-47A, CU-53 - rescued a torpedoman's mate washed overboard from USS Winslow DD-359 on 8 January 1945; UC-53A, CU-59, UC-59B, CU-65, UC-65A). Departed 30 May 1945 with Escort Division 23 for the Pacific; Guantanamo training 1-15 June; reported to CinCPac 17 June, transited the Canal 18 June; Adak 8 July, TG 91.2; convoy-escort missions to the Russian-U.S. border 23-29 July and 25-31 August; escorted a fleet oiler fueling TF 92's Kurile raid 7-11 August. CO chain all-USCG: Rohnke; Randolph Ridgely III (12 May 1944); James A. Norton USCGR; Lt. John M. Waters Jr. (17 September 1945).
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    supporting
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-09-28
    Study period
    1943-1945
    Population
    USCG crew aboard DE-386, 1943-1945
    Limitations
    Ship-submitted administrative history - documents manning (all-USCG wartime crew), convoy identity, and operations; contains no materials, insulation, or asbestos information. NavSource-hosted scan; the document's NARA shelf position is not identified on the image - file number DE-386(FMR)/A12 is the series marker.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-savage-de386-04
  6. [6]NavSource Destroyer Escort Photo Archive, USS Savage (DE-386) page - specifications block, building/operational data, awards, NARA/DVIDS photo captions, CO list [other_primary]
    Locator
    navsource.net/archives/06/386.htm - specs block, building/operational data, awards block, photo captions incl. NARA 80-G series and DVIDS VIRINs
    Finding type
    vessel_history
    Finding
    Compiled record for this hull with hull-specific operational data beyond DANFS: decommissioned 13 June 1946 at Green Cove Springs (correcting DANFS's '1945' typo); redesignated DER-386 3 September 1954; commenced DER conversion at the Boston Naval Shipyard 28 October 1954; recommissioned 18 February 1955 (Lcdr. Raymond E. Davis, USN); Escort Squadron 5, Seattle; arrived homeport 4 August 1955 as a barrier radar picket of the North American Continental Air Defense System; departed Seattle 29 December 1958 for Pearl Harbor; decommissioned 17 October 1969 at San Francisco; struck from the NVR 1 June 1975 ('17 years and 6 months' total service); sunk as target off California 25 October 1982. NARA-photo caption (80-G-313294/-295/-297): 4 April 1945 sea trials off Brooklyn after a New York Navy Yard availability 'to replace her number two main engine.' Postwar captions: moored Pier 91 Seattle 1955-57; 1959 gun enclosures added and air-search radar upgraded AN/SPS-6C to SPS-29/37; Hong Kong port visit 1-13 January 1969; nested at the Stockton 'Mothball Fleet' 9 April 1972; at the Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility, Mare Island, August 1975; as a target hulk for the High Altitude Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM) project at Pacific Missile Test Center, Point Mugu, 1981 (DVIDS VIRIN DN-SC-83-07728, DN-SC-83-05264); AGM-88A detonation photo 25 October 1982 (U.S. Navy Naval Aviation News). Awards block: Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive); China Service Medal; American Campaign; Asiatic-Pacific; EAME w/1 star; WWII Victory; Navy Occupation; National Defense; Armed Forces Expeditionary; Vietnam Service w/6 stars; RVN Gallantry Cross Unit Citation w/1 star; RVN Campaign Medal.
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    supporting
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-09-28
    Study period
    1943-1982
    Population
    USCG crew 1943-46; USN crew 1955-69; yard workers at NY Navy Yard 1945, Boston NSY 1954-55, Pearl Harbor NSY 1969, Mare Island 1969; PMTC test personnel 1981-82
    Limitations
    Compiled secondary archive, not a contemporaneous record - dates concur with DANFS and BuShips SDB where they overlap. The 'number two main engine' replacement caption (NARA photos) is the sole documentation of that availability's scope; no materials or asbestos content. Navsource.org DNS failed; navsource.net mirror fetched OK (same archive).
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-savage-de386-05
  7. [7]Department of the Navy letter, Ser 0?R/395370, 29 December 1982, to Director, Environmental Protection and Occupational Safety and Health Division (OP-45), 'Sinkings of Ships as Targets in CY 1982' (scan hosted at usssavage.org, contributed by Samuel Loring Morison) [other_primary]
    Locator
    usssavage.org 'Ex-Savage Sunk' page, document image sinking_2.gif - table row 'SAVAGE (DER 386) 1269 32-04N 119-54W 1735 10/25/82'
    Finding type
    environmental_record
    Finding
    Official Navy CY-1982 target-sinking report compiled 'to assist you in your annual report of target sinkings to the Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency': lists SAVAGE (DER 386), 1,269 tons, sunk at 32-04N, 119-54W in 1,735 fathoms on 10/25/82, among nine CY-1982 target expenditures (HISSEM DER-400, LE SAVOYARD F-771, BASILONE DD-824, ROBINSON DD-562, AGERHOLM DD-826, a Kaiser Corp. cement/sand barge, DEPERM ADG-101, LARDNER DD-467). Documents that the hull's disposal occurred inside a formal Navy-to-EPA reporting channel and gives the wreck site's documented position and depth.
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    supporting
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-09-28
    Study period
    1982
    Population
    n/a - disposal documentation
    Limitations
    Documents disposal position/depth and the existence of an EPA-reporting regime for target sinkings - contains no hazardous-material, asbestos, or removal-scope information about this hull. Scanned image hosted on a private association site (usssavage.org); the letterhead reads Department of the Navy and content is consistent with official message traffic, but the scan's NARA/DoD file position is not identified.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-savage-de386-06
  8. [8]COMPACMISTESTCEN PT MUGU CA naval message R 051643Z Nov 82 to CNO (info NAVSEA, NAVAIR, CINCPACFLT, COMTHIRDFLT et al.), 'TARGET HULL EXPENDITURE' (scan hosted at usssavage.org) [other_primary]
    Locator
    usssavage.org 'Ex-Savage Sunk' page, document image sinking845_.GIF - UNCLAS message R 051643Z NOV 82
    Finding type
    environmental_record
    Finding
    Official unclassified naval message from the Pacific Missile Test Center, Point Mugu: '1. SHIP TARGET EX-SAVAGE (DER-386) EXPENDED AT PACMISTESTCEN IN SUPPORT OF PROJECT TEST ON 25 OCT 82. 2. EX-SAVAGE SANK AT LAT 32 DEG 04 MIN N, LONG 119 DEG 54 MIN W. 3. EX-SAVAGE IN CONFORMITY WITH DEPT OF NAVY FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT [STATEMENT].' Documents that the hull served as an instrumented target (cameras/antennas fitted for the AGM-88 HARM project per DVIDS photo captions) and that its expenditure was conducted and reported under the Department of the Navy's Final Environmental Impact Statement framework for the activity.
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    supporting
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-09-28
    Study period
    1982
    Population
    n/a - disposal documentation
    Limitations
    The message asserts EIS conformity; the EIS's own hazmat-removal requirements (if any applied to asbestos in 1982) are not in this record, and the message contains no asbestos content. Scan hosted on a private association site; consistent with standard Navy message format and with the OP-45 letter (ev-06), which independently lists the same coordinates and date.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-savage-de386-07
  9. [9]Era/design inference - BuShips SDB 1945 design-group-4 machinery row (FMR: F.M. diesel, boilers 'None') + documented sister-hull asbestos record (USS Stewart DE-238) [other_primary]
    Locator
    SDB 1945 Vol. I DE design-group table (PDF p. 127); yard periods per DANFS + NavSource; product set follows the house diesel-escort inference model (cf. uss-richey-de385, uss-mills-de383, uss-slater-de766)
    Finding type
    asbestos_application
    Finding
    Era/design inference: an Edsall-class (FMR) destroyer escort built 1943 at Brown Shipbuilding would have carried era-standard asbestos applications appropriate to a diesel-powered escort - exhaust-system insulation and lagging, gaskets and packing, electrical insulation, brake linings on winches and windlass, fireproofing, and deck coverings. Because the FMR plant has no boilers or steam lines (SDB 1945 design-group-4 machinery row), the largest asbestos categories of steam ships (boiler and steam-line insulation) do not apply to this design. Documented yard periods at Atlas-listed asbestos-era facilities - Charleston Navy Yard (Dec 1943), New York Navy Yard (March-April 1945 main-engine replacement), Boston Naval Shipyard (DER conversion Oct 1954-Feb 1955), Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard (Feb 1969 restricted availability), San Francisco Bay Naval Shipyard/Mare Island (1969 deactivation) - are periods where era-typical shipyard asbestos work occurred aboard or around the hull, without any documented asbestos scope for this hull.
    Verification
    inferred
    Role
    supporting
    Documentation level
    class_or_era
    Accessed
    2026-09-28
    Study period
    1943-1969
    Population
    Brown Shipbuilding construction trades 1943; USCG crew 1943-46; USN crew 1955-69; shipyard workers at the five documented availabilities
    Limitations
    Class/era and design inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding. No insulation schedule, material list, or yard work-package detail for DE-386 was located; this establishes era-consistent expectation for the type and documents where this hull was worked on, not that any specific asbestos material went aboard or was disturbed. Does not quantify material or establish any individual's exposure.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-savage-de386-08
  10. [10]Keri Heath, 'World War II-era vessels in Galveston to undergo asbestos abatement', Galveston Daily News, 27 July 2020 [reputable_press]
    Locator
    Galveston Daily News 2020-07-27 article text (survey, contractor approval, Navy inspection recommendation)
    Finding type
    abatement_record
    Finding
    Documented asbestos aboard a preserved Edsall-class sister hull from the SAME builder: an October 2019 survey aboard USS Stewart (DE-238, Brown Shipbuilding-built Edsall-class, Seawolf Park, Galveston) - recommended by mechanics preparing boiler-room work and by a U.S. Navy inspection - reported a potential asbestos hazard in the boiler room and public areas; contractor Separation Systems Consultants was approved in July 2020 to proceed with abatement (about two weeks' work). Class-level corroboration that Edsall-class construction, including Brown Shipbuilding hulls, carried asbestos-containing material.
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    context
    Documentation level
    class_or_era
    Accessed
    2026-09-28
    Study period
    2019-2020
    Population
    Museum visitors/staff and contractors at Seawolf Park (sister hull DE-238)
    Limitations
    Evidence about a sister hull (DE-238), NOT this hull: same builder and same design group, but a museum-hull lifecycle DE-386 never had (expended as a target 1982). Documents asbestos aboard one Edsall-class ship; establishes nothing about materials or exposure aboard DE-386. Notably DE-238's survey flagged a 'boiler room' - a steam-era framing; the FMR design has no boilers per SDB, so the class-level inference should not be over-read.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-savage-de386-09
  11. [11]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
    Locator
    gao.gov HRD-80-2 product page (abstract)
    Finding type
    gov_survey
    Finding
    GAO documented the Navy's extensive shipboard asbestos insulation use, with substitution away from asbestos not beginning until the early 1970s - DE-386 (built 1943) falls inside the documented asbestos-use era for Navy ship construction and shipyard maintenance.
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    context
    Documentation level
    context_only
    Accessed
    2026-09-28
    Study period
    1940s-1979
    Population
    Navy ship and shipyard workers, WWII-1970s
    Limitations
    Program-level era context only - says nothing about this specific hull, diesel-escort applications specifically, or any individual's exposure. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches); content via the GAO product-page description.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-savage-de386-10
  12. [12]CourtListener API v4 sweep (type=o opinions, type=r RECAP dockets): exact-name queries "USS Savage"/"U.S.S. Savage"; hull-number queries "DE-386" and "DER-386" (via fleet-paced authenticated helper cl-auth-search.py) [court_record]
    Locator
    CourtListener API v4 search results; query set in search_ledger rows sl-uss-savage-de386-06 through -11
    Finding type
    litigation_documented
    Finding
    CourtListener sweep result for this hull: opinion query "USS Savage" returned 0 hits and RECAP docket query "USS Savage" returned 0 hits - clean negatives. Opinion query "DER-386" returned 0 hits; RECAP docket query "DER-386" returned 1 hit (Palm Beach County v. FAA, D.C. Cir. 26-1034, filed 2026-02-12) - an aviation administrative case, an identifier collision on the FAA DER (designated engineering representative) string, not an asbestos or naval-vessel case. Hull-number queries are high-collision: opinion query "DE-386" returned 10 hits and docket query "DE-386" returned 140 hits, all identifier collisions - 'DE-386' matches PACER docket-entry citations ('D.E. 386') and docket-type codes inside unrelated federal cases (securities, criminal, bankruptcy, patent, family law); no result is an asbestos case or names any vessel. No qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull was located.
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    negative_finding
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-09-28
    Study period
    2026-09-28
    Limitations
    Search-index negative: 'no result' does not prove no claim was ever filed - it proves no indexed opinion or docket names the hull. Unindexed, PACER-only, state-court, or settled/undocketed claims are outside the corpus. The 'DE-386' identifier collides with the PACER 'D.E. NNN' docket-entry convention; sampled hits were classified as collisions on that basis.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-savage-de386-11
  13. [13]Batch-4284 search ledger (this record): DANFS via Wayback/HyperWar transcription; NavSource archive page + war-history scan; BuShips Ships' Data 1945 Vol. I roster and design tables; usssavage.org-hosted Navy disposal documents; Naval Vessel Register; CourtListener queries; general web search [other_primary]
    Locator
    search_ledger rows sl-uss-savage-de386-01 through -13
    Finding type
    historical_record
    Finding
    No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for DE-386/DER-386: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, material schedule, museum documentation, or docketed case naming this hull was found in the public sources searched. The hull was expended as a test target in 1982 - the disposal documents located (CY-1982 SINKEX report; expenditure message asserting EIS conformity) are the record layer where pre-sinking hazmat scope would surface, and they contain no asbestos content. The only 'asbestos' hits naming USS Savage (DE-386) in general web search are law-firm marketing listicles that enumerate every WWII hull (asbestos-ships.com ship page; similar list entries) - non-authoritative and excluded by batch rules.
    Verification
    verified
    Role
    negative_finding
    Documentation level
    ship_specific
    Accessed
    2026-09-28
    Study period
    2026-09-28
    Limitations
    Absence of a located record is not proof of absence aboard - 1943 escort construction falls inside the documented Navy asbestos-use era, and same-builder sister DE-238 carried documented asbestos. The DoN Final Environmental Impact Statement cited in the 1982 expenditure message and PMTC/OP-45 correspondence files are the likeliest repositories for any pre-sinking material-removal scope; neither was retrievable. NARA RG 19 construction records / General Information Books and WWII-era deck logs at Archives II are unsurveyed archival leads; the ship-submitted war history contains no materials data.
    Atlas source
    true
    Evidence ID
    ev-uss-savage-de386-12

Attribution

Compiled by
Paul Danziger; Rod de Llano
Publisher
Danziger & De Llano, LLP
License
CC-BY-4.0
Citation
Danziger, P., and De Llano, R. (2026). AsbestosAtlas Navy Vessel Asbestos Exposure Dataset. Danziger & De Llano, LLP. DOI: not yet assigned
Dataset version
asbestosatlas-ships-2026.10.12-rc.1
DOI
not yet assigned