Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]research packet ji-packet.md (1 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERDICT: VERIFIED — real identity: USS Aylwin (DD-355) — third USN ship named for Lt. John Cushing Aylwin [SECONDARY: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Aylwin_(DD-355)]
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-aylwin-dd355-pkt-ji-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Aylwin III (DD-355) (verbatim Naval Historical Center transcription; live NHHC DANFS page 404s - Wayback capture cited; identical text at hazegray.org/danfs/destroy/dd355txt.htm) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry for Aylwin III (DD-355): namesake paragraph, specifications block, and full service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: laid down 23 September 1933 by Philadelphia Navy Yard; launched 10 July 1934 (sponsor Elizabeth M. Farley); commissioned 1 March 1935 (Comdr. Clarence Gulbranson); specifications block: 1,375 t, 341'3", 16'4" draft, 37.0 kt, complement 251, 5x5", 8x21" tt, 4x.50-cal, 2 dct, class Farragut. European shakedown 1935; Pacific Fleet from October 1935; Fleet Problems XVII-XXI; Mare Island overhauls 1936, 1939, 1940; Pearl Harbor basing October 1939; collision with Farragut 19 March 1941 (23 frames damaged, bow nearly severed, fire to 0140 on the 20th; towed stern-first to Pearl Harbor by Turkey); underway from buoy X-14 under Ens. S. Caplan during the 7 December 1941 attack; Wake relief attempt; Coral Sea and Midway; Aleutians; Guadalcanal (screened Long Island's Henderson Field delivery); Attu and Kiska 1943; Marshalls, Carolines, Hollandia, Saipan, Guam 1944; Bremerton overhaul Aug-Oct 1944; TG 30.8 flagship; survived Typhoon Cobra 18 December 1944 (70-degree rolls; MM1 Sarenski and Lt. E.R. Rendahl lost; engine room 180 F abandoned 6 hours); Iwo Jima and Okinawa 1945; second typhoon 5 June 1945; Indianapolis survivor search August 1945; decommissioned New York Navy Yard 16 October 1945; stricken 1 November 1945; sold to George N. Nutman Inc., Brooklyn, 20 December 1946; scrapped by 2 September 1948; 13 battle stars.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1933-1948
- Population
- Philadelphia Navy Yard construction trades 1933-35; crew 1935-45 (DANFS complement 251)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents construction, service history, and disposal - not materials or asbestos content. Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC DANFS page returns 404 (same standing defect as Batch-01/-07). Decommissioning date discrepancy: NavSource photo index reads 6 October 1945 vs. DANFS 16 October 1945 - DANFS carried, conflict logged in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-aylwin-dd355-01
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[3]NHHC 'USS Aylwin (DD-355) Action Reports' - verbatim transcripts of the CO's reports of 12 December 1941 (DD355/L11-1, Serial 077) and 4 January 1942 (DD355/A16, Serial 01), sourced to Enclosure (E) of CINCPAC action report Serial 0479 of 15 February 1942, WWII action reports, Modern Military Branch, NARA College Park [other_primary]
- Locator
- NHHC action-report page, report texts (12 Dec 1941 and 4 Jan 1942), source attribution line
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Primary-source deck/engineering record for this hull on 7 December 1941: berthed with Destroyer Division 2 (Monaghan, Dale, Farragut, Aylwin) at buoy X-14 with one small boiler in operation for auxiliary services and about half the crew on leave; opened fire 0758; 'Fires were lighted under boilers #1 and 2 and cut in on the main steam line in 15 minutes' beginning 0800; underway about 0858 leaving anchor chain and stern wire at the buoys; continuous fire down the channel; machine guns/main battery credited with assisting in destroying about three planes; commanded by Ensign S. Caplan, USNR (8 months at sea) with Ensign H.C. Anderson as ship-handler; engineers under COCHRANE, CMM stood unrelieved watches until 0700 Monday; CO Lt. Comdr. R.H. Rodgers reached Pearl Harbor about 0900 but ComDesRon 1 refused permission to slow, so Rodgers and the other officers went aboard Chew (DD-106) until the next day.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1941-12-07 to 1942-01-04
- Population
- Crew aboard 7 December 1941 (~50% of complement; remainder on weekend liberty)
- Limitations
- Documents machinery state and crew disposition under attack - engineering detail (cold boilers lit and cut onto the main steam line in 15 minutes) confirms a live steam plant but says nothing about insulation materials or asbestos content. The 12 December report reads buoy 'X-18' while the 4 January report and DANFS read X-14; the conflict is logged in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-aylwin-dd355-02
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[4]Farragut-class design data (Destroyer History Foundation class page, footnoted to the Bureau of Construction and Repair General Information Book for USS Farragut DD-348, Bauer & Roberts, and Friedman) + Atlas shipyard dataset, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard record (evidence tier 3) [other_primary]
- Locator
- destroyerhistory.org Farragut-class 'General Information' block (propulsion machinery: 4 Bethlehem boilers, 400 psi, 645 F, geared turbines, 42,800 shp, 2 shafts); shipyards.json record 'philadelphia-naval-shipyard'
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/yard inference: a Farragut-class destroyer built 1933-35 with a four-boiler, 400-psi, 645-degree-F superheated-steam plant (geared turbines, 42,800 shp, 2 shafts) would have carried period-standard asbestos insulation, lagging, gaskets, packing, fireproofing, and deck coverings; builder Philadelphia Navy Yard is documented at yard level in the Atlas dataset (tier 3). The Farragut (DD-348) General Information Book, publicly hosted by the Destroyer History Foundation, is a class-level primary source for material specifications; whether a DD-355 GIB survives is unverified.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1933-1945
- Population
- Philadelphia Navy Yard construction trades 1933-35; crew 1935-45; repair-yard workers 1941-45
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding. No ship-specific document (survey, specification, abatement record, or adjudicated litigation) establishes asbestos content aboard DD-355. Yard-level documentation does not itemize what was installed in this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-aylwin-dd355-03
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[5]CourtListener API v4 search results, 2026-09-27: type=o "USS Aylwin" count 0; type=r "USS Aylwin" count 0; type=o "Aylwin" 144 indexed hits (person-name collisions); type=o "DD-355" 1 hit (identifier collision) [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-aylwin-dd355-03 through sl-uss-aylwin-dd355-05
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener sweeps completed and classified: exact-phrase "USS Aylwin" returns zero in both the opinion index and the RECAP docket index - no published opinion or indexed docket names this vessel. Bare-name "Aylwin" opinion hits are all person-name collisions (19th-century Massachusetts cases including Aylwin v. Ulmer 1815, Taft v. Aylwin 1833, Cushing v. Aylwin 1846 - the namesake's era and family; People v. Aylwin, Cal. App. 1973) and unrelated matters where 'Aylwin' appears as a person name; none involve ships, the Navy, or asbestos. The single "DD-355" opinion hit is Johnson v. Johnson (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1977) - a Florida appellate docket NUMBER, an identifier collision, not the hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- Sweep covers CourtListener's opinion index and RECAP docket index; it cannot exclude an unindexed state-court complaint or a case that names the ship only in unindexed filings. Zero hits is a search result, not proof no claim was ever filed - but no qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull was located. Name-collision risk for this hull is low (the only earlier Navy Aylwin, DD-47, predates asbestos litigation).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-aylwin-dd355-04
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[6]Batch-3340 search ledger (this record): DANFS transcription; NHHC NARA action-report transcripts; NARA deck-log catalog listing; Destroyer History Foundation class page and Farragut GIB; CourtListener opinion-index sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-aylwin-dd355-01 through sl-uss-aylwin-dd355-08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for DD-355: the hull was scrapped 1946-48 so no museum survey or abatement disclosure exists; no ACM survey or Navy hazmat record for this hull was located in the public sources searched; and CourtListener's opinion and RECAP docket indexes contain no reference to this vessel (exact-name sweeps returned zero; variant-name and hull-number hits are person-name and docket-number collisions).
- 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 1933-35 steam destroyer is squarely in the era where asbestos insulation was standard Navy practice; the finding is that no ship-specific document was located, not that the hull lacked asbestos. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-aylwin-dd355-05
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[7]National Archives, 'Navy Deck Logs Available in the National Archives Catalog' - entry for Aylwin (DD-355), years 1941-1945 (series 594258 file units) [other_primary]
- Locator
- archives.gov logbooks/navy-online, alphabetical list, 'Aylwin (DD-355)' panel (years 1941-1945)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA catalogs digitized deck logs for this hull covering 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, and 1945. Deck logs record daily material condition, yard periods, and personnel aboard; they are the next-tier primary source for hull-level detail if deeper documentation is needed.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1941-1945
- Limitations
- Archival lead only - the logs were catalog-verified (entry present, years listed) but not retrieved or read. Deck logs rarely itemize construction materials; they are more likely to document ship movements, yard availability, and muster data than insulation content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-aylwin-dd355-06
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[8]Bureau of Construction and Repair, General Information Book for USS Farragut (DD-348), 1934 (Destroyer History Foundation scan) [other_primary]
- Locator
- destroyerhistory.org generalinformationbooks directory, 348farragut_GIBook.pdf
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The BuC&R General Information Book for the Farragut-class lead ship is publicly hosted and contains construction and equipment detail for the class design; the corresponding DD-355 volume, if it survives in NARA RG 19, would carry hull-level material specifications for this ship.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1934
- Limitations
- Class-lead document cited as a lead, not as evidence about this hull; the scan is image-only and was not OCR-reviewed for insulation specifications; a DD-355 GIB was not located in the public destroyerhistory.org collection.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-aylwin-dd355-07