Evidence
12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).
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[1]research packet jl-packet.md (7 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-bagley-dd386-pkt-jl-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Bagley III (DD-386) (builder, dates, spec block, full service narrative, disposition; live NHHC pages bagley-iii.html / bagley-dd-386.html return 404 - verbatim transcription at HyperWar/ibiblio verified live) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Bagley III entry, specifications block + service narrative (ibiblio.org HyperWar dd386.html, live 2026-09-27)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: launched 3 September 1936 by Norfolk Navy Yard, sponsored by Miss Bella Worth Bagley, sister of Ensign Bagley; commissioned 12 June 1937, Lt. Comdr. F. W. Morris in command; reported to the Atlantic Squadron. Specification block: 1,500 tons, 341'4" length, 35' beam, 17'1" draft, 35 kt, complement 251, 4x5" guns and 16x21" torpedo tubes, class line reads 'cl. Gridley' (see gaps). Service: east coast/Cuban waters first year; Destroyer Division 7, Battle Force, from June 1938 (Canal Zone, Haitian-Cuban-Florida, west coast maneuvers). Moored at Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941, opened fire immediately and assisted in destruction of several enemy planes; Central/Eastern Pacific patrol and escort to 30 May 1942 (Brisbane), incl. Bougainville raid 20 February and Salamaua-Lae 10 March; Guadalcanal 7-30 August 1942 incl. First Battle of Savo Island 9 August (one plane splashed; ~450 survivors rescued from Astoria CA-34, Vincennes CA-44, Quincy CA-39); South Pacific convoy escort September 1942-December 1943; Woodlark Island invasion 1-2 July 1943; New Britain screening/picket/escort 15 December 1943-10 February 1944; complete overhaul at Mare Island Navy Yard, arrived 27 February, returned to Pacific 5 May 1944; June 1944-May 1945: Tinian/Saipan bombardment, Battle of the Philippine Sea (19-20 June), Bonin/Volcano bombardment, Yap, Southern Palaus, Nansei Shoto/Formosa/Philippines raids, Leyte invasion and Battle of Leyte Gulf (25 October), Lingayen Gulf, Iwo Jima, Okinawa. Accepted surrender of Marcus Island 31 August 1945 with Rear Admiral F. E. M. Whiting embarked; occupation duty Sasebo-Nagasaki 2 September-1 November 1945; returned to U.S. November 1945; decommissioned 14 June 1946; sold 3 October 1947. Twelve battle stars.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1935-1947
- Population
- Norfolk Navy Yard construction trades 1935-37; crew 1937-46 (design complement 251)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents identity, construction, service, and disposition - not materials or asbestos content. Live NHHC DANFS pages returned 404 on 2026-09-27; verbatim HyperWar/ibiblio transcription cited. DANFS does not state the laid-down date or a stricken date (NavSource supplies both - see ev-09).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bagley-dd386-01
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[3]USS Bagley (DD-386) Pearl Harbor action report, DD386/A16-3 Serial (0131), Pearl Harbor T.H., 11 December 1941, Commanding Officer to Commander-in-Chief U.S. Pacific Fleet (NHHC WWII Pearl Harbor action-reports digital exhibit lists this report; live NHHC page 404 - HyperWar transcription verified live) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Bagley action report, para. 1 'Defensive Measures Taken' and para. 3 'Damage to Own Ship' (HyperWar USN/ships/logs/DD/dd386-Pearl.html); NHHC exhibit listing via action-reports index
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Contemporaneous commanding-officer report for this hull: on 7 December 1941 Bagley 'was moored at the Navy Yard Pearl harbor, T.H., (Berth B22) for restricted availability (repairs to starboard bilge keel).' Crew manned .50-cal machine guns within minutes of the first torpedo plane passing toward USS Oklahoma; the report narrative credits gunners (named: Skinner, Johnson, Peterson, Williams) with five torpedo planes and a dive bomber; the 'Damage to Enemy' summary reads 'Five torpedo planes, one dive bomber and high altitude bomber.' 'The ship was underway from the dock at 0940, after having to run lube oil down in one system in the engine room.' No direct hits; blast broke three bridge windows and cracked light-house glasses on the reduction gears with loss of lubricating oil; four minor personnel casualties. Documents a Navy Yard restricted availability in progress aboard this hull - the exposure-relevant maintenance state - and engine-room machinery conditions during the attack.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1941-12-07 to 1941-12-11
- Population
- Crew aboard during Pearl Harbor Navy Yard restricted availability, Dec 1941; PHNY yard trades supporting availability
- Limitations
- Documents berth, availability status, machinery condition, and battle actions - not insulation, lagging, gasket, or packing materials or any asbestos content. Confirms a yard availability was in progress (bilge-keel repair) but does not itemize yard work scope or any removed/installed materials.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bagley-dd386-02
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[4]NHHC Online Library of Selected Images, USS Bagley (DD-386) index page: NH 97726 (at sea circa 1937-40); 19-N-65309/65312/65313/65314 'off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 28 April 1944' (Bureau of Ships Collection, U.S. National Archives); 80-G-264010 (14 February 1945); BuShips camouflage drawing 80-G-150622 prepared for 'the DD-380 (Gridley) class' listing Bagley among ships wearing the pattern [other_primary]
- Locator
- NHHC Online Library USS Bagley DD-386 index (ibiblio mirror live); photo-data pages for 19-N-653xx series; 80-G-150622 picture-data page
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official Navy photographs document this hull at a yard during a documented availability: four Bureau of Ships/NARA photographs (19-N-65309, -65312, -65313, -65314) show Bagley off Mare Island Navy Yard on 28 April 1944, mid-way through the complete overhaul DANFS records as 27 February-5 May 1944. A BuShips camouflage drawing (80-G-150622) prepared for the DD-380 (Gridley) class names Bagley as a wearer - consistent with the Bagley class's Gridley-derived design and with DANFS's 'cl. Gridley' spec-block quirk.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1937-1945 (photos); 1944-04-28 (overhaul corroboration)
- Population
- Mare Island Navy Yard trades during Feb-May 1944 overhaul; crew during availability
- Limitations
- Photographs establish presence, dates, and appearance - not work scope, materials removed or installed, or asbestos handling. The Mare Island dates corroborate the documented overhaul window; any asbestos scope in that overhaul is inference only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bagley-dd386-03
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[5]Bureau of Construction and Repair, General Information Book, U.S.S. Bagley DD386 class (covers DD386 Bagley through DD393 Jarvis), Construction and Repair Drawing Room, Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Va. (National Archives file stamp on cover; 19-page scan hosted at destroyerhistory.org) [other_primary]
- Locator
- 386bagley_GIBook.pdf, cover and Section A-1 'Propelling Machinery' tables (pp. 14-15 of scan); OCR reviewed 2026-09-27
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Contemporaneous Bureau of Construction and Repair data book for the hull class that names DD-386 on its cover and carries per-hull columns: propelling machinery for DD386-7-8 - four boilers, 'Express Type with Superheaters, Economizers and Desuperheaters,' designed working pressure 465 lbs, manufactured by Norfolk Navy Yard and Babcock & Wilcox; turbines - two sets (H.P. and L.P. with astern combined, plus two cruising), Curtis type, manufactured by Norfolk Navy Yard and General Electric Co.; propellers manganese bronze by Philadelphia Navy Yard. Designed standard displacement 1,500 tons; designed complement 13 officers and 193 enlisted. Documents the exact machinery installation aboard this hull - a high-pressure superheated-steam plant of the type that carried asbestos insulation as standard in 1930s naval construction.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1935-1937 (construction data)
- Population
- Norfolk Navy Yard construction and machinery trades 1935-37
- Limitations
- The GIB sections present (A-1 General, A-5 Ordnance) contain construction, dimensional, and machinery data - no insulation, lagging, gasket, or packing material itemization appears, and the word 'asbestos' does not occur in the document. It anchors the plant specification for era inference but does not itself establish asbestos content aboard this hull. Class booklet with per-hull manufacturer columns; DD-386 values cited are the document's own per-hull entries.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bagley-dd386-04
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[6]CourtListener API v4 sweep (authenticated, fleet-paced helper): 'USS Bagley' (type=o 0 hits; type=r 0); 'Bagley' 'DD-386' (o 0; r 0); 'aboard the Bagley' (o 0); 'aboard USS Bagley' (o 0); 'DD-386' (o 1; r 1); 'USS Bagley' +asbestos (o 0; r variant vacuous - the bare phrase already returned 0 docket hits, so a conjunctive narrowing can add nothing) [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener v4 /search/ results (queries and hit classifications logged in search_ledger)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull (DD-386) located in CourtListener. Exact-name queries returned zero hits in both the opinion and RECAP docket indexes. The two bare 'DD-386' hits are identifier collisions: Insurance Co. of North America v. Edmondson, 354 So. 2d 887 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1977) carries court docket number 'No. DD-386'; the In re Arch Coal Inc. bankruptcy (Bankr. E.D. Mo. 16-40120) contains 'DD-386' inside a 560-page plan-schedule exhibit. Neither is ship-related or asbestos-related. Name collisions remain possible in principle with USS Bagley (DD-185, in service 1919-1940) and USS Bagley (DE/FF-1069, in service 1972-1991) - but no bare-name hits of any kind surfaced to classify.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- litigation indexed through 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- CourtListener covers published opinions and RECAP dockets - not state-court dockets without RECAP coverage, unfiled claims, VA/BVA claims, or asbestos-trust claims. Absence here does not prove no claimant ever alleged exposure aboard DD-386; it means no indexed qualifying case was located. Bare 'USS Bagley' mentions dated 1972+ would refer to the frigate FF-1069.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bagley-dd386-05
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[7]NARA research guide 'Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961': asbestos in U.S. Navy materiel 1941-1961 is a frequently requested topic; ship-specific research route is RG 19 Bureau of Ships correspondence (filed by hull designation, e.g., DD386; class correspondence under lead-sh hull code DD386 Class), Destroyer/DE/Frigate General Information Books (Entry P 9, Item S-68), and hull-series engineering drawings by Ship Material Group - S39 'Insulation and Lagging' and S48 'Piping' drawings being the asbestos-relevant series [other_primary]
- Locator
- archives.gov guided-topic page, sections 'Bureau of Ships ... Correspondence', 'General Information Books' (Entry P 9), 'Cartographic Branch' (S39/S48)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- NARA identifies asbestos use in U.S. Navy materiel during 1941-1961 as a recognized research subject and documents the record path for ship-level verification: RG 19 general/confidential correspondence filed under the hull code (DD386) or the class code under the lead hull (DD386 Class - this ship is the class's namesake/lead), General Information Books (the class GIB is already located and reviewed - ev-04 - and contains no insulation itemization), and hull-series engineering drawings including the S39 insulation-and-lagging and S48 piping series. Establishes the era/program context in which a 1935-37 steam destroyer would have been built with asbestos-containing insulation and where DD-386-specific materials documentation would be found.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1941-1961 (guide scope); ship built 1935-1937
- Limitations
- A research guide about the Navy era cannot establish the presence, type, location, or quantity of asbestos on this hull. It identifies where ship-specific proof would live; no such DD-386 document has been retrieved (the digitized class GIB predates and lacks an insulation volume). Guide scope begins 1941; construction was 1935-37, so the earlier-period documentation trail may be thinner than the guide implies.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bagley-dd386-06
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[8]Bagley-class technical record (Destroyer History Foundation class page, sourced to the BuC&R General Information Book, Bauer & Roberts, and Friedman): 8 ships ordered and laid down 1935, commissioned June-October 1937; 4 navy yard/Babcock & Wilcox boilers at 465 psi, 645 F; navy yard/GE geared turbines, 50,000 shp, 2 shafts; all eight present at Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941 as Destroyer Squadron 4; builder Norfolk Navy Yard listed in Atlas shipyard dataset as norfolk-naval-shipyard [other_primary]
- Locator
- destroyerhistory.org Bagley-class page (machinery figures sourced to GIB/Friedman); GIB machinery tables (ev-04); shipyards.json records norfolk-naval-shipyard, pearl-harbor-naval-shipyard, mare-island-naval-shipyard, moore-dry-dock-oakland
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/class inference: a treaty-era US destroyer built 1935-37 at Norfolk Navy Yard with a high-pressure superheated-steam four-boiler plant (465 psi / 645 F per class record) would have carried period-standard asbestos applications - boiler and turbine insulation, steam-line lagging, valve gaskets and stem packing, fireproofing, and deck coverings. Documented maintenance and yard periods aboard this hull consistent with machinery disturbance: construction at Norfolk Navy Yard (1935-37); December 1941 restricted availability at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, Berth B22 (ev-02); complete overhaul at Mare Island Navy Yard February-May 1944 (ev-01, ev-03); inactivation at Pearl Harbor 1946; scrapping at Moore Dry Dock, Oakland 1947 (ev-09). All five yards are documented at yard level in the Atlas dataset (norfolk-naval-shipyard, pearl-harbor-naval-shipyard, mare-island-naval-shipyard, moore-dry-dock-oakland). No hull-specific inventory or specification has been retrieved to confirm applications aboard DD-386 itself.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1935-1947
- Population
- Norfolk Navy Yard construction trades 1935-37; engineering and repair crews 1937-46; PHNY and MINSY yard trades during documented availabilities; Moore Dry Dock breakers 1947
- Limitations
- Class/era and yard-level inference only - NOT a ship-specific finding. No ACM inventory, survey, or abatement record exists for this hull; scrapping predates asbestos documentation programs. Yard-period asbestos scope in the documented availabilities is inference. Yard product records in the Atlas dataset are yard-level, not hull-level.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bagley-dd386-07
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[9]NARA Ship Plan Index entries for BAGLEY (DD-386): RG 19 Alphabetical Ship Drawings NAID 53483743, RG 19 Microfilm NAID 175668340, RG 80 Enclosures to Correspondence NAID 7351589; NARA WWII War Diaries (College Park) hold USS Bagley war diaries (e.g., October 1943, micro serial 59762, indexed via DPLA); U.S.S. Bagley Association Records 1937-1999 (MS 508) at Nimitz Library Special Collections & Archives, US Naval Academy - deck logs, muster rolls, officer rosters, war diaries, association newsletters [other_primary]
- Locator
- archives.gov Ship Plan Index (BAGLEY DD-386 rows); DPLA item 'USS BAGLEY - War Diary, 10/1-31/43' (NARA College Park); usna.edu Library/sca manuscript index 'U.S.S. Bagley Association Records, 1937-1999, MS 508'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA catalogs hull-specific holdings for DD-386: engineering-drawing file units in the RG 19 hull series (NAID 53483743) and microfilm series (NAID 175668340) where S39 insulation/lagging and S48 piping sheets would reside if they exist, plus an RG 80 correspondence-enclosures file unit (NAID 7351589). WWII war diaries for this hull survive at NARA College Park. The USS Bagley Association collection (USNA MS 508) holds copies of deck logs, muster rolls, officer rosters, and war diaries for 1937-1999. These are the open archival leads for hull-level materials and population data.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1937-1999 (holdings scope)
- Population
- Crew 1937-46 (deck logs, muster rolls, war diaries name individuals)
- Limitations
- Catalog entries establish that record series exist for this hull, not their contents: drawings were not retrieved or examined, and whether S39/S48 sheets survive for DD-386 is unverified. Deck logs, muster rolls, and war diaries document who was aboard and when work occurred - not materials. Nothing in these holdings is yet evidence of asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bagley-dd386-08
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[10]NavSource Naval History Destroyer Photo Index DD-386: operational and building data block (laid down, launched, commissioned, decommissioned, stricken, fate) - direct fetch blocked; content verified via Wayback capture 2025-03-04 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource DD-386 page 'Operational and Building Data' + 'Fate' lines (Wayback capture 20250304231632)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Compiled operational/building record for this hull: laid down by Norfolk Navy Yard 31 July 1935; launched 3 September 1936; commissioned 12 June 1937; decommissioned 14 June 1946; stricken 25 February 1947; sold 8 September 1947 to Moore Dry Dock, Oakland; removed 21 November 1947 and broken up for scrap. A 21 November 1947 photo caption (from 'Warship Boneyards') shows Bagley towed from Pearl Harbor to the West Coast for scrapping alongside Gridley-class Craven (DD-382) and class sister Helm (DD-388). Supplies the stricken date and scrapping chain that DANFS omits.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1935-1948
- Population
- Moore Dry Dock Co. breakers, Oakland 1947-48
- Limitations
- Secondary compiled source - not an official record and not an asbestos source. Its 'sold 8 September 1947' conflicts with DANFS's 'sold 3 October 1947' (likely contract vs. delivery/removal dates) - carried unreconciled in gaps. Crew figure 158 conflicts with DANFS 251 and the class GIB's 206 - in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bagley-dd386-09
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[11]U.S. Navy official news story, 'NNSY Ships Played Pivotal Role in Defending Pearl Harbor Attack,' Michael D. Brayshaw, Norfolk Naval Shipyard Public Affairs, 7 December 2021 (live page 403 to automated fetch; Wayback capture 2026-02-13 verified) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navy.mil display-news article 2863741, paragraphs 2-3 (Wayback capture 20260213163711)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official Navy yard-affairs publication confirms for this hull: Norfolk Navy Yard 'built the first three of eight Bagley-class destroyers which were all present during the attack' - the lead ship USS Bagley (DD-386), with sisters Blue (DD-387) and Helm (DD-388); during the attack Radioman Robert Coles manned a .50-caliber machine gun and was credited with downing two bombers, and 'Bagley is believed to have taken down as many as six planes.' Confirms builder, class, lead-ship status, and Pearl Harbor presence from an official Navy source.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1935-1941 (events); 2021 (article)
- Population
- Norfolk Navy Yard construction trades (context)
- Limitations
- Commemorative public-affairs article - corroborates identity, builder, and battle presence; not a materials or asbestos source, and its plane count is the commemorative retelling (the contemporaneous action report credits five torpedo planes plus a dive bomber).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bagley-dd386-10
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[12]Bounded public-source review: NHHC DANFS and Pearl Harbor action-report records, NHHC Online Library photo records, BuC&R General Information Book (DD386 class), NARA asbestos guide/Ship Plan Index/DPLA holdings, USNA manuscript index, navy.mil, NavSource, and the CourtListener sweep - versus any DD-386 asbestos inventory, survey, abatement, specification, or qualifying litigation record [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-bagley-dd386-01 through -11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying DD-386-specific asbestos, abatement, or material-inventory document was located in the reviewed public sources, and no qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull was located in CourtListener. Ship-specific asbestos status is unknown: the hull was sold for scrap in 1947 and broken up at Oakland, predating Navy asbestos documentation programs, and no museum hull survives. The class GIB - the most promising digitized ship-level document - contains no insulation or lagging itemization.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- research conducted 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- Bounded public-source search, not proof that asbestos was absent. NARA drawings, deck logs, and personnel records were not retrieved or examined; unindexed state-court, VA, and trust claims are outside the sweep's coverage.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bagley-dd386-11