Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet fb-packet.md (1 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-bailey-dd492-pkt-fb-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Bailey III (DD-492) entry - verbatim public-domain transcription mirrored at globalsecurity.org (live NHHC page at history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/b/bailey-iii.html returns 404; a Wayback capture of the canonical URL exists per CDX index, but the Internet Archive was offline at access time) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Bailey III (DD-492) entry, full text
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: launched 19 December 1941 by Bethlehem Steel Co., Staten Island, N.Y., sponsored by Mrs. Mary De Peyster Charles (granddaughter of Admiral Theodorus Bailey); commissioned 11 May 1942, Lt. Comdr. F. D. Karns, Jr., in command; Pacific Fleet - Aleutians patrol (TF 8), Amchitka cover 12 January 1943; Battle of the Komandorski Islands 26 March 1943 - three direct 8-inch shell hits killing five and wounding six during a torpedo attack on Nachi (Navy Unit Commendation); temporary repairs Dutch Harbor, permanent repairs Mare Island Navy Yard from 8 April 1943; Tarawa 20 November-7 December 1943; Maloelap and Kwajalein 30 January-29 February 1944; Saipan and Tinian 16 June-28 July 1944; Peleliu and Angaur 15 September-2 October 1944; two strafing attacks on picket duty night of 1 October 1944 - nine killed, sixteen wounded - then Mare Island for permanent repairs arriving 28 October; Mindanao landings 10 March-10 April 1945; Borneo 27 April-22 July 1945; Boston 11 December 1945 for inactivation; out of commission in reserve at Charleston, S.C., 2 May 1946 (mirror OCR reads '1948' - resolved to 1946 per class-list and secondary sources); nine battle stars plus the Navy Unit Commendation.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1941-1946
- Population
- Bethlehem Steel Mariners Harbor construction trades 1941-42; wartime crew (complement ~276); Mare Island and navy-yard repair workers 1943-45
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. The mirror text is an OCR transcription with defects ('DD - 92', 'I 1941', 'Homandorski', '1948' for 1946) - verified against corroborating sources where they conflict. Does not cover post-stricken disposal (entry predates 1969 sinking).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bailey-dd492-01
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[3]'HISTORY OF USS BAILEY (DD 492)', Office of Naval Records and History, Ships' Histories Section, Navy Department - microfilm page scans hosted at ussbaileydd492.org (page 001 verified; ~9 of 240 pages scanned) [other_primary]
- Locator
- ussbaileydd492.org 'Navy Department History' scan series, page 001 (cover + narrative opening)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official Navy Department ship-history document (Office of Naval Records and History, Ships' Histories Section) exists for this hull on microfilm; page 001 confirms commissioning 11 May 1942 in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, the 6 June 1942 Cow Island Ledge grounding with starboard-shaft damage, repair delay, and post-shakedown availability at Brooklyn Navy Yard 15 August-3 September 1942. The full ~240-page document is the authoritative ship-level service record.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1942
- Population
- Brooklyn Navy Yard and Boston Navy Yard repair workers, 1942
- Limitations
- Only the first ~9 of ~240 pages are scanned on the host site; the document is an official narrative history and contains no asbestos or materials information on the pages reviewed. It establishes repair/availability events, not materials content. Site is a veterans' association host - document provenance is stated on the scanned cover page itself.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bailey-dd492-02
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[4]'War Record, U.S.S. Bailey (DD-492)' - crew-historian compilation researched and written by crew member Frank D. Purpura, MM 1/C, hosted at ussbaileydd492.org [other_primary]
- Locator
- 600_war_record.htm, chronology entries June 1942 - September 1945
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Detailed ship-specific chronology documenting navy-yard and repair events relevant to materials disturbance: drydocked at Charleston Navy Yard (Boston/Charlestown) 9 June 1942 for grounding damage (bent starboard shaft, twisted screw, torn strut); post-shakedown availability Brooklyn Navy Yard 15 August-3 September 1942; Komandorski damage - four shell hits flooding the forward engineroom and cutting electric power ship-wide - followed by temporary repairs at Dutch Harbor and permanent repairs at Mare Island Navy Yard (arrived 8 April 1943, reported for duty 6 October 1943); night strafing damage off the Palaus 1 October 1944 (three officers and six men killed, sixteen wounded; forward-engineroom main board shorted) with Mare Island availability 25 October-5 December 1944; Subic Bay anchorage availability and drydocking 20-22 September 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1942-1945
- Population
- Mare Island Navy Yard, Boston Navy Yard, Brooklyn Navy Yard repair workers 1942-45; wartime crew
- Limitations
- Secondary ship-level source (crew-historian compilation, not the official document itself); dates corroborate DANFS where they overlap. Documents repair events and engineering-space battle damage - a disturbance pathway for era insulation - but says nothing about asbestos content. 'Hit 4 times' conflicts with DANFS 'three direct hits' (carried in gaps).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bailey-dd492-03
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[5]Benson-class unit list at globalsecurity.org (compiled from official data); corroborating secondary compilations: uboat.net Allied Warships entry 1737, NavalCoverMuseum, ww2db.com ship record [other_primary]
- Locator
- globalsecurity DD-421 class unit list, DD-492 row; uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/1737.html
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Disposal record consistent across multiple secondary compilations: stricken from the Naval Vessel Register 1 June 1968; sunk as a target off Florida 4 November 1969, after twenty-two years in the reserve fleet.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1968-1969
- Limitations
- No official primary source for the disposal was reachable: the ship predates the live NVR (nvr.navy.mil redirect, no DD-492 detail page) and the DANFS entry predates the sinking. Stricken/sunk dates are consistent across globalsecurity, uboat.net, NavalCoverMuseum, and ww2db but rest on secondary compilation. Sinking location given only as 'off Florida' - no coordinates published in sources located.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bailey-dd492-04
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[6]National Archives, 'Navy Deck Logs Available in the National Archives Catalog' - Bailey (DD-492) listed with digitized deck logs for 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946 [other_primary]
- Locator
- archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy-online, 'B' section, Bailey (DD-492) entry
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA has digitized this hull's deck logs for her full commissioned career (1942-1946), covering daily entries including boiler operations, injuries, and yard periods - the lowest-level contemporaneous record available for any future hull-level materials or casualty verification.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- Wartime crew 1942-1946
- Limitations
- Archival lead only - deck logs were not individually reviewed; they record operations and events, and are unlikely to itemize insulation materials. NARA RG19 'General Information Books' per-vessel material specifications remain an unsearched lead.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bailey-dd492-05
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[7]EPA/MARAD, 'National Guidance: Best Management Practices for Preparing Vessels Intended to Create Artificial Reefs' (May 2006; Federal Register notice E6-7274, 12 May 2006) [federal_register]
- Locator
- Federal Register notice E6-7274; EPA guidance PDF pp. 30-33 (asbestos section)
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- Federal guidance now treats asbestos as a material of environmental concern requiring identification and cleanup before a vessel is sunk - under FY2004 NDAA sec. 3516 the Navy must prepare stricken vessels in accordance with these BMPs. Bailey's 4 November 1969 target sinking predates the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act (1972) and this guidance by decades, so no pre-sinking hazardous-materials survey or abatement record was required to exist for this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1969 (sinking); 2006 (guidance)
- Limitations
- Context framing only - explains why no disposal-stage hazmat documentation exists for this hull. Does not establish that asbestos was aboard when sunk, and says nothing about crew-era exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bailey-dd492-06
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[8]Benson-class specifications (DANFS-type class data via globalsecurity spec block; BuShips Ships' Data 1945 'No. 421 Class' machinery table cross-reference via batch class profile) + Atlas shipyard dataset check [other_primary]
- Locator
- globalsecurity DD-421 spec block; batch class profile benson-gleaves-class.class.json (background)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference: a Bethlehem-built Benson-class destroyer of the 1941 repeat order with four Babcock & Wilcox superheated boilers and two-shaft geared steam turbines (~50,000 shp; BuShips' 1945 table carries 47,000 for the class lead - a documented discrepancy) would have carried period-standard asbestos insulation, lagging, gaskets, packing, fireproofing, and deck coverings. Builder yard (Bethlehem Steel, Mariners Harbor, Staten Island) is documented at yard level in published asbestos literature but is not an Atlas shipyards.json entry; NARA RG19 'General Information Books' per-vessel material specifications are an archival lead for hull-level specs.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1941-1946
- Population
- Bethlehem Mariners Harbor construction trades 1941-42; crew 1942-46
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder inference only - no ship-specific asbestos record exists for this hull (see ev-09 negative finding). Turbine manufacturer varies by source (Westinghouse in secondary compilations; Bethlehem per builder-based class convention) - carried in gaps. NARA GIB retrieval not performed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bailey-dd492-07
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[9]Batch-3474 search ledger (this record): DANFS transcription mirrors; Office of Naval Records and History ship-history microfilm scans; NARA deck-log catalog; EPA/MARAD Federal Register guidance; CourtListener exact-name and hull-number sweeps [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-bailey-dd492-01 through sl-uss-bailey-dd492-08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, material inventory, hazmat disclosure, or merits-stage docketed case naming USS Bailey (DD-492) was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The hull was sunk as a target in 1969 before federal vessel-sinking environmental review existed, foreclosing disposal-stage documentation.
- 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 - era design and the documented engineering-space repair periods are consistent with standard period applications. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bailey-dd492-08
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[10]CourtListener API v4 opinion and RECAP docket sweeps, 2026-09-27 (authenticated; fleet-paced) [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener search API, queries as enumerated; Williams v. State, No. DD-492 (Fla. 3d DCA, decided 1978-04-12)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener searches returned no qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull: '"USS Bailey" asbestos' (type=o) - 0 hits; '"USS Bailey" mesothelioma' - 0 hits; '"USS Bailey DD-492"' - 0 hits; '"DD-492"' - 1 hit, Williams v. State (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1978), a name collision where 'DD-492' is the appellate docket number in a criminal larceny case, not the vessel.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- Index coverage is not exhaustive - unreported/state-court and settled matters are not in CourtListener. Remaining query variants ('U.S.S. Bailey' asbestos; RECAP type=r docket search; 'aboard the Bailey') were blocked by fleet-wide CourtListener pacing at access time and are logged as pending in the search ledger rather than retried into a ban.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-bailey-dd492-09