Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]research packet iu-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-barney-dd149-pkt-iu-packet-md
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[2]NHHC DANFS, 'Barney II (Destroyer No. 149)' - updated online entry (live page returns 404 as of 2026-09-26; 2025-02-03 Wayback capture; print-edition transcription mirrored at losthistory.net/hazegray) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry 'Barney II', specifications block + service narrative (Wayback capture 2025-02-03 of history.navy.mil)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: laid down 26 March 1918 at Philadelphia by William Cramp and Sons Ship and Engine Building Co.; named Barney 1 August 1918 (General Order No. 408); launched 5 September 1918, sponsor Miss Nannie Dornin Barney; commissioned 14 March 1919 (Lt. Cmdr. James L. Kauffman). Characteristics: 1,154 tons normal; 314'4.5" x 30'11.25" x 9'10.25" aft; 35.22 kt; complement 122; armament 4 4", 2 3", 12 21" torpedo tubes. Division 19, Atlantic Fleet until out of commission at Philadelphia 30 June 1922; recommissioned 1 May 1930 (Destroyer Squadron, Scouting Force; Panama Canal transit Feb 1932; Rotating DesRon 20; 1935 Alaska/Honolulu/Puget Sound cruise); 10th Training Squadron until out of commission November 1936; recommissioned 4 October 1939 (66th Division, Atlantic Squadron; Inshore Patrol, 15th Naval District Defense Force); Caribbean convoy escort Dec 1941-Nov 1943; collision with Greer (DD-145) 18 September 1942 with two crew lost by drowning, permanent repairs at Charleston Navy Yard completed December 1942; two North Africa convoy crossings 14 Jan-11 May 1944; TF 25 submarine training March 1945; reclassified AG-113 30 June 1945; decommissioned 30 November 1945; sold 13 October 1946; one battle star (Convoy UGS-37, 11-12 April 1944).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1918-1946
- Population
- William Cramp & Sons construction trades 1918-19; crew across three commission periods (complement 122-149 by era/source)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. The online entry diverges from the print edition on minor points (15th vs 18th Naval District; TF 25 vs TE 25; UGS-37 vs UOS 37; complement 122 vs 133) - online NHHC values carried, variance noted in gaps. Live NHHC URL returns 404; Wayback capture cited.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-barney-dd149-01
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[3]HyperWar 'Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945' entry, AG-113 USS Barney (ex DD-149) (compiled transcription of official register-type data; Patrick Clancey) [other_primary]
- Locator
- HyperWar AG-113 entry, 'Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945: Miscellaneous Auxiliaries'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Post-conversion register data for this hull as AG-113: Miscellaneous Auxiliary (ex Wickes-class destroyer); displacement 1,060-1,090 tons; 314'4" x 30'6" x 8'8"; 35 knots; armament 4 4"/50 + 1 3"/23 + 6x3 21" torpedo tubes (or 6 3"/50 variant); complement 149; geared turbines with twin screws, 26,000 h.p.; built at Cramp, commissioned as DD-149 1919; converted to Miscellaneous Auxiliary 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1945
- Population
- Crew, post-conversion period (complement 149)
- Limitations
- Compiled transcription of official ships-data, not the underlying register page itself; carries no asbestos or materials information. Machinery/complement figures support propulsion_summary and complement fields only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-barney-dd149-02
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[4]NARA Special List 44 - Named Vessels, digitized Navy logbook index (archives.gov) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Special List 44 table, 'Barney (DD-149, AG-113)' rows
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's digitized-logbook index lists this hull as 'Barney (DD-149, AG-113)' with logs available online for all three commission periods: 3/14/1919-6/30/1922; 5/1/1930-11/30/1936; 10/4/1939-11/30/1945. Deck logs name individual sailors and duty stations - the personnel-level research path for any exposure documentation on this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1919-1945
- Population
- Crew of record, 1919-1945
- Limitations
- Index entry only - establishes that logs exist and are digitized, not their contents. No logbook page was reviewed; logs document names/stations/events, not materials or asbestos.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-barney-dd149-03
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[5]Fleischer, Viles, Gade & Drinker, 'A health survey of pipe covering operations in constructing naval vessels,' J. Ind. Hyg. Toxicol. 28:9-16 (1946), PMID 21016030 [other_primary]
- Locator
- J. Ind. Hyg. Toxicol. 28:9-16 (1946), 'Pipe Covering Material' section; PubMed record 21016030
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Contemporaneous industrial-hygiene survey documenting U.S. Navy construction practice: 'An important ingredient of pipe covering material used on U. S. Navy vessels is amosite' (amosite = an asbestos mineral); the study X-rayed 1,074 pipe coverers at two Government Navy yards and two Navy contract yards and analyzed asbestos dust counts across pipe-covering, sawing, sewing, and mixing operations. Establishes asbestos felt/pipe covering as standard Navy shipyard practice of the era in which this hull was built (1918), refit, and repeatedly recommissioned.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1946 (publication); WWII-era practice described
- Population
- 1,074 pipe coverers at two Navy yards and two Navy contract yards (1942-44 survey era)
- Limitations
- Class/era documentation of Navy construction practice, not a hull record - the study does not name this vessel and surveyed WWII-period yards; it establishes period-standard asbestos use, not this hull's fit-out, quantities, or any individual exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-barney-dd149-04
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[6]Booklet of General Plans, DD Wickes & Clemson Class (Navy Yard, Newport News, Va., 1 October 1919); NARA RG 19 (Records of the Bureau of Ships), file unit 'Plans for Flush Deckers, 1789-1967', Alphabetical Series of Ship Engineering Drawings - mirrored scan at archive.org [other_primary]
- Locator
- archive.org item ddflushdeckersbogp1919 (provenance: downloaded from US National Archives; NARA RG 19 file unit and series named on item page)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA-held class-design drawings (10 sheets: cover, general information, outboard/inboard profiles, main deck, platform decks, hold, midship section) for the Wickes/Clemson flush-deck type of which DD-149 is a member. Primary class-design documentation available for material and arrangement review.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1919 (document date)
- Limitations
- General-arrangement drawings; do not itemize insulation or identify asbestos. Class-level, not hull-specific. Sheet-level review for material callouts not performed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-barney-dd149-05
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[7]CourtListener litigation sweep: 'USS Barney' (type=o and type=r), 'DD-149', 'AG-113' queries; hits: United States v. Anderson, 10 M.J. 743 (NMCMR 1981); Henderson v. 84 Lumber Co., 1:18-cv-02240 (S.D.N.Y., filed 2018-03-13, suitNature '368 P.I.: Asbestos'); Redman v. A.W. Chesterton Co., 3:08-cv-03013 (N.D. Cal., filed 2008-06-18, suitNature '368 P.I.: Asbestos') [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener API v4 search, queries 'USS Barney' (o, r), 'DD-149', 'AG-113'; Henderson removal notice gov.uscourts.nysd.490130.1.0
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation naming DD-149 located. Classified hits: (1) United States v. Anderson, 10 M.J. 743 (Navy-Marine Corps Court of Military Review 1981) - non-asbestos court-martial for unauthorized absence; the 1978 offense window corresponds to the other USS Barney (DDG-6), not this hull - other litigation. (2) Henderson v. 84 Lumber Co. (S.D.N.Y. 1:18-cv-02240) - asbestos personal-injury case whose removal notice (ECF No. 1, quoting the state complaint) alleges machinist-mate exposure 'aboard the USS Barney (DDG-6), between 1973 and 1975' - explicit DDG-6 hull attribution = name collision with the Charles F. Adams-class guided-missile destroyer (1962-1990), not this hull. (3) Redman v. A.W. Chesterton Co. (N.D. Cal. 3:08-cv-03013) - asbestos personal-injury docket in which 'USS Barney' appears in indexed RECAP document text; the vessel's role in the allegations and its hull attribution (DD-149 vs DDG-6) could not be resolved from index data - unverified, carried in gaps.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2026-09-26 (search date)
- Limitations
- Sweep covers CourtListener opinion and RECAP docket indexes; absence of a qualifying hit does not prove no filing ever named this hull (state-court and removed-then-deleted pleadings are under-indexed). Henderson and Anderson are classified by explicit hull number / service-era attribution as the other USS Barney (DDG-6). Redman remains unresolved - the indexed 'USS Barney' reference's role and hull are unverified.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-barney-dd149-06
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[8]Batch-3155 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS (live 404; Wayback + losthistory/hazegray transcription); HyperWar ships-data; NARA Special List 44; NARA RG 19 flush-decker plans (archive.org mirror); CourtListener ship-name and hull-number sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-barney-dd149-01 through sl-uss-barney-dd149-09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, museum stewardship file, or docketed case naming DD-149/AG-113 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The hull was sold for commercial scrapping in 1946, decades before federal asbestos regulation - no preservation-era documentation channel exists.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1918 steam-plant destroyer would have carried period-standard insulation, which for U.S. Navy vessels of the era included asbestos products (see ev-04). Does not establish that asbestos was or was not present in specific applications; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-barney-dd149-07