Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]research packet hp-packet.md (3 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-ddg6-pkt-hp-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Barney III (DDG-6) (NHHC, entry by Raymond A. Mann dated 7 March 2006; live page returns 404 - Wayback capture 2022-09-28) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry 'Barney III (DDG-6)', specifications block + full service narrative + closing disposition lines
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: laid down 10 August 1959 at Camden, N.J., by New York Shipbuilding Corp.; launched 10 December 1960; sponsored by Mrs. Harry D. Wortman; commissioned at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard 11 August 1962, Comdr. Joseph J. Doak in command. Specifications block: dp. 4,626 (f.); l. 437'; b. 47'; dr. 25'; s. 30 k. (tl.); cpl. 367; a. 1 mis. ln., 2 5", ASROC, Tartar, 6 15.5" tt.; cl. Charles F. Adams. Narrative covers 1962-1981 in detail: shakedown Jan-Feb 1963; post-shakedown overhaul Philadelphia NSY Mar-May 1963; Sixth Fleet deployments fall 1963-Mar 1964, Feb-Jul 1965 (Operation Fairgame III); Fleet Sonar School Key West Jan 1966; first regular overhaul Norfolk NSY Mar-Sep 1966; Vietnam combat deployment Feb-Sep 1967 (sea-air-rescue controller, Viet Cong logistics interdiction, gunfire against North and South Vietnam targets, under shore-battery fire, one crewman lost a leg to a near-miss fragment); Sixth Fleet Mar-Jul 1968; NATO 20th-anniversary naval review Portsmouth May 1969 and exercises with Wasp (CVS-18); overhaul Norfolk NSY Dec 1969-Jun 1970; Jordan-crisis deployment with TG 60.1 Sep-Dec 1970; DesRon 2 flagship Sixth Fleet deployment Dec 1971-Jun 1972; main propulsion plant conversion to Navy distillate fuel Nov 1972-spring 1973; NATO Standing Naval Force Atlantic Jun-Dec 1973 (Baltic, Arctic Circle, North Sea); overhaul Philadelphia NSY Apr 1974-24 Feb 1975; Sixth Fleet Jul 1976-Feb 1977 (relieved Sellers DDG-11); sonar-dome drydock Norfolk NSY Feb-14 Apr 1977; Mediterranean/Middle East Force deployment Mar-Sep 1978 (Suez transit, East African/Persian Gulf ports, Soviet-ship intelligence collection); regular overhaul Norfolk NSY 29 Sep 1978-5 Nov 1979; Mediterranean/Middle East Force deployment Nov 1980-9 Apr 1981. Closes: 'Barney was decommissioned on 17 December 1990 and struck from the navy list on 20 November 1992. She was scheduled for dismantling on 29 July 2005. Updates pending for 1981-1990.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1959-1992
- Population
- New York Shipbuilding construction trades 1959-62; crew (design complement 367) 1962-1990; naval-shipyard overhaul workforces 1963-1979
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. The entry explicitly does not cover 1981-1990 operations. Live NHHC page returns 404; Wayback capture of the official NHHC page cited. Overhaul yard entries are documented as events; any asbestos scope within them is inference, not a finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-barney-ddg6-01
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[3]Naval Vessel Register, BARNEY (DDG 6), UIC 04672 (Wayback capture 2011-05-14; live record removed after disposal) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR ship-details page, status and characteristics blocks
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NVR record for this hull: class DDG 2; builder NEW YORK SB CORP; award date 03/28/1957; keel date 08/10/1959; launch 12/10/1960; delivery 07/31/1962; commission 08/11/1962; decommission 12/17/1990 (28.4 years commission-to-decommission); stricken 11/20/1992; status 'Disposed of by scrapping, dismantling' with date status changed 02/22/2006.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1957-2006 (record span)
- Population
- Crew 1962-1990; inactive-ship maintenance and dismantling workforce 1990-2006
- Limitations
- NVR snapshot documents lifecycle dates and disposal status, not materials or asbestos content. Record is an archive capture; live NVR record removed after disposal.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-barney-ddg6-02
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[4]NHHC Online Library, 'USN Ships by Hull Number: DDG - Guided Missile Destroyers' (HyperWar/ibiblio verbatim transcription) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DDG hull-number list, DDG-6 line and lead narrative paragraphs
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official hull-number history names this hull: 'DDG-6: Barney (1962-2005). Originally designated DD-956 and DDG-956.' The same entry documents the designation chain: the eight planned new-construction guided-missile destroyers were designated DDG-952 through DDG-959 in August 1956 in the mainstream destroyer series, then placed in the new DDG hull-number series as DDG-2 through DDG-9 'about a month' after Gyatt resumed DDG-1 in May 1957.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1956-2005
- Population
- n/a (designation record)
- Limitations
- Documents the designation chain and service-date bracket only. Exact DDG-6 renumbering date conflicts between secondary sources (23 April vs 26 June 1957) - carried in gaps; the NHHC narrative supports ~June 1957. No materials or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-barney-ddg6-03
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[5]GAO NSIAD-99-18, Federal Surplus Ships: Government Efforts to Address the Growing Backlog of Ships Awaiting Disposal (October 1998) (product-page text and search-excerpted passages; live gao.gov 403 to automated fetch) [gao]
- Locator
- NSIAD-99-18 report text (hazardous-materials paragraph; repossession statistics); product page description
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- Program-level context for this hull's 1994-1996 disposal history: GAO reports that surplus Navy ships awaiting scrapping contain hazardous materials 'such as asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB), lead, mercury, and cadmium,' that remediation takes place prior to and during dismantling, and that 'between 1991 and 1996, the Navy repossessed 20 of 62 ships it had sold to domestic firms for scrapping due to environmental pollution and worker safety compliance problems and other performance issues.' Barney's secondary-source disposal sequence - sold for scrap 15 April 1994, scrap contract terminated 1 October 1996, repossessed and berthed at NISMF Philadelphia - matches the documented repossession pattern, though the report does not name Barney.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1991-1998
- Population
- Domestic shipbreaking workforce; Navy/MARAD disposal program
- Limitations
- Program-level: the report names no individual hull and does not establish asbestos aboard Barney; it documents that surplus ships of the era generally carried hazardous materials including asbestos and that dismantling required remediation. The 1994 sale/1996 termination detail for this hull rests on secondary sources (see ev-05), not the GAO text.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-barney-ddg6-04
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[6]NavSource Destroyer Photo Index, DD-956/DDG-6 USS Barney (volunteer photographic archive, building data and disposal notes); corroborating secondary compilations (navysite.de; seaforces.org; Wikipedia disposal chronology) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 05/01006 operational/building data block and 2005-06 scrapping photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Secondary building/disposal record for this hull: originally classified DD-956, reclassified DDG-6; laid down by New York Shipbuilding, Camden, NJ, 10 August 1959; launched 10 December 1960; commissioned 11 August 1962; decommissioned 17 December 1990; stricken 20 November 1992; sold for scrap 15 April 1994; scrap contract terminated 1 October 1996 (ship repossessed, berthed at NISMF Philadelphia); broken up by Metro Machine Corp. at Philadelphia, completed 22 February 2006 - matching the NVR status-change date. NavSource photo captions document the hull in the scrapping process at Metro Machine, Philadelphia Navy Yard, circa 2005-06.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1956-2006
- Population
- Crew; NISMF Philadelphia custodial workforce; Metro Machine dismantling workforce
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer photographic archive, not an official record: the 15 April 1994 sale and 1 October 1996 termination dates have no primary document located (Wikipedia renders the 1999 event as 'returned to the Navy 10 February 1999' while another secondary source renders it 'sold by DRMS 10 Feb 1999' - the two readings conflict; see gaps). NVR confirms the final scrapping/disposal date; interim disposal events are secondary-source only. No materials or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-barney-ddg6-05
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[7]USS Preble (DDG-46) association site, quoted e-mail from Harry Lewis (Metro Machine Corp.) describing the Preble dismantling at Drydock 2, Philadelphia Naval Business Center, circa 2002-03 [other_primary]
- Locator
- usspreble.org 'location' page, quoted Metro Machine correspondence (circa 2002-03)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Contemporaneous contractor description of dismantling a sister Charles F. Adams-class hull (USS Preble DDG-46) at the same facility where Barney was broken up 2005-06: 'Every piece of the ship has its own waste stream; e.g., PCB paint chips, asbestos insulation, PCB lubricants, fiberglass insulation, bilgewater, rubber gaskets, sonar hydrophones, rubber sound domes, fluorescent light bulbs; you name it, there's a waste stream for it, and it's all monitored by the Navy and regulatory agencies such as OSHA and EPA.' Identifies asbestos insulation as a documented waste stream aboard an Adams-class DDG during the same NAVSEA dismantling program at the same Philadelphia drydock.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2002-2006
- Population
- Metro Machine Philadelphia dismantling workforce, 2002-2006
- Limitations
- Quoted on a volunteer association site, not an official record; describes USS Preble, not Barney - class-level evidence only. Establishes that asbestos insulation was present aboard a sister Adams-class hull at dismantling and was managed as a regulated waste stream; does not establish ACM locations, quantity, or condition aboard DDG-6 specifically.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-barney-ddg6-06
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[8]DANFS specifications block (Charles F. Adams class; steam plant per class-standard secondary data: 4 boilers, 2 geared turbines, 70,000 shp, 2 shafts) + Atlas shipyard dataset, New York Shipbuilding record (yard tier 1; named asbestos products) and Philadelphia/Norfolk NSY records (tiers 3 and 2; asbestos-documented) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS DDG-6 specifications block; shipyards.json records 'new-york-shipbuilding', 'philadelphia-naval-shipyard', 'norfolk-naval-shipyard'
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/yard inference: a steam-plant guided-missile destroyer built 1959-1962 - four boilers feeding two geared turbines, ~70,000 shp - would have carried period-standard asbestos applications: thermal insulation on boilers, turbines, machinery, piping and ventilation ducting, gaskets and packing, deck coverings, and fireproofing - consistent with the Navy's own 1979 statements (ev-08) that all in-service ships contained asbestos in multiple applications. Builder New York Shipbuilding, Camden is documented at yard level in the Atlas dataset (tier 1; named products include Pabco Six-Ply Super Caltemp block, Ehret 85% magnesia insulation, Bakelite and Transite panels, asbestos gaskets and packing, asbestos-coated welding rods, wire and felt insulation). Repeated overhauls at Philadelphia NSY (1963, 1974-75) and Norfolk NSY (1966, 1969-70, 1977, 1978-79) are documented yard events; both yards are asbestos-documented in the Atlas dataset.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1959-1990
- Population
- New York Shipbuilding construction trades 1959-62; crew 1962-1990; PNSY/NNSY overhaul workforces
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - no ship-specific finding. The Navy's 'all ships' statement is fleet-level; no DDG-6-class insulation quantity exists in reviewed sources. Whether and where ACM remained aboard at decommissioning (1990) or disposal (2005-06) is undocumented for this hull. Yard evidence documents the yards, not this ship's materials.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-barney-ddg6-07
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[9]GAO HRD-80-2, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure (18 October 1979), incl. Navy enclosure Ser 4542/318054 (5 Jan 1979) and Ser 454D/318571 (8 Feb 1979) (product page + excerpted text; live gao.gov 403 to automated fetch) [gao]
- Locator
- HRD-80-2 enclosure I (5 Jan 1979 letter + cost table); enclosure II (8 Feb 1979 insulation-weight letter)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- Navy program-level record covering the era in which this hull served: the Navy's 5 Jan 1979 enclosure states 'each ship has several types of asbestos containing materials installed' and 'all ships presently in service contain some quantity of asbestos,' citing deck tiling, galley-range cabling, piping gaskets and packing, and equipment brakes and clutches, and judging it 'nearly impossible to build a Navy ship free of the mineral.' Its reinsulation-cost table groups in-service 'DESTROYER: DD & DDG' - a category including the Charles F. Adams class then in service - in a $965.13 million tentative fleet estimate for thermal-insulation removal/reinsulation. The report documents the 1973 asbestos-free specification change, contract-by-contract transition, and asbestos-insulated deliveries continuing to May 1978; the Navy's 1975 policy removed/replaced asbestos insulation only when damaged or removed for repairs, modified in 1979 to add selective replacement in high-maintenance areas.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1978-1979 (review period); policy through ~1984
- Population
- Navy ship crews and shipyard repair workers, 1970s
- Limitations
- Program-level: names no individual hull and gives no Adams-class insulation quantity. The DD & DDG line is a grouped cost category, not a per-hull finding. Establishes that in-service destroyers of this era carried asbestos-containing applications, not what was aboard DDG-6 specifically. Live gao.gov blocked to automated fetch - text relied on via product description and prior verified extraction of the same document in batch-3922.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-barney-ddg6-08
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[10]NARA, 'Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961' (military-records research guide) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA guided-topic page, 'Bureau of Ships ... Correspondence' and series accordions
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's official research guide for documenting whether a particular U.S. naval vessel carried asbestos: directs researchers to RG 19 (Records of the Bureau of Ships) general/confidential correspondence 1940-1961, filed under the Navy Filing Manual by hull designation (for this hull, 'DDG6'/'DDG956'/'DD956') and by class correspondence, with private-yard correspondence filed under 'QM' (e.g., QM/New York Shipbuilding); also covers plans, specifications and related series. This hull's construction period (contract 1957, build 1959-1962) falls inside or marginally past the guide's 1940-1961 coverage window.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1940-1961 (records scope)
- Population
- Researchers; NARA reference staff
- Limitations
- A research guide, not a record: it documents where hull-level material specifications would be found but contains no DDG-6 content. No RG 19 file for this hull was examined in this batch. RG 24 deck logs (1962-1990) are an additional unretrieved lead; Vietnam-era logs are being digitized under the Blue Water Navy project in batches.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-barney-ddg6-09
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[11]CourtListener search sweep for this hull: "USS Barney" opinion search returned a single result, United States v. Anderson, 10 M.J. 743 (N-M Ct. Mil. Rev. 1981) - a Navy court-martial opinion (unauthorized absence by an Electrician's Mate Fireman Recruit), classified as other litigation, not asbestos [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener API v4 search, type=o, query '"USS Barney"' (count=1); opinion 8663164
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion search for the exact phrase 'USS Barney' returned one hit: United States v. Anderson, 10 M.J. 743 (N-M Ct. Mil. Rev., filed 28 January 1981), a special-court-martial review of an Electrician's Mate Fireman Recruit (E-1) for unauthorized absence - military-justice litigation in which the vessel name appears as service context, not an asbestos case and not a claim about the vessel. No qualifying asbestos opinion naming this hull was returned by the completed query.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2026 (search); 1978-1981 (underlying case)
- Population
- n/a (search sweep)
- Limitations
- Partial sweep only: the 'USS Barney' opinion query completed (1 result, non-qualifying), but the targeted queries - '"Barney" asbestos', '"DDG-6"', '"DD-956"', and a type=r docket search - were repeatedly blocked by the fleet-wide request pacing limiter throughout the session and are logged pending, not as negative results. The common name 'Barney' is high-collision (surname, fictional characters); any future docket hits need per-case review. Anderson's association with this hull is probable (1978 Navy EMFR) but the snippet does not display the ship context.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-barney-ddg6-10