Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]research packet ja-packet.md (6 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED (mirror-sourced)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- qualifier: VERIFIED (mirror-sourced)
- Evidence ID
- uss-barry-dd248-pkt-ja-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Barry II (DD-248/APD-29), Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Naval History Division (verbatim HyperWar transcription; live NHHC DANFS page serves 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Barry II entry, specifications block + full service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: launched 28 October 1920 by New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, N.J.; sponsored by Mrs. Shelton E. Martin; commissioned with 50-percent complement 28 December 1920 (Lt. j.g. A. H. Bamberger, USNR); reserve commission until full commission 15 November 1921; U.S. Naval Detachment Turkish Waters Oct 1922-Jul 1923; DesRon 14 Scouting Fleet; Pacific maneuvers 1925 and early 1932; Rotating Reserve DesRon 19 Norfolk 20 December 1932; recommissioned 20 June 1933; DesDiv 7 San Diego; flagship DesDiv 8 (Atlantic, 1936); DesDiv 22 Battle Force; DesDiv 21 Atlantic from 21 May 1938; DesDiv 67 Canal Zone from 18 October 1940; Caribbean and South Atlantic convoy escort 1942-mid-1943; TG 21.14 hunter-killer group with Card (CVE-11), Jul-Nov 1943, two sweeps, Card aircraft sank eight U-boats; Barry and Goff (DD-247) rescued Borie (DD-215) survivors 1 November 1943; conversion to high-speed transport at Charleston Navy Yard 31 December 1943-17 February 1944, reclassified APD-29 on 15 January 1944; Mers-el-Kebir April 1944; Operation Dragoon troop landings on Levant and Port Cros and mainland France 16-20 August 1944; western Mediterranean escort; Norfolk 23 December 1944; Pearl Harbor 24 March 1945; off Okinawa 16 May 1945; kamikaze hit below bridge 25 May 1945 (28 wounded; abandoned 1340; fires out 0630 on 26 May); towed to Kerama Retto; decommissioned 21 June 1945; sunk under tow as kamikaze decoy along with escort LSM-59 the same day. Specs: dp 1215; 314'4" x 31'8" x 9'10"; 36 k.; cpl 122; 4x4", 1x3", 12x21" tt. Presidential Unit Citation (TG 21.14) and four battle stars.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1919-1945
- Population
- New York Shipbuilding construction trades 1919-20; interwar and wartime crew (design complement 122; 149 as APD-29)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and design specifications, not materials or asbestos content. Transcription variants exist: HyperWar reads landings '16 and 20 August' and Kerama Retto arrival '26 May'; the surfpac.navy.mil and destroyerhistory.org DANFS transcriptions read '15 and 20 August' and '28 May' - carried in gaps. Live NHHC page returns 404; verbatim mirror cited.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-barry-dd248-01
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[3]Naval Historical Center (NHHC) Online Library of Selected Images, 'USS Barry (DD-248, later APD-29), 1920-1945' and 'Under Construction' photo pages (verbatim ibiblio mirror) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NHHC Online Library ship page + Under Construction page (photos NH 56349-56355, NH 43609)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official NHHC photo catalog corroborates the DANFS record: 1,190-ton Clemson-class destroyer built at Camden, New Jersey, commissioned late December 1920; TG 21.14 Card hunter-killer cruises Jul-Nov 1943 (eight U-boats); APD-29 conversion and reclassification January 1944; Southern France landings August 1944; damaged by suicide plane off Okinawa 25 May 1945; 'On 21 June 1945, USS Barry's unmanned hulk was sunk by Kamikaze attack while under tow on a mission to divert enemy suicide pilots from more valuable targets.' Construction photos NH 56352-56354 document the 28 October 1920 launching at New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden (sponsor Mrs. Shelton E. Martin); NH 43609 fitting-out photo dated 28 September 1920 tentatively identifies Barry afloat at Camden one month pre-launch - NHHC itself flags that identification for caution.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1919-1945
- Population
- Construction trades, New York Shipbuilding, 1919-20; crew 1920-1945
- Limitations
- NHHC Online Library documents service narrative and photographs, not materials or asbestos content. The NH 43609 caution demonstrates NHHC's own dating uncertainty for the fitting-out photo. Mirror transcription cited because live history.navy.mil URLs are unstable (404s documented in batch-01).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-barry-dd248-02
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[4]NavSource Destroyer Photo Index DD-248 / APD-29 USS Barry + NavSource Amphibious Photo Archive APD-29 page (navsource.org / navsource.net) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource DD-248 index, 'Operational and Building Data' block; NavSource APD-29 archive page (photo captions 80-G-302954, LSM-83/LST-53 image block)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource operational/building data for this hull: built by New York Shipbuilding, Camden NJ (YN 237); laid down 26 July 1919; launched 28 October 1920; commissioned 28 December 1920; decommissioned 20 December 1932; recommissioned 20 June 1933; reclassified High Speed Transport APD-29 15 January 1944; severely damaged by kamikaze NE of Okinawa 25 May 1945; 'towed to Kerama Retto, stripped, decommissioned, and struck from the Naval Register, 21 June 1945'; final disposition 'while being towed to sea to be used as a Kamikaze decoy, sunk by kamikaze attack, 21 June 1945.' Machinery line: 26,500 SHP Westinghouse turbines, 2 screws, 35 knots, crew 114 (as built). The APD-29 archive page adds that the damaged hulk was fitted with a wooden caisson over the hull breach and refloated for its decoy role (photo 80-G-302954, Kerama Retto 30 May 1945, alongside tug USS Lipan ATF-85).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1919-1945
- Population
- Crew 1920-1945
- Limitations
- NavSource is the standard volunteer-run photographic/data archive; its laid-down and strike dates fill fields DANFS omits, but they are secondary data, not an NHHC record - the 'laid down 26 July 1919' and 'struck 21 June 1945' figures trace to NavSource rather than a cited primary document. navsource.org did not resolve to a direct fetch this session; content verified via search-index text and the navsource.net mirror. Documents dates/machinery, not asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-barry-dd248-03
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[5]Destroyer History Foundation, USS Barry (APD-29, ex-DD-248) ship page (DANFS text plus battle-star breakdown; sources: Clark, 'The Famed Green Dragons'; NHHC/DANFS) [other_primary]
- Locator
- destroyerhistory.org/flushdeck/ussbarry - narrative and service-stars table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Independent DANFS-derived transcription corroborating the service narrative, plus the battle-star itemization DANFS summarizes: four WWII battle stars = two for Hunter-Killer Group ASW operations (TG 21.14), one for the Invasion of Southern France, one for Assault and Occupation of Okinawa Gunto. This transcription carries the fuller DANFS paragraph on 1924 'plane guard' duty for the Army Around-the-World Flight (Barry ferried ditched aviators to Pictou, Nova Scotia) that the HyperWar transcription omits, and reads Dragoon landings '15 and 20 August' and Kerama Retto arrival '28 May' against HyperWar's '16-20 August' and '26 May'.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1920-1945
- Population
- Crew 1920-1945
- Limitations
- A secondary foundation page transcribing DANFS - corroboration, not an independent primary source. Its transcription variants vs. HyperWar are carried in gaps rather than silently reconciled. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-barry-dd248-04
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[6]DANFS specifications block (Clemson class) + Atlas shipyard dataset records 'new-york-shipbuilding' (tier 1) and 'charleston-naval-shipyard' (tier 2) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS spec block; shipyards.json records 'new-york-shipbuilding' and 'charleston-naval-shipyard'
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Class/era and builder-yard inference: a Clemson-class flush-deck destroyer built 1919-1920 with an oil-fired geared-steam-turbine plant (26,500 shp, 2 shafts per NavSource machinery data) would have carried period-standard asbestos thermal insulation on boilers, turbines and steam piping, plus asbestos gaskets and packing; the 1943-44 APD conversion at Charleston Navy Yard falls inside the Navy's peak asbestos-use era. Builder New York Shipbuilding (Camden) is documented at yard level in the Atlas dataset (tier 1) with product-level findings including magnesia block insulation, asbestos gaskets/packing, Transite panels and wire insulation; conversion yard Charleston Naval Shipyard (tier 2) documents magnesia pipe insulation, boiler external coatings (15% asbestos), spray-on insulation for ship interiors, and asbestos gaskets/packing. NARA RG 19 '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
- 1919-1945
- Population
- New York Shipbuilding trades 1919-20; Charleston Navy Yard trades Dec 1943-Feb 1944; crew 1920-1945
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - no ship-specific finding for this hull exists. The yard records document asbestos use at the yards, not installation aboard DD-248; nothing establishes quantities, locations, or crew-era exposure aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-barry-dd248-05
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[7]Batch-3246 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS + Online Library; NavSource DD-248/APD-29; NPS NRHP/NHL; destroyerhistory.org; CourtListener ship-name and hull-number sweeps [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-barry-dd248-01 through -07
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or adjudicated exposure finding naming USS Barry DD-248 was found in the official and authoritative sources searched (see search_ledger). The hull sank in June 1945 - before asbestos-era hull surveys and museum hazmat disclosures existed - so the absence of such records is expected. Law-firm ship-list pages naming 'USS Barry DD-248' exist but are excluded sources and in any event assert only generic era claims.
- 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 construction makes period-standard asbestos-containing materials likely, but that likelihood is an inference (class_or_era), not a ship-specific finding. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-barry-dd248-06
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[8]CourtListener API v4 sweep 2026-09-27: opinion search "USS Barry" (1 hit: Marine Hydraulics Int'l v. United States, 43 Fed. Cl. 664 (1999), ship-repair contract dispute - not asbestos); docket search "USS Barry" (10 hits); opinion search '"Barry" asbestos "USS"' (6 hits); "U.S.S. Barry" opinions (0); "DD-248" opinions (0); "DD-248" dockets (8 hits, all collisions/unverified); "APD-29" opinions (1 hit: Tays v. Robinson, Kan. 1903 - string collision) [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener v4 search results + Carolan v. GE ECF No. 1-2 Exhibit A (storage.courtlistener.com recap/gov.uscourts.cand.195258.1.1.pdf, p.5: 'BARRY (DD-933)')
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener sweep completed: NO qualifying asbestos litigation names this hull. "USS Barry" is a three-hull collision name (DD-248 1920-45; DD-933 1956-82; DDG-52 1992-present; no commissioned Barry exists 1945-1956). Opinion-level: the only "USS Barry" opinion hit is a 1999 Court of Federal Claims ship-repair contract case (vessel = DDG-52 era). Docket-level asbestos hits resolved as collisions on sister hulls: Carolan v. General Electric, 3:07-cv-04352 (N.D. Cal.) complaint Exhibit A expressly identifies the exposure vessel as 'BARRY (DD-933)' (decedent maintained its two Babcock & Wilcox boilers at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard 1975-79); McIsaac v. General Electric, 1:19-cv-10282 (D. Mass.) recites 'the USS Barry' only inside a Forrest Sherman-class ship list identifying Buffalo pumps aboard that class (DD-933); Maynard v. Air & Liquid Systems, 3:24-cv-07252 (N.D. Cal. 2024) asbestos complaint - 'USS Barry' appears in indexed text but hull attribution unverified (RECAP document not harvested; 2024-era plaintiff service window most consistent with DD-933); MDL-875 CTO response - vessel-list reference only. Kelly v. Hegseth (D.D.C.) and Mark Kelly v. Hegseth (CADC) hits are USS Barry DDG-52 cited in a VADM Franken amicus biography; Talbott, Sanders ex rel, Northwest Territorial Mint bk, and Hecker are non-asbestos collisions. The six 'Barry asbestos' opinion hits are attorney/judge surname collisions (e.g., Judge Barry Ted Moskowitz; Barry McTiernan & Moore). Hull-number queries returned no asbestos exposure finding: "DD-248" opinions 0, "U.S.S. Barry" opinions 0, "APD-29" opinions 1 hit that is a 1903 Kansas case (string collision), "DD-248" dockets 8 hits of which 7 are non-asbestos collisions (fax numbers, case numbers) and 1 is an MDL-875 vessel-list text reference whose role is unverifiable from the index. No hit names DD-248 or APD-29 in any asbestos context.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1995-2026 (litigation index coverage)
- Population
- Asbestos-litigation decedents/plaintiffs naming a 'USS Barry' - all verified instances map to DD-933
- Limitations
- Sweep covers CourtListener opinion + docket indexes for exact-name and hull-number queries; PACER/state-court records not fully indexed. A docket-level allegation naming 'USS Barry' without hull number in a post-1956 service window could still theoretically involve DD-933 rather than this hull - the WWII-era service window of DD-248 (1920-45) makes a qualifying hit unlikely but not impossible; Maynard's hull attribution remains unverified (document unavailable on storage.courtlistener.com). No qualifying adjudicated or pleading-stage exposure claim for DD-248 was located.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-barry-dd248-07