Evidence
13 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-13).
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[1]DANFS, Beatty II (DD-756) - canonical NHHC page (history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/b/beatty-ii.html; live page returns 404, verbatim text verified via Wayback capture 2024-03-01 and Tin Can Sailors transcription). Entry by Raymond A. Mann, updated by Robert J. Cressman, 25 October 2021. [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry 'Beatty II (DD-756)', namesake line + service narrative + closing awards line
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: second U.S. Navy ship named for Rear Adm. Frank Edmund Beatty (1853-1926). Laid down on Independence Day 1944 at Staten Island, N.Y., by Bethlehem Steel Co.; launched 30 November 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Charles H. Drayton and Miss Mary Drayton; commissioned 31 March 1945, Cmdr. Malcolm T. Munger in command. Shakedown off Guantanamo Bay; post-shakedown repairs at New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn (late May-first three weeks of June 1945); Norfolk training duty; ComDesLant 12 September 1945; Pearl Harbor training late 1945-early 1946; European cruise February-August 1947; Sixth Fleet Mediterranean deployment September 1948-January 1949 including Palestinian coast patrol 2 November-7 December 1948 (first Arab-Israeli war); Boston Naval Shipyard overhaul; Mediterranean March-June 1951; Korea: departed Newport 2 October 1951, joined TF 77 screen 4 November, bombarded Wonsan 6-9 November, shelled Chongjin/Songjin/Tachon, independent mine/submarine patrol near Hingoan 5-11 December, returned to TF 77 screening and plane-guard duty January-February 1952, circumnavigation home via Indian Ocean/Suez arriving Newport 21 April 1952; Boston Naval Shipyard overhaul summer 1952; ~13 years Newport-based alternating Sixth Fleet deployments with east coast/West Indies operations, Middle East Force detachments, northern Europe 1954 and 1957 after NATO exercises; highlights include Nassau Relief rescue July 1959, Fleet Sonar School Key West 1959, Operation Skyhook January 1960, Dominican Republic patrol November 1961, Cuban quarantine November 1962, Project Mercury Faith 7 support May 1963; homeport change to Norfolk April 1965 with overhaul June-October 1965; caretaker status 1 January 1968; Naval Reserve training ship at Tampa from early September 1968 until 1972; March 1972 survey board found her beyond economical modernization and recommended disposal; decommissioned at Charleston, stricken from the Naval Vessel Register, and transferred to the Venezuelan Navy all on 14 July 1972; renamed Carabobo, served until 1981, scrapped early 1980s. Two battle stars, Korean conflict.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1944-1981
- Population
- Bethlehem Steel Staten Island construction trades 1944-45; wartime and postwar crews (class complement ~336-345); Naval Reserve trainees at Tampa 1968-1972
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history, not materials or asbestos content. The 2021-updated entry carries no specifications block - displacement/complement figures come from secondary compilations (HyperWar, NavSource) and are flagged where they conflict. Live NHHC page returned HTTP 404 on 2026-09-27; Wayback capture (2024-03-01) and the verbatim Tin Can Sailors transcription are cited instead. The entry does not name the Norfolk overhaul yard (Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, is the location-consistent attribution). Venezuelan-service detail is one sentence; 'scrapped in the early 1980s' is unspecific.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-beatty-dd756-01
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[2]Bureau of Ships, 'Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels 1945,' Vol. I (NAVSHIPS 250-010, 15 April 1945), List of Naval Vessels - shipscribe.com scan of the official BuShips publication [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v1.pdf, List of Naval Vessels - Destroyers (DD) continued, printed book p.9 (PDF p.14)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official BuShips April 1945 roster lists 'DD756 BEATTY' in the Destroyers (DD) section under the 'No. 692 Class - Continued' column heading - contemporaneous official confirmation of this hull's existence, hull number, and No. 692 (Allen M. Sumner) class assignment as of the April 1945 program state (OCR-verified on the scanned page this session).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1945 edition (program state April 1945)
- Population
- Sumner-class program
- Limitations
- Roster establishes identity and class assignment only - the publication's design tables record characteristics, not materials, and no asbestos or insulation statement attaches to the DD-756 entry. OCR was run on a textless scan; the 'DD756 BEATTY' cell renders cleanly at 300 dpi but the roster carries no further per-hull detail.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-beatty-dd756-02
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[3]Goodrich v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp., Omnibus Opinion and Order, ECF No. 171, E.D. Va. No. 4:17-cv-00009 (Sept. 28, 2018) [court_record]
- Locator
- Omnibus opinion pp. 12, 19, 31 (OCR of scanned ECF 171; per class-profile verification, underlying exhibits not in RECAP index)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Class-level litigation recital bearing on this hull's class: the Goodrich omnibus opinion recites that 'an engineering drawing for the insulation and lagging of forced draft blower turbines for the class of destroyers (DD 692, USS Allen M. Sumner class), within which the USS Harlan Dickson fell, specifies the use of amosite felts and asbestos cloths,' and quotes an expert report estimating 'a partial tally of the weight of the asbestos-containing thermal insulation and lagging products in the fire ... and engine rooms of a ship belonging to the USS Allen M. Sumner (DD 692) and USS Gearing (DD 710) classes of destroyers is 30.3 tons.' USS Beatty is a DD-692-class (Allen M. Sumner) hull, so the drawing covers the class design to which this hull was built.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1943-45 construction era; opinion 2018
- Population
- Sumner-class program; ship's force engineering personnel as a class
- Limitations
- Litigation-record recitals only - the drawing and expert report (McCloskey) were described, not adjudicated, and the underlying exhibits were not retrieved; the opinion treated related exposure conclusions as speculative. The 30.3-ton figure is an expert partial tally for fire/engine rooms of a Sumner/Gearing hull, not an inventory of this ship and not a classwide quantity. Establishes the class design called for asbestos insulation components; establishes nothing about this specific hull's as-built materials, quantities, or any individual exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-beatty-dd756-03
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[4]GAO, 'Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure,' HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented the Navy's shipboard asbestos program: extensive asbestos insulation use through the era with substitution not beginning until the early 1970s; standing policy (1975) removed asbestos insulation only when damaged or required for repairs, modified 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas - meaning original-era insulation typically remained in place for decades unless a yard period disturbed it. All Sumner hulls (built 1943-45, including this 1944 hull) fall inside the documented asbestos-use era.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1975-1979 policy window; describes decades-long insulation persistence
- Population
- Navy ship workers and crews, program-wide
- Limitations
- Program-level context, not class- or hull-specific - does not establish asbestos aboard this ship. gao.gov returned HTTP 403 to automated fetch; content via the product-page description (same limitation as prior batches).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-beatty-dd756-04
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[5]NavSource FRAM program index table (secondary compilation): hull 756 is absent while every adjacent Sumner hull is listed (744 Blue, 755 John A. Bole, 757 Putnam, 758 Strong, 759 Lofberg, 760 John W. Thomason, 761 Buck, 762 Henley, 763 Lowry); NavSource's DD-756 page header reads 'CLASS - ALLEN M. SUMNER As Built' [other_primary]
- Locator
- navsource.org/archives/05/helpers/fram.htm FRAM index (no 756 row); navsource.org/archives/05/756.htm header 'As Built' (Wayback capture 2025-04-28); DANFS 1972 survey recital
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Modernization status (secondary-source documented): this hull never received a FRAM conversion - it is absent from the NavSource FRAM index that lists all neighboring Sumner hulls, and its NavSource data block carries 'As Built.' DANFS corroborates indirectly: it records no FRAM yard period and states a March 1972 survey board found the ship 'beyond economical modernization' - consistent with disposal of an unmodernized 1944 steam hull. Relevance to the asbestos picture: unlike FRAM-converted sisters, this hull had no documented mid-life modernization yard period that would have stripped and replaced original-era insulation; routine overhauls (documented: Boston NSY ~1949-51 and summer 1952, Norfolk June-October 1965, plus 'various east coast naval shipyards') are the disturbance events of record, and their insulation scope is undocumented.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1945-1972
- Population
- East coast naval shipyard workers and ship's force at documented overhauls
- Limitations
- Negative-style inference from absence in a secondary index - absence from the FRAM table plus 'As Built' and the 1972 disposal recommendation jointly support 'never modernized,' but no primary decommissioning/survey document was retrieved to confirm it. Nothing here documents the presence or absence of asbestos aboard; it only bounds which yard periods could have disturbed original-era materials.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-beatty-dd756-05
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[6]DANFS-derived specifications block (Allen M. Sumner class; 35 kt; 60,000 h.p. high-pressure superheated boilers, geared turbines, twin screws; complement 345 - HyperWar 'Ships of the U.S. Navy' DD-756 page) + class technical data [other_primary]
- Locator
- HyperWar 'Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-45' DD-756 entry (machinery summary); class technical data per Sumner class profile
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference for this hull: a Sumner-class destroyer built in 1944 with a four-boiler, 60,000-shp superheated steam plant would have carried period-standard asbestos insulation and lagging on boilers, turbines, and steam lines, plus gaskets, packing, fireproofing, and deck/bulkhead coverings - consistent with the Goodrich-recited class drawing (ev-03) but independent of it. The equipment categories that recur in this hull's litigation records (boilers, turbines, pumps, valves, packing, gaskets, evaporators, insulation) match the standard asbestos-application set for the era.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1944-1972
- Population
- Bethlehem Staten Island construction trades 1944-45; crew 1945-1972
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no ship-specific material schedule or survey was located for this hull; this row adds context, not a ship-specific finding. Establishes no quantities and no individual exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-beatty-dd756-06
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[7]Lyautey v. Alfa Laval, Inc., S.D. Fla. No. 1:10-cv-22891 (removed from Miami-Dade Circuit Court No. 10-35086 CA 31; filed 2010-08-09, terminated 2010-12-16); served complaint package, ECF 33-1 (entered 2010-08-13), including Fla. Stat. 774.205 sworn information form and per-defendant exposure sheets; also MDL-875 ECF 6276, Foster Wheeler 'NOTICE OF POTENTIAL TAG-ALONG' (entered 2010-08-17) attaching the same complaint [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF 33-1 (96-page served complaint package): sworn information form at PDF pp. 89-92 (paras. 3b, 4b); exposure sheets at PDF pp. 35-88; MDL-875 doc 6276 tag-along notice
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull at pleading stage: plaintiff Gale L. Lyautey (diagnosed with mesothelioma February 2010) filed a sworn Fla. Stat. 774.205 information form attesting he 'alleges exposure to products that may have contained asbestos and asbestos-containing materials ... while serving in the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Range[l], USS Beatty, USS Tutuila, USS Cavalla, USS Hissim, USS Constant, USS Barber County, USS Direct and various submarines,' and further attests exposure to 'valves, diesel engines, generators, economizers, evaporators, distillers, compressors, steam traps, heat transfer units, boilers, insulation, gaskets, packing, pumps and/or turbines while serving in the U.S. Navy aboard the vessels listed ... between or within the years 1954 and 1974.' The same vessel list repeats identically across the package's per-defendant exposure sheets. Referent is this hull: Lyautey's stated Navy window (1954-1974) postdates the 1943 sinking of Beatty I (DD-640).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1954-1974 alleged exposure window; litigation 2010
- Population
- Navy veteran plaintiff (alleged shipboard service 1954-1974)
- Limitations
- Pleading-stage allegation only - a statutory sworn information form and standard-form exposure sheets filed with the complaint; never adjudicated, and the same vessel list is repeated identically across the multi-defendant exposure sheets (form-pleading pattern). The case was removed to S.D. Fla. 2010-08-09 and terminated 2010-12-16; a Foster Wheeler tag-along notice in MDL-875 attaches the complaint, but the final disposition document (transfer vs. remand vs. dismissal) was not retrieved. The allegation does not identify which defendant's products were aboard this hull, specific dates, or tasks.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-beatty-dd756-07
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[8]Stevens v. CBS Corporation, W.D. Wash. No. 3:11-cv-06073 (Judge Leighton; filed 2011-12-30, terminated 2013-04-23); Order on motions to compel, ECF 92 (Aug. 29, 2012); Order denying defendants' motions for summary judgment, ECF 179 (Nov. 19, 2012) [court_record]
- Locator
- ECF 92 pp. 3-4 (vessel list); ECF 179 (MSJ denial; text verified via Justia mirror - Justia blocks automated fetch, snippet-level verification + RECAP PDF of ECF 92 full text)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull at discovery stage: the 29 August 2012 order on motions to compel recites that '[p]rior to the request for interrogatories, Plaintiffs produced information in the Complaint, the First Amended Complaint, the Responses to Style Interrogatories, and naval archive records showing specific equipment from each Defendant on many of Mr. Stevens' Navy and PSNS ships,' listing 'The USS Eugene A. Greene, USS Yellowstone, USS Annapolis, USS Wright, USS Beatty, USS Kitty Hawk, USS Coral Sea, USS Belleau Wood, USS Sacramento, USS Camden, and the USS Berkeley' (Knudson Decl., Ex. 1, Dkt. #67 at 13). Plaintiff Roland Stevens served as a Navy boilermaker 1954-1974 - which fixes the referent as this hull (Beatty I sank in 1943) - then did similar boiler work at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard until 1988; diagnosed with mesothelioma November 2011. The court denied the CBS (Westinghouse), Warren Pumps, and Cleaver-Brooks summary-judgment motions 19 November 2012, finding genuine issues of material fact.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1954-1988 alleged exposure window; litigation 2011-2013
- Population
- Navy boilermaker 1954-1974 + PSNS yard work to 1988
- Limitations
- Discovery-stage record: the vessel/equipment identification recited is the plaintiffs' evidentiary submission (naval archive records), not an adjudicated finding - the order rules on discovery scope, not on whether defendant equipment was aboard this hull. The order does not state which defendant's equipment was aboard Beatty specifically ('specific equipment from each Defendant on many of' the listed ships). The MSJ denial created triable issues as to the three moving defendants; it is not a finding that exposure occurred aboard this hull, and the record does not tie the denial to Beatty. Final disposition (terminated 2013-04-23, post-denial) was not retrieved - likely settlement, unverified.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-beatty-dd756-08
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[9]Glaze v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation, D. Del. No. 1:20-cv-00374-MN-SRF - Report and Recommendation, Magistrate Judge Sherry R. Fallon (Apr. 28, 2022), official court publication (ded.uscourts.gov/opinion/glaze-et-al-v-air-liquid-systems-corporation-et-al); case filed 2020-03-17 (removed under federal-officer statute), terminated 2022-07-11 [court_record]
- Locator
- R&R (10-page scanned PDF, OCR-verified this session): Background 'Facts' section, and footnote-captioned defendant table; official PDF at ded.uscourts.gov/sites/ded/files/opinions/20-374.pdf
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull at merits stage: the R&R recites deposition-established work history - 'From 1970 to 1973, Mr. Glaze was stationed on the USS Beatty in Tampa, Florida, where he worked as a third-class and second-class machinist's mate in the engine room performing the same work as he did on the USS Ranger,' that work being 'maintaining and operating turbines, generators, valves, pumps, and other equipment, including removing and replacing packing and gaskets during maintenance or overhaul.' Glaze served in the Navy ~November 1966-March/April 1986. The complaint alleges he developed lung cancer 'as a result of his exposure to asbestos-containing materials, including those provided by each of the moving Defendants, during his service in the United States Navy while working as a machinist mate onboard the USS Ranger, USS Beatty, USS Saratoga, USS Lexington, and the USS Sierra' plus shore sites. The Tampa service window corresponds to this hull's Naval Reserve training-ship period (September 1968-July 1972).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1970-1973 alleged exposure window at Tampa; litigation 2020-2022
- Population
- Navy machinist's mate 1966-1986, aboard this hull 1970-1972 (USN portion)
- Limitations
- The vessel-assignment and work facts rest on Mr. Glaze's deposition testimony as recited in the R&R's background section - the asbestos-exposure element remains a complaint allegation, never adjudicated. Glaze's stated '1970 to 1973' aboard extends past this hull's 14 July 1972 decommissioning/transfer; only the 1970-mid-1972 portion can be U.S. Navy service aboard (the ship thereafter was Venezuelan Carabobo). The R&R recommends summary judgment for all moving defendants on product-identification/causation grounds (see ev-10) - this row documents litigation naming the hull, not established exposure. R&R adoption by the district judge is unverified (docket terminated 2022-07-11).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-beatty-dd756-09
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[10]Glaze v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp., D. Del. No. 1:20-cv-00374-MN-SRF - same Report and Recommendation (Apr. 28, 2022), disposition portion [court_record]
- Locator
- R&R Discussion sections a-f and Conclusion; summary table recommending GRANT for all six motions
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Merits-level negative in the litigation naming this hull: the R&R recommends GRANTING all six moving defendants' unopposed summary-judgment motions (Armstrong International, Air & Liquid Systems [successor to Buffalo Pumps], Gardner Denver, FMC [successor to Turbo Pump/Chicago Pump/Northern Pump], Schneider Electric [f/k/a Square D], Warren Pumps). For each defendant the recommendation rests on the same ground: plaintiffs 'did not identify any asbestos-containing [defendant] products or exposure to any [defendant] products,' or Glaze 'testified generally about his work in the engine rooms of several vessels without identifying any work in or around' the defendant's equipment - i.e., no product identification and no causal nexus under maritime substantial-factor law. The case terminated 2022-07-11.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- litigation 2020-2022
- Population
- Same litigants as ev-09
- Limitations
- This is a merits-level negative for these plaintiffs' claims against these defendants on product-identification/causation grounds - it is NOT a finding that USS Beatty lacked asbestos-containing materials, and it must not be read as ship-material evidence in either direction. The exposure allegation was never adjudicated on the merits of presence; the claims failed at proof of specific defendant products. Defendants beyond the six movants (e.g., CBS/Westinghouse as removing defendant) are outside this R&R's scope; their dispositions were not retrieved.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-beatty-dd756-10
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[11]CourtListener API v4 sweeps: opinion search "USS Beatty" (0 hits); opinion search "DD-756" (0 hits); docket search "USS Beatty" (4 hits); docket search "DD-756" (blocked - see limitations) [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener API v4: type=o q="USS Beatty" -> count 0; type=o q="DD-756" -> count 0; type=r q="USS Beatty" -> 4 dockets (flsd 4233245, ded 16981822, wawd 5131245, jpml 1245688 doc 6276); type=r q="DD-756" -> pacing-blocked
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Litigation sweep result for this hull: no published opinion names 'USS Beatty' or 'DD-756' (both opinion searches = 0 hits). The exact-name docket search returned four hits resolving to three qualifying asbestos cases - all referring to this hull (DD-756), none to Beatty I (DD-640, sunk 1943): (1) Lyautey v. Alfa Laval, S.D. Fla. 1:10-cv-22891 - qualifying (ev-07); (2) In re Asbestos Products Liability Litigation (No. VI), J.P.M.L. MDL No. 875 - the matching document is Foster Wheeler's notice of potential tag-along in Lyautey (doc 6276, attaching the complaint), i.e., the same Lyautey case inside the MDL docket, not an additional case; (3) Glaze v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp., D. Del. 1:20-cv-00374 - qualifying (ev-09, ev-10); (4) Stevens v. CBS Corp., W.D. Wash. 3:11-cv-06073 - qualifying (ev-08). Zero name collisions and zero non-asbestos hits in the classified results.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- sweep date 2026-09-27
- Population
- Unverified
- Limitations
- Sweep coverage is index-limited: RECAP text indexing is partial, unindexed complaint exhibits are common in asbestos filings, and pre-PACER state-court filings are largely uncovered. The 'DD-756' docket-level (type=r) search was blocked by the fleet-wide pace limiter across spaced attempts and remains an open coverage gap - logged honestly rather than retried into a ban. 'U.S.S. Beatty' variant queries were not separately run; the exact-name sweep is the required coverage. A name match is not evidence of exposure; conversely, absence of additional hits does not prove no other claim ever named this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-beatty-dd756-11
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[12]Archival leads: NARA deck logs for DD-756 (RG 24); NARA RG 19 BuShips General Information Books (per-hull material specifications); the March 1972 Board of Inspection and Survey material survey recited by DANFS ('beyond economical modernization' - would document hull material condition at end of service); Staten Island Shipbuilding Company Collection, Staten Island Museum (~204 cu. ft. of builder plans); Venezuelan Navy custody/disposal records for Carabobo; NHHC command operations reports (none located for this hull) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA catalog (RG 24 deck logs, RG 19 GIB); INSURV survey records; sssmcatalog SISCO collection description (Staten Island Museum); Armada Bolivariana de Venezuela records; history.navy.mil command-operation-reports
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Unretrieved primary repositories bearing on this hull's material history: (1) NARA deck logs for DD-756 (RG 24) through the 1972 decommissioning; (2) NARA RG 19 BuShips 'General Information Books,' which hold per-vessel material specifications and could resolve the class/era inference to hull level; (3) the March 1972 INSURV/survey-board report recited by DANFS - a material-condition survey that may identify hull materials at end of service; (4) the Staten Island Shipbuilding Company Collection (Staten Island Museum, ~204 cubic feet) holding builder plans that may include this hull's construction drawings; (5) Venezuelan Navy records for Carabobo service 1972-1981 and the early-1980s scrapping, including any disposal/hazmat documentation; (6) NHHC command operations reports - none located for this hull this session.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1944-1981
- Limitations
- Leads only - nothing retrieved; each would require dedicated archival work. A retrieved GIB, builder specification, or the 1972 survey report could raise or lower the documentation level; absence of these records is not evidence about the hull either way.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-beatty-dd756-12
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[13]This record's search ledger (DANFS/NHHC live + Wayback; BuShips NAVSHIPS 250-010 scan; NavSource operational data and FRAM index; Tin Can Sailors; HyperWar; destroyerhistory.org; CourtListener opinion + docket sweeps; shipyards.json yard registry) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-beatty-dd756-01 through -13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No non-litigation ship-specific asbestos documentation was located for this hull in any source searched: no hull survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, insulation-material record, or government materials inventory names USS Beatty (DD-756). The asbestos-relevant record is entirely litigation-derived: three qualifying asbestos cases name the hull, and all exposure statements in them are allegation- or discovery-stage - the single merits-stage document (Glaze R&R) recommends summary judgment for the defendants on product-identification grounds. Transfer to Venezuela in 1972 and early-1980s scrapping abroad foreclosed the U.S. museum-phase and MARAD-disposal documentation channels that produced ACM records for preserved sisters (e.g., Laffey DD-724). 'No qualifying ship-specific materials record located' is recorded as a result, not papered over.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1944-1981
- Limitations
- Absence of a located record is not proof of absence: undigitized NARA series (deck logs, RG 19 GIBs, the 1972 survey-board report), Venezuelan naval records, and unindexed litigation exhibits could still hold hull-level material. Litigation records document allegations and testimony about this hull; none establishes that any particular material aboard was asbestos-containing.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-beatty-dd756-13