Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]research packet eh-packet.md (4 sources cited) [museum_official]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-brooks-dd232-pkt-eh-packet-md
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[2]DANFS Vol. I pp. 161-62, Brooks (DD-232) (builder, dates, service narrative, kamikaze damage, sale; verbatim transcription - live NHHC page serves 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Vol. I pp. 161-62, specifications block + service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: launched 24 April 1919 by New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, N.J.; sponsored by Mrs. George S. Keyes; commissioned 18 June 1920, Lt. D. M. Dalton in command. European service 1920-21 (Baltic Patrol, Adriatic, Turkish waters); Scouting Fleet maneuvers to 20 January 1931 reserve decommissioning at Philadelphia Navy Yard; recommissioned 18 June 1932; out of commission Philadelphia 2 September 1938; recommissioned 25 April 1939 for Neutrality Patrol; Local Defense Force, 13th Naval District, from November 1940. WWII patrol/escort California-Washington-Alaska; arrived Seattle 20 September 1942 for conversion to high-speed transport; reclassified APD-10 1 December 1942. Served as transport and minesweeper at Lae, Finschhafen, Cape Gloucester, Saidor, Admiralty Islands, Hollandia, Saipan, Leyte, Mindoro, and the Lingayen Gulf landings (3-6 January 1945). On 6 January 1945 a kamikaze crashed into the port side starting a fire amidships; main and auxiliary steam lines severed, fire main broken, sea valve to the condenser pierced, forward engine room flooded; 3 killed, 11 wounded. Towed to San Pedro by SS Watch Hill; decommissioned there 2 August 1945; sold 30 January 1946. Navy Unit Commendation and six battle stars. Design data: 1,215 t; 314'4"; 33.2 kt; complement 130; 4x5", 1x3", 12x21" TT.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1918-1946
- Population
- New York Shipbuilding construction trades 1918-20; interwar and wartime crew (design complement 130; higher as APD); troops embarked 1943-45
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. The steam-line severance and engine-room flooding are documented damage events to insulated systems by era practice, but DANFS does not state the insulation was asbestos. DANFS omits laid-down and stricken dates (carried from NavSource - see ev-02). Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC page returns 404.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-brooks-dd232-01
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[3]NavSource Amphibious Photo Archive, USS Brooks (APD-10) ex-DD-232 (building data, campaign table, APD spec block, NARA RG19-LCM photo caption) + NavSource Destroyer Photo Index 05/232 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/04/04010.htm operational/building data + APD spec block + photo caption; navsource.org/archives/05/232.htm
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Secondary archive compiling official data for this hull: laid down 11 June 1918 at New York Shipbuilding (yard no. 221); designated DD-232 17 July 1920; converted to high-speed transport at Seattle and redesignated APD-10 1 December 1942; struck from the Naval Register 17 September 1945; sold for scrapping 30 January 1946. APD spec block: two Westinghouse geared turbines, two White-Forster boilers 250 psi, two propellers, 26,500 shp, 27.6 kt; complement 12 officers + 192 enlisted; troop accommodations 12 officers + 150 enlisted; armament 3x3"/50 DP, 2x40mm, 5x20mm, depth-charge gear; 4 LCP(L) boats. A U.S. Navy photo in NARA RG19-LCM shows Brooks (APD-10) moored in dry dock at Puget Sound Navy Yard on 4 January 1943. As-built index data: Westinghouse turbines, 2 screws, 26,500 shp, 35 kt, crew 114.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1918-1946
- Population
- Crew (114 as-built index figure; 204 as APD); Puget Sound Navy Yard workforce during 1942-43 conversion
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer archive, not an official publication - dates and specs reproduced here are consistent with DANFS except where noted in gaps (decommissioned 21 August vs 2 August 1945; recommissioned 25 May vs 25 April 1939). Laid-down and stricken dates are sourced here because the DANFS entry omits them. Contains no asbestos or materials statement.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-brooks-dd232-02
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[4]U.S. Navy photograph, NARA Record Group 19-LCM (via NavSource): USS Brooks (APD-10) in dry dock at Puget Sound Navy Yard, 4 January 1943 + DANFS conversion narrative [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA RG19-LCM photo caption as reproduced at navsource.net/archives/10/04/04010.htm; DANFS conversion paragraph
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Documented yard period on this hull during peak asbestos-use era: Brooks arrived Seattle 20 September 1942 to begin conversion to a high-speed transport (DANFS) and was reclassified APD-10 on 1 December 1942; a NARA-cataloged Navy photograph places her in dry dock at Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, on 4 January 1943. Flush-deck-to-APD conversions removed two boilers and torpedo tubes and reworked machinery spaces (class-level practice). Puget Sound Naval Shipyard is a tier-1 yard in the Atlas dataset with documented asbestos products (thermal insulation, gaskets, deck tiles, fireproofing, refractory materials).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1942-09-20 to 1943-01 (conversion window); photo dated 1943-01-04
- Population
- Puget Sound Navy Yard conversion workforce 1942-43; ship's crew during conversion
- Limitations
- Documents the conversion event and the hull's presence at PSNY - the photo does not enumerate work items and no asbestos statement exists for this conversion. Yard-level asbestos documentation for PSNY does not establish that asbestos was removed from or installed aboard this hull; conversion scope details are class-level, not a work-order record for DD-232.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-brooks-dd232-03
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[5]DANFS specifications block (Clemson class; steam plant) + Atlas shipyard dataset records for new-york-shipbuilding (tier 1, documented asbestos products incl. magnesia block, asbestos gaskets, packing, Transite panels) and puget-sound-naval-shipyard (tier 1, 1970 industrial-hygiene study AD0715808) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS specifications block; shipyards.json records 'new-york-shipbuilding' and 'puget-sound-naval-shipyard'
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/yard inference: a Clemson-class destroyer built 1918-1920 with a multi-boiler geared-turbine steam plant would have carried period-standard asbestos-containing insulation, lagging, gaskets, packing, and fireproofing; both documented yard periods touch yards with asbestos documentation in the Atlas dataset - builder New York Shipbuilding (Camden; product-level documentation incl. Ehret 85% magnesia insulation and asbestos gaskets/packing) and conversion yard Puget Sound Navy Yard (1970 DTIC study AD0715808 found 21% pulmonary abnormalities among insulators/pipe coverers and 40-150 f/cc during rip-out). 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
- 1918-1946 (vessel); 1970 (PSNY study)
- Population
- New York Shipbuilding construction trades 1918-20; PSNY conversion workforce 1942-43; crew 1920-45
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - no ship-specific asbestos finding exists for this hull. The PSNY study postdates the conversion by ~27 years. Yard product lists document what was present at the yard, not what was installed on DD-232. This row adds context, not a ship-specific finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-brooks-dd232-04
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[6]CourtListener API v4 authenticated sweep: "USS Brooks" type=o and type=r [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-brooks-dd232-03 through sl-uss-brooks-dd232-06
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull: authenticated CourtListener v4 searches for the exact phrase "USS Brooks" returned 0 opinion results and 0 RECAP docket results (2026-09-27). "Brooks" is a high-collision surname but no hit of any kind named the ship. Hull-number and APD queries ("DD-232", "APD-10") were attempted; fleet pacing limits interrupted the run - see search_ledger.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- CourtListener coverage is not exhaustive (state-court and many district-court records are absent); a negative CL result does not prove no litigation ever named the vessel. A digest-level or unindexed pleading naming DD-232/APD-10 could exist outside the indexes searched.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-brooks-dd232-05
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[7]Batch-3230 search ledger (this record): DANFS/NHHC (live 404; hazegray mirror used), NavSource photo archives incl. NARA RG19-LCM images, destroyerhistory.org (secondary corroboration), CourtListener opinion + RECAP indexes, shipyards.json yard dataset [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-brooks-dd232-01 through sl-uss-brooks-dd232-08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming USS Brooks, DD-232, or APD-10 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The hull was sold for scrapping 30 January 1946; no museum custody or extant structure exists to generate modern survey records.
- 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 - a 1918-1920 steam destroyer is era-consistent with asbestos insulation, and the 1942-43 machinery-space conversion and 1945 steam-line severance are plausible disturbance events. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-brooks-dd232-06
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[8]NARA Record Group 19 (Records of the Bureau of Ships) - General Information Books, war damage reports, and ship-specific files; Puget Sound Navy Yard conversion work items; NARA deck logs for DD-232/APD-10 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA RG19 finding aid; NARA RG19-LCM photo (Brooks in PSNY dry dock, 4 Jan 1943) reproduced at navsource.net/archives/10/04/04010.htm
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Unretrieved archival leads for hull-level material data: RG19 General Information Books and BuShips records for DD-232 (the class's General Information Books are known to carry per-vessel material/insulation specifications); PSNY correspondence and work items for the 1942-43 APD conversion; any BuShips war-damage report or ship's action report for the 6 January 1945 Lingayen hit (severed steam lines, flooded forward engine room); NARA deck logs for DD-232/APD-10.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1918-1946 (record creation period)
- Limitations
- Lead only - none of these records was retrieved or reviewed in this batch; digitization status unverified beyond the NARA RG19-LCM photograph reproduced by NavSource.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-brooks-dd232-07