Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet ef-packet.md (3 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: Queue: USS BROOME DD-210
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-broome-dd210-pkt-ef-packet-md
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[2]Naval History and Heritage Command, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Broome (Destroyer No. 210) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Service narrative, paragraphs beginning 'Broome was recommissioned' through final paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS reports Pacific Fleet service after the 1930 recommissioning; arrival at Norfolk Navy Yard in May 1939; Atlantic Neutrality Patrol and Iceland convoy escort in 1941; escort, patrol, and training operations in Atlantic, Canadian, Icelandic, and Caribbean waters from January 1942 through May 1945; arrival at Charleston Navy Yard for overhaul on 4 May 1945; redesignation as AG-96 on 23 May 1945; training duty at Guantanamo Bay from June through December 1945; and a pre-inactivation overhaul at Philadelphia beginning in December 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- Documents duty and yard events but gives no overhaul work package, insulation specification, asbestos inventory, or crew exposure finding. The mere occurrence of overhaul does not establish asbestos disturbance.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-broome-dd210-02
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[3]National Archives, Special List 44 - Named Vessels, Broome entries [other_primary]
- Locator
- Alphabetical table, two Broome (DD-210, AG-96) rows
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List 44 lists Broome under the combined designations DD-210 and AG-96, with an initial log period beginning 31 October 1919 and a later period beginning 5 February 1930. The latter listing ends 30 June 1945 because the index page covers log holdings through 1945, rather than Broome's full 1946 service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- This is an index of deck-log holdings. Its 30 June 1945 endpoint must not be read as a decommissioning date. Deck logs do not establish asbestos content, as NARA's asbestos research guide explicitly notes.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-broome-dd210-03
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[4]National Archives, Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961 [other_primary]
- Locator
- General Information Books; Board of Inspection and Survey Reports; Cartographic Branch/Hull Series
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA directs vessel-specific asbestos researchers to RG 19 hull-series engineering drawings, especially S39 insulation/lagging and S48 piping, RG 19 destroyer general information books, and RG 38 destroyer material inspection reports. Those series are the follow-up leads for DD-210 and its 1945 Charleston and Philadelphia overhaul periods.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- The guide identifies potentially relevant record series, not a located DD-210 file. No physical series consultation, drawing review, or work-package review was performed; existence of a Broome-specific document in any series is unverified.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-broome-dd210-06
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[5]Naval Sea Systems Command, Naval Ships' Technical Manual Chapter 050, Readiness and Care of Inactive Ships (2005), section 050-7.2.7 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Section 050-7.2.7, Handling and Removal of Asbestos Materials
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NAVSEA's inactive-ships manual states that past naval shipbuilding programs extensively used asbestos for shipboard installations such as thermal insulation and deck tile, and discusses controls for asbestos encountered in inactive ships.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- Published nearly 60 years after Broome was sold; the manual describes past Navy programs generally. It cannot establish whether Broome was built or overhauled with these products, or whether any remained at disposal.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-broome-dd210-05
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[6]Batch 3208 search ledger, NHHC/NARA/NAVSEA public-source review [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger sl-uss-broome-dd210-01 through sl-uss-broome-dd210-04
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The public NHHC Broome history, NARA deck-log index and asbestos research guide, and NAVSEA inactive-ships manual reviewed in this batch contain no DD-210/AG-96 asbestos survey, asbestos product identification, or abatement record. No ship-specific asbestos documentation was located in those reviewed public materials.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- A bounded public-source negative finding, not proof that Broome lacked asbestos. The identified NARA physical drawings, GIBs, inspection reports, and overhaul files were not retrieved; they may contain ship-specific information. This row does not include the incomplete litigation sweep.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-broome-dd210-07
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[7]CourtListener authenticated API v4 search through fleet helper cl-auth-search.py; Batch 3208 local search ledger [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger sl-uss-broome-dd210-05 through sl-uss-broome-dd210-10
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Authenticated CourtListener API v4 opinion search for the exact phrase 'USS Broome' returned zero results on 27 September 2026. Three docket attempts for the same phrase and an opinion attempt for 'DD-210' were blocked by the fleet-wide helper pacing limiter before an HTTP request. The DD-210 docket and AG-96 opinion/docket queries were not attempted after standing down.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- The zero result applies only to one indexed exact-name opinion query. Docket and hull-number coverage was blocked or left pending due to fleet pacing, so this is not a complete negative litigation sweep and cannot rule out qualifying asbestos cases, other litigation, name collisions, or unindexed pleadings. No case hit was available to classify by litigation stage.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-broome-dd210-08
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[8]Naval History and Heritage Command, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Broome (Destroyer No. 210) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Specifications block and opening/final service paragraphs
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC's DANFS identifies Broome as Clemson class, built by William Cramp and Sons in Philadelphia, launched 14 May 1919, commissioned 31 October 1919, and lists complement 122. It gives decommissioning on 30 December 1922, recommissioning on 5 February 1930, final decommissioning on 20 May 1946, and sale on 20 November 1946.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- DANFS is a service history, not a material survey. The 122 complement is a published specification, not a count verified for all periods. The entry does not give a keel-laying or striking date and does not identify asbestos aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-broome-dd210-01
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[9]National Archives, Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Beginning Research; introductory paragraphs and RG 19 ship/class filing instructions
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- NARA describes asbestos use in U.S. Navy materiel during 1941-1961 as a research subject and directs researchers to hull- and class-specific Bureau of Ships records. Broome was in Navy service during 1941-1946, but NARA's guide itself does not identify materials installed on Broome or on the Clemson class.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- Era-level research context only. This guide is not a Broome or Clemson material record; it neither confirms asbestos aboard Broome nor identifies a product, compartment, person, dose, or date of exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-broome-dd210-04