Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]research packet ep-packet.md (4 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-cassin-dd372-pkt-ep-packet-md
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[2]Naval History and Heritage Command, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, 'Cassin II (DD-372)' [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- paragraphs beginning 'Recommissioned 5 February 1944' through 'With the war over'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NHHC's DANFS history records Cassin's post-rebuild escort, bombardment, radar-picket, and air-sea-rescue service in the Pacific through 1945, followed by her return to Norfolk on 1 November 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- Operational history documents service periods and duties only; it provides no work-task or asbestos evidence.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cassin-dd372-04
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[3]NHHC, 'Summary of War Damage to U.S. Battleships, Carriers, Cruisers and Destroyers, 17 October 1941 to 7 December 1942,' Cassin (DD372) entry [other_primary]
- Locator
- Pearl Harbor > Destroyers > CASSIN (DD372), War Damage Report No. 13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The Navy's Pearl Harbor damage summary records Cassin in Drydock No. 1, states that three bombs struck the vessel and detonated on the dock floor, and records severe fire damage and a wrecked hull. It states that machinery was salvaged and a new hull constructed.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- The damage table describes the hull and salvage disposition only. It does not itemize insulation or identify asbestos in either hull or the salvaged equipment.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cassin-dd372-02
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[4]NHHC, 'Pearl Harbor: Why, How, Fleet Salvage and Final Appraisal,' section 'U.S.S. Cassin ... and U.S.S. Downes' [other_primary]
- Locator
- section 4, printed pp. 206-210
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The Navy salvage history says Cassin was righted on 5 February 1942 and removed from the drydock on 18 February. Her original hull was scrapped by October 1942; usable machinery and fittings were sent to Mare Island for installation in a new hull completed in February 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- Clarifies DANFS shorthand that Cassin was towed to Mare Island: the original hull was scrapped at Pearl Harbor and salvaged parts went to Mare Island. No itemized transferred-parts list, material specification, or asbestos finding is given.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cassin-dd372-03
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[5]National Archives, 'Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961' [other_primary]
- Locator
- Beginning Research; General Information Books; Cartographic Branch
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- NARA identifies asbestos use in U.S. Navy materiel during 1941-1961 as a research subject and directs researchers to ship-specific Bureau of Ships files, General Information Books, and S39 insulation-and-lagging drawings. This is Navy-era context overlapping Cassin's rebuilt-service period, not a finding that DD-372 carried asbestos.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- A research guide about the Navy era cannot establish the presence, type, location, or quantity of asbestos on Cassin, in either hull, or in salvaged machinery. No DD-372-specific S39 drawing or GIB was reviewed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cassin-dd372-05
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[6]National Archives, 'Ship Plan Index,' Cassin DD-372 entries [other_primary]
- Locator
- CASSIN / DD-372 rows (RG 19)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's Ship Plan Index lists Cassin (DD-372) in RG 19 Alphabetical Ship Drawings, Hull Series Ship Engineering Drawings, and Microfilm, with catalog identifiers 53483882, 153714469, and 175668611 respectively.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- The index establishes that drawing series are cataloged for the hull. It does not show the contents of any drawing or prove that S39 or asbestos-specific sheets exist within these entries.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cassin-dd372-06
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[7]NARA asbestos research guide and Cassin plan index; NHHC Cassin DANFS, Pearl Harbor damage summary, and salvage history; NAVSEA asbestos reading-room index [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger entries sl-01 through sl-06
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying DD-372-specific asbestos, abatement, or material-inventory document was located in the reviewed public NHHC history and damage/salvage records, NARA guide and plan index, or NAVSEA asbestos reading-room index. Ship-specific asbestos documentation remains unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- Bounded public-source search, not proof that asbestos was absent. NARA drawings and GIBs were not retrieved or examined; the original and replacement hulls need separate material review. CourtListener sweep is logged separately and cannot be inferred from this finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cassin-dd372-07
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[8]Naval History and Heritage Command, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, 'Cassin II (DD-372)' [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- specifications block and paragraphs 2, 4, and final paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS identifies Cassin as a Mahan-class destroyer launched at Philadelphia Navy Yard on 28 October 1935, commissioned on 21 August 1936, decommissioned after the 7 December 1941 Pearl Harbor attack, recommissioned on 5 February 1944, finally decommissioned at Norfolk on 17 December 1945, and sold on 25 November 1947. Its specifications block gives a complement of 158.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- DANFS establishes identity, dates, and complement, not asbestos content, materials retained during rebuilding, exposure, or causation. NARA's logbook listing ends its first Cassin interval on 30 November 1941; that finding-aid boundary is not treated as a contradictory formal decommissioning date.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cassin-dd372-01