Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]DANFS, Chauncey III (DD-667) (specifications block + service narrative; verbatim hazegray transcription via Wayback capture 2006-09-27 - live NHHC page serves 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications block + service narrative (hazegray dd667txt.htm, Wayback 2006-09-27 capture)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: launched 28 March 1943 by Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Kearny, N.J., sponsored by Mrs. R. K. Anderson; commissioned 31 May 1943, Lt. Comdr. M. Van Metre in command. Pacific carrier-screen service: Wake Island strikes (5-6 October 1943, three aviators rescued); Rabaul raids 11 November 1943 (46-minute AA action); Tarawa pre-assault strikes 18-20 November; Kwajalein/Wotje strikes 4 December; Majuro/Kwajalein occupation Jan-Mar 1944; Aitape cover 22 April; Marianas - Saipan landings 15 June, Guam bombardment from 9 July; Leyte Southern Attack Force escort 14-22 October 1944; west-coast overhaul to late February 1945; TF 58 Okinawa preliminaries from 14 March - screened the stricken Franklin (CV-13) 19-21 March; Okinawa screening, shore bombardment and radar picket to 29 May; TF 38 final raids on Japan; occupation duty to 11 November 1945, clearing Tsingtao for the west coast; out of commission in reserve San Diego 19 December 1945. Recommissioned 18 July 1950 on the outbreak of the Korean War; joined Atlantic Fleet at Norfolk 1 November; round-the-world cruise January-August 1953 screening TF 77 off Korea, returning via Hong Kong, Singapore, Colombo, Aden, Athens, Naples, Cannes, Gibraltar; resumed east-coast/Caribbean operations until decommissioned 14 May 1954 and placed in reserve. Seven WWII and two Korean battle stars. Spec block: dp. 2,050; 376'6" x 39'8"; s. 36 k.; cpl. 319; cl. Fletcher.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1942-1954
- Population
- Federal Shipbuilding construction trades 1942-43; wartime and postwar crew (design complement 319)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC page returns 404; the hazegray transcription carries typos ('6 and 6 October' for 5-6 Oct; 'February 1946' for 1945; 'Funatuti') corroborated against Wikipedia's DANFS transcription. Recommissioning date reads 18 July 1950 - NavSource's commanding-officer roster reads 18 July 1951; conflict carried in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-chauncey-dd667-01
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[2]Naval Vessel Register, Chauncey (DD 667) vessel-status page (NAVSHIPSO/NAVSEA, Norfolk Naval Shipyard; Wayback capture 2019-03-23) + NavSource DD-667 photo-index data (buyer/price corroboration) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR SHIPSDETAIL_DD_667 (Vessel Status + Milestone Dates blocks); navsource.org/archives/05/667.htm (Operational and Building Data, Fate line)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official NVR milestone record for this hull: award 14 June 1942; keel 14 November 1942; launch 28 March 1943; delivery 29 May 1943; commission 31 May 1943; decommission 14 May 1954; stricken 1 October 1972; status 'Disposed of, by Navy Sale' with status-change date 02/01/1974; UIC 04267. NavSource corroborates and adds the buyer: sold to Southern Scrap, New Orleans, for $134,377.60, 'January 2 1974', broken up for scrap (Tin Can Sailors dispositions list reads $139,377.60 to 'Southern Scrap Material Co. LTD., New Orleans').
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1942-1974
- Limitations
- NVR is the official inventory record for milestones and disposition - it contains no materials or asbestos information. NVR '02/01/1974' status-change vs. NavSource 'January 2 1974' sale is likely the same disposal event under date-format or contract-vs-effective-date ambiguity; NavSource (volunteer compilation) carries the buyer/price detail and a recommissioning-year typo (1951) documented in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-chauncey-dd667-02
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[3]DANFS specifications block (Fletcher class; 36 kt, cpl. 319) + Atlas shipyard dataset, Federal Shipbuilding-Kearny record incl. Owens-Illinois Industrial Health Survey of Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Kearny, NJ (Aug. 30 - Sep. 2, 1944); NARA RG19 General Information Books archival lead [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS spec block; shipyards.json record 'federal-shipbuilding-kearny' (toxicdocs.org survey scan); NARA RG19 lead
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/yard inference: a WWII Fletcher-class destroyer built 1942-43 with a four-boiler/60,000-shp GE geared-turbine steam plant would have carried period-standard asbestos boiler and steam-line insulation, turbine lagging, gaskets, packing, fireproofing, and deck coverings; builder Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock (Kearny) is documented at yard level in the Atlas dataset (tier 2), including the 1944 Owens-Illinois industrial-health survey documenting insulator work with asbestos pipe covering (Johns-Manville Superex) and boiler insulation (Owens-Illinois Kaylo) in confined shipyard spaces at this yard. NARA RG19 'General Information Books' per-vessel material specifications are an unretrieved archival lead for hull-level specs.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1942-1954
- Population
- Federal Shipbuilding construction trades 1942-43; crew 1943-1954
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding. The 1944 yard survey postdates this hull's construction (keel 14 Nov 1942 - delivery 29 May 1943) by ~15 months and documents yard practice, not materials installed aboard DD-667. Does not quantify material or establish any individual's exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-chauncey-dd667-03
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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 that the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships and did not begin substituting alternative insulation materials until the early 1970s - placing DD-667's construction (1942-43) and entire commissioned service (1943-1945, 1950-1954) inside the documented asbestos-use era.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. Full report text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-chauncey-dd667-04
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[5]CourtListener API v4 authenticated sweep (via fleet helper): "USS Chauncey" type=o and type=r; "U.S.S. Chauncey" type=o; "DD-667" type=o; "Chauncey" asbestos type=o; "DD 667" type=r; "Chauncey" asbestos type=r (blocked - see limitations) [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-chauncey-dd667-04 through sl-uss-chauncey-dd667-08
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull located in CourtListener. Opinion index: "USS Chauncey" = 0, "U.S.S. Chauncey" = 0, "DD-667" = 0; "Chauncey"+asbestos = 8 hits, ALL name collisions (persons named Chauncey: Sugarman v. Liles (Chauncey Liles), Powell v. State Workmen's Comp. (Chauncey H. Browning, AG), Jacobs v. Newman (Chauncey E. Treadwell), Hancock Inspirator v. Jenks (Chauncey Smith), CX Reinsurance, Union Carbide v. Torres, Buttelo, U.S. v. Silver) - none name the vessel. Docket index: "USS Chauncey" = 0; "DD 667" = 2 unrelated non-asbestos dockets (U.S. v. Owens criminal, S.D. Miss. 2024; NYT v. Microsoft copyright, S.D.N.Y. 2023).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- The opinion-level sweep is complete and clean. The broad "Chauncey"+asbestos DOCKET-level sweep (type=r) was blocked by the fleet-wide pacing limit at session time - logged as a gap, retry pending; residual risk is a docketed (non-opinion) case naming the ship in docket text only. Absence of located litigation does not prove no exposure occurred - only that no qualifying court record was indexed in CourtListener.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-chauncey-dd667-05
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[6]Batch-3642 search ledger (this record): DANFS mirror; archived NVR status page; NavSource photo index; CourtListener sweeps; NHHC/NHC photo-catalog page (ibiblio mirror); web sweep for asbestos/abatement/survey records; NARA RG19 lead [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-chauncey-dd667-01 through sl-uss-chauncey-dd667-10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No hull-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, materials inventory, hazmat disclosure, or qualifying litigation located for DD-667 in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The ship was stricken 1 October 1972 and sold for scrap in early 1974 - before modern asbestos documentation practice - and never became a museum, so the museum-disclosure channel that produced ship-specific records for preserved hulls (Laffey DD-724, Kidd DD-661) does not exist here. Law-firm marketing listicles naming DD-667 on generic asbestos-ship lists (Shepard Law, Gori, Throneberry, Mesothelioma Resource Group) exist but are excluded per sourcing rules - none cites a primary record.
- 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-standard applications are documented at class/era level and the builder yard's asbestos insulation practice is documented for 1944. Does not establish that asbestos is or was aboard; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-chauncey-dd667-06