Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet eb-packet.md (4 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-crowninshield-dd134-pkt-eb-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Crowninshield (Destroyer No. 134), updated NHHC entry (published 2019) - live page returns 404; verbatim text read via Internet Archive Wayback capture 2025-02-01; older DANFS text verified against HyperWar/ibiblio transcription [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC DANFS 'Crowninshield (Destroyer No. 134)'; Wayback capture 2025-02-01 of canonical URL; verbatim older text at https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/dafs/DD/dd134.html
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC DANFS record for this hull: named for Benjamin Williams Crowninshield (Secretary of the Navy); laid down 5 November 1918 at Bath, Maine, by Bath Iron Works; launched 24 July 1919 (sponsor Miss E. C. Davis); commissioned 6 August 1919, Lt. Cmdr. Ralph E. Sampson; Atlantic Fleet service incl. 1921 fleet concentration (carried SecNav Daniels Key West-Guantanamo); 50-percent complement from 14 November 1921; out of commission in reserve at Philadelphia 7 July 1922; recommissioned 12 May 1930, Battle Force at San Diego from 4 April 1931; Rotating Reserve 15 July-17 December 1934; Presidential Fleet Review October-November 1935; decommissioned San Diego 8 April 1937; recommissioned 30 September 1939, Neutrality Patrol Caribbean/Gulf; decommissioned at Halifax 9 September 1940 as one of the first eight flush-deckers delivered under destroyers-for-bases and commissioned same day in the RN as HMS Chelsea (I-35, Lt. Cmdr. R. D. H. S. Pankhurst); Sixth Escort Group Western Approaches convoy duty; rescued 29 survivors of SS Olga S. 6 April 1941; with HMS Arbutus on convoy ON-63 submarine hunt 5 February 1942 (Arbutus torpedoed by U-136; Chelsea rescued 33 survivors); lent to RCN November 1942 through end-1943; Londonderry 26 December 1943; reserve in the Tyne early 1944; transferred to USSR 16 July 1944, renamed Derskyi. Spec block: 1,090 t; 314'5" x 31'8" x 8'8"; 35 kt; complement 100; 4 x 4", 12 x 21" tt; class Wickes. NHHC header gives U.S. Navy service span 1919-1941.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1918-1944
- Population
- Bath Iron Works construction trades 1917-1919; USN crew (design complement 100) 1919-1940; RN/RCN/Soviet crews 1940-1949
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. Entry ends at the 1944 Soviet transfer: post-Soviet disposition (1949 return/scrapping) and the exact striking date are not stated here and come from secondary compilations (see gaps). Older DANFS spec block reads '36 k.' vs updated NHHC '35 knots'; older transcription dates the Arbutus hunt 6 February 1942 vs updated NHHC 5 February - both conflicts logged in gaps. Live NHHC page 404s; Wayback capture cited.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-crowninshield-dd134-01
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[3]Navy Department, Ships' Data U.S. Naval Vessels (1 July 1924 edition, GPO), DD-134 entries in destroyer data tables (digitized scan hosted by shipscribe.com) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Ships' Data 1924, destroyer tables - dimensions/displacement, speed/complement, machinery, armament/builder, and contract-date tables; namesake appendix
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official Navy Department data tables for this hull: machinery listed as 2 Parsons geared turbines and 4 Normand boilers, designed 27,000 shp / 24,765 on trial; normal displacement 1,154 tons (1,247 full); length overall about 314 ft; trial speed 35.43 knots; 4 funnels; rig/complement table lists 104; contract signed 31 August 1917, keel laid 5 November 1918, launched 24 July 1919, preliminary completion date 30 June 1919, accepted and commissioned 6 August 1919; out-of-commission footnote reads 7 July 1922; builder Bath Iron Works on a cost-plus-10% contract; namesake entry: 'Destroyer No. 134 - CROWNINSHIELD - named in memory of the Hon. Benjamin Williams Crowninshield.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1917-1924
- Population
- Bath Iron Works construction trades 1917-1919; USN crew 1919-1924
- Limitations
- Official specifications and dates, not materials content - the tables do not state insulation composition. OCR of the scanned tables leaves some figures approximate (beam/mean-draft columns misalign for flush-deckers; rig complement reads 104 vs DANFS 100 - logged in gaps). Digitization hosted by a private compiler (shipscribe); the underlying document is the official GPO publication.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-crowninshield-dd134-02
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[4]Ships' Data 1924 machinery table (4 Normand boilers, 2 Parsons geared turbines) + Atlas shipyard dataset record 'bath-iron-works' (OSHA 1987 asbestos citations; Drinker 1942 pipe-covering-shop dust study, PMID 21016030); NARA RG19 General Information Books as archival lead [other_primary]
- Locator
- Ships' Data 1924 machinery table row for DD-134; shipyards.json record 'bath-iron-works' evidence ev-bath-iron-works-01/-02
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/class inference: a Wickes-class destroyer built 1918-1919 with a four-boiler geared-turbine steam plant would have carried period-standard thermal insulation on boilers, steam lines, turbines, and auxiliaries - practice of the era used asbestos-containing lagging, gasket, packing, and fireproofing materials. Builder Bath Iron Works is documented at yard level in the Atlas dataset (tier 2): OSHA's 1987 inspection recorded asbestos-standard citations with an 80-percent bulk sample, and Dr. Philip Drinker's 1942 Harvard study documented serious dust risk in yard pipe-covering shops. NARA RG19 'General Information Books' hold per-vessel material specifications and are an unretrieved archival lead for hull-level specs.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1917-1940
- Population
- Bath Iron Works construction trades 1917-1919; USN crew 1919-1940
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - no record located ties asbestos materials to this specific hull. WWI-era (1918-1919) construction predates the heavier WWII-era asbestos loading; inference strength is lower than for 1940s hulls. The Drinker study postdates this hull's construction by ~23 years and describes yard shop conditions, not shipboard conditions. NARA GIB retrieval not performed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-crowninshield-dd134-03
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[5]NARA RG19 General Information Books (per-vessel material specifications); NARA RG24 deck logs for DD-134 (1919-1940); UK National Archives Admiralty records for HMS Chelsea refits 1940-1944 (Devonport, Liverpool, London, New York, Palmers Tyneside per secondary compilations); USNI photo archive no. 435385 (National Archives-credited image of this hull) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA RG19 GIB; NARA RG24 deck logs; TNA ADM series; https://photos.usni.org/content/435385jpg
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads for hull-level material documentation: NARA RG19 General Information Books may hold DD-134's material specifications; RG24 holds deck logs for the 1919-1940 U.S. Navy period. The RN refit/repair windows compiled by NavSource (Devonport 1940; Liverpool Nov-Dec 1940; collision repairs Sept-Nov 1941; London refit Feb 1942; two New York repair periods 1942-43; Palmers Tyneside Feb-Mar and May 1944) would be documented in UK National Archives Admiralty series, not U.S. sources - unverified against primary records.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1919-1949
- Limitations
- Leads only - no retrieval performed and no spend authorized. RN refit windows are secondary-compilation (NavSource/naval-history.net) and unverified against official British records. None of these sources is asserted to contain asbestos information; they are the likeliest repositories if hull-level material records exist.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-crowninshield-dd134-04
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[6]Batch-3140 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS; Ships' Data 1924; NavSource compilation (Wayback); NARA catalog; CourtListener opinion and docket indexes for exact name and hull number [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-crowninshield-dd134-01 through -09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, museum documentation, or primary material record naming asbestos aboard DD-134/HMS Chelsea/Derzkiy was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The hull was scrapped in Scotland in 1949, decades before asbestos documentation regimes, and no disposal-material record was located.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - era-consistent material inference stands on its own. Does not establish that asbestos was or was not present; establishes or defeats no claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-crowninshield-dd134-05
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[7]CourtListener API v4 litigation sweep: type=o queries "USS Crowninshield" (count 0) and "DD-134" (count 0), 2026-09-26; bare-name and RECAP docket queries blocked by fleet pacing budget [court_record]
- Locator
- /api/rest/v4/search?q=%22USS+Crowninshield%22&type=o (count 0); q=%22DD-134%22&type=o (count 0)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener full-text opinion search returned zero hits for the exact ship name "USS Crowninshield" and zero hits for hull number "DD-134" - no reported or docketed asbestos case naming this hull located. The bare-surname opinion query and RECAP docket queries were not completed (shared fleet pacing budget exhausted across repeated retries spanning the session); the residual unsearched surface is the Crowninshield family name in non-ship litigation (e.g., Sturges v. Crowninshield, 17 U.S. 122 (1819), a Contracts Clause decision naming a person, not the vessel).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- Zero-hit results cover CourtListener's opinion corpus as of 2026-09-26 only. Because the bare-name opinion query and the RECAP docket index were not completed under the fleet limiter, a docket naming the hull without an indexed opinion cannot be excluded. Given the hull's 1940 transfer and 1949 scrapping - predating the asbestos-litigation era - qualifying litigation naming this hull is not expected, but absence is not proven.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-crowninshield-dd134-06