Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]research packet eo-packet.md (3 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-cummings-dd365-pkt-eo-packet-md
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[2]NHHC, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Cummings II (DD-365) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Specifications block and service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS identifies DD-365 as the second USS Cummings: launched 11 December 1935 by United Shipyards, Inc., New York; commissioned 25 November 1936; based at Pearl Harbor from 26 April 1940; decommissioned 14 December 1945; sold 17 July 1947. Its specifications block gives complement 158 and lists class as Dale.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1935–1947
- Population
- Design complement 158
- Limitations
- DANFS does not give a keel-laying date or establish asbestos materials, exposure, or the buyer and final dismantling site. NARA Special List 44 gives a conflicting 13 December 1945 endpoint for its log coverage; it is not explicitly a decommissioning date. The Dale class label is retained only as DANFS wording, not reconciled to other classifications.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cummings-dd365-01
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[3]NHHC, DANFS, Cummings II (DD-365) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Service narrative, paragraphs 2–8
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS reports Pearl Harbor survival with minor bomb-fragment casualties, convoy and Pacific operations, overhaul periods at San Francisco and on the west coast, seven World War II battle stars, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt aboard for transportation to Seattle and a broadcast from the forecastle on 12 August 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1940–1945
- Limitations
- Service and overhaul events do not establish insulation composition or work performed in particular spaces. DANFS gives no asbestos inventory.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cummings-dd365-02
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[4]NHHC transcription, USS Cummings (DD-365) Pearl Harbor Action Report, serial 254, 18 December 1941 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Paragraphs 1 and 10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The commanding officer’s 18 December 1941 action report places DD-365 at berth B-15, Pearl Harbor, receiving steam and electrical power from yard mains while preliminary radar installation work was underway on 7 December. It reports only minor bomb-fragment damage.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1941-12-07
- Limitations
- The report documents location, status, and damage during the attack, but no asbestos content or exposure. Radar work scope is not detailed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cummings-dd365-03
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[5]NARA, Remembering Pearl Harbor, 2011; transcript from RG 24 deck logs [other_primary]
- Locator
- Cummings log excerpt, 0800–1200; note on sources
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA identifies DD-365’s 7 December 1941 deck log among Record Group 24 holdings. Its published excerpt records Cummings getting underway at 1040 on boilers 1 and 2.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1941-12-07
- Limitations
- The published excerpt is abridged and does not identify boiler insulation or asbestos. The full log has not been reviewed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cummings-dd365-04
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[6]GAO, Asbestos: Growth of Federal Claims, Court Cases, and Litigation Costs, HRD-88-53 (1988) [gao]
- Locator
- Appendix I, description of World War II shipyard claims
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- GAO describes World War II claims involving shipyard workers alleging exposure to asbestos, principally thermal insulation, in public Navy and private Maritime Commission yards. This is broad period context only.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- World War II
- Limitations
- No Cummings, United Shipyards, DD-365 component, crew member, or work package is identified. This cannot establish asbestos aboard this hull or an individual exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cummings-dd365-05
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[7]NARA, Ship Plan Index, CUMMINGS DD-365 entries [other_primary]
- Locator
- CUMMINGS DD-365 table entries
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA’s Ship Plan Index lists Cummings (DD-365) in RG 19 Alphabetical Ship Drawings (catalog identifier 53483975), aperture cards (175661057), and microfilm (175668814).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1930s–1940s
- Limitations
- This is an index, not a review of the DD-365 plans. Whether any drawing identifies insulation or asbestos is unknown.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cummings-dd365-06
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[8]NARA, Special List 44 - Named Vessels [other_primary]
- Locator
- Cummings (DD-365) table row
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List 44 identifies a Cummings (DD-365) log span beginning 25 November 1936 and ending 13 December 1945. DANFS states decommissioning on 14 December 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1936–1945
- Limitations
- The 13 December date is a log-span endpoint, not stated by NARA to be decommissioning. This row records the distinction and does not override DANFS.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cummings-dd365-07
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[9]CourtListener API v4 authenticated search, 27 September 2026 [court_record]
- Locator
- Search ledger sl-07 to sl-10
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- The completed authenticated CourtListener v4 exact-name opinion and docket searches each returned zero hits. The hull-number docket search returned 15 cases whose displayed case names and indexed document descriptions do not identify this vessel; they are classified as other litigation/numeric query matches. The hull-number opinion search was blocked by the fleet pacing limiter on three attempts.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- Partial index search, not a finding that no case exists. The 15 hull-number docket hits were classified from returned metadata only; underlying documents were not reviewed. The uncompleted hull-number opinion search, unindexed state-court filings, variant spellings, and non-digitized records remain possible.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cummings-dd365-08
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[10]Batch 3350 source review and search ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- Search ledger sl-01 to sl-10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No reviewed NHHC, NARA, GAO, or CourtListener source directly documents asbestos in DD-365; its ship-specific asbestos documentation remains unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- Negative research result only, not evidence that the ship lacked asbestos. Plans, specifications, survey records, and work packages were not inspected.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cummings-dd365-09
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[11]NARA, Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961 [other_primary]
- Locator
- General Information Books; material inspection reports; S39 ship engineering drawings
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA’s guide to researching asbestos aboard pre-1961 Navy vessels identifies RG 19 destroyer General Information Books (Entry P 9), S39 insulation and lagging drawings, and RG 38 destroyer material inspection reports as possible research avenues for an individual hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- The guide lists record series; it does not confirm that specific DD-365 files survive or that they identify asbestos. No DD-365 file in these series was inspected.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-cummings-dd365-10