USS Dallas (DD-199)

Evidence

12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).

1. [1]research packet iy-packet.md (2 sources cited) [other_primary]

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Evidence ID

   uss-dallas-dd199-pkt-iy-packet-md

2. [2]NHHC, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, 'Dallas II (Destroyer No. 199)' (Robert J. Cressman ed., publ. 2024-04-22) [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   Specifications block and opening paragraph

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NHHC DANFS identifies Dallas as a Clemson-class destroyer (Destroyer No. 199/DD-199): displacement 1,190; length 314'5"; beam 31'9"; draft 9'3"; speed 35.0 kt; complement 101; armament 4 x 4-inch, 12 x 21-inch torpedo tubes. Laid down 25 November 1918 by Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Va.; launched 31 May 1919; sponsored by Miss W. D. Strong, great-granddaughter of Capt. Alexander J. Dallas; re-designated Destroyer No. 199 to DD 199 on 17 July 1920; commissioned 29 October 1920 (Lt. Ellis H. Roach temporary; Lt. Alexander R. Early, Jr., assumed 10 November 1920).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-27

   Study period

   1918-1920

   Population

   Newport News Shipbuilding construction trades 1918-1919; wartime and interwar crew

   Limitations

   Documents identity, construction, and design specifications, not asbestos composition, installed products, or occupational exposure. The complement of 101 is the DANFS specification, not an actual wartime muster.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-dallas-dd199-01

3. [3]NHHC, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, 'Dallas II (Destroyer No. 199)' [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   Service narrative, paragraphs 2-7

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NHHC DANFS records three commission periods and full service: east-coast operations from Charleston 1920-1922; out of commission at Philadelphia 26 June 1922; recommissioned 14 April 1925 and flagship of Destroyer Squadrons 9, 7, and 1 on the east coast and Caribbean through 1931, including experimental-ship duty at the Naval Torpedo Station, Newport; transfer to San Diego March 1932 and Pacific operations (Hawaii, Alaska, Canal Zone) through 1938, including the June 1934 Presidential Review at New York; out of commission at Philadelphia 23 March 1939; recommissioned 25 September 1939 on the outbreak of war in Europe, flagship of Destroyer Squadrons 41 and 30; Atlantic convoy escort (Argentia-Halifax-Reykjavik-Londonderry) July 1941-March 1942; coastal convoy escort April-October 1942.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-27

   Study period

   1920-1942

   Population

   Ship's crew 1920-1942; Philadelphia Navy Yard inactivation workforces 1922 and 1938-39

   Limitations

   Documents service history and basing; DANFS does not describe materials installed or removed during the 1922, 1938-39 Philadelphia inactivation periods and does not establish asbestos work or exposure.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-dallas-dd199-02

4. [4]NHHC, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, 'Dallas II (Destroyer No. 199)' + 'Alexander Dallas (DD-199)' stub page ('On 31 March 1945, Dallas (DD-199) was renamed Alexander Dallas.') [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   Service narrative, paragraphs 8-12 + alias stub page

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NHHC DANFS records Dallas's combat service and disposal: on 10 November 1942 she carried a U.S. Army Raider detachment ten miles up the obstructed Oued Sebou under artillery and small-arms fire - guided by French civilian pilot Rene Malavergne (the first foreign civilian to receive the Navy Cross) - and landed the raiders beside the Port Lyautey airfield, earning the Presidential Unit Citation; subsequent Gibraltar convoy (March-April 1943), Scoglitti/Sicily screening with TF 81 (10-12 July 1943), Salerno transport screening (9 September 1943), and Mediterranean escort to December 1943; thorough overhaul at Charleston, S.C. followed by two North Africa convoys February-June 1944 (torpedo-plane attack repelled 11 May 1944); renamed Alexander Dallas 31 March 1945 to avoid confusion with the projected cruiser Dallas (CA-140); decommissioned at Philadelphia Navy Yard 28 July 1945; stricken 13 August 1945; sold 30 November 1945 to Boston Metals Co., Baltimore, Md., for $8,700 for scrapping. Four WWII battle stars plus the PUC.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-27

   Study period

   1942-1946

   Population

   Ship's crew 1942-45; Charleston Navy Yard overhaul workforce early 1944; Philadelphia Navy Yard inactivation workforce June-July 1945; Boston Metals Co. scrapping workforce 1945-46

   Limitations

   The 1944 Charleston overhaul and 1945 Philadelphia inactivation are documented events; DANFS does not describe materials disturbed, removed, or installed and does not establish asbestos work or exposure. Disposal-yard conditions at Boston Metals Co. are undocumented. DANFS mirror transcriptions (hazegray, destroyerhistory.org) carry '1946' decommission/sale years - the live NHHC page reads 1945 and is carried.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-dallas-dd199-03

5. [5]Navy Department, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, 1924 edition, 'Destroyers - First Line (DD)' tables (shipscribe.com PDF mirror of the official publication) [other_primary]

   Locator

   Destroyers - First Line tables, printed pp. 59-61 (PDF pp. 66-68), row 62 'DALLAS DD199'

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   The Navy Department's official Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels (1924 edition) machinery tables list this hull (table row 62, 'DALLAS DD199') with: 2 propellers, 2 Westinghouse geared turbines, 4 oil-burning White-Forster boilers, 27,500 shp maximum / 26,600 shp on trial; trial speed 35.04 knots; trial displacement 1,310 tons; 4 funnels; 2 masts; mess complement 8 wardroom officers + 10 chief petty officers + 104 enlisted; total machinery weight (wet) 450 tons; two 25-kW 125-volt Westinghouse turbo-generating sets.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-27

   Study period

   1924 edition, describing as-built configuration

   Population

   Engineering plant crew (boiler/engine rooms), 1920-1945

   Limitations

   Official machinery specification establishes the steam plant type for this hull; it is not a materials manifest and does not state insulation composition. Asbestos inference from a steam plant of this era is separate (see ev-06).

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-dallas-dd199-04

6. [6]National Archives, 'Navy Deck Logs Available in the National Archives Catalog' + Special List 44 named-vessels logbook list [other_primary]

   Locator

   Dallas/Alexander Dallas (DD-199) index block; Special List 44 rows 'Dallas (DD-199) 10/29/1920-6/26/1922; 4/14/1925-3/23/1939; 9/25/1939-3/31/1945' and 'Alexander Dallas (DD-199) 4/1/1945-7/28/1945'; May 1944 log NAID 24684398 through March 1945 log NAID 24684996

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   NARA's 'Navy Deck Logs Available in the National Archives Catalog' page lists Dallas/Alexander Dallas (DD-199) with commission October 1920, decommission June 1922; recommission April 1925, decommission March 1939; recommission September 1939, decommission July 1945 - corroborating the three commission periods - and links digitized deck logs for May-December 1944 and January-March 1945 (catalog IDs 24684398-24684996). NARA Special List 44 (named-vessel logbooks) corroborates every date boundary to the day: 'Dallas (DD-199)' logbooks 10/29/1920-6/26/1922, 4/14/1925-3/23/1939, and 9/25/1939-3/31/1945, then 'Alexander Dallas (DD-199)' 4/1/1945-7/28/1945 - the logbook series boundary falls exactly on the 31 March 1945 renaming.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   archival_lead

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-27

   Study period

   digitized coverage 1944-05 to 1945-03; holdings span all commission periods

   Population

   Ship's crew (log entries)

   Limitations

   Holdings index establishes that deck logs exist and that 11 months are digitized; the logs' contents were not reviewed page-by-page. NARA's own asbestos research guide states deck logs provide no direct evidence of asbestos aboard ships. The digitized range (May 1944-March 1945) post-dates the early-1944 Charleston overhaul and ends before the June-July 1945 decommissioning.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-dallas-dd199-05

7. [7]Ships' Data 1924 machinery row (this hull) + Atlas shipyards.json newport-news-shipbuilding record + NARA 'Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961' research guide [other_primary]

   Locator

   SDB1924 pp. 59-61 row 62; shipyards.json yard_id 'newport-news-shipbuilding'; NARA guide sections 'General Information Books', 'Ship Engineering Drawings' (S39/S48), filing-code method (class namesake hull)

   Finding type

   asbestos_application

   Finding

   Era/design inference only: this hull is a 1918-19 flush-deck Clemson-class destroyer with four oil-fired boilers and geared steam turbines - the plant class in which boiler insulation, steam-line lagging, turbine insulation, valve and flange gaskets, machinery packing, fireproofing, and brake linings on winches and the windlass commonly contained asbestos in this era. Builder Newport News Shipbuilding is a tier-1 documented asbestos yard in the Atlas shipyard dataset (documented products include Kaylo insulation, Unibestos, Johns-Manville products, raw asbestos mud), though the yard's documented exposures concentrate in the WWII era, after this hull's construction. NARA's asbestos research guide directs researchers to RG 19 S39 'Insulation and Lagging' and S48 'Piping' drawings and Destroyer General Information Books (Entry P 9) for ship-level material documentation; Clemson-class correspondence files would be indexed under the class namesake hull (DD-186).

   Verification

   inferred

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-27

   Study period

   1918-1945 service envelope

   Population

   Construction trades (Newport News, 1918-19); engineering crew; yard overhaul/inactivation workers

   Limitations

   Class/era and builder-yard inference only - no document reviewed names this hull's insulation or contents. The Newport News yard record's documented products are WWII-era, two decades after this hull's construction. This row does not establish asbestos presence, quantity, or exposure aboard DD-199.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-dallas-dd199-06

8. [8]National Archives, Ship Plan Index, 'DALLAS DD-199' and 'ALEXANDER DALLAS DD-199' entries (RG 19: Alphabetical Ship Drawings NAID 53483996; Microfilm NAID 175668068) [other_primary]

   Locator

   Ship Plan Index rows 'DALLAS | DD-199 | 19 | Alphabetical Ship Drawings | 53483996' and 'ALEXANDER DALLAS | DD-199 | 19 | Microfilm | 175668068'

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   NARA's Ship Plan Index lists this hull twice in Record Group 19 (Records of the Bureau of Ships): 'DALLAS, DD-199' under Alphabetical Ship Drawings (NAID 53483996) and 'ALEXANDER DALLAS, DD-199' under Microfilm (NAID 175668068). These collections are the leads for examining ship-specific engineering drawings, including any S39 insulation/lagging and S48 piping sheets. Two index neighbors are different hulls and must not be conflated: 'DALLAS, CA-140' (Portfolio Plans, NAID 175662067) is the projected cruiser for which this hull was renamed, and 'DALLAS, WHEC-716' is the later Coast Guard cutter.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   archival_lead

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-27

   Study period

   holdings indexed 2026-09-27

   Limitations

   The index establishes holdings, not the contents of individual drawings. No DD-199 drawing or material schedule was retrieved or reviewed; the index is not evidence of asbestos aboard.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-dallas-dd199-07

9. [9]National Archives, 'Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961' [other_primary]

   Locator

   Guide sections: Bureau of Ships correspondence; General Information Books; Ship Engineering Drawings (S39/S48); 'Other Records and their usefulness' (deck logs caveat)

   Finding type

   environmental_record

   Finding

   NARA's asbestos research guide locates asbestos-relevant Navy records for the 1941-1961 period in RG 19 Bureau of Ships correspondence (arranged by hull designation and class-namesake hull), General Information Books, and Ship Engineering Drawings under filing codes S103 (Booklets of General Plans), S39 (Insulation and Lagging), and S48 (Piping); it states that deck logs and muster rolls 'do not provide any information on the use of or presence of asbestos in Navy ships or ship components and therefore provide no direct evidence of asbestos.'

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   context_only

   Accessed

   2026-09-27

   Study period

   1941-1961 record series described; consulted 2026-09-27

   Limitations

   A research-methods guide, not a Dallas material record. Its 1941-1961 framing post-dates this hull's 1918-19 construction; it establishes where to search and why deck-log findings are insufficient, not that DD-199 records exist or that the ship contained asbestos.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-dallas-dd199-08

10. [10]U.S. GAO, HRD-80-2, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure (1979) [gao]

    Locator

    Product-page description (full text returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches)

    Finding type

    regulatory

    Finding

    The 1979 GAO review documents asbestos insulation policy and exposure concerns across Navy shipbuilding and repair, with fieldwork at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards. Program-level context only; the Navy's documented asbestos concern period substantially post-dates this hull's 1945 decommissioning.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    context

    Documentation level

    context_only

    Accessed

    2026-09-27

    Study period

    1979 report; program era postdates vessel

    Population

    Navy shipbuilding/repair workforce (program level)

    Limitations

    GAO studied Navy policy decades after this hull was scrapped and did not examine DD-199; it cannot establish this ship's materials, exposures, or repair work. gao.gov blocked the automated full-text fetch; the product-page description was used.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-dallas-dd199-09

11. [11]CourtListener authenticated API v4 search responses via cl-auth-search.py (fleet-paced) [court_record]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-dallas-dd199-09 through sl-uss-dallas-dd199-14

    Finding type

    litigation_documented

    Finding

    Authenticated CourtListener API v4 sweep via the fleet helper, all queries executed 2026-09-27. Opinions (type=o): 'USS Dallas' count 0; 'USS Alexander Dallas' count 0; 'DD-199' count 2 - both name collisions (Rosier v. Gainsville Inns Assoc., Fla. 3d DCA 1977, 347 So. 2d 1100, 'DD-199' a rule/docket fragment; Enstrom v. City of New York, N.Y. App. Div. 1940, 258 A.D. 672, same); '"Alexander Dallas" asbestos' count 1 - collision (Pittsburgh & New England Trucking Co. v. United States, W.D. Pa. 1972, 345 F. Supp. 743, citing the early U.S. Reports reporter Alexander J. Dallas, not the ship). Dockets (type=r): 'USS Dallas' count 4 - all non-asbestos and non-this-hull: Estate of Polidore v. McBride (D.R.I. 1:07-cv-00433, motor-vehicle negligence); AM General v. Activision Blizzard (S.D.N.Y. 1:17-cv-08644, trademark); N.A.S.R.C. Carpenters Local 3073 v. Trump (D. Me. 2:26-cv-00352, APA/maritime-subsidy case whose complaint recites LA-class submarine construction incl. 'USS Dallas' - that is the SSN-700 namesake, not this hull); Fox v. U.S. Attorneys Office (S.D. Cal. 3:07-cv-02388, civil rights). 'DD-199' count 9 - all string collisions on unrelated dockets (In re Seroquel MDL-1769; Winn-Dixie bankruptcy; Lapine v. Seinfeld copyright; Soverain Software v. CDW patent; Kozlowski v. Burnette employment; U.S. v. Alere FCA; Cain-Baarbe v. Syria FSIA; Wonser v. Norman and Saki v. Norman civil rights). No qualifying asbestos litigation, and no opinion or docket referring to this hull, was located.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    negative_finding

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-27

    Study period

    2026-09-27

    Limitations

    The zero opinion counts apply to opinion full-text search only; docket matches are indexed-text references and were classified from docket metadata (nature of suit, cause, parties) without document-level full-text pulls. A name-match search cannot prove no filing exists - pleadings that omit the hull name or index only a party name would not surface. 'Dallas' is a high-collision term (city/county, personal names, SSN-700 namesake); queries were run under fleet pacing with an ~8-session shared budget, and all six planned queries completed.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-dallas-dd199-10

12. [12]Negative result across NHHC DANFS, NARA deck-log index + Special List 44 + Ship Plan Index + asbestos research guide, Ships' Data 1924, GAO HRD-80-2, and the completed CourtListener sweep; see search_ledger [other_primary]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-dallas-dd199-01 through sl-uss-dallas-dd199-14

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    The official sources, indexes, and litigation sweep reviewed for this record did not yield a ship-specific asbestos survey, product schedule, abatement record, or material finding for Dallas/Alexander Dallas (DD-199). Asbestos presence aboard this hull remains unknown; the record carries class/era inference only.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    negative_finding

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-27

    Study period

    2026-09-27

    Limitations

    This is a bounded search result, not proof that asbestos was absent. A 1918-19 steam-destroyer plant is consistent with era-standard asbestos use; underlying NARA plans (NAID 175668068), GIB/correspondence files, the early-1944 Charleston overhaul work package, and 1945-46 scrapping records were not obtained.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-dallas-dd199-11