Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet ji-packet.md (2 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERDICT: VERIFIED — real identity: USS Dewey (DD-349) — "the first Dewey" per DANFS [MIRROR: https://ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/dafs/DD/dd349.html]
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-dewey-dd349-pkt-ji-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Dewey I (DD-349) (builder, sponsor, commissioning, full WWII service narrative, decommissioning, sale; verbatim transcription - live NHHC page confirmed via Wayback capture 2025-12-09, currently serves 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry 'Dewey I (DD-349)', specifications block + service narrative; NHHC page captured at web.archive.org/web/20251209084552/https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/d/dewey-i.html (published 2020-04-01)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: launched 28 July 1934 by Bath Iron Works Corp., Bath, Maine; sponsored by Miss A. M. Dewey, great-grandniece of Admiral Dewey; commissioned 4 October 1934, Commander H. W. Hill in command. Pacific service: San Diego 1935-38; Pearl Harbor from 12 October 1939; under tender overhaul during the 7 December 1941 attack (fired on attackers, patrolled). TF 11 (Wake relief attempt; Rabaul; screened Lexington at Lae/Salamaua); Coral Sea - rescued 112 Lexington survivors, five men wounded by strafing; Midway - screened oiler Platte (AO-24); Guadalcanal 7-8 August 1942 - aided Jarvis (DD-393), towed George F. Elliott (AP-13), rescued 40; Eastern Solomons 24 August screening Saratoga; escorted torpedoed Saratoga to Pearl Harbor, then overhaul at San Francisco (sailed 29 September 1942); Aleutians - Worden (DD-352) rescue attempt at Amchitka, Attu invasion 11 May 1943, Kiska landings August 1943; Marshalls/TF 58 screen (Kwajalein, Majuro, Eniwetok, Mille, Palau/Yap/Ulithi/Woleai raids, Hollandia, Truk); Philippine Sea 19-20 June 1944; Guam invasion from 1 July; brief overhaul at Puget Sound Navy Yard from 28 July 1944; Third Fleet logistics-group screen; typhoon of 18 December 1944 - lost all power, rolled more than 75 degrees, number-one stack torn loose; repairs at Ulithi; Iwo Jima February 1945 (firefighting assistance to Patuxent AO-44, star-shell illumination 23 February); Okinawa logistics-group screen to war's end. Arrived Brooklyn Navy Yard late September 1945; decommissioned 19 October 1945; sold 20 December 1946. Thirteen battle stars for World War II service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1932-1946
- Population
- Bath Iron Works construction trades 1932-34; wartime crew (design complement 160); yard workers at San Francisco (1942), Puget Sound Navy Yard (1944), and Brooklyn Navy Yard (1945) availabilities
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. Minor transcription conflicts between the ibiblio text and the Wayback-captured NHHC text (Pearl Harbor return 25 vs 26 May 1942; Kiska landings 15 vs 16 August 1943; Brooklyn arrival 25 vs 26 September 1945) are carried in gaps. DANFS omits a laid-down date and a stricken date. Live NHHC URL returns 404 (standing link-rot note from BATCH-01); ibiblio verbatim transcription cited with Wayback capture of the NHHC page confirming text.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-dewey-dd349-01
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[3]Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet - USS Dewey (DDG-105) official ship history page (namesake sequence and DD-349 commissioning detail), via Wayback capture 2021-11-30 [other_primary]
- Locator
- SURFPAC DDG-105 About-Us page, 'DD 349' and 'DDG 45' history paragraphs (Wayback capture)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official Navy page states DDG-105 'is the third ship to be named after Admiral Dewey. The first was a destroyer, USS DEWEY (DD 349)... Built by the Bath Iron Works Corporation of Bath, Maine, she was launched on 28 July 1934, under the sponsorship of Miss Ann M. Dewey of Quechee, Vermont, great-grandniece of Admiral Dewey. Dewey was placed in commission at the Boston Navy Yard on 4 October 1934, and earned thirteen battle stars for operations in the Pacific War Area during World War II.' The same page records the second Dewey (DLG-14, later DDG-45): laid down 10 August 1957 by Bath Iron Works, launched 30 November 1958, commissioned 7 December 1959 (Cdr Elmo R. Zumwalt Jr.), decommissioned 31 August 1990, struck 20 November 1992.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1934; naming sequence through 2010
- Population
- Boston Navy Yard commissioning detail personnel
- Limitations
- Adds commissioning location (Boston Navy Yard) not stated in DANFS, and fixes the namesake sequence used for litigation name-collision screening: 'USS Dewey' service after 7 December 1959 through August 1990 presumptively refers to DDG-45, not this hull. A Boston Navy Yard commissioning is plausible but rests on this single Navy page; DANFS names only the date and commanding officer.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-dewey-dd349-02
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[4]Class design data (Farragut class, DD-348-DD-355; consistent across Navypedia, uboat.net Allied Warships, and standard references) + Fleischer WE, Viles FJ Jr, Gade RL, Drinker P., 'A health survey of pipe covering operations in constructing naval vessels,' J Ind Hyg Toxicol. 1946;28(1):9-16 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Navypedia 'FARRAGUT destroyers (1934-1935)' technical-data block; Fleischer et al. 1946 (bibliographic citation; digitized copy not fetched)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/class inference: this hull was one of eight Farragut-class destroyers built 1932-35 with a high-pressure steam plant (class design: two shafts, geared steam turbines, four water-tube boilers, approximately 42,800 shp). A 1934 U.S. Navy steam destroyer of this plant type would have carried period-standard asbestos applications - boiler and turbine insulation, steam-pipe lagging, valve and flange gaskets, machinery packing, and compartment fireproofing. The contemporaneous Fleischer/Viles/Gade/Drinker industrial-hygiene survey (data collected during WWII naval-vessel construction, published 1946) documented asbestos pipe-covering operations - band-saw cutting, cement mixing, and shipboard installation - across Navy and contract yards.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1932-1945 (construction/operations); 1942-46 (era hygiene literature)
- Population
- Bath Iron Works construction trades 1932-34; crew 1934-1945 (design complement 160)
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no ship-specific finding. Machinery specifics are secondary-reference class data (DANFS spec block carries speed and armament only). The 1946 survey anonymized its four yards and does not name this hull or Bath Iron Works; it establishes that asbestos pipe covering was standard practice in naval-vessel construction of this era, not that any particular material was installed aboard DD-349. Does not quantify asbestos, establish crew exposure, or speak to legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-dewey-dd349-03
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[5]Atlas shipyard dataset record 'bath-iron-works' (evidence tier 2): OSHA Inspection 101450294 (1987, asbestos-standard citations; bulk sample B24809 at 80 percent); Dr. Philip Drinker 1942 Harvard study of BIW pipe-covering shops (published 1946; PMID 21016030) finding 'fairly serious dust risk' at roughly ten times the then-safe threshold; yard-documented products include Kaylo pipe covering, Foster Wheeler gaskets, asbestos felt, loose packing, vinyl floor tile, adhesives [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipyards.json record 'bath-iron-works' (ev-bath-iron-works-01, -02); osha.gov inspection 101450294; PubMed PMID 21016030
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Yard-level documentation for this hull's builder: Bath Iron Works (Bath, Maine) is documented at yard level for asbestos products and pipe-covering dust exposure - a 1942 Harvard study of BIW pipe-covering shops recorded serious dust risk, and a 1987 OSHA health inspection recorded asbestos-standard citations and an 80-percent bulk sample. Dewey was built at this yard in 1932-34, within the era in which such pipe-covering materials were yard-standard.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1942; 1987 (yard documentation); 1932-34 (this hull's construction window)
- Population
- Bath Iron Works construction trades (1942 study; 1987 inspection)
- Limitations
- Yard-level findings - the 1942 study and the 1987 inspection bracket but do not document Dewey's 1932-34 construction specifically; no work order, specification, or survey ties these yard materials to this hull. OSHA results describe 1987 conditions and samples, not 1930s conditions. Establishes builder context only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-dewey-dd349-04
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[6]DANFS, Dewey I (DD-349) - documented availabilities: tender overhaul at Pearl Harbor (7 December 1941); overhaul at San Francisco (departed Pearl Harbor 29 September 1942, underway for Alaskan duty 27 December 1942); brief overhaul at Puget Sound Navy Yard (from 28 July 1944, to sea 30 September 1944); typhoon repairs at Ulithi (to 8 February 1945); arrival Brooklyn Navy Yard late September 1945 and decommissioning there 19 October 1945 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS service narrative (availability passages); NavSource photo caption 'At Mare Island, December 1 1942' via navsource.net/archives/05/349.htm
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS-documented maintenance/inactivation events for this hull: (a) tender overhaul at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941; (b) overhaul 'at San Francisco' September-December 1942 - DANFS does not name the yard; a dated photograph places the ship off Mare Island 1 December 1942, making Mare Island Naval Shipyard the likely but unconfirmed yard; (c) brief overhaul at Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, late July-30 September 1944; (d) post-typhoon repairs at Ulithi (fleet anchorage, not a Navy yard), completed by 8 February 1945; (e) arrival at Brooklyn Navy Yard (New York Naval Shipyard) late September 1945 and decommissioning there 19 October 1945. Puget Sound (tier 1) and Brooklyn Navy Yard (tier 3) carry yard-level asbestos documentation in the Atlas dataset; Mare Island (tier 2) also documented.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1941-1945
- Population
- Yard workers and crew during 1942, 1944, and 1945 availabilities
- Limitations
- Establishes where and when this hull underwent availability work - not the scope of work or the materials involved. Yard-level asbestos documentation for Puget Sound and Brooklyn postdates or postdates-in-part these 1944-45 events; no work order ties asbestos handling to Dewey's specific availabilities. San Francisco yard identity is inference from a dated photo caption (NavSource/destroyerhistory.org), not an official record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-dewey-dd349-05
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[7]NARA holdings: digitized deck logs for Dewey (DD-349) exist in 'Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations' (e.g., August 1941, catalog.archives.gov/id/24696822; November 1944, id/24699067); NARA RG 19 ship plans ('Booklet of General Plans' per hull) documented at archives.gov cartographic ship-plans page; Farragut-class sister USS Monaghan (DD-354) 1939 BOGP survives (Navy Yard Boston) as class-level drawing precedent [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov record IDs 24696822 (Aug 1941 log), 24699067 (Nov 1944 log); archives.gov/research/cartographic/ship-plans; archive.org/details/dd354bogp1939 (DD-354 class precedent)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads for hull-level material/work documentation: (a) DD-349 deck logs are digitized in the NARA 'Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations' series - deck logs document availabilities, refits, and alongside-yard periods and are the best located primary source for this hull's maintenance history; (b) NARA RG 19 (Bureau of Ships) cartographic holdings include per-ship Booklets of General Plans and the 'Alphabetical Series of Ship Engineering Drawings' - a DD-349 booklet or Farragut-class drawings would record machinery and insulation-spec callouts.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1934-1945 records
- Limitations
- Lead only - retrieval not performed; deck logs log events and yard periods but rarely identify materials, and plan-booklet existence for DD-349 specifically is unverified (Farragut-class sibling booklets are known to survive). No asbestos content is asserted from these holdings.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-dewey-dd349-06
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[8]CourtListener API v4 (authenticated, fleet-paced helper cl-auth-search.py) - opinion (type=o) and RECAP docket (type=r) searches for '"USS Dewey"', '"U.S.S. Dewey"', '"DD-349"', and combined variants [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-dewey-dd349-04 through -06, -10 through -12
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying litigation naming this hull located. CourtListener opinion index: '"USS Dewey"' = 1 hit (United States v. Martinez, Navy-Marine Corps Court of Military Review, filed 1981-12-18, NMCM 80 2547 - a court-martial; the only commissioned USS Dewey in 1981 was DDG-45, so name collision, non-asbestos); '"U.S.S. Dewey"' = 3 hits (Kitchens v. Brown, CAVC 1995 - appellant's 1960-61 Navy service aboard 'the cruiser U.S.S. Dewey' = DDG-45, seizure-rating appeal, non-asbestos; Blake v. Port Everglades Towing, 425 F.2d 662 (5th Cir. 1970) - seaman's Public Vessels Act damages suit for injury during unmooring of 'U.S.S. DEWEY, a Navy destroyer' in 1970 = DDG-45, non-asbestos; Brenner v. United States, Ct. Cl. 1973 No. 296-68 - officer selection-board litigation, surname/service-mention collision); '"USS Dewey" OR "Dewey" "DD-349"' = 0; '"DD-349"' = 0. Docket index: '"USS Dewey"' = 10 dockets - the only asbestos-natured hit is Boesenhofer v. AECOM, E.D. Pa. 2:17-cv-01072 (368 P.I.: Asbestos; removed from Philadelphia CCP mass-tort): the decedent was a civilian boilermaker/inspector at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard 1966-1997 with exposures aboard ships docked at PNSY - the only USS Dewey extant in that window is DDG-45, so name collision; remaining docket hits are criminal, civil-rights, contract, salvage, and MDL-875 tag-along records with no vessel link. '"DD-349"' dockets = 2 (Little Rock school-desegregation and U.S. v. Ionov criminal dockets - Bates/exhibit-number collisions).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- Sweep completed 2026-09-27 under intermittent fleet pacing; all hits classified. Not a trial-level finding for any vessel - it establishes only that no docketed opinion or RECAP docket surfaced naming DD-349. Residual gap: '"aboard the Dewey"' phrasing queries (o/r) remained blocked at session end; full-text of the Boesenhofer complaint's ship list was not fetched (docket-level classification by service dates, 1966-97 = DDG-45 era). Absence of a docket hit does not prove no claim was ever asserted; asbestos lawsuits naming hulls are a small subset of filed cases.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-dewey-dd349-07
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[9]Batch-3334 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS (live 404; ibiblio transcription + Wayback NHHC capture); SURFPAC official namesake history (Wayback); NARA digitized deck logs; NavSource/destroyerhistory photo captions; shipyards.json yard records; CourtListener sweep (blocked); law-firm ship lists (excluded by source rule) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-dewey-dd349-01 through -11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no hull survey, abatement contract, materials inventory, museum hazmat disclosure (the hull was scrapped 1946-47, so no museum phase exists), or confirmed docketed litigation naming DD-349 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger).
- 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 - a 1934 steam destroyer is consistent with era-standard asbestos materials, and the hull's destruction (sold 1946) forecloses modern survey evidence. Litigation sweep completed (see ev-07) with no qualifying hit for this hull; one residual phrasing variant unqueried. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-dewey-dd349-08