USS DICKERSON (DD-157)

Evidence

11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).

1. [1]DANFS, Dickerson (Destroyer No. 157) / USS Dickerson (APD-21), NHHC ship-history entry (live page serves 404; canonical text via Wayback capture 2016-03-04, published 2016-02-23; verbatim HyperWar/ibiblio transcription at ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/dafs/APD/apd21.html carries several transcription variants - logged in gaps) [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   NHHC DANFS 'Dickerson (Destroyer No. 157)' entry - spec block + namesake paragraph + full service narrative; Wayback capture 2016-03-04

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   DANFS record for this hull (spec block: dp. 1,090; l. 314'5"; b. 31'8"; dr. 9'4"; s. 35 k.; cpl. 101; a. 4 4", 2 3", 12 21" tt.; cl. Wickes). Namesake: Mahlon Dickerson (b. 19 April 1770, Hanover, N.J.; Governor of New Jersey 1815-17; U.S. Senate 1817-33; Secretary of the Navy 30 June 1834 - 30 June 1838; d. 5 October 1853). Launched 12 March 1919 by New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, N.J., sponsored by Mrs. J. S. Dickerson; commissioned 3 September 1919, Commander F. V. McNair in command. East coast/Caribbean operations; 1921 combined fleet maneuvers off South America (Valparaiso, Callao, Balboa); Hampton Roads review by President Harding; entered New York Navy Yard November 1921, decommissioned there 25 June 1922. Recommissioned 1 May 1930; Panama Canal transits 1932 and 1933-34 for west-coast fleet maneuvers; Presidential Fleet Review Brooklyn 31 May 1934; Norfolk Navy Yard August 1934, Rotating Reserve Squadron 19 overhaul; 1935 Training Squadron, Naval Reserve training ship, Charleston-Florida-Caribbean; 1938 Destroyer Squadron 10, plane guard for Yorktown (CV-5); 1939-40 Squadron 40-T at Lisbon (Spanish ports, Casablanca refugee evacuation assistance, State Department special mission), returned Norfolk 25 July 1940. Neutrality Patrol Key West; New London duty with Submarine Squadron 2 Oct 1940; recovered six survivors of SS Libby Maine September 1941; Argentia patrol and one Iceland convoy Dec 1941-Jan 1942. 19 March 1942: fired on by U.S. merchantman SS Liberator while returning to Norfolk - charthouse badly damaged, four killed including CO Lt. Comdr. J. K. Reybold; repaired at Norfolk; convoy escort Norfolk-Key West, Key West-New York, New York-Cuba through January 1943. Caribbean ops and tanker convoys to Gibraltar/Algiers first half 1943; Card (CVE-11) hunter-killer group at Casablanca June 1943; Londonderry exercises 17 July-13 August; to Charleston, S.C. for conversion to high-speed transport; reclassified APD-21 21 August 1943. Departed Norfolk 1 November 1943 for the Pacific: Espiritu Santo-Guadalcanal convoys, Solomons patrol; Green Island NZ reconnaissance landing 30 Jan-1 Feb 1944 and troop landings 15/20 Feb; Emirau Island Marine landing 20 Mar; Milne Bay April; Seleo Island and Aitape landings; Pearl Harbor repair period; UDT embarked from Dent (APD-9) at Roi for Saipan and Guam; Marianas supply/control/fire-support through July; west-coast overhaul August. Return to action November 1944 at Aitape; Lingayen Gulf invasion 9 January 1945 (UDT support); Ulithi repairs; logistics screen for Iwo Jima invasion 19 February; Leyte with 58 prisoners of war; 24 March LST-LSM convoy for Keise Shima seizure. Night 2 April 1945 off Okinawa: first kamikaze slashed off tops of her two stacks and smashed into the base of her bridge (mast toppled, gasoline fires); second plane direct hit on forecastle center, hole torn nearly the ship's width; abandon ship when fires threatened the forward magazine; fifty-four officers and men lost including the CO; Bunch (APD-79) and Herbert (APD-22) rescued survivors, Bunch extinguished fires; smouldering hulk towed to Kerama Retto, then towed out to sea and sunk 4 April 1945. Six battle stars for WWII service.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-26

   Study period

   1918-1945

   Population

   New York Shipbuilding construction trades 1918-19; interwar and wartime crew (design complement 101; APD company 8 officers/98 enlisted + troops per NavSource); 54 lost 2 April 1945

   Limitations

   DANFS documents namesake, construction, service chronology, and loss - not materials or asbestos content. DANFS does not print a keel-laying date or a striking date. Transcription variants in the HyperWar/ibiblio copy are logged in gaps ('DD-167' OCR slip in its intro line, '26 June 1922' decommissioning, '9 January 1946' Lingayen date, '50 prisoners', '36 k.' speed - the canonical NHHC text reads 25 June 1922, 9 January 1945, 58 POWs, 35 k.). Live NHHC page returns 404; cited via Wayback capture.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-dickerson-dd157-01

2. [2]NHHC Online Library of Selected Images, photo captions NH 43195 and NH 54510 (U.S. Naval Historical Center / Naval History and Heritage Command photographs; verbatim captions via ibiblio mirror) [other_primary]

   Locator

   NHHC Online Library picture-data pages NH 43195 (ibiblio h43195c.htm) and NH 54510 (ibiblio h54510c.htm)

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   NHHC photographic captions naming this hull: NH 43195 - 'New York Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard, Camden, New Jersey. Destroyers fitting out on 8 April 1919. They are (from left to right): Leary (Destroyer # 158; Builder's # 217); Babbitt (Destroyer # 128; Builder's # 213); Dickerson (Destroyer # 157; Builder's # 216); and Jacob Jones (Destroyer # 130; Builder's # 215)' - documents this hull fitting out at the builder's Camden yard a month after launch, builder's hull number 216. NH 54510 - 'USS Dickerson (Destroyer # 157) at anchor, probably in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, circa 1920' (Collection of Gustave Maurer).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-26

   Study period

   1919-1920

   Population

   New York Shipbuilding fitting-out workforce, April 1919 (context)

   Limitations

   Photographic captions document presence and construction venue, not materials or asbestos content. The 8 April 1919 image shows fitting-out work underway at New York Shipbuilding - it does not describe trades, materials, or insulation.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-dickerson-dd157-02

3. [3]NavSource Naval History photo archives, Destroyer Photo Index DD-157/APD-21 (navsource.net/archives/05/157.htm) + Amphibious Photo Archive USS Dickerson (APD-21) (navsource.net/archives/10/04/04021.htm) - volunteer-compiled secondary archive reproducing official photo captions and DANFS text [other_primary]

   Locator

   NavSource DD-157 index page - class annotation, 'Operational and Building Data', CO list, NH-captioned photos; APD-21 archive page - chronology, APD spec block, TransDiv 14, campaign/award tables, disposition lines

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NavSource record for this hull: class annotation 'WICKES (TATTNALL) - built to Bath plans, built by New York SB.'; laid down by New York Shipbuilding 25 May 1918; launched 12 March 1919; commissioned 3 September 1919; designated DD-157 17 July 1920; decommissioned 26 June 1922 at New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn; recommissioned 1 May 1930; converted to high-speed transport at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C., designated APD-21 21 August 1943; Transport Division Fourteen (TransDiv 14); Asiatic-Pacific campaign credits - Green Island landing 15-19 Feb 1944; Hollandia (Aitape/Humboldt Bay-Tanahmerah Bay) 21 Apr and 1-7 May 1944; Saipan 14 Jun-2 Jul and Guam 14-29 Jul 1944; Lingayen Gulf landings 4-18 Jan 1945; Iwo Jima 21 Feb-11 Mar 1945; Okinawa Gunto 20 Mar-4 Apr 1945. APD configuration spec block: displacement 1,060 t; 314'4" x 30'6" x 11'4"; speed 28.7 kt; complement 8 officers/98 enlisted plus 144-enlisted troop accommodations; four LCP(L); three single 3"/50 DP, two single 40 mm, five single 20 mm, one depth-charge track and four projectors; propulsion 'two New York Shipbuilding Parsons-type geared turbines; two Thornycroft boilers, 250psi Sat°; single De Laval Main Reduction Gears; two turbo-drive 60Kw 120V D.C. Ship's Service Generators; two propellers, 26,000shp'; fuel 2,380 bbls NSFO + 55 diesel. Loss lines: 'irreparably damaged by Japanese Kamikaze Attack off Okinawa April 2 1945; Decommissioned April 4 1945; scuttled off Kerama Retto April 4 1945; Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown; 58 of her crew were lost'; Purple Heart note '54 KIA/MIA, 2 April 1945' on the APD page. CO list includes Cdr J. K. Reybold (Oct 1940-19 Mar 1942, KIA) and Lt. Comdr. R. E. Lounsbury (Aug 1944-2 Apr 1945, KIA); Lt. A. G. McEwen officer-in-charge of the hulk 2-4 Apr 1945. Call signs NAFC (1919) / NJIM (1943). NARA photo holdings cited in captions: 80-G-87083 (3 Oct 1943, off Chesapeake Bay entrance), 80-G-257202/-03/-04 (18 Aug 1944, refueling from New Mexico BB-40 off the Marianas).

   Verification

   partial

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-26

   Study period

   1918-1945

   Population

   Crew and embarked troops 1919-1945; four-stack APD veteran community (Four Stack APD Veterans association listed as contact)

   Limitations

   Volunteer-compiled secondary archive - consistent with canonical DANFS on the carried facts, but its spec blocks and chronology lines are its own compilation, not cited primary documents. Internal inconsistencies are logged in gaps: DD page reads laid down 25 May 1918 while the APD page reads 5 March 1918; DD page reads '58 lost' while the APD page's own Purple Heart line reads 54 KIA/MIA (DANFS: fifty-four). The as-built boiler count is not stated; the two-boiler figure is the post-conversion APD configuration.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-dickerson-dd157-03

4. [4]NARA Special List 44, named-vessel logbook (deck log) inventory, archives.gov - 'Dickerson (DD-157, APD-21)' coverage rows [other_primary]

   Locator

   archives.gov Special List 44 named-vessel inventory - 'Dickerson (DD-157, APD-21)' rows

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   NARA's named-vessel logbook inventory lists this hull twice by both designations: 'Dickerson (DD-157, APD-21)' with coverage 9/3/1919-6/23/1922 (commissioning through decommissioning) and 5/1/1930-1/31/1945 (recommissioning through the Lingayen operation); a separate 1/1/1922-6/23/1922 row carries the note 'see Dent, 1922' (a Dickerson volume misfiled with Dent's logs). Deck logs document daily administrative activity, locations, and yard availabilities - the primary lead for day-level yard exposure windows.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   archival_lead

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-26

   Study period

   1919-1922; 1930-1945

   Limitations

   Archival lead only - logs are undigitized in the sources checked (digitized-list status unverified) and were not pulled. Coverage ends 31 January 1945; the final ten weeks (through loss on 2-4 April 1945) are not in the listed inventory. Contents may include repair/upkeep entries relevant to insulation work, but nothing is asserted from them.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-dickerson-dd157-04

5. [5]NARA Record Group 19 (Records of the Bureau of Ships), Alphabetical Series of Ship Engineering Drawings, 1789-1967 - Booklet of General Plans for APD-21 USS Dickerson (ex DD-157), 4 sheets dated 23 June 1944 and 18 August 1944, filed under 'Plans for the Destroyer USS Talbot (DD-114/APD-7)'; Internet Archive mirror item apd21bogp1944 [other_primary]

   Locator

   Internet Archive item apd21bogp1944 (4 sheets); NARA RG 19 file unit 'Plans for the Destroyer USS Talbot (DD-114/APD-7), 1789-1967'

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   A contemporaneous ship-specific BuShips drawing set exists for this hull's post-conversion APD-21 configuration: four Booklet of General Plans sheets (cover photo 18 August 1944; outboard profile; cross sections, inboard profile and main deck; platforms, bridge deck and hold; dated 23 June 1944), produced during/after the Charleston conversion and the 1944 west-coast overhaul window. The set was downloaded from the National Archives catalog (RG 19, Alphabetical Series of Ship Engineering Drawings, 1789-1967; file unit 'Plans for the Destroyer USS Talbot (DD-114/APD-7)' where the Dickerson sheets are filed) and mirrored on Internet Archive as item apd21bogp1944.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   archival_lead

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-26

   Study period

   1943-1944

   Population

   Charleston Navy Yard conversion trades 1943; west-coast overhaul yard 1944 (unidentified)

   Limitations

   Archival lead - the arrangement drawings are ship-specific and contemporaneous but are not a materials specification; any insulation notations on the sheets were not analyzed sheet-by-sheet (high-resolution scans, ~20 MB JPEGs). Does not establish asbestos content of any depicted system.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-dickerson-dd157-05

6. [6]DANFS spec block (Wickes class; dp. 1,090; 35 k.; cpl. 101; 4 4"/2 3"/12 21" tt.) + HyperWar 'Ships of the U.S. Navy 1940-1945' APD-21 spec stub + NavSource APD-21 spec block (secondary) + Atlas shipyards.json records for new-york-shipbuilding (tier 1) and charleston-naval-shipyard (tier 2) [other_primary]

   Locator

   DANFS spec block and loss narrative ('her two stacks'); NavSource APD-21 spec block; shipyards.json yard_id new-york-shipbuilding and charleston-naval-shipyard

   Finding type

   asbestos_application

   Finding

   Era/design inference: this hull is a 1918-19 New York Shipbuilding-built Wickes-class ('Tattnall' type, Bath plans) destroyer with a full steam plant - class-standard four oil-fired boilers (one per funnel in the four-stack profile) driving Parsons-type geared turbines on two shafts at ~26,000 shp, 35 knots (DANFS spec block; NavSource machinery line reads 24,900 shp with direct-drive turbines and geared cruising turbines). Steam warships of the 1917-19 emergency destroyer program carried era-standard asbestos in boiler and machinery insulation, steam-line lagging, valve and flange gaskets, machinery packing, electrical insulation, and deck coverings. The 1943 Charleston Navy Yard conversion to high-speed transport removed the torpedo tubes and the two forward boilers (post-conversion spec: two Thornycroft boilers, 250 psi, 28.7 kt - NavSource secondary) - with the two forward stacks gone; DANFS confirms only 'her two stacks' remained in April 1945 - and added troop berthing and four LCP(L) davits, work that strips existing lagging and installs new insulation and berthing-space materials.

   Verification

   inferred

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-26

   Study period

   1918-1945

   Population

   New York Shipbuilding construction trades 1918-19; Charleston Navy Yard conversion trades 1943; crew and embarked troops 1919-1945

   Limitations

   Class/era and builder-yard inference only - no ship-specific asbestos record supports 'documented aboard this hull' wording; establishes no quantities, no locations, and no individual exposure. As-built boiler count and manufacturers are not separately stated in the sources for this hull (four-boiler/four-funnel is the class-standard arrangement; two-boiler post-conversion figure is NavSource secondary, unverified against contract documents).

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-dickerson-dd157-06

7. [7]Atlas shipyards.json yard-level records for the five yards tied to this hull (new-york-shipbuilding tier 1; charleston-naval-shipyard tier 2 incl. Whalen v. John Crane 2014 and Twidwell v. Aerco 2018 asbestos verdicts; norfolk-naval-shipyard tier 2; brooklyn-navy-yard tier 3; pearl-harbor-naval-shipyard tier 1) [court_record]

   Locator

   shipyards.json yard_id entries new-york-shipbuilding, charleston-naval-shipyard, norfolk-naval-shipyard, brooklyn-navy-yard, pearl-harbor-naval-shipyard; DANFS yard-period lines

   Finding type

   litigation_documented

   Finding

   Yard-level context for the yards tied to this hull's construction and yard periods, all resolving in the Atlas shipyard dataset: New York Shipbuilding Corp. (Camden - builder 1918-19) carries a documented yard-level product list (85% magnesia insulation, Transite cement panels, felt insulation, asbestos-coated welding rods, gaskets, packing); Charleston Naval Shipyard (1943 APD conversion) carries yard-level product documentation (magnesia pipe insulation, 15%-asbestos boiler coatings, spray-on insulation, gaskets/packing) and yard-level asbestos litigation (Whalen 2014, Twidwell 2018); Norfolk Naval Shipyard (1934 Rotating Reserve overhaul; March-April 1942 repairs after the Liberator incident) is a tier-2 yard with documented boiler/turbine insulation and lagging products and is an EPA Superfund site listing asbestos among disposed wastes; New York Navy Yard/Brooklyn (1921-22 inactivation and decommissioning) and Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard (1944 repair period) also resolve in the dataset.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   context_only

   Accessed

   2026-09-26

   Study period

   1918-1944 (yard events); litigation/inspection records through 2018

   Population

   Yard workforces at builder/overhaul/conversion/repair venues 1918-1944

   Limitations

   Yard-level records only - they document conditions, products, and litigation at yards where this hull was present, not aboard this hull. Pearl Harbor and west-coast 1944 yard attributions rest on DANFS place-name language ('a brief repair period at Pearl Harbor'; 'returned to the west coast for overhaul') - the specific facilities are not named; the west-coast overhaul yard is unidentified and logged in gaps. No element of this row is evidence of asbestos aboard DD-157/APD-21.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-dickerson-dd157-07

8. [8]Naval Submarine League archive monograph, 'U-Boats and Friendly Fire: A Convoluted Tale' (2005) - secondary scholarly account of the 19 March 1942 SS Liberator friendly-fire incident [other_primary]

   Locator

   archive.navalsubleague.org 2005 monograph 'U-Boats and Friendly Fire' (Dickerson/Liberator sections)

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   Context corroboration of the 19 March 1942 incident in DANFS: the NSL account describes USS Dickerson (DD-157, 'completed in 1919 at New York Ship in Camden') working out of Norfolk on Eastern Sea Frontier coastal patrol when the U.S. freighter SS Liberator (ex-Navy SP-3134) fired on her off Cape Lookout, killing four including CO Lt. Comdr. J. K. Reybold; the destroyer escort USS Reybold (DE-177) was later named for the fallen captain. Establishes that the charthouse damage was followed by a Norfolk Navy Yard repair availability - a documented yard exposure window aboard this hull - though the repair scope is not described.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   context_only

   Accessed

   2026-09-26

   Study period

   1942

   Population

   Norfolk Navy Yard repair workforce, March-April 1942; ship's crew

   Limitations

   Secondary scholarly account consistent with DANFS; adds operational context but no materials or asbestos content. The repair period at Norfolk is documented; the repair scope is not.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-dickerson-dd157-08

9. [9]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) - program-level context [gao]

   Locator

   GAO HRD-80-2 (Oct 1979), program description

   Finding type

   regulatory

   Finding

   GAO documented that the Navy's standing asbestos-removal policy dates from 1975 (remove asbestos insulation only when damaged or required for repairs, modified 1979 to selective replacement in high-maintenance areas). This hull was a war-loss total in April 1945 - three decades before any standing Navy asbestos-control program and before disposal hazmat documentation practices - so no U.S.-custody abatement, transfer, or disposal-phase material record exists for this hull, and no such record is expected to exist.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   context_only

   Accessed

   2026-09-26

   Study period

   1975-1979 policy era vs. 1918-1945 service life of this hull

   Limitations

   Program-level context only - GAO HRD-80-2 does not name this hull or class; it bounds what documentation could exist, it does not establish that asbestos was or was not aboard. gao.gov returns 403 to automated fetches; the product-page description is relied on per BATCH-01 standing note.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-dickerson-dd157-09

10. [10]CourtListener API v4 opinion and docket sweeps for 'USS Dickerson' / 'U.S.S. Dickerson' / 'aboard the Dickerson' / 'DD-157' / 'APD-21' / 'Dickerson asbestos' (authenticated, cl-auth-search.py + cl-patient-search.py) [court_record]

    Locator

    CourtListener type=o result sets ('USS Dickerson' 1; 'U.S.S. Dickerson' 0; 'aboard the Dickerson' 0; 'DD-157' 0; 'APD-21' 1 OCR-artifact); type=r ('USS Dickerson' 0; 'Dickerson asbestos' 588 surname/bankruptcy-list collisions)

    Finding type

    litigation_documented

    Finding

    CourtListener sweeps complete - no qualifying vessel litigation located. Opinion index: '"USS Dickerson"' = 1 hit (Dickerson v. United States Steel Corp., 439 F. Supp. 55, E.D. Pa. 1977 - employment discrimination, plaintiff Moses Dickerson; name collision, non-qualifying); '"U.S.S. Dickerson"' = 0; '"aboard the Dickerson"' = 0; '"DD-157"' = 0; '"APD-21"' = 1 hit (Lovett, Tex. Sup. Ct. WR-76,670-06, 2015 - habeas docket; 'APD-21' is a corrupt-OCR scan artifact in the opinion text, no vessel or asbestos context; collision, non-qualifying). Docket index: '"USS Dickerson"' type=r = 0 - no RECAP docket names the vessel; 'Dickerson asbestos' type=r = 588 hits, all plaintiff-surname collisions incl. asbestos-PI dockets Dickerson v. American Standard (E.D. Va. 2:04-cv-07769; E.D. Pa. 2:06-cv-65131), Dickerson v. Manville Corp. Asbestos Disease Compensation Fund (E.D. Pa. 2:11-cv-38138), Dickerson v. 3M (E.D. Pa. 2:08-cv-76418), Dickerson v. Fibreboard (E.D. Pa. 2:10-cv-74193), Dickerson v. AC&S (E.D. Pa. 2:08-cv-83222), and non-asbestos Dickerson collisions - all non-qualifying.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    negative_finding

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-26

    Study period

    sweep run 2026-09-26

    Limitations

    Opinion-index coverage complete for both name stylings, aboard-the-ship phrasing, and both hull designations; docket coverage complete for exact name and surname+asbestos. 'Dickerson' is a common person surname (the vessel itself is named for a person) - all non-vessel matches are classified collisions, not assumed vessel references. A negative sweep does not exclude unindexed dockets, unreported settlements, state-court matters outside RECAP, or cases naming the ship only in unindexed complaint exhibits.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-dickerson-dd157-10

11. [11]Batch-3163 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS (Wayback-verified canonical text), HyperWar/ibiblio DANFS transcription and spec pages, NavSource DD/APD archives, NHHC Online Library captions, NARA Special List 44 and RG 19 drawings (Internet Archive mirror), Naval Vessel Register probe, CourtListener sweeps, marketing-list sweep [other_primary]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-dickerson-dd157-01 through sl-uss-dickerson-dd157-12

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for DD-157/APD-21: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, disposal hazmat disclosure, museum documentation, materials specification, sampling study, or docketed asbestos case naming the vessel was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger; CourtListener sweeps complete - ev-10). The hull was a war-loss total sunk at sea in April 1945 - before the Navy's documented asbestos-control program era (GAO HRD-80-2: standing removal policy dates from 1975) and before disposal hazmat documentation practices - so no post-service abatement or disposal-phase record exists to locate, and any era materials present went down with the hull.

    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 - a 1918-19 steam-plant hull is consistent with era insulation materials through its 1945 loss. Does not establish that asbestos is or is not present; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-dickerson-dd157-11