Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]DANFS, 'Dobbin II (AD-3)' (verbatim transcription via HyperWar/ibiblio mirror; live NHHC page returned 404 on 2026-09-19) + CinCPac Report of Japanese Raid on Pearl Harbor, serial 0479 of 15 Feb 1942 (berth X-2) + Royal Australian Navy official history, 'Japanese midget submarine attack on Sydney Harbour' [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS AD-3 entry, full narrative; CincPac raid report https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/rep/Pearl/CinCPac.html; RAN history https://www.navy.gov.au/about-navy/history/history-milestones/japanese-midget-submarine-attack-sydney-harbour
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS entry for Dobbin (AD-3): launched 5 May 1921 by Philadelphia Navy Yard, sponsored by Mrs. H. H. James (granddaughter of Secretary of the Navy James C. Dobbin); commissioned 23 July 1924, CDR D. C. Bingham. Tender to Destroyer Squadron 14, Scouting Fleet from January 1925; Atlantic service 1925-1932; San Diego 1932-October 1939; based at Pearl Harbor from 5 October 1939. Moored northeast of Ford Island with five destroyers alongside during the 7 December 1941 attack - CincPac's official raid report locates 'the U.S.S. Dobbin and destroyers in berth X-2'; near-miss fragments killed three men and wounded several. Hawaiian area until May 1942, then Sydney, Australia (support for U.S. Naval Forces Southwest Pacific); Brisbane after 26 June 1943; Mackay, Townsville, Cleveland Bay; Milne Bay, New Guinea from 30 September 1943; Sydney repair period February 1944; Manus June-July 1944; New Guinea until 14 February 1945; Subic Bay, Luzon, 24 February-3 November 1945; returned to San Diego 7 December 1945; decommissioned 27 September 1946; transferred to the Maritime Commission 24 December 1946. One battle star for WWII service. Separately, the Royal Australian Navy's official history documents the Japanese midget-submarine raid on Sydney Harbour on the night of 31 May-1 June 1942, while Dobbin was based at Sydney; the DANFS narrative does not record any Dobbin role in that harbor defense.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1921-1946
- Population
- Ship's company, 1924-1946; three killed and several wounded 7 Dec 1941
- Limitations
- Authoritative for identity, dates, and service narrative; transcription mirror used because the canonical NHHC page is unreachable. Contains no asbestos, materials, or insulation information - this row supports no asbestos claim. Dobbin's presence at Sydney during the 31 May 1942 raid is consistent with DANFS chronology but her involvement in harbor defense is undocumented in these sources.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-dobbin-ad3-01
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[2]USS Dobbin, 'Events During Raid of December 7, 1941 - Report of,' AD3/A12-1 (066), 11 December 1941 (primary document, HyperWar/ibiblio transcription) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Action report body, paragraphs 1-4
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The ship's own action report (AD3/A12-1 (066), signed CO H. E. Paddock, 11 December 1941) documents Dobbin moored with Destroyer Squadron ONE ships Hull, Dewey, Worden, MacDonough, and Phelps alongside her port side at Pearl Harbor; attacked at 0910 by three dive bombers dropping apparent 300-lb. bombs in near misses; all personnel casualties were members of No. 4 3-inch AA gun crew (Cox. H. F. Carter killed; TM3c J. W. Baker and F1c R. A. Gros died of wounds; Cox. E. J. Brumley and Sea2c C. M. Ouellette wounded; additionally GM1c A. M. Marze killed aboard USS Pennsylvania while assisting). The report documents the tender's repair function in action: 'Repair personnel from this ship were turned to continuously during this period and during the attack to assist them in getting machinery reassembled,' and Dobbin issued replacement ammunition to the destroyers alongside.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1941-12-07
- Population
- Ship's company and alongside DesRon ONE destroyer crews, 7 Dec 1941
- Limitations
- Primary-source combat narrative naming this hull; establishes the tender's at-berth repair and re-supply function (machinery reassembly work on alongside destroyers) during the attack. Contains no asbestos or insulation-material information; the machinery-repair activity is documented but its materials content is not. Transcription fidelity verified against the report structure; original is a typewritten Navy document.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-dobbin-ad3-02
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[3]U.S. Maritime Administration, ShipHistory database - DOBBIN (AD-3), Ship History Detail 1273, including digitized handwritten vessel status card [marad_nrc]
- Locator
- ShipHistory Detail 1273 milestone table; status card scan (DOBBIN.pdf) custody entries
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- MARAD ShipHistory record for DOBBIN (AD-3), Detail 1273: year built 1924, shipyard Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, type AD Destroyer Tender, length 483.84 ft, beam 61.00 ft, displacement 12,450 tons; fate 'Sold - Scrap.' Milestones: Entry/Acquisition 12/23/1946; Disposition and Withdrawal 9/5/1950 'SOLD.' The digitized handwritten MARAD status card shows the custody chain in detail: Navy Dept. delivered the ship to the U.S. Maritime Commission at Olympia, Wash. on 12-24-46 (3 PM PST) as surplus; USMC placed her in the Olympia River Reserve Fleet ('Lay ups') the same day; and the Reserve Fleet delivered the hull to 'Zidell Shipwrecking' on 9-5-50 at 10:30 AM PDST at Olympia 'to purchaser.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1946-1950
- Limitations
- Primary government custody record; the handwritten card is fully legible and names the scrapping purchaser directly. The milestones table shows acquisition 12/23/1946 while the handwritten card and DANFS both show the transfer dated 12/24/1946 - the card/DANFS date is adopted. No asbestos, materials, or condition-survey information; supports no asbestos claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-dobbin-ad3-03
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[4]Shipscribe U.S. Navy auxiliary ships data sheets, AD-3 Dobbin class page (Stephen S. Roberts compilation from Navy registers, General Board and BuC&R records) [other_primary]
- Locator
- AD-3 class page: characteristics, construction table, disposition table, class notes, ship notes
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Ship-design compilation (shipscribe.com, compiled from Navy registers and BuC&R design records): Dobbin class comprised AD-3 Dobbin (ordered 9 Jul 1919, New York Navy Yard Philadelphia - i.e., Philadelphia Navy Yard; keel 23 Dec 1919; launched 5 May 1921; commissioned 23 Jul 1924) and AD-4 Whitney (Boston Navy Yard). Class design: displacement 7,938 light / 12,450 full tons; 483.8 ft oa x 61.0 ft wl; Parsons geared turbine, one screw, 7,000 hp, designed 16 knots (AD-3 trial 16.19 kts); complement 514 (1929). The class was authorized under the FY1918 program (Act of 4 Mar 1917) as tenders equipped to meet the ordinary demands of 18 modern destroyers, with machine shop, foundry, blacksmith and coppersmith shops, and a torpedo shop. Disposition entries: Dobbin decommissioned 27 Sep 46; struck 22 Jan 47; delivered to Maritime Commission 24 Dec 46; MA sale 4 Aug 50; 'to buyer 5 Sep 50, scrapped by 6 May 52.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1917-1952
- Population
- Ship's company; tender repair crews
- Limitations
- Compiled secondary transcription of official Navy register and design records, not the registers themselves; figures used only where consistent with DANFS/MARAD. Lightweight displacement here (7,938 t) differs from MARAD's lightweight figure (8,325 t) - discrepancy logged in gaps. Strike date 22 Jan 1947 is reported here but NavSource lists it as unknown. Contains no asbestos information; the documented repair-shop fit describes function, not materials.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-dobbin-ad3-04
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[5]Franke, K., and Paustenbach, D., 'Government and Navy knowledge regarding health hazards of asbestos: A state of the science evaluation (1900 to 1970),' Inhalation Toxicology 23(sup3):1-20 (2011), PMID 22200078 + shipscribe AD-3 machinery data (ev-04) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Inhalation Toxicology 23(sup3):1-20, 1900-1929 and 1930-1959 analysis blocks
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- As completed (1924), Dobbin's propulsion was a Parsons geared steam turbine plant (7,000 hp, single screw) with boilers and associated steam piping - machinery of a type and era for which the U.S. Navy specified asbestos-containing thermal insulation, gaskets, and packing. Peer-reviewed scholarship documents that the Navy required and used asbestos-containing materials aboard ships throughout the period spanning this hull's construction and entire service life (analysis blocks 1900-1929 and 1930-1959), and that naval ships carried amosite and chrysotile insulating materials extensively from the late nineteenth century well into the 1950s.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1919-1946
- Population
- Philadelphia Navy Yard construction workforce (1919-1924); ship's company and tender repair crews (1924-1946)
- Limitations
- Era/program-level scholarship combined with this hull's documented steam plant - establishes that asbestos-containing insulation was Navy-standard practice in Dobbin's construction and service era, NOT that a survey or record confirms asbestos aboard this specific hull. No hull-specific insulation specification, survey, or removal record was located. Does not establish quantity, location, condition, individual exposure, or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-dobbin-ad3-05
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[6]Oregon DEQ Environmental Cleanup Site Information (ECSI) database, Site ID 689 'Zidell Waterfront Property'; Oregon DEQ Zidell Waterfront Property Cleanup summary (2012) + MARAD status card (ev-03) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DEQ ECSI site summary, contamination information section; DEQ cleanup PDF https://www.oregon.gov/deq/FilterDocs/ph-ZidellCAG.pdf
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- The hull's documented disposal pathway ends at a documented contaminated site: the MARAD status card shows delivery to Zidell Shipwrecking at Olympia, WA on 9/5/1950, and Oregon DEQ records the Zidell waterfront property in Portland (former Commercial Iron Works shipyard, purchased by Zidell in 1946) as a cleanup site (ECSI Site ID 689; CERCLIS 027765650) where approximately 336 ships were dismantled over roughly 30 years and asbestos 'is also prevalent in upland and bankline soil' alongside PCBs, metals, and PAHs. Shipbreaking-era dismantling of this hull occurred at a yard whose asbestos contamination is officially documented.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1950-1952 (hull); site assessment 1987-2012
- Population
- Zidell Shipwrecking/shipbreaking workforce, Portland, OR (1950-1952 for this hull)
- Limitations
- Documents the disposal site environment, not this hull's materials: DEQ records establish the yard's aggregate contamination from ~336 dismantled vessels over ~30 years and cannot attribute any contamination to this specific hull. The 1950-52 dismantling predates asbestos documentation practices; no work record for the Dobbin breaking was located. Does not establish asbestos aboard this hull or any individual exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-dobbin-ad3-06
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[7]Batch-460 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS (live 404; mirror used); MARAD ShipHistory + status card; shipscribe class data; ship's 1941 action report; CourtListener API/web (rate-limited); general web index litigation search; asbestos trust ship-list check; Oregon DEQ; NARA record groups [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-dobbin-ad3-01 through sl-uss-dobbin-ad3-12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed case naming USS Dobbin or hull AD-3 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The hull was scrapped in 1950-52, decades before asbestos surveys or litigation-generated vessel documentation became common, so no documentation-era artifact was expected to exist. Direct CourtListener API searching on 2026-09-19 was rate-limit blocked (HTTP 429, daily quota exceeded); secondary web-index searches returned only surname collisions and non-qualifying marketing pages, no case naming the hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 2026-09-19
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1921-24 steam auxiliary is era-consistent with asbestos-containing insulation. The litigation check is partial: CourtListener's index could not be queried directly (throttled) and the negative litigation result rests on secondary web indexes only; a re-run of the CourtListener name and hull-number queries remains an open step. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any exposure claim or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-dobbin-ad3-07
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[8]NARA Guide to Federal Records: RG 24, RG 181, RG 19 record-group descriptions; NARA deck-log guidance [other_primary]
- Locator
- RG 24 / RG 181 / RG 19 record-group guides; https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/181.html ; https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/019.html
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads (not retrieved - research-room or reproduction order required; no spend authorized): NARA RG 24 (Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel) holds pre-1941 deck logs and WWII-era logs including Dobbin's Pearl Harbor period; RG 181 (Records of Naval Districts and Shore Establishments) covers Philadelphia Navy Yard construction and shop records potentially including this hull's 1919-1924 build; RG 19 (Records of the Bureau of Ships / predecessor Bureau of Construction and Repair) holds design and specification files for the FY1918 destroyer tender design; NHHC maintains ship photo and plan collections. These are the plausible repositories for any surviving hull-specific material or insulation specification.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-19
- Study period
- 1919-1952 records
- Limitations
- Record-group mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; existence of asbestos-specific documents for this hull is unknown until surveyed in person. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-dobbin-ad3-08