Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet ep-packet.md (3 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-drayton-dd366-pkt-ep-packet-md
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[2]Naval History and Heritage Command, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Drayton II (DD-366) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Specifications block; complete service narrative, especially 1943-1946 paragraphs
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS identifies the second Drayton as Mahan-class DD-366, launched 26 March 1936 by Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine, commissioned 1 September 1936, and decommissioned 9 October 1945. It gives design complement 158, an overhaul at Brisbane in 1943, an overhaul at San Francisco in 1944, repairs at Manus after December 1944 air attacks, sale on 20 December 1946, and 11 World War II battle stars.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1936-1946
- Population
- DD-366 crew; construction and repair workers
- Limitations
- DANFS documents ship history and design complement. It does not identify asbestos, repair materials, actual wartime crew size, or individual exposure; sale is not proof of completed scrapping.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-drayton-dd366-01
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[3]NHHC, Bureau of Ships photograph 19-N-68069, USS Drayton [other_primary]
- Locator
- Photograph description and catalog number 19-N-68069
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A Bureau of Ships photograph cataloged by NHHC places DD-366 at Mare Island Navy Yard on 26 June 1944. The caption notes white outlines marking recent alterations to the ship.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1944-06-26
- Population
- Mare Island personnel and DD-366 crew, June 1944
- Limitations
- Establishes presence at the yard and visible alterations, not the nature or duration of the overhaul, asbestos use, or worker exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-drayton-dd366-02
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[4]National Archives, Special List 44, Named Vessels, Drayton (DD-366) entry [other_primary]
- Locator
- Drayton (DD-366) row
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List 44 indexes named DD-366 deck logs for 1 September 1936 through 9 October 1945 and separately identifies DD-23. The index confirms a hull-specific operational record series to request.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1936-1945
- Limitations
- Index dates do not prove that every daily log survives or is digitized. NARA's asbestos research guide says deck logs can locate major work dates but do not directly establish asbestos aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-drayton-dd366-03
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[5]National Archives, Ship Plan Index, Drayton DD-366 rows [other_primary]
- Locator
- Drayton DD-366 entries in Ship Plan Index
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's Ship Plan Index identifies DD-366 in RG 19 Alphabetical Ship Drawings (catalog 53484034), RG 19 Microfilm (175668933), and trial curves grouped with Flusser and Mahan (12451237). These are candidate hull records for insulation, piping, and engineering review.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1930s-1940s records
- Limitations
- The index establishes collection references only. No drawing was retrieved or inspected, and no insulation or asbestos content can be inferred from the entries.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-drayton-dd366-04
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[6]National Archives, Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961 [other_primary]
- Locator
- General Information Books; Board of Inspection and Survey Reports; Cartographic Branch sections
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's naval-vessel asbestos research guide identifies RG 19 destroyer General Information Books (Entry P 9), RG 38 destroyer material inspection reports (Entry P 1-D), and RG 19 engineering-drawing groups S39 (insulation and lagging) and S48 (piping) as potential source series for hull-specific material research.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1907-1978 record series
- Limitations
- A repository guide, not an inspected DD-366 file. It does not confirm any listed series contains an item for this hull or that such an item proves asbestos presence.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-drayton-dd366-05
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[7]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (1979), enclosure I, CNO letter of 5 January 1979 [gao]
- Locator
- PDF pp. 11-12, enclosure I; particularly CNO letter paragraphs on major applications and other uses
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A 5 January 1979 Chief of Naval Operations letter reproduced in GAO report HRD-80-2 states that thermal insulation for Navy ship machinery, equipment, and piping had been a major asbestos application and lists Navy shipboard gaskets, packing, decks, cables, brakes, and clutches as other applications. The report's examined fleet is post-1973, decades after DD-366's service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and ship crews in the report's later period
- Limitations
- Historical Navy program context only. The report concerns ships delivered since 1973 or then under construction and does not name DD-366 or the Mahan class. It cannot establish any material aboard Drayton, its quantity, or crew exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-drayton-dd366-06
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[8]Walter E. Fleischer et al., 'A Health Survey of Pipe Covering Operations in Constructing Naval Vessels,' Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology 28, no. 1 (January 1946): 9-16; PMID 21016030 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Article p. 9, 'Pipe Covering Material' section; publication metadata https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21016030/
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A 1946 primary industrial-health study by Navy and Maritime Commission health consultants states that asbestos blankets were used on destroyer turbines before a Navy-approved amosite felt was developed in 1934. The authors say this felt subsequently spread to almost all destroyers built after its initial use; pipe covering first entered naval use in 1937. The article does not name DD-366 or disclose the identity of the surveyed yards.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1934-1945 practices, published 1946
- Population
- Pipe-covering workers at four anonymized Navy yards; destroyer construction era
- Limitations
- Contemporaneous destroyer-era material evidence, not a DD-366 specification or inspection. The article does not identify the initial destroyer, this hull, or the four surveyed yards. 'Almost all' is not an inventory of every destroyer; no asbestos aboard Drayton or crew exposure follows from it. PDF is a mirror of the published primary article, whose journal citation is indexed by PubMed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-drayton-dd366-07
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[9]Batch 3351 documented source search, NHHC/NARA/GAO and primary research (see search_ledger) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger sl-uss-drayton-dd366-01 through sl-uss-drayton-dd366-07
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, material specification, repair work package, laboratory result, or abatement record for DD-366 was located in the public NHHC, NARA, GAO, or primary-research sources reviewed in this batch. NARA indexes candidate hull-specific collections, but their contents were not retrieved or inspected.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 2026-09-27 search
- Limitations
- A negative finding from a bounded public-source search, not proof that asbestos was absent aboard DD-366. Indexed archival collections remain uninspected. Product identity, location, quantity, individual exposure, causation, and legal eligibility are unknown.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-drayton-dd366-08
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[10]CourtListener authenticated API v4 search, exact 'USS Drayton' and 'DD-366', opinion and RECAP docket indexes, 27 September 2026 [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger sl-uss-drayton-dd366-08 through sl-uss-drayton-dd366-11; MDL 875 /docket/1245688/; Nelson /docket/4900692/; Motors /docket/4327513/; NYT /docket/68117049/
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Authenticated CourtListener API v4 searches of exact 'USS Drayton' returned zero opinion and zero docket results. The exact 'DD-366' docket search returned four indexed cases: In re Asbestos Products Liability Litigation (No. VI), Nelson v. Crane Co., Motors Liquidation Co., and The New York Times Co. v. Microsoft Corp. The first two are asbestos matters involving visible Roger E. Nelson records with Navy service approximately 1960-1968, after DD-366 was sold; the latter two are bankruptcy and copyright matters. No returned snippet establishes this hull as an exposure site. The hull-number opinion search was not completed because the fleet pacer withheld a token; see ledger and report.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 2026-09-27 search; 2011 Nelson litigation
- Limitations
- Search-result and docket-snippet classification only, not full-document review or a merits adjudication. The indexed hull-number token does not appear in the returned snippets; its relation to the four cases is unverified. The two asbestos cases have a later stated Navy period, and transfer/stay materials do not prove vessel exposure. One opinion query remains paced; no claim of an exhaustive negative search or asbestos absence is made.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-drayton-dd366-09