Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]DANFS, Elliot (DD-146) (builder, dates, service narrative, awards; verbatim transcription - live NHHC page serves 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications block + full service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: launched 4 July 1918 by William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, Pa.; sponsored by Mrs. R. M. Elliot, widow of Lieutenant Commander Elliot; commissioned 26 January 1919; Caribbean training; April-June 1919 Azores/Gibraltar/Malta/Spalato cruise; Pacific Fleet, San Diego; Asiatic Fleet 1920-1921 (Yangtze cruise with Admiral Gleaves, Port Arthur/Darien intelligence duty, Cavite overhaul); decommissioned at San Diego 22 May 1922; recommissioned 8 February 1930, Destroyer Division 11 plane guard and fleet problems; 1934 two-ocean fleet problem; high-speed target towing from 1936; training/experimental services from 1937; 1940 Eclipse Expedition to Muleje, Baja California; converted to high-speed minesweeper and reclassified DMS-4, 19 November 1940; Mine Division 6 exercises; at sea with TF 3 returning from Johnston Island during the 7 December 1941 attack, then antisubmarine patrol; Aleutians from June 1942 - TG 8.6 Kiska bombardment 7 August, Attu minesweeping May 1943; Operational Training Command San Francisco / San Diego target towing and training to 13 August 1944; Pearl Harbor same duty to 22 July 1945; San Pedro inactivation; one battle star for WWII.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1918-1946
- Population
- William Cramp & Sons construction trades 1918-19; crews 1919-1922 and 1930-1945 (design complement 101)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. The transcription's closing line carries two typographical errors - 'reclassified AG-104, 6 June 1946' and 'decommissioned 12 October 1946' - internally inconsistent with its own 29 January 1946 sale date; the NHHC photo essay confirms June 1945 and October 1945 (see ev-02). Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC page returns 404.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-elliot-dd146-01
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[2]NHHC Online Library of Selected Images, 'USS Elliot (Destroyer # 146, later DD-146, DMS-4 & AG-104), 1919-1946' (photo essay and captions) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NHHC Online Library essay text (paragraphs 1-2) + photo captions NH 54363, NH 88358, NH 64528, NH 64529
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC photo-history essay for this hull corrects the DANFS transcription's year typos: Elliot 'was converted to a high-speed minesweeper, receiving the hull number DMS-4 in November' 1940; was 'sent to the Aleutians in July 1942'; 'was redesignated AG-104 in June 1945'; was 'decommissioned in October 1945'; and 'was sold for scrapping in January 1946'. Establishes the correct terminal sequence: AG-104 in June 1945, decommissioned October 1945, sold January 1946.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1940-1946
- Population
- Crews 1940-1945 (minesweeper/auxiliary periods)
- Limitations
- Resolves the year errors in the DANFS transcription but not the day-level conflicts: AG-104 day reads 5 June (NavSource/NVR-derived) vs DANFS '6 June'; stricken day 24 vs 25 October rests on secondary compilations; DANFS gives no stricken date. The essay's 'July 1942' Aleutians movement conflicts with DANFS '11 June' sailing (see gaps). No asbestos or materials content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-elliot-dd146-02
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[3]U.S. Navy (Navy Yard, Newport News), 'Wickes & Clemson Class - Booklet of General Plans' (1919, NARA-derived digitization via Internet Archive) + DANFS specifications block for this hull (Wickes class, 36 k design) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Archive.org item ddflushdeckersbogp1919 (Wickes & Clemson BOGP, 1919); DANFS spec line (cl. Wickes; s. 36 k)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference: a Wickes-class destroyer built 1918-19 with four boilers and two-shaft geared steam turbines would have carried period-standard asbestos-containing boiler and steam-drum insulation, steam-line lagging, valve and flange gaskets, machinery packing, and fireproofing; the class Booklet of General Plans documents the steam-plant general arrangement such insulation served. No hull-specific material list located.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1918-1945
- Population
- Cramp construction trades 1918-19; crews 1919-1945
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - the booklet is a design general-arrangement set, not a material inventory, and does not state 'asbestos'; asbestos presence aboard this hull is era inference, not ship-proven. Does not establish quantity, locations, or exposure of any person. Builder William Cramp & Sons is not an Atlas shipyards.json yard_id, so no yard-level record augments this row.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-elliot-dd146-03
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[4]CourtListener API v4 sweep: "USS Elliot" type=o (2 hits); "DD-146" type=o (1 hit); docket and remaining hull queries (DMS-4, AG-104) - see search_ledger [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener search results (opinion clusters 8344892, 8667564, 7558297); search_ledger rows sl-uss-elliot-dd146-03 through -05
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull located. "USS Elliot" opinion hits are name collisions with the Spruance-class USS Elliot (DD-967, in commission 1977-2003): United States v. Gatlin, 60 M.J. 804 (N.M.C.C.A. 2004) (LSD/marijuana court-martial aboard USS Elliot) and United States v. Hock, 31 M.J. 334 (C.M.A. 1990) (consolidated court-martial delay case; among the consolidated appellants' CMR docket windows is a USS Elliot case of the DD-967 era). The single "DD-146" opinion hit, Shuman v. State, 347 So. 2d 696 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1977), is a docket-number coincidence - 'No. DD-146' is the Florida appellate docket number, not the vessel.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- A no-hit sweep does not prove no litigation exists - RECAP docket coverage is incomplete, and the 'Elliot' name collides heavily with Elliott Company/Elliott Turbomachinery asbestos dockets on other queries. The RECAP docket sweep and hull-number queries (DMS-4, AG-104) are carried in the search_ledger; any row still blocked at write time is listed there, not retried into the fleet pacing limit.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-elliot-dd146-04
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[5]Batch-3152 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS + NHHC Online Library; NARA deck-log catalog path; CourtListener opinion/docket sweeps; museum/secondary compilations reviewed [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-elliot-dd146-01 through -08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no government hull survey, abatement contract, shipyard work package, museum hazmat disclosure, or veteran exposure affidavit naming DD-146/DMS-4/AG-104 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The hull was sold for scrap 29 January 1946; no surviving structure exists to survey.
- 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 - WWI-era steam construction is consistent with era-standard asbestos materials. Does not establish that asbestos was or was not present; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-elliot-dd146-05
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[6]NARA, 'Logbooks of the US Navy at the National Archives' (RG 24 Entry 118 / Special List #44 for 1801-1947; NAID 594258 series for 1941-1978) [other_primary]
- Locator
- archives.gov logbooks landing page; Special List #44; catalog series NAID 594258
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Surviving primary-record channel: Elliot's logbooks fall under NARA RG 24 / RG 45 (pre-1941 logs, Washington DC; 1941+ logs, Archives II College Park) and are itemized in Special List #44 'List of Logbooks of US Navy Ships, Stations, and Miscellaneous Units, 1801-1947'. Deck logs may record yard periods, material-handling events, and repair activity relevant to a materials reconstruction.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1919-1945 (record coverage); 2026-09-26 (search)
- Limitations
- Archival lead only - the logs were not pulled and no content is asserted. Digitization status for this hull's logs not confirmed; the NARA digitization program has prioritized Vietnam-era logs. Deck logs in any case rarely itemize insulation materials.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-elliot-dd146-06