Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]research packet je-packet.md (2 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: see access note)
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-farquhar-dd304-pkt-je-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Farquhar I (DD-304) (verbatim transcription; live NHHC page returns 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specification block and service narrative (full entry)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: spec block reads 'DD-304: dp. 1,190, l. 314'5", b. 31'8", dr. 9'4", s. 36 k., cpl. 95, a. 4 4", 12 21" tt., 1 dcp., 2 dct.; cl. Clemson'. Launched 18 January 1919 by Union Iron Works, San Francisco, Calif.; sponsored by Mrs. J. Reed; commissioned 5 August 1920, Lt. Comdr. R. A. Hall in command. Home port San Diego (first arrived 26 August 1920); Pacific Fleet training, maneuvers, and war problems along the west coast from Washington State to the Canal Zone; rescued 42 passengers of SS San Jose stranded off Mexico, August 1921; fleet concentrations in the Caribbean 1924 and 1927 (second cruise visiting New York, Newport, and Norfolk); Hawaii maneuvers April 1925 then Samoa, Australia, New Zealand cruise, returning September; Hawaiian Islands exercises April-June 1928; reservist training July 1929; began inactivation at San Diego August 1929; decommissioned 20 February 1930; temporary service as a barracks ship for submariners; scrapped in accordance with the London Treaty limiting naval armaments; scrapped materials sold 23 April 1932.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1918-1932
- Population
- Union Iron Works construction trades 1918-1920; crew 1920-1930 (DANFS design complement 95); submarine barracks personnel circa 1930-1932
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content - it contains no insulation or hazmat information. Live NHHC page returns 404 for all tested URL patterns; the verbatim losthistory.net/hazegray transcription is cited per prior-batch convention. DANFS's 23 April 1932 sale-materials date conflicts with the 1935 Ships' Data 'Apr. 22, 1932' - carried in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-farquhar-dd304-01
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[3]Navy Department, Bureau of Construction and Repair, 'Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, July 1, 1922' (GPO; shipscribe.com scan of the Google-digitized original) - destroyer tabulated data, entry 87 (FARQUHAR) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB July 1, 1922, 'Destroyers - First Line (DD)' tabulated data, entry no. 87 (FARQUHAR, DD304); machinery column-group on printed p.94, dates column-group on printed p.97
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The Navy's contemporaneous official tabulation for this hull: authorized by act of Oct. 6, 1917; contract signed Dec. 6, 1917 at cost-plus-fee; builder 'Beth. S. B. Corp., San Francisco' (ditto carried from the Farenholt entry); keel laid Aug. 13, 1918; launched Jan. 18, 1919; preliminary acceptance July 31, 1920; first and latest commission Aug. 5, 1920. Machinery: 2 shafts; G.E. Curtis geared turbines; 4 Yarrow (oil-burning) boilers; 27,540 designed shaft horsepower. Armament: 4 x 4-inch/50 cal. guns, 1 x 3-inch/23 cal. A.A.; 4 x 21-inch triple deck torpedo tubes. Dimensions: 314 ft 4.5 in. designed waterline x 30 ft 11.5 in. beam x 9 ft 4 in. mean draft; 1,215 tons normal, 1,308 tons full load. Messes (complement): 8 wardroom officers, 10 chief petty officers, 104 enlisted men.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1917-1922
- Population
- Union Iron Works trades 1918-1920; ship's company 1920-1930 (8 wardroom officers, 10 CPOs, 104 enlisted)
- Limitations
- Official 1922 tabulation documents construction data, machinery, and complement but contains no insulation-material or asbestos fields. The asbestos significance of the machinery line is inferential (steam-plant insulation of the era), not a documented material listing. Scanned page image read directly (Google scan via shipscribe.com); entry 87 rows verified across the destroyer column-group pages (armament/builder p.96; dates p.97; dimensions p.~97-98; machinery p.94; trial/complement p.~102).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-farquhar-dd304-02
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[4]Navy Department, 'Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels' July 1, 1931 edition (stricken and sale list) and 1935 edition (historical data; treaty-disposal list) - shipscribe.com scans [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB 1931 stricken-and-sale list (ex-DD304); SDB 1935 'List of Vessels Built and Acquired' p.299 (DD304) and treaty-disposal list (FARQUHAR DD304)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official Navy disposal record for this hull. 1931 edition, stricken-and-sale list: 'FARQUHAR (ex-DD304) ... Stricken Nov. 18, 1930; used temporarily as submarine barrack.' 1935 edition, list of vessels built and acquired (DD304 FARQUHAR): 'Stricken Nov. 18, 1930; used temporarily as submarine barrack; scrapped; materials sold Apr. 22, 1932.' The 1935 edition also lists FARQUHAR (DD304) among 'U.S. naval vessels disposed of in accordance with the treaty limiting naval armaments.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1930-1932
- Population
- Submarine personnel berthed aboard the stationary hulk circa 1930-1932; scrap workers (site unidentified)
- Limitations
- Disposal bookkeeping only - records striking, barrack use, scrapping, and sale of materials; names no buyer or breaking site and contains no asbestos or hazmat content (hazardous-materials disclosure was not part of 1930s disposal records). 'Apr. 22, 1932' verified against the scanned page image; conflicts by one day with DANFS's '23 April 1932' - carried in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-farquhar-dd304-03
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[5]National Archives catalog records for this hull: 'Plans for the Destroyer USS Farquhar (DD-304)' (naId 53484149, Cartographic, College Park); 'USS FARQUHAR DD-304' (naId 175669093, Cartographic); 'Corrosion - USS Farquhar (DD-304), 1928' (naId 210567461, Still Pictures); 'Photograph of USS Farquhar (DD-304)' (naId 496084267, Still Pictures) [other_primary]
- Locator
- catalog.archives.gov naIds 53484149, 175669093, 210567461, 496084267
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA holds ship-specific records for this hull: construction plans (Cartographic), a 1928 corrosion photograph series (Still Pictures), and at least one still image. The plans file is the most promising route to any hull-specific materials specification (insulation arrangements were commonly itemized on construction drawings); none of the files has been examined - catalog-level metadata only.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1918-1932 (record coverage); catalog searched 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- Catalog entries only; contents not reviewed and largely not digitized. These records may or may not specify insulation materials - presence of a file does not establish any material fact. No deck-log series or General Information Book volume naming DD-304 was located in the catalog search performed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-farquhar-dd304-04
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[6]Corn JK, Starr J. 'Historical perspective on asbestos: Policies and protective measures in World War II shipbuilding.' Am J Ind Med 11(3):359-373 (1987) + Atlas shipyard dataset, bethlehem-shipbuilding record [other_primary]
- Locator
- Am J Ind Med 11(3):359-373 (1987); shipyards.json record 'bethlehem-shipbuilding' (products list; Sparrows Point/Quincy evidence)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era- and yard-level context: peer-reviewed scholarship documents the U.S. Navy's extensive use of asbestos fireproofing and insulating materials in shipbuilding, and the Atlas yard dataset's bethlehem-shipbuilding record (tier 3) documents period asbestos products - lagging, block insulation, gaskets and packing, Marinite board, Unibestos products, asbestos cloth - at Bethlehem-family yards. Applied to this hull's documented steam plant (4 Yarrow water-tube boilers, geared turbines, 1918-19 construction): the era-relevant applications are boiler insulation, steam-line lagging, valve and flange gaskets, and machinery packing.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1918-1932 (hull era)
- Population
- Union Iron Works construction trades 1918-1920 (inference); Pacific Fleet crew 1920-1930
- Limitations
- Era-level scholarship plus type inference only - neither source names this hull or class, and the cited scholarship centers on the World War II expansion roughly two decades after this hull's 1918-19 construction; asbestos use in WWI-era marine insulation is the applicable (but separately unverified-here) practice. The yard dataset's itemized evidence concerns Bethlehem's Baltimore and Quincy operations and expressly disclaims the San Francisco Union Iron Works yard. Establishes no ship-specific product, quantity, exposure, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-farquhar-dd304-05
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[7]DANFS spec block ('cl. Clemson') + Navy Ships' Data 1922 destroyer tabulation (DD304 among Clemson flush-deckers) - correcting upstream 'Hopkins' class metadata [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS DD-304 specification block; SDB 1922 destroyer tabulated data entry 87
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Class assignment corrected: upstream production metadata listed this hull as 'Hopkins' class. The DANFS specification block for DD-304 reads 'cl. Clemson,' and the Navy's July 1, 1922 Ships' Data book tabulates FARQUHAR (entry 87) among the Clemson-class flush-deck destroyers (314-ft, 4-funnel, 4-Yarrow-boiler flush-deck type). Clemson-class is carried throughout this record.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- Corrects an upstream data-aggregation error only; 'Hopkins' is not a recognized Navy destroyer class (USS Hopkins DD-249 was itself a Clemson-class ship). No other upstream fields were affected.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-farquhar-dd304-06
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[8]Batch-3295 search ledger (this record): DANFS via losthistory.net mirror; Ships' Data 1922/1931/1935 (shipscribe.com scans); NARA catalog; CourtListener API v4 (authenticated) name/hull sweeps; NHHC live-site check [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-farquhar-dd304-01 through sl-uss-farquhar-dd304-11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or asbestos litigation naming DD-304 was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener (authenticated API v4) returned zero opinions and zero dockets for 'USS Farquhar' and zero opinions for 'DD-304'; the 'Farquhar' opinion hits are surname collisions (marriage, bankruptcy, criminal, attorney-name) - none naming the vessel - and the asbestos-filtered 'Farquhar' hits are likewise person-name collisions with no ship or Navy reference. A second USS Farquhar (DE-139, Edsall-class destroyer escort, in commission 1943-1946) shares the name; nothing located attributes any litigation to either hull. Remaining docket-side sweeps ('DD-304' and 'Farquhar' type=r, 'DE-139' type=o) were attempted repeatedly across the session and blocked by the fleet-wide CourtListener pace limiter - logged blocked in the search ledger rather than fabricated.
- 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 1918-19 steam destroyer is era-consistent with asbestos-containing insulation, and nothing searched negates that inference. Does not establish presence or absence; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-farquhar-dd304-07