Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet jj-packet.md (1 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-flusser-dd368-pkt-jj-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Flusser IV (DD-368) - verbatim Naval Historical Center transcription via Destroyer History Foundation (live NHHC DANFS page serves 404); same text mirrored at hazegray.org/danfs/destroy/dd368txt.htm [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications block + service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: Mahan-class destroyer, dp. 1,600, l. 341'4", b. 36', dr. 9'10", s. 37 k., cpl. 168, a. 4 5", 12 21" tt.; launched 28 September 1935 (transcription reads '1936' - internal typo, contradicted by the same entry's 1 October 1936 commissioning; NavSource and secondary compilations give 1935) by Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Kearny, N.J.; sponsored by Mrs. F. W. Packard; commissioned 1 October 1936, Comdr. F. L. Lowe in command. Squadron 40-T Mediterranean shakedown; San Diego 1937; Pearl Harbor base; at sea screening Lexington (CV-2) during the Pearl Harbor attack; convoy escort 1942; Pearl Harbor overhaul to Feb 1943; New Guinea operations (Lae, Finschhafen, Arawe, Cape Gloucester, Saidor, Admiralties); Mare Island overhaul Apr-Jun 1944; Marshalls patrol (9 wounded at Wotje 7 Sep 1944); Leyte/Surigao patrol from 29 Oct 1944; kamikaze destroyed 18 Nov; near-miss damage 4 Dec; LSM-20 survivors rescued 5 Dec; Ormoc Bay; Lingayen, Nasugbu, Palawan, Cebu, Balikpapan 1945; Sasebo occupation duty Sep-Oct 1945; Operation Crossroads summer 1946; Norfolk 12 Nov 1946; decommissioned 16 December 1946; sold 6 January 1948. Eight battle stars for WWII service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1934-1948
- Population
- Federal Shipbuilding construction trades 1934-36; wartime crew (design complement 168)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. The transcription contains two internal typos carried in gaps: launch year '1936' (1935 carried per NavSource/secondary) and 'Cebu 26 March 1946' (operation was 26 March 1945). Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC page returns 404.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-flusser-dd368-01
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[3]R. Weitz et al., 'Analysis of Radiation Exposure for Naval Units of Operation CROSSROADS, Volume III (Appendix B): Support Ships,' DNA-TR-82-05-V3 (Science Applications Inc. for Defense Nuclear Agency, 3 March 1982), USS FLUSSER (DD-368) entry p. 190-191; OSTI/DTIC full text [other_primary]
- Locator
- DNA-TR-82-05-V3, Appendix B, USS FLUSSER (DD-368) information summary p. 190 and path/radiation report pp. 190-191
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- Federal dose-reconstruction entry naming this hull: USS FLUSSER (DD-368), crew size 146, Surface Patrol Group; 'FLUSSER, as a member of the Surface Patrol Group was outfitted with special oceanographic and radiological equipment in order to conduct oceanographic surveys and perform radiological monitoring. She performed monitoring duties both inside and outside Bikini lagoon.' Observed Shot ABLE (1 Jul 1946) and operated through Shot BAKER (25 Jul 1946); path report shows repeated Bikini lagoon entries/anchorages and Kwajalein runs; total calculated film-badge dose received while at Bikini 0.428 rem; ship contamination factor on departure 4; departed Bikini 4 September 1946 en route Pearl Harbor via Kwajalein - consistent with the DANFS arrival at Pearl Harbor 14 September 1946.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1946-07-01 to 1946-09-04 (reconstruction published 1982)
- Population
- USS Flusser crew of 146 at Bikini, Jul-Sep 1946
- Limitations
- Reconstructed (not measured) external dose for a radiological hazard - contains no asbestos information whatsoever and is carried as ship-specific context on documented hazardous-duty conditions aboard this hull, not as asbestos evidence. Does not address materials aboard, individual exposures, or health outcomes.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-flusser-dd368-02
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[4]Joint Task Force One, 'Bombs at Bikini: The Official Report of Operation Crossroads' (Wm. H. Wise & Co., 1946), Appendix 8 'Support Vessels' + Appendix 9 'Target Vessels, Test A' (transcription via atomicarchive.com) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Bombs at Bikini Appendix 8(f) support-vessel table; Appendix 9(c) target-destroyer list (Flusser absent); JTF-1 ship history, Sumner entry (HECV relief of Flusser, 18 July 1946)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official JTF-1 report lists DD-368 FLUSSER under '(f) Surface Patrol Group (Task Group 1.7, commanded by Captain E. N. Parker),' Lt. Comdr. W. R. Laird commanding - i.e., a support vessel, not a target. Flusser does not appear on the Appendix 9 target-vessel list (12 destroyers incl. sister Lamson DD-367 were targets). The JTF-1 ship-history volume transcribed on Wikisource shows Flusser serving as Harbor Entrance Control Vessel at Bikini (relieved in berth 386 by USS Allen M. Sumner on 18 July 1946). Establishes the hull's Crossroads duty was support/monitoring, resolving any inference that participation meant target status.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1946
- Population
- USS Flusser crew, JTF-1 support fleet, 1946
- Limitations
- Documents assignment and station, not materials or asbestos. atomicarchive.com is a documentary transcription of the official JTF-1 report; Wikisource OCR of the same report contains scan errors (e.g., 'DD-386' for DD-368). Not asbestos evidence.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-flusser-dd368-03
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[5]Batch-3353 search ledger (this record): CourtListener API v4 opinion and RECAP docket indexes, queried via authenticated helper (cl-auth-search.py) [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-flusser-dd368-03 through sl-uss-flusser-dd368-05
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying litigation located naming this hull. Opinion index: "USS Flusser" 0 hits; "U.S.S. Flusser" 0 hits; "Flusser DD-368" 0 hits; "DD-368" 0 hits. RECAP docket index: "aboard the Flusser" OR "USS Flusser" OR "Flusser (DD-368)" 0 hits; bare "Flusser" returned 22 dockets, all name collisions (Flusser v. Fifth Third Bancorp, S.D. Ohio; bankruptcy cases of individuals named Flusser; creditor-list/notice mentions in unrelated dockets incl. W.R. Grace) - none referencing a naval vessel. Low name-collision risk overall (uncommon surname); the absence is a genuine negative finding, not a search artifact.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- Absence of a located docket does not prove no asbestos litigation ever named the ship - state-court filings and non-digitized dockets are outside CourtListener coverage, and swept-and-sealed MDL-875 items may be under-indexed. Establishes only that no qualifying case was located in the searched indexes on 2026-09-27.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-flusser-dd368-04
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[6]DANFS specifications block (Mahan class; 37 kt) + Atlas shipyard dataset record 'federal-shipbuilding-kearny' (tier 2; Owens-Illinois Industrial Health Survey of Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Kearny NJ, 30 Aug-2 Sep 1944) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS specifications block; shipyards.json record 'federal-shipbuilding-kearny' (flagship evidence ev-federal-kearny-ihs-1944)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/yard inference: a Mahan-class destroyer built 1934-36 with a geared steam-turbine plant would have carried period-standard asbestos insulation - boiler and turbine insulation, steam-line lagging, gaskets, packing, fireproofing, and deck coverings. Builder Federal Shipbuilding at Kearny is documented at yard level in the Atlas dataset (tier 2): the August-September 1944 Owens-Illinois industrial-health survey recorded insulator work with asbestos pipe covering (Johns-Manville Superex) and boiler insulation in confined shipyard spaces. NARA RG 19 'General Information Books' per-vessel material specifications are an archival lead for hull-level specs.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1934-1946
- Population
- Federal Shipbuilding construction trades 1934-36; crew 1936-46
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - never a ship-specific finding. The yard survey postdates this hull's construction by roughly a decade and does not document materials installed aboard DD-368. NARA GIB retrieval not performed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-flusser-dd368-05
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[7]U.S. National Archives (NARA): RG 24 deck logs for DD-368 and RG 19 Bureau of Ships records (General Information Books / Booklets of General Information) - standard hull-level holdings not retrieved this pass [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA RG 24 (deck logs) / RG 19 (BuShips); no digitized item pulled this pass
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Open archival leads for hull-level material data: NARA holds the DD-368 deck logs (RG 24, incl. the Bikini period) and Bureau of Ships records (RG 19) under which Mahan-class material specifications, alteration records, and insulation schedules would sit; the ship's 1945 action reports and war diaries are also NARA-held. None were retrieved or reviewed in this research pass.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1936-1948 (records)
- Limitations
- Existence of holdings is asserted at the record-group level; whether a hull-specific material list naming asbestos exists among them is unverified. No claim of asbestos documentation is made.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-flusser-dd368-06