Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]DANFS, Forrest (DD-461) (builder, dates, full service narrative, conversion, disposal; verbatim transcription - live NHHC page 404; Wayback capture of hazegray mirror at web.archive.org/web/20120509185434) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, statistics block + full service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: statistics block reads 'DD-461: dp. 1,630; l. 348'4"; b. 36'1"; dr. 15'8"; s. 38 k.; cpl. 208; a. 4 5", 6 21" tt., 6 dcp., 2 dct.; cl. Bristol'. Launched 14 June 1941 by Boston Navy Yard, sponsored by Miss Eileen F. Thomson (great-grandniece of Lieutenant Forrest); commissioned 13 January 1942, Lt. Cmdr. M. Van Metre; reclassified DMS-24 15 November 1944. Service: Ranger (CV-4) escort group, Argentia; Accra ferry run; North African landings (Safi, Casablanca, Fedhala) 8-12 November 1942; two Casablanca ferry crossings Dec 1942-Mar 1943; Scapa Flow with the Home Fleet, Bodø strike 4 October 1943, convoy-to-Russia coverage Nov 1943; Normandy (Utah convoy recall, Baie de la Seine screening, bombardment 12/16/17 June, Cotentin sweep cover); southern France (St. Tropez 15 Aug 1944) and Mediterranean convoy escort; returned to Norfolk 8 November 1944 for conversion to high-speed minesweeper; Pacific from 17 January 1945 via San Diego/Pearl Harbor, Ulithi 9 March, Okinawa minesweeping from 19 March; kamikaze crashed her starboard side at the waterline 27 May 1945, killing 5 and wounding 13; Kerama Retto repairs; Boston 6 August 1945; decommissioned 30 November 1945; sold 20 November 1946. Six battle stars.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1941-1946
- Population
- Boston Navy Yard construction trades 1941-42; wartime crew (design complement 208) 1942-45
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and design specifications, not materials or asbestos content. The entry does not state a stricken date (carried from NavSource) and does not name the conversion yard (NavSource photo captions place her at Norfolk Navy Yard in early 1943; the DANFS text says 'returned to Norfolk 8 November for conversion'). Live NHHC DANFS page returns 404 - verbatim hazegray/losthistory mirror transcription cited; Wayback capture of the hazegray page exists.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-forrest-dd461-01
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[2]NavSource Naval History, Destroyer Photo Index, USS Forrest (DD-461 / DMS-24) - operational/building data and photo captions; companion page navsource.net/archives/11/0924.htm [other_primary]
- Locator
- navsource.org/archives/05/461.htm building-data block + photo captions 0546115-116; navsource.net/archives/11/0924.htm
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource building data for this hull: built by Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown MA; laid down 6 January 1941; launched 14 June 1941; commissioned 13 January 1942; redesignated high-speed minesweeper DMS-24 15 November 1944; decommissioned 30 November 1945; stricken from the Naval Register 19 December 1945; sold 20 November 1946 and broken up for scrap. Photo captions document two 1943 Norfolk Navy Yard availabilities - armament upgrade 30 January-9 February 1943 (two twin 40-mm mounts, seven 20-mm guns) and further upgrade work in March 1943 (photo taken off Norfolk Navy Yard 25 March 1943 at post-overhaul trials) - and kamikaze-damage photographs taken on arrival at Boston Navy Yard 6 August 1945 held in the Boston National Historical Park collection (Boston Navy Yard photographs 3819-45 and 3825-45, NPS cat. no. BOSTS-11147).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1941-1946
- Population
- Norfolk Navy Yard trades during the 1943 availabilities and the Nov 1944-Jan 1945 DMS conversion window (she sailed for the Pacific 17 January 1945); Boston Navy Yard 1945
- Limitations
- NavSource is a photographic index compiled from Navy and contributor material, not a primary record - dates corroborate DANFS and the stricken date (absent from DANFS) is consistent with navypedia (12.1945). The 1943 Norfolk availabilities and the NPS-held Boston Navy Yard photos are documented as events/records, not as asbestos evidence; no materials content is stated.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-forrest-dd461-02
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[3]Batch-3444 search ledger (this record): DANFS via losthistory/hazegray mirror (live NHHC 404); NavSource DD-461 + DMS-24 pages; navypedia Bristol-class table; Benson/Gleaves class profile; NARA deck-log and RG 19/RG 181 archival series; general-web asbestos-mention check; CourtListener authenticated API v4 sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-forrest-dd461-01 through sl-uss-forrest-dd461-08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, materials schedule, court finding, or docketed asbestos case naming USS Forrest DD-461/DMS-24 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The disposal configuration limits what could exist: the hull was decommissioned 30 November 1945 and sold for scrap 20 November 1946 - long before the Navy's asbestos-management era and before mass asbestos litigation - so no mothball, reactivation, museum, or abatement phase ever applied to this hull.
- 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 1941-42 Navy-yard-built four-boiler steam destroyer is era-consistent with asbestos-containing insulation, lagging, gaskets, packing, and fireproofing. This row records that no ship-specific documentation was located; it does not establish presence or absence, exposure, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-forrest-dd461-03
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[4]Navypedia Bristol-class table row for DD-461 + Benson/Gleaves class profile (class-f worktree) + Atlas shipyard dataset records for boston-naval-shipyard and norfolk-naval-shipyard [other_primary]
- Locator
- navypedia us_dd_bristol.htm member row DD-461; class-f/benson-gleaves-class.class.json ev-01..06; shipyards.json records 'boston-naval-shipyard' (tier 3) and 'norfolk-naval-shipyard' (tier 2)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/yard inference: a Gleaves-class (Bristol group) destroyer built at Boston Navy Yard 1941-42 with a four superheated-boiler, ~50,000-shp geared-steam-turbine plant (BuShips 1945 lists 47,000 shp for class lead DD-421 - documented discrepancy) would have carried period-standard asbestos insulation, lagging, gaskets, packing, fireproofing, and deck coverings - the Navy did not begin substituting away from asbestos until the early 1970s (GAO HRD-80-2). Builder Boston Naval Shipyard is in the Atlas yard dataset (tier 3; asbestos gasket/packing litigation product-ID). Norfolk Naval Shipyard - site of her 1943 availabilities and Nov 1944 DMS conversion - is tier 2 with NAVFAC-documented asbestos disposal and a 1979 survey finding asbestos-laden dust. Forrest's DMS conversion is one of the 30+-member Gleaves/Bristol DMS-conversion yard cohort of 1944-45.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1941-1946
- Population
- Boston Navy Yard construction trades 1941-42; Norfolk Navy Yard conversion/overhaul trades 1943-44; crew 1942-45
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - no ship-specific asbestos documentation was located for this hull (ev-03). Yard asbestos records describe conditions at the yards, not materials installed aboard DD-461; the conversion's insulation scope is undocumented.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-forrest-dd461-04
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[5]CourtListener API v4 sweep, 2026-09-27 - see finding_value for per-query results; single 'USS Forrest' opinion hit = Markel v. Del Toro (D.D.C. 2025), confirmed Forrest Sherman collision [court_record]
- Locator
- Opinion hits: Markel v. Del Toro cluster_id 10321141 (ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov 2022cv1389-33 PDF read in full - 'USS Forrest Sherman' at p.3); docket hits: 2:10-cv-02174, 1:22-cv-01389, 1:26-cv-00097, 9:25-cr-80093, 1:20-cv-02299; DD-461 docket hits: Skatteforvaltningen series 1:18-cv-04833, 1:19-cv-01922 et al., 3:20-cv-00406
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener sweep (authenticated API v4, 2026-09-27): 'USS Forrest' (type=o) returned 1 hit - Markel v. Del Toro, No. 1:22-cv-01389 (D.D.C., opinion filed 2025-01-27), a naval-records/APA suit in which the vessel named is USS FORREST SHERMAN (the destroyer; plaintiff commissioned 2006 and flew out to that ship) - NAME COLLISION, not DD-461. 'U.S.S. Forrest' (type=o): 0 hits. 'aboard the Forrest' (type=o): 0 hits. 'DD-461' (type=o): 0 hits. 'DMS-24' (type=o): 0 hits. '"Forrest" asbestos Navy ship' (type=o) returned 8 hits, all non-vessel references - Yates v. Ford Motor Co., 113 F. Supp. 3d 841 (E.D.N.C. 2015) cites United States v. Ronald C. Forrest, 429 F.3d 73 (4th Cir. 2005) as Daubert authority (surname collision); Cichirillo v. Avondale Industries, 917 So. 2d 424 (La. 2005) names defense counsel Forrest Ren Wilkes (surname collision; the case itself is Navy/shipyard asbestos litigation but no USS Forrest reference); Drake v. Raymark Industries, 772 F.2d 1007 (1st Cir. 1985) and companion Mildred caption are Bath Iron Works yard-worker contribution rulings - the Forrest reference is not resolvable to this hull and the case postures are third-party practice, not exposure findings; Eagle-Picher v. United States (E.D. Pa. 1987), Weis v. DSM Copolymer (M.D. La. 2016), and Paloian v. LaSalle Bank (Bankr. N.D. Ill. 2013) are surname/party-name collisions. 'USS Forrest' (type=r) returned 6 dockets, all Forrest Sherman collisions or unrelated: USS Forrest Sherman DD-931 Foundation v. United States 2:10-cv-02174 (E.D. Pa.); Markel v. Del Toro 1:22-cv-01389 and Markel v. Phelan 1:26-cv-00097 (D.D.C., Forrest Sherman DDG-98); United States v. Butler 9:25-cr-80093 (S.D. Fla., criminal, listed twice); United States v. 171 'Dehlavieh' Anti-Tank Guided Missiles 1:20-cv-02299 (D.D.C. forfeiture - the 2019 seizure was by USS Forrest Sherman DDG-98). 'DD-461' (type=r) returned 55 docket hits, all identifier collisions (Skatteforvaltningen fraud-docket cluster, prisoner civil rights, etc.) - the string matches non-vessel identifiers; no asbestos-nature docket among them. Classification: NO qualifying asbestos litigation naming USS Forrest DD-461/DMS-24 located; every vessel-relevant hit is a confirmed Forrest Sherman (DD-931/DDG-98) or surname/identifier collision.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- Sweep run 2026-09-27 (opinion index through query date)
- Population
- n/a - no plaintiff alleges exposure aboard this hull in any located record
- Limitations
- Sweep result, not a merits finding: opinion-index coverage supports 'no published opinion names this hull', but pleadings naming DD-461 without a published opinion would not surface at type=o, and the type=r hits carry the phrase only in indexed filing text - none resolved to the vessel. Only 20 of the 55 'DD-461' docket hits were reviewed (page 1); all 20 are identifier collisions and none is asbestos-natured. The 'Forrest asbestos' opinion hits were classified from public metadata and cross-source checks (counsel names, cited authorities); Drake's in-text 'Forrest' reference was not full-text resolved this session but the case is a third-party BIW-yard contribution ruling, non-qualifying on posture alone.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-forrest-dd461-05
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[6]NARA logbook/deck-log guidance (RG 24 Entry 118, College Park; WWII-era logs) + NPS Boston National Historical Park photograph collection (Boston Navy Yard photos of kamikaze damage, cat. BOSTS-11147, via NavSource caption) + NARA RG 19 BuShips war-damage/correspondence series [other_primary]
- Locator
- archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy; NavSource caption citing NPS cat. BOSTS-11147
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads for hull-level material records: (1) Forrest's 1941-45 deck logs sit in NARA's post-1940 Navy deck-log series at College Park (RG 24 Entry 118 per NARA guidance; digitization has prioritized Vietnam-era logs - WWII destroyer logs mostly remain undigitized). (2) Boston National Historical Park holds Boston Navy Yard photographs 3819-45 and 3825-45 documenting her 6 August 1945 kamikaze damage (NPS cat. BOSTS-11147, identified via NavSource caption) - a contemporaneous condition record. (3) NARA RG 19 (Bureau of Ships) holds war-damage and correspondence files; a damage report for the 27 May 1945 hit is a plausible lead. None of these series was retrieved this session.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1941-1945 records; 2026-09-27 index check
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- Lead only - nothing in the located indexes establishes that any item in these series addresses insulation or asbestos; retrieval was not performed (no spend authorized).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-forrest-dd461-06