Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]DANFS, Greer (DD-145) (specifications block + service narrative; verbatim transcription - live NHHC page returns 404 on every slug variant tested) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications block + full service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: Wickes-class destroyer, 1,165 t, 314'4" x 30'11" x 9', 36 kt, complement 133, 4x4"/1x3"/12x21" tt. Launched by William Cramp & Sons Ship & Engine Building Co., Philadelphia, 1 August 1918; commissioned 31 December 1918 (Comdr. C. E. Smith). Shakedown to Azores; escorted George Washington returning President Wilson from Versailles; Trepassey Bay duty during NC-4 transatlantic flight; Pacific Fleet (San Francisco, 18 Nov 1919); Asiatic Fleet 1920-21 (Shanghai riots standby, Port Arthur/Darien intelligence missions, Cavite); decommissioned San Diego 22 June 1922; recommissioned 31 March 1930; Scouting Fleet from 1 February 1931; Rotating Reserve Aug 1933-Feb 1934; East Coast Training Squadron June 1936; decommissioned Philadelphia Navy Yard 13 January 1937; recommissioned 4 October 1939 (flagship, Destroyer Division 61); Neutrality Patrol February 1940; North Atlantic out of Reykjavik/Argentia early 1941. Greer incident 4 September 1941: trailed German submarine after British aircraft signal; evaded two torpedoes; attacked with 19 depth charges over 3h28m - 'first American ship in World War II to attack the Germans.' Convoy escort to MOMP; Boston overhaul; Caribbean escort March 1942 (rescued 39 U-boat victims; Pointe-a-Pitre watch vs. Vichy cruiser Jeanne d'Arc, May 1942); Northern Ireland and Casablanca convoys 1943; collision with Moonstone (PY-9) in New York Harbor 15 October 1943 (rescued all but one of Moonstone's crew); submarine training duty New London; plane guard for Ranger, Tripoli, Mission Bay, Wake Island summer 1944; Key West plane guard February 1945; Philadelphia Navy Yard 11 June 1945; decommissioned 19 July 1945; stricken 13 August 1945; sold to Boston Metal Salvage Co., Baltimore, 30 November 1945. One battle star for WWII.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1918-1945
- Population
- Cramp & Sons construction trades 1918; crews 1918-1922, 1930-1937, 1939-1945 (design complement 133)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. DANFS omits a laid-down date for this hull (24 February 1918 is secondary-sourced - see gaps). Mirror transcription cited because every live NHHC slug for this entry returns 404; text is verbatim DANFS.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-greer-dd145-01
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[2]NHHC NavyLive (official Navy history publication), 'As Infamy Dawned in the Pacific, War Simmered in the Atlantic' - Greer incident account naming the submarine U-652 and the resulting 'shoot-on-sight' rules of engagement [other_primary]
- Locator
- Article paragraphs on the April-September 1941 Atlantic escalation
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official NHHC account of the 4 September 1941 incident naming this hull: 'USS Greer (DD 145) was prosecuting U-652 and providing information to a British patrol bomber, which dropped depth charges on the submarine. U-652 retaliated by firing a torpedo at Greer, which missed, and Greer responded with an unsuccessful depth charge attack.' The incident produced the Roosevelt-approved 'shoot-on-sight' order authorizing U.S. ships to attack any U-boat detected.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1941
- Population
- Greer crew, September 1941
- Limitations
- Identifies the submarine as U-652 (DANFS leaves it unnamed). Contains no materials/asbestos information; carried to fix the hull's historical identity and because the incident is the ship's principal significance. NavyLive framing ('prosecuting' the U-boat) reflects the ROE narrative; the engagement detail in DANFS is the fuller contemporaneous-style account.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-greer-dd145-02
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[3]DANFS specifications block (Wickes class; 36 kt) + Atlas shipyard dataset records 'philadelphia-naval-shipyard' (Tier 3; litigation-documented asbestos products incl. Unibestos, Kaylo, Garlock; OSHA 1989 inspection) and 'boston-naval-shipyard' (Tier 3) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS spec block and service narrative (yard periods); shipyards.json records 'philadelphia-naval-shipyard' and 'boston-naval-shipyard'
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/yard inference: a Wickes-class destroyer built 1918 at William Cramp & Sons carried a period steam plant (class-typical: four boilers, Parsons geared turbines, two shafts) of the era in which asbestos lagging on boilers and steam lines, gaskets, packing, and fireproofing were standard shipbuilding practice. Two yards documented as working on this hull - Boston Navy Yard (early-1942 overhaul; February 1944 return) and Philadelphia Navy Yard (1937 and 1945 decommissionings) - are Tier-3 asbestos-documented yards in the Atlas dataset (litigation-documented product identifications at Philadelphia; documented products at Boston).
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1918-1945
- Population
- Cramp & Sons construction trades 1918; Boston Navy Yard workers (1942, 1944); Philadelphia Navy Yard workers (1936-37, 1945); crews 1918-1945
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - no ship-specific finding for this hull exists in the record. WWI-era asbestos use on steam plants is era-standard inference; yard-level asbestos documentation does not establish that this hull's periods at those yards involved asbestos work, disturbed ACM, or any crew exposure. Builder William Cramp & Sons is not an Atlas shipyards.json entry.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-greer-dd145-03
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[4]National Archives, 'Logbooks of the U.S. Navy at the National Archives' + 'Navy Deck Logs Available in the National Archives Catalog' (RG 24, 'Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations, 1941-1978,' National Archives Identifier 594258; pre-1941 logs in RG 24 Entry 118 / Special List #44) [other_primary]
- Locator
- archives.gov logbook/deck-log guidance pages; NAID 594258; RG 24 Entry 118 / Special List #44
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Greer's deck logs for the WWII period (1941-1945), if extant, sit in NARA RG 24 series 'Logbooks of the U.S. Navy Ships and Stations, 1941-1978' (NAID 594258), under active digitization in the National Archives Catalog; her 1918-1940 logs fall under the earlier logbook holdings (RG 24 Entry 118; Special List #44, 1801-1947). Deck logs can document maintenance, overhaul periods, and yard availabilities relevant to disturbance-era questions.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1918-1945 (record coverage)
- Limitations
- Series-level lead only - whether Greer's specific monthly log file units are digitized was not verified (the National Archives Catalog API was not reachable programmatically at research time). Deck logs document events, not materials; even a located log would not itself establish asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-greer-dd145-04
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[5]Batch-3151 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS (live, all slug variants); HyperWar/ibiblio DANFS mirror; NHHC NavyLive; Naval Vessel Register; NARA logbook series pages; Atlas shipyard dataset; general web for surveys/abatement/disposal records [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-greer-dd145-01 through sl-uss-greer-dd145-08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, shipyard work package, industrial-hygiene study, museum hazmat disclosure, or post-disposal environmental record naming DD-145 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The hull was scrapped in 1945-46; 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 during service - era inference (ev-03) argues period-standard asbestos use. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-greer-dd145-05
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[6]CourtListener API v4 search, exact-phrase '"USS Greer"' (type=o) returned 0 opinions; docket-type and hull-number queries blocked by fleet pacing at research time [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener search type=o, '"USS Greer"', count=0 (authenticated, 2026-09-26); blocked queries logged in search_ledger sl-uss-greer-dd145-06/07
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener exact-name opinion search '"USS Greer"' returned zero results - no published opinion names this hull. 'Greer' is a high-collision legal surname (numerous 'Greer v.' captions and a South Carolina city); queries were exact-phrase to avoid collision noise. Docket-index and hull-number ('DD-145') queries were blocked by the fleet-wide CourtListener pacer and remain unrun at research time.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- Sweep is partial: the opinion index was queried (0 hits) but the RECAP docket index and hull-number variants could not be run before the fleet pacing cutoff - absence of a docketed case is not established, only absence of a published opinion. A supplemental docket pass is the open task. Even a located docket would be a pleading-stage allegation unless an opinion adjudicates it.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-greer-dd145-06