Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]research packet crew-fi-packet.md (13 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-hailey-dd556-pkt-crew-fi-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Hailey (DD-556) - verbatim transcription (live NHHC pages 404 on both /danfs/h/hailey.html and /danfs/h/hailey-dd-556.html; ibiblio HyperWar and hazegray/Wayback transcriptions are identical) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications block + service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: spec block (DD-556: dp. 2,050; l. 376'5"; b. 39'7"; dr. 17'9"; s. 35 k.; cpl. 273; a. 5 5", 10 40mm., 7 20mm., 10 21" tt., 2 dct., 6 dcp.; cl. Fletcher). Launched 9 March 1943 by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp., Seattle, Wash.; sponsored by Mrs. Claude S. Gillette; commissioned 30 September 1943, Comdr. Parke H. Brady. WWII: Marshalls (Kwajalein Southern Transport Screen, gunfire support), Eniwetok, New Guinea patrol/ASW and Army fire support; DesDiv 94 (Haggard, Franks, Hailey, Johnston) five-attack engagement against I-176 16 May 1944, 125 mi ENE of Green Island; Marianas (Saipan screen; Guam bombardment and capture 21 Jul-10 Aug); Palaus escort-carrier screen (Peleliu, Anguar, Ngesebu); Leyte Gulf - screen of Stump's 'Taffy 2' off Samar 25 October 1944; TF 38 Formosa strikes and 3d Fleet fueling group; TF 58 February-June 1945 (Okinawa, home islands). Decommissioned San Diego 27 January 1946; recommissioned San Diego 27 April 1951 (Lt. Comdr. Joseph E. Reedy); Korea Sep 1952-5 Feb 1953 (TF 77 blockade, close fire support); four 6th Fleet Mediterranean deployments 8 Sep 1954-14 Sep 1959; plane guard for USS Monterey at Pensacola; decommissioned 3 November 1960 at Portsmouth, Va.; loaned to Brazil 20 July 1961 as Pernambuco (D-30). Six WWII and two Korean battle stars.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1942-1961
- Population
- Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding construction trades 1942-43; wartime and postwar crew (design complement 273)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. DANFS omits a laid-down line entirely - 11 April 1942 is carried from NavSource/NGB/NavalCoverMuseum (all agree). The narrative contains a transcription artifact ('retiring to Majuro Atoll screening Manila Bay' - Manila was Japanese-held in early 1944) carried in gaps. DANFS postdates 1961 and does not record the 1973 striking/sale or Brazilian disposition. Mirror transcription cited because live NHHC pages return 404.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hailey-dd556-01
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[3]NavSource Naval History destroyer photo index, USS Hailey (DD-556) page (secondary compilation; live fetch DNS-failed, Wayback capture 2024-05-24 used) + destroyerhistory.org Fletcher-class photo page indexing NARA photo 19-N-53895 (Puget Sound, 25 October 1943) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource DD-556 page, operational/building data block + specs
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource data block for this hull: class Fletcher as built; displacement 2,924 tons full; dimensions 376'5" x 39'7" x 13'9" max; machinery 60,000 shp, General Electric geared turbines, 2 screws; speed 38 knots; range 6,500 nm at 15 knots; crew 273. Operational/building data: built by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding, Seattle, WA (YN 13); laid down 11 April 1942; launched 9 March 1943; commissioned 30 September 1943; decommissioned 27 January 1946; recommissioned 27 April 1951; decommissioned 3 November 1960; stricken 1 August 1973; to Brazil 20 July 1961 renamed CT Pernambuco (D 30); fate 'decommissioned 02 April 1982, believe sunk as a target circa 1982.' Call sign NACH; tactical call TORTOISE (1945).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1942-1982
- Population
- Crew 1943-46, 1951-60
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation, not a primary source - its figures are consistent with DANFS where overlapping (dates, complement 273) and add the laid-down date, striking date, and Brazilian fate that DANFS lacks. Spec variances vs DANFS (2,924 t full vs 2,050 std; 38 vs 35 kt) are design-vs-full-load conventions, noted rather than reconciled. 'Believe sunk as a target' is hedged in the source itself - Brazilian disposition corroborated by NGB record (ev-03). Not an asbestos record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hailey-dd556-02
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[4]NGB - Navios de Guerra Brasileiros, 'Contratorpedeiro Pernambuco - D 30 (1961-1982)' (naval.com.br; secondary Brazilian naval reference citing ministerial acts) [other_primary]
- Locator
- naval.com.br NGB P067 page - chrono block and history narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Brazilian-phase record for this hull: CT Pernambuco (D-30), ex-USS Hailey (DD-556), was incorporated into the Marinha do Brasil at the Arsenal de Marinha de Norfolk, Portsmouth, Virginia, 20 July 1961 (Aviso n. 1.187 of 23/06/1961 MM; O.D. n. 34/1961 CEMA), initially on a five-year loan under the Mutual Defense Pact, Capitao-de-Fragata Helio Marroig de Mello commanding. Decommissioned 2 April 1982 per Portaria Ministerial n. 186 of 17 February 1982, in a disarmament ceremony at the Ilha de Mocangue pier, Niteroi, held jointly with CT Parana (D-29); ~21 years of Brazilian service totaling 1,141.5 days at sea and 322,158.6 miles steamed.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1961-1982
- Population
- Brazilian crew 1961-1982
- Limitations
- Secondary Portuguese-language reference (NGB is a respected unofficial compilation quoting official Brazilian ministerial instruments - the Aviso/Portaria numbers are checkable primary anchors but were not independently pulled). Documents Brazilian custody events; contains no materials or asbestos information. Post-USN material history (Brazilian overhauls, modernizations, disposal method) is undocumented here - 'sunk as a target c.1982' rests on NavSource/helis.com framing, not an official disposal record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hailey-dd556-03
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[5]DANFS service narrative (inactivation/transfer events) + NGB Brazilian record (Norfolk Arsenal ceremony) + Atlas shipyard dataset check (Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding absent; 'todd-shipyards' corporate record and 'norfolk-naval-shipyard' record cover the associated yards) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS narrative ('decommissioned 3 November 1960 at Portsmouth, Va.'; 'loaned to the government of Brazil 20 July 1961'); NGB P067 ('Arsenal de Marinha de Norfolk, em Portsmouth, Virginia')
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented inactivation/transfer events on this hull: (1) final USN decommissioning 3 November 1960 'at Portsmouth, Va.' (DANFS) - Portsmouth, Virginia is the site of Norfolk Naval Shipyard; (2) Brazilian incorporation 20 July 1961 at the Arsenal de Marinha de Norfolk, Portsmouth - the Norfolk Naval Arsenal is Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NGB). Both events place the hull at the Norfolk yard establishment for reserve-fleet inactivation and foreign-handover work. No asbestos scope is recorded for either event. The 1946 and 1951 San Diego decommissioning/recommissioning and 1943-44 shakedown were fleet activities, not documented yard availabilities.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1960-1961
- Population
- Norfolk Naval Shipyard inactivation/transfer workforce 1960-61; crew
- Limitations
- Documents inactivation/transfer events on this hull only - no source records asbestos scope, quantity, or removal/installation for either Portsmouth/Norfolk event. Portsmouth-VA-to-Norfolk-Naval-Shipyard assignment is documented via NGB's 'Arsenal de Marinha de Norfolk' wording, not conflated with Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (Kittery, ME). Yard-level asbestos documentation for Norfolk Naval Shipyard exists in the Atlas dataset but is yard context, not a hull finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hailey-dd556-04
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[6]Fletcher-class profile (class-c/fletcher-class.class.json) machinery and era data + builder-yard lineage (Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp., organized by Todd Seattle Dry Docks with General Construction Co.; 45 destroyers built; renamed Todd Pacific Shipyards June 1944 - per MOHAI/Archives West collection descriptions; the yard is not an Atlas shipyards.json entry) [other_primary]
- Locator
- class-c/fletcher-class.class.json (propulsion block); MOHAI digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu id 19275 and Archives West xv617157 (yard history); shipyards.json (absence of Seattle-Tacoma entry)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/yard inference: a WWII Fletcher-class destroyer with a four-boiler steam plant (class standard: 4 Babcock & Wilcox boilers, geared steam turbines, 60,000 shp) would have carried period-standard asbestos insulation, lagging, gaskets, packing, fireproofing, and deck coverings. The builder yard - Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp., Seattle (the expanded Todd Dry Docks Harbor Island plant, YN 13) - was the West Coast's largest destroyer producer (45 hulls); it is NOT an Atlas shipyards.json entry, though its parent corporate line (Todd Shipyards Corporation) is covered by the dataset's aggregate 'todd-shipyards' record.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1942-1961
- Population
- Seattle-Tacoma construction trades 1942-43 (yard peak employment ~28,000 per secondary accounts); crew 1943-61
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding. No class-level insulation specification or BuShips material schedule was located for the Fletcher class; Seattle-Tacoma/Todd Pacific yard-level asbestos documentation specific to the wartime destroyer-construction period was not located in public sources. Does not quantify material or establish any individual's exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hailey-dd556-05
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[7]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2 (full text blocked, HTTP 403)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented that the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships and did not begin substituting alternative insulation materials until the early 1970s - placing this hull's entire U.S. service life (construction 1942-43 through final USN decommissioning 1960 and loan 1961) inside the documented asbestos-use era.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. Full report text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hailey-dd556-06
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[8]Kelly et al. v. CBS Corporation et al., No. 3:11-cv-03240-VC (N.D. Cal.), Order granting dismissal with prejudice of asbestos-exposure claims on or after Dec. 5, 1980 as to defendant Puget Sound Commerce Center, Inc., f/k/a Todd Shipyards Corporation (filed 2015-05-19) [court_record]
- Locator
- Kelly v. CBS 3:11-cv-03240-VC (N.D. Cal.), Doc. 182 order text; Wineland v. Air & Liquid Systems MSJ order (brownsims.com PDF mirror)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Builder-yard successor litigation context: the corporate successor of this hull's builder (Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. -> Todd Pacific Shipyards -> Todd Shipyards Corporation -> Puget Sound Commerce Center, now Vigor Shipyards at Harbor Island) appears as a named premises defendant in federal asbestos litigation; this 2015 order resolves a stipulation dismissing post-December-5-1980 exposure claims against the entity, implying pre-1980 asbestos-exposure claims against the yard entity remained/pled in the case. Wineland v. Air and Liquid Systems (N.D. Cal.) separately pleads asbestos exposure of a worker during a 1974 Todd Shipyards overhaul of USS Tuscaloosa (different hull).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1974-2015 (litigation window)
- Population
- Todd Shipyards workers/crew (premises-defendant posture)
- Limitations
- Yard-corporate context only - these dockets concern the builder's successor entity as a premises defendant, not materials aboard DD-556. The Kelly order is a stipulated dismissal resolving only post-1980 claims; it does not adjudicate exposure. Wineland names a different vessel (LST-1187). Establishes that the builder's successor faced asbestos premises claims; establishes nothing about this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hailey-dd556-07
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[9]NARA-indexed still photo for this hull: 19-N-53895, 'Hailey (DD 556), Puget Sound, 25 October 1943' (indexed via Destroyer History Foundation Fletcher-class page); standard Navy record series apply (WWII war diaries; RG 24 deck logs 1943-60; BuShips RG 19 material/specification files) [other_primary]
- Locator
- destroyerhistory.org Fletcher-class USS Hailey photo page (NARA 19-N-53895); RG 24/RG 19 series at NARA; UW/MOHAI Todd collections
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival lead: NARA holds at least one indexed still photograph for this hull (19-N-53895, Puget Sound, 25 October 1943), and the standard Navy record series (WWII war diaries; RG 24 deck logs covering 1943-1960; BuShips RG 19 General Information Books and material/specification files) are the retrievable path for any hull-level materials documentation. Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding/Todd Pacific corporate records persist as archival collections (MOHAI/University of Washington; Archives West xv617157).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1942-1961 (record coverage)
- Limitations
- Lead only - records indexed but not retrieved or examined; content unknown. Existence of photographs and deck logs does not indicate materials or asbestos content; no deck-log, RG 19 GIB, or yard-archive pull performed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hailey-dd556-08
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[10]CourtListener exact-name and hull-number sweep: "USS Hailey", "U.S.S. Hailey", "aboard the Hailey", "Hailey" + asbestos, "DD-556" [court_record]
- Locator
- cl-auth-search.py runs at ~11:55, ~12:10, ~12:25, ~12:40, ~12:50 CDT 2026-09-27 - all paced
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- BLOCKED - the CourtListener fleet-wide pacing budget (~114 req/hr shared across sessions) was exhausted at every spaced attempt through the session (five tries over ~55 minutes; helper returned 'COURTLISTENER PACING' exit 2 each time); the authenticated sweep could not be completed. Independent web litigation searches returned only marketing/class-pattern pages (shepardlawfirm.com dedicated DD-556 page; navyshipexposure.com class-pattern page; mesothelioma.com destroyer list) and a non-citable crew-family forum comment (koreanwar.org, engine-room service 1956-57, mesothelioma) - no court records. DD-556 is the only USS Hailey, so hull ambiguity is low, but 'Hailey' is a plaintiff surname and an Idaho city - future hits require collision screening.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- The CourtListener sweep is a hard batch requirement and remains unfinished - this row records the block, not a completed sweep. No qualifying asbestos litigation naming DD-556 was located by any channel reached today; absence of a completed sweep is not a negative litigation finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hailey-dd556-09
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[11]Batch-3527 search ledger (this record): DANFS verbatim transcriptions (ibiblio + hazegray/Wayback, identical); NavSource via Wayback; NGB naval.com.br Brazilian record; MOHAI/Archives West yard history; EPA Harbor Island NPL profile; independent web litigation sweep; CourtListener (blocked) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-hailey-dd556-01 through sl-uss-hailey-dd556-11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for DD-556: no hull ACM survey, no abatement record, no materials inventory, no museum hazmat disclosure (the hull was foreign-transferred 1961 and reportedly sunk as a target c.1982, so neither a U.S. museum channel nor a domestic scrapping-disclosure record exists), and no asbestos case naming this hull was located by independent web search; the CourtListener sweep is recorded as blocked/pending (ev-09).
- 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 - era-standard applications are documented at class/era level (ev-05, ev-06). The 1961-1982 Brazilian custody period carries undocumented material history (overhauls, modifications, disposal outside U.S. records). Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hailey-dd556-10