Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]research packet fv-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-hale-dd642-pkt-fv-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Hale II (DD-642) (specifications block, builder, service narrative, 1961 transfer; verbatim transcription - live NHHC page serves 404; Wayback capture 2024-12-10 confirms identical text) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications block + full service narrative; canonical NHHC URL https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/h/hale-ii.html (404 on access date; Wayback 20241210024513)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: Fletcher class per specifications block (dp. 2,050; 376'6" x 39'7" x 13'; 35 kt; cpl. 273; 5 x 5", 10 x 40mm, 7 x 20mm, 10 x 21" tt., 6 dcp.). Launched 4 April 1943 by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine; sponsored by Mrs. G. H. Chase (granddaughter of namesake Sen. Eugene Hale); commissioned at Boston 15 June 1943, Comdr. Karl F. Poehlmann. WWII: Gilberts (Tarawa/Betio), Marshalls, Hollandia, Marianas/Guam, Leyte Gulf (Dulag; joined Sprague's escort carriers after Samar), Okinawa, TF 38 strikes on Japan incl. Hamamatsu bombardment 29 July 1945; Tokyo Bay 16 September 1945; decommissioned San Diego 15 January 1947. Recommissioned at Long Beach 24 March 1951; Newport, R.I. home port; 6th Fleet Mediterranean 1952; modernization overhaul at Philadelphia September 1953-January 1954; two world cruises (1954, 1958); Suez-crisis deployment 1956-57; experimental ASW work with nuclear submarines; decommissioned at Boston 30 July 1960; transferred to Colombia 23 January 1961 under the Military Assistance Program, serving as Antioquia (DD-01). Six WWII battle stars.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1942-1961 (USN custody); entry published circa 1970s
- Population
- Bath Iron Works construction trades 1942-43; wartime and postwar crew (design complement 273); Colombian Navy crew 1961-1973
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content; no laid-down date is given. Transcription mirror cited because the live NHHC page returns 404 (Wayback capture of 2024-12-10 confirms identical text). A typographical slip in the source reads 'returned to Newport 26 February 1959' inside the August 1959-February 1960 Mediterranean paragraph - the correct year is 1960.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hale-dd642-01
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[3]NavSource Naval History, USS Hale (DD-642) page - Operational and Building Data block + photo captions (Wayback capture 2025-01-23; live navsource.org fetch failed) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource DD-642 page, 'Operational and Building Data' block + photo caption 'Mare Island February 8 1945'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Secondary compilation for this hull: laid down by Bath Iron Works, Bath ME, 23 November 1942; launched 4 April 1943; commissioned 15 June 1943; decommissioned 15 January 1947; recommissioned 24 March 1951; decommissioned 30 July 1960; 'To Colombia December 5 1960, renamed Antioquia'; stricken (U.S. Navy list) 2 June 1975; fate 'Stricken December 20 1973 and broken up for scrap' (Colombian strike). Class line: 'FLETCHER As Built'; machinery 60,000 shp, GE geared turbines, 2 screws, 38 kt; crew 273. Photo captions place the hull at Mare Island 8 February 1945 (consistent with the DANFS San Francisco arrival 22 December 1944 - a yard-period location; scope undocumented).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1942-1975
- Population
- Bath Iron Works construction trades 1942-43; Colombian scrapping trades circa 1973
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation, not a primary source: build/launch/commissioning dates cross-verify against DANFS, but the laid-down date, both stricken dates, and the Colombian scrapping are NavSource-only in this record. Colombia-transfer date conflicts with DANFS (1960-12-05 vs 1961-01-23) - carried in gaps. Mare Island presence is a photo-caption lead, not a work-scope record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hale-dd642-02
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[4]DANFS specifications block (Fletcher class; 35 kt) + Atlas shipyard dataset, Bath Iron Works record (1942 Drinker/Harvard industrial-hygiene study, PMID 21016030) + GAO HRD-80-2 (Navy asbestos era); NARA RG19 General Information Books archival lead [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS specifications block; shipyards.json record 'bath-iron-works' (ev-bath-iron-works-02, PMID 21016030); gao.gov/products/hrd-80-2; class profile fletcher-class (class-c worktree)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/yard inference: a Fletcher-class destroyer built 1942-43 with a four-boiler geared-steam plant would have carried period-standard asbestos insulation, lagging, gaskets, packing, and fireproofing; all 175 Fletcher hulls (built 1941-44) fall inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era (GAO HRD-80-2: substitution of alternative insulation materials did not begin until the early 1970s). Builder Bath Iron Works is documented at yard level in the Atlas dataset (tier 2), including the 1942 Drinker/Harvard study of pipe-covering-shop dust risk conducted while this hull was on the ways. Documented pre-substitution-era yard events aboard this hull: a modernization overhaul at Philadelphia (September 1953-January 1954, DANFS) and a Mare Island presence February 1945 (NavSource photo caption) - insulation-disturbance scope of both is undocumented. NARA RG19 'General Information Books' holding 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
- 1942-1960 (USN custody)
- Population
- Bath Iron Works construction trades 1942-43; crew 1943-47, 1951-60; yard workers at Mare Island 1944-45 and Philadelphia 1953-54 availabilities
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - NOT a ship-specific finding; no material schedule, survey, or work order for DD-642 was located. Yard-level asbestos documentation characterizes the workplace, not the as-built fit of this hull. Does not quantify material or establish any individual's exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hale-dd642-03
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[5]CourtListener API v4 sweep, all queries run 2026-09-27 via authenticated helper: "USS Hale" (opinions 0 hits; RECAP dockets 0 hits), "U.S.S. Hale" (opinions 0 hits), "aboard the Hale" OR "aboard USS Hale" (opinions 0 hits), "DD-642" (opinions 0 hits; RECAP dockets 3 hits - all identifier collisions) [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener search API v4 results (counts 0/0/0/0/0; docket hits 4326756, 4231467, 68117049)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener sweep returns no qualifying litigation and no vessel-name reference of any kind. Exact-phrase queries for "USS Hale" and "U.S.S. Hale" return zero opinions and zero RECAP dockets; "aboard the Hale"/"aboard USS Hale" return zero opinions; "DD-642" returns zero opinions and three dockets whose matches are identifier collisions in unrelated matters: SIPC v. Madoff (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 08-01789, SIPA liquidation), Harris v. Dayton Hudson (S.D. Fla. 0:00-cv-06107, nature of suit 442 civil-rights employment), and New York Times Co. v. Microsoft Corp. (S.D.N.Y. 1:23-cv-11195, nature of suit 820 copyright). The hull-number string appears inside docket-entry text (exhibit/document designations), not as a vessel reference. For collision discipline: the only other USS Hale (DD-133, Wickes class) left U.S. service 9 September 1940 (transferred to Britain as HMS Caldwell), so any post-1943 exposure allegation naming 'USS Hale' would resolve to DD-642 - none was located.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- Zero-hit sweep means no opinion or indexed docket text names this hull; it does not prove no case ever alleged exposure aboard - unindexed or non-digitized filings (including state-court complaints never removed to a RECAP-covered court) are outside the corpus. The three DD-642 docket matches were classified from returned metadata (court, nature-of-suit codes); the matching entry text is not exposed in the summary payload.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hale-dd642-04
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[6]Batch-3616 search ledger (this record): DANFS transcription + Wayback NHHC capture; NavSource DD-642 data block; Atlas shipyard dataset; CourtListener exact-name and hull-number queries; hazegray mirror attempt [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-hale-dd642-01 through sl-uss-hale-dd642-07
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for DD-642: no hull ACM survey, no abatement or remediation record, no custodian hazmat disclosure (hull foreign-transferred 1961 and scrapped - no museum surface exists), and no qualifying asbestos litigation; the CourtListener sweep found no reference to the vessel under name or hull number. Consistent with the Fletcher class profile finding (2026-09-17) that no qualifying ship-specific asbestos record exists for any Fletcher 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 - era-standard applications are documented at class/era level (ev-uss-hale-dd642-03). Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hale-dd642-05