USS HALL (DD-583)

Evidence

9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).

1. [1]DANFS, Hall (DD-583) (namesake biography, construction milestones, full service narrative, reserve/transfer, eight battle stars; verbatim Tin Can Sailors/destroyers.org transcription, March 2016 edition - live NHHC page and ibiblio/hazegray mirrors unreachable) [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   destroyers.org DD-583 page, 'USS HALL DD-583 Ship History' section (DANFS March 2016); corroborating verbatim transcription at globalsecurity.org/military/agency/navy/dd-583.htm

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   DANFS record for this hull: named for Lt. Elijah Hall (born Raynham, Mass., 8 December 1742; Lieutenant, Continental Navy, 14 June 1777, frigate Ranger under John Paul Jones; captured at Charleston 12 May 1780; died Portsmouth, N.H., 22 June 1830). Laid down by Boston Navy Yard 16 April 1942; launched 18 July 1942, sponsored by Mrs. Elizabeth Williams Greenleaf, great-granddaughter of Lt. Hall; commissioned 6 July 1943, Comdr. J. F. Delaney in command. East Coast shakedown; Norfolk from 28 September 1943; 5 November 1943 departed with Halligan and Macomb to escort battleship Iowa carrying President Roosevelt to the Tehran Conference (relieved near Gibraltar 17 November; escort/antisubmarine duty off western Africa to 6 December; rejoined Iowa for the return voyage). Pacific from January 1944: Taroa bombardment 30 January; Burnet/Engebi/Parry Island landings February; took two 6-inch shells close aboard off Wotje 4 April 1944 (one sailor killed); Marianas oiler-escort duty; Seeadler Harbor August 1944; Leyte Gulf 7 December; Mindoro Attack Group, Mangarin Bay landings 15 December; Oldendorf support force for Lingayen Gulf, January 1945 kamikaze campaign (Ommaney Bay lost 4 January); Iwo Jima UDT/minesweeper cover from 16 February; Okinawa with TF 54 from 25 March (torpedo boats driven off 30 March; two aircraft downed 6 April); rescued 48 Twiggs survivors after that destroyer's mine strike 16 June. Detached 23 June 1945; in overhaul status at San Pedro, Calif., at the Japanese surrender. Decommissioned 10 December 1946 at San Diego; Pacific Reserve Fleet at Long Beach. Taken out of reserve 2 December 1959; after a training period, loaned to Greece under the Military Assistance Program 9 February 1960, serving as Lonchi (D-56). Eight battle stars for World War II service.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-27

   Study period

   1942-1960

   Population

   Boston Navy Yard construction trades 1942-43; wartime crew (design complement 273); reserve-fleet caretakers 1946-59

   Limitations

   DANFS documents namesake, construction milestones, service history, and transfer - not materials or asbestos content. The verbatim transcription contains uncorrected typographical errors ('toy Boston Navy Yard', 'Halllgan', 'gums', 'LonoM' - all reproduced as-is from the source). The transcription ends 'where she now serves as Lonchi (D-56)' - it predates the 1975 U.S. striking and 1990 Greek decommissioning; a second verbatim transcription (globalsecurity.org) carries an editor's addendum covering striking (1 September 1975), Greek striking (10 October 1990), and 'reported laid up in Souda Bay, Crete as of January 1998'. Mirror transcriptions cited because the live NHHC page returns 404 on all URL forms tried and hazegray/ibiblio are unreachable or lack the page.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-hall-dd583-01

2. [2]NavSource Naval History destroyer photo index, USS Hall (DD-583) - operational/building data, machinery, decommissioning/stricken dates, fate, photo captions (live navsource.org fetch failed; Wayback capture 2024-05-26 used) [other_primary]

   Locator

   NavSource DD-583 page, class/data block, 'Operational and Building Data', 'Fate' line, Greek-service photo captions (Wayback capture 20240526032203)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NavSource data block for this hull: class Fletcher as built; displacement 2,924 tons full; 376'5" oa x 39'7" x 13'9" max; machinery '60,000 SHP; General Electric Geared Turbines, 2 screws' - hull-level confirmation that this Boston Navy Yard-built Fletcher carried the class-typical GE geared turbine fit; speed 38 knots; range 6,500 NM at 15 knots; crew 273; call sign NAPY. Operational data: laid down by Boston Navy Yard 16 April 1942; launched 18 July 1942; commissioned 6 July 1943; decommissioned 10 December 1946; stricken 1 September 1975; 'To Greece February 9 1960, renamed Lonchi. Stricken October 10 1990.' Fate: 'scrapped in 1997 at Aliaga, Turkey.' Photo captions document the hull in mothballs at Long Beach (alongside USS Charles J. Badger, Stemble, Wiley, Hudson), Greek service as HNS Lonchi (Aegean; Valletta, Malta c.1968), all six Greek Fletcher-class destroyers at Salamis Naval Base 31 August 1979, and 'HNS Lonchi, D-56, ex-USS Hall, DD 583, moored at Souda naval Base, 1995, waiting to be towed for scrapping.' Commanding officers: CDR John Francis Delaney Jr. (6 Jul 1943 - 19 May 1944), CDR Laurence Charles Baldauf (19 May 1944 - 31 May 1945), LCDR John Daly Pye Hodapp Jr. (31 May 1945 - ?).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-27

   Study period

   1942-1997

   Population

   Crew 1943-46; reserve-fleet maintenance staff 1946-59; Hellenic Navy crew 1960-90; Aliağa dismantling workforce 1997

   Limitations

   Secondary photographic-history compilation, not an official record - carried for the hull-level turbine maker (GE), stricken dates, the Souda Bay 1995 laid-up caption, and the Aliağa 1997 scrapping fate line. Its crew figure (273 vs. the 329 DANFS-era wartime figure) diverges - documented in gaps. Contains no asbestos information.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-hall-dd583-02

3. [3]Hellenic Navy official website, 'Destroyer type FLETCHER - Lonchi D-56 (1960-1990)' page (live hellenicnavy.gr returns HTTP 403; Wayback capture 2011-09-27 used) [museum_official]

   Locator

   hellenicnavy.gr/logxi60_90_en.asp (Old Ships > Destroyer: Lonchi D-56 (1960-1990)), Wayback capture 20110927082028

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Official Hellenic Navy record for this hull's post-USN custody: 'Former USS HALL DD583 FLEET DESTROYER Fletcher class.' Dimensions 114.6 x 12 x 5.5 m; displacement 2,100/3,050 tons; propulsion 60,000 shp; speed 35 knots; armament in Greek service listed as four 5-inch/38 guns, three 3-inch/50 rapid-fire twin guns, one quintuple surface torpedo tube, two triple ASW torpedo tubes, Hedgehog launchers and depth charges. 'One of four of the same class, the others being ASPIS, SFENDONI and VELOS, offered by the U.S.N during 1959-60. She was accepted on February 9th 1960 by Cdr C.Moschos HN in Long Beach, California Naval Base. Decommissioned on October 1st 1990.'

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-27

   Study period

   1960-1990

   Population

   Hellenic Navy crew 1960-1990

   Limitations

   Official operator source for the Greek-service phase; a summary page only - no machinery maker, no materials or hazmat content, no maintenance/abatement disclosure. The Greek-service armament fit (4 x 5in, 3 x 3in/50 twin, Hedgehog, Mk-32 TT) confirms post-transfer modification from the as-built U.S. fit; scope and material consequences of any Greek refits are undocumented.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-hall-dd583-03

4. [4]DANFS-derived machinery data (Fletcher class; NavSource hull-level GE geared turbines) + Fletcher class profile (class-c/fletcher-class.class.json): 4 Babcock & Wilcox boilers, 60,000 shp + Atlas shipyard dataset, Boston Naval Shipyard record (tier 3; John Crane gasket/sealing product-identification, Tex. App. 2003) [other_primary]

   Locator

   DANFS-derived machinery data; shipyards.json record 'boston-naval-shipyard'; class-c/fletcher-class.class.json propulsion data and class_notes

   Finding type

   asbestos_application

   Finding

   Era/yard inference: a Fletcher-class destroyer built 1942-43 at Boston Navy Yard with a four-boiler, 60,000-shp steam plant (NavSource records General Electric geared turbines for this hull; the class profile and navypedia carry 4 Babcock & Wilcox boilers as the class fit) would have carried period-standard asbestos insulation, lagging, gaskets, packing, fireproofing, and deck coverings; builder Boston Naval Shipyard (Charlestown) is documented at yard level in the Atlas dataset - including a litigation product-identification record for John Crane gaskets and sealing materials at the yard (In re John Crane, Inc., Tex. App. 1st Dist. 2003). The identical machinery plant across the 175-ship class makes the insulation regime strongly class-determined, but no hull-specific material schedule was located.

   Verification

   inferred

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-27

   Study period

   1942-1990

   Population

   Boston Navy Yard construction trades 1942-43; crew 1943-46; reserve-fleet caretakers 1946-59; Hellenic Navy 1960-90

   Limitations

   Class/era and builder-yard inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding. The Boston yard record is an allegation-level appellate product identification, weaker than a survey, and is not dated to this hull's construction window. No class-level insulation specification or BuShips material schedule was located for the Fletcher class (class-c profile negative finding). Does not quantify material or establish any individual's exposure.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-hall-dd583-04

5. [5]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]

   Locator

   GAO product page HRD-80-2

   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 construction (1942-43), entire U.S. commissioned service (1943-46), and reserve-fleet custody (1946-59) entirely inside the documented asbestos-use era. Hellenic Navy service (1960-90) and Turkish dismantling (1997) are outside the U.S. program's coverage; material state under Greek and breakers' custody is undocumented.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-27

   Study period

   1979 (report); applies to this hull's 1942-1959 U.S. life cycle

   Population

   Navy shipyard workers; Navy asbestos program review

   Limitations

   Program-level U.S. Navy documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull, and says nothing about Greek-service or scrapping-era material handling. Full report text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403) - content via product-page description, consistent with batch-01 and class-c handling.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-hall-dd583-05

6. [6]NGO Shipbreaking Platform, 'Ship Recycling in Turkey' sector report (Dec 2023); NavSource DD-583 fate line ('scrapped in 1997 at Aliaga, Turkey'); NGO Platform 'Fate of Shipbreaking Wastes in Turkey' (2009) [other_primary]

   Locator

   shipbreakingplatform.org Turkey report 2023 (sector assessment); NavSource DD-583 'Fate' line and 1995 Souda Bay photo caption

   Finding type

   environmental_record

   Finding

   End-phase context: this hull was dismantled at Aliağa, Turkey, in 1997 (NavSource; a 1995 NavSource photo caption shows her at Souda Bay, Crete, 'waiting to be towed for scrapping'). The NGO Shipbreaking Platform's sector reports document that Aliağa's shipbreaking yards have raised persistent concerns for 'worker exposure to asbestos and other toxics' and that hazardous-waste regulation and EU-aligned inventory requirements postdate the 1997 dismantling - the yard sector is documented for asbestos exposure risk, but no inventory of hazardous materials, abatement manifest, or hull-specific hazmat record exists for ex-Lonchi/ex-Hall.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   context_only

   Accessed

   2026-09-27

   Study period

   1997 (dismantling); 2009-2023 (sector documentation)

   Population

   Aliağa shipbreaking workforce 1997 (sector-level, not hull-linked)

   Limitations

   Context only - sector-level documentation of the dismantling location, not a hull-specific finding. No IHM, hazmat manifest, or asbestos survey exists for this vessel's 1997 scrapping; the reports postdate the event by 12+ years and describe the sector, not this ship. Does not establish that any particular worker was exposed to material from this hull.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-hall-dd583-06

7. [7]CourtListener API v4 litigation sweep (authenticated via cl-auth-search.py): exact-name, hull-number, and Greek-name queries across opinion and RECAP docket indexes [court_record]

   Locator

   search_ledger rows sl-uss-hall-dd583-04 through -07

   Finding type

   litigation_documented

   Finding

   CourtListener sweep for this hull: completed queries returned zero qualifying results - "USS Hall"+asbestos (type=o): count=0; "USS Hall" "DD-583" (type=o): count=0; "DD-583" (type=o): count=0; "DD-583" (type=r RECAP dockets): 4 hits, all name collisions reviewed and non-qualifying (United States v. Eppenger 2:11-cr-00412 D. Nev., criminal forfeiture; Washington v. PJ National Holdings 1:22-cv-01923 E.D.N.Y., FLSA restaurant case; Rainsy v. Facebook 3:18-mc-80024 N.D. Cal., 28 U.S.C. 1782 discovery; Laurel Park Community v. City of Tumwater 3:09-cv-05312 W.D. Wash., civil rights - 'DD-583' appears in these as OCR/form noise, not vessel references). Bare "USS Hall" opinion and docket queries and a "Lonchi" opinion sweep were attempted on multiple spaced occasions and blocked by the fleet-wide pacing budget each time - logged as blocked in the search_ledger, not counted as a negative result.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   negative_finding

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-27

   Study period

   2026-09-27

   Limitations

   CourtListener indexes federal and many state opinions and RECAP dockets but is not exhaustive - state trial-court filings, MDL-875 complaint vessel lists not indexed in searchable text, and pre-digital-era dockets may be missed. 'Hall' is a high-collision name (a common surname, and other Navy hulls share it: USS Earle B. Hall APD-107, USS Halligan DD-584); the completed qualified queries are clean zeros, but the unrun bare-name sweeps leave residual docket-text risk - carried in gaps. Greek-language litigation naming Lonchi is outside CourtListener's corpus entirely. A zero result means no indexed litigation naming the hull was located, not that none exists.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-hall-dd583-07

8. [8]Batch-3555 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS (live 404; destroyers.org and globalsecurity.org verbatim transcriptions used); NavSource via Wayback (live fetch failed); official Hellenic Navy Lonchi page via Wayback (live 403); navypedia SFENDONI class table; NVR; GAO HRD-80-2; Atlas shipyard dataset; Fletcher class profile; CourtListener authenticated API; NGO Shipbreaking Platform Turkey reports; general web sweep (English and Greek) [other_primary]

   Locator

   search_ledger rows sl-uss-hall-dd583-01 through -13

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for DD-583: no hull ACM survey, no abatement or removal record for the 1942-43 build, the wartime availabilities, the August 1945 San Pedro overhaul, the 1946 inactivation, the 1946-59 Long Beach reserve custody, the December 1959-February 1960 reactivation and transfer work-up, the thirty years of Hellenic Navy service (1960-90), or the 1997 Aliağa dismantling; and no asbestos case naming this hull in the completed CourtListener corpus queries. Independent web searches (English and Greek) returned only marketing/class-pattern pages (asbestos-ships.com and shepardlawfirm.com dedicated DD-583 pages; simmonsfirm.com and mesolawcenter.com destroyer lists) - all excluded per sourcing rules.

   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-04, ev-05), and the hull was dismantled in a sector documented for worker asbestos exposure (ev-06), but no hull-specific materials record exists for any lifecycle phase. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-hall-dd583-08

9. [9]NARA archival leads: Bureau of Naval Personnel logbooks collection (National Archives Identifier 594258, 'Logbooks of the U.S. Navy Ships and Stations, 1941-1978' - standard per-hull deck-log series, partially digitized; USS Hall DD-583 confirmed among requestable deck logs per Golden Arrow Research's NARA deck-log list) and RG 19 'General Information Books' per-vessel material specifications (lead per class profile) [other_primary]

   Locator

   Golden Arrow Research NARA deck-log list (USS Hall DD-583 listed); RG 19 GIB lead per class-c Fletcher profile

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   Archival holdings exist for this hull: the DD-583 deck-log series in the standard NARA Bureau of Naval Personnel logbooks collection (series 594258, confirmed listed among requestable hulls) and, as a lead, the RG 19 Bureau of Ships 'General Information Books' per-vessel material specifications - the likeliest surviving source for a hull-level material schedule. None was retrieved; catalog.archives.gov returns a JS SPA shell to automated fetch.

   Verification

   unverified

   Role

   archival_lead

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-27

   Study period

   1943-1946 (U.S. record coverage)

   Population

   Crew recorded in deck logs 1943-46

   Limitations

   Archival lead only - the deck-log series is confirmed to include this hull but contents were not reviewed; deck logs document operations and personnel, not materials content. The GIB lead is class-consistent but unverified for this specific hull.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-hall-dd583-09