Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]DANFS, Haraden I (Destroyer No. 183/DD-183) (verbatim transcription via hazegray mirror; live NHHC page serves 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Service narrative, final two paragraphs
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS records Haraden recommissioned at Philadelphia 4 December 1939; shakedown at Guantanamo Bay; Neutrality Patrol in Cuban waters; return to Newport, R.I., 6 March 1940; patrol off Block Island and Nantucket Shoals; three training cruises in Chesapeake Bay; arrival at Boston Navy Yard 7 September 1940 as one of the 50 over-age destroyers exchanged for bases; sailed 18 September for Halifax; decommissioned there for transfer to the British 24 September 1940; name struck from the Navy List 8 January 1941. Assigned to Canada as HMCS Columbia: convoy duty including SC-48 (October 1941); New York-St. John's escort after U.S. entry; struck a cliff off Newfoundland 25 February 1944; made watertight and used as a fuel and ammunition hulk in Nova Scotia; returned to War Assets Administration for disposal August 1945 and sold for scrapping.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- Documents yard presence (Norfolk Navy Yard commissioning, New York overhaul, Philadelphia decommissioning and recommissioning, Boston Navy Yard pre-transfer availability) and the destroyers-for-bases transfer; does not describe materials removed or installed during those periods and does not establish asbestos work or exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-haraden-dd183-02
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[2]Government of Canada / Royal Canadian Navy, Ships' Histories, 'HMCS Columbia (1st of Name) (I49) / Town-class Destroyer' (drawn from Macpherson & Barrie, The Ships of Canada's Naval Forces, 1910-2002) [other_primary]
- Locator
- HMCS Columbia (1st of Name) narrative and specification fields
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official Royal Canadian Navy ship history for HMCS Columbia (1st of Name, I49, Town-class destroyer) records: builder Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. Ltd., Newport News, Va.; laid down 30 March 1918; launched 4 July 1918; commissioned into the RCN 24 September 1940 at Halifax; local escort duty; departure for the U.K. 15 January 1941 for Escort Group 4, Greenock; Newfoundland Escort Force June 1941; Western Local Escort Force March 1942; January 1943 tow of HMS Caldwell 370 miles to Halifax; major refit at Saint John 1 February-20 May 1943; EG W-4 and W-10 service; 25 February 1944 collision with a cliff in Motion Bay, Newfoundland; watertight repairs at Bay Bulls completed May 1944; September 1944 transfer to Liverpool, N.S., as an ammunition storage hulk; paid off into reserve at Sydney and sold for scrap. Data fields give: date paid off 17 March 1944; displacement 1,086.2 tonnes; dimensions 95.8 m x 9.3 m x 2.6 m; speed 28 knots; crew 153; armament four 4-inch guns and twelve 21-inch torpedo tubes.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- Official RCN service record; does not describe materials or asbestos content. The page's own data field 'Date paid off: 17 March 1944' conflicts with its narrative of hulk service into September 1944 and sale in 1945 - carried in gaps. Crew figure 153 reflects RCN fit, not the U.S. design complement.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-haraden-dd183-03
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[3]DANFS specification block, Haraden I (DD-183): 'cl. Wickes'; RCN ship history, HMCS Columbia I49: 'Wickes Class Destroyer (USN)' [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS specification block; canada.ca HMCS Columbia heading
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Metadata correction: the batch primary manifest lists this hull's class as 'Hopkins.' The DANFS specification block for DD-183 gives class Wickes, and the official RCN ship history identifies her as a Wickes-class (USN) / Town-class (RCN) destroyer. 'Hopkins' is not a destroyer class; USS Hopkins was DD-249, a different flush-deck hull. Corrected class: Wickes.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- Corrects a manifest metadata field only; it is not evidence about materials aboard the hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-haraden-dd183-04
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[4]National Archives, Ship Plan Index, HARADEN DD-183 entry [other_primary]
- Locator
- HARADEN DD-183 row, RG 19, Microfilm series, NAID 175669319
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's Ship Plan Index lists HARADEN, DD-183, in Record Group 19 under the Microfilm series (NAID 175669319). The collection is a lead for examining ship-specific drawings, including any available insulation and piping plans. The index shows no Alphabetical Ship Drawings entry for DD-183 (the separate HARADEN DD-585 index entry is a different hull).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- The index establishes holdings, not the contents of individual drawings. No Haraden drawing or material schedule was retrieved or reviewed; the index is not evidence of asbestos aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-haraden-dd183-05
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[5]National Archives, 'Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961' [other_primary]
- Locator
- Beginning Research; General Information Books; Cartographic Branch; Other Records and their usefulness
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- NARA's research guide describes potential asbestos-relevant Navy record groups for the 1941-1961 period, including RG 19 Bureau of Ships correspondence and destroyer General Information Books, and S39 insulation/lagging and S48 piping drawings. It states that deck logs and muster rolls do not directly show asbestos aboard ships.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- This is a research guide, not a Haraden material record. Its stated 1941-1961 scope postdates this hull's U.S. Navy service (ended September 1940), so its principal record series overlap only her 1939-40 recommissioned period at most. It does not show that a Haraden General Information Book exists or that this ship contained asbestos.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-haraden-dd183-06
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[6]Atlas shipyard dataset, shipyards.json record 'newport-news-shipbuilding' (yard-level product list and litigation findings) [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipyards.json, yard_id 'newport-news-shipbuilding', asbestos_products_documented and evidence rows
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/yard context: Haraden is a 1918-built Wickes-class steam destroyer; the Atlas shipyard dataset documents asbestos products at her builder, Newport News Shipbuilding (Kaylo insulation, Unibestos, Johns-Manville products, raw asbestos mud; yard evidence tier 1), including litigation by yard workers. This establishes that asbestos use is documented at the builder yard level, not aboard this specific hull.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- Builder-yard inference only. Yard-level product documentation does not establish what was installed aboard this hull, and the yard's documented litigation postdates Haraden's 1918-19 construction by decades. No ship-specific asbestos finding is made from this row.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-haraden-dd183-07
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[7]U.S. GAO, HRD-80-2, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure (1979) [gao]
- Locator
- Highlights, paragraphs 1-2
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- The 1979 GAO review documents asbestos insulation policy and exposure concerns across Navy shipbuilding and repair, with fieldwork at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards. This is program-level context only.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- GAO studied Navy policy decades after Haraden's 1940 transfer out of U.S. service and did not examine this hull. It cannot establish this ship's materials, exposures, or repair work. gao.gov blocks automated fetches (403); the product-page description is the cited text.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-haraden-dd183-08
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[8]Negative result from DANFS, canada.ca RCN ship history, NARA Ship Plan Index, NARA asbestos research guide, GAO HRD-80-2, and the Atlas shipyard dataset; see search_ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- Search ledger sl-uss-haraden-dd183-01 through sl-uss-haraden-dd183-08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official sources and catalog entries reviewed for this record did not yield a ship-specific asbestos survey, product schedule, abatement record, or material finding for Haraden (DD-183) or HMCS Columbia. Asbestos presence aboard this hull remains unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- This is a bounded search result, not proof that asbestos was absent. Underlying NARA microfilm drawings, any Haraden General Information Book, and Canadian refit, repair, and disposal work packages were not obtained. 1918-1921 U.S. Navy construction records and RCN-era records are outside the scope of most readily available asbestos documentation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-haraden-dd183-09
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[9]CourtListener authenticated API v4 search response via fleet helper, exact-name opinion query; subsequent helper pacing messages [court_record]
- Locator
- Search count 0; search ledger sl-uss-haraden-dd183-09 through sl-uss-haraden-dd183-12
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- An authenticated CourtListener API v4 opinion search for the exact phrase 'USS Haraden' returned HTTP 200 with count 0. Hull-number opinion and exact-name and hull-number docket searches were blocked by the fleet pacing guard or not run. No qualifying asbestos litigation finding can be made from this incomplete sweep.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- The zero count applies only to the exact-name opinion query, not to dockets, hull-number variants, or all litigation; 'USS Haraden' alone would also capture DD-585 (Fletcher class). Pacing prevented the remaining queries; this does not prove that no asbestos complaint or opinion exists naming this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-haraden-dd183-10
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[10]DANFS, Haraden I (Destroyer No. 183/DD-183) (verbatim transcription via hazegray mirror; live NHHC page serves 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Specifications block and service narrative, paragraphs 1-3
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS identifies Haraden (DD-183) as a Wickes-class destroyer built by Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Newport News, Va.; launched 4 July 1918, sponsored by Miss Mabel B. Stephens; commissioned at Norfolk Navy Yard 7 June 1919, Lt. Comdr. R. H. Booth in command. Specification block: displacement 1,060; length 314'5"; beam 31'8"; draft 8'6"; speed 35 knots; complement 101; armament 4 4-inch guns, 4 21-inch torpedo tubes, 1 depth charge projector; class Wickes. Service narrative: Adriatic duty 1919 (Spalato; station ship Trieste and Fiume); reserve destroyer divisions out of Charleston April 1920-March 1921; overhaul at New York ending 2 May 1921; Philadelphia April 1922; decommissioned 17 July 1922.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- Documents identity, builder, specifications, and service history; does not describe materials, asbestos content, or the wartime crew count. The complement figure 101 is the DANFS design specification, not an actual muster. Live NHHC DANFS page for DD-183 returned 404 on 2026-09-26 under all common slug variants; verbatim transcription mirror cited.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-haraden-dd183-01