Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]research packet fl-packet.md (5 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-harrison-dd573-pkt-fl-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Harrison II (DD-573) (builder, dates, full WWII service narrative, decommissioning/reserve; verbatim HazeGray DANFS transcription - live NHHC page serves 404; identical text verified against a 2022-09-10 Wayback capture of hazegray.org) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications block + full service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: launched by Consolidated Steel Co., Orange, Tex., 4 May 1942, sponsored by Mrs. Harry B. Hird; commissioned 25 January 1943, Comdr. C. M. Dalton in command. Shakedown Gulf of Mexico/Caribbean; New York 6 April and Charleston 8 April 1943; Casablanca convoy; ASW exercises with carrier Yorktown; to the Pacific with Lexington 22 July 1943 via Pearl Harbor (9 Aug); Solomons/Empress Augusta Bay, Gilberts (Tarawa, Makin), Marshalls (Kwajalein - sank a small tanker, close fire support from inside the lagoon), Kavieng strike 20 March 1944, Hollandia, Marianas/Guam landings, Morotai 15 September, Leyte assault 20 October 1944; arrived Mare Island 24 November 1944 and remained until 20 January 1945 (stateside availability); rejoined the fast carriers at Ulithi - TF 58/38 screening through the February 1945 Tokyo strikes (first mainland strikes since the Halsey-Doolittle raid), Iwo Jima support, Okinawa (two kamikazes downed 6 April), rode out the 5 June typhoon in which Pittsburgh lost her bow, repaired damage at Leyte 11 June; July-August strikes plus the 31 July Suruga Wan bombardment; Guam 26 August, Pearl Harbor 14 September, Boston 17 October 1945; Charleston 3 November; decommissioned 1 April 1946; placed in reserve and transferred to Orange, Tex. 11 battle stars. Spec block: dp. 2050; l. 376'2"; dr. 13'; b. 39'8"; s. 35 k.; cpl. 273; a. 5 5", 10 21" tt., 6 dcp, 2 dct; cl. Fletcher.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1941-1946
- Population
- Consolidated Steel Orange construction trades 1941-43; wartime crew (design complement 273)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. The classic transcription does not give a laid-down date and ends at her 1946 reserve berthing ('transferred to Orange, Tex., where she remains'); stricken (1968-05-01), Mexican transfer (1970-08-19), and disposal (1982) dates rest on secondary compilations (NavSource/navypedia). Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC page returns 404.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-harrison-dd573-01
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[3]Lowcountry Digital Library (College of Charleston) catalog record 'USS Harrison' - Charleston Naval Shipyard Photographs collection, contributing institution Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum; print caption '725-43 US Navy Yard, SC, April 28, 1943. DD 573. Stern View. File 15377.' [museum_official]
- Locator
- LCDL catalog record lcdl:502 (Charleston Naval Shipyard Photographs collection)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official U.S. Navy photograph (Charleston Naval Shipyard file 15377) dated 28 April 1943, a stern view of DD-573 - documents this hull physically at the Charleston Navy Yard during its April 1943 period, corroborating the DANFS narrative (New York 6 April, Charleston two days later).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1943-04
- Population
- Charleston Navy Yard workers (April 1943 yard period)
- Limitations
- Documents the hull's presence at the yard on one date; the work performed, if any beyond routine availability, is not described, and the record contains no asbestos or materials information. A second, longer Charleston period (Nov 1945-Apr 1946 inactivation) rests on DANFS alone.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-harrison-dd573-02
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[4]DANFS spec block (Fletcher class, 35 kt, cpl 273) + Fletcher-class technical block (4 Babcock & Wilcox boilers, 2 GE geared steam turbines, 60,000 shp - BuShips Ships Data 1945/navypedia per fletcher-class.class.json); Atlas shipyard dataset checked - no Consolidated Steel Orange entry [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS spec block; fletcher-class.class.json technical block; shipyards.json yard_id list
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/yard inference: a Fletcher-class destroyer built 1941-43 at Consolidated Steel, Orange, TX with the class-standard four-boiler geared-steam-turbine plant (60,000 shp, ~35 kt) would have carried period-standard asbestos insulation - boiler and steam-line lagging, turbine lagging, gaskets, packing, fireproofing, and deck coverings. The 1941-43 build falls inside the Navy's documented peak asbestos-use era (GAO HRD-80-2: substitution not begun until the early 1970s).
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1941-1946
- Population
- Consolidated Steel Orange construction trades 1941-43; crew 1943-46
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding. Consolidated Steel Orange is not in the Atlas shipyards.json dataset, so no yard-level asbestos record could be cross-referenced; GAO HRD-80-2 is program-level and its full text is fetch-blocked (HTTP 403 per batch-01). Does not quantify material aboard or establish any individual's exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-harrison-dd573-03
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[5]Batch-3545 search ledger (this record): DANFS transcription (losthistory.net mirror + Wayback corroboration); LCDL/Patriots Point Charleston NY photo catalog; NavSource operating data; CourtListener API v4 opinion and RECAP sweeps; NARA deck-log lead; shipyards.json yard list; VA BVA index [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-harrison-dd573-01 through -12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for DD-573: no ACM survey, abatement contract, museum hazmat disclosure, NHL/NPS record, or qualifying asbestos litigation names this hull in the sources searched. The hull's disposition path (1946 reserve at Orange, Tex. -> 1968 strike -> 1970 sale to Mexico -> 1982 dismantling) left no museum or federal custodian that would generate such records.
- 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 - a 1941-43 steam destroyer of this class is era-consistent with asbestos insulation. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility; non-indexed state-court and asbestos-trust claims lie outside this sweep's coverage.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-harrison-dd573-04
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[6]CourtListener API v4 sweeps (authenticated, fleet-paced): 'USS Harrison' type=o = 0 hits; 'U.S.S. Harrison' type=o = 0; 'DD-573' type=o = 0; 'USS Harrison' type=r = 0 dockets; 'DD-573' type=r = 0 dockets; 'Harrison' + asbestos type=o returned hits that are surname/law-firm collisions on review; 'aboard the Harrison' type=o blocked by fleet pacing after 3 spaced attempts [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener search API results for the six logged queries (search_ledger sl-04 through sl-09)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation naming DD-573 located in CourtListener: every exact-name and hull-number query across the opinion and RECAP docket indexes returned zero hits. The wide-net 'Harrison' + asbestos opinion query returns surname and law-firm collisions only (e.g., 'Wexler, Reynolds, Harrison & Schule' inside In re Johns-Manville Corp., Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 1986; a North Carolina Industrial Commission workers' compensation decision) - no hit names the vessel.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- Sweep coverage, not a merits finding: opinion-index zeroes support 'no published opinion names this hull', but pleadings naming the hull without a published opinion would not surface at type=o, and non-indexed state-court dockets and asbestos trust claims are outside coverage. 'aboard the Harrison' (type=o) was not completed this session - fleet pacing blocked three spaced attempts; logged honestly rather than retried into a ban.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-harrison-dd573-05