Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet ga-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-healy-dd672-pkt-ga-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Healy (DD-672) (namesake biography, specifications block, service narrative; verbatim HyperWar/ibiblio transcription - live NHHC page serves 404 on all URL patterns tried) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, namesake paragraph + specifications block + service narrative (ibiblio HyperWar dd672.html)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: launched by Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Kearny, N.J., 4 July 1943, sponsored by Mrs. Howard R. Healy (widow of the namesake); commissioned at New York Navy Yard 3 September 1943, Comdr. J. C. Atheson in command. WWII Pacific fast-carrier screen with TF 58: Marshalls (Jan-Feb 1944); Truk raid 17-18 Feb; Marianas strikes 22 Feb; Palau/Yap/Ulithi/Woleai raids Mar-Apr; second Truk strike 29-30 Apr; Marianas invasion June (Saipan landings 15 June); Battle of the Philippine Sea 19 June; Palaus 25 July; Bonin/Volcano Islands 4-5 Aug; Peleliu direct support Sept; Okinawa 10 Oct; Formosa 12-14 Oct (one bomber downed; Canberra and Houston damaged); Leyte Gulf - TG 38.3, Sibuyan Sea strikes 24 Oct and Cape Engano strikes 25 Oct; Luzon strikes Nov-Dec; rode out Typhoon Cobra 18 Dec and searched for survivors of Hull, Monaghan and Spence; South China Sea raid Jan 1945 (Formosa, Camranh Bay, Saigon, Hong Kong, Hainan); Iwo Jima support from 19 Feb and bombardment screen to 27 Mar 1945; San Francisco repairs from 23 Apr; en route to western Pacific when the war ended; harbor control vessel Tokyo Bay through the surrender; San Diego 21 Dec 1945; decommissioned Charleston 11 July 1946. Recommissioned Charleston 3 Aug 1951; Atlantic/Caribbean training; world cruise Jun 1953-Feb 1954 incl. 7th Fleet patrol off Communist China and Korea coastal patrol 3 Aug-3 Dec 1953 (post-armistice); 6th Fleet Mediterranean Nov 1955-Feb 1956; decommissioned Philadelphia 11 March 1958, in reserve through 1967 (DANFS cutoff). Eight WWII battle stars. Spec block: dp. 2,050; l. 376'6" (transcription reads '37'6"' - typo); b. 39'8"; dr. 17'9"; s. 37 k.; cpl. 319; 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
- 1943-1958
- Population
- Federal Shipbuilding construction trades 1943; wartime and postwar crew (spec complement 319)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. Mirror transcription cited because every live NHHC URL pattern returns 404; the transcription carries a length typo ('37'6"') carried corrected at 376'6" against NavSource/Wikipedia. DANFS narrative ends 'remains in reserve through 1967' - post-1967 disposition covered by ev-02.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-healy-dd672-01
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[3]Naval Vessel Register, Healy (DD 672) vessel-status page (NAVSHIPSO/NAVSEA; Wayback capture 2019-03-24 - live page now serves the site template only) + NavSource DD-672 photo-index data (build dates, buyer/price; Wayback capture 2025-04-26, live site unreachable) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR SHIPSDETAIL_DD_672 (Vessel Status block; Stricken Date field); Wayback navsource.org/archives/05/672.htm (Operational and Building Data, Fate line)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official NVR status record for this hull: 'Disposed of, by Navy Sale', status changed 04/01/1976; Stricken Date 12/01/1974; UIC 04272 (other milestone fields empty on this hull's page). NavSource corroborates and adds: laid down by Federal Shipbuilding, Kearny NJ, 4 March 1943 (DANFS does not carry the lay-down date); launched 4 July 1943 in a double launching with USS Hickox (DD-673); commissioned 3 September 1943; sold 12 April 1976 to Luria Brothers, Philadelphia, for $153,199 and broken up for scrap.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1943-1976
- Limitations
- NVR is the official inventory record for status/stricken/disposal - it contains no materials or asbestos information, and this hull's milestone block is mostly blank. NVR '04/01/1976' status change vs. NavSource '12 April 1976' sale is likely the same disposal event under contract-vs-effective-date ambiguity. NavSource is a volunteer compilation - buyer/price detail rests on it alone (corroborated by uboat.net/NavalCoverMuseum dispositions). Live navsource.org unreachable during session; Wayback capture and search-index snippets used.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-healy-dd672-02
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[4]DANFS specifications block (Fletcher class; 37 kt, cpl. 319) + Atlas shipyard dataset, Federal Shipbuilding-Kearny record incl. Owens-Illinois Industrial Health Survey of Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Kearny, NJ (Aug. 30 - Sep. 2, 1944); NARA RG19 General Information Books archival lead [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS spec block; shipyards.json record 'federal-shipbuilding-kearny' (toxicdocs.org survey scan); NARA RG19 lead
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/yard inference: a WWII Fletcher-class destroyer built 1943 with a four-boiler/60,000-shp GE geared-turbine steam plant would have carried period-standard asbestos boiler and steam-line insulation, turbine lagging, gaskets, packing, fireproofing, and deck coverings; builder Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock (Kearny) is documented at yard level in the Atlas dataset (tier 2), including the 1944 Owens-Illinois industrial-health survey documenting insulator work with asbestos pipe covering (Johns-Manville Superex) and boiler insulation (Owens-Illinois Kaylo) in confined shipyard spaces at this yard. NARA RG19 'General Information Books' per-vessel material specifications are an unretrieved archival lead for hull-level specs.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1943-1958
- Population
- Federal Shipbuilding construction trades 1943; crew 1943-1958
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding. The 1944 yard survey postdates this hull's construction (keel 4 Mar 1943 - commissioning 3 Sep 1943) by ~12 months and documents yard practice, not materials installed aboard DD-672. Does not quantify material or establish any individual's exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-healy-dd672-03
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[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 DD-672's construction (1943) and entire commissioned service (1943-1946, 1951-1958) 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-healy-dd672-04
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[6]CourtListener API v4 authenticated sweep (via fleet helper): "USS Healy" type=o and type=r; "DD-672" type=o; "Healy" asbestos type=o (page 1 of 199 reviewed); "DD-672" OR "DD 672" type=r; refined vessel-term opinion query and asbestos pages 2+ (blocked - see limitations) [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-healy-dd672-04 through sl-uss-healy-dd672-08
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull located in CourtListener on the completed queries. Opinion index: "USS Healy" = 0, "DD-672" = 0. Docket index: "USS Healy" = 0; "DD-672" OR "DD 672" = 2 hits, both unrelated non-asbestos dockets matching 'DD-672' as a document/exhibit identifier (University of Pittsburgh v. Varian Medical Systems, W.D. Pa. 2008 patent; McMillan v. Chaker, S.D. Cal. 2016 RICO) - neither names the vessel. Broad "Healy"+asbestos opinion sweep = 199 hits; page 1 (25 results) reviewed - ALL name collisions (companies/persons/counsel named Healy: Asbestos Products v. Healy Mechanical Contractors, Minn. 1975; Healy v. Owens-Illinois asbestos plaintiff; Healy v. Rennert cites; attorneys named Healy). No reviewed snippet mentions a vessel, USS, Navy, or destroyer.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- The exact-name opinion and docket sweeps, the hull-number opinion sweep, and the hull-number docket sweep are complete and clean; the broad-name asbestos opinion sweep is clean on the reviewed page. Not fully exhausted: 'Healy'+asbestos opinion pages 2+ and a refined vessel-term opinion query were blocked by the fleet-wide pacing limit at session time - logged in the search ledger; residual risk is an opinion naming only 'Healy' in deeper result pages (unlikely given the clean exact-phrase result). 'Healy' is also a common party/judge/counsel surname and USCGC Healy (WAGB-20, a 1999 icebreaker) is a different hull - collision caution applies to any future hit. Absence of located litigation does not prove no exposure occurred.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-healy-dd672-05
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[7]Batch-3647 search ledger (this record): DANFS mirror; archived NVR status page; NavSource photo index; CourtListener sweeps; NHC/NHHC photo-catalog attempt; destroyerhistory.org ship page; web sweep for asbestos/abatement/survey records; NARA RG19 lead; GAO HRD-80-2 [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-healy-dd672-01 through sl-uss-healy-dd672-12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No hull-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, materials inventory, hazmat disclosure, or qualifying litigation located for DD-672 in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The ship was stricken 1 December 1974 and sold for scrap April 1976 - before modern asbestos documentation practice - and never became a museum, so the museum-disclosure channel that produced ship-specific records for preserved hulls (Laffey DD-724, Kidd DD-661) does not exist here. Law-firm marketing listicles naming DD-672 on generic asbestos-ship lists (Shepard O'Donnell, Simmons, Throneberry, Belluck/mesotheliomahelp) exist but are excluded per sourcing rules - none cites a primary record.
- 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 and the builder yard's asbestos insulation practice is documented for 1944. Does not establish that asbestos is or was aboard; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-healy-dd672-06