Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]DANFS, Henley III (DD-762) - official NHHC page captured via Wayback 2020-10-28 (live NHHC URL returns 404 on 2026-09-27) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry 'Henley III (DD-762)', specification block + service narrative (NHHC page, published 2015-07-15, Wayback capture 2020-10-28)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: 'The third Henley (DD-762) was launched 8 April 1945 by Bethlehem Steel Co., San Francisco; sponsored by Mrs. George S. Wheaton, a descendant of Captain John D. Henley; and commissioned 8 October 1946, Comdr. Dwight L. Moody in command.' Service narrative: Pacific shakedown; Sonar School at Key West from 19 February 1947 (5 months); Norfolk base; first Mediterranean cruise July-1 December 1947 (ended Boston); second Med tour summer 1948 patrolling with U.N. ships during the Israeli-Arab crisis; decommissioned at Charleston 15 March 1950; recommissioned 23 September 1950 after the outbreak of war in Korea; 6th Fleet Mediterranean tour from July 1951 then northern-European ports including Rouen via the Seine, returning to Norfolk February 1952; 25 September 1953 departed Norfolk with Destroyer Division 221 on a 44,000-mile 218-day world cruise (Mediterranean, Suez Canal, filming 'The Bridges at Toko-Ri' off Korean and Japanese coasts, 7th Fleet Asian operations, Panama Canal and Caribbean return); thereafter alternating Mediterranean cruises with ASW and tactical exercises; 1959 Task Force 47 Inland Seas Cruise to the Great Lakes via the new St. Lawrence Seaway (nearly 75,000 visitors); fall 1962 Cuban missile quarantine; 1 October 1964 became a Group I Naval Reserve training ship (ASW component); after overhaul at Newport News, Va., and refresher training at Guantanamo Bay began reserve-training cruises out of Norfolk 1 May 1965 manned by a nucleus crew, continuing into mid-1967 where the entry ends. Spec block: dp. 2200; l. 376'5"; b. 41'; dr. 15'8"; s. 34 k.; cpl. 336; a. 6 5", 16 40mm., 10 20mm., 5 21"tt, 6 dcp., 2 dct.; cl. Allen M. Sumner.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1944-1967 (entry coverage); hull service 1946-1973
- Population
- Bethlehem Steel San Francisco construction trades 1944-46; crew across 1946-1973 service (DANFS spec complement 336; ~100 nucleus crew 1965-73); Charleston and Newport News yard workers at documented yard periods
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content - it establishes construction, yard periods (Charleston inactivation 1950; Newport News overhaul 1964-65), and crew-service windows relevant to exposure research, nothing more. The entry ends in mid-1967 and does not cover the 1973 decommissioning/stricken or the 1974 scrap sale. Live NHHC page returns 404; the Wayback capture of the official page is cited. The hazegray transcription of this entry contains errors ('(DD-702)', 'launched 8 April 1946') - the official text reads DD-762 and 8 April 1945.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-henley-dd762-01
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[2]NavSource Naval History, Destroyer Photo Index DD-762 USS Henley - operational and building data block (volunteer-maintained photographic archive; corroborated by Wikipedia infobox and NavalCoverMuseum entries) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource DD-762 page, 'Operational and Building Data' block and 'CLASS - ALLEN M. SUMNER' technical block (Wayback capture 2024-05-27; direct fetch failed)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Operational and building data for this hull: laid down by Bethlehem Steel, San Francisco, 8 February 1944; launched 8 April 1945; commissioned 8 October 1946; decommissioned 15 March 1950; recommissioned 23 September 1950; 'Decommissioned and Stricken July 2 1973'; sold 24 June 1974 to Union Minerals & Alloy, New York, for $257,122 and broken up for scrap. Machinery entry: 60,000 SHP, General Electric geared turbines, 2 screws. Secondary compilations describe her at decommissioning as the last all-gun Sumner-class destroyer remaining in the fleet - i.e., never converted under FRAM.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1944-1974
- Population
- Crew 1946-1973; scrap-yard workers 1974-75 (Union Minerals & Alloy contract)
- Limitations
- Secondary archive (volunteer-maintained), not an official record: stricken date conflicts across sources (NavSource pairs decommission+stricken 2 July 1973; Wikipedia infobox and NavalCoverMuseum read stricken 1 July 1973). Sale price/date trace to Navy disposal reporting reproduced in secondary compilations; one lead-generation table asserts a conflicting DRMS scrapping sale of 6 January 1974. 'Last all-gun Sumner' is a secondary-source characterization, consistent with the absence of any FRAM yard period in DANFS.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-henley-dd762-02
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[3]Pier 70 (San Francisco) historic-site ships-built list + shipbuildinghistory.com Bethlehem San Francisco (Union Iron Works) yard history (Tim Colton) [other_primary]
- Locator
- pier70sf.org 'Ships Built World War II' table, hull 5417 row; shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/large/bethsanfrancisco.htm yard narrative
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Builder-yard record for this hull: Pier 70's WWII build list carries entry 5417 'Henley' DD-762 - keel 2/8/44, launched 4/8/45, delivered 10/8/46, scrapped 1974. The yard history documents Bethlehem Steel's San Francisco yard (founded as Union Brass & Iron Works 1849; sold to Bethlehem Steel 1906; kept the Union Iron Works name until 1917; expanded 1911 by the Risdon Iron Works acquisition; the only major shipbuilder on the West Coast prior to WWII).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1944-1946 (construction); 1974 (scrapping)
- Population
- Bethlehem Steel San Francisco / Union Iron Works construction trades 1944-46
- Limitations
- Secondary compilations (a historic-site table and Colton's standard yard reference) - consistent with DANFS build data but not government records; a third compilation (navalmarinearchive.com) prints yard number 5416 vs. Pier 70's 5417 - carried in gaps. Documents where the hull was built, not what it contained.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-henley-dd762-03
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[4]Goodrich v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp., Omnibus Opinion and Order, ECF No. 171, E.D. Va. No. 4:17-cv-00009 (2018; related published disposition 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 235491) [court_record]
- Locator
- Omnibus Opinion and Order ECF No. 171 (engineering-drawing and tonnage-tally recitals)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Class-level litigation recital covering this hull's class: the Goodrich omnibus opinion recites 'an engineering drawing for the insulation and lagging of forced draft blower turbines for the class of destroyers (DD 692, USS Allen M. Sumner class), within which the USS Harlan Dickson fell, specifies the use of amosite felts and asbestos cloths,' and quotes an expert report estimating that 'a partial tally of the weight of the asbestos-containing thermal insulation and lagging products in the fire ... and engine rooms of a ship belonging to the USS Allen M. Sumner (DD 692) and USS Gearing (DD 710) classes of destroyers is 30.3 tons.' USS Henley (DD-762) is an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1944-1970s (materials era); 2018 (opinion)
- Population
- Class-level: Sumner/Gearing-class engineering-space crews and overhaul yard workers (era)
- Limitations
- Class-level recital only - the opinion quotes drawing and expert-report content for a different plaintiff's vessels and treats related exposure conclusions as speculative; nothing is adjudicated, and DD-762 is not named. Underlying exhibits (the drawing; the 30.3-ton report) were not retrieved from RECAP. This row contextualizes research priority; it is never a ship-specific finding for this hull. Carried on the verification of the companion batch-3738 record (same docket, read 2026-09-27).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-henley-dd762-04
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[5]NARA guided topic 'Researching Asbestos aboard U.S. Naval Vessels up through 1961' + GAO HRD-80-2, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure (Oct. 18, 1979) + DANFS spec block/narrative (propulsion and yard periods) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA guided-topics page (Navy asbestos through 1961); GAO HRD-80-2 product page (full text blocked HTTP 403); DANFS narrative yard periods
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference: this hull was built 1944-46 around a four-boiler superheated steam plant with GE geared turbines of roughly 60,000 shp - the peak Navy asbestos era - and NARA's research guide describes asbestos use across U.S. Navy materiel up through 1961, a window covering her construction and first fifteen years of service. GAO documents fleet insulation policy (substitution not begun until the early 1970s; insulation typically removed only when damaged or needed for repairs), so original-era insulation typically remained aboard unless a yard period disturbed it. This hull's documented yard events - Bethlehem San Francisco construction 1944-46, Charleston inactivation 1950, and the Newport News overhaul 1964-65 - are the type of events that disturbed insulation under era practice; her 1974-75 commercial breakup postdates those events and predates modern abatement regulation.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1944-1975
- Population
- Bethlehem San Francisco construction trades; Charleston NSY 1950 and Newport News 1964-65 yard workers; crew 1946-1973 including rotating reservists 1965-73
- Limitations
- Inference only - no ship-specific material document establishes asbestos aboard DD-762. The NARA guide and GAO report are program-level sources; yard asbestos scope aboard this hull is inferred, not documented. Establishes no product, quantity, location, or individual exposure. Never-FRAM status means no mid-life conversion rip-out event but does not bear on what was installed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-henley-dd762-05
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[6]CourtListener API v4 authenticated sweep, 2026-09-27 (cl-auth-search.py, fleet-paced): "USS Henley" opinions = 0 hits; "USS Henley" dockets = 0; "DD-762" opinions = 0; "DD-762" dockets = 0; "aboard the Henley"/"Henley DD-762" opinion variants = 0 [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener API v4 search responses, 2026-09-27 (see search_ledger sl-05 through sl-08)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No litigation of any kind naming this hull was located in CourtListener's indexes. The exact-phrase "USS Henley" queries returned zero hits in both the opinion and docket indexes - no opinion and no indexed docket names the hull, and no name collisions surfaced despite three commissioned USS Henleys and the common surname. Both hull-number queries ("DD-762", opinion and docket indexes) and the "aboard the Henley"/"Henley DD-762" variant opinion query also returned zero hits.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 2026-09-27 (search date)
- Limitations
- Coverage limits: CourtListener indexes do not comprehensively cover pre-PACER federal filings, state-court dockets, or MDL-875 consolidation records; absence of a hit does not prove no asbestos claim ever named this hull. Exact-name and hull-number coverage is complete on both indexes; a bare 'Henley' query was not run (surname collisions would be unclassifiable at this name's commonness).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-henley-dd762-06
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[7]This record's search ledger: NHHC DANFS live page (404; official page captured via Wayback) and hazegray mirror (DNS-unresolvable; Wayback capture used); Naval Vessel Register (no record - pre-1987 disposal); MARAD vessel-history database (search endpoint not queryable); CourtListener exact-name, hull-number, and variant sweeps (all zero hits); NavSource (Wayback capture); Pier 70 / shipbuildinghistory yard records; VA BVA search; asbestos-topic web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-henley-dd762-01 through sl-uss-henley-dd762-12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for this hull: no asbestos survey, material specification, sampling result, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, museum disclosure, or docketed asbestos case naming USS Henley (DD-762) was found in the sources searched. Asbestos claims about this hull in open sources are confined to law-firm and marketing pages asserting generic era inference, plus one lead-generation page claiming a ship-specific BUSHIPS equipment manifest - all excluded under batch source rules; the claimed manifest is an unverified archival lead only.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 2026-09-27 (search date)
- Limitations
- A search-scope finding, not proof of absence: NARA RG 19 General Information Books (per-hull material specifications), the RG 24 deck-log series, and individual yard work packages are unretrieved; CourtListener coverage was partial this session and incomplete as to MDL-875 and state filings generally; 1974-75 commercial scrapping asbestos handling is undocumented. 'No ship-specific record located' is the finding - it does not assert the hull contained no asbestos.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-henley-dd762-07