Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]DANFS, Herbert (DD-160), verbatim transcription at hazegray/losthistory mirror - live NHHC page returns 404 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications block + full service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: Wickes-class destroyer launched 8 May 1919 by New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J. (laid down 9 April 1918 per NavSource; sponsored by Mrs. Benjamin Micou, daughter of the late Secretary of the Navy Hilary A. Herbert); commissioned 21 November 1919. Caribbean training and east-coast exercises to 1922; decommissioned at Philadelphia 27 June 1922; recommissioned 1 May 1930 (Scouting Fleet, Newport); fleet problems and battle practice to 1934; Naval Reserve/midshipman training ship 16 January 1935-August 1939; Portugal/Azores deployment October 1939-July 1940; overhaul, then New London sound school from 10 October 1940; 1941 antisubmarine training. WWII: convoy escort Key West to Halifax and Iceland with depth-charge attacks; Gibraltar and North Africa April-June 1943; two hunter-killer patrols; Bermuda-Casablanca convoy; returned to Charleston 22 November 1943 for high-speed-transport conversion (APD-22). Pacific: Cape Sudest, New Guinea via Pearl Harbor 23 March 1944; Humboldt Bay landings 22 April; Biak 27 May; Warsai/Cape Sansapor 30 July; Morotai 15 September; Rangers landed on Homonhon Island 17 October (Leyte Gulf approach); Philippines under near-constant air attack through 1944; Lingayen Gulf January 1945; Iwo Jima escort; Okinawa patrol/escort from 31 March 1945; reached San Diego 19 June 1945. Decommissioned San Diego 25 September 1945; sold to Boston Metal Co. of Baltimore 23 May 1946. Six battle stars WWII.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1918-1946
- Population
- New York Shipbuilding construction trades 1918-19; Charleston Navy Yard conversion workforce Nov-Dec 1943; wartime crew and embarked troops
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content - contains no asbestos statement. Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC page serves 404; OCR transcription artifacts possible (sponsor name reads 'Micon'; NavSource and biographical sources read 'Micou'). Struck date not stated in the DANFS text (NavSource: 24 October 1945).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-herbert-dd160-01
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[2]NavSource Amphibious Photo Archive, USS Herbert (APD-22) ex DD-160 - building data, APD-era specifications, campaign ribbon list - and NavSource Destroyer Photo Index DD-160 (https://navsource.org/archives/05/160.htm) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource APD-22 page, specifications block + building data + photo captions; NavSource DD-160 index page
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Secondary archive corroborates and extends DANFS: laid down 9 April 1918 (builder's hull no. 219, per NH 42530 caption of Wickes-class ships fitting out at Camden, May 1919); designated DD-160 17 July 1920; decommissioned 27 June 1922 at Philadelphia Navy Yard; converted to a high-speed transport at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C.; redesignated APD-22 (APD page reads 22 November 1943, DD index reads 1 December 1943 - logged). APD-era specifications: 1,060 t, 314'4", 28.7 kt; two New York Shipbuilding Parsons-type geared turbines, two Thornycroft boilers (250 psi), De Laval main reduction gears, two propellers, 26,000 shp - consistent with APD conversion practice of removing the forward boilers; complement 8 officers + 98 enlisted plus troop accommodations for 144 enlisted; armament three 3"/50 DP, two 40mm, five 20mm, depth-charge track and four projectors; four LCP(L) landing craft. Campaign list covers Hollandia, Western New Guinea, Leyte, Luzon, Iwo Jima, Okinawa Gunto; seven battle stars credited (vs. six in DANFS - logged); ex-Herbert photographed at Cape May January 1946 stricken and awaiting scrapping.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1918-1946
- Population
- Charleston Navy Yard conversion workforce, Nov-Dec 1943
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer photographic archive, not an official record - used here to corroborate DANFS and fix dates/specs; its redesignation date and battle-star figures conflict with DANFS (carried in gaps). No asbestos or materials content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-herbert-dd160-02
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[3]Fleischer WE, Viles FJ, Gade RL, Drinker P. 'A Health Survey of Pipe Covering Operations in Constructing Naval Vessels.' Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology 1946;28:9-16 (scanned primary text) [other_primary]
- Locator
- J. Ind. Hyg. Toxicol. 28:9-16 (1946), 'Pipe Covering Material' section
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Contemporaneous Navy-sponsored industrial-health survey of pipe-covering operations at two government Navy yards and two Navy contract yards during the wartime construction program: 'An important ingredient of pipe covering material used on U.S. Navy vessels is amosite,' with asbestosis already observed in yard pipe coverers; the study documents amosite-asbestos felt and pipe covering as standard insulating materials in naval-vessel construction of the period.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1943-1945 (survey); published Jan 1946
- Population
- Navy yard and contract-yard pipe coverers/insulators, WWII construction era
- Limitations
- Era/program-level evidence: yards are anonymized (Yards A-D), vessels unnamed, and the survey postdates this hull's 1918-19 construction (it brackets her November-December 1943 conversion period only). The study's concluding reassurance is historically discredited - the row is used for material practice only, not hazard conclusions. Does not establish asbestos aboard this hull, quantity, or exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-herbert-dd160-03
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[4]Marr WT. 'Asbestos Exposure During Naval Vessel Overhaul.' American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal 1964;25:264-268. PMID 14168424; DOI 10.1080/00028896409342585 [other_primary]
- Locator
- AIHA J. 25:264-268 (1964), Materials and Working Environment sections
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Peer-reviewed study from the Long Beach Naval Shipyard Medical Department documenting insulation-shop workers applying asbestos-containing insulation to steam power plants aboard ships and removing insulation during repairs/overhaul; multiple asbestosis disability retirements and one death among ~50-80 insulation workers. Establishes the era overhaul/conversion pathway - fabrication, installation, and removal of asbestos insulation aboard naval vessels in Navy yards.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- survey period ~1943-1962
- Population
- Naval shipyard insulation workers, WWII-era through 1960s
- Limitations
- Era/overhaul-pathway documentation only - studies Long Beach Naval Shipyard insulation workers in the 1950s-60s, does not name this hull or Charleston Navy Yard, and postdates this hull's service life (scrapped 1946). Supports the plausibility context for her 1943 Charleston APD conversion and earlier overhauls; establishes nothing ship-specific.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-herbert-dd160-04
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[5]CourtListener API v4 opinion and RECAP docket searches (authenticated) for this hull, 2026-09-26 [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener search results, sl-uss-herbert-dd160-06 through sl-uss-herbert-dd160-11
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener sweep found no qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull. 'USS Herbert' (type=o): 0 hits. 'DD-160' (type=o): 3 hits - Mick v. Florida State Bd. of Dentistry, 338 So. 2d 1297 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1976) plus a companion 1977 opinion (state docket number 'DD-160'), and U.S. Trustee v. Lebbos (In re Lebbos), 439 B.R. 154 (E.D. Cal. 2010) (record citation 'ER DD *160') - all docket/record-string collisions, none vessel references, none asbestos. 'APD-22' (type=o): 2 hits - Lovett (Tex. 2015, corrupt-OCR string in a writ record) and In re Barnett (C.C.P.A. 1946, patent appeal re infusion packages) - string collisions, no vessel reference. '"Herbert" asbestos' (type=o): 864 hits; first-page results reviewed are all surname/entity collisions (attorneys, plaintiffs/decedents, a hospital namesake) - zero vessel references. 'USS Herbert' (type=r): 1 hit - Hale v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp., 4:22-cv-00853 (N.D. Cal., filed 2022-02-09, terminated 2022-03-07), an asbestos personal-injury removal in which 'USS Herbert' appears in indexed RECAP document text; vessel role unverified - carried as archival lead ev-08. 'DD-160' (type=r): 24 hits, all exhibit/document-string collisions - zero vessel references, zero asbestos.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- Absence of a located opinion does not prove no asbestos claim ever alleged exposure aboard this hull - settled/removed cases and state-court filings are incompletely indexed, and the exposure window for this hull (1919-1945) predates the asbestos-litigation era. The Hale docket hit is unresolved pending RECAP full-text review; 'USS Herbert' is unambiguous as to hull (DD-160/APD-22 is the only U.S. Navy vessel of that name) if the reference is verbatim and correct.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-herbert-dd160-05
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[6]NARA RG 181 (Naval Districts and Shore Establishments), records of the Charleston Navy Yard (NARA Southeast Region, Morrow, GA); NARA RG 19 Bureau of Ships records; NARA RG 24 deck logs (1941-1978 series, catalog NAID 594258); New York Shipbuilding Corporation records (Independence Seaport Museum J. Welles Henderson Archives; Camden County Historical Society) [other_primary]
- Locator
- archives.gov RG 181 finding aid; archives.gov deck-log guidance (NAID 594258); ISM Henderson Archives finding aid NYSB.ISM; cchsnj.org NYSB archives description
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Unretrieved archival leads with plausible hull-specific material: NARA Southeast Region holds Charleston Navy Yard records covering the November-December 1943 APD-22 conversion work package; NARA RG 19 Bureau of Construction and Repair/BuShips records hold class design and hull specification material; NARA RG 24 deck-log series (1941+) holds this hull's WWII logs (digitization status unverified); the New York Shipbuilding collections (ISM Henderson Archives, ~70 specification books 1895-1967; Camden County Historical Society archives, blueprints and contract data) hold builder plans and specifications for hull no. 219.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- record coverage 1918-1945 relevant windows
- Limitations
- Leads only - no retrieval performed; contents, coverage of this specific hull, and any asbestos/materials statements are unverified. WWI-era Navy-yard records at Philadelphia (1922 decommissioning) likewise unretrieved.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-herbert-dd160-06
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[7]Batch-3166 search ledger (this record): DANFS transcription (hazegray/losthistory mirror; live NHHC 404); NavSource APD-22/DD-160 archive pages; CourtListener authenticated opinion+docket sweeps; NARA RG 181/19/24 finding aids; NY Shipbuilding collection finding aids; general web sweep for abatement/survey/litigation records [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-herbert-dd160-01 through sl-uss-herbert-dd160-11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, museum record, or verified litigation naming this hull was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The hull was scrapped in 1946, precluding museum-era documentation. One RECAP docket (Hale v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp., N.D. Cal. 2022) contains the vessel name with its role unverified - carried as archival lead ev-08, not a finding.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - WWI-era steam destroyer construction was era-consistent with asbestos insulation practice, and the 1943 Charleston conversion (which removed the forward boilers) is the kind of work that disturbed insulation. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-herbert-dd160-07
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[8]Hale v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp. et al., No. 4:22-cv-00853-TSH (N.D. Cal., filed 2022-02-09, terminated 2022-03-07), Notice of Removal from San Francisco Superior Court case CGC-21-276981, RECAP docket 62987656 [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener docket 62987656 (N.D. Cal. 4:22-cv-00853-TSH); RECAP document 1-1 (54 pp., removal exhibits)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Asbestos personal-injury docket (suitNature '368 P.I. : Asbestos') in which 'USS Herbert' appears in indexed CourtListener RECAP document text. Plaintiffs Dennis Hale and Lora Hale sued approximately 37 equipment defendants (valve, pump, boiler, and machinery manufacturers including Crosby Valve, Crane Co., Foster Wheeler, Warren Pumps, IMO Industries); removed to federal court 9 February 2022 and terminated 7 March 2022. The vessel name matches inside the 54-page removal exhibit (document 1-1); whether it is an alleged exposure vessel or a list reference is unverified.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2022 (litigation)
- Population
- Dennis Hale and Lora Hale (plaintiffs); exposure details not retrievable from index
- Limitations
- Pleading-stage removal artifact only; unadjudicated. Does not establish exposure aboard this hull, asbestos presence, product identity, quantities, or legal eligibility. 'USS Herbert' is unambiguous as to hull (DD-160 is the only U.S. Navy vessel of that name), but the match's role in the allegations is not retrievable from the public index - RECAP full-text review required. The case terminated roughly four weeks after removal (remand vs. resolution unverified).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-herbert-dd160-08