Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]DANFS, Hollister (DD-788) - builder, dates, service narrative, specifications block (verbatim transcription via hazegray mirror, Wayback capture 2020-10-08; live NHHC page serves 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications block + service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: launched 9 October 1945 by Todd Shipyard, Seattle; sponsored by Mrs. Howard J. Hollister, mother of the three Hollister brothers; commissioned 29 March 1946, CDR W. T. Samuels in command. Specifications block: displacement 2,425 t; length 390'6"; beam 40'11"; draft 18'6"; 35 knots; complement 336; class Gearing. Service narrative: Far East deployments 1946-49 (Shanghai, anti-smuggling for the Korean Government, 7th Fleet); Korean War - among first reinforcements, screening and plane-guard with TF 77, Inchon landing support mid-September 1950, Formosa Strait patrol, Hungnam evacuation support December 1950; Tachen Islands evacuation January 1955; repeated 7th Fleet deployments including Indonesia crisis alert 1958; entered Puget Sound Naval Shipyard 15 March 1961 for FRAM overhaul, remaining through end of year for addition of helicopter deck and hangar aft; South China Sea contingency station 4 August 1964 (Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal); Yankee Station with Bon Homme Richard (CVA-31) late 1965; on station in the Far East as of May 1967 (narrative ends).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1945-1967
- Population
- Todd Seattle construction trades 1945-46; postwar and combat-era crew (design complement 336)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. Published entry ends May 1967 and does not cover final 12 years of U.S. service. Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC page returns 404 (standing link-rot noted since batch-01). OCR-era typos in the mirror (e.g., '1955'/'1965' deployment-year misreads) were not carried.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hollister-dd788-01
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[2]NavSource Naval History, Destroyer Photo Index DD-788, USS Hollister (building/operational data, commanding-officer roster, U.S. Navy DefenseImagery photo DN-ST-82-01717, Taiwan-service photo record) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource DD-788 page - Operational and Building Data block, CO roster, photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource archive record for this hull: laid down by Todd Shipyards, Seattle, 18 January 1945; launched 9 October 1945; commissioned 29 March 1946; FRAM upgrade completed December 1961; 'Decommissioned and Stricken August 31 1979'; transferred to Taiwan 3 March 1983, renamed Shao Yang DDG-929; ROC Navy decommissioning at Kaohsiung scheduled 1 June 2004; subsequently sunk as an artificial reef. Commanding-officer roster ends LCDR James Earl Dilley, June 1979 - 31 August 1979. USN DefenseImagery photo DN-ST-82-01717 (JO1 Callaghan) shows the decommissioned hull with ex-USS Southerland (DD-743) at the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility, Puget Sound, 1 July 1981. Taiwan-service photographs show the hull as ROCS 929 in Keelung Harbor 2002-2003 alongside ex-USS Johnston (928) and ex-USS Hanson (921).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1945-2004
- Population
- Crew through 31 August 1979; Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility period 1979-1983; ROC Navy service 1983/1984-2004
- Limitations
- Volunteer-maintained archival aggregator, not an official publication - building/disposition data are consistent with DANFS and other secondary records but are not independently footnoted. USN photo caption reads 'decommissioned in September 1979' while NavSource's own data block and the CO roster read 31 August 1979 - conflict carried in gaps rather than resolved. Taiwan-side detail (commissioned 15 November 1984; Wu-Chin III modernization) rests on secondary sources only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hollister-dd788-02
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[3]DANFS, Hollister (DD-788) - propulsion class, construction, and FRAM yard-period record (verbatim transcription); Gearing-class steam-plant configuration [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS specifications block (steam plant, 60,000 shp class parameters) + FRAM yard-period narrative
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era-and-design inference only: this hull is a 1945-built Gearing-class destroyer with a 60,000-shp two-shaft geared-steam-turbine plant, built at a commercial West Coast yard and FRAM-overhauled in 1961. For this class and era, asbestos was the standard thermal insulator on boiler and turbine casings, steam lines, valves and flanges, with asbestos gaskets, packing, and fireproofing typical of 1940s U.S. naval construction; FRAM-era overhauls routinely disturbed original insulation. These applications are class/era inference, not ship-proven for DD-788.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1945-1979 (era inference)
- Population
- Construction trades (Todd Seattle 1945-46); engineering crew; FRAM yard workers (Puget Sound Naval Shipyard 1961)
- Limitations
- Inference row - DANFS does not state asbestos content for this hull or any Gearing; no ship-specific material list, survey, or abatement record exists in the sources searched. Does not establish presence, quantity, product identity, or individual exposure aboard this vessel.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hollister-dd788-03
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[4]Lockwood v. AC & S, Inc., 109 Wn.2d 235, 744 P.2d 605 (Wash. 1987) (affirming jury verdict for asbestos-exposed shipyard worker; companion Atlas yard record cites trial testimony placing Raymark asbestos products in a large liner conversion at Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging, 1947-48) [court_record]
- Locator
- 109 Wn.2d 235 opinion text (facts: shipyard employment 1942-1972, rigger exposure mechanism); trial testimony per Atlas shipyards.json ev entry for puget-sound-bridge-dredging (Lockwood citation, PSB&D 1947-48 liner conversion)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Published Washington Supreme Court opinion (merits-level, jury verdict affirmed) documenting asbestos-insulation exposure of rigger Albert Lockwood across Seattle shipyards, 1942-1972 - the same yard complex (Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging / Todd Shipyard, Seattle) that built this hull in 1945. Trial testimony in the case placed Raymark (Raybestos-Manhattan) asbestos products in a large liner conversion at Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging in 1947-48. Establishes asbestos products in documented use at the construction-yard cluster within three years of this hull's completion.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1942-1972 (exposure); 1987 (opinion)
- Population
- Seattle-area shipyard riggers/trades 1942-1972 (class context)
- Limitations
- Yard-level context, not hull evidence: the opinion does not name USS Hollister or any specific vessel's materials, the worker's exposure sites were multiple Seattle yards, and the documented conversion work postdates this hull's 1945-46 build. Does not establish asbestos aboard DD-788, quantity, or exposure of any crew member. Opinion-level text verified via open case-law mirrors; Justia official reporter page returned 403 to automated fetch.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hollister-dd788-04
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[5]Beckett RR, 'Asbestos exposure control at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard,' Environ Res 11(2):248-60 (Apr 1976), PMID 1065583; Hollins DM, Paustenbach DJ, Clark K, Mangold CA, 'A visual historical review of exposure to asbestos at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (1962-1972),' J Toxicol Environ Health B Crit Rev 12(2):124-56 (Feb 2009), PMID 19235622 [other_primary]
- Locator
- PMID 1065583 and PMID 19235622 (NCBI esummary records)
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- Peer-reviewed industrial-hygiene literature documents Puget Sound Naval Shipyard as a significant asbestos-exposure environment during ship overhaul work - amosite and chrysotile exposure in rip-out and installation operations, with the historical review covering the 1962-1972 window immediately adjacent to this hull's 15 March - December 1961 FRAM I overhaul at the same yard.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1961 (FRAM event); 1962-1972 (reviewed window); 1976/2009 (publications)
- Population
- Puget Sound Naval Shipyard overhaul trades (yard-level population)
- Limitations
- Yard-level context only: neither paper names USS Hollister or any vessel, and the 1961 FRAM predates the Hollins review window by months (Beckett describes the yard's exposure-control program generally). Establishes the exposure environment of the yard where this hull was overhauled; does not establish asbestos aboard this hull, exposure of her crew, or conditions during her specific 1961 availability. Citations verified via NCBI E-utilities esummary, 2026-09-27.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hollister-dd788-05
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[6]Batch-3760 search ledger (this record): DANFS via hazegray/Wayback; NavSource DD-788; NVR ship-detail check; CourtListener exact-name and hull-number sweeps; NARA/HistoryHub deck-log thread; veterans' association site; navypedia/NavalCoverMuseum secondary Taiwan records [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-hollister-dd788-01 through sl-uss-hollister-dd788-09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, transfer or reefing hazmat disclosure, museum documentation, or published asbestos opinion naming USS Hollister (DD-788) was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener opinion sweeps for both the exact name and the hull number returned zero results; RECAP docket-level sweep coverage remains incomplete (sl-05). The hull left U.S. custody in 1983 and was sunk as an artificial reef; any material condition at transfer is undocumented in public sources.
- 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 1945 steam-plant destroyer would era-typically have carried asbestos insulation. Does not establish that asbestos is or is not present; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility. CourtListener coverage was partial under fleet pacing limits; see sl-05 for exactly what was and was not swept.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hollister-dd788-06
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[7]NARA HistoryHub (historyhub.history.gov, National Archives-hosted forum) - thread on USS Hollister DD-788 deck logs for April 1971 [other_primary]
- Locator
- HistoryHub thread 'USS Hollister DD 788' (deck logs April 1971)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA-hosted forum confirms deck logs for USS Hollister DD-788 exist and are retrievable (April 1971 requested in-thread); a responding researcher states VA has acknowledged Hollister was in Agent Orange-exposed waters twice on 11 April 1971 (0800 and 1200 hrs) - independent confirmation the ship operated in Vietnam littoral waters and that deck-log research on this hull is established practice.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1971 (log period); 2025-2026 (forum)
- Limitations
- Forum-level confirmation only: deck logs were not pulled and their contents are unverified. The Agent Orange acknowledgment concerns herbicide exposure, not asbestos - it is carried solely as an archival lead establishing that deck logs for this hull exist and corroborating in-country operations, which the DANFS narrative (ending May 1967) does not cover.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hollister-dd788-07