USS HULL (DD-330)

Evidence

14 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-14).

1. [1]research packet jg-packet.md (7 sources cited) [other_primary]

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS Hull (DD-330). Hull number DD-330; designation

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Evidence ID

   uss-hull-dd330-pkt-jg-packet-md

2. [2]DANFS, Hull II (DD-330), NHHC (verbatim transcription via hazegray DANFS mirror; live NHHC page returns 404) [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   DANFS entry 'Hull II (DD-330)', specifications block and opening paragraph

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   DANFS record for this hull: second ship named Hull, honoring Commodore Isaac Hull; Clemson class; specifications dp. 1,190; l. 314'5"; b. 31'8"; dr. 9'3"; s. 35 k.; cpl. 95; armament 4 x 4-inch, 1 x 3-inch, 12 x 21-inch torpedo tubes. Launched 18 February 1921 by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., San Francisco; sponsored by Miss Elizabeth Hull; commissioned 26 April 1921, Lieutenant T. J. Doyle in command.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-27

   Study period

   1920-1921

   Population

   Bethlehem Union Iron Works construction trades 1920-21; commissioning crew (design complement 95)

   Limitations

   Documents identity, builder, class, and design specifications - not materials or asbestos content. DANFS does not state a laid-down date or a stricken date (1920-09-13 and 1930-07-22 are carried from NavSource/secondary sources); the live NHHC DANFS page 404s, so the hazegray verbatim transcription is the working citation.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-hull-dd330-01

3. [3]DANFS, Hull II (DD-330), service narrative (1921-1928) [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   DANFS service narrative, paragraphs 2-4

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   DANFS service narrative for this hull: shakedown along the California coast, then operations and tactical exercises out of San Diego for the remainder of 1921; during 1922 charting and sounding operations along the southern California coast; sailed 28 June 1923 as escort vessel on President Harding's trip to Alaska (the President was taken ill on the voyage and died in San Francisco 2 August); returned to San Diego 8 September. Sailed 2 January 1924 for Caribbean operations including a Vera Cruz visit to protect American lives and property during the recurring Mexican revolution; in April steamed to Seattle and operated between that city and Seward, Alaska, taking soundings for the new Alaskan cable; returned early May. Operated out of San Diego with occasional voyages to Panama until 1927, then sailed with the Battle Fleet 17 November for Caribbean tactical maneuvers, visited New York, and returned to San Diego 26 June (1928) to resume training operations.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-27

   Study period

   1921-1928

   Population

   Commissioned crew, 1921-1928 (design complement 95)

   Limitations

   Documents service history only - no materials, maintenance scope, or asbestos content. The narrative gives no year for the 26 June San Diego return; sequence implies 1928 after the 17 November 1927 Caribbean departure.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-hull-dd330-02

4. [4]DANFS, Hull II (DD-330), final narrative (Mare Island overhaul, decommissioning, scrapping) [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   DANFS service narrative, final paragraph

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   DANFS final narrative for this hull: arrived Mare Island 11 June 1929 for overhaul and returned to San Diego in October, where she decommissioned 31 March 1930; sold for scrap 10 June 1931 in accordance with the London Treaty of 1930. The June-October 1929 Mare Island Naval Shipyard overhaul is this hull's only documented naval-shipyard maintenance period.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-27

   Study period

   1929-1931

   Population

   Mare Island Naval Shipyard overhaul trades June-October 1929; decommissioning crew to March 1930

   Limitations

   Documents the yard period and disposition; DANFS does not describe the overhaul's scope, materials removed or installed, or asbestos work. Sale date is 10 June 1931; the stricken date (22 July 1930) comes from NavSource and is not in DANFS.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-hull-dd330-03

5. [5]NHHC Online Library of Selected Images, 'USN Ships - USS Hull (DD-330), 1921-1931' (Naval Historical Center page, verbatim transcription via HyperWar/ibiblio mirror; live NHHC page returns 404) [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   Online Library page for DD-330: summary paragraph and photo captions NH 98274, NH 76128, NH 74318, NH 77258, NH 90447

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   Official Naval Historical Center photo-archive page for this hull: 'a 1190-ton Clemson class destroyer, was built at San Francisco, California'; nearly a decade of operations along the West Coast from Panama to Alaska; transited the Panama Canal in 1924 and 1927 for U.S. Fleet exercises in the Caribbean, the 1927 cruise taking her up the East Coast to New York; 'decommissioned at the end of March 1930, during a general restructuring of the Fleet's destroyer force. She was scrapped in 1931.' Launching photo caption (NH 98274) places the launch at 'the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation's Union Plant, Potrero Works, San Francisco, California, 18 February 1921' with sponsor Miss Elizabeth Hull inset. Other NHC photos: NH 76128 and NH 74318 (underway, 1920s), NH 77258 (nested at USS Cuyama AO-3, early 1920s), NH 90447 (U.S. Fleet off Honolulu, mid-1920s).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-27

   Study period

   1920-1931

   Population

   Crew 1921-1930; Bethlehem Potrero Works trades 1920-21

   Limitations

   Documents builder plant (Union Plant, Potrero Works), disposition context ('general restructuring of the Fleet's destroyer force'), and the photographic record - not materials or asbestos content. Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC URL pattern 404s.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-hull-dd330-04

6. [6]NavSource Naval History, Destroyer Photo Index, 'DD-330 USS HULL' [other_primary]

   Locator

   NavSource DD-330 index page, specs/operational-data block, commanding-officer roster, photo captions

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NavSource photo/data index for this hull: Clemson class; displacement 1,215 tons; dimensions 314'5" (oa) x 31'8" x 9'10" max; armament 4 x 4"/50, 1 x 3"/23AA, 12 x 21" torpedo tubes; machinery 26,500 SHP, geared turbines, 2 screws; speed 35 knots; crew 114; call sign NUQT. Operational/building data: laid down by Bethlehem Steel, San Francisco, 13 September 1920; decommissioned 31 March 1930; stricken 22 July 1930; 'Sold June 10 1931 to Bethlehem Steel Alameda and broken up for scrap.' Commanding-officer roster lists six officers 1921-1930 (Lt. T. J. Doyle Jr. through LCDR P. W. Fletcher).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-27

   Study period

   1920-1931

   Population

   Crew 1921-1930

   Limitations

   NavSource is a volunteer-maintained compilation of official data, not a primary record. Its DD-330 data block is internally inconsistent - it reads 'Launched May 20 1920 and commissioned September 29 1921,' a launch date earlier than the stated laying-down and contradicting DANFS (launched 18 February 1921; commissioned 26 April 1921); DANFS controls and the NavSource block is carried only for laid-down (13 September 1920), stricken (22 July 1930), machinery, call sign, and the Alameda breaker detail. 'Crew 114' conflicts with DANFS cpl. 95. No asbestos or materials information.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-hull-dd330-05

7. [7]National Archives, Ship Plan Index, HULL entries (RG 19 / RG 38) [other_primary]

   Locator

   Ship Plan Index, HULL rows (NAIDs 175669411 for DD-330; 53484301/175669410/182787741 for DD-7; 53484300/175669412/12451237 for DD-350; 148026519/153714842/175662154 for DD-945)

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   NARA's Ship Plan Index lists HULL DD-330 under Record Group 19, Microfilm series (NAID 175669411) - a lead for hull-specific drawings that may carry insulation and piping callouts. The same index lists the three other Hull hulls under separate entries: HULL DD-7 (RG 19 Alphabetical Ship Drawings NAID 53484301; Microfilm NAID 175669410; Dash File NAID 182787741), HULL DD-350 (Alphabetical NAID 53484300; Microfilm NAID 175669412; RG 38 Trial Curves NAID 12451237), and HULL DD-945 (Microfilm 2 NAID 148026519; Hull series NAID 153714842; Portfolio Plans NAID 175662154).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   archival_lead

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-27

   Study period

   holdings; not yet retrieved

   Limitations

   The index establishes holdings, not the contents of individual drawings; no DD-330 drawing or material schedule was retrieved or reviewed, and the index is not evidence of asbestos aboard. NARA's asbestos research guide describes the microfilm drawing series as covering 1945-1955 - postdating this hull's 1931 scrapping - so the DD-330 roll's coverage is unverified. DD-330 must not be conflated with DD-7, DD-350, or DD-945 rows in retrieval.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-hull-dd330-06

8. [8]U.S. Navy, 'USA - DD Wickes & Clemson Class Booklet of General Plans' (Navy Yard, Newport News, Virginia; booklet dated 1 October 1919; NARA File Unit 'Plans for Flush Deckers, 1789-1967'; digitized via ship-design-drawings collection on Internet Archive) [other_primary]

   Locator

   archive.org item ddflushdeckersbogp1919 (10 sheets, 400 ppi)

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   Official Booklet of General Plans covering the Wickes and Clemson destroyer classes, dated 1 October 1919 - about eleven months before this hull was laid down. A 10-sheet drawing set (cover; general information; outboard/inboard profiles; main deck; platform decks and bridges; hold; midship section) produced at Newport News Navy Yard; class-level general-arrangement documentation for the flush-deck design this hull was built to.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   archival_lead

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-27

   Study period

   1919

   Population

   Navy Yard Newport News drafting trades, 1919 (document production)

   Limitations

   Class-level, not hull-specific: the booklet covers the Wickes/Clemson design generally and was produced at a different yard than Hull's builder (Bethlehem Union Iron Works). Drawing sheets are image scans not OCR'd for material callouts; any insulation notes require sheet-level review not performed. No asbestos content was extracted or confirmed.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-hull-dd330-07

9. [9]National Archives, 'Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961' [other_primary]

   Locator

   Beginning Research; General Information Books (Entry P 9); Cartographic Branch (S39/S48); Specifications and Standards (Entry P 45); Other Records and their usefulness

   Finding type

   asbestos_application

   Finding

   NARA's research guide describes the asbestos-relevant Navy record series: RG 19 Destroyer, Destroyer Escort, and Frigate General Information Books (Entry P 9, 1907-1961 - spanning this hull's era) and S39 insulation/lagging and S48 piping drawings among Ship Engineering Drawings (paper series 1874-1976; microfilm series 1945-1955); Specifications and Standard Development Case Files (Entry P 45, 1920-1966 - spanning construction); it states that deck logs and muster rolls provide no direct evidence of asbestos aboard ships.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-27

   Study period

   guide scope 1941-1961; cited series span 1907-1976

   Limitations

   This is a research guide, not a Hull material record - and the guide's framing scope is 'asbestos in U.S. Navy materiel from 1941-1961,' after this hull's 1931 scrapping; the cited series' date ranges nonetheless cover 1920-1931. It establishes where to search and why service records are insufficient; it does not show that a Hull DD-330 GIB exists or that this ship contained asbestos.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-hull-dd330-08

10. [10]U.S. GAO, HRD-80-2, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure (1979) [gao]

    Locator

    Product-page description (full text returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches)

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    The 1979 GAO review documents asbestos insulation policy and exposure concerns across Navy shipbuilding and repair, with fieldwork at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards. Program-level context for the Navy asbestos era generally.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    context

    Documentation level

    context_only

    Accessed

    2026-09-27

    Study period

    report 1979

    Population

    Navy shipyard workforce (program-level)

    Limitations

    GAO studied policy decades after this hull was scrapped in 1931 and did not examine this ship. It cannot establish this hull's materials, exposures, or repair work. gao.gov blocks automated full-text fetches (HTTP 403) in prior batch work and this session; the product-page description is the working citation.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-hull-dd330-09

11. [11]Naval Sea Systems Command, Naval Ships' Technical Manual chapter 050, 'Readiness and Care of Inactive Ships,' revision 3 (1 May 2005) [other_primary]

    Locator

    Section 050-7.2.7, 'Handling and Removal of Asbestos Materials' (PDF p.152 of 212; also nonskid/PACM notes pp. 38, 173)

    Finding type

    asbestos_application

    Finding

    NAVSEA's inactive-ships manual states (section 050-7.2.7, 'Handling and Removal of Asbestos Materials'): 'Past naval shipbuilding programs have included extensive use of asbestos materials for shipboard installations such as thermal insulation and deck tile. Occasionally, shipboard stores and consumable supplies left on inactivated ships include asbestos materials.' The same chapter references asbestos 'in any form (cast, powder, pipe covering, gasket, etc.)' in shipboard stores and Presumed Asbestos Containing Materials in pipe and equipment insulation. This is general historical Navy context; the manual does not identify DD-330, its builder, the Clemson class, or a 1920-1931 installation.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    supporting

    Documentation level

    class_or_era

    Accessed

    2026-09-27

    Study period

    manual 2005 (describing past shipbuilding practice)

    Population

    Inactive-fleet maintenance and stripping crews (program-level)

    Limitations

    Published decades after DD-330 was scrapped and not specific to the Clemson class or the ship's service years. It cannot establish that asbestos was installed or encountered on DD-330, identify a product, or support an exposure or causation claim. Live navsea.navy.mil URL returns 403 to automated fetch; verbatim text verified against the 2016-12-22 Wayback capture of the same PDF.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-hull-dd330-10

12. [12]NavSource machinery specifications for Hull (26,500 SHP geared turbines, 2 screws) + DANFS Clemson-class identification; Atlas shipyard dataset entries for bethlehem-shipbuilding (aliases incl. Union Iron Works) and mare-island-naval-shipyard [other_primary]

    Locator

    NavSource DD-330 specs block; DANFS spec line and 1929 overhaul sentence; shipyards.json records 'bethlehem-shipbuilding' and 'mare-island-naval-shipyard'

    Finding type

    asbestos_application

    Finding

    Era/design inference: a 1920-21 Bethlehem/Union Iron Works-built Clemson-class steam-plant destroyer with four boilers and geared turbines per class design, overhauled at Mare Island Naval Shipyard June-October 1929, was built and maintained in the period when asbestos thermal insulation on boilers, steam piping, and turbines and asbestos gaskets, packing, and fireproofing were standard Navy practice. Both documented facilities resolve in the Atlas yard dataset: builder Bethlehem Shipbuilding (whose aliases include Union Iron Works) carries documented asbestos product lists, and Mare Island Naval Shipyard is a dataset yard with documented asbestos products and litigation - yard-level corroboration of era practice only.

    Verification

    inferred

    Role

    supporting

    Documentation level

    class_or_era

    Accessed

    2026-09-27

    Study period

    1920-1931

    Population

    Bethlehem Union Iron Works construction trades 1920-21; Mare Island overhaul trades June-October 1929; crew 1921-1930

    Limitations

    Class/era inference only - no ship-specific asbestos finding exists for this hull, and none can postdate her 1931 scrapping. Construction-era materials inference for a 1920-21 hull is weaker than for WWII-built classes. The yard dataset's Bethlehem documentation principally concerns other plants and later decades; Mare Island's documented asbestos records postdate the 1929 overhaul. Boiler type/count specifics beyond the class design are unverified for this hull.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-hull-dd330-11

13. [13]CourtListener authenticated API v4 sweep, 2026-09-27, via the fleet pacing helper (cl-auth-search.py) [court_record]

    Locator

    CourtListener search API: type=o 'USS Hull' (2 hits); type=r 'USS Hull' (3 hits); type=o 'DD-330' (0); type=r 'DD-330' (14 unrelated); type=rd 'Hull DD-945'/'(DD-945)'/'(DD 945)' (11 docs); type=rd 'Hull DD-330'/'(DD-330)'/'(DD 330)'/'Hull DD-350'/'Hull DD-7' (0 each)

    Finding type

    litigation_documented

    Finding

    CourtListener authenticated sweep (2026-09-27, via cl-auth-search.py): 'USS Hull' opinions = 2 (United States v. Lower; United States v. Cowan - military-justice cases naming USS Hull (DD-945); name collisions, no asbestos content). 'USS Hull' dockets = 3, all asbestos matters - Higgins v. A.W. Chesterton Company (N.D. Cal. 3:10-cv-00256, removed from Alameda County Superior Court), Terry Lee Siegfried v. 3M Company (C.D. Cal. 2:18-cv-01575), and In re Asbestos Products Liability Litigation (No. VI) (MDL 875, J.P.M.L.). Document-level attribution: RECAP-document phrase search 'Hull DD-945' (all spelling variants) returns 11 documents spanning all three dockets (Higgins docs 1 and 1-1; Siegfried docs 1-1 and 125-1; MDL-875 entries incl. tag-along docs 8341-2 and 8585-1), while 'Hull DD-330', 'Hull (DD-330)', 'Hull (DD 330)', 'Hull DD-350', and 'Hull DD-7' each return zero. Full text verifies DD-945 attribution: the Higgins complaint alleges a Navy boiler technician's 1973-1977 exposure at jobsites including 'USS Turner Joy DD951; USS Hull DD 945' (doc 1-1), and a plaintiff history sheet attached to MDL-875 entry 8585-1 lists 'USS Hull (DD-945)' beside 'USS Edson (DD-946)' among California worksites; Siegfried's removal record names 'Hull DD-945' in a 1969-1996 Long Beach Naval Shipyard exposure list. 'DD-330' opinions = 0; 'DD-330' dockets = 14, all unrelated civil cases where the string appears as a docket-number fragment; none names the vessel. Classification: no qualifying asbestos litigation for DD-330; three name collisions with DD-945 (a distinct hull, 1958-1983).

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    negative_finding

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-27

    Study period

    2026-09-27 (search date)

    Limitations

    Complaints are pleading-stage allegations against defendants, not adjudicated findings - the DD-945 references would not be exposure findings even if they named this hull. The sweep is bounded to CourtListener's indexed corpus (opinions plus RECAP dockets/documents); unindexed state-court complaints and PACER-only documents are outside it. DD-945 attribution verified at document level via phrase-index queries and cached RECAP plain text for Higgins doc 1-1 and MDL-875 doc 8585-1; the remaining MDL-875 matching doc (8341-2, Dunkin tag-along) is attributed at index level only. Fleet pacing limits governed request timing; all required queries completed.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-hull-dd330-12

14. [14]Batch-3318 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS (hazegray mirror transcription), NHHC Online Library (ibiblio mirror), NavSource, NARA Ship Plan Index, NARA asbestos research guide, GAO HRD-80-2, Internet Archive class BoGP, CourtListener API v4 sweep [other_primary]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-hull-dd330-01 through sl-uss-hull-dd330-NN

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, material schedule, abatement contract, museum hazmat disclosure, or docketed case alleging exposure aboard DD-330 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The hull was sold for scrap in 1931 - decades before asbestos surveying or abatement records were kept - foreclosing modern documentation, and any 1920s construction material records survive only in unreviewed NARA holdings.

    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 - the 1920-21 construction era is consistent with standard asbestos thermal insulation, but that is inference, not ship-proven. Does not establish or defeat any exposure or eligibility claim.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-hull-dd330-13