USS HULL (DD-350)

Evidence

16 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-16).

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

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Identity packet verdict: VERDICT: VERIFIED — real identity: USS Hull (DD-350) [SECONDARY: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Hull_(DD-350)]

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Evidence ID

   uss-hull-dd350-pkt-ji-packet-md

2. [2]DANFS, Hull III (DD-350), NHHC (verbatim transcription via hazegray DANFS mirror; live NHHC page returns 404) [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   DANFS entry 'Hull III (DD-350)', Isaac Hull biography and specifications block, opening paragraph

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   DANFS record for this hull: third ship named Hull, honoring Commodore Isaac Hull; Farragut class; specifications dp. 1,395; l. 341'4"; b. 34'3"; dr. 8'10"; s. 37 k.; cpl. 100; armament 5 x 5-inch, 4 x .30 cal., 8 x 21-inch torpedo tubes. Launched 31 January 1934 by New York Navy Yard, sponsored by Miss Patricia Louise Platt; commissioned 11 January 1935, Commander R. S. Wentworth in command.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-27

   Study period

   1933-1935

   Population

   New York Navy Yard construction trades 1933-34; commissioning crew (design complement 100)

   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 (1933-03-07 is carried from NavSource and NARA-derived drawing metadata); the live NHHC DANFS page 404s, so the hazegray verbatim transcription is the working citation.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-hull-dd350-01

3. [3]DANFS, Hull III (DD-350), service narrative (1935-1944) [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   DANFS service narrative, paragraphs 2-8

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   DANFS service narrative for this hull: shakedown to the Azores, Portugal, and the British Isles; arrived San Diego via the Panama Canal 19 October 1935; Pacific Fleet exercises, Alaska cruise summer 1936, Hawaiian exercises April 1937, carrier plane-guard duty; homeport shift to Pearl Harbor 12 October 1939. On 7 December 1941 alongside tender Dobbin undergoing repairs - no hits taken; escorted Enterprise into Pearl Harbor next day. Screened Lexington in TF 11 Solomons strikes; SF-Pearl Harbor convoy duty; Guadalcanal landings 7 August 1942 (screening, ASW for transports, sank burning transport George F. Elliott that evening; sank a schooner off Guadalcanal 9 August; air attacks 3 and 14 September). New Hebrides with battleship Colorado through end of 1942; repairs at San Francisco arriving 7 February 1943; Aleutians (Adak 16 April; Kiska bombardments July-early August; Kiska landings 15 August). Wake strikes; Makin bombardment 20 November 1943. Marshalls with TF 53 (Kwajalein 31 January 1944; Eniwetok/Majuro patrols; Mille 18 March; Wotje 22 March). Truk raid 29-30 April; Marianas (Saipan bombardment 13 June; landings 15 June; Battle of the Philippine Sea 19 June, TG 58.2); Guam July; Seattle arrival 26 August for repairs keeping her stateside until anchoring at Pearl Harbor 23 October 1944.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-27

   Study period

   1935-1944

   Population

   Commissioned crew 1935-1944; Pearl Harbor/Tender Dobbin repair personnel December 1941; San Francisco repair trades February 1943; Seattle-area repair trades August-October 1944

   Limitations

   Documents service history only - no materials, maintenance scope, or asbestos content. The transcription reads 'sailed 7 December for Suvu' in a sequence that must be mid-1942 (the Guadalcanal landings followed 26 July); the printed day/month pairing is internally inconsistent and the wording is carried as transcribed. Yard names for the 1943 San Francisco repair are not given; the August-October 1944 'Seattle' repair corresponds to the Puget Sound Navy Yard area per the NavSource photo record.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-hull-dd350-02

4. [4]DANFS, Hull III (DD-350), loss narrative (Typhoon Cobra, 18 December 1944) [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   DANFS service narrative, final two paragraphs

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   DANFS loss narrative for this hull: joined a 3d Fleet refueling group departing 20 November 1944; fueling began 17 December and was cancelled in heavy seas; engulfed by the typhoon 18 December with winds above 90 knots; about 1100 she locked 'in irons' in the trough of the sea, rolled to 80 degrees or more, flooded through her upper structures, and capsized - per her commander's account: 'The ship remained over on her side at an angle of 80 degrees or more as the water flooded into her upper structures. I remained on the port wing of the bridge until the water flooded up to me, then I stepped off into the water as the ship rolled over on her way down.' Rescue by USS Tabberer and other ships saved 7 officers and 55 enlisted men. Hull received 10 battle stars for World War II service.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-27

   Study period

   1944-11-20 to 1944-12-18

   Population

   Crew aboard at loss (approximately 264 inferred); USS Tabberer and fleet rescue crews

   Limitations

   Documents the loss sequence and rescue count - not materials or asbestos content. DANFS does not give a total aboard figure or a stricken date; 7+55 rescued implies roughly 264 aboard when combined with the NHC 202 dead/missing (see ev-07). NavSource's fate line (December 17; '38 of her crew were lost') conflicts and is flagged in gaps.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-hull-dd350-03

5. [5]NHHC Online Library of Selected Images, 'USS Hull (DD-350), 1935-1944' (verbatim transcription via HyperWar/ibiblio mirror) [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   NHHC Online Library DD-350 page: summary paragraphs and photo captions NH 61892, NH 61591, NH 61891, 80-G-321647

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   Official Naval History and Heritage Command photo-archive page for this hull: 'a 1395-ton Farragut class destroyer built by the New York Navy Yard, was commissioned in January 1935'; shakedown to western Europe; Pacific station October 1935; homeport Pearl Harbor October 1939; moored there during the 7 December 1941 attack; Lexington escort and West Coast-Hawaii convoys; Guadalcanal invasion August 1942; battleship escort late 1942-early 1943; North Pacific April 1943 and Kiska landings August; Central Pacific raids and Gilberts campaign November 1943; Marshalls invasion January-February 1944; Marshalls/Carolines raids, Saipan and Guam invasions, Battle of the Philippine Sea; 'A West Coast shipyard overhaul occupied her during August-October 1944'; joined Third Fleet underway logistics forces November; 'When her fueling group encountered a typhoon off the Philippines on 18 December 1944, Hull was overwhelmed by the violent winds and seas, capsized and sank. The tragedy took the lives of more than two hundred men, about three-quarters of her crew.' Photo captions include NH 61892 (off the New York Navy Yard, 18 April 1935), NH 61591 (St. Nazaire, France, 1935), NH 61891 (Funchal, Madeira, 1 June 1935), and 80-G-321647 (underway at sea, May 1944).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-27

   Study period

   1933-1944

   Population

   New York Navy Yard trades 1933-35; crew 1935-1944; West Coast overhaul trades August-October 1944

   Limitations

   Documents builder, service arc, overhaul window ('West Coast shipyard,' August-October 1944), and loss scale ('more than two hundred men, about three-quarters of her crew') - not materials or asbestos content. The yard name is not given on the page; the NavSource photo record places her in the vicinity of Puget Sound Navy Yard 10 October 1944. Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC page pattern 404s.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-hull-dd350-04

6. [6]NavSource Naval History, Destroyer Photo Index, 'DD-350 USS HULL' [other_primary]

   Locator

   NavSource DD-350 index page, specs/operational-data block, commanding-officer roster, photo captions 19-N-30484 and Puget Sound 10 October 1944

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NavSource photo/data index for this hull: Farragut class; displacement 1,365 tons; dimensions 341'3" (oa) x 34'3" x 16'4" max; armament 5 x 5"/38AA, 4 x .50 MG, 8 x 21" tt (4x2); machinery 42,800 SHP, Curtis geared turbines, 2 screws; speed 36.5 knots; range 6,500 NM at 12 knots; crew 160; call sign NIZN. Operational/building data: laid down by New York Navy Yard 7 March 1933; launched 31 January 1934; commissioned 11 January 1935. Commanding-officer roster lists eleven officers 1935-1944, ending with LCDR James Alexander Marks (22 September 1944 - 18 December 1944). Photo captions document yard periods: 19-N-30484 (plan view amidships at Mare Island Navy Yard, 29 May 1942, Bureau of Ships Collection, NARA) and 'underway in the vicinity of the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Washington, 10 October 1944' wearing camouflage Measure 31, Design 6d (Bureau of Ships Collection, NARA).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-27

   Study period

   1933-1944

   Population

   Crew 1935-1944; Mare Island (May 1942) and Puget Sound area (August-October 1944) yard personnel

   Limitations

   NavSource is a volunteer-maintained compilation of official data, not a primary record. Its fate line reads 'Foundered in Typhoon off Luzon December 17 1944. 38 of her crew were lost and remain on duty' - the December 17 date and the 38 figure conflict with DANFS (capsized 18 December) and the NHC Court-of-Inquiry-derived casualty table (202 dead/missing); DANFS/NHC control and the anomalies are flagged in gaps. 'Crew 160' conflicts with DANFS cpl. 100. The 16'4" draft figure is unusually deep for the class and is carried only as printed. No asbestos or materials information.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-hull-dd350-05

7. [7]Naval Historical Center, 'Typhoons and Hurricanes: Pacific Typhoon, 18 December 1944' (Wayback capture of history.navy.mil FAQ 102-4) [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   NHC FAQ 102-4 main narrative paragraph and related-resources list

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   Official NHC account of the typhoon that sank this hull: on 17 December 1944 Task Force 38 (seven fleet and six light carriers, eight battleships, 15 cruisers, about 50 destroyers) operated about 300 miles east of Luzon; on 18 December the small but violent typhoon overtook the force while many ships were attempting to refuel; 'Three destroyers, USS Hull, USS Spence, and USS Monaghan, capsized and went down with practically all hands,' a cruiser, five carriers, and three destroyers suffered serious damage, approximately 790 officers and men were lost or killed with another 80 injured, and some 146 aircraft were lost or damaged beyond economical repair - 'more damage on the Navy than any storm since the hurricane at Apia, Samoa in 1889.'

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-27

   Study period

   1944-12-17 to 1944-12-18

   Population

   Third Fleet crews, 17-18 December 1944 (approximately 790 lost or killed fleet-wide; 202 dead/missing for Hull per ev-07)

   Limitations

   Fleet-level official account that names this hull among the three lost destroyers - not a materials or asbestos record. Live NHHC URL pattern 404s; Wayback capture of the NHC page is the working citation. The page also lists the unpublished Court of Inquiry microfilm (see ev-08).

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-hull-dd350-06

8. [8]Naval Historical Center, 'Pacific Typhoon, 18 December: Personnel Casualties Suffered by Third Fleet, 17-18 December 1944, Compiled from Official Sources' (Wayback capture of history.navy.mil FAQ 102-4c) [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   NHC FAQ 102-4c casualty table, Hull row; source note citing Exhibit 14, Court of Inquiry, Modern Military Branch NARA

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   Official NHC casualty table, attested 'a true copy' by Captain Herbert K. Gates, USN, Judge Advocate, sourced to Exhibit 14 of the Court of Inquiry into the loss of USS Hull, USS Spence, and USS Monaghan (Modern Military Branch, NARA, College Park): Hull - 202 dead or missing, 20 injured; Monaghan - approximately 256 dead or missing, 6 injured; Spence - 317 dead or missing, 9 injured; fleet totals 790 dead/missing and 80 injured. With DANFS' 62 rescued (7 officers, 55 enlisted), the table implies approximately 264 men aboard Hull at the loss.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-27

   Study period

   1944-12-18

   Population

   Hull crew at loss (202 dead/missing; 62 rescued of whom 20 injured)

   Limitations

   Official per-ship casualty accounting for the loss event - not a materials or asbestos record; the 20 'injured' are survivors among the 62 rescued per DANFS. 'Dead or missing' is the table's own category. Secondary compilations print divergent figures (e.g., NavSource '38'), which are flagged in gaps; this Court-of-Inquiry-derived table controls.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-hull-dd350-07

9. [9]Naval Historical Center FAQ 102-4, 'Unpublished Sources' note: Court of Inquiry into the Typhoon of 18 December 1944 by Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet (microfilm NRS 1978-43, Operational Archives Branch) [other_primary]

   Locator

   NHC FAQ 102-4 'Unpublished Sources' paragraph; casualty exhibit note on FAQ 102-4c

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   The NHC typhoon page identifies the unpublished primary record for this hull's loss: the Court of Inquiry into the Typhoon of 18 December 1944 convened by Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet, available on microfilm as NRS 1978-43 from the Operational Archives Branch, Naval Historical Center (now NHHC); the casualty exhibit resides in Modern Military Branch, NARA College Park. The inquiry record for a hull lost with heavy casualties is the principal non-digitized document set on her final condition, stability additions, and crew.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   archival_lead

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-27

   Study period

   1944-1945 (inquiry); microfilm NRS 1978-43

   Population

   Court of Inquiry record subjects (Hull loss circumstances, December 1944)

   Limitations

   Archival lead only - the microfilm was not retrieved or reviewed; its contents are unknown beyond the derived casualty table (ev-07). A wartime Court of Inquiry documents loss circumstances and ship condition; it is not expected to contain asbestos material schedules, and no asbestos content has been extracted from it.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-hull-dd350-08

10. [10]National Archives, Ship Plan Index, HULL entries (RG 19 / RG 38) [other_primary]

    Locator

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

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    NARA's Ship Plan Index lists HULL DD-350 under three entries: RG 19 Alphabetical Ship Drawings (NAID 53484300), RG 19 Microfilm series (NAID 175669412), and RG 38 Trial Curves (NAID 12451237) - leads for hull-specific drawings that may carry insulation and piping callouts, and for trial-condition documentation. The same index lists the three other Hull hulls under separate entries: HULL DD-7 (Alphabetical NAID 53484301; Microfilm NAID 175669410; Dash File NAID 182787741), HULL DD-330 (Microfilm NAID 175669411), 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-350 drawing or material schedule was retrieved or reviewed, and the index is not evidence of asbestos aboard. DD-350 must not be conflated with DD-7, DD-330, or DD-945 rows in retrieval. NARA's asbestos research guide notes the microfilm drawing series covers 1945-1955, postdating this hull's 1944 loss - the microfilm roll's coverage for DD-350 is unverified.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-hull-dd350-09

11. [11]U.S. Navy, 'USA - DD-350 USS Hull General Arrangement (1936)' (New York Navy Yard; digitized from NARA File Unit 'Plans for the Destroyer USS Hull (DD-350), 1789-1967,' Alphabetical Series of Ship Engineering Drawings, RG 19; ship-design-drawings collection on Internet Archive) [other_primary]

    Locator

    archive.org item dd350ga1936 (7 sheets, 230 ppi); description cites NARA File Unit and RG 19 series

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Hull-specific digitized plan set for this ship: a seven-sheet General Arrangement set produced by the New York Navy Yard, sheets dated 31 January 1936 (platform decks/hold), 3 January 1936 (main/forecastle decks and bridges), 24 September 1937 (outboard profiles), and 27 April 1937 (cover photo) - downloaded from NARA's Alphabetical Series of Ship Engineering Drawings, RG 19. The sheet list (outboard profiles; main, forecastle decks and bridges; first/second platform and hold) covers the compartmentation and systems layout of this hull two years after commissioning. Class-sister sets also digitized: USS Monaghan DD-354 Booklet of General Plans (dd354bogp1939) and USS Aylwin DD-355 (dd355bogp19xx).

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    archival_lead

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-27

    Study period

    1936-1937

    Population

    New York Navy Yard drafting trades, 1936-37 (document production)

    Limitations

    The sheets are 230-dpi image scans marked not OCRable; no insulation, lagging, or material callouts were extracted - sheet-level review is the open lead, and the set is incomplete per its own description. A general-arrangement set may not carry insulation schedules even where they exist. This is a holdings/coverage record, not evidence of asbestos aboard.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-hull-dd350-10

12. [12]National Archives, 'Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961' [other_primary]

    Locator

    Beginning Research; RG 19 correspondence file-code conventions; 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 for this hull's era: RG 19 Bureau of Ships correspondence filed by hull designation ('DD350' for this ship; 'DD348 Class' for Farragut-class correspondence per the guide's filing-manual conventions), General Information Books for destroyer types (Entry P 9, 1907-1961 - spanning this hull's entire service life), S39 insulation/lagging and S48 piping drawings among Ship Engineering Drawings, and 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. Its framing scope is 'asbestos in U.S. Navy materiel from 1941-1961'; this hull served 1935-1944, so only her wartime years fall inside the framing, though the cited series' date ranges cover 1933-1944. It establishes where to search and why service records are insufficient; it does not show that a Hull DD-350 GIB exists or that this ship contained asbestos.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-hull-dd350-11

13. [13]NavSource machinery specifications for Hull (42,800 SHP Curtis geared turbines, 2 screws) + DANFS Farragut-class identification + Atlas shipyard dataset entries for brooklyn-navy-yard (builder), puget-sound-naval-shipyard (August-October 1944 overhaul area), and mare-island-naval-shipyard (May 1942 yard presence) [other_primary]

    Locator

    NavSource DD-350 specs block and photo captions; DANFS spec line and repair sentences; shipyards.json records 'brooklyn-navy-yard', 'mare-island-naval-shipyard', 'puget-sound-naval-shipyard'

    Finding type

    asbestos_application

    Finding

    Era/design inference: a 1933-35 New York Navy Yard-built Farragut-class steam-plant destroyer (Curtis geared turbines, 42,800 shp per NavSource), repaired at Pearl Harbor in December 1941, at San Francisco in February 1943, documented at Mare Island Navy Yard 29 May 1942, and overhauled in the Puget Sound Navy Yard area August-October 1944, 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. All named facilities resolve in the Atlas yard dataset: brooklyn-navy-yard, mare-island-naval-shipyard, and puget-sound-naval-shipyard are dataset yards carrying yard-level asbestos documentation - yard-level corroboration of era practice only.

    Verification

    inferred

    Role

    supporting

    Documentation level

    class_or_era

    Accessed

    2026-09-27

    Study period

    1933-1944

    Population

    New York Navy Yard construction trades 1933-35; Pearl Harbor repair personnel December 1941; Mare Island personnel May 1942; San Francisco repair trades February 1943; Puget Sound overhaul trades August-October 1944; crew 1935-1944

    Limitations

    Class/era inference only - no ship-specific asbestos finding exists for this hull, and none can postdate her December 1944 loss at sea. Boiler type/count specifics beyond the NavSource machinery line are unverified for this hull. Yard-dataset asbestos records concern facility-level practice, not this hull's materials. The February 1943 'San Francisco' repair yard is unidentified in reviewed sources.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-hull-dd350-12

14. [14]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 lost in 1944 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-dd350-13

15. [15]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 and type=r result sets

    Finding type

    litigation_documented

    Finding

    Authenticated CourtListener API v4 sweep located no qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull. Query "USS Hull" (type=o) returned 2 opinions, both military-justice appeals whose 'USS Hull' references attach to the only commissioned hull afloat in 1979-1982 - DD-945 (United States v. Lower, 10 M.J. 263 (C.M.A. 1981); United States v. Cowan, 13 M.J. 906 (N.M.C.M.R. 1982)) - name collisions, not asbestos cases. Query "DD-350" (type=o) returned a single unrelated criminal appeal (Bell v. State, Fla. DCA 1978) - a collision on the hyphenated token, not the ship. Query "USS Hull" (type=r) returned 3 docket-index entries - Higgins v. A.W. Chesterton Co. (N.D. Cal., filed 2010-01-20), Terry Lee Siegfried v. 3M Co. (C.D. Cal., filed 2018-02-26), and the In re Asbestos Products Liability Litigation (No. VI) MDL master docket (JPML, 1991) - asbestos dockets in which the string appears in indexed docket text; none is verified to name DD-350, and any post-1958 exposure allegation would attach to DD-945. No qualifying result for this hull.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    negative_finding

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-27

    Study period

    2026-09-27 (search date)

    Limitations

    The docket-index text matches are unresolved as to hull identity: none names 'DD-350,' and this hull sank in 1944 - before the asbestos-litigation era - so a postwar asbestos filing naming 'USS Hull' most plausibly refers to DD-945 (in service 1958-1983). Docket sheets were not pulled; classified down as non-qualifying for this hull per name-collision and litigation-stage discipline. Absence of a qualifying hit is a search result, not proof no claim was ever filed - state-court and non-digitized filings sit outside the index.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-hull-dd350-14

16. [16]Batch-3335 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS (hazegray mirror transcription), NHHC Online Library (ibiblio mirror), NHC typhoon FAQ pages via Wayback, NavSource, NARA Ship Plan Index, NARA asbestos research guide, archive.org ship-design-drawings collection, GAO HRD-80-2, CourtListener API v4 sweep [other_primary]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-hull-dd350-01 through sl-uss-hull-dd350-11

    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-350 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The hull capsized at sea in December 1944 - decades before asbestos surveying or abatement records were kept - and is not extant, foreclosing modern documentation; any 1933-35 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 1933-35 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-dd350-15