Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet ga-packet.md (1 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-hunt-dd674-pkt-ga-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Hunt II (DD-674) (builder, launch, commissioning, service narrative; verbatim transcription - live NHHC page serves 404; archived NHHC copy at web.archive.org/web/2020/history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/h/hunt-ii.html verified identical) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry 'Hunt II (DD-674)', specifications block + service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: launched by Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Kearny, N.J., 1 August 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Henry Kent Hewitt; commissioned 22 September 1943, Comdr. Frank P. Mitchell in command. Shakedown off Bermuda; final alterations at New York Navy Yard; Pacific service with TF 58 (Marshalls, Truk, Jaluit, Palaus, Hollandia, Marianas incl. Battle of the Philippine Sea, Leyte Gulf, Formosa/Luzon strikes, Iwo Jima); voyage repairs at Pearl Harbor August 1944; rescued 429 survivors of burning carrier Franklin (CV-13) 19 March 1945; struck by a kamikaze at deck level 14 April 1945 off Okinawa (mainmast sheared, forward stack sliced); tender overhaul at Leyte; arrived San Francisco for overhaul 6 July 1945; decommissioned 15 December 1945 at San Diego; recommissioned 31 October 1951; Newport-based ASW/plane-guard duty 1952-63 incl. 1954 world cruise, 1956 Suez Crisis patrol, 1957 NATO Operation Seaspray, 1958 Lebanon crisis 6th Fleet service; Battle Efficiency Award FY1957-58 and FY1958-59; decommissioned 30 December 1963, berthed Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Philadelphia.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1943-1963
- Population
- Federal Shipbuilding construction trades 1943; wartime and postwar crew (design complement 273)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. The entry predates the 1974 strike and records no disposal; it ends 'berthed in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet at Philadelphia, Pa., where she remains.' Live NHHC page returns 404; verbatim ibiblio transcription cited and checked against the archived NHHC page. No laid-down date in the DANFS text (31 March 1943 rests on secondary compilations - see gaps).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hunt-dd674-01
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[3]NavSource Destroyer Photo Index, USS Hunt (DD-674) - operational/building data block (secondary compilation) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource DD-674 page, 'Operational and Building Data' / 'Fate' lines
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Secondary compilation records this hull's disposition: stricken from the Naval Vessel Register 1 December 1974; sold 14 August 1975 to Consolidated Steel, Brownsville, TX, for $168,999 and broken up for scrap. Laid down 31 March 1943 (not stated in DANFS text). Consistent with the Atlas Fletcher-class profile's 'stricken 1974-12' entry.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1974-1975
- Population
- Atlantic Reserve Fleet custody 1963-1974; scrapping workforce, Brownsville TX 1975
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer-maintained reference compilation, not a primary source; the strike and sale details could not be verified against an official record - the NVR excludes vessels disposed before 1987 and the NHHC DANFS entry predates the strike. Class profile and secondary references agree on the dates.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hunt-dd674-02
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[4]DANFS specifications block (Fletcher class; cpl 273; 30+ kt) + Atlas shipyard dataset, Federal Shipbuilding-Kearny record (incl. Owens-Illinois industrial-health survey of the yard, Aug. 30 - Sep. 2, 1944) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS specifications block; shipyards.json record 'federal-shipbuilding-kearny' (ev-federal-kearny-ihs-1944)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/yard inference: a WWII Fletcher-class destroyer with a four-boiler 60,000-shp steam plant would have carried period-standard asbestos insulation, lagging, gaskets, packing, and fireproofing; the builder yard (Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock, Kearny) is documented at yard level in the Atlas dataset - including a 1944 Owens-Illinois industrial-health survey of insulation work at the yard (Johns-Manville Superex pipe covering, boiler insulation; confined-space cutting/fitting by insulators).
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1943-1963
- Population
- Federal Shipbuilding construction trades 1943; crew 1943-45 and 1951-63
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding. The 1944 yard survey postdates this hull's completion (laid down March 1943, launched 1 August 1943, commissioned 22 September 1943) by roughly one year and documents yard practice, not materials aboard DD-674. Does not quantify material or establish any individual's exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hunt-dd674-03
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[5]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented that the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships and did not begin substituting alternative insulation materials until the early 1970s - placing this hull's construction (1943) and both service periods (1943-45, 1951-63) inside the documented asbestos-use era.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1979 (report); 1943-1963 (this hull's era)
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. Full report text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hunt-dd674-04
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[6]CourtListener API v4 sweep, exact-name and hull-number queries (authenticated, fleet-paced helper) [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener API v4 search endpoint, type=o and type=r
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener searches: '"USS Hunt"' (opinions) = 0 results; '"DD-674"' (opinions) = 0 results; '"aboard the Hunt"' (opinions) = 0 results; '"USS Hunt"' (RECAP dockets) = 1 hit (Westberry v. American Steel & Wire Corp., M.D. Fla., asbestos P.I. docket - 'USS Hunt' in indexed text, role unverified; see ev-uss-hunt-dd674-06); '"DD-674"' (RECAP dockets) and '"U.S.S. Hunt"' (opinions) = blocked by fleet pacing budget (see ledger). No qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull located in completed queries.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- Sweep is partial: the hull-number docket query and one spelling variant were paced out mid-session. Name-collision risk is low ('USS Hunt' phrase is specific; the only other USN hull, DD-194, left Navy custody October 1940 as HMS Broadway, so a post-1943 'USS Hunt' Navy reference resolves to this hull). Zero opinion hits means no published opinion indexes this hull's name; it does not exclude unindexed or state-court litigation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hunt-dd674-05
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[7]Westberry v. American Steel & Wire Corp., No. 3:10-cv-01179 (M.D. Fla., filed 2010-12-23, terminated 2011-05-10; nature 368 P.I.: Asbestos; removal, 28:1446) - CL docket 14306111 [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener RECAP docket index, 3:10-cv-01179 (M.D. Fla.)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Asbestos personal-injury docket in which 'USS Hunt' appears in indexed CourtListener docket text; docket metadata confirms an asbestos case removed to federal court, but the vessel's role in the allegations is not retrievable from the public index (docket-detail fetch was paced out - fleet budget).
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 2010-2011 (litigation)
- Population
- Unverified from index
- Limitations
- Pleading-stage removal artifact only; unadjudicated and role-unverified - does not establish exposure aboard this hull, asbestos presence, product identity, or legal eligibility. If the reference does name a Navy Hunt, the 2010-era exposure window almost certainly resolves to DD-674 (DD-194 left Navy custody 1940).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hunt-dd674-06
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[8]Batch-3649 search ledger (this record): DANFS via ibiblio + archived NHHC page; NVR (pre-1987 disposals excluded); NARA catalog API (unavailable); MARAD vessel-history DB (errored); usshunt.com association site; destroyerhistory.org; CourtListener sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-hunt-dd674-01 through sl-uss-hunt-dd674-08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for DD-674: no hull ACM survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, museum record (ship scrapped 1975 - no museum phase), and no qualifying asbestos case naming this hull found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The single docket-index hit (Westberry, M.D. Fla.) is an unresolved archival lead, not qualifying.
- 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 - era-standard applications are documented at class/era level. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hunt-dd674-07
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[9]NARA archival leads: WWII-era deck logs for DD-674 (RG 24) and BuShips General Information Books / contract plans (RG 19) hold per-vessel material-level detail; NHHC deck-log collection noted. Neither retrieved. [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA RG 24 (deck logs), RG 19 (BuShips records); catalog.archives.gov
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads for hull-level material documentation exist but were not retrieved: NARA RG 24 deck logs (USS Hunt DD-674, 1943-1963) and NARA RG 19 BuShips General Information Books / Federal Shipbuilding contract records. The catalog.archives.gov API returned no usable search response during this session.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- Leads only - retrieval not performed; these holdings may or may not contain asbestos-relevant material specifications for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-hunt-dd674-08