Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]DANFS, J. Fred Talbott (DD-156), verbatim transcription at hazegray/losthistory mirror - live NHHC page returns 404 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry DD-156, specifications block + full service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: Wickes-class destroyer (specs: 1,090 t; 314'5" x 30'6" x 8'8"; 35 kt; complement 101; 4x4", 2x3", 2x.30 cal., 12x21" tt.) launched 14 December 1918 by William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia; sponsored by Mrs. Robert L. Bates, niece of Representative Talbott; commissioned 30 June 1919, Comdr. T. G. Ellyson in command. Departed Newport 10 July 1919 for the Mediterranean as station ship during postwar reconstruction; returned 21 June 1920; East Coast patrol and fleet exercises; decommissioned at Philadelphia 18 January 1923. Recommissioned 1 May 1930 (DANFS transcription reads 'Lt. C. II. Cobb' - OCR garble; NavSource's roster gives CDR Calvin Hayes Cobb); ten years of Atlantic-coast and Caribbean operations - antisubmarine training, fleet exercises, reserve and midshipman training. Neutrality Patrol off the Atlantic entrance to the Panama Canal after war began in Europe; post-Pearl Harbor convoy escort between New Orleans, Cuba, and the Canal Zone. Overhaul at Boston January 1944; first transatlantic convoy sailed 13 February 1944 (Casablanca); then convoy escort from Iceland southward into the Caribbean. Arrived New York 15 September 1944 for conversion; reclassified AG-81 on 25 September 1944; from 1 November 1944 based at Port Everglades, Fla., as target ship for torpedo-bomber training through war's end. Arrived Boston 22 April 1946; decommissioned 21 May 1946; sold to Boston Metals Corp., Baltimore, in November 1946 and subsequently scrapped.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1918-1946
- Population
- William Cramp & Sons construction trades 1918-19; interwar and wartime crew (design complement 101)
- 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 (standing link-rot, per BATCH-01). DANFS omits the laid-down date (NavSource supplies 8 July 1918) and gives no stricken date (secondary sources conflict - see gaps).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-j-fred-talbott-dd156-01
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[2]NavSource Naval History, Destroyer Photo Index DD-156/AG-81 USS J. Fred Talbott - building/operational data, as-built specifications, photo-caption record incl. NHHC photograph NH 52013 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource DD-156/AG-81 page: 'Operational and Building Data' block, specifications, photo captions, commanding-officer list
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Secondary archive corroborates and extends DANFS: laid down by Cramp, Philadelphia, 8 July 1918 (DANFS omits the date); radio call sign NIGR; as-built listing 1,154 t, 314'5" x 31'8" x 9'10" max, 4x4"/50 + 12x21" tt., machinery 24,200 shp geared turbines on two screws, 35 kt, crew 103; operational data confirms decommissioned 18 January 1923, recommissioned 1 May 1930, reclassified auxiliary AG-81 25 September 1944, decommissioned 21 May 1946, sold 6 November 1946 to Boston Metals, Baltimore. Page carries a namesake note identifying Representative Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott of Maryland (b. near Lutherville 29 July 1843, d. Lutherville 5 October 1918), a member of the Naval Affairs Committee for 25 years - consistent with the ship's December 1918 launch two months after his death and with DANFS's 'niece of Representative Talbott' sponsorship. Commanding-officer roster (CDR T. G. 'Spuds' Ellyson first) and photo credits including NHHC photo NH 52013 (in a Mediterranean harbor, c. 1919) and a 30 October 1944 image of the AG-81 configuration.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1918-1946
- Population
- Crew across both commission periods
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer photographic archive, not an official record - used here to corroborate DANFS and to fix the laid-down date DANFS omits. Its 'Stricken December 22 1946' conflicts with Wikipedia/uboat.net's '19 June 1946' (uncited) - carried as a documented conflict in gaps, not reconciled. Direct navsource.org fetch failed DNS resolution this session; page read via 2024-05-25 Wayback capture. No asbestos or materials content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-j-fred-talbott-dd156-02
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[3]DANFS DD-156 entry (same-hull redesignation record) + batch prompt directive [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry narrative ('reclassified AG-81 25 September 1944') and specifications block ('cl. Wickes')
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Record consolidation and metadata corrections for this hull: (a) DANFS documents that DD-156 was converted at New York and reclassified AG-81 on 25 September 1944 - AG-81 is the same hull, not a separate vessel, so PRIMARY's same-hull AG-81 record (which spells the name 'Talbot') consolidates into this canonical DD-156 record and is not counted separately; no exact or documented same-hull designation match was found in VERIFY at any tier per the batch assignment. (b) The DANFS specifications block gives 'cl. Wickes' - class is Wickes, correcting PRIMARY's 'H' metadata. (c) Canonical spelling is 'J. Fred Talbott' (double-t) per DANFS; 'Talbot' renderings are misspellings or collisions with the distinct Silas Talbot namesakes (DD-114/APD-7; FFG-4/DEG-4).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1944 (redesignation); 2026 (metadata correction)
- Limitations
- Correction/consolidation note, not asbestos evidence. The 'Talbot' spelling on PRIMARY's AG-81 record is the kind of single-t variant that collides with USS Talbot (DD-114, a different Wickes-class hull) and USS Talbot (FFG-4, 1967-1988) - collisions handled in the litigation sweep.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-j-fred-talbott-dd156-03
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[4]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 1944 Boston overhaul and New York conversion periods only). The study's concluding reassurance ('not a dangerous occupation') 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-j-fred-talbott-dd156-04
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[5]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 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 the Boston/New York yards she used, and postdates this hull's service life (scrapped 1946-47). Supports plausibility context for her January 1944 Boston overhaul and September 1944 New York AG conversion; establishes nothing ship-specific.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-j-fred-talbott-dd156-05
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[6]CourtListener API v4 opinion and RECAP docket searches (authenticated) for this hull, 2026-09-26 [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener search results, sl-uss-j-fred-talbott-dd156-03 and sl-uss-j-fred-talbott-dd156-04
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener sweep found no qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull. '"J. Fred Talbott"' (type=o): 0 hits. '"USS Talbott"' (type=o): 0 hits. '"Talbott" destroyer' (type=o): 0 hits. '"J. Fred Talbot"' (type=o, single-t spelling variant): 0 hits. '"DD-156"' (type=o): 1 hit - Matter of Adams v. Clouse (N.Y. App. Div. 3d Dept. 2018), a custody/UCCJEA matter; 'DD-156' is a citation/docket fragment, not a vessel reference. '"AG-81"' (type=o): 4 hits, all docket-number/string collisions (e.g., 'AG 81, Sept. Term, 1997' in Attorney Grievance Comm'n v. White, Md. 1999); none vessel or asbestos. '"Talbott" asbestos' (type=o): 21 hits, all surname/party/locality collisions - zero vessel references. '"Talbott"' bare surname (type=o): 5,204 hits, surname-dominated noise - no vessel-context hit in returned results; superseded by the targeted queries. Dockets (type=r): '"J. Fred Talbott"' 0 hits; '"USS Talbott"' 0 hits; '"DD-156"' 6 hits, all docket-text string collisions (Portier v. City of New York; DoorDash v. City of New York; Google v. Doe; M&G Transportation bk; U.S. v. Basham; U.S. v. SLSCO) - non-asbestos, no vessel reference; '"Talbott" asbestos' 153 hits, all plaintiff-surname collisions in asbestos PI dockets (Talbott v. BFGoodrich; Talbott v. Aqua-Chem; Talbott v. Armstrong World Industries; Talbott v. A-C Product Liability Trust; etc.) - no vessel context in any hit.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- Absence of a located opinion/docket 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 (1918-1946) predates the asbestos-litigation era. Hits screened at index level (case name/metadata); complaints alleging vessel-specific exposure rarely surface vessel names in docket indexes, so the surname-dominated 'Talbott' docket hits were not opened individually. Collision class noted: 'Talbot' queries can return material for the distinct Silas Talbot namesakes (DD-114/APD-7; FFG-4/DEG-4) and USS Talbot County (LST-1153).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-j-fred-talbott-dd156-06
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[7]NARA RG 181 (Naval Districts and Shore Establishments) finding aid; NARA RG 19 Bureau of Ships records; NARA RG 24 deck logs; NHHC photo NH 52013 (indexed via NavSource caption); William Cramp & Sons collections (Independence Seaport Museum J. Welles Henderson Archives; SUNY Maritime Stephen B. Luce Library; Temple University SCRC) [other_primary]
- Locator
- archives.gov RG 181 finding aid; NavSource DD-156 photo caption crediting 'U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Photo #: NH 52013'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Unretrieved archival leads with plausible hull-specific material: NARA RG 181 records of the Philadelphia, Boston, and New York naval shipyards cover the yard windows DANFS names (1923 Philadelphia decommissioning; January 1944 Boston overhaul; September 1944 New York AG conversion); NARA RG 24 holds WWII deck logs for this hull (convoy-escort and Port Everglades target-ship periods, 1941-46); NARA RG 19 Bureau of Construction and Repair/BuShips records hold class design and hull specification material; NHHC holds photo NH 52013 (the ship in a Mediterranean harbor c. 1919, per the NavSource caption credit); the Cramp & Sons archival collections (Independence Seaport Museum Henderson Archives, on loan from the Franklin Institute; SUNY Maritime Luce Library blueprints; Temple SCRC records) hold builder plans and contract data.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- record coverage 1918-1946 relevant windows
- Limitations
- Leads only - no retrieval performed; contents, coverage of this specific hull, and any asbestos/materials statements are unverified. The NARA Catalog (catalog.archives.gov) is a JavaScript application not retrievable by plain fetch this session; RG-series leads cited from the published finding aids.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-j-fred-talbott-dd156-07
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[8]Batch-3162 search ledger (this record): DANFS transcription (hazegray/losthistory mirror; live NHHC 404); NavSource DD-156/AG-81 archive page (via Wayback); CourtListener authenticated opinion+docket sweeps; NARA RG 181/19/24 finding aids; shipyards.json yard-dataset check; class-profile worktree check; general web sweep for abatement/survey/litigation records [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-j-fred-talbott-dd156-01 through sl-uss-j-fred-talbott-dd156-09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, museum record, or docketed case naming this hull was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The hull was sold for scrap in November 1946 and broken up - no museum, NHL nomination, or abatement-era documentation layer can exist, and the exposure window (1918-1946) predates the asbestos-litigation era.
- 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 and her documented 1944 overhaul/conversion yard periods are era-consistent with asbestos insulation practice (see ev-04, ev-05). Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-j-fred-talbott-dd156-08