Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet is-packet.md (3 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS Jacob Jones (second of that name); hull Destroyer No. 130 / DD-130; type destroyer, Wickes class
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-jacob-jones-dd130-pkt-is-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Jacob Jones II (DD-130) (builder, dates, full service narrative, loss account; verbatim transcription - live NHHC page serves 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications block + full service narrative + loss account
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: Wickes-class destroyer; laid down 21 February 1918 by New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J.; launched 20 November 1918; sponsored by Mrs. Cazenove Doughton, great-granddaughter of Commodore Jacob Jones; commissioned 20 October 1919 at Philadelphia Navy Yard, Lt. Comdr. P. H. Bastedo in command. Specs: 1,090 t; 314'5" x 31'8" x 8'8"; 35 kt; complement 113; 4x4", 2x3", 12x21" tt. Pacific Fleet 1919-22; decommissioned 24 June 1922; recommissioned 1 May 1930; carrier plane-guard/training duties; Squadron 40-T Mediterranean Nov 1938 - Oct 1939 (Spanish Civil War evacuation squadron); Neutrality Patrol 1940-41; ASW training New London/Key West; convoy escort Argentia Dec 1941 - Feb 1942 (SC-63, HX-169, ON-59). Roving ASW patrol from 22 Feb 1942 under Lt. Comdr. Hugh P. Black; 57 depth charges expended off Ambrose Lightship 22 Feb, inconclusive. At first light 28 February 1942 U-578 hit her with 'two or possibly three' torpedoes port side off the Delaware Capes: magazine explosion sheared off everything forward of the bridge, second hit destroyed the stern above keel plates; midships section floated ~45 min; her own depth charges detonated as she sank, killing men on a nearby raft; Eagle 56 rescued 12 survivors, one of whom died en route to Cape May.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1918-1942
- Population
- New York Shipbuilding construction trades 1918-19; interwar and wartime crew (design complement 113)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. States no total complement aboard at sinking and no stricken date. Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC DANFS page returns 404 (same link-rot standing issue noted in BATCH-01).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-jacob-jones-dd130-01
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[3]U.S. Naval Historical Center, Online Library of Selected Images: USS Jacob Jones (Destroyer #130, later DD-130), 1919-1942 (photo index NH 52165, NH 52166, NH 67838, NH 77258 et al.; verbatim transcription - live NHHC page offline) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NHC Online Library page dd130.htm, ship-summary text block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official Navy photo-index page for this hull: 'While steaming off Delaware Bay on 28 February 1942, USS Jacob Jones was struck by at least two torpedoes from the German submarine U-578, causing heavy casualties among her crew and completely wrecking the ship. The remaining crewmen abandoned ship, but more were killed in the water when depth charges exploded as she sank. Only eleven of Jacob Jones' men survived their ordeal.' Confirms the DANFS loss narrative and fixes the survivor count at eleven.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1942 (loss event); page mirrors NHC publication
- Population
- Wartime crew, February 1942
- Limitations
- Official (Naval Historical Center) secondary-caption source; corroborates casualty narrative but states no total complement aboard. Contains no asbestos or materials information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-jacob-jones-dd130-02
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[4]New Jersey Scuba Diving (njscuba.net) wreck entry for USS Jacob Jones DD-130 + Cape May Magazine wreck feature + Scuba Diving magazine 'Wreck Chat: Jacob Jones' (NUMA reprint) [reputable_press]
- Locator
- njscuba.net USS Jacob Jones DD-130 (1/2) wreck entry; capemaymag.com 'The USS Jacob Jones'; scubadiving.com/numa.net 'Wreck Chat: Jacob Jones' (Ellsworth Boyd)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Wreck disposition of this hull: the wreck lies in broken sections outside the mouth of Delaware Bay (Cape May Magazine gives 38 deg 37 min N, 74 deg 32 min W, describes three distinct pieces and calls it a war grave); reported depth varies ~90-130 ft across dive sources (njscuba lists 120 ft; NUMA reprint 130 ft for the main section with the stern ~1 mile inshore; Cape May Magazine 90 ft). Wreck identified and dived by NJ divers (Scheibel/Dudas account via NUMA/Scuba Diving). njscuba wreck observation notes four Yarrow-type water-tube boilers originally fitted, 'one was later removed, along with the corresponding stack,' collapsed boilers and a reduction gear visible on the wreck; residual unexploded ordnance (depth charges, shell casings) noted by all dive sources.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1942 (loss); wreck dived/identified post-1945; pages current
- Population
- Dive community; wreck site context
- Limitations
- Specialist dive-press and regional-magazine sources, not government records: wreck coordinates, depth, and condition are diver-reported, not an official Navy or NOAA survey; the boiler-removal observation is diver interpretation; njscuba's '134 casualties of 145 crew' and other secondary counts conflict (see gaps). Establishes wreck location/condition only - no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-jacob-jones-dd130-03
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[5]DANFS specifications block (Wickes class; steam plant, 35 kt) + njscuba wreck observation (four Yarrow-type boilers) + Atlas shipyard dataset, New York Shipbuilding record (yard-level documented asbestos products) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS specifications block; njscuba wreck entry (boiler identification); shipyards.json record 'new-york-shipbuilding'
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/yard inference: a Wickes-class destroyer built 1918-19 with a four-boiler oil-fired water-tube steam plant and direct-drive turbines would have carried period-standard thermal insulation - magnesia/asbestos block insulation and lagging on boilers and steam lines, asbestos gaskets, and valve/pump packing - the applications routinely documented for WWI-era naval steam plants. Builder New York Shipbuilding Corp. (Camden) is documented at yard level in the Atlas dataset (tier 1) with products including Pabco Caltemp block, Ehret 85% magnesia insulation, asbestos gaskets, packing, and wire insulation. NARA RG19 'General Information Books' per-vessel material specifications remain an archival lead for hull-level specs.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1918-1942
- Population
- New York Shipbuilding construction trades 1918-19; engineering crew (firemen, water tenders, machinist's mates) 1919-1942
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - no ship-specific asbestos finding exists for this hull (see ev-05 negative finding). Does not establish presence, quantity, or fiber content aboard DD-130; NARA GIB retrieval not performed; any era material aboard remains in the sunken wreck.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-jacob-jones-dd130-04
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[6]Batch-3136 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS + NHC Online Library (ibiblio mirrors); NavSource; uboat.net; U.S. Navy Memorial; njscuba.net; Cape May Magazine; CourtListener API v4 ship-name and hull-number sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-jacob-jones-dd130-01 through sl-uss-jacob-jones-dd130-09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, material inventory, museum hazmat disclosure, or docketed asbestos case naming DD-130 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The hull's destruction in combat in 1942 forecloses most categories of post-service documentation (no refit, scrapping, donation, or museum phase).
- 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 - a 1918 steam destroyer would era-typically have carried asbestos insulation, and such material may persist in the wreck. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-jacob-jones-dd130-05
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[7]CourtListener API v4 sweep, 2026-09-26: "USS Jacob Jones" (type=o) 0 results; "USS Jacob Jones" (type=r) 1 non-qualifying hit - In re Boy Scouts of America, No. 20-10343-LSS (D. Del. bankr.), string appears inside a bulk creditor-mailing exhibit (List of Creditors, ECF 153), not a party; "DD-130" (type=o) 3 hits, all docket-number collisions incl. Rosier v. State, 343 So. 2d 972 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1977, docket no. DD-130); "DD-130" (type=r) 27 hits, all exhibit-label/docket-string collisions (e.g., 'Exhibit DD-130' in Portier v. City of New York filings; Dedewo v. CBS Corp., S.D.N.Y. - employment discrimination, not asbestos); "Jacob Jones" asbestos (type=o) 1 hit - Various Plaintiffs v. Various Defendants ('Oil Field Cases'), 673 F. Supp. 2d 358 (E.D. Pa. 2009), MDL-875 mass-remand opinion for Mississippi oilfield-worker cases - 'Jacob Jones' is a party name, not a vessel reference; name collision, non-qualifying [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener API v4 search results, queries as cited (sl-04, sl-05, sl-06, sl-07, sl-08)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener sweep located no qualifying asbestos litigation naming USS Jacob Jones or DD-130. Exact-name opinion search: zero. Exact-name docket search: one hit classified as name collision (Boy Scouts bankruptcy creditor list). Hull-number searches returned only docket-number and exhibit-label collisions, reviewed individually - none maritime or asbestos. Unadorned-name asbestos query returned one MDL-875 oilfield-worker remand opinion where 'Jacob Jones' is a party name - non-qualifying.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2026-09-26 (sweep date)
- Population
- N/A (negative sweep)
- Limitations
- CourtListener indexes are not exhaustive of state-court and unreported matters, and any claims by surviving crew or families from the 1942 sinking era are outside the retrieved index's coverage. Absence of indexed litigation does not prove no claim was ever filed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-jacob-jones-dd130-06
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[8]USNI News, 'Relic Recovered from U.S. Destroyer Lost in WWI' (2024-02-12) - NHHC/UK MOD Salvage and Marine Operations recovery of the bell of USS Jacob Jones (DD-61) + NHC Online Library page for USS Jacob Jones (DE-130), 1943-1973 [reputable_press]
- Locator
- USNI News article (DD-61); https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/OnlineLibrary/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-j/de130.htm (DE-130)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Name-collision correction: two other U.S. Navy hulls bear the name. USS Jacob Jones (DD-61), Tucker-class destroyer, was sunk by U-53 off the Isles of Scilly 6 December 1917 - the ONLY American destroyer lost in WWI; its wreck was found ~60 miles south of Newlyn, England, in August 2022 by the Darkstar technical dive team, and its bell was recovered in January 2024 by the UK MOD SALMO unit at NHHC's request - the prominent 2024 'USS Jacob Jones wreck' press coverage concerns DD-61, NOT this hull. USS Jacob Jones (DE-130), Edsall-class destroyer escort, commissioned 29 April 1943 and decommissioned 26 July 1946 (stricken 2 January 1971, scrapped 1973) - any 'USS Jacob Jones' reference with a post-1942 service window refers to DE-130.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1917, 1943-1973, 2022-2024 (sibling-hull events)
- Population
- N/A (disambiguation)
- Limitations
- Disambiguation row only - neither sibling hull's record bears on DD-130. DD-61 facts per USNI News (Navy-sourced); DE-130 dates per NHC Online Library photo page (ibiblio mirror).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-jacob-jones-dd130-07
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[9]uboat.net U-578 record (Type VIIC, KrvKpt. Ernst-August Rehwinkel; third war patrol 3 Feb - 25 Mar 1942 from St. Nazaire, Operation Paukenschlag; successes: R.P. Resor 27 Feb 1942, USS Jacob Jones DD 130 28 Feb 1942) [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net U-578 patrol list and successes table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Axis-side corroboration of the attack: uboat.net's patrol records show U-578 under KrvKpt. Ernst-August Rehwinkel sank the tanker R.P. Resor on 27 February 1942 and USS Jacob Jones (DD 130) on 28 February 1942 during the same Operation Drumbeat patrol - consistent with DANFS (Jacob Jones circled the burning Resor the afternoon before her own loss). U-578 was posted missing in the Bay of Biscay August 1942.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1942
- Population
- N/A (attacker-side record)
- Limitations
- Private specialist reference (uboat.net), albeit the standard scholarly-adjacent source for U-boat patrol records compiled from German war diaries; corroborates but is not itself an official record. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-jacob-jones-dd130-08