Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]DANFS, Jarvis III (DD-799) - specifications block and service narrative (verbatim transcription; live NHHC page not located) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry 'Jarvis III', specifications block + full service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: laid down by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp., Seattle, Wash., 7 June 1943; launched 14 February 1944 (sponsor Mrs. Harold Burkit); commissioned 3 June 1944. North Pacific Force operations against the Kuriles from Adak/Attu (eight raids); occupation support at Aomori; Magic-Carpet return; reached Charleston, S.C. 22 December 1945; deactivated as a unit of the Atlantic Reserve Fleet 11 April 1946; decommissioned 29 June 1946. Recommissioned 8 February 1951; Atlantic operations out of Charleston and Norfolk; Korea deployment May-December 1952 (blockade/interdiction Songjin-Chongjin; Formosa Patrol 26 September-10 October); Mediterranean 6th Fleet May-July 1954; homeport shift to Long Beach January 1955; five Western Pacific deployments through 1960 (Operation Passage to Freedom 1955; Quemoy-Matsu 1958); returned 4 March 1960; arrived Philadelphia 16 October 1960; decommissioned 24 October 1960; transferred to Spain 3 November 1960 on 5-year renewable MAP loan, serving as Alcala Galiano (D-24). One battle star WWII, one Korea.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1943-1960
- Population
- Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding construction trades 1943-44; wartime and postwar crew (DANFS spec block complement 320)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. Entry predates the 1972 striking and Spanish disposal, so it carries no post-1960 disposition detail. Live NHHC DANFS page not located (history.navy.mil returns 404 for all tested URL patterns); verbatim hazegray transcription cited via Wayback capture.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-jarvis-dd799-01
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[2]Naval Vessel Register ship detail, JARVIS (DD 799) - vessel status record (Wayback capture 2024-08-22; page last updated 2002-01-02) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NVR SHIPSDETAIL DD 799 - VESSEL STATUS block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NVR record for this hull: stricken date 10/01/1972; status 'Disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP), transferred, cash sale, ex-US fleet hull foreign military sale case number assigned'; custodian SPAIN; date status changed 12/01/1972. Resolves the disposition chain: 1960 MAP loan converted to outright Spanish purchase (1 October 1972, consistent with the strike date), then removed from the US register.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1972
- Limitations
- NVR status record documents custody/disposition only - no materials, asbestos, or condition information. Milestone date fields (commission, keel, launch, decommission) are blank in the captured record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-jarvis-dd799-02
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[3]NavSource Destroyer Photo Index DD-799, Operational and Building Data block (Wayback capture 2025-01-23) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource DD-799 page, 'Operational and Building Data' + 'CLASS - FLETCHER As Built' blocks
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource operational/building data for this hull, consistent with DANFS and NVR: laid down Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding, Seattle, June 7 1943; launched February 14 1944; commissioned June 3 1944; decommissioned June 29 1946; recommissioned February 8 1951; decommissioned October 24 1960; stricken October 1 1972; to Spain November 3 1960, renamed Alcala Galiano (hull 44, reclassified D 24); Spanish Navy stricken December 15 1988 and broken up for scrap. Machinery block identifies Westinghouse turbines for this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1943-1988
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer photographic archive (secondary reference), used here for date corroboration and Spanish-service detail; all US milestones independently verified against DANFS and NVR. No asbestos or materials content. As-built complement figure (273) conflicts with the DANFS spec block (320) - carried in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-jarvis-dd799-03
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[4]Museum of History & Industry (MOHAI), 'Facts and History of Todd Shipyards Corporation and its Seattle Division' (1960) + HistoryLink File 8734 (Port of Tacoma Todd history) + Atlas shipyard dataset record 'todd-shipyards' [museum_official]
- Locator
- MOHAI digital collections item 2023.36.102_1 (caption text); historylink.org File 8734; shipyards.json record 'todd-shipyards' (ev-todd-01)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Builder-yard identity and context: Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. was the Todd Shipyards-Kaiser joint venture formed July 1939 across the Harbor Island (Seattle) and Commencement Bay (Tacoma) yards; Todd bought out Kaiser in February 1942 and the company was renamed Todd Pacific Shipyards, Inc. in June 1944 - while DD-799 was fitting out at the Seattle division, which completed 45 destroyers during the war. Parent entity Todd Shipyards is a documented Atlas yard (tier 2) whose record includes Herring v. Texaco, 161 Wash. 2d 189 (2007) - asbestos exposure litigation tied to Todd's Seattle-area operations.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1939-1946; 2007 (Herring opinion)
- Population
- Seattle-Tacoma/Todd Pacific construction trades 1943-44
- Limitations
- Yard- and corporate-level context only - documents the builder organization and asbestos litigation at Todd's Seattle operations, NOT materials installed aboard DD-799. The Atlas dataset has no Seattle-Tacoma/Todd-Seattle slug distinct from corporate 'todd-shipyards'; that mapping is a working linkage, not a dataset-native key.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-jarvis-dd799-04
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[5]Fletcher-class design record (navypedia class page + BuShips Ships' Data 1945 Vol. I DD section, as compiled in the Atlas class-c Fletcher profile) applied to the DD-799 machinery plant [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS spec block (cl. Fletcher; s. 35 k.); navypedia Fletcher class page machinery block; BuShips Ships' Data 1945 Vol. I (shipscribe.com SDB1945v1.pdf)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Class/era inference: DD-799 is a Fletcher-class destroyer (DANFS class designation) built June 1943 - February 1944 with the class-standard four-boiler, two-shaft, 60,000-shp steam plant. A destroyer of this class and construction window would have carried period-standard asbestos insulation - boiler and steam-line lagging, gaskets, packing, fireproofing, deck coverings - consistent with documented Navy-wide practice.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1943-1960
- Population
- Fletcher-class construction crews; DD-799 crew 1944-46, 1951-60
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding. No material schedule, insulation spec, or survey for DD-799 has been located; asbestos presence aboard this hull is not ship-proven. Does not quantify material or establish any individual's exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-jarvis-dd799-05
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[6]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 entire construction (1943-44) and US service era (1944-46, 1951-60) inside the documented asbestos-use era.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and crews (program level)
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. Full report text not retrieved (gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches); content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-jarvis-dd799-06
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[7]United States ex rel. Martinez-Angosto v. Mason, 232 F. Supp. 102 (S.D.N.Y. 1964) - habeas corpus opinion [court_record]
- Locator
- Opinion factual recital, 232 F. Supp. 102 at 104-105 (transfer agreement, certificate of delivery Nov. 3, 1960, MAAG crew-order references)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Published federal opinion expressly naming this hull by hull number: 'a United States Naval Destroyer designated the U.S.S. JARVIS DD-799' was transferred to Spain under the Mutual Defense Assistance Agreement (Sept. 26, 1953 framework), with certificate of delivery November 3, 1960, in Philadelphia (Fourth Naval District). The opinion documents that a 272-man Spanish transfer crew (16 officers, 256 enlisted per MAAG Order No. 000031) sailed from Cartagena aboard USS Rose to take custody, and that the relator deserted the renamed ALCALA GALIANO while she lay in port at Philadelphia on about November 25, 1960. Classification: OTHER LITIGATION - habeas/immigration, not asbestos.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1960-1964
- Population
- 272-man Spanish Navy transfer crew (16 officers + 256 enlisted), October-November 1960
- Limitations
- Non-asbestos litigation; establishes the hull's presence and custody transfer at Philadelphia in November 1960 and the Spanish crew complement (272), nothing about materials, exposure, or condition aboard. The court's recital of treaty/transfer documents is reliable for custody facts but this row supports no exposure inference.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-jarvis-dd799-07
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[8]Batch-3770 search ledger (this record): DANFS transcription, NVR, NavSource, MOHAI/HistoryLink builder lineage, Atlas yard dataset, GAO, CourtListener (completed sweep - see sl-08) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-jarvis-dd799-01 through -09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located in the public sources searched: no ACM survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or donation/sale-condition environmental file for DD-799 was found; the Atlas Fletcher-class profile likewise records that no ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, or qualifying exposure case has been located for any Fletcher hull. CourtListener sweep results: 'USS Jarvis' opinions = 0; 'USS Jarvis' dockets = 0; 'DD-799' dockets = 4 hits, all name collisions (document/PACER numbering inside unrelated bankruptcy and civil dockets); 'Jarvis' + asbestos + navy opinions = 7 hits, all non-qualifying name collisions (e.g., 'Jarvis' tokens resolve to Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Assn. citations or person names - Estes v. Eaton Corp., 51 Cal.App.5th 636 (2020), verified by opinion full text). See search_ledger sl-08.
- 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 - a WWII-built steam destroyer almost certainly carried era-standard asbestos materials. Does not establish that asbestos is or is not (or was or was not) present; establishes only the public-record state. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-jarvis-dd799-08