USS JENKINS (DD-447)

Evidence

9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).

1. [1]research packet ev-packet.md (3 sources cited) [other_primary]

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Evidence ID

   uss-jenkins-dd447-pkt-ev-packet-md

2. [2]DANFS, Jenkins II (DD-447) (construction data, service narrative, battle stars; verbatim transcription - live NHHC page serves 404; text via hazegray Wayback capture and globalsecurity.org mirror) [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   DANFS entry, specifications block + service narrative (hazegray.org Wayback capture 2022-11-06; globalsecurity.org mirror)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   DANFS record for this hull: laid down 27 November 1941 by Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Kearny, N.J.; launched 21 June 1942, sponsored by Mrs. Marion Parker Embry; commissioned 31 July 1942, Lt. Comdr. H. F. Miller in command. North Africa convoy/Casablanca bombardment November 1942; Solomons and New Georgia; Battle of Kula Gulf 6 July 1943; Gilberts and Marshalls raids; escorted torpedoed Lexington to Pearl Harbor December 1943; Hollandia/Aitape, Noemfoor, Sansapor, Morotai; radar picket for Leyte 20 October - 27 November 1944; Luzon shore-battery damage December 1944; Lingayen/Corregidor; struck a mine off Tarakan Island 30 April 1945, repaired at Subic Bay and then San Pedro (arriving 8 July 1945); decommissioned at San Diego 1 May 1946. Recommissioned as DDE-447 on 2 November 1951; Korea with TF 77 in 1952; Pearl Harbor homeport; annual Seventh Fleet deployments 1954-1963; Vietnam gunfire support February-July 1966; major overhaul at U.S. Naval Shipyard Pearl Harbor entered 11 September 1966, completed early 1967. Fourteen WWII battle stars and one Korean War star.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-27

   Study period

   1941-1969

   Population

   Federal Shipbuilding construction trades 1941-42; wartime and postwar crew (design complement 273)

   Limitations

   DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. The transcription ends at the 1966-67 overhaul and battle-star counts - it does not record the 1969 decommissioning/stricken or 1971 disposal, which are carried from NavSource (ev-02). Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC page returns 404.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-jenkins-dd447-01

3. [3]NavSource Naval History, Destroyer Photo Index, USS Jenkins (DD-447/DDE-447) - operational and building data sheet (Wayback capture 2025-01-08) [other_primary]

   Locator

   NavSource DD-447 page, 'Operational and Building Data' block (Wayback capture 2025-01-08)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Building and disposition data for this hull: built by Federal Shipbuilding, Kearny, NJ (YN 199), contract NOd-1433 awarded 1 July 1940; laid down 27 November 1941; launched 21 June 1942; commissioned 21 July 1942 (NavSource date - DANFS reads 31 July, conflict logged); decommissioned 1 May 1946; reclassified escort destroyer DDE-447 on 2 January 1951; recommissioned 2 November 1951; completed FRAM upgrade January 1961; reverted to DD-447 30 June 1962; decommissioned and stricken 2 July 1969; sold 17 February 1971 and broken up for scrap. Machinery block: 60,000 shp, General Electric geared turbines, two screws.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-27

   Study period

   1940-1971

   Population

   Crew 1942-1969

   Limitations

   NavSource is a reputable photographic/history archive, not an official record - carried here for designation/disposal dates DANFS does not reach. Its 21 July 1942 commissioning date conflicts with DANFS's 31 July; DANFS is controlling and the conflict is logged in gaps. No materials or asbestos content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-jenkins-dd447-02

4. [4]Official U.S. Navy photograph 365-44 (via NavSource/Wikimedia Commons): USS Jenkins (DD-447) off Mare Island Naval Shipyard, 15 January 1944; caption documents overhaul at the yard 15 December 1943 - 18 January 1944 [other_primary]

   Locator

   USN photo 365-44 caption (NavSource archive contributor captions; Wikimedia Commons file record)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Official USN photo caption record for this hull: photographed off Mare Island Naval Shipyard 15 January 1944 while in overhaul at the yard from 15 December 1943 until 18 January 1944 - a documented mid-war Navy-yard availability on this hull between the December 1943 Lexington escort arrival at Pearl Harbor and her 25 January 1944 departure from Hawaii.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-27

   Study period

   1943-12-15 to 1944-01-18

   Population

   Mare Island Naval Shipyard workforce; ship's crew during availability

   Limitations

   Documents the yard period (dates, location) only; contains no statement about work performed or materials disturbed/installed. Any asbestos rip-out during the availability is undocumented - no work package or materials schedule located.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-jenkins-dd447-03

5. [5]NHHC Online Library of Selected Images, photo NH 73456: USS Jenkins (DDE-447, later DD-447) in Pearl Harbor after completion of her FRAM II modernization, circa 1961-1962 [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   NHHC Online Library picture-data page for NH 73456 (ibiblio mirror)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NHHC photograph caption for this hull: DDE-447 in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, after completion of her FRAM II modernization, circa 1961-1962 - corroborates the documented FRAM II yard period at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard completed January 1961 (NavSource) and her Pearl Harbor homeport assignment; Destroyer History Foundation describes the FRAM conversion as performed at Pearl Harbor in the early sixties.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-27

   Study period

   1960-1962

   Population

   Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard workforce; ship's crew during FRAM II

   Limitations

   Photo caption documents the FRAM II event and location only - not the scope of work, materials removed or installed, or any abatement. FRAM overhauls are asbestos-relevant yard events at era level, but no FRAM work package or hazmat record for this hull was located.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-jenkins-dd447-04

6. [6]Tin Can Sailors (National Association of Destroyer Veterans) destroyer history, USS Jenkins (DD-447) - end-of-life narrative; Destroyer History Foundation Jenkins page (namesake, 'Mighty J', Tarakan mine strike, one man killed; FRAM at Pearl Harbor) [other_primary]

   Locator

   destroyers.org nl-histories/dd447-nl.htm (Wayback 2005 capture); destroyerhistory.org/fletcherclass/ussjenkins/

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Veterans-association ship history for this hull: crew officially informed of decommissioning 7 April 1969 while at Lyttelton, New Zealand; arrived at the San Diego inactive-ship facility in June 1969; commissioning pennant hauled down 2 July 1969 - corroborating the NavSource 'decommissioned and stricken 2 July 1969' record against a 'February 1969' decommissioning date seen in secondary compilations. Destroyer History Foundation adds the Tarakan mine strike detail (one man killed; bow grounded overnight) and the 'Mighty J' nickname.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-27

   Study period

   1969; 1971 disposal

   Population

   Crew 1966-1969

   Limitations

   Association/secondary history - details used to corroborate the NavSource/DANFS dates, not as an independent primary source. Contains no materials or asbestos information.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-jenkins-dd447-05

7. [7]Atlas Fletcher-class profile (ev-fletcher-class-03) + Atlas shipyard dataset, Federal Shipbuilding-Kearny record (Owens-Illinois Industrial Health Survey of Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Kearny, NJ, Aug. 30-Sep. 2, 1944); BuShips Ships' Data 1945 class machinery block [other_primary]

   Locator

   shipyards.json record 'federal-shipbuilding-kearny'; fletcher-class.class.json ev-03; BuShips Ships Data 1945 DD section (shipscribe scan)

   Finding type

   asbestos_application

   Finding

   Era/yard inference: a Fletcher-class destroyer built 1941-42 with a four-B&W-boiler, 60,000-shp geared-turbine 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 - the 1944 Owens-Illinois industrial-health survey documents insulators cutting and fitting Johns-Manville Superex pipe covering and Kaylo boiler insulation in confined yard spaces, and documents Garlock gaskets and W.R. Grace Monokote fireproofing among yard products.

   Verification

   inferred

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-27

   Study period

   1941-1944 construction; 1944 yard survey

   Population

   Federal Shipbuilding construction trades 1941-42; crew 1942-1969

   Limitations

   Class/era and builder-yard inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding. The yard survey postdates this hull's June 1942 launch by two years and documents 1944 yard practice, not materials installed aboard DD-447 in 1941-42. Does not quantify material or establish any individual's exposure.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-jenkins-dd447-06

8. [8]GAO HRD-80-2, 'The Navy's Program to Reduce Exposure to Asbestos' era documentation (product page description - gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated full-text fetch) [gao]

   Locator

   gao.gov/products/hrd-80-2 product page

   Finding type

   gov_survey

   Finding

   Program-level context: GAO documented that the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships and did not begin substituting alternative insulation materials until the early 1970s - after this hull's 1969 decommissioning. Jenkins's documented yard periods (construction 1941-42; Mare Island 1943-44; Pearl Harbor FRAM II 1960-61 and overhaul 1966-67) all fall inside the documented Navy asbestos-use era.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   context_only

   Accessed

   2026-09-27

   Study period

   1980 (report); asbestos-use era through early 1970s

   Population

   U.S. Navy fleet (program level)

   Limitations

   Fleet-level program documentation, not a hull record; does not establish asbestos aboard this hull, and does not address any individual exposure. Full text not retrievable (HTTP 403); product-page description relied upon.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-jenkins-dd447-07

9. [9]CourtListener API v4 sweep: "USS Jenkins" (type=o and type=r); "USS Jenkins" asbestos; "DD-447"; Destroyer History Foundation / Tin Can Sailors / law-firm ship lists [court_record]

   Locator

   search_ledger rows sl-uss-jenkins-dd447-04 through sl-uss-jenkins-dd447-08

   Finding type

   litigation_documented

   Finding

   No qualifying asbestos litigation or ship-specific asbestos record located for this hull: CourtListener opinion searches for "USS Jenkins" and "USS Jenkins"+asbestos returned zero hits; the only "DD-447" opinion hit is a docket-number collision (G & B of Jacksonville, Inc. v. State Dept. of Business Regulation, Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1978, docket No. DD-447 - a beverage-license case, not the ship). The RECAP docket index returns two "USS Jenkins" hits, both non-qualifying on index metadata: the MDL-875 umbrella docket (IN RE: Asbestos Products Liability Litigation (No. VI), J.P.M.L.) and Krik v. BP America, Inc., 2:11-cv-63473 (E.D. Pa., transferred from N.D. Ill. 10-07435) - an asbestos PI docket where the 'USS Jenkins' string sits in indexed document text (the same Krik docket already resolved in the Laffey record: such ship-name strings there trace to defendants' exhibit-list entries for bulk-sampling studies, not to plaintiff exposure sites - Krik's exposure vessels were repair ships Tutuila and Bryce Canyon). The Fletcher-class profile independently recorded no qualifying ship-specific asbestos record for any Fletcher hull. Law-firm destroyer lists name this hull by rote (Shepard O'Donnell, Throneberry, Simmons) - excluded as sources per batch rules. No hull survey, abatement contract, or hazmat disclosure exists: the hull was scrapped in Taiwan in 1971.

   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 - it establishes only that no qualifying public record was found in the sources searched. The Krik docket reference is unverified (index-level only; full-text pull not completed - fleet rate budget throttled) and its ship-name role cannot be read as an exposure allegation; if it mirrors the Laffey resolution it is a materials-sampling exhibit reference, which would be an archival lead for hull materials rather than litigation. The "DD-447" docket-index query remained blocked (HTTP 429 fleet pacing) - logged in sl-06. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-jenkins-dd447-08