Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet eh-packet.md (3 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-john-d-ford-dd228-pkt-eh-packet-md
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[2]NHHC, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, 'John D. Ford (Destroyer No. 228)' (updated entry, 2007) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, service narrative paragraphs 2-10 and awards paragraph; Wayback capture 2025-12-09
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS service narrative for this hull: departed Newport 20 June 1922 for the Asiatic Fleet, arriving Cavite 21 August 1922; nearly two decades in Asiatic waters including 1924 U.S. Army Air Service global-flight support in the Kurile/Hokkaido islands, Shanghai deployment June 1924, China coast patrol 1926, Nanking evacuation support 24 March 1927, Peking evacuations July 1937, neutrality patrols from September 1939. World War II: at Cavite in DesDiv 59 (Lt. Comdr. Jacob E. 'Jock' Cooper); undamaged in the 10 December 1941 Cavite raid; patrolled Sulu Sea and Makassar Strait with Task Force 6. Battle of Makassar Strait (Balikpapan), mid watch 24 January 1942: one of four U.S. destroyers (Commander Paul H. Talbot) attacking the Japanese Borneo invasion convoy; though damaged by gunfire, John D. Ford torpedoed and sank transport Tsuruga Maru; force returned to Surabaya 25 January. Badoeng Strait night action 19-20 February 1942; a motor whaleboat jettisoned by John D. Ford saved 30 survivors of sunken Dutch destroyer Piet Hein. Battle of the Java Sea 27 February 1942, undamaged. Departed Surabaya after dark 28 February 1942 with three other destroyers, ran Bali Strait in the mid watch of 1 March past four Japanese destroyers, reached Fremantle 4 March. Australian convoy escort two months; nine convoys San Francisco-Pearl Harbor June 1942-May 1943. Atlantic Tenth Fleet convoy/ASW June 1943-1945 (New York, Charleston, Casablanca, Recife, Reykjavik); screened Guadalcanal (CVE-60) hunter-killer group when a VC-13 Avenger sank U-544 west of the Azores 16 January 1944; rammed by HMS Kingston Agate departing Gibraltar 29 March 1944, repaired at Norfolk. Plane guard for Boxer (CV-21) shakedown 24 May-27 June 1945. Reclassified miscellaneous auxiliary AG-119 effective 30 June 1945; converted at Boston Navy Yard July-September 1945; decommissioned Norfolk 2 November 1945; stricken from the Navy Register 16 November 1945; sold 5 October 1947 to Northern Metal Co., Philadelphia; scrapped April 1948. Presidential Unit Citation for 'extraordinary heroism in action' during the Java Campaign 23 January-2 March 1942 and four battle stars.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- Documents service history, combat record, one documented yard period (Boston Navy Yard conversion, July-September 1945), and disposition; does not address materials, insulation work, or asbestos content. The updated entry corrects the older transcription on three points (U-544 not 'U-554'; departure after dark 28 February not '18 February'; adds the 16 November 1945 stricken date, scrapping month April 1948, and the Presidential Unit Citation) - the corrected items are carried in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-john-d-ford-dd228-02
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[3]National Archives, 'Special List 44 - Named Vessels,' John D. Ford (DD-228) entry [other_primary]
- Locator
- Named-vessels table, John D. Ford (DD-228) row
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List 44 lists John D. Ford under DD-228 with deck-log coverage beginning 30 December 1920 (commissioning) and ending 2 November 1945 (decommissioning).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- This is a collection coverage index, not a reviewed deck log. It says nothing about asbestos, material composition, work practices, or exposures.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-john-d-ford-dd228-03
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[4]National Archives, Ship Plan Index, JOHN D. FORD DD-228 entries [other_primary]
- Locator
- JOHN D. FORD DD-228 rows, RG 19 Alphabetical Ship Drawings and Microfilm
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's Ship Plan Index lists JOHN D. FORD DD-228 in Record Group 19 (Records of the Bureau of Ships) under Alphabetical Ship Drawings (NAID 53484341) and Microfilm (NAID 175669496). These collections are leads for examining ship-specific plans, including any insulation or piping drawings.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- The index establishes holdings, not the contents of individual drawings. No John D. Ford drawing or material schedule was retrieved or reviewed; the index is not evidence of asbestos aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-john-d-ford-dd228-04
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[5]National Archives, 'Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961' [other_primary]
- Locator
- Beginning Research; Bureau of Ships correspondence; General Information Books; Cartographic Branch
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- NARA's research guide describes potential asbestos-relevant Navy record groups for the 1941-1961 period: RG 19 Bureau of Ships correspondence filed by hull designation (DD228 for this ship; DD186-class correspondence for the Clemson class), General Information Books, and S39 insulation/lagging and S48 piping drawings, and states that deck logs and muster rolls do not directly show asbestos aboard ships.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- This is a research guide, not a John D. Ford material record. Its coverage scope (1941-1961) postdates this ship's 1919-1920 construction, so even the records it describes may not cover the construction-era material fit. It establishes where to search, not that a John D. Ford file exists or that asbestos was aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-john-d-ford-dd228-05
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[6]U.S. GAO, HRD-80-2, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure (1979) [gao]
- Locator
- Product page and highlights; gao.gov returned HTTP 403 to automated fetch on 2026-09-27
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- The 1979 GAO review documents asbestos insulation policy and exposure concerns across Navy shipbuilding and repair, with fieldwork at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards. This is program-level context only.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- GAO studied program-level worker-protection policy decades after this ship's 1948 scrapping and did not examine this hull. It cannot establish this ship's materials, exposures, or construction-era work. gao.gov blocks automated fetches (HTTP 403); the product-page description is relied upon.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-john-d-ford-dd228-06
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[7]Negative result from NHHC DANFS, NARA Special List 44, NARA Ship Plan Index, NARA asbestos research guide, and GAO HRD-80-2 review; see search_ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- Search ledger sl-uss-john-d-ford-dd228-01 through sl-uss-john-d-ford-dd228-05
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The official sources and catalog entries reviewed for this record (NHHC DANFS updated entry, NARA Special List 44, NARA Ship Plan Index, NARA asbestos research guide, GAO HRD-80-2) yielded no ship-specific asbestos survey, product schedule, abatement record, or material finding for John D. Ford. Asbestos presence aboard DD-228 remains unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- This is a bounded search result, not proof that asbestos was absent. John D. Ford was scrapped in 1948, so no museum or present-day hull documentation exists; the only remaining ship-specific material leads are archival (NARA plans, Bureau of Ships correspondence for DD228, and the 1945 AG-119 conversion work package at Boston Navy Yard).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-john-d-ford-dd228-07
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[8]CourtListener authenticated API v4 search attempts via fleet helper; helper pacing messages [court_record]
- Locator
- Search ledger sl-uss-john-d-ford-dd228-06 through sl-uss-john-d-ford-dd228-09
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener litigation sweep for this hull was attempted via the authenticated fleet helper (cl-auth-search.py). The exact-name opinion query '"USS John D. Ford"' was attempted four times spaced across the session; each call returned the helper's fleet-pacing guard ('budget momentarily spent') rather than results - blocked, not a no-result finding. Per the helper's instruction, the hull-number opinion query and both docket queries were deferred rather than retried into the shared limit. No litigation classification (qualifying asbestos litigation / other litigation / name collision / no result) can be made from this incomplete sweep.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- Blocked by fleet pacing, not a negative result: no CourtListener query for this ship returned data in this session, so this row proves nothing about the presence or absence of litigation naming the hull. Name-collision caution for any future run: 'John D. Ford' is also a person's name (e.g., a Maryland congressman), so exact-name hits must be checked for vessel attribution; the commissioned name 'Ford' (1920-1921) is unsearchable in practice.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-john-d-ford-dd228-08
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[9]NHHC, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, 'John D. Ford (Destroyer No. 228)' (updated entry, 2007) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specification block and first vessel-history paragraph; Wayback capture 2025-12-09 of live NHHC page
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull (updated NHHC entry by Cressman & Hayes, 12 January 2007, accessed via Wayback capture): namesake Rear Admiral John Donaldson Ford (1840-1918); laid down 11 November 1919 at Philadelphia, Pa., by William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Co. as Destroyer No. 228; reclassified DD-228 during the assignment of alphanumeric hull numbers on 17 July 1920; launched 2 September 1920, sponsored by Miss F. Faith Ford; commissioned 30 December 1920 as Ford, Lt. (j.g.) Lester T. Forbes, USNRF, in temporary command; name changed to John D. Ford on 17 November 1921. Specification block: displacement 1,190; length 314'5"; beam 31'9"; draft 9'3"; speed 35 knots; complement 101; armament 4 4-inch, 1 3-inch, 2 .30 caliber machine guns, 12 21-inch torpedo tubes; class Clemson.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- Documents identity, builder, dates, and design specifications; does not address materials or asbestos content. The live NHHC URL returned HTTP 404 to this fetch; the Wayback capture of the live page is cited. Figures are the updated-entry values; the older DANFS transcription (ibiblio/HyperWar) carries the same specification block.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-john-d-ford-dd228-01