Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet fx-packet.md (1 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-hood-dd655-pkt-fx-packet-md
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[2]Naval History and Heritage Command, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, John Hood (DD-655) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS header/specifications and service narrative; disposition paragraphs
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS identifies John Hood (DD-655) as a Fletcher-class destroyer: laid down 12 October 1942 by Gulf Shipbuilding Corp. at Chickasaw, Alabama; launched 25 October 1943; commissioned 7 June 1944; decommissioned 3 July 1946; recommissioned 3 August 1951; decommissioned in June 1964; struck from the Navy List 1 December 1974; sold for scrap 12 April 1976 and removed from Navy custody by the end of that month. DANFS reports a 319-person design complement, four listed armament categories, and one World War II battle star.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1942-1976
- Population
- U.S. Navy crew and shipyard personnel, 1942-1976
- Limitations
- DANFS establishes identity, dates, service, and disposition, but does not identify asbestos-containing materials, individual exposure, causation, quantity, remaining material, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-john-hood-dd655-01
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[3]National Archives, Special List 44, Named Vessels [other_primary]
- Locator
- Special List 44 table, John Hood (DD-655) row
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The National Archives named-vessels list identifies John Hood (DD-655) and gives a service/logbook coverage interval of 7 June 1944 through 30 June 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1944-06-07 to 1945-06-30
- Population
- John Hood shipboard operations and logbook records
- Limitations
- This finding confirms the vessel and an archival operational-record interval; the list is not an asbestos survey, does not describe shipboard materials, and does not establish exposure or causation.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-john-hood-dd655-02
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[4]NHHC, United States Pacific Fleet Organization, 1 May 1945 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Destroyer Squadron 57 / Destroyer Division 114 table, DD 655 row
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The official 1 May 1945 Pacific Fleet organization lists DD 655, JOHN HOOD, in Destroyer Division 114 of Destroyer Squadron 57 under the North Pacific organization.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1945-05-01
- Population
- John Hood crew and operational command, 1945-05-01
- Limitations
- The fleet-organization document establishes assignment on the stated date, not materials aboard, asbestos content, exposure, or health effects.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-john-hood-dd655-03
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[5]U.S. Government Accountability Office, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (18 October 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO HRD-80-2 product page; Fletcher-class profile's BuShips/steam-plant background
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/class inference: GAO's Navy asbestos-program report describes extensive Navy use of asbestos insulation aboard ships and places substitution of alternative insulation in the early 1970s. John Hood was a Fletcher-class destroyer built and commissioned in the 1940s, with the class's four-boiler steam design; period-standard insulation, lagging, gaskets, packing, fireproofing, and deck-covering applications are therefore relevant as class/era context only.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1940s-1970s; GAO report 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and shipboard personnel in the asbestos program's era
- Limitations
- Program-level and class/era evidence, not a finding about DD-655. The GAO full text was not retrieved through the automated source check; the product page was used. This row does not establish a specific product, location, quantity, condition, individual exposure, or causation aboard John Hood.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-john-hood-dd655-04
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[6]Independent authoritative-source sweep: NHHC/DANFS, National Archives named-vessel records, NHHC fleet organization, and Fletcher-class profile leads [other_primary]
- Locator
- Search ledger entries sl-uss-john-hood-dd655-01 through -06
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, material schedule, or official hull-level asbestos documentation was located for USS John Hood (DD-655) in the sources reviewed. This is a negative research result, not proof that asbestos was absent from the vessel.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1942-1976
- Population
- John Hood hull documentation
- Limitations
- Search coverage is limited to the repositories and queries recorded in search_ledger; NARA RG 19 hull material files and non-digitized Navy work packages remain archival leads. The absence of a located record does not establish absence of asbestos or absence of exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-john-hood-dd655-05
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[7]CourtListener authenticated helper sweep; exact-name and hull-number queries initiated through cl-auth-search.py [court_record]
- Locator
- Authenticated helper output on 2026-09-27; exact-name and hull-number opinion/docket attempts
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Authenticated CourtListener requests were initiated for exact-name queries ("USS John Hood") and hull-number queries ("DD-655") across opinion and docket search types. The fleet-wide limiter repeatedly reported that the request budget was momentarily spent and the helper ended without returning usable result sets. No litigation conclusion is drawn from this blocked sweep.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- through 2026-09-27
- Population
- CourtListener indexed opinions and RECAP dockets
- Limitations
- Blocked by the shared authenticated fleet pacing guard before results could be reviewed. This row is not a no-result finding and does not classify the hull as free of qualifying asbestos litigation. No anonymous, raw, or v3 request was used.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-john-hood-dd655-06