Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet hd-packet.md (7 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS John R. Craig
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-john-r-craig-dd885-pkt-hd-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, John R. Craig (DD-885) entry (verbatim transcription - live NHHC page returns 404; HazeGray DANFS online archive via Wayback capture 2021-04-17) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications block + service narrative (hazegray dd885txt.htm, Wayback 2021-04-17 capture)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: laid down by Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, Tex., 17 November 1944; launched 14 April 1945; sponsored by Mrs. Lilian Hyde Craig, widow of Lt. Comdr. Craig; commissioned 20 August 1945, Comdr. L. G. Cornwell in command. Shakedown Caribbean; departed Charleston 19 January 1946; 7th Fleet repatriation duty off North China; returned San Diego 31 January 1947. Korea: arrived combat zone 19 February 1951, TF 77 screening, Wonsan-area shore bombardment; operated off Korea for the remainder of the conflict. 1954-1962 West Coast exercises and annual Far East deployments; 1955 Tachen Islands evacuation; 1957 JSDF exercises; 1961 Formosa Patrol. FRAM overhaul beginning March 1962 (departed/arrived San Diego 6 March 1962 per DANFS), completed 15 March 1963. Vietnam: screened Midway (CVA-41) from 8 April 1965; flagship of new naval gunfire support group; Battle Efficiency 'E' DesRon 1; entered Hunters Point Naval Shipyard 1 December (1965) for overhaul, ready end of March 1966; Gulf of Tonkin operations September-December 1966 (Golden Fleece, Sea Dragon, Traffic Cop). Four battle stars for Korean War service. DANFS specifications block: class Gearing; approximately 2,425 tons standard; 376'6" x 41'1"; 34.5 kt; complement 367; 6x5"/38, 16x40mm, 20x20mm, 5x21" torpedo tubes.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1944-1967 (narrative coverage)
- Population
- Consolidated Steel construction trades 1944-45; wartime/postwar crew (design complement 367)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. The DANFS narrative ends at early-1967 events; post-1967 history (1972 battle damage, NRF duty, decommissioning, sinking) rests on association and secondary records. Live NHHC DANFS page returns 404; verbatim mirror cited per batch convention. The transcription contains OCR artifacts (e.g., 'John P. Craig' for John R. Craig in one line; mangled spec figures).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-john-r-craig-dd885-01
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[3]Atlas shipyard dataset record 'hunters-point-naval-shipyard' (evidence_tier 3; documented products incl. thermal insulation for piping/boilers, turbine/pump mechanical insulation, gaskets, fireproofing, pipe lagging; Collins v. Plant Insulation Co., 185 Cal. App. 4th 260 (2010)) + navysite.de DD-885 general-characteristics table (FRAM I Conversion Shipyard: San Francisco Naval Shipyard, March 1962-February 1963) + DANFS (Hunters Point overhaul Dec 1965-Mar 1966) + ussjohnrcraig.com deployments (crew fought Hunters Point pier fire 9 November 1962) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navysite.de DD-885 'General Characteristics' table; DANFS overhaul paragraph; ussjohnrcraig.com/deployments.htm (9 Nov 1962 entry); shipyards.json 'hunters-point-naval-shipyard'
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Documented yard periods at Hunter's Point Naval Shipyard (San Francisco Naval Shipyard), a tier-3 Atlas-documented asbestos yard: FRAM I conversion March 1962-February/March 1963 (rebuilt virtually everything above the main deck; berthing modernized; bridge enclosed; DASH hangar/flight deck and ASROC installed) and a second overhaul December 1965-March 1966 (DANFS). The ship's presence at this yard in these windows is ship-specific and documented; that Hunter's Point used the documented asbestos products on ship work during 1960-1973 is yard-level adjudicated record (Collins v. Plant Insulation - HPNSY welder, mesothelioma verdict).
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1962-1966
- Population
- Hunter's Point Naval Shipyard trades 1962-63 and 1965-66; ship's crew during availabilities
- Limitations
- Presence at the yard is ship-specific; asbestos application to this hull during these availabilities is class/era and yard-level inference - no hull-specific work package, material schedule, or abatement record located. FRAM asbestos scope for DD-885 is inference from program-level documentation, not a ship finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-john-r-craig-dd885-02
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[4]Board of Veterans' Appeals, Docket No. 94-15 783, Citation Nr 9828426 (decision 23 September 1998) [other_primary]
- Locator
- BVA decision text: Findings of Fact 1-3; factual background (employment history, 1944 enlistment card, August 1994 hearing testimony)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Merits-level adjudication touching the builder yard during this hull's construction window: the veteran worked at Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas, 1942-1946 as a Driller (IV) in the boilermaker department (drilling, reaming, countersinking steel plates) - the same yard and years in which DD-885 was built. The Board found as fact that he was NOT exposed to asbestos in that yard employment; found he WAS exposed to asbestos while serving aboard Navy vessels (asbestos-coated pipes throughout the ships; sleeping within one foot of piping); and granted service connection for asbestos-related lung disease while denying asbestosis.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1942-1946 (exposure window); 1998 (decision)
- Population
- Consolidated Steel Orange boilermaker-department worker 1942-1946; Navy veteran 1944-1946
- Limitations
- Does not name DD-885; the claimant's Navy service was aboard other vessels. A single-claimant merits finding that one driller's yard role was non-exposed - it neither establishes nor negates asbestos use at the yard generally, and says nothing about this hull's materials. Carried as context because it is the only adjudicated record located that examines asbestos exposure at the builder yard in the hull's construction window.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-john-r-craig-dd885-03
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[5]Board of Veterans' Appeals, Citation Nr A23028123, Docket No. 221123-304240 (decision 11 October 2023) [other_primary]
- Locator
- BVA decision text, 'Reasons and Bases' - service-history recital naming the hull and rating
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Government adjudication naming this hull: the veteran served aboard U.S.S. John R. Craig (DD-885) as a Fireman (E-3) Electrical Repairman, June 1968-March 1970, earning the National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal (one star), and Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (Korea). The claim was herbicide-related; service connection for hypertension was granted on the tactical-herbicide presumption. Asbestos was not at issue.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1968-1970 (service); 2023 (decision)
- Population
- U.S. Navy Fireman (E-3), electrical repairman, aboard DD-885 1968-1970
- Limitations
- Documents a crew rating (engineering-adjacent Fireman billet) aboard this hull 1968-70 but contains no asbestos content - it is an in-service-documenting adjudication, not exposure evidence. Does not establish or bear on asbestos presence aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-john-r-craig-dd885-04
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[6]Board for Correction of Naval Records, Docket NC9806956 (1998) - petition concerning Combat 'V' devices on awards of ADM Jeremy M. Boorda (denied; Asst. SECNAV Carolyn H. Becraft) [other_primary]
- Locator
- BCNR NC9806956 decision, findings d-e (service aboard DD-885; after-action report recital); signature page (Becraft)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Navy records-board decision documenting service aboard this hull: the subject reported aboard USS John R. Craig (DD-885) in October 1964 as weapons officer; during the ship's July-August 1965 gunfire-support tour the ship conducted 20 bombardments and fired over 3,300 5-inch rounds (per the ship's written history and the CO's 16 August 1965 after-action report recited in the decision); the subject's SECNAV Commendation for Achievement cited service aboard CRAIG 10 April-10 August 1965. Petition denied - Combat V not authorized on the awards at issue.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1964-1965 (service); 1998 (decision)
- Population
- USS John R. Craig weapons officer Oct 1964-Aug 1965 (later CNO)
- Limitations
- Awards/records-correction matter, not asbestos or exposure litigation - classified as other litigation. Confirms documented service aboard the hull and combat operations tempo in 1965; no asbestos content. PDF is a fax-scanned image; text obtained by OCR.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-john-r-craig-dd885-05
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[7]In re Goodrich litigation recitals, E.D. Va. No. 4:17-cv-00009 (2018 omnibus opinion, ECF No. 171) as cataloged in the Atlas Gearing-class profile; era-standard material list for 1944-45 destroyer construction [court_record]
- Locator
- Atlas Gearing-class profile (gearing-class.class.json) ev rows for Goodrich ECF 171; DANFS specifications block
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Class/era inference: a Gearing-class destroyer built 1944-45 with a four-boiler superheated-steam plant (General Electric geared turbines, 60,000 shp) would have carried period-standard asbestos boiler and turbine insulation, steam-line lagging, gaskets, packing, fireproofing, deck coverings, and electrical insulation. Litigation-record recitals in Goodrich (E.D. Va. 2018 omnibus) describe a Sumner/Gearing class engineering drawing specifying amosite felts and asbestos cloths on forced-draft blower turbines and quote a 30.3-ton partial tally of asbestos thermal insulation/lagging in fire and engine rooms of Sumner/Gearing destroyers. These are litigation recitals, not adjudicated classwide quantities.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1944-1979
- Population
- Construction trades 1944-45; crew 1945-1979 (class context)
- Limitations
- Class/era and litigation-recital material only - no ship-specific finding. The 30.3-ton figure and amosite-felt specification are recited in a pleading-stage/omnibus context and are not adjudicated quantities for this class, much less this hull. Goodrich opinion itself not independently re-verified this session (CourtListener fleet pacing exhausted); reliance is on the Atlas class-profile catalog entry.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-john-r-craig-dd885-06
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[8]Batch-3850 search ledger (this record): DANFS transcription; NavSource; NVR (pre-1987 disposal not digitized); VA BVA decisions; BCNR decision NC9806956; ship association site; press/secondary sweep; CourtListener opinion + RECAP sweep attempted [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-john-r-craig-dd885-01 through -09
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, materials inventory, or museum/shipyard hazmat disclosure naming DD-885 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). No adjudicated asbestos-exposure claim naming this hull was located. The CourtListener sweep was largely unexecutable this session - six of seven requests were refused by the fleet-wide pacing limiter (shared ~114/hr budget saturated by concurrent sessions); the one successful opinion query ('"USS John R. Craig" OR "John R. Craig" DD-885') returned count 0. A negative litigation finding for this hull is NOT asserted; the sweep is logged as blocked, not 'no result'.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2026-09-28
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1944-45 steam destroyer would era-typically have carried asbestos insulation, and the CourtListener gap means docketed litigation naming the hull may exist unlocated. Hull sunk 1980; no future survey pathway. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-john-r-craig-dd885-07
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[9]USS John R. Craig DD-885 Reunion Association records: history collection placed in custody of the USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. (DD-850) / Burk National Destroyer Museum; documents and books on loan to the Tin Can Sailors Library (Fall River, Mass.) [museum_official]
- Locator
- ussjohnrcraig.com association information page; NARA RG 24 deck-log series
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The ship association's history collection (cruise books, documents, artifacts) was transferred to the Burk National Destroyer Museum aboard USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. (DD-850), with documents/books on loan to the Tin Can Sailors library - a physical archival collection of this hull's records exists and is the lead for any deck-log-level or materials detail not in public sources. NARA holds this hull's deck logs (RG 24) - also an archival lead for yard-period and material condition detail.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- collection transfer circa 2020s; deck logs 1945-1979
- Population
- Former crew, families, researchers
- Limitations
- Archival leads only - contents not retrieved or inventoried for this record. Association site is a volunteer veterans' source, not Navy-official; its operational details were used only where consistent with DANFS.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-john-r-craig-dd885-08