Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]research packet em-packet.md (8 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-kennedy-dd306-pkt-em-packet-md
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[2]NHHC, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Kennedy (Destroyer No. 306) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Specifications block and service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC identifies Kennedy as DD-306 and a Clemson-class destroyer, built by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. at San Francisco; launched 15 February 1919; commissioned 16 August 1920; design complement 95. Her San Diego-based Pacific Fleet service included West Coast operations, Caribbean exercises in 1924 and 1927, a 1925 Pacific cruise to Samoa, Australia and New Zealand, Hawaii maneuvers in 1928, and reserve training in 1929. Decommissioned at San Diego 1 May 1930; hulk sold 19 March 1931 for scrapping.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1919–1931
- Population
- Design complement 95; actual crew counts not established
- Limitations
- DANFS records identity, specifications and service. It does not document materials, asbestos, maintenance work, individual exposures or a sale-completion date for scrapping. Its complement 95 is a design figure, not a verified crew roster.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kennedy-dd306-01
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[3]NHHC, Honda (Pedernales) Point, California, Disaster, 8 September 1923 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Opening account listing DesDiv 31 ships
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NHHC places Kennedy (DD-306) in Destroyer Division 31 among the 13 destroyers that departed San Francisco on 8 September 1923 before the Honda Point disaster.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1923-09-08
- Population
- Destroyer Squadron 11 crews
- Limitations
- This source establishes participation in the squadron movement, not that Kennedy was one of the destroyers wrecked; it supplies no asbestos or exposure evidence.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kennedy-dd306-02
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[4]NAVSEA, Naval Ships Technical Manual Chapter 050, Readiness and Care of Inactive Ships, §050-7.2.7 (2005) [other_primary]
- Locator
- §050-7.2.7, Handling and Removal of Asbestos Materials
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Navy technical guidance states that past naval shipbuilding programs made extensive use of asbestos in shipboard thermal insulation and deck tile, and lists forms including pipe covering and gaskets. This is fleet-wide historical context.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- Past naval shipbuilding programs; manual revised 2005
- Population
- Navy shipbuilding and inactive-ship workers
- Limitations
- Retrospective fleet-wide guidance does not name Kennedy, her Clemson subclass, Bethlehem San Francisco, or the 1919–1930 installation period. It cannot establish that any listed material was aboard DD-306, or that anyone was exposed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kennedy-dd306-03
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[5]NARA, Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Other Records and their usefulness
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA explicitly states that deck logs and muster rolls do not directly document asbestos use or presence in a Navy vessel; logs can help identify major-work dates and rolls can identify assigned personnel.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- General archival guidance; it does not establish whether DD-306 logs or rolls survive, or whether this hull received asbestos-containing materials.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kennedy-dd306-05
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[6]Batch 3297 official-source search ledger: NHHC DANFS; NARA pre-1961 ship asbestos guide; NAVSEA historical guidance [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger sl-uss-kennedy-dd306-01 through -04
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No DD-306-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, installation specification, or product identification was located in the official public sources reviewed in this batch (see search_ledger).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- Bounded negative search result, not proof that asbestos was absent aboard. NARA archival holdings were not retrieved; individual exposure and legal eligibility are undetermined.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kennedy-dd306-06
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[7]CourtListener API v4 authenticated search, type=r, query="USS Kennedy"; local batch search ledger [court_record]
- Locator
- 2026-09-27 authenticated search JSON; six docket IDs 4826916, 4637890, 6819582, 65764201, 4207398, 63362382
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- An authenticated CourtListener v4 exact-name docket query for "USS Kennedy" returned six hits; none of the returned index excerpts identifies DD-306. Two dockets concern asbestos (Maclachlan v. General Electric and Pitcher v. Union Carbide), but their Kennedy hull attribution is unresolved from this index. Other hits are unrelated bankruptcy, employment, Navy chaplaincy, and copyright litigation. Repeated exact-name opinion and hull-number docket/opinion requests were blocked by the helper shared pacing budget before HTTP; no results are available for these three required searches.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- Partial sweep: the name-only index cannot identify DD-306 in either asbestos docket. This is not a finding of no DD-306 litigation. The three remaining query types were denied by the fleet pacing helper before HTTP, so the full sweep could not be completed; no exposure finding or allegation is attributed to this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kennedy-dd306-07
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[8]NARA, Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961 [other_primary]
- Locator
- General Information Books; Specification Files; Cartographic Branch (§ Ship Engineering Drawings)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA directs pre-1961 vessel asbestos research to RG 19 ship-specific holdings, including destroyer General Information Books (Entry P 9), ship and machinery specifications, and engineering drawings by hull number; S39 denotes insulation and lagging drawings. These series are follow-up leads for DD-306.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1907–1961 holdings
- Limitations
- NARA describes repositories and record types. No DD-306 book, specification, or S39 drawing was retrieved; existence of a Kennedy-specific file and its contents remain unverified.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kennedy-dd306-04