Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet eb-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-kennison-dd138-pkt-eb-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Kennison (DD-138) - live NHHC page returns 404; verbatim text read via Internet Archive Wayback capture 2024-12-28 of the hazegray.org DANFS transcription (dd138txt.htm) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry 'Kennison' spec block + service narrative; Wayback capture http://web.archive.org/web/20241228143038/http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/destroy/dd138txt.htm
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: launched 8 June 1918 by the Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, Calif., sponsored by Miss Elizabeth Riner; commissioned 2 April 1919, Comdr. R. P. Enrich in command; arrived home port San Diego 23 March 1920; summer experimental torpedo and antiaircraft exercises; coastal operations until 12 August 1921, then 50 percent complement; decommissioned San Diego 22 June 1922; recommissioned 18 December 1939, Lt. W. G. Michelet; joined Neutrality Patrol out of San Diego 6 May 1940; reserve training cruises June-September; rejoined Neutrality Patrol 14 October; West Coast patrols until U.S. entry into WWII; from early 1942 intensified ASW incl. escort of convoys and submarines to California ports; sailed for Bremerton conversion 22 September 1944; redesignated AG-83; returned to San Diego 9 November 1944 and served out the war as a target ship for aerial-torpedo plane exercises; arrived Norfolk late October 1945; decommissioned 21 November 1945 at Portsmouth, Va.; sold 18 November 1946 to Luria Bros. & Co., Inc., Philadelphia, and scrapped. Spec block: 1,154 t; 314'5" x 31'9" x 9'; 35 kt; complement 113; 4 x 4", 2 x 3-pdr., 1 x 1-pdr., 12 x 21" tt; class Wickes.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1918-1946
- Population
- Mare Island construction trades 1917-1919; USN crew (design complement 113) 1919-1922 and 1939-1945
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. Live NHHC page 404s; the cited transcription is the verbatim DANFS text mirrored by hazegray.org (Wayback capture 2024-12-28). DANFS does not state a keel-laying or striking date; those come from Ships' Data 1924 and secondary compilations respectively (see ev-02 and gaps).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kennison-dd138-01
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[3]Navy Department, Ships' Data U.S. Naval Vessels (1 July 1924 edition, GPO), DD-138 entries in destroyer data tables (digitized scan hosted by shipscribe.com) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Ships' Data 1924 destroyer tables - dimensions/displacement (DD138 row), speed/complement (35.89 kt trial, complement 104), machinery (2 Parsons geared turb., 4 Normand, 27,000/28,300 shp), armament/builder ('Navy yard, Mare Island, Calif.', act of Mar. 4, 1917), contract-date table (keel Feb. 14, 1918), and namesake appendix
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official Navy Department data tables for this hull: machinery listed as 2 Parsons geared turbines and 4 Normand oil-burning boilers, designed 27,000 shp / 28,300 on trial; normal displacement 1,154 tons (1,247 full); length overall 314'4" (310'0" between perpendiculars); trial speed 35.89 knots; 4 funnels, 2 shafts; rig/complement table lists 104; 1924 armament 4 x 4"/50 plus 1 x 3"/23 AA; torpedo battery four triple 21" deck mounts; authorized under act of 4 March 1917; assigned to Mare Island Navy Yard 20 July 1917 (yard-assignment footnote - a Navy-yard build carries no contractor signature); keel laid 14 February 1918; launched 8 June 1918; contract date of completion 30 September 1918; commissioned 2 April 1919; out-of-commission footnote reads June 17, 1922; namesake appendix: 'Destroyer No. 138-KENNISON-named in memory of Acting Volunteer Lieut. William W. Kennison. Appointed acting master's mate August 28, 1861; acting volunteer lieutenant March 26, 1862; ... mustered out November 16, 1868; promoted for gallant conduct in action between the C.S.S. Merrimac and the U.S.S. Cumberland March 8, 1862.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1917-1924
- Population
- Mare Island construction trades 1917-1919; USN crew 1919-1924
- Limitations
- Official specifications and dates, not materials content - the tables do not state insulation composition. OCR of the scanned tables leaves some figures approximate (beam/mean-draft columns misalign for flush-deckers; rig complement reads 104 vs DANFS 113; out-of-commission footnote June 17, 1922 vs DANFS June 22, 1922 - all logged in gaps). Digitization hosted by a private compiler (shipscribe); the underlying document is the official GPO publication.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kennison-dd138-02
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[4]Ships' Data 1924 machinery table (4 Normand boilers, 2 Parsons geared turbines) + Atlas shipyard dataset records 'mare-island-naval-shipyard' (1998 EIS/EIR documenting ACM in yard buildings; Collins v. Plant Insulation Co., 185 Cal. App. 4th 260 (2010)) and 'puget-sound-naval-shipyard' (DTIC AD0715808 industrial-hygiene record); NARA RG19 General Information Books as archival lead [other_primary]
- Locator
- Ships' Data 1924 machinery table row for DD-138; shipyards.json records 'mare-island-naval-shipyard' and 'puget-sound-naval-shipyard'
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/class inference: a Wickes-class destroyer built 1918 with a four-boiler geared-turbine steam plant would have carried period-standard thermal insulation on boilers, steam lines, turbines, and auxiliaries - practice of the era used asbestos-containing lagging, gasket, packing, and fireproofing materials. Builder Mare Island Navy Yard is documented at yard level in the Atlas dataset (tier 2): the 1998 disposal/reuse EIS/EIR documents asbestos-containing material in shipyard buildings, and Collins v. Plant Insulation (Cal. App. 2010) affirms a welder's mesothelioma verdict tied to 1976-1994 Mare Island employment. The September-November 1944 conversion yard, Puget Sound Navy Yard (Bremerton), is likewise documented at yard level (DTIC AD0715808 industrial-hygiene record incl. insulation-ripout fiber measurements). NARA RG19 'General Information Books' hold per-vessel material specifications and are an unretrieved archival lead for hull-level specs.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1917-1945
- Population
- Mare Island construction trades 1917-1919; Puget Sound conversion workers Sept-Nov 1944; USN crew 1919-1945
- Limitations
- Class/era and yard-level inference only - no record located ties asbestos materials to this specific hull. WWI-era (1917-1919) construction predates the heavier WWII-era asbestos loading; inference strength is lower than for 1940s hulls. Both yard documentations postdate this hull's construction and conversion (Mare Island EIS 1998 and Collins employment window 1976-94 vs 1917-19 build; Puget Sound study 1970 vs 1944 conversion) - they evidence the yards' asbestos environments, not materials aboard this hull. NARA GIB retrieval not performed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kennison-dd138-03
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[5]U.S. General Accounting Office, HRD-80-2, 'Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure' (Oct. 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page abstract, gao.gov/products/hrd-80-2
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- GAO reports Navy-wide that thermal insulation was the Navy's major use of asbestos aboard ships fleet-wide, and describes the Navy's 1975 policy (remove/replace only damaged or repair-necessitated insulation) and its 1979 revision (selective replacement in high-maintenance areas). Institutional Navy-wide practice context for a steam-powered hull of this build era.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1979 (report); Navy-wide practice described spans earlier decades
- Population
- Shipyard insulation workers Navy-wide (1970s)
- Limitations
- gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch; the finding is drawn from the GAO product-page abstract, not the full PDF text (standing defect noted in BATCH-01-REPORT.md). The report's fieldwork covers Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards in the 1970s - decades after this hull was scrapped (1946-47) - and it does not name USS Kennison or the Wickes class. Navy-wide institutional context only; establishes nothing about materials aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kennison-dd138-04
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[6]National Archives, 'Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961' (guided research topic) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA guided research topic, opening sections
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- NARA describes the use of asbestos in U.S. Navy materiel during 1941-1961 as a frequently requested research topic and outlines the record series relevant to documenting whether a particular naval ship carried asbestos material. Kennison's final service period (December 1941-November 1945) falls inside the guide's stated window; her 1918 construction predates it.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1941-1961 (guide scope); 1941-1945 (portion overlapping this hull's service)
- Limitations
- Era-level Navy materiel context and research guidance only. The guide does not identify asbestos aboard Kennison, the Wickes class, or Mare Island output; it cannot establish a product, quantity, location, or individual exposure. Its stated window begins 23 years after this hull was built.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kennison-dd138-05
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[7]NARA RG19 Entry P 9 General Information Books (per-vessel material specifications); NARA RG38 Board of Inspection and Survey reports; NARA RG24 'Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations' (series covering 1941-1992) for this hull's wartime deck logs; NHHC photo NH 74060 (Mare Island mid-1919 fitting-out image crediting this hull alongside Claxton DD-140 and Hamilton DD-141, per NavSource compilation caption) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA guided research topic, GIB and InSurv sections; NavSource DD-138/AG-83 index caption for NH 74060
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads for hull-level material documentation: NARA RG19 Entry P 9 destroyer General Information Books can list a vessel's insulation and machinery materials; RG38 Board of Inspection and Survey reports may document material condition; RG24 holds the wartime deck logs (1941-1945). The NHHC photographic collection holds at least one image of this hull fitting out at Mare Island in mid-1919 (NH 74060, Topley collection via Charles M. Loring, per the NavSource compilation's attributed caption); the live NHHC picture-data page is not reachable and no Wayback capture was located.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1917-1946
- Limitations
- Leads only - no retrieval performed and no spend authorized. GIB coverage is incomplete by hull; whether a DD-138 GIB or InSurv report survives is unestablished. The NH 74060 attribution rests on NavSource's caption compilation, not an inspected official page. None of these sources is asserted to contain asbestos information; they are the likeliest repositories if hull-level material records exist.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kennison-dd138-06
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[8]Naval Sea Systems Command, Standard Item 009-10, 'Asbestos-Containing Material (ACM); control' (FY24 issue, dated 25 October 2022) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAVSEA FY24 Standard Items package, item 009-10
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- NAVSEA's current repair standard instructs that shipboard materials including insulation, lagging, gaskets, deck tile, underlayment, cabling, and mastic be treated as potential asbestos-containing material until reliable testing establishes otherwise - the material categories a hull-level record would need to address.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2022 (standard); not this hull's era
- Limitations
- A modern precautionary repair standard issued ~75 years after this hull was scrapped; identifies material categories for research, not products documented aboard this hull. navsea.navy.mil returns HTTP 403 to automated fetch; document identity and date verified via indexed text, content not directly inspected this session.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kennison-dd138-07
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[9]CourtListener API v4 authenticated sweep, 2026-09-26: "USS Kennison" opinions count=0; "USS Kennison" RECAP dockets count=0; "Kennison" opinions count=590 (all inspected hits are surname collisions - e.g., Kennison v. State (Wyo. 2018), Kennison v. Holcombe (1990), Kennison v. Port Canaveral (11th Cir. 1997)); "DD-138" opinions count=3 (all court-docket-number collisions - e.g., Knowles v. CIT Corp., Fla. App. 1977, docket 'No. DD-138'); "DD-138" RECAP docket query not completed - fleet pacing budget withheld tokens on repeated attempts [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener API v4 responses, 2026-09-26 (see search_ledger sl-uss-kennison-dd138-08 through -12)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull was located in CourtListener's indexes. Exact-name queries "USS Kennison" returned zero opinion hits and zero RECAP docket hits; the bare surname 'Kennison' returns 590 opinion hits, all name collisions on litigants surnamed Kennison with no ship reference in inspected results; hull-number query "DD-138" returns 3 opinion hits, all colliding on unrelated courts' docket-number strings (Fla. App. 'No. DD-138'; N.Y. App. Div. incidental text). This hull is the only U.S. Navy ship named Kennison, so residual collision risk is the surname/docket-string pattern rather than a sister hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2026-09-26 (search date)
- Limitations
- CourtListener coverage limits: public opinion and RECAP indexes do not comprehensively cover pre-electronic-filing state court records or pre-PACER federal filings; this hull's 1919-1945 service and 1946 sale predate the digitized-litigation era, and it left no museum or reserve-fleet afterlife to generate modern claims. Absence of a hit does not prove no litigation naming this hull exists anywhere. The "DD-138" RECAP docket query was not completed - the fleet-wide pacing budget withheld a request token on repeated attempts through the session; see search_ledger and gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kennison-dd138-08
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[10]Batch-3144 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS (via hazegray Wayback transcription), Ships' Data 1924, NavSource compilation, NARA asbestos guide and catalog, GAO HRD-80-2, NAVSEA Standard Item 009-10, destroyers.org disposition list (Wayback), CourtListener opinion index [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-kennison-dd138-01 through -12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for this hull: no asbestos survey, material specification, sampling result, abatement contract, museum or hazmat disclosure, or litigation naming DD-138/AG-83 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The hull was sold out of Navy custody 18 November 1946 and scrapped by Luria Bros., Philadelphia, decades before asbestos documentation regimes; no disposal-material record was located.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - era-consistent material inference stands on its own for a 1918 steam-plant destroyer. The 1944 Bremerton conversion and the 1946-47 commercial scrapping are the likeliest material-disturbance events and are undocumented at hull level. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-kennison-dd138-09