Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]research packet ja-packet.md (4 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED (mirror-sourced)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Limitations
- qualifier: VERIFIED (mirror-sourced)
- Evidence ID
- uss-king-dd242-pkt-ja-packet-md
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[2]Naval History and Heritage Command, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, 'King I (Destroyer No. 242)' (published 2016) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Specifications block and service narrative; live page returned 404 on 2026-09-27 - content verified via Wayback capture 20251209075705
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC DANFS identifies King (Destroyer No. 242) as a Clemson-class destroyer built by New York Shipbuilding Corp. at Camden, N.J.: laid down 28 April 1919, launched 14 October 1920, commissioned 16 December 1920, with a rated complement of 101. It records a first Mediterranean cruise (Smyrna, November 1921; 300 Greek refugees embarked for Mitylene) and station-ship duty in Turkish waters until June 1923 during what DANFS terms the 'Crimean Crisis'; Atlantic Scouting Fleet exercises 1923-1930; a 1925 Pacific maneuver period; Nicaragua patrol in 1927; decommissioning at Philadelphia 10 March 1931; recommissioning 13 June 1932 for the Pacific Scouting Force; decommissioning at San Diego 21 September 1938; recommissioning 26 September 1939 for the Caribbean Neutrality Patrol; West Coast patrol and escort duty in the first five months of the war; departure from Mare Island 22 May 1942 with Task Force 8 for the Aleutians, including ASW and screening patrols and the August 1942 bombardment of Kiska with Task Group 8.6; return to San Francisco 22 December 1943; post-overhaul West Coast patrol and ASW screening for the rest of the war; arrival at Philadelphia 20 September 1945; decommissioning there 23 October 1945; and sale to Boston Metals for scrapping on 29 September 1946. One battle star for World War II service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. It does not state a striking date (secondary compilations give 16 November 1945), does not name the post-Aleutians overhaul yard, and does not give machinery builder or horsepower. The live NHHC page returned HTTP 404 on 2026-09-27; the text was verified through the archived capture.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-king-dd242-01
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[3]Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection, 'USS King (DD-242) in drydock, Navy Yard' (accession 08_06_039951), via Digital Commonwealth [other_primary]
- Locator
- Item record: title, subjects (Charlestown Navy Yard; Boston Navy Yard), accession 08_06_039951; permalink https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/z029wz052
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A Boston Public Library catalog record (Digital Commonwealth) preserves a Leslie Jones glass-negative photograph titled 'USS King (DD-242) in drydock, Navy Yard,' cataloged under the Charlestown Navy Yard (Boston Navy Yard) subject headings with a cataloger-supplied date of circa 1917-1934. Within that range King was in commission only 1920-1931, documenting a Boston Navy Yard drydock event for this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- The photograph documents a drydock event, not the work performed, materials removed or installed, or asbestos exposure. The cataloger-supplied date range (ca. 1917-1934) is not a precise event date; King's commission status narrows it to 1920-1931.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-king-dd242-02
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[4]U.S. Navy, Navy Filing Manual (Fourth Edition, 1941) - index entry 'DD242 King' and S39 category text; official copy hosted by NHHC (live page 404), verified via HyperWar/ibiblio transcription [other_primary]
- Locator
- NFM-Index.html entry 'DD242 King'; NFM-S.html S39 'Insulation and lagging' (S39-1 compartments; S39-2 machinery and piping)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The 1941 Navy Filing Manual (Fourth Edition) indexes this hull as 'DD242 King' and contains an S39 'Insulation and lagging' filing category whose subdivisions enumerate lagging of boilers, main and auxiliary machinery, steam and exhaust pipe, and compartment insulation. The manual is the era-specific guide to locating the Navy's per-hull records; its index entry and category headings do not establish what materials were installed aboard King.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- This is an indexing manual, not a material list or proof of asbestos aboard the vessel. The NHHC-hosted page returned 404 during this session; the DD242 index entry and S39 headings were verified in the HyperWar transcription. The manual's categories enumerate insulation types without stating which - if any - aboard King contained asbestos.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-king-dd242-03
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[5]National Archives and Records Administration, 'Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961' [other_primary]
- Locator
- Beginning Research; General Information Books; Cartographic Branch; Other Records and their usefulness
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's shipboard-asbestos research guide identifies RG 19 Bureau of Ships correspondence, ship General Information Books, and hull-series ship engineering drawings - including S39 insulation and lagging and S48 piping - as the record series most responsive to vessel-level asbestos research. It cautions that deck logs and muster rolls do not themselves provide direct evidence of asbestos aboard a ship.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- The guide describes possible record series, not an identified King file or any finding that King carried asbestos. RG 19 files and drawings were not retrieved in this batch.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-king-dd242-04
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[6]U.S. Government Accountability Office, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (1979), highlights [gao]
- Locator
- Highlights, paragraph on 1975 and 1979 Navy policy; live page returned HTTP 403 to automated fetch on 2026-09-27 - highlights verified via Wayback capture 20250402135701
- Finding type
- regulatory
- Finding
- GAO reported that the Navy's 1975 policy for asbestos insulation on Navy ships was to remove and replace with nonasbestos materials only insulation that was damaged or had to be removed to accomplish necessary repairs, modified in 1979 to include selective replacement in high-maintenance areas. GAO reviewed Navy efforts at the Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- The report postdates King's 1946 scrapping by decades and its fieldwork concerned Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards, neither of which is a documented King yard. It cannot establish asbestos aboard King or any policy in force during her service.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-king-dd242-05
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[7]CourtListener authenticated API v4 search, type=o, query="USS King" (2026-09-27): count 3, all classified name collision (DLG-10/DDG-41, not this hull) or non-asbestos litigation [court_record]
- Locator
- Search response count=3; Savoy opinion text (469 F. Supp. 301) states the USS King was 'authorized for construction in 1955 and built at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard ... a guided-missile warfare destroyer' - i.e., DLG-10; U.S. v. Doe (860 F.2d 488) concerns a 1988 boarding by USS King (DDG-41). Search ledger sl-uss-king-dd242-06 through -09.
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- An authenticated CourtListener v4 opinion search for the exact phrase 'USS King' returned three results, all name collisions with the later guided-missile destroyer USS King (DLG-10/DDG-41), not DD-242: Savoy v. United States, 469 F. Supp. 301 (E.D. La. 1978), a shipyard pipefitter's injury case aboard DLG-10 during its 1974 Boland Marine overhaul (not asbestos litigation); and United States v. Doe, 860 F.2d 488 (1st Cir. 1988), a drug prosecution in which a DDG-41 boarding party found marijuana aboard the Captain Robert (appearing under two duplicate index clusters). No result named DD-242 or involved asbestos. Exact-name docket and hull-number searches could not be completed because the fleet-wide pacing helper reported its request budget momentarily spent.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- The completed sweep covers exact-name indexed opinions only: zero qualifying asbestos litigation for this hull, three name collisions resolved to DLG-10/DDG-41. Docket (type=r) and 'DD-242' searches remain pending under fleet pacing; absence of an indexed opinion does not establish absence of litigation or exposure. No hit is classified as qualifying.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-king-dd242-06
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[8]Batch-3240 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS; Boston Public Library/Digital Commonwealth; NARA asbestos research guide; 1941 Navy Filing Manual (HyperWar mirror; NHHC live page 404); GAO HRD-80-2; CourtListener API v4; official-source web discovery [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-king-dd242-01 through sl-uss-king-dd242-10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, insulation specification, abatement contract, environmental record, or adjudicated case naming DD-242 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard; a 1919-1920 steam destroyer would be a period-typical candidate for asbestos-containing insulation, lagging, gaskets, and packing, but that is era inference, not ship-proven documentation. This row does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-king-dd242-07