Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]DANFS, Lardner II (DD-487) (verbatim transcription hosted by the Destroyer History Foundation; live NHHC page returns 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- destroyerhistory.org verbatim DANFS transcription, Lardner (DD-487) entry (spec block + service narrative)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: laid down 15 September 1941 by Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Kearny, N.J.; launched 20 March 1942; sponsored by Mrs. Sidney F. Tyler II, great-granddaughter of RAdm. James L. Lardner; commissioned 13 May 1942, Lt. Comdr. Willard M. Sweeter in command. Shakedown off New England 28 May-1 July 1942; departed Balboa 21 August for the South Pacific; Guadalcanal escort/bombardment; stood by USS Wasp (CV-7) sinking 15 September 1942 and rescued 322 survivors; Lunga Point bombardments 17 and 30 October; Battle of Tassafaronga 30 November ('TF 7's five cruisers and [six] destroyers'); overhaul alongside tender Dixie at Noumea; 1943-44 Solomons/Bismarck/Marianas operations (Vella Lavella, Bougainville 29 Nov 1943, Green Island, Karavia Bay sinking 25 Feb 1944, Kavieng, Hollandia, Guam/Saipan/Tinian, Philippine Sea); Bremerton overhaul; convoy escort Nov 1944-Mar 1945; grounded on a submerged shoal 29 January 1945; Okinawa/Formosa support; Third Fleet logistic support off Japan Jul-Aug 1945; entered Tokyo Bay 29 August 1945 escorting South Dakota (BB-57); POW evacuation; homeward via Singapore, Ceylon, Capetown, Saldanha, arriving New York 7 December 1945; Charleston; decommissioned 16 May 1946; Atlantic Reserve Fleet; transferred to Turkey 10 June 1949 under the Military Assistance Program; 'serves the Turkish Navy as Gemlik (D 347)'. Ten battle stars for WWII.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1941-1949 (USN); 1949-1974 (Turkish Navy)
- Population
- Federal Shipbuilding construction trades 1941-42; wartime crew (complement 276); Turkish Navy crew 1949-1974
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. Entry predates the 1982 sinking ('serves the Turkish Navy as Gemlik'). Transcription variants differ on laid-down date (15 vs 16 September 1941) and Wasp sinking date (15 vs 16 September) - carried in gaps. The Tassafaronga force reads 'TF 7' in the transcription; the documented task force is TF 67 - logged in gaps. First CO spelled 'Sweeter' here, 'Sweetser' on NavSource's roster - logged in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lardner-dd487-01
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[2]DANFS, Aaron Ward II (DD-483), live NHHC page (Wayback capture 2024-12-10; live page 404s to automated fetch) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Aaron Ward II entry, October-December 1942 narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The live NHHC DANFS entry for a sister ship independently names this hull: on 30 October 1942 the destroyers 'Benham (DD-397), Fletcher (DD-445) and Lardner (DD-487)' joined light cruiser Atlanta (CL-51), flagship of Rear Adm. Norman Scott's TG 64.4, for the bombardment of Japanese positions on Guadalcanal off Lunga Point.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1942
- Population
- Crew, October 1942
- Limitations
- Corroborates one wartime employment event from an official source; documents operations, not materials or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lardner-dd487-02
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[3]NHHC Online Library photo data sheets: NH 107413 (USS Lardner DD-487 underway off the New York Navy Yard on her delivery trip from Kearny, circa May 1942, in Camouflage Measure 12 (Modified)) and NH 76311 (Gemlik, ex-Lardner, in Turkish service photographed 1956-57) - official U.S. Navy photographs, NHHC collections [other_primary]
- Locator
- NHHC Online Library picture-data sheets NH 107413 and NH 76311 (ibiblio HyperWar mirror)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official U.S. Navy photographs in NHHC collections document this hull's identity at delivery (May 1942, off the New York Navy Yard) and in Turkish service as Gemlik (1956-57), consistent with the DANFS narrative and the 1949 transfer.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1942; 1956-57
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- Photographic catalog records establish identity and configuration only; no materials or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lardner-dd487-03
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[4]DANFS-type specifications block (Gleaves class; 1,630 t; 348'4"; 36'0"; 37 kt; complement 276; 'high-pressure super-heated boilers, geared turbines with twin screws, 50,000 h.p.') + Atlas shipyard dataset, Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock (Kearny) record incl. Owens-Illinois Industrial Health Survey (30 Aug-2 Sep 1944) [other_primary]
- Locator
- ibiblio DD-487 spec block; shipyards.json record 'federal-shipbuilding-kearny' (ev-federal-kearny-ihs-1944)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/yard inference: a Gleaves-class destroyer built 1941-42 with a four-boiler superheated steam plant would have carried period-standard asbestos insulation, lagging, gaskets, packing, and fireproofing; builder Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock (Kearny) is documented at yard level in the Atlas dataset (tier 2), including a 30 August-2 September 1944 Owens-Illinois industrial-health survey recording insulators cutting and fitting Johns-Manville Superex amosite pipe covering in confined spaces, with the yard record tying that product's use at Kearny to 1940-48 - a window spanning this hull's build period. NARA RG19 'General Information Books' per-vessel material specifications are an archival lead for hull-level specs.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1941-1946
- Population
- Federal Shipbuilding construction trades 1941-42; crew 1942-46
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only; no ship-specific asbestos finding for this hull exists (see ev-07). The 1944 survey postdates this hull's May 1942 commissioning, so even the yard-level product documentation cannot be asserted aboard DD-487. NARA GIB retrieval not performed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lardner-dd487-04
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[5]USS Biddle (DLG/CG-34) association history, 'Biddle at Middle Age' (James Treadway), 1982 section - narrative derived from the ship's 1982 Command History (OPNAV 5750-1), quoting it verbatim elsewhere on the page [other_primary]
- Locator
- ussbiddle.wordpress.com 'Biddle at Middle Age' 1982 section (Wayback capture 2023-02-08); NavSource DD-487 index page
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Final-disposition documentation: 'Biddle participated in the SINKEX of the ex-USS Lardner then made a port visit to Athens, Greece, from 25 to 30 October' 1982 - i.e., this hull, as ex-TCG Gemlik, was sunk as a target by USS Biddle (CG-34) in the Eastern Mediterranean in the fall 1982 sequence. Secondary compilations (NavSource Destroyer Photo Index DD-487; uboat.net Allied Warships; NavalCoverMuseum) agree on the sinking and add participants Julius A. Furer (FFG-6), Truett (FF-1095), and CVW-6 aircraft, but give the date 21 November 1982 and additionally record: stricken from the U.S. Naval Register 15 August 1949 and stricken from the Turkish Navy 1974.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1949; 1974; 1982
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- The association narrative is secondary but is drawn from Biddle's official 1982 Command History (quoted verbatim on the page); its sequence places the SINKEX before the 25-30 October Athens visit, conflicting with the 21 November 1982 date repeated across NavSource/uboat.net/NavalCoverMuseum - unresolved, logged in gaps. The U.S. striking (15 Aug 1949) and Turkish striking (1974) rest on secondary compilations; the NVR does not cover pre-1987 disposals. No asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lardner-dd487-05
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[6]DANFS-type specifications block for DD-487 (ibiblio HyperWar 'Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945' mirror) [other_primary]
- Locator
- ibiblio HyperWar DD-487 specification block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Specifications for this hull: Gleaves-class destroyer; displacement 1,630 tons; length 348 ft 4 in; beam 36 ft; draft 17 ft 5 in-17 ft 6 in; speed 37 knots; armament 4 x 5-inch/38, ten 21-inch torpedo tubes (5x4 mounts); complement 276; high-pressure super-heated boilers, geared turbines with twin screws, 50,000 h.p.; built at Federal, Kearny, commissioned 1942.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- Crew complement 276 (design/wartime figure)
- Limitations
- DANFS-type spec transcription; machinery count (4 boilers) comes from the class record, not this block. No materials or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lardner-dd487-06
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[7]CourtListener API v4 sweep (opinion index + RECAP dockets) for 'USS Lardner', 'U.S.S. Lardner', 'aboard the Lardner', and 'DD-487' [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener API v4 results; see search_ledger sl-uss-lardner-dd487-03 and -04
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener sweep returned no qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull: 'USS Lardner' and 'U.S.S. Lardner' = 0 opinion hits and 0 docket hits; 'aboard the Lardner' = 0/0; 'TCG Gemlik' = 0 opinions; '"Lardner" asbestos' = 63 opinion hits, all attorney-name collisions (Foley & Lardner / Michael J. Lardner et al. appearing as counsel), none vessel-related. Hull-number queries 'DD-487' returned 1 opinion and 3 dockets, all identifier collisions: Bennett v. State, 350 So. 2d 556 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1977) is a robbery appeal whose appellate docket number literally is 'No. DD-487'; docket hits Andrews v. D'Souza (N.D. Ga., civil-rights conspiracy), Arch Coal Inc. (Bankr. E.D. Mo., bankruptcy), and 6801 Realty Co. v. USCIS (E.D.N.Y., APA immigration) carry 'DD-487' as docket-text artifacts (document/exhibit identifiers), not the vessel.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- litigation index coverage to 2026-09-27
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- Name and hull-number indexes carry no qualifying case; identifier collisions classified down per batch protocol. A RECAP-document full-text sweep beyond the index level was not performed; a hull could still appear inside pleadings not indexed by name.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lardner-dd487-07
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[8]Batch-3469 search ledger (this record): DANFS (verbatim transcription + live-NHHC sister-ship corroboration); NHHC Online Library photo catalog; Atlas shipyard dataset; CourtListener sweep; secondary compilations for Turkish-era disposition [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger sl-uss-lardner-dd487-01 through -08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for DD-487: no hull ACM survey exists or can exist (hull sunk as target 1982; no museum surface); no abatement record located; no qualifying asbestos litigation names this hull (CourtListener sweep - see ev-07); DANFS documents operations only. Class/era inference stands at tier 2.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- research session 2026-09-27
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- Absence of a public record is not proof of absence aboard; a sunk hull forecloses future survey. Builder-yard documentation (ev-04) is era-consistent but cannot be asserted aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lardner-dd487-08