Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]research packet ja-packet.md (1 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lawrence-dd250-pkt-ja-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Lawrence IV (DD-250) (builder, dates, service narrative, disposal; verbatim transcription - live NHHC page serves 404; HazeGray mirror retrieved via Wayback capture 2024-05-25) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry DD-250, spec line + full service narrative (HazeGray transcription, Wayback capture 2024-05-25)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: laid down 14 August 1919 by New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J.; launched 10 July 1920, sponsored by Miss Ruth Lawrence; commissioned 18 April 1921, Lt. Comdr. J. H. Wellbrook in command. Destroyer Force Atlantic Fleet; Mediterranean and Black Sea 1922-23 during the Crimean crisis (aid to American personnel; evacuation of Greek refugees from Turkish-occupied Asia Minor); Scouting Fleet operations 1923-27 incl. Panama Canal exercises (Jan 1924), Labrador station during the Army round-the-world flight (Aug 1924), and five weeks off Nicaragua (Feb-Mar 1927). Decommissioned Philadelphia 6 January 1931; recommissioned 13 June 1932; Pacific Fleet destroyer squadrons (San Diego) to 1938; decommissioned San Diego 13 September 1938; recommissioned 26 September 1939; Caribbean patrol, Boston (Mar 1940), East Coast sound school New London; to the Pacific Dec 1940 (arrived San Francisco 27 Dec); Sound School San Diego. WWII: convoy escort San Francisco-Seattle; Kodiak troop-convoy escort Aug 1942; convoy approaches Kodiak-Dutch Harbor-Adak Sep 1942; based at Treasure Island for the rest of the war on patrol/escort to San Francisco Bay approaches; 31 May 1944 rescued 192 men of SS Henry Bergh aground on Farallon Island. Departed San Francisco 28 August 1945; arrived Philadelphia 20 September; decommissioned 24 October 1945; sold to Boston Metal Co., Baltimore, Md., 1 October 1946. Spec line: 1,190 t; 314'5" x 31'8" x 9'3"; 30 k.; cpl. 101; cl. Clemson.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1919-1946
- Population
- New York Shipbuilding construction trades 1919-21; interwar and wartime crew (design complement 101)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and the design spec line, not materials or asbestos content. DANFS records no stricken date; the strike date (1945-08-13) rests on secondary compilations and predates decommissioning - anomaly carried in gaps. Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC page returns 404.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lawrence-dd250-01
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[3]Naval Historical Center, Online Library of Selected Images, 'USS Lawrence (DD-250), 1921-1946' (ibiblio HyperWar mirror of the NHC photo catalog; photos NH 98373-98377, NH 51259-51263, NH 65029, NH 64432, 80-G-14864, 80-G-1034835) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NHC Online Library DD-250 page: NH 98373-98377 (Mare Island 20-23 June 1942); NH 51259-51263, NH 65029, NH 64432, 80-G-14864, 80-G-1034835
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Naval Historical Center photo records for this hull document a wartime yard availability: NH 98373/98374/98375 show the ship off Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 23 June 1942 with 'her after smokestack and after torpedo tubes have been removed, but she still retains 4"/50 guns'; NH 98376/98377 show her alongside a wharf at Mare Island Navy Yard, 20 June 1942 (views from a shipyard crane, after deckhouse, triple torpedo tubes). Additional NHC photos: underway recovering a torpedo 7 April 1922 (80-G-14864); Panama Canal transit 1920s-30s (NH 51263); San Diego harbor 1933 and 1935 (NH 65029, NH 64432). Documents a June 1942 availability at a documented asbestos-era naval shipyard during wartime modification.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1921-1945; Mare Island availability 1942-06
- Population
- Mare Island Navy Yard trades and ship's crew, June 1942 availability
- Limitations
- Photo captions document the hull's presence at Mare Island Navy Yard and topside configuration changes in June 1942 - they do not document insulation work, materials, or any asbestos content, and the asbestos scope (if any) of the availability is not recorded in this source.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lawrence-dd250-02
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[4]DANFS DD-250 spec line (Clemson class; 30 k.; cpl. 101) + Atlas shipyard dataset, New York Shipbuilding record (tier 1; documented products incl. Ehret 85% magnesia insulation, asbestos gaskets, packing) and Mare Island Naval Shipyard record (tier 2) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS DD-250 spec line; shipyards.json records 'new-york-shipbuilding' and 'mare-island-naval-shipyard'
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/yard inference: a Clemson-class flush-deck destroyer built 1919-21 with a four-boiler geared-steam-turbine plant would have carried period-standard asbestos insulation, steam-line lagging, gaskets, packing, and fireproofing; builder New York Shipbuilding Corp. (Camden) is documented at yard level in the Atlas dataset (tier 1, incl. Ehret 85% magnesia insulation, asbestos gaskets and packing), and the June 1942 availability yard (Mare Island Naval Shipyard) is also asbestos-documented (tier 2). NARA RG19 'General Information Books' holding 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
- 1919-1945
- Population
- New York Shipbuilding construction trades 1919-21; Mare Island trades June 1942; crew 1921-45
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding. Yard product documentation in the dataset may postdate this hull's 1919-21 construction; no source names materials installed aboard DD-250. Does not quantify material or establish any individual's exposure. NARA GIB retrieval not performed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lawrence-dd250-03
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[5]National Archives: RG19 General Information Books / Booklet of General Plans and ship-specific plan holdings for DD-250; RG24 deck logs; Mare Island Naval Shipyard work-package records for the June 1942 availability; Boston Metal Co. scrapping contract/disposal file 1946-47 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA RG19 (Bureau of Ships records), RG24 (deck logs), Mare Island yard records (NARA San Bruno)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads for hull-level material data: NARA RG19 General Information Books / Booklet of General Plans for Clemson-class hulls (New York Shipbuilding-built) hold per-vessel material and insulation specifications; RG24 deck logs and Mare Island yard work packages could document the June 1942 availability scope; the 1946-47 Boston Metal Co. disposal file would document scrapping conditions. None retrieved in this pass.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1919-1947
- Limitations
- Unexplored leads only - nothing in this row is evidence about DD-250's materials. Retrieval not performed; NARA catalog requires in-person or reproduction-service access for most RG19/RG24 holdings.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lawrence-dd250-04
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[6]Batch-3249 search ledger (this record): DANFS/NHHC mirrors; NHHC Online Library photo records; NavSource and NavalCoverMuseum compilations; Atlas shipyard dataset; CourtListener exact-name and hull-number sweep (see sl-uss-lawrence-dd250-05) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lawrence-dd250-01 through sl-uss-lawrence-dd250-06
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for DD-250: no hull ACM survey, no abatement contract or record, no museum hazmat disclosure (the hull was scrapped 1946-47 and has no custodian), and no qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). DD-250 appears on law-firm marketing ship lists, which are compilations and not evidence.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1919-21 steam-powered hull is consistent with era-typical insulation, but that is inference, not ship-specific documentation. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lawrence-dd250-05