Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet ga-packet.md (2 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lewis-hancock-dd675-pkt-ga-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Lewis Hancock (DD-675) (specifications block, service narrative, transfer; verbatim hazegray.org transcription via Wayback capture 2024-05-25 - live NHHC page serves 404; destroyerhistory.org transcription corroborates) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications block + service narrative + closing transfer note
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: laid down 31 March 1943 by Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Kearny, N.J.; launched 1 August 1943, sponsored by Lt. Joy Hancock, USNR(W), widow of Lt. Comdr. Hancock and the first WAVE officer to christen a U.S. combatant ship; commissioned 29 September 1943, Comdr. Charles H. Lyman III. TF 58 service: Marshalls, first Truk strikes 16-17 February 1944, Palaus, Hollandia, Marcus-Wake, Marianas (Saipan bombardment 13 June), Battle of the Philippine Sea 19-20 June; TF 38 strikes on the Philippines/Okinawa/Formosa from September 1944; picket duty in the Battle of Leyte Gulf (assisted in sinking an enemy destroyer); home-island raids February-March 1945; Okinawa to 10 May 1945. Undamaged with four casualties in 16 months; San Francisco drydock overhaul 6 July-30 August 1945; decommissioned San Diego 10 January 1946. Recommissioned Armed Forces Day 19 May 1951 (mirror prints '1961' - typo; NHHC photo caption and destroyerhistory transcription confirm 1951), Naval Station Long Beach, Comdr. R. L. Tully; modernization at Newport; Korean deployment September 1952-January 1953 completing a circumnavigation; Atlantic/Mediterranean service 1953-1957 incl. Suez transit 9 May 1956; arrived Philadelphia 24 September 1957, decommissioned 18 December 1957, Atlantic Reserve Fleet. 'Brought out of mothballs and modernized,' transferred to Brazil 1 August 1967 and commissioned same day as Piauí (D 31). Nine WWII and two Korean battle stars. Spec block: dp. 2,050; 376'5" x 39'7"; dr. 17'9"; 35.2 k.; cpl. 329.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1943-1967
- Population
- Federal Shipbuilding construction trades 1943; wartime and postwar crew (design complement 329)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. The hazegray transcription carries year errors in the postwar paragraphs ('1961,' '1964,' '1966' for 1951, 1954, 1956) and prints 'DD-676' for DD-675 - documented in gaps; destroyerhistory.org's transcription carries the corrected values. Mirror transcriptions cited because the live NHHC page returns 404. The pre-transfer 'modernized' yard is not named.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lewis-hancock-dd675-01
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[3]Naval Historical Center (NHHC), Online Library of Selected Images: USS Lewis Hancock (DD-675), 1943-1967 (ibiblio mirror of the official NHC page; photos NH 99994-99997, 80-G-478506, 80-G-81255) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHC Online Library DD-675 page: narrative paragraphs + photo captions NH 99995, NH 99997
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official NHC narrative and photo captions for this hull: confirms the DANFS service summary and adds the transfer structure - 'In August 1967 she was loaned to Brazil and renamed Paiui. Formally sold to that nation in 1973, she remained part of the Brazilian Navy until 1989.' Photo caption NH 99995 dates the recommissioning ceremony to Armed Forces Day, 19 May 1951 at Long Beach Naval Station (sponsor Capt. Joy Bright Hancock participating) - confirming the hazegray mirror's '1961' is an error. Photo NH 99997 documents the ship laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, 8 September 1959. Namesake: Lt. Comdr. Lewis Hancock, Jr. (1889-1925), killed in the crash of USS Shenandoah (ZR-1), 3 September 1925.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1943-1989
- Population
- Crew 1943-1957; Brazilian Navy crew 1967-1989; Philadelphia Naval Shipyard inactive-ship staff 1957-1967
- Limitations
- Documents service history, transfer structure, and reserve-fleet mooring site, not materials or asbestos content. The loaned-1967/sold-1973 structure explains why the U.S. striking (15 March 1973) postdates the 1967 handover. NHHC transcription spells the Brazilian name 'Paiui' - standard orthography is 'Piauí.' Photographs of reserve-fleet lay-up are not condition surveys.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lewis-hancock-dd675-02
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[4]Navypedia Fletcher-class member table (DD-675 row: yard 371, Federal Kearny, laid 3/1943, launched 1.8.1943, commissioned 9/1943, 'to Brazil 8.1967 (Piauí)') + Poder Naval, 'Os contratorpedeiros classe Fletcher, Sumner e Gearing na Marinha do Brasil' (Piauí D-31 'ex-USS Lewis Hancock - DD 675... transferido por empréstimo e incorporado em 2 de agosto de 1967'); NavSource DD-675 index (stricken 15 March 1973; broken up for scrap 1989) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navypedia us_dd_fletcher.htm member row DD675; naval.com.br blog 2022-04-24; navsource.org/archives/05/675.htm operational data block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Foreign-transfer and disposal record for this hull: Brazilian naval reference confirms the ex-DD-675 was transferred BY LOAN ('por empréstimo') and incorporated into the Marinha do Brasil on 2 August 1967 as contratorpedeiro Piauí (D-31); navypedia's member table carries 'to Brazil 8.1967 (Piauí)'; NavSource carries U.S. striking 15 March 1973 and Brazilian striking/scrapping 1989. Consistent with NHHC's loaned-1967/sold-1973 framing.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1967-1989
- Population
- Brazilian Navy crew of CT Piauí (D-31), 1967-1989; scrapping-yard workers 1989 (site undocumented)
- Limitations
- Secondary reference works (navypedia, NavSource) plus specialist Brazilian naval press (Poder Naval) - consistent across sources and with NHHC, but not primary Brazilian Navy records. Transfer date conflict (DANFS/U.S. 1 August vs. Brazilian incorporation 2 August 1967) documented in gaps. Post-1967 material condition, Brazilian refits, and the 1989 scrapping site/conditions are undocumented.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lewis-hancock-dd675-03
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[5]DANFS specifications block (Fletcher class; 35.2 kt) + Atlas shipyard dataset, Federal Shipbuilding-Kearny record incl. Owens-Illinois Industrial Health Survey of Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Kearny, NJ (Aug. 30 - Sep. 2, 1944); NARA RG19 General Information Books archival lead [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS spec block; shipyards.json record 'federal-shipbuilding-kearny' (toxicdocs.org survey scan); NARA RG19 lead
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/yard inference: a WWII Fletcher-class destroyer built March-August 1943 with a four-boiler/60,000-shp steam plant would have carried period-standard asbestos boiler and steam-line insulation, turbine lagging, gaskets, packing, fireproofing, and deck coverings; builder Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock (Kearny) is documented at yard level in the Atlas dataset, including the 1944 Owens-Illinois industrial-health survey documenting insulator work with asbestos pipe covering and boiler insulation in confined shipboard spaces at the yard. NARA RG19 'General Information Books' per-vessel material specifications are an unretrieved archival lead for hull-level specs.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1943-1989
- Population
- Federal Shipbuilding construction trades 1943; crew 1943-1957 (U.S.), 1967-1989 (Brazil)
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding. The 1944 yard survey postdates this hull's August 1943 launch and documents yard practice, not materials installed aboard DD-675. Does not quantify material or establish any individual's exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lewis-hancock-dd675-04
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[6]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented that the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships and did not begin substituting alternative insulation materials until the early 1970s - placing DD-675's construction (1943) and entire U.S. commissioned service (1943-1946, 1951-1957) inside the documented asbestos-use era.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. Full report text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403) - content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lewis-hancock-dd675-05
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[7]Batch-3650 search ledger (this record): DANFS mirrors (hazegray via Wayback; destroyerhistory.org); NHHC Online Library (ibiblio); navypedia class table; Poder Naval (Brazilian transfer record); NavSource index; GAO HRD-80-2; CourtListener (blocked - fleet pacing); NARA catalog (no digitized hull records); law-firm/aggregator ship pages (excluded per sourcing rules) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-lewis-hancock-dd675-01 through sl-uss-lewis-hancock-dd675-11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No hull-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, materials inventory, or hazmat disclosure located for DD-675 in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The ship was transferred to Brazil in 1967 and scrapped there in 1989 - under foreign custody and before modern asbestos documentation practice - and never became a museum, so the disclosure channels that produced ship-specific records for preserved hulls do not exist here. The CourtListener opinion sweep for the exact name returned 19 hits, all name collisions (none the vessel, none asbestos); hull-number and docket-level sweeps remain pending after fleet-pacing throttles.
- 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 - era-standard applications are documented at class/era level (ev-04, ev-05). The hull no longer exists, so present-day ACM status is moot; the Brazilian-era (1967-1989) material history and any pre-transfer abatement are undocumented. The opinion-level exact-name sweep is complete and negative; hull-number and docket-level sweeps incomplete - see search_ledger sl-07b.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lewis-hancock-dd675-06