Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]research packet ef-packet.md (2 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: Queue: USS LONG DD-209
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-long-dd209-pkt-ef-packet-md
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[2]NHHC, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, 'Long (Destroyer No. 209)' [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Specifications block and first two ship-history paragraphs
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC identifies Long (DD-209) as a Clemson-class destroyer built by William Cramp & Sons in Philadelphia, laid down 23 September 1918, launched 26 April 1919, commissioned 20 October 1919, and decommissioned at San Diego 30 December 1922. The DANFS specification block gives complement 101 for DD-209.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1918-1922
- Population
- Ship's crew
- Limitations
- Corrects the supplied Hopkins-class metadata to Clemson. The 101 figure is the DD-209 design specification; the source does not give a verified wartime DMS-12 complement or identify asbestos aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-long-dd209-01
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[3]NHHC, DANFS, 'Long (Destroyer No. 209)' [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Final three DANFS paragraphs
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC DANFS recounts two kamikaze strikes on Long during minesweeping at Lingayen Gulf on 6 January 1945; the vessel capsized and sank the following morning. Long received nine World War II battle stars.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1945-01-06 to 1945-01-07
- Population
- Ship's crew
- Limitations
- The NHHC casualty list gives 6 January as the loss date, while this DANFS passage says the hull sank the following morning; the record uses 'January 1945' for final disposition. Neither source addresses asbestos.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-long-dd209-04
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[4]NARA, 'Navy Deck Logs Available in the National Archives Catalog' and 'Special List 44 - Named Vessels' [other_primary]
- Locator
- Long (DD-209) entry; Special List 44 Long (DD-209, DMS-12) entries
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's online deck-log index lists a Long (DD-209) entry with 1919-22 and 1930-45 service periods; its Special List 44 separately cross-identifies Long as DD-209/DMS-12. The listings are archival leads for service and yard-period research.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1919-1945
- Population
- Ship's crew
- Limitations
- The index is a finding aid; underlying logs were not reviewed. Special List 44 contains dates inconsistent with NHHC service chronology (1918 start and November 1944 end), so its dates are not treated as commissioning or loss dates. No asbestos finding follows from these listings.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-long-dd209-05
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[5]NARA, 'Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961' [other_primary]
- Locator
- Specifications and Standards (Item S-18); Cartographic Branch / S39 discussion
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's asbestos research guide directs researchers to RG 19 vessel specifications and hull-number engineering drawings, including S39 insulation and lagging files, as potential leads for documenting materials on a particular Navy ship.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1918-1945 (target research period)
- Limitations
- This is a general research guide, not a Long file. NARA warns that many drawing series offer no direct evidence of asbestos; no DD-209 specification or S39 drawing was retrieved and none is claimed to exist for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-long-dd209-06
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[6]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (1979), enclosure I, Navy letter of 5 January 1979 [gao]
- Locator
- Enclosure I, Navy letter, first page
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A 1979 Navy response reproduced by GAO describes thermal insulation, deck materials, gaskets, and packing as asbestos applications on then-current Navy ships. This documents later Navy-wide material practice only.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy ships in service in 1979
- Limitations
- The letter postdates Long's loss by 34 years, does not name DD-209/DMS-12, and cannot establish any product or exposure aboard this hull. Its ship list concerns ships delivered since 1973 or then under construction.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-long-dd209-07
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[7]NARA, 'Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961'; source review recorded in this vessel's search ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- Beginning Research; search ledger sl-uss-long-dd209-01 through -05
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The reviewed NHHC vessel history, NARA deck-log listings, NARA asbestos research guide, and GAO report did not produce a primary source identifying asbestos-containing material aboard USS Long (DD-209/DMS-12). Ship-specific asbestos documentation remains unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1918-1945
- Population
- Ship's crew and construction or repair workers
- Limitations
- This is a negative result within the stated public-source search scope, not proof that the ship was asbestos-free. Undigitized construction specifications, conversion work files, or repair records may alter the finding.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-long-dd209-08
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[8]NHHC, 'Casualties: Navy and Coast Guard Ships' [other_primary]
- Locator
- Mine sweeper, High Speed (DMS) list, USS Long entry
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC's Navy and Coast Guard ship casualty list describes USS Long (DMS-12) as sunk by a kamikaze attack in Lingayen Gulf on 6 January 1945.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1945-01-06
- Population
- Ship's crew
- Limitations
- This list assigns 6 January as the sunk date, while DANFS says the hull capsized and sank the following morning. The precise final sinking date is unresolved; this list does not address asbestos.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-long-dd209-09
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[9]CourtListener authenticated API v4 search response, exact-name opinions, 27 September 2026 [court_record]
- Locator
- Search count 3; result titles and opinion snippets; ledger sl-uss-long-dd209-06
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- One authenticated CourtListener v4 exact-name opinion search for 'USS Long' returned three indexed opinions: O'Connell v. Foster Wheeler Energy Corp. (2008), United States v. Keck (1986), and EEOC v. United States Steel Corp. (1987). None of the returned metadata or short snippets identifies DD-209/DMS-12 as an exposure site. O'Connell is an asbestos-case candidate but the hull role is unresolved; Keck concerns a court-martial, and EEOC v. U.S. Steel is an employment case. No qualifying Long asbestos case is confirmed by this partial sweep.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1986-2008 (indexed opinion dates)
- Limitations
- Search indexing can match Long Beach or unrelated uses of 'long' and 'USS'. The three full opinions were not retrieved through the helper; hull attribution in O'Connell is unverified. Exact-name docket and DD-209/DMS-12 opinion and docket queries were prevented by repeated fleet pacing denials before any request was sent. This is not a no-litigation finding or exposure evidence.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-long-dd209-10
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[10]NHHC, DANFS, 'Long (Destroyer No. 209)' [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Paragraph beginning 'Long recommissioned at San Diego'
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Long was recommissioned at San Diego on 29 March 1930. NHHC says she was converted to a destroyer minesweeper during 1940 and reclassified DMS-12 on 19 November 1940.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1930-1940
- Population
- Ship's crew and conversion workers
- Limitations
- Documents the recommissioning and change of designation, but does not identify the conversion yard, specific work packages, insulation materials, or asbestos use.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-long-dd209-02
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[11]NHHC, DANFS, 'Long (Destroyer No. 209)' [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Operational narrative from the Pearl Harbor paragraph through the Lingayen Gulf paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- After Pearl Harbor, Long served on patrol and escort duty in Hawaiian, Alaskan, and Pacific waters. NHHC records minesweeping for Attu in May 1943 and at Saipan, Peleliu, Leyte, and Lingayen Gulf in 1944-45.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1941-1945
- Population
- Ship's crew
- Limitations
- Operational assignments establish where the hull served; they do not establish materials installed, crew exposure, dose, or disease causation. DANFS prints '12 January 1913' for Amchitka, an apparent typographical error, so that date is not used.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-long-dd209-03