Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet fl-packet.md (3 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-murray-dd576-pkt-fl-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Murray III (DD-576) (builder, specifications block, service narrative, designations, striking/sale; verbatim HyperWar/ibiblio transcription - live NHHC page serves 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications block + service narrative (Murray III)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: laid down 16 March 1942 by Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, Tex.; launched 16 August 1942 (sponsor Mrs. Frank T. Leighton); commissioned 20 April 1943, Comdr. Richard F. Stout. Specs: dp. 2,700; 376'2" x 39'8"; 35 kt; cpl. 273; 5x5", 10x40mm, 7x20mm, 10x21" tt; cl. Fletcher. WWII: Wake Island strikes; Bougainville, Rabaul, Gilberts (Tarawa/Abemama), Kwajalein, Eniwetok, Kavieng; Aitape, Saipan, Guam, Wewak, Morotai; Leyte shore bombardment 20-21 Oct 1944; San Francisco overhaul; TF 58 first Tokyo raid 15-16 Feb 1945 and Iwo Jima/Ryukyu strikes; bomb hit off Okinawa 27 March 1945, repaired at Pearl Harbor; hospital-ship Takasago Maru search July 1945; Suruga Gulf/Shimizu bombardment 30 July; intercepted surrendering submarine I-14 27 Aug; Tokyo Bay surrender 2 Sep. Inactivated at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard; decommissioned 27 March 1946; reserve at Charleston. Designated DDE-576 2 Jan 1951; conversion began June 1951; recommissioned at Charleston 15 Oct 1951. Norfolk homeport; Mediterranean 1953; Nautilus operations and NATO exercise 1955; yard overhaul 1956; Cape Horn/Persian Gulf transit and 6th Fleet 1957; TG Alfa experimental ASW group Mar 1958-May 1961; JFK Paris-flight rescue picket May 1961; redesignated DD-576 30 June 1962; Cuban quarantine Oct-Nov 1962; 6th Fleet Nov 1963-May 1964; NATO Arctic ops Sep-Oct 1964. Decommissioned May 1965 at Norfolk; struck 1 June 1965; sold for scrapping to Boston Metals Co., Baltimore, Md., 1966. Eleven battle stars for WWII.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1942-1966
- Population
- Consolidated Steel construction trades 1942-43; wartime and postwar crew (design complement 273)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. The narrative reads 'returning Norfolk 23 May 1953' for the end of the 1963-64 Mediterranean deployment - an evident transcription typo for 1964; carried as 1964. Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC page returns 404. 'Overhauled at San Francisco' (1944-45) and 'yard overhaul' (1956) do not name the yards; 'repaired at Pearl Harbor' does not name the yard facility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-murray-dd576-01
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[3]NARA Catalog, deck-log file units for 'Murray (DD-576)' (monthly files, e.g., 'Murray (DD-576) - May 1965', NAID 172647911; series coverage in the search hit set runs 1962-1965 within RG 24 deck logs holdings, National Archives at College Park) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA catalog search 'Murray DD-576': monthly fileUnit records, e.g. NAID 172647911
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NARA catalog index confirms the National Archives holds monthly deck-log file units for this hull by name and hull number ('Murray (DD-576)' - e.g., October 1962 NAID 220036005, May 1965 NAID 172647911, June 1965 NAID 172647977). Deck logs can document yard availabilities, drydockings, and material-condition events at day resolution.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1962-1965 (indexed coverage in returned set)
- Population
- Crew 1962-1965 (indexed months)
- Limitations
- Index-level hit only - no deck-log page was retrieved or read; contents unverified. Deck logs record positions, weather, and events, not insulation content; any materials detail would be incidental.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-murray-dd576-02
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[4]DANFS specifications block (Fletcher class; 35 kt; steam plant) + Fletcher class profile (4 Babcock & Wilcox boilers, 2 GE geared steam-turbine sets, 60,000 shp - navypedia + BuShips Ships Data 1945); NARA RG19 General Information Books archival lead [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS spec block; fletcher-class class profile (propulsion_summary); NARA RG19 lead
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference: a WWII Fletcher-class destroyer built 1942-43 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. The builder, Consolidated Steel Corp. (Orange, TX), is NOT in the Atlas shipyards dataset - no yard-level industrial-hygiene documentation attaches to this hull's construction. 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
- 1942-1965
- Population
- Consolidated Steel construction trades 1942-43; crew 1943-1965
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding; no ship-specific asbestos record was located for DD-576 (see negative_finding row). Does not quantify material or establish any individual's exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-murray-dd576-03
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[5]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-576's construction (1942-43) and entire commissioned service (1943-1946, 1951-1965) 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-murray-dd576-04
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[6]CourtListener API v4 sweep (2026-09-27): "USS Murray" type=o and type=r = 0 hits; "aboard the Murray" type=o = 0 hits; "DD-576" type=o = 0 hits, type=r = 1 hit (The New York Times Co. v. Microsoft Corp., 1:23-cv-11195, S.D.N.Y.) [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener search results, exact-name + hull-number query set; collision docket https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/68117049/
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener sweep result: no qualifying asbestos litigation names this hull. The only hull-number-indexed hit is an identifier collision - 'DD-576' occurs in indexed docket text of The New York Times Co. v. Microsoft Corp., 1:23-cv-11195 (S.D.N.Y., 17:501 copyright infringement, filed 2023-12-27) as a non-vessel identifier. Not asbestos litigation; does not reference this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- Sweep covers CourtListener's indexed opinion and RECAP docket text only; cases never digitized or naming the vessel only in unindexed attachments are outside its scope. 'Murray' is a high-collision surname and a second Navy hull shares the name (DD-97, Wickes class, commissioned 1918 / decommissioned 1922 / stricken 1936) - the zero-hit exact-name sweep leaves no collisions to classify.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-murray-dd576-05
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[7]Batch-3548 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS (live 404) -> HyperWar/ibiblio transcription; Naval Vessel Register; NARA catalog; CourtListener exact-name + hull-number sweeps; Atlas shipyard dataset check for builder [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-murray-dd576-01 through sl-uss-murray-dd576-09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for DD-576: no hull ACM survey, abatement record, materials inventory, or hazmat disclosure exists in located public sources, and no qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull was found. The ship was stricken 1965 and scrapped 1966 - before modern asbestos documentation practice - and never became a museum, so the museum-disclosure channel that produced ship-specific records for preserved hulls does not exist here.
- 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. The hull no longer exists, so present-day ACM status is moot; whether original insulation survived wartime/postwar overhauls is undocumented.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-murray-dd576-06