Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
-
[1]research packet gv-packet.md (6 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-myles-c-fox-dd829-pkt-gv-packet-md
-
[2]Naval History and Heritage Command, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Myles C. Fox (DD-829) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry: specifications block; construction paragraph; 1949 redesignation; 1964 FRAM/reversion; 1967 Vietnam and Boston Naval Shipyard paragraphs
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS identifies this hull as a Gearing-class destroyer built by Bath Iron Works Corporation, Bath, Maine; laid down 14 August 1944; launched 13 January 1945; and commissioned at Boston on 20 March 1945. It gives 2,425 tons displacement, 390 feet 6 inches length, 41 feet 1 inch beam, 18 feet 6 inches draft, 35-knot speed, and design complement of 367. It records redesignation as radar picket destroyer DDR-829 on 18 March 1949, FRAM I modernization in 1964, reversion to DD-829 on 1 April 1964, Vietnam gunfire-support service in 1967, and a Boston Naval Shipyard overhaul beginning 26 September 1967.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1944-1979
- Population
- Shipyard construction and overhaul personnel; U.S. Navy crew
- Limitations
- DANFS documents identity, specifications, and service history, not asbestos content, individual exposure, product identity, quantity, remaining material, or legal eligibility. The source page was accessed through the official NHHC DANFS site; its historical narrative is not a materials survey.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-myles-c-fox-dd829-01
-
[3]Naval History and Heritage Command photograph S-381-D, USS Myles C. Fox (DD-829), officers and crew, 8 July 1948 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC catalog entry S-381-D, title and description
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NHHC’s official photograph catalog identifies a 8 July 1948 photograph of the officers and crew posing on and alongside USS Myles C. Fox (DD-829), confirming the hull’s documented identity during its DDR-era service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1948
- Population
- Officers and crew, 8 July 1948
- Limitations
- The photograph catalog confirms identity and date only; it does not document asbestos, shipboard materials, exposure, abatement, or present condition.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-myles-c-fox-dd829-02
-
[4]NAVSEA, S9086-BS-STM-010, Readiness and Care of Inactive Ships, section 050-7.2.7 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Section 050-7.2.7, Handling and Removal of Asbestos Materials
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- NAVSEA states generally that past naval shipbuilding programs used extensive asbestos materials for shipboard installations such as thermal insulation and deck tile, and addresses asbestos in cast, powder, pipe covering, and gasket forms during inactive-ship work.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 2005 instruction; historical shipbuilding context
- Population
- Navy inactive-ship personnel and contractors
- Limitations
- Program-level safety guidance, not a DD-829 survey or installation record. It cannot establish that any listed material was installed aboard this hull, its quantity or condition, or any person’s exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-myles-c-fox-dd829-03
-
[5]GAO, HRD-80-2, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, enclosure II, Navy letter 8 February 1979 [gao]
- Locator
- PDF p. 13, enclosure II, Navy letter dated 8 February 1979
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A 1979 Navy response reproduced by GAO estimates 87,634 pounds of thermal insulation for the broad destroyer (DD) category and notes that the estimate excludes other applications such as pipe-hanger liners and gaskets.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy destroyer classes; fleet-level program estimate
- Limitations
- The estimate is for a broad destroyer category, not the Gearing class or DD-829, and is not a ship-specific quantity. It is excluded from the vessel’s asbestos products and quantity findings.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-myles-c-fox-dd829-04
-
[6]National Archives, Ship Plans in the Cartographic Research Room at College Park, MD [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA page sections 'Record Group 19: Records of the Bureau of Ships' and 'RG 19: Hull Series of Ship Engineering Drawings'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA identifies Record Group 19 hull-series ship engineering drawings and WWII-era general-plan booklets as holdings that may provide vessel engineering and arrangement documentation; these holdings are an archival lead for future DD-829 research.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1940-1976 holdings; research lead accessed 2026
- Population
- U.S. Navy vessels and archival researchers
- Limitations
- NARA’s guidance does not confirm that a DD-829 file was retrieved or that any drawing identifies asbestos-containing material. No NARA plans or material specifications were examined for this record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-myles-c-fox-dd829-05