Evidence
12 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-12).
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[1]research packet jh-packet.md (3 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-noa-dd343-pkt-jh-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Noa I (DD-343/APD-24) (verbatim transcription - live NHHC page serves 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, design block + full service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: Clemson-class destroyer built by Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Va.; authorized 6 October 1917; laid down 18 November 1918; launched 28 June 1919 (sponsored by Mrs. Albert Morehead, sister of namesake Midshipman Loveman Noa); commissioned 15 February 1921. Design block: 1,190 tons, 314'6" x 30'8" x 9'3", 35 kt, complement 150, armament 4x4"/50 + 1x3" + 12x21" tt. Service: Atlantic Coast ops out of Charleston through May 1922; Asiatic station 1922-1929 (Singapore 14 August 1922, Cavite home yard 30 September 1922, Yangtze/China patrols during the Chinese Civil War, Yangtze Service Medal 1927); Mare Island Navy Yard overhaul from 14 August 1929; Battle Fleet ops out of San Diego 1929-1934 incl. plane-guard duty with Langley (CV-1) and Saratoga (CV-3); NROTC cruise ship (UC Berkeley) June-July 1934; decommissioned Philadelphia 11 November 1934; recommissioned Philadelphia 1 April 1940; fitted with XSOC-1 seaplane in place of after torpedo tubes for destroyer-scout-plane tests (May 1940); midshipman training out of Annapolis; Boston Navy Yard availability December 1941; Atlantic ASW patrols and Key West Sound School duties; reported to Sixth Amphibious Forces 31 July 1943; converted at Norfolk Navy Yard to a high-speed transport and reclassified APD-24 August 1943; Pacific amphibious operations December 1943-August 1944 (Cape Gloucester landings 26/29 December 1943, Green Island 15-19 February 1944, Emirau 23 March 1944, Hollandia April-May 1944, Saipan 15-24 June 1944, Guam screening 12 July-15 August 1944); departed Purvis Bay 6 September 1944 for Palau underwater-demolition operations; rammed by Fullam (DD-474) at 0350, 12 September 1944; abandoned 0501; salvage party returned 0700; second abandonment 1030; sank by the stern at 1034 with no loss of life. Five battle stars for WWII.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1917-1944
- Population
- Norfolk Navy Yard construction trades 1918-1921; interwar crew (~114-150); APD conversion yard workers Aug-Sep 1943; wartime crew and embarked troops through 12 September 1944
- Limitations
- DANFS documents construction, specifications, service history, and loss - not materials or asbestos content. Transcription defects noted: 'Fullman' for Fullam; 'AP-24' for APD-24; '25 March 1943' for ASW patrols postdates the Hornet-screening sequence (see gaps). Mirror cited because the live NHHC page (history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/n/noa-i.html) returns 404.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-noa-dd343-01
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[3]NavSource Naval History, Destroyer Archive: USS Noa (DD-343/APD-24) hull page (transcription of official specification and operational data) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 05/343.htm as-built block + operational/building data + photo captions
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource destroyer-archive page for this hull (transcription of official data): as-built Clemson-class block - displacement 1,215 tons; 314'5" oa x 31'8" x 9'10" max; armament 4x4"/50 + 1x3"/23AA + 12x21" tt; machinery 26,500 shp geared turbines, 2 screws; speed 35 knots; crew 114. Operational/building data: built Norfolk Navy Yard; laid down 18 November 1918; launched 28 June 1919; commissioned 15 February 1921; decommissioned 11 November 1934; recommissioned 1 April 1940; converted to high-speed transport APD-24 10 August 1943; sunk in collision with Fullam (DD-474) off Palau 12 September 1944. Page photo captions document a dual launching with Hulbert (Destroyer No. 342) at Norfolk Navy Yard, 28 June 1919 (USN photo).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1918-1944
- Population
- As-built crew ~114-150; construction workforce
- Limitations
- Secondary transcription of official data, not a primary source itself; used for specifications and dates consistent with DANFS. Internal conflicts logged in gaps (crew 114 vs DANFS 150; APD conversion date 10 August here vs 24 August on NavSource's own APD page). Establishes nothing about materials aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-noa-dd343-02
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[4]NavSource Naval History, Amphibious Photo Archive: USS Noa (APD-24) ex DD-343 page (transcription of official specification, campaign, and photo-caption data) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource 10/04/04024.htm spec block, campaign/awards tables, photo captions (incl. NARA 80-G-287120 attribution)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource amphibious-archive page for this hull (APD-24): post-conversion spec block - displacement 1,780 t (fl); 314'4" x 30'8" x 12'3"; 28.7 kt; complement 8 officers + 98 enlisted; troop accommodations 144 enlisted; 4 LCP(L) landing craft; armament 3x3"/50 DP + 2 twin 40mm + 5 single 20mm + depth charge track + 4 projectors; fuel NSFO 3,025 bbls + diesel 50 bbls; machinery 2 Westinghouse turbines, 2 Wheeler-Foster boilers 250 psi saturated, single Parsons main reduction gears, 2 turbo-drive 60kW 120V DC generators, 2 propellers, 26,000 shp. Campaign table (Asiatic-Pacific): Bismarck Archipelago (Cape Gloucester 26, 28-29 December 1943; Green Islands 15-19 February 1944); Eastern New Guinea (Saidor 2 January 1944); Hollandia 12-23 April and 5 May 1944; Marianas (Saipan 15 June-7 July; Guam 21-25 July 1944); Western Caroline Islands (southern Palaus 6 September-14 October 1944). Awards: Yangtze Service Medal; American Defense Service Medal with bronze star; American Campaign; Asiatic-Pacific (5 stars); WWII Victory. Assignment: TransDiv Sixteen. 'Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown.' Photo captions include Norfolk Navy Yard Photos 6027(43)/6029(43) showing Canonicus (YT-187) assisting Noa during inclining experiments at the yard, 11 September 1943, and NARA photo 80-G-287120 showing Fullam recovering Noa survivors with Honolulu (CL-48) standing by, morning of 12 September 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1943-1944
- Population
- APD crew 8 officers + 98 enlisted; up to 144 embarked troops; Norfolk Navy Yard conversion workforce Aug-Sep 1943
- Limitations
- Secondary transcription of official data (spec block format follows wartime Ships' Data tables); establishes configuration and campaign service, not materials. Page defects logged: launch year misprinted 1918; redesignation date 24 August 1943 conflicts with DANFS 10 August. The APD-24 machinery block (2 boilers vs the 4-boiler class plant) implies the conversion removed boiler(s) - the reduction itself is not separately documented for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-noa-dd343-03
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[5]Consolidated from DANFS Noa I entry (HyperWar transcription) and NavSource DD-343/APD-24 pages incl. Norfolk Navy Yard photo captions 6027(43)/6029(43) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS narrative (yard periods); NavSource photo captions (inclining experiments, 11 Sep 1943)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Documented disturbance events for this hull across its career (consolidated from DANFS and NavSource): (a) original construction at Norfolk Navy Yard 1918-1921; (b) Mare Island Navy Yard overhaul beginning 14 August 1929; (c) 1940 recommissioning modifications - seaplane nested forward of the after deckhouse replacing the after torpedo tubes, lifting boom stepped in place of the mainmast; (d) Boston Navy Yard availability December 1941 and post-collision-damage repairs (storm damage to bridge, Charleston emergency repairs then Boston via Bermuda); (e) August-September 1943 conversion to high-speed transport at Norfolk Navy Yard - plant reduced to 2 boilers and re-gunned (per APD-24 spec block vs the 4-boiler class fit), troop berthing for 144 added, davits for 4 LCP(L)s; inclining experiments at the yard 11 September 1943; (f) one week of Pearl Harbor yard availability November 1943; (g) sinking after collision 12 September 1944 - the hull was never scrapped.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1918-1944
- Population
- Norfolk Navy Yard (1918-21, 1943), Mare Island (1929), Philadelphia (1934, 1940), Boston (1941-43), Charleston (emergency repair), Pearl Harbor (Nov 1943) yard workers; crew and embarked troops
- Limitations
- The yard periods and modifications are documented events; any asbestos disturbance (rip-out, removal, or installation) within them is inference - no work package, material schedule, or insulation drawing for this hull was located. The boiler-removal inference rests on the APD-24 spec block's 2-boiler plant vs the 4-boiler class plant.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-noa-dd343-04
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[6]NARA catalog id 139744709 (via Digital Pasifik item 376148): USS Fullam action report, Palau Islands 9/12-18/44, including collision with and sinking of USS Noa [other_primary]
- Locator
- Digital Pasifik item 376148; canonical record http://catalog.archives.gov/id/139744709
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA catalog record (exposed via Digital Pasifik/DPLA aggregation) verifies a primary document: 'USS FULLAM - Rep of Fire Support Against Peleliu & Anguar Is, Palau Is, 9/12-18/44, including collision with & Sinking of USS NOA on 9/12/44' - National Archives at College Park, Records of the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, WWII War Diaries/Other Operational Records; microfilm serial 90003, serial 035; document dated 10/04/1944. A contemporaneous shipboard action report explicitly treating the collision and sinking of this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1944
- Limitations
- Index-level verification only - the record's existence, title, date, and NARA custody are verified; its contents (collision position, damage description, casualty detail) were not retrieved. Establishes nothing about materials aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-noa-dd343-05
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[7]Consolidated era/design inference - documented machinery plant (NavSource DD-343 and APD-24 spec blocks; DANFS design block) assessed against documented Navy-era insulation practice [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource spec blocks (machinery sections)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference: this hull carried a geared-steam-turbine propulsion plant (26,500 shp as built; post-conversion 2 Wheeler-Foster boilers at 250 psi saturated feeding 2 Westinghouse turbines, per NavSource spec blocks) - the machinery configuration for which boiler and fireroom insulation, main and auxiliary steam-line lagging, valve and flange gaskets, machinery packing, and fireproofing were commonly asbestos-containing in U.S. Navy construction of the 1918-1921 era and remained so through the ship's 1943 conversion era.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1918-1944
- Population
- Construction and conversion yard workers; engine-room and fireroom crews 1921-1944
- Limitations
- Inference from the documented machinery plant and construction era - NOT a hull record. No survey, specification, work package, or material schedule naming DD-343/APD-24 was located; establishes no asbestos content, quantity, location, individual exposure, or causation. The era scholarship cited in ev-07/ev-08 documents WWII-era practice; application to this WWI-era hull is weaker still.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-noa-dd343-06
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[8]Fleischer, W.E., Viles, F.J. Jr., Gade, R.L., and Drinker, P., 'A health survey of pipe covering operations in constructing naval vessels,' J Ind Hyg Toxicol 28(1):9-16 (Jan 1946), PMID 21016030 [other_primary]
- Locator
- PubMed record PMID 21016030; article pp. 9-16 (pipe covering material section)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- The U.S. Maritime Commission-commissioned industrial-hygiene survey of WWII pipe-covering operations at two Navy yards and two Navy contract yards documented that 'an important ingredient of pipe covering material used on U.S. Navy vessels is amosite' - i.e., asbestos insulation was standard material in wartime naval-vessel construction.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- survey ~1944-45; published 1946
- Population
- WWII pipe coverers and insulators at Navy and contract yards (era context)
- Limitations
- WWII-era survey documentation of asbestos use in naval construction generally; does not name this vessel or class and the surveyed window (1944-45) postdates this hull's construction (1918-21) - the inference that the same material regime applied to a WWI-era destroyer is era extrapolation, not record. (The study's exculpatory conclusions have since been criticized - DOI 10.1177/10482911261446696.)
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-noa-dd343-07
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[9]Corn, Jacqueline Karnell, and Jennifer Starr, 'Historical perspective on asbestos: Policies and protective measures in World War II shipbuilding,' American Journal of Industrial Medicine 11(3):359-373 (1987) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Abstract and article, AJIM 11(3):359-373
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Peer-reviewed historical study documents that asbestos was used extensively as a fireproofing and insulating material in U.S. shipbuilding during WWII, and that wartime demand drove unprecedented asbestos utilization in shipbuilding - era context for this hull's 1943 Norfolk Navy Yard conversion period and wartime repair availabilities.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1940s era documented; article 1987
- Population
- WWII shipyard workers and ship crews (class context)
- Limitations
- Program/era-level scholarship; does not name this vessel or class. The documented window is WWII shipbuilding - this hull's original construction (1918-21) predates it; asbestos in earlier USN steam-vessel construction is well attested generally but is applied here only as era inference, not record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-noa-dd343-08
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[10]CourtListener API v4 search endpoint, queries "USS Noa" (type=o, type=r), "DD-343" (type=o, type=r), "APD-24" (type=o), executed via /Users/charlesfletcher/devin-prompts/cl-auth-search.py [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-noa-dd343-07 through sl-uss-noa-dd343-11
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener searches for this hull produced no qualifying asbestos litigation. Opinion index: "USS Noa" returned 0 results; "DD-343" returned 1 result - Bay National Bank & Trust Co. v. Mason, 349 So. 2d 810 (Fla. 1st DCA 1977), a UCC case in which 'DD-343' is the court's own docket number (name collision, not a vessel case); "APD-24" returned 1 result - City of Austin Firefighters' and Police Officers' Civil Service Commission v. Stewart (Tex. App. 3d Dist. 2015), where the string is an Austin Police Department reference (name collision). Docket index: "USS Noa" returned 2 dockets - Richards v. City of New York Comptroller (S.D.N.Y. 1:20-cv-03348, 2020) and In re Xarelto Products Liability Litigation (E.D. La. 2:14-md-02592, 2014) - both name collisions (the string matches text/names within those dockets, not the vessel); "DD-343" returned 4 dockets - Arbutus Biopharma Corp. v. Moderna (D. Del. 1:22-cv-00252, 2022, patent), In re Kathleen Rose Lambert (Bankr. W.D. Pa. 10-21752, 2010), Hong v. Block.One (S.D.N.Y. 1:20-cv-03829, 2020), and New York Times Co. v. Microsoft Corp. (S.D.N.Y. 1:23-cv-11195, 2023) - all name collisions where 'DD-343' appears as a document/exhibit identifier. None of the 8 total hits involves asbestos or this vessel. All queries authenticated via the fleet helper script, 2026-09-27.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- Sweep covers the opinion index for "USS Noa", "DD-343", and "APD-24" and the docket index for "USS Noa" and "DD-343": 0 qualifying results; all 8 hits classified as name collisions (docket-number, department-name, personal-name, or document/exhibit strings in unrelated cases). The unhyphenated variants ("DD343", "APD24") and the bare-name query "Noa" were not swept (fleet pacing budget) - a bare 'Noa' query is dominated by personal-name noise in any event. Zero CourtListener hits does not exclude state-court filings, unindexed dockets, or MDL-875 pleading-stage references naming the hull. Name-collision caution: the ship name is shared with USS Noa (DD-841, Gearing-class, 1945-1973) - any future asbestos-era 'USS Noa' hit must be hull-verified before attribution.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-noa-dd343-09
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[11]Negative finding keyed to this record's search_ledger (repositories queried: NHHC DANFS live + HyperWar mirror, NavSource destroyer and amphibious archives, destroyerhistory.org DANFS transcription, NARA catalog via Digital Pasifik, CourtListener API v4, web index for litigation/abatement mentions) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-noa-dd343-01 through sl-uss-noa-dd343-13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record was located for this hull in the public sources searched: no insulation survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or docketed asbestos case naming USS Noa, DD-343, or APD-24. The hull sank at sea on 12 September 1944 with no loss of life and was never scrapped or preserved - the museum/drydock and disposal channels that produce ship-specific asbestos documentation for surviving hulls do not exist for this vessel.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1918-1944
- Limitations
- Absence of located documentation is not proof of absence of asbestos: a 1918-21 steam destroyer almost certainly carried asbestos-containing insulation as fitted, but no primary source inspected names the products aboard this hull. Residual uncovered surface: state-court filings, unindexed dockets, MDL-875 pleading-stage vessel lists, VA claims files, and undigitized NARA records.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-noa-dd343-10
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[12]NARA catalog id 139744709 (verified); RG 24/RG 19 holdings identified by record-group convention; photo numbers per NavSource captions [other_primary]
- Locator
- Digital Pasifik item 376148; NavSource 10/04/04024.htm photo captions
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads for ship-specific material and exposure documentation (unretrieved): (a) NARA WWII War Diaries microfilm serial 90003, serial 035 - USS Fullam action report covering the collision and sinking of USS Noa, dated 10/04/1944 (catalog.archives.gov id 139744709); (b) NARA RG 24 deck logs for Noa (DD-343/APD-24), 1921-1944; (c) NARA RG 19 BuShips records - APD conversion drawings for DD-343, including any S39 insulation/lagging and S48 piping sheets, and the 1943 Norfolk Navy Yard conversion work package; (d) Norfolk Navy Yard photographs 6027(43) and 6029(43) (11 September 1943 inclining experiments) referenced in NavSource captions; (e) NARA photo 80-G-287120 (Fullam recovering Noa survivors, 12 September 1944).
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- Leads identified but unretrieved - no spend authorized; existence verified only for the Fullam action report (NARA index). Deck-log and drawing existence is presumed from standard NARA holdings for commissioned hulls, not confirmed for this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-noa-dd343-11