Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet eh-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-paul-jones-dd230-pkt-eh-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Paul Jones III (DD-230) (specifications block + service narrative; canonical NHHC page verified via Wayback capture 2025-12-09 - live NHHC page returns 404 at research time) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications block + full service narrative (canonical: https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/p/paul-jones-iii.html via Wayback 20251209123502; mirror: hazegray/losthistory.net verbatim transcription)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: Clemson-class destroyer, 1,215 t, 314'4" x 40'8" x 13'6", 35 kt, complement 145, 4x4"/6x21" tt (spec block per DANFS - beam, draft, and tube count inconsistent with class norms, see gaps). Laid down 23 December 1919 by Wm. Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia; launched 30 September 1920 (sponsor Miss Ethel Bagley); commissioned 19 April 1921. Atlantic Fleet 1921-23; Asiatic Fleet from 1923 (Yangtze patrol, China coast, Manila). Flagship of Destroyer Squadron 29 at Tarakan, Borneo on 8 December 1941; Java Sea campaign December 1941-March 1942 (Langkoens survivor search; 101 men rescued 9 January 1942; salvage of Army cargo vessel Liberty with HNMS Van Ghent; Balikpapan night torpedo attack 23-24 January; Tidore escort off Sumbawa 5 February under ~20-bomb air attack, 26 survivors recovered; Battle of the Java Sea 27 February; Bali Strait escape 28 February; Fremantle arrival 4 March 1942). Repairs Fremantle/Melbourne; San Francisco 29 June 1942 - California-Pearl Harbor convoy escort through March 1943; Panama Canal transit 6 May 1943; New York-based North African convoy escort from 28 May 1943; Chesapeake Bay ASW April 1944; UK convoy runs; submarine training ship at Balboa, C.Z. 9 November 1944-6 April 1945; Horta-Casablanca tanker-group duty; plane guard for Lake Champlain (CV-39) June-August 1945. Reclassified AG-120 effective 30 June 1945; stripped October 1945; decommissioned 5 November 1945; stricken 28 November 1945; sold 5 October 1947 to Northern Metal Co., Norfolk; scrapped April 1948. Two battle stars for WWII Pacific service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1919-1948
- Population
- Cramp & Sons construction trades 1919-21; crews 1921-1945 (design complement 145)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. Spec-block beam (40'8") and draft (13'6") are class-inconsistent figures and torpedo count (6) conflicts with class-standard twelve - flagged in gaps rather than silently corrected. Mirror transcription cited with canonical NHHC text verified against Wayback capture 2025-12-09; live NHHC page 404s at research time.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-paul-jones-dd230-01
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[3]NHHC, 'Java Sea Campaign, 75th Anniversary Edition' (official Navy commemorative publication naming DD-230) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Java Sea Campaign 75th Anniversary Edition PDF, Balikpapan section (history.navy.mil online reading room)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official NHHC publication corroborates this hull's Balikpapan action: four U.S. destroyers - John D. Ford (DD-228), Pope (DD-225), Parrott (DD-218), and Paul Jones (DD-230) - under Destroyer Division 59 Commander Paul H. Talbot conducted the night infiltration of the Japanese invasion force at Balikpapan, Borneo, 23-24 January 1942; Paul Jones is listed under Lt. Comdr. John J. Hourihan; the force was supported by Boise and Marblehead under Admiral Glassford.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1942
- Population
- Paul Jones crew, January 1942 (LCDR John J. Hourihan commanding)
- Limitations
- Official history publication corroborates the combat record only - contains no materials or asbestos information. Verifies ship identity and commanding officer independent of the DANFS transcription.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-paul-jones-dd230-02
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[4]NARA catalog record (NAID 167818152, via DPLA): 'USS Paul Jones (DD-230): Booklet of General Plans - Decks and Hold' (1935-11-26), Records of the Bureau of Ships, Alphabetical Series of Ship Engineering Drawings, National Archives at College Park - Cartographic [other_primary]
- Locator
- dp.la item f00d337365ef8338e621cb3af57de6c7; NARA catalog id 167818152; National Archives at College Park - Cartographic
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- A verified ship-specific NARA holding exists: the 1935 Booklet of General Plans (Decks and Hold sheet) for this hull, in the Bureau of Ships Alphabetical Series of Ship Engineering Drawings at Archives II (College Park, MD). Ship general plans are the document class where insulation callouts and space-by-space material notes would appear if digitized/examined - a concrete archival lead for any future hull-level materials verification.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1935 (drawing date)
- Limitations
- Holding verified via DPLA's mirror of the NARA catalog record (NAID 167818152); the drawings themselves were not examined and are not confirmed digitized. Booklets of General Plans are arrangement drawings - whether this sheet carries insulation or lagging callouts is unverified. Establishes the record's existence, not its content. NARA catalog API was unreachable at research time; metadata taken from the DPLA partner record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-paul-jones-dd230-03
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[5]'USA - DD Wickes & Clemson Class Booklet of General Plans (1919)' - Navy Yard, Newport News, Virginia, 1 October 1919; digitized in the Internet Archive ship-design-drawings collection (NARA 'Plans for Flush Deckers' file unit) [other_primary]
- Locator
- archive.org item ddflushdeckersbogp1919 (10 sheets incl. '02 - general information' machinery/boiler block)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The class design drawings for the flush-deck destroyer program are publicly accessible: a ten-sheet Navy Yard Newport News Booklet of General Plans dated 1 October 1919 - two months before this hull was laid down - covering outboard/inboard profiles, decks, hold, and midship section for the Wickes & Clemson classes. The general-information sheet (examined) documents the class machinery fit: four White-Forster boilers and geared turbines, ~200-230 psi steam. The set is general-arrangement drawings, not a materials schedule - no insulation callouts were located on the sheets reviewed.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1919 (drawing date)
- Limitations
- Class-level design drawings, not this hull's own plans - and the set examined contains no materials/insulation schedule, so it does not document asbestos. It establishes that the class design artifact exists and is accessible; it neither proves nor disproves asbestos content aboard DD-230. Scan is hand-annotated blueprint imagery; not OCR-searchable.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-paul-jones-dd230-04
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[6]DANFS specifications block (Clemson class; 35 kt; complement 145) + NavSource as-built machinery block (26,000 SHP Parsons-design turbines, 2 screws; crew 114) + class BoGP general-information sheet (four White-Forster boilers, geared turbines) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS spec block; NavSource DD-230 operational/building data and photo captions (navsource.net/archives/05/230.htm); class BoGP sheet 02
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference: a Clemson-class destroyer built 1919-1921 carried a WWI-era steam plant (class design: four White-Forster boilers feeding geared turbines on two shafts; this hull per NavSource: Parsons-design turbines, 26,000 shp) of the period in which asbestos lagging on boilers and steam lines, gaskets, packing, and fireproofing were standard shipbuilding practice. Wartime photographic evidence (NavSource caption, undated photo showing SL radar/TBS fit) documents a WWII-era modification in which the fourth stack and its boiler were removed - the kind of boiler-space work that disturbs original insulation, though no asbestos-specific work package exists. Program-level corroboration that thermal insulation was the Navy's major asbestos use is at ev-06.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1919-1945
- Population
- Cramp & Sons construction trades 1919-21; wartime modification yard crews (facility undocumented); crews 1921-1945
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no ship-specific asbestos finding exists for this hull. WWI-era asbestos use on steam plants is era-standard inference; the removed-boiler modification is documented as a photo caption without yard, date, or work package, and does not establish asbestos disturbance aboard this hull. No yard documented working on this hull is asbestos-documented in the Atlas dataset.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-paul-jones-dd230-05
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[7]GAO HRD-80-2, 'Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure' (18 October 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- gao.gov product page HRD-80-2 (product abstract); full PDF blocked by 403
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- Program-level record of Navy asbestos use and policy: GAO reported that thermal insulation was the Navy's major use of asbestos aboard ships, that the Navy's October 1975 policy was to remove and replace asbestos insulation only when damaged or when removal was required for repairs (modified January 1979 to selectively replace insulation in high-maintenance areas), that an estimated 30-50 percent of shipboard asbestos insulation normally remains untouched through a ship's life, and that the Navy estimated a fleet-wide removal program at $2 billion. Fieldwork was conducted at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1975-1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers (Long Beach, Norfolk), 1979 fieldwork - program-level
- Limitations
- Navy-program-level document post-dating this hull's 1948 disposal - it describes asbestos policy for the late-1970s fleet, not materials aboard a ship scrapped three decades earlier. Full-text fetch of gao.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated requests (standing, per Batch-01); content verified from the product-page abstract. No hull-specific content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-paul-jones-dd230-06
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[8]National Archives, 'Vessel and Station Log Books' guidance (RG 24 Entry 118 / Special List #44 covering logs through 1940 at Archives I; post-1941 deck logs at Archives II, College Park) [other_primary]
- Locator
- archives.gov logbook guidance; RG 24 Entry 118 / Special List #44; post-1941 deck logs at Archives II
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Paul Jones's logbooks/deck logs for her service periods (1921-1945), if extant, sit in NARA RG 24 holdings: logs through 1940 in RG 24 Entry 118 (NAID 581208, Special List #44) at Archives I (Washington, DC); 1941-and-later deck logs at Archives II (College Park). Deck logs can document yard availabilities, maintenance periods, and day-to-day engineering work relevant to disturbance-era questions for this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1921-1945 (record coverage)
- Limitations
- Series-level lead only - whether DD-230's specific log file units are extant or digitized was not verified (NARA catalog API unreachable at research time). Deck logs document events, not materials; even a located log would not itself establish asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-paul-jones-dd230-07
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[9]Batch-3228 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS (canonical via Wayback capture) + hazegray/losthistory.net mirror; NHHC Java Sea Campaign publication; Naval Vessel Register; DPLA/NARA catalog record NAID 167818152; Internet Archive class BoGP; NARA logbook guidance; NavSource; Atlas shipyard dataset; general web for surveys/abatement/disposal records and litigation leads [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-paul-jones-dd230-01 through sl-uss-paul-jones-dd230-10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, shipyard work package, industrial-hygiene study, museum hazmat disclosure, or post-disposal environmental record naming DD-230/AG-120 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The hull was sold for scrap in 1947 and broken up April 1948; no surviving structure exists to survey.
- 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 during service - era inference (ev-05) argues period-standard asbestos use. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-paul-jones-dd230-08
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[10]CourtListener API v4 sweep (cl-auth-search.py, authenticated): exact-name opinion query executed; hull-number and docket queries blocked by fleet-wide pacing at research time [court_record]
- Locator
- cl-auth-search.py: '"USS Paul Jones"' type=o returned count=0 on 2026-09-27; variant queries returned exit 2 (fleet pacing stand-down) across the session
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Partial CourtListener sweep: the exact-phrase opinion query '"USS Paul Jones"' (type=o) executed and returned zero results - no opinion in the CourtListener index names this hull exactly. Queued variants ('U.S.S. Paul Jones', 'Paul Jones' + asbestos, 'DD-230', 'AG-120'; type=o and type=r docket pass) were stood down by fleet-wide pacing and did not execute. 'Paul Jones' is a moderate-collision legal name (a common personal name; also potential confusion with USS John Paul Jones DDG-32/DDG-53, which are different hulls), so queries were queued as exact-phrase to limit collision noise.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- Sweep is PARTIALLY executed - the exact-name opinion negative is real (0 hits) but the hull-number, variant-name, and docket indexes are unsearched. The litigation negative for this hull is therefore established for the exact-name opinion index only; a supplemental pass is the open task. Even a located docket would be a pleading-stage allegation unless an opinion adjudicates it. DDG-32/DDG-53 'John Paul Jones' hits, if any surface later, are different hulls and non-qualifying for DD-230.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-paul-jones-dd230-09