Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]DANFS, Rathburne I (APD-25) (builder, dates, both commissions, APD conversion, WWII service narrative, kamikaze damage, disposal; verbatim transcription - live NHHC page serves 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry 'Rathburne I (APD-25)', specifications block + full service narrative (ibiblio HyperWar transcription; identical text at losthistory.net/hazegray mirror, danfs/destroy/dd113txt.htm)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: laid down 12 July 1917 by William Cramp & Sons Co., Philadelphia; launched 27 December 1917; commissioned 24 June 1918. WWI convoy escort (mid-Atlantic to Halifax, oceanic to the Azores, Jul-Nov 1918); Brest May-Jun 1919; Pacific Fleet Aug 1919; overhaul at Puget Sound, first half of 1920; designated DD-113 July 1920; Asiatic Fleet (Cavite) Aug 1921-Jul 1922; decommissioned San Diego 12 Feb 1923; reserve fleet to 1930. Recommissioned 8 Feb 1930; fleet problems 1930-33; Fleet Problem XV (Caribbean/Canal) spring 1934; West Coast Sound Training Squadron schoolship to spring 1944. Departed San Diego 25 Apr 1944 for Puget Sound conversion to high-speed transport; reclassified APD-25 20 May 1944; UDT training; combat: Angaur/Peleliu (UDT 10, Sep 1944), Ulithi, Leyte Gulf (Red Beach 19-20 Oct), Lingayen Gulf (two aircraft splashed 5 Jan 1945; Blue Beach 7 Jan), San Narciso, Iwo Jima mail run, Bonin-Volcano ASW patrols, Kerama Retto/Hagushi screening. Kamikaze hit port bow waterline ~2200 on 27 Apr 1945: three compartments flooded, sound gear out, forecastle fires, no casualties; temporary repairs at Kerama Retto; San Diego 18 Jun 1945, reconverted to destroyer, reclassified DD-113 20 Jul 1945. Philadelphia 16 Oct 1945; decommissioned 2 Nov 1945; struck 28 Nov 1945; sold for scrapping to Northern Metals Co., Philadelphia, Nov 1946. Six WWII battle stars.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1917-1946
- Population
- William Cramp & Sons construction trades 1917-18; Puget Sound yard workers 1920 and 1944; wartime crew and embarked UDT (design complement 133 DD / 149 APD)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents identity, specifications, yard periods, and service history, not materials or asbestos content. The kamikaze-hit repair and two Puget Sound yard periods are documented events; any asbestos disturbance during them is inference, not documented fact. Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC DANFS page returns 404 (checked 2026-09-25).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-rathburne-apd25-01
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[2]Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945 - APD-25 USS Rathburne (ex DD-113) (HyperWar transcription of official wartime recognition/statistical data) [other_primary]
- Locator
- HyperWar 'Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945 - High-Speed Transports' APD-25 entry
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official-data transcription for the APD configuration of this hull: high-speed transport ex Wickes-class destroyer; displacement 1,190 tons; length 314'4"; beam 30'6"; draft 8'8"; speed 35 knots; armament 3 x 3"/50 DP, 2 x 40mm, 5 x 20mm, 1 depth-charge track, 4 depth-charge projectors; complement 149; geared turbine engines, twin screws, 26,000 h.p.; built at Wm. Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, commissioned (DD-113) 24 June 1918; converted to APD 20 May 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- APD-era crew (complement 149) and embarked UDT personnel
- Limitations
- Statistical/specification transcription only - contains no materials or asbestos information; establishes the APD-era configuration (troop-carrying conversion: davits, landing craft, UDT berthing) and machinery figures used in this record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-rathburne-apd25-02
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[3]DANFS specifications block (Wickes class; 35 kt steam plant) + Atlas shipyard dataset, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard record (incl. PMID 19235622, peer-reviewed photographic/archival review of asbestos exposure conditions at PSNY 1940-1965; PMID 1065583, airborne asbestos exposure at PSNY 1962-1972) + NARA RG 19 research path [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS specifications block; shipyards.json record 'puget-sound-naval-shipyard' rows ev-04 (PMID 1065583) and ev-05 (PMID 19235622)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/yard inference: a WWI-era Wickes-class destroyer with an oil-fired geared-turbine steam plant would have carried period-standard asbestos insulation, lagging, gaskets, packing, and fireproofing, and the 1944 high-speed-transport conversion at Puget Sound Navy Yard involved the yard trades (pipe coverers, insulators, boilermakers) whose asbestos exposure conditions at PSNY are peer-review documented for 1940-1965. Conversion-period work (rip-out of destroyer-era systems, installation of transport configuration) is a documented event aboard this hull; ACM involvement in that work is yard-era inference.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1917-1945
- Population
- Cramp construction trades 1917-18; PSNY conversion/overhaul trades 1920, 1944; crew 1918-45
- Limitations
- Class/era and yard-level inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding. The PSNY peer-reviewed records document shipyard working conditions, not materials installed aboard DD-113; no document located names asbestos aboard this hull. Does not quantify material or establish any individual's exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-rathburne-apd25-03
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[4]NARA guided-research topic, 'Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961' (identifies hull-keyed record series for asbestos documentation) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA guided topic page, 'Bureau of Ships Correspondence', 'General Information Books', 'Board of Inspection and Survey Reports', and 'Specification Files' sections
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's official asbestos-research guide identifies the record series that would answer this hull's question: RG 19 Bureau of Ships General Correspondence 1940-1945 (Entries A1 1266-A through -P), filed by hull designation - 'DD113' covers the 1944 APD-conversion era; contractor files under Navy Filing Manual 'QM/William Cramp & Sons' (builder) and Puget Sound Navy Yard ('NY' public-yard code) correspondence; Destroyer, Destroyer Escort, and Frigate General Information Books, Entry P 9 [Item S-68], 1907-1961 (deck-by-deck system arrangements incl. piping); and RG 38 Board of Inspection and Survey destroyer material-inspection reports, Entry P 1-D, 1940-1978 (written after major conversions and before decommissioning - matching this hull's 1944 APD conversion and 1945 inactivation). No pull of any series was performed.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1940-1961 (series coverage)
- Limitations
- Finding aid / methodology source only - the guide names record series, not records retrieved. Whether a DD-113-specific GIB or DD113-coded correspondence survives is unverified (NARA notes GIB coverage is incomplete). Post-1940 correspondence series do not cover the 1917-18 construction or 1920 overhaul; those-era records would be pre-1940 BuShips/C&R files.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-rathburne-apd25-04
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[5]Estate of Wenzel v. Seaward Marine Services, Inc., 709 F.2d 1326 (9th Cir. 1983) [court_record]
- Locator
- Opinion text, paras. 1-8 (Seaward 1979-82 Navy hull-cleaning contract; 3 Oct 1980 sea-chest assignment)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Name collision, documented: the only published CourtListener opinion naming 'USS Rathburne' refers to the SECOND hull of the name - FF-1057 (Knox-class frigate, in commission 1970-1992). The opinion concerns the 3 October 1980 death of a diver/tender assigned to scrape the USS Rathburne's sea chest under Seaward's 1979-82 Navy hull-cleaning contract (District of Hawaii appeal); the issue litigated was seaman status (Jones Act/LHWCA), not asbestos. The case is unrelated to DD-113/APD-25, which was sold for scrapping in 1946.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1980 (incident); 1983 (opinion)
- Population
- Civilian diver/tender (different vessel, FF-1057)
- Limitations
- Non-asbestos admiralty opinion naming a different, later hull; carried as a correction so exact-name search hits are not misattributed to DD-113/APD-25. Establishes nothing about this hull's materials.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-rathburne-apd25-05
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[6]Gerads v. 84 Lumber Co. et al., No. 3:23-cv-03672-SMY (S.D. Ill.), Order, ECF No. 70 (filed 2024-05-08); removal docket filed 2023-11-13 [court_record]
- Locator
- Gerads v. 84 Lumber, ECF No. 70 p.2 (recital of complaint's service-history allegation); CourtListener recap document 398145517
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Full-text review resolved the 'USS Rathburne' docket reference: NON-QUALIFYING for this hull. The order recites that plaintiff James Gerads 'was exposed to asbestos while serving as a boiler technician in the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Preble and USS Rathburne from 1968 through 1972' - a window in which the only commissioned USS Rathburne was FF-1057 (in commission 1970-1992); DD-113/APD-25 was out of service from 1945 and sold for scrapping in 1946. The vessel named is the second Rathburne, not this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 1968-1972 (alleged exposure, FF-1057); 2023-24 (litigation)
- Population
- James Gerads (USN boiler technician 1968-1972, alleged; aboard FF-1057, not this hull)
- Limitations
- Pleading-stage allegation recited in a procedural order (motions to withdraw granted; motions to dismiss denied) - unadjudicated as to any vessel. For DD-113/APD-25 it is a pure name collision: establishes nothing about this hull's materials, exposure conditions, or legal posture.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-rathburne-apd25-06
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[7]Batch-2423 search ledger (this record): DANFS verbatim transcription (ibiblio HyperWar + hazegray mirror); HyperWar Ships of the U.S. Navy APD-25 data; NARA asbestos research guide (RG 19/RG 38 series); Atlas shipyard dataset (puget-sound-naval-shipyard, philadelphia-naval-shipyard); CourtListener API v4 opinion and RECAP-docket sweeps; Naval Vessel Register (post-1987 dispositions only - out of scope for a 1946-disposed hull) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-rathburne-apd25-01 through sl-uss-rathburne-apd25-12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for DD-113/APD-25: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, demolition/scrapping hazmat disclosure, museum documentation, or adjudicated case naming this hull was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The hull was sold for scrapping in November 1946, so no museum/NRHP documentation path exists. Both CourtListener 'USS Rathburne' hits resolve to the second hull, FF-1057 (Wenzel, non-asbestos; Gerads, asbestos allegation for a 1968-72 service window).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-25
- Study period
- 2026-09-25
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1917-18 steam destroyer converted in 1944 is era-consistent with standard asbestos insulation, but no hull-level source confirms it. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-rathburne-apd25-07