USS RINGGOLD (DD-89)

Evidence

10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).

1. [1]research packet hd-packet.md (7 sources cited) [other_primary]

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS Ringgold — DANFS text: "The first Ringgold"

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Evidence ID

   uss-ringgold-dd89-pkt-hd-packet-md

2. [2]DANFS, Ringgold I (Destroyer No. 89), NHHC (updated Robert J. Cressman, 30 May 2023) - spec line, namesake bio, USN service, Destroyers-for-Bases transfer, HMS Newark RN narrative, scrapping. Live page returned HTTP 200 to direct fetch 2026-09-28 (automated fetcher earlier received a 404 - the canonical page is live but unreliable to tools); verbatim transcription corroborated at losthistory.net hazegray mirror https://losthistory.net/hazegray/danfs/destroy/dd89txt.htm [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   DANFS entry 'Ringgold I (Destroyer No. 89)' spec line + namesake bio + full service narrative (NHHC, updated 30 May 2023)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   DANFS record for this hull: spec line (Destroyer No. 89: displacement 1,060; length 315'5"; beam 31'8"; draft 9'10"; speed 35.0 knots; complement 134; armament 4 4-inch, 2 1-pounders, 12 21-inch torpedo tubes; class Wickes). Laid down 20 October 1917 at San Francisco, Calif., by Union Iron Works; launched 14 April 1918; sponsored by Mrs. David W. [Grace T.] Farquhar; commissioned 14 November 1918 at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, Calif., Cmdr. Louis P. Davis in command. Departed Mare Island 18 November 1918 for the Destroyer Force, Atlantic Fleet; Panama Canal transit; Guantanamo Bay call; arrived Hampton Roads 5 December 1918; cruised the U.S. east coast into 1922 operating generally out of Newport, R.I.; put into Philadelphia Navy Yard 5 April 1922; decommissioned 17 June 1922 and placed in reserve. Recommissioned at Philadelphia 23 August 1940, Lt. Frederick P. Williams in command, for transfer to Great Britain with 49 other overage flush-deckers; formally transferred 26 November 1940 at Halifax, Nova Scotia, renamed Newark; stricken from the U.S. Navy list 8 January 1941. RN service as Newark: RCN care-and-maintenance party initially; commissioned for RN service 5 December 1940, Lt. Cmdr. R. H. W. Atkins, RN. Collision with sister Newmarket 9 December 1940; sailed Halifax 4 February 1941 with HMS Wells, gale and engine trouble, towed back; departed 26 February; arrived Belfast 5 March and Plymouth 9 March 1941. 17th Destroyer Division; escort for 1st Minelaying Division in the Irish Sea and the Iceland ferry service; minor bomb damage in air attack at Belfast night 4-5 May 1941; resumed active duty that August. Torpedoed forward 25 August 1941 in company with HMS Southern Prince, escorted into Belfast; repairs completed May 1942, rejoined 17th Destroyer Division; probably damaged a German submarine 31 May 1942 south of Iceland; assisted HMS Castleton rescuing U-464 survivors 20 August 1942. Rosyth Escort Force during 1944, North Sea antisubmarine duty; January 1945 aircraft target ship under Rear Admiral, Northern Air Stations; scrapped at Boness 18 February 1947. Namesake: Rear Admiral Cadwalader Ringgold (1802-1867).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-28

   Study period

   1917-1947

   Population

   Union Iron Works construction trades 1917-18; USN crew 1918-1922 and Aug-Nov 1940 (DANFS cpl. 134); RN crew as HMS Newark 1940-1945

   Limitations

   DANFS documents identity, service history, and the spec line, not materials or asbestos content. The disposal sentence compresses the BISCO handover date with the actual demolition ('scrapped at Boness on 18 February 1947'; the Hurst narrative and Mason give BISCO handover 18 Feb 1947, sale to P. & W. MacLellan 18 Jul 1947, breaking later in 1947) - carried in gaps. The torpedo-repair window ('repairs in May 1942') compresses a period in which Mason's chronology shows the ship back on escort duty Sep 1941-Feb 1942 before an extended Feb-May 1942 refit - reconciled in gaps.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-ringgold-dd89-01

3. [3]NHHC Online Library of Selected Images, picture data for NH 44199 'USS Ringgold (Destroyer # 89) At anchor, while painted in World War I pattern camouflage. Probably photographed in New York Harbor, on or about 27 December 1918.' (Naval History and Heritage Command photograph, HyperWar/ibiblio mirror) [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   NHHC Online Library picture-data record NH 44199 (ibiblio.org HyperWar mirror); no dedicated Online Library ship page for DD-89 exists (usnsh-r/dd89.htm returns 404)

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   Official NHHC photographic record for this hull: NH 44199 documents USS Ringgold (Destroyer #89) at anchor in WWI pattern camouflage, probably New York Harbor on or about 27 December 1918 - placing the hull on the U.S. east coast weeks after commissioning and arrival at Hampton Roads 5 December 1918.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-28

   Study period

   1918

   Population

   Crew, late December 1918

   Limitations

   Official photo-caption record documenting presence and chronology, not materials or asbestos content. The caption's own hedge ('probably photographed in New York Harbor') is the Navy's wording, carried verbatim.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-ringgold-dd89-02

4. [4]NavSource Online Destroyer Photo Archive, USS Ringgold (DD-89) page, incl. contributed HMS Newark service history (R. Hurst), commanding-officer list, and photo captions (live navsource.net retrieved 2026-09-28; navsource.org mirror unreachable) [other_primary]

   Locator

   NavSource DD-89 page: class/machinery data block, operational and building data, 'On British Service' Hurst narrative, CO list, photo caption block

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NavSource data for this hull: class note 'WICKES (LITTLE) - Built to a different set of plans (Bethlehem) than the Wickes (Bath) the Little versions were considered less successful than the Bath designed ships, with few remaining in service past 1936'; displacement 1,154 t; 314'5" (oa) x 31'8" x 9'10" max; armament 4 x 4"/50, 2 x 1pdr AA (1 x 3"/23AA in some ships), 12 x 21" tt; machinery 24,200 SHP, geared turbines, 2 screws; 35 kt; crew 103; call sign NALT. Laid down Union Iron Works San Francisco 20 October 1917; launched 14 April 1918; commissioned 14 November 1918; 'Decommissioned at Philadelphia August 3 1922' (vs DANFS 17 June 1922 - conflict in gaps); berthed Philadelphia until recommissioned 23 August 1940; transferred to Britain 26 November 1940; stricken 8 January 1941. Hurst RN narrative: collision with HMS Newmarket at St John's, repair 19 December 1940-29 January 1941; breakdown in heavy weather towed back to St John's; arrived Devonport 9 March 1941 for refit; rammed by HMS Volunteer 10 April 1941; Belfast hull repair from 18 April; damaged in the heavy Belfast air raid 4/5 May 1941; operational service from 15 August 1941; 17th Destroyer Division attached to 1st Minelaying Squadron at Kyle of Lochalsh; minelaying sorties, Icelandic and troop convoy escort; long refit February-March 1942; Tobermory work-up; Tyne refit to 'Stage 2' August-December 1942; Gibraltar run; two-month refit at Newport, Mon., August-September 1943; Rosyth Command east-coast duty; paid off to reserve July 1945; handed to BISCO 18 February 1947 and broken up at Bo'ness later that year by P. & W. MacLellan Ltd. USN CO list: CDR Louis Poisson Davis (Nov 11 1918-), LCDR George Maus Lowry, LCDR Julian Burton Timberlake Jr., CDR Leo Sahm, CDR Arthur Wesley Sears (to Jul 17 1922), CDR David Lester Nutter (Aug 23-Nov 26 1940). Photo captions place the hull off Fire Island, N.Y., and record rescued troops aboard on 1 January 1919 - the Northern Pacific grounding response (event documented at NARA; destroyers on scene per the Official Bulletin but not individually named there).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-28

   Study period

   1917-1947

   Population

   Union Iron Works construction trades 1917-18; USN crew 1918-1922, Aug-Nov 1940; RN crews 1940-1945; RN/commercial refit workforces (St John's, Devonport, Belfast, Tyne, Newport Mon./Cardiff) 1941-1943; BISCO/MacLellan breaker's-yard workforce 1947

   Limitations

   Volunteer-edited secondary archive, not an official record - the 3 August 1922 decommissioning, crew-103 figure, 1,154-ton displacement, the Hurst RN narrative, and the photo-caption attributions (Fire Island; rescued troops aboard 1 January 1919) rest on NavSource rather than digitized official documents. The Northern Pacific photo captions are hull-level attributions by the archive's contributors; the event itself is documented at NARA (2,500+ troops evacuated off the Fire Island sandbar 1-4 January 1919) without the individual destroyers named in that source. No materials or asbestos content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-ringgold-dd89-03

5. [5]naval-history.net, 'HMS Newark (G 08) - ex-US Destroyer including Convoy Escort Movements', Service Histories of Royal Navy Warships in World War 2, Lt Cdr Geoffrey B Mason RN (Rtd), 2005; convoy-escort addendum by Don Kindell [other_primary]

   Locator

   naval-history.net HMS Newark (G 08) service-history page, 'Details of War Service' 1940-1945 + Post War Notes + Kindell convoy-escort addendum

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   Specialist RN service history for this hull: 'Ex USS RINGOLD (Type C - ANNAPOLIS Class)' (OCR - RINGGOLD), built by Union Iron Works San Francisco, laid down 20 October 1917, launched 14 April 1918, commissioned USN 14 November 1918; transferred under the US/UK Lend-Lease Agreement of 3 September 1940, handed over at Halifax 26 November 1940 and renamed HMS NEWARK when commissioned for service; RN name previously borne by a 1695 3rd Rate and last by a Hunt-class minesweeper sold 1928; adopted by the civil community of Newark after Warship Week March 1942. Battle honours: ATLANTIC 1941-42, NORTH SEA 1943-44. Chronology: passage to St John's with HMS Newmarket December 1940, collision damage, repair from 5 December; sailed for UK 29 January 1941, disabled in heavy weather and towed back; passage to Devonport, taken in hand for refit 9 March 1941 (modifications: mainmast removed and foremast shortened; after 3in and 4in guns removed, 12pdr RN HA gun fitted; after torpedo tubes removed; British depth charge throwers and RN ASDIC fitted); collision with HMS Volunteer at Devonport 10 April 1941; Belfast hull-structure repair from 18 April; damaged in Belfast air raid 5 May; repair delayed by shipyard disruption through July; post-repair trials August; operational service with 17th Destroyer Division at Kyle of Lochalsh from 15 August 1941; Northern Barrage minelay escorts (SN22B 22 Aug; SN70A 25 Aug with Southern Prince - the day DANFS records the torpedo hit forward; SN23A 4 Sep; SN23B 16 Sep; WS12 local escort 1-3 Oct; SN24C 22 Oct; SN83B 9 Nov; SN25A 19 Nov; WS14 local escort 9-12 Dec; SN26A 3 Jan 1942; SN17 2 Feb; SN5B 9 Feb); under refit from 15 February through April 1942; post-refit trials and Tobermory work-up May 1942; SN72 (1 Jun), SN3B (11 Jun), SN82 (31 Jul), SN73 (19 Aug - 20 Aug rescued 52 survivors of U-464 scuttled after air-attack damage), SN89 (2 Sep), SN65A (16 Sep); Tyne refit October-December 1942 ('Stage 2': bridge structure replaced, Type 271 surface-warning and Type 291 combined-warning radar fitted, forward torpedo tubes replaced by RN triple mounting, beam guns replaced by 20mm Oerlikons); Gibraltar-route convoy escort January-February 1943; Kyle of Lochalsh March 1943 (SN90A 21 Mar; SN111A 5 May; SN123B 26 May; SN123C 11 Jun); Cardiff refit July-August 1943; SN222B 4 Sep; on 1st Minelaying Squadron disbandment transferred to Rosyth Escort Force October 1943 for east-coast convoy defence through November 1944 (not deployed for Normandy); January 1945 withdrawn for use as Air Target Ship (armament removed; aircrew attacks-on-shipping training); July 1945 withdrawn and paid off, de-stored to reserve; placed on Disposal List after VJ Day; sold to P. & W. MacLellan Ltd 18 July 1947 and towed to the breaker's yard at Bo'ness near Edinburgh later that year.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-28

   Study period

   1940-1947

   Population

   RN crews 1940-1945; RN/commercial refit workforces (Devonport, Belfast, Tyne, Newport Mon., Cardiff, Rosyth); air-target-ship crews Jan-Jul 1945; breaker's-yard workforce (P. & W. MacLellan, Bo'ness) 1947

   Limitations

   Specialist secondary compilation (Lt Cdr G. B. Mason RN Rtd service histories, from Naval Staff Histories and convoy records), not an official record - detailed and internally consistent but not digitized primary documents. Mason does not record the 25 August 1941 torpedo hit within the SN70A entry - the hit is a DANFS datum (and NavSource data block) fitted here to the SN70A operation; Mason's continuous Sep 1941-Feb 1942 service listing is the reconciliation detail. 'Type C - ANNAPOLIS Class' is the RN grouping label for this Town-class subset, not a U.S. class name. No materials or asbestos content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-ringgold-dd89-04

6. [6]uboat.net Allied Warships entries: HMS Newark (G 08), Town-class destroyer (ex-USS Ringgold DD-89); companion USN entry USS Ringgold (i) (DD 89), ship/2203 [other_primary]

   Locator

   uboat.net allied-warships entries ship/4310 (HMS Newark G 08) and ship/2203 (USS Ringgold DD 89)

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Specialist database corroboration: HMS Newark (G 08), Town class, built by Union Iron Works (San Francisco), laid down 20 October 1917, launched 14 April 1918, commissioned (RN) 26 November 1940, end service 18 February 1947, former name USS Ringgold (DD 89); its history text is the verbatim DANFS narrative. The companion USN entry reads commissioned 14 November 1918, end service 26 November 1940, 'Decommissioned on 3 Aug 1922' (the NavSource-reading variant vs DANFS 17 June 1922 - carried in gaps).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-28

   Study period

   1940-1947

   Population

   RN crew 1940-1947

   Limitations

   Specialist secondary database, not an official record; the narrative text is verbatim DANFS. Its '3 Aug 1922' decommissioning date conflicts with DANFS (17 June 1922) - carried in gaps; interestingly 3 August 1922 is the DANFS decommissioning date of sister Robinson (DD-88), suggesting possible cross-contamination in secondary compilations. No materials or asbestos content.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-ringgold-dd89-05

7. [7]Era inference built on: DANFS spec line (class Wickes; 35 kt) + NHC/NHC-mirror 'Little class' subclass identification (Bethlehem-design Wickes variant; oil-fired water-tube boilers, geared steam turbines) + NavSource machinery block (24,200 shp, geared turbines, 2 screws) + secondary class compilations (DD-87-92 Union Iron Works group: two GE Curtis geared turbines, four Yarrow boilers - naval-encyclopedia.com compilation; destroyerhistory.org Wickes class history) + Rushworth, 'The Navy and Asbestos Thermal Insulation,' Naval Engineers Journal 117(2):35-48 (2005), ASNE, doi:10.1111/j.1559-3584.2005.tb00336.x (peer-reviewed era literature; EPA HERO ID 3584926: asbestos was used in U.S. Navy shipboard pipe and machinery thermal insulation) + Atlas shipyard dataset record 'bethlehem-shipbuilding' (aliases include Union Iron Works; yard-level asbestos products documented, tier 3) [other_primary]

   Locator

   NavSource DD-89 machinery block; shipyards.json yard_id 'bethlehem-shipbuilding'; Rushworth NEJ 117(2) 2005; secondary Wickes-class machinery compilations (naval-encyclopedia.com; destroyerhistory.org via Wayback)

   Finding type

   asbestos_application

   Finding

   Era/class inference: a Bethlehem-design ('Little') Wickes-class destroyer built October 1917-November 1918 with an oil-fired water-tube boiler and geared-turbine steam plant would have carried era-typical steam-plant insulation - boiler and steam-drum insulation, steam-line lagging, flange and valve gaskets, machinery packing, and fireproofing. Asbestos marine lagging was in use by the 1910s but far less systematically documented than in WWII-era construction (Rushworth describes the insulation evolution of WWII and post-WWII ships). The August 1940 recommissioning after ~18 years laid up at Philadelphia Navy Yard and the documented RN yard periods - Devonport refit (March-April 1941), Belfast hull repair (April-May 1941), the Belfast torpedo-repair/1942 refit (February-May 1942), the Tyne 'Stage 2' refit (October-December 1942), and the Cardiff refit (July-August 1943) - are yard events where insulation disturbance and replacement would have been routine. Builder yard is in the Atlas dataset with yard-level asbestos documentation (bethlehem-shipbuilding; aliases include Union Iron Works). NARA RG19 'General Information Books'/BuShips material schedules and the San Francisco Maritime NHP Bethlehem Steel Shipbuilding Division San Francisco records (HDC0345.01/SAFR 17494; order books, specifications, correspondence, 1850-1978 bulk 1892-1956) are archival leads for hull-level specifications.

   Verification

   inferred

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-28

   Study period

   1917-1947

   Population

   Union Iron Works construction trades 1917-18; USN crew 1918-1922, 1940; RN crews 1940-1945; refit workforces 1941-1943; breaker's-yard workforce 1947

   Limitations

   Class/era and builder-yard inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding. No materials schedule, survey, or hull-specific document was located; the hull was scrapped in Britain in 1947 so no postwar US documentation chain exists. A 1917-18 plant is early in the marine-lagging era and not comparable to a WWII-era plant in documented asbestos intensity; the Bethlehem yard record's litigation and cohort evidence postdates this hull's construction by decades; the Yarrow-boiler fit is a secondary class-compilation datum, unverified at hull level. Names era-typical applications, not confirmed installed materials. Does not establish exposure.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-ringgold-dd89-06

8. [8]Online Archive of California finding aid: Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Shipbuilding Division, San Francisco, records (Subcollection 1, Series 1-7), 1850-1978 (bulk 1892-1956), HDC0345.01 / SAFR 17494, 213 boxes - San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park (NPS); companion collection Union Iron Works naval architectural plans 1888-1893, HDC0307/SAFR 17215 (too early for this hull); IWM Admiralty Official Collection photographs of HMS Newark exist (A 7587; FL 3299; A 8656 per NavSource caption references) [nps]

   Locator

   OAC finding aid ark:/13030/c8wd4632 (HDC0345.01/SAFR 17494) + ark:/13030/c83b65dm (HDC0307/SAFR 17215); NARA catalog SPA; NavSource photo captions citing IWM A 7587, FL 3299, A 8656

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   Archival leads for this hull: (1) San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park (NPS) holds the Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Shipbuilding Division, San Francisco records - order books, cost books, specifications, correspondence, and related builder records spanning 1850-1978 (bulk 1892-1956) - the successor archive for the Union Iron Works yard and the builder-side source most likely to hold hull-level construction and materials documentation for DD-89 (collection existence verified via OAC finding aid; a DD-89-specific holdings check was not performed). (2) NARA RG 19/BuShips material specifications ('General Information Books') and RG 24 deck logs for DD-89 are expected holdings - the NARA catalog API returned the application shell, no record-level result. (3) UK-side documentation of the 1941-43 refit/repair periods (The National Archives ADM series; Devonport, Belfast/H&W, Tyne, Cardiff dockyard and contractor records) is an unqueried lead. (4) Imperial War Museums Admiralty Official Collection photos of HMS Newark (A 7587, FL 3299, A 8656) exist per NavSource caption references - IWM collections an unqueried lead.

   Verification

   unverified

   Role

   archival_lead

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-28

   Study period

   1917-1947 (documentation); present-day (archival holdings)

   Limitations

   Existence of the repository collections is verified; DD-89-specific holdings within them are not asserted and were not retrieved. No asbestos content is established or implied by the existence of these archives.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-ringgold-dd89-07

9. [9]CourtListener API v4 sweeps (authenticated via cl-auth-search.py / cl-patient-search.py, fleet-paced, 2026-09-28): "USS Ringgold" type=o and type=r; "DD-89" type=o and type=r; "Ringgold asbestos" type=o; "HMS Newark" type=o; "Newark" asbestos destroyer type=o [court_record]

   Locator

   cl-auth-search.py / cl-patient-search.py authenticated v4 search results, this session's queries; query log in search_ledger rows sl-11 through sl-13

   Finding type

   litigation_documented

   Finding

   CourtListener sweep complete: 'USS Ringgold' opinion index 0 hits; 'USS Ringgold' RECAP docket index 0 hits; 'DD-89' opinion index 1 hit (Wyatt & Swan v. Clay County Board of Supervisors, Iowa Ct. App. 2021 - 'DD-89' is a drainage-district identifier, name collision); 'DD-89' docket index 47 hits, all text-level collisions in unrelated filings (sealed-exhibit strings 'Exhibit DD-89' in NYC delivery-fee litigation, bankruptcy and contract dockets incl. the W.R. Grace chapter-11 docket where DD-89 is a document designator); 'Ringgold asbestos' opinion index 11 hits, all surname/place-token collisions (attorneys of record Kenisha Ringgold, Kathryn Ringgold, Ringgold Hynson Luke; law offices in Ringgold, Ga.; Tri-State Crematory litigation) - none maritime, none naming a vessel; 'HMS Newark' opinion index 0 hits; 'Newark asbestos destroyer' opinion index 1 hit (Johnson v. Celotex Corp., 899 F.2d 1281 (2d Cir. 1990) - Newark, N.J. venue and generic shipyard/destroyer background, not this hull). No published opinion or indexed docket names this hull; no qualifying asbestos litigation located.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   negative_finding

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-28

   Study period

   2026-09-28 (search date)

   Limitations

   CourtListener opinion index does not cover unindexed complaints or state-court records; absence of hits does not prove no one ever sued - it establishes that no qualifying published/docketed record naming this hull was located. 'Ringgold' collides with surname usage, Ringgold Ga./La./Tex., and Ringgold County Iowa; 'HMS Newark' collides with Newark, N.J. litigation; 'DD-89' collides with drainage-district and exhibit designators. The Fletcher-class second USS Ringgold (DD-500, in service 1942-1993) is a distinct hull whose window covers the peak asbestos-litigation era - a record for it exists (batch-3482); any name-only 'USS Ringgold' hit would need service-window attribution, and none arose.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-ringgold-dd89-08

10. [10]Batch-3854 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS live page + losthistory/hazegray transcription; NHHC Online Library photo record NH 44199; NavSource DD-89 page; naval-history.net Mason service history; uboat.net warship entries; Atlas shipyard dataset; OAC/SAFR finding aids; NARA catalog; NVR/NRHP checks; CourtListener API v4 sweeps [other_primary]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-ringgold-dd89-01 through sl-uss-ringgold-dd89-14

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    No hull ACM survey, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, museum documentation, materials schedule, or adjudicated asbestos finding exists for DD-89/HMS Newark. The hull was scrapped at Bo'ness, Scotland in 1947 under BISCO/MacLellan disposal - before asbestos documentation of demolition was routine - so the postwar documentation channels that produce ship-specific asbestos records for surviving or US-disposed hulls (museum drydock reports, MARAD disposal-condition hazmat disclosures, postwar survey chains) do not exist here.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    negative_finding

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-28

    Study period

    2026-09-28

    Limitations

    Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - era materials plausibly present are inferred only at class/era level (ev-06); the record does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-ringgold-dd89-09