Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]DANFS, Rooks (DD-804) (namesake, builder, dates, service narrative; verbatim transcription - live NHHC pages return 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, namesake paragraph + specifications block + service narrative (ibiblio HyperWar transcription)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: laid down 27 October 1943 by the Seattle-Tacoma Ship Building Corp., Seattle, Wash.; launched 6 June 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Edith R. Rooks (widow of Capt. Albert H. Rooks, Medal of Honor, USS Houston CA-30, lost at Sunda Strait 1 March 1942); commissioned 2 September 1944, Comdr. Robert F. Martin in command. Shakedown off San Diego; availability at Puget Sound Navy Yard; Iwo Jima D-day (19 Feb 1945) radar picket and shore bombardment; Okinawa from 1 April 1945 - 87 consecutive days of shore bombardment, 18,624 rounds of 5-inch, 131 bona fide air alerts, four times the direct target of kamikaze attack, six enemy aircraft splashed; 6 April 1945 assisted and escorted kamikaze-damaged USS Hyman (DD-732) to Hagushi; July 1945 East China Sea minesweeping support; Nagasaki POW repatriation September 1945; arrived San Francisco 10 November 1945; Pacific Reserve Fleet Bremerton 15 November 1945; out of commission in reserve (San Diego Group) 11 June 1946. Recommissioned 19 May 1951; Destroyer Squadron 20, Newport, R.I.; Korea September 1952 - April 1953 (TF 77 escort/planeguard; TF 95; shore bombardment of Songjin, Wonsan, Chongjin); Mediterranean deployments, midshipman cruise and CENTO Arabian Sea deployment 1960; loaned to Chile under the Military Assistance Program in July 1962 and renamed Cochrane. Three WWII and two Korean battle stars. Specifications block: Fletcher class; dp. 2,050; l. 376'5"; b. 39'7"; dr. 17'9"; s. 37 k.; cpl. 319.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1943-1962
- Population
- Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding construction trades 1943-44; wartime and postwar crew (DANFS complement 319)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. The entry ends at the 1962 loan - striking and disposal dates come from other sources. Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC page returns 404 (verified 2026-09-27, both /danfs/r/rooks.html and /danfs/r/rooks-dd-804.html patterns).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-rooks-dd804-01
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[2]Naval Cover Museum ship page, ROOKS DD 804 - name and designation history [museum_official]
- Locator
- navalcovermuseum.org/wiki/ROOKS_DD_804, 'Ship Name and Designation History' section; web.archive.org capture 2024-05-25 of navsource.org/archives/05/804.htm, 'Operational and Building Data' block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Naval Cover Museum designation history for this hull: USS Rooks DD-804 commissioned September 2 1944, decommissioned June 11 1946; recommissioned May 19 1951, decommissioned July 26 1962; struck from the Naval Register September 1 1975; as Cochrane D-15 (Chilean naval service), stricken and broken up for scrap 1983. NavSource's compilation (Wayback capture May 2024) agrees on the strike date (September 1 1975) and 1983 scrapping, lists the transfer as July 26 1962, and reads 'Decommissioned June 28 1962' - a one-month decommission-date variant carried in gaps.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1944-1983
- Population
- Crew 1944-1962; Chilean crew 1962-1982
- Limitations
- Specialist museum wiki and photographic-history compilation - secondary compilations, not federal records; the strike date is consistent across NavSource, NavalCoverMuseum, and globalsecurity.org. NavalCoverMuseum's 'sold to Chile July 26 1962' compresses the transaction - DANFS and the Chilean decree describe a 1962 MAP loan; the sale completed at the 1975 striking (globalsecurity.org). Decommission-date conflict (June 28 vs July 26, 1962) documented in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-rooks-dd804-02
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[3]Armada de Chile, official unit-history page 'Destructor Almirante Cochrane 3°' (Tradicion e historia / Unidades Historicas) [other_primary]
- Locator
- armada.cl unit page - three decree/loan sentences
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official Chilean Navy unit history for this hull's Chilean career: Fletcher-class destroyer 'Almirante Cochrane' (3rd of the name); delivered to Chile on a renewable five-year loan in 1962; commissioned into the Armada effective 26 July 1962 by Decreto C.J.A. N 4520/17 of 27 July 1962; decommissioned (dado de baja) by Res. D.G.S.A. N 4281/18 of 19 April 1982. The commissioning effective date matches the U.S. transfer date for DD-804 exactly.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1962-1982
- Population
- Chilean Navy crew 1962-1982
- Limitations
- The Chilean page internally errs 'construido en Bath Iron Works' - that builder matches sister ship Blanco Encalada (ex-Wadleigh DD-689), not ex-Rooks (Seattle-Tacoma). The decree numbers and dates are the authoritative content carried; the builder line is disregarded and logged in gaps. The page does not state scrapping location or date beyond the 1982 baja.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-rooks-dd804-03
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[4]Bureau of Ships, 'Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels 1945' Vol. I (official BuShips publication, shipscribe.com scan; class-level Fletcher machinery/roster data) + Atlas shipyard dataset, todd-shipyards record (yard-level asbestos litigation: Herring v. Texaco, 161 Wash. 2d 189 (2007); Hansen v. Johns-Manville, 734 F.2d 1036 (5th Cir. 1984)) + HistoryLink File 8734 (Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. created July 7, 1939 as Todd subsidiary, rechristened Todd-Pacific Shipyards Inc. in 1944) + Destroyer History Foundation, Seattle-Tacoma builder page (Harbor Island destroyer yard: $9M Navy seed money 1940, 21 Fletchers, wartime takeover by Todd Dry Dock & Construction) [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB1945v1.pdf DD design section (book p.114); shipyards.json record 'todd-shipyards'
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/yard inference: a WWII Fletcher-class destroyer built 1943-44 at the Seattle-Tacoma Harbor Island destroyer yard (built 1940-41 with $9M Navy seed money; 21 Fletchers built there) with the class's four-boiler geared-turbine steam plant (60,000 shp, per BuShips Ships' Data 1945 and class references) would have carried period-standard asbestos insulation, lagging, gaskets, packing, fireproofing, and deck coverings. The builder entity was a Todd subsidiary rechristened Todd Pacific Shipyards, Inc. in 1944 while this hull was on the ways (HistoryLink File 8734), and is documented at yard level in the Atlas dataset under 'todd-shipyards' (corporate entity): Todd yard operations carry verified asbestos litigation (a Todd worker installing/tearing out insulation from 1940 developed asbestosis and mesothelioma; a subcontractor worker at Seattle-area Todd sites developed fatal mesothelioma). NARA RG 19 'General Information Books' per-vessel material specifications are an unretrieved archival lead for hull-level specs.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1943-1962
- Population
- Seattle-Tacoma/Todd Pacific construction trades 1943-44; crew 1944-62
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - NOT a ship-specific finding. The Todd yard-level litigation cited is not tied to this hull or to the Seattle (Harbor Island) yard during the 1943-44 build window, and the yard record is a corporate entity covering multiple sites. This row adds context, not evidence that any particular material was installed aboard DD-804. NARA GIB retrieval not performed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-rooks-dd804-04
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[5]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented that the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships and did not begin substituting alternative insulation materials until the early 1970s - placing this hull's 1943-44 construction and her entire U.S. service career (1944-1962) inside the documented asbestos-use era.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. Full report text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403) - content via product-page description, consistent with the class profile's treatment.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-rooks-dd804-05
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[6]Batch-3776 search ledger (this record): DANFS (ibiblio mirror); NavalCoverMuseum; NavSource via Wayback; Armada de Chile official unit history; navypedia class table; Atlas shipyard dataset; CourtListener authenticated sweep; web search for ship-specific asbestos records [other_primary]
- Locator
- this record, search_ledger
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos documentation located for DD-804: no hull ACM survey, abatement or remediation record, hazmat disclosure, insulation-material schedule, or qualifying exposure litigation names this hull. Web searching for ship-specific asbestos records returns only law-firm marketing pages (Shepard Law, asbestos-ships.com, mesotheliomahope.com, mesotheliomasymptoms.com), which are excluded as sources under batch rules. The hull spent 1962-1982 in Chilean service and was scrapped in 1983 - no museum phase exists that could produce a present-day ACM disclosure.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- Absence of a located ship-specific record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - era-standard applications are documented at class/era level (ev-04, ev-05). Unretrieved archival leads: NARA RG 19 BuShips material specifications and RG 24 deck logs (not digitized online).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-rooks-dd804-06
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[7]CourtListener API v4 authenticated sweep for this hull (see search_ledger sl-06 through sl-08c) [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener API v4 search endpoint, queries per search_ledger
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener sweep for this hull found no qualifying asbestos litigation. Exact-name query '"USS Rooks"': zero opinions, zero dockets. Hull-number query '"DD-804"': zero opinions; 16 docket hits, all non-qualifying collisions (the string matches PACER/exhibit identifiers and filing data in unrelated civil, criminal, and bankruptcy dockets - no Navy, vessel, or asbestos context in any snippet). Name-plus-asbestos query '"Rooks" asbestos': 48 opinion hits, all surname collisions - chiefly the Chicago law firm Rooks, Pitts & Poust appearing as counsel in Illinois asbestos coverage litigation; zero ship-context matches. No qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull was located.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 2026-09-27 (sweep date)
- Limitations
- Negative sweep result: absence of indexed litigation does not prove no exposure claims were ever filed - many asbestos dockets name manufacturers rather than vessels, and RECAP coverage is incomplete. Sweep conducted under fleet-wide pacing; the highest-precision queries (exact name, hull number) completed and the residual name-variant space is surname-dominated.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-rooks-dd804-07