Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet jf-packet.md (4 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED (with a disclosed date discrepancy)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-selfridge-dd320-pkt-jf-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Selfridge I (Destroyer No. 320) (live NHHC page 404s; Wayback capture 2025-12-09 of the NHHC entry cited; verbatim text independently verified against the hazegray transcription at web.archive.org capture of hazegray.org/danfs/destroy/dd320txt.htm) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry 'Selfridge I (Destroyer No. 320)' spec line + namesake bios + full service narrative (NHHC page published 2016-02-29)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: spec line (DD-320: dp. 1,215; l. 314'4"; b. 30'11-1/2"; dr. 9'4"; s. 32.6 k.; cpl. 122; a. 4 4", 1 3", 12 21" tt.; cl. Clemson). Laid down 28 April 1919 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., San Francisco, Calif.; launched 25 July 1919, sponsored by Mrs. Catherine Kellond, granddaughter of Rear Admiral Selfridge; commissioned 17 February 1921, Comdr. A. S. Farquhar in command. Home port San Diego (arrived 16 March 1921); Battle Fleet service 1921-1929: Puget Sound exercises 1922; Canal Zone exercises 26 Feb-31 Mar 1923; Mare Island overhauls 30 May-16 Jul 1923 and 5 Aug-1 Oct 1924; rescued SS Cuba survivors off San Miguel Island Sep 1923; Caribbean exercises Jan-Apr 1924; Pearl Harbor Apr 1925; Bremerton overhaul 9 Aug-3 Oct 1925; Panama exercises + Mare Island repairs 9 Aug-22 Sep 1926; 1927 canal transit 4 Mar, Caribbean exercises, New York visit, Narragansett Bay joint exercise, Hampton Roads Presidential Review 29 May; Special Service Squadron Nicaragua patrols 18 Jun-2 Jul and 16-26 Jul 1927; Mare Island overhaul then San Diego 30 Sep 1927; Fleet Problem VIII + Pearl Harbor Apr 1928; Mare Island overhaul 26 Jul-19 Sep 1928; Panama fleet concentration 27 Jan-11 Mar 1929; decommissioned San Diego 8 February 1930; struck from the Navy list 3 November 1930; scrapped at Mare Island Navy Yard; hulk sold 2 September 1931 to Marine Salvage Co., Oakland, Calif. Namesake note: Destroyer No. 320 was named for the elder Rear Admiral Thomas O. Selfridge (1804-1902); DD-357 was named for both Selfridges.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1919-1931
- Population
- Bethlehem/Union Iron Works construction trades 1919-21; USN crew 1921-1930 (DANFS cpl. 122); Mare Island and Bremerton yard workforces at documented overhaul periods; Mare Island dismantling workforce 1930-31
- Limitations
- DANFS documents identity, service history, specifications, and disposal - not materials or asbestos content. Live NHHC page returns 404; the Wayback capture of the canonical NHHC URL is cited and was cross-checked verbatim against the hazegray DANFS transcription. 'Wikipedia' infobox variants (launch 10 Jul, commissioning 7 Feb, decommissioning 18 Mar, sale 31 Oct 1930) conflict with DANFS and are logged in gaps; DANFS carried throughout.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-selfridge-dd320-01
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[3]NHHC Online Library of Selected Images, picture data for NH 1872 'USS Selfridge (DD-320) Underway, circa the middle or later 1920s' (Naval History and Heritage Command text mirrored at ibiblio.org HyperWar); the Online Library S-names index lists DD-320's sole available image page as NH 1872 [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC Online Library picture-data record NH 1872 (ibiblio.org HyperWar mirror) + Online Library USN-ships S-name index entry
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official NHHC photographic record for this hull: NH 1872 documents USS Selfridge (DD-320) underway, circa the middle or later 1920s. The NHHC Online Library index (USN ships, S names) lists 'Selfridge (DD-320), 1921-1931' linking to this single picture-data page - the command's only indexed image for the hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- circa 1925-1930
- Population
- Crew, mid-to-late 1920s
- Limitations
- Official photo-caption record documenting identity and period appearance, not materials or asbestos content. 'Sole indexed image' reflects the Online Library index listing, not a statement that no other NHHC imagery exists.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-selfridge-dd320-02
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[4]NavSource Online Destroyer Photo Archive, USS Selfridge (DD-320) page (Wayback capture 2024-05-26; live navsource.org unreachable this session) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource DD-320 page operational/building data block + photo captions + commanding-officers list
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource operating/building data for this hull: class Clemson (as built); displacement 1,215 t; 314'5" (oa) x 31'8" x 9'10" max; armament 4 x 4"/50, 1 x 3"/23AA, 12 x 21" tt; machinery 26,500 SHP, geared turbines, 2 screws; 35 kt; crew 114; call sign NUJZ. Laid down by Bethlehem Steel, San Francisco 28 April 1919; launched 25 July 1919; commissioned 17 February 1921; decommissioned 8 February 1930; stricken 3 November 1930; 'Hull sold to Marine Salvage Co. September 2 1931 after being stripped at Mare Island.' Photo-caption records include: U.S. National Archives photo 19-LC-38-L-3, seven destroyers fitting out at Bethlehem's Union Plant, Potrero Works, San Francisco, 1 April 1920 (Selfridge second from left, among DD-314/315/319/321/322/323); NARA 80-G-1035021 (May 1929); namesake portrait MINSY 2854-44; DesDiv 35 lineup with USS Melville (AD-2) at Navy Day San Diego 28 October 1927. CO list (W. Hechler & R. Reeves compilation): CDR Allan Shannon Farquhar (from Feb 1921); LCDR George Washburn Crosse; Milo Frederick Draemel (later RADM); CDR Grafton Asbury Beall Jr.; LCDR Charlton Eugene Battle Jr. (later COMO); LCDR Norman Lloyd Kirk (to 8 Feb 1930).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1919-1931
- Population
- Bethlehem Union Plant fit-out trades April 1920 (NARA 19-LC-38-L-3); USN crew 1921-1930
- Limitations
- Volunteer-edited secondary archive, not an official record - machinery figures, crew 114 (vs DANFS cpl. 122), and the CO list rest on NavSource contributors rather than digitized official documents. CO-list start date 'Feb 7 1921' is a probable transcription variant of the DANFS 17 February 1921 commissioning - carried in gaps. No materials or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-selfridge-dd320-03
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[5]National Archives, Ship Plan Index, SELFRIDGE DD-320 entries [other_primary]
- Locator
- Ship Plan Index rows SELFRIDGE DD-320 (NAID 53486582, 175670671); adjacent SELFRIDGE DD-357 rows (NAID 53486668, 153714465) are the collision hull
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's Ship Plan Index lists SELFRIDGE DD-320 in Record Group 19 (Bureau of Ships) under Alphabetical Ship Drawings (NAID 53486582) and Microfilm (NAID 175670671). These holdings are leads for ship-specific plans, including any S39 insulation/lagging and S48 piping drawings. The adjacent index rows SELFRIDGE DD-357 (NAID 53486668 Alphabetical Ship Drawings; NAID 153714465 Hull series) belong to the second, Porter-class Selfridge - a different hull outside this record.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1919-1931 (documented era); present-day (archival holdings)
- Limitations
- The index establishes holdings, not the contents of individual drawings. No Selfridge drawing or material schedule was retrieved or reviewed; the index is not evidence of asbestos aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-selfridge-dd320-04
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[6]National Archives, 'Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961' (research guide) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA guided-topic page, Beginning Research; Bureau of Ships General/Confidential/Secret Correspondence; General Information Books; Cartographic Branch; Other Records sections
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- NARA's research guide describes asbestos-relevant Navy record groups for the 1941-1961 period: RG 19 Bureau of Ships correspondence filed by hull designation (this hull: DD320; class correspondence: DD186 Class) and by shipyard (private yards under QM codes; naval yards under NY codes), Destroyer General Information Books (Entry P 9), and ship engineering drawings under S-filing codes including S39-Insulation and Lagging and S48-Piping. It states that deck logs and muster rolls do not directly show asbestos aboard ships.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- guide scope 1941-1961; this hull 1919-1931
- Limitations
- Research guide, not a Selfridge material record; it establishes where to search, not that any DD-320 drawing or correspondence file exists or that this ship contained asbestos. Its principal indexed correspondence series begin 1940 - nine years after this hull was scrapped, so DD-320-era documentation would sit in earlier Bureau of Steam Engineering / Construction and Repair files outside the guide's scope.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-selfridge-dd320-05
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[7]Rushworth, Denis H., 'The Navy and Asbestos Thermal Insulation,' Naval Engineers Journal 117(2):35-48 (2005), ASNE (peer-reviewed; DOI 10.1111/j.1559-3584.2005.tb00336.x) + NavSource DD-320 machinery block (26,500 shp, geared turbines, 2 screws) + Atlas shipyard dataset records 'bethlehem-shipbuilding' (builder yard incl. Union Iron Works alias; documented products incl. asbestos block, cement, insulation, lagging, gaskets, packing) and 'mare-island-naval-shipyard' (overhaul/scrapping yard; documented products incl. Unibestos, Marinite, Transite, packing, gaskets) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Naval Engineers Journal 117(2) TOC + abstract (ingentaconnect/EPA HERO 3584926); NavSource DD-320 machinery block; shipyards.json yard_ids 'bethlehem-shipbuilding', 'mare-island-naval-shipyard', 'puget-sound-naval-shipyard'
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/plant inference: a WWI-era Clemson-class destroyer laid down April 1919 at Bethlehem's Union Iron Works, San Francisco - secondary class compilations list the Bethlehem-built group as four Yarrow water-tube boilers feeding geared turbines at 26,500 shp - would have carried era-standard asbestos applications: boiler and steam-drum insulation, steam-line lagging, flange and valve gaskets, machinery packing, and fireproofing. The documented yard periods - Mare Island Navy Yard overhauls 30 May-16 Jul 1923, 5 Aug-1 Oct 1924, 9 Aug-22 Sep 1926 (repairs), a 1927 overhaul between the July Nicaragua patrols and the 30 Sep return, and 26 Jul-19 Sep 1928, plus the Bremerton overhaul 9 Aug-3 Oct 1925 and the 1930-31 Mare Island dismantling - are events where insulation disturbance and replacement would have been routine. Builder and overhaul yards are in the Atlas dataset with yard-level asbestos documentation.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1919-1931
- Population
- Bethlehem/Union Iron Works construction trades 1919-21; USN crew 1921-1930; Mare Island and Bremerton overhaul/dismantling workforces
- Limitations
- Class/era and yard-level inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding. No materials schedule, survey, or hull-specific document was located; the hull was scrapped in 1930-31 so no postwar documentation chain exists. Rushworth's described evolution centers on WWII and post-WWII ships - its applicability to a 1919-21 hull is by extension, not direct study. The yard dataset records' asbestos documentation postdates this hull's construction by decades. Boiler make is a secondary class-compilation datum, unverified at hull level.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-selfridge-dd320-06
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[8]Clemson-class disposal context, secondary compilations (Wikipedia class article; historyofwar.org class and vessel articles; naval-encyclopedia.com class article) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Wikipedia 'Clemson-class destroyer' (boiler-wear and 1930-31 disposal paragraph); historyofwar.org 'Clemson Class Destroyers' + 'USS Selfridge (DD-320)' article; naval-encyclopedia.com Clemson class article
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Class-level disposal context from secondary compilations: in 1929-30 the Navy retired roughly 40 Clemson-class destroyers fitted with Yarrow boilers that had worn quickly in service, swapping crews to better-preserved reserve hulls in the first months of 1930; the worn hulls (including this one, decommissioned 8 February 1930 and scrapped at Mare Island 1930-31) were disposed of in the London Naval Treaty reduction period. DANFS itself does not state a boiler/treaty reason for this hull - the disposal facts (decommissioning, striking, scrapping, hulk sale) are the verified record; the reason is secondary-source context.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1929-1931
- Limitations
- Reputable secondary compilations only - no official document located that states why this specific hull was retired. Wikipedia/historyofwar/naval-encyclopedia describe the class-level pattern (Yarrow-boiler wear; London Naval Treaty reductions); hull-level attribution of the boiler-wear rationale is plausible but unverified for DD-320 specifically.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-selfridge-dd320-07
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[9]CourtListener API v4 sweeps (authenticated, 2026-09-27): "USS Selfridge" type=o and type=r; "DD-320" type=o and type=r; "Selfridge" asbestos type=o; "DD-357" collision check [court_record]
- Locator
- cl-auth-search.py authenticated v4 search results, this session's queries
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener sweep 2026-09-27 (authenticated v4): 'USS Selfridge' opinion index 0 hits and RECAP docket index 0 hits - no published opinion or indexed docket names the ship in any matter, covering both DD-320 and DD-357. 'DD-320' opinion index 1 hit - name collision (State v. D.R.S., Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1977, juvenile-jurisdiction criminal appeal; the DD-320 token is a docket/statute string). 'DD-320' docket index 21 hits - all text-level collisions (DD-320 strings as exhibit/document/transaction identifiers inside unrelated filings: Katrina canal-breach tort MDL, debt-collection and forfeiture actions, civil rights, insurance, bankruptcy; none maritime, none asbestos, none naming a vessel). No qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull was located. The 'Selfridge + asbestos' opinion query could not be completed - the shared fleet pacing budget stayed exhausted through five spaced attempts this session; logged as blocked in the ledger, not fabricated.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 2026-09-27 (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 opinion naming this hull was located. 'Selfridge' is a moderate-collision token (surname litigation; Selfridge Air National Guard Base; the city of Selfridge, N.D.); hull-number queries and the DD-357 collision-hull check mitigate.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-selfridge-dd320-08
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[10]Batch-3307 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS (live + Wayback); hazegray DANFS transcription (Wayback); NHHC Online Library photo records; NavSource DD-320 page (Wayback); NARA Ship Plan Index; NARA asbestos research guide; Atlas shipyard dataset; CourtListener API v4 sweeps [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-selfridge-dd320-01 through sl-uss-selfridge-dd320-13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No hull ACM survey, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, museum documentation, materials schedule, or adjudicated asbestos finding exists for DD-320 in any source searched. The hull was scrapped at Mare Island Navy Yard in 1930-31 under treaty-era mass disposal - before asbestos documentation of demolition was routine - so the postwar channels that produce ship-specific asbestos records (museum drydock reports, MARAD disposal-condition hazmat disclosures, postwar survey chains, litigation naming the hull) do not exist here.
- 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 - 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-selfridge-dd320-09