Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]research packet jj-packet.md (1 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-selfridge-dd357-pkt-jj-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Selfridge II (DD-357), official NHHC text preserved in Wayback capture (2013-02-02); live NHHC page not located [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Wayback capture of history.navy.mil/danfs/s9/selfridge-ii.htm (spec block + full narrative); HyperWar mirror https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/dafs/DD/dd357.html
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: laid down 18 December 1933 by New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J.; launched 18 April 1936; sponsored by Mrs. Duncan I. Selfridge; commissioned 25 November 1936 (Comdr. H.D. Clarke). Spec line: 1,850 tons standard, 381'1" overall, 36'11" beam, 37 kt, complement 194, 8 5-inch guns, 8 21-inch torpedo tubes, class Porter. Service: Mediterranean shakedown Jan-Feb 1937; post-shakedown overhaul at Philadelphia Apr-Aug 1937; flagship of Destroyer Squadron 4 in the Pacific Battle Force from Dec 1937; Pearl Harbor berth X-9 on 7 Dec 1941, underway by 1300 with a mixed crew; Saratoga screen and Wake relief attempt; TF 44 in Australian waters; Guadalcanal-Tulagi screening Aug 1942 and, with Ellet, sank damaged HMAS Canberra after Savo Island; Third Fleet May 1943; torpedoed night of 6 Oct 1943 at the Battle of Vella Lavella (13 killed, 11 wounded, 36 missing); temporary repairs Purvis Bay and Noumea; permanent repairs including new bow at Mare Island; Pearl Harbor 10 May 1944; Marianas/TF 58 and Guam; Atlantic TF 65 flagship on east coast-Tunisia convoy escort through May 1945; decommissioned 15 October 1945; struck 1 November 1945; sold to George H. Nutman, Inc., Brooklyn; removed from Navy custody 20 December 1946; scrapped October 1947. Four battle stars for World War II.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1933-1947
- Population
- New York Shipbuilding construction trades 1933-36; wartime crew (design complement 194)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. The Wayback capture of the official NHHC text reads 'commissioned on 25 November 1936'; the HyperWar/ibiblio transcription of the same entry reads 26 November - a transcription error; 25 November is carried (conflict noted in gaps). Berth given as X-9 in DANFS; the commanding officer's action report transcription reads X-0 - carried in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-selfridge-dd357-01
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[3]USS Selfridge commanding officer's action report, DD357/A16-3(5) Serial 055 of 15 January 1942, 'Action in Pearl Harbor, T.H., 7 December 1941, report of' (HyperWar transcription; NHHC action-report exhibit page not located live) [other_primary]
- Locator
- HyperWar transcription, USS Selfridge Pearl Harbor action report, DD357/A16-3(5) Serial 055
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Signed report of this hull's commanding officer: on 7 December 1941 Selfridge was nested outboard and starboard-side-to with Case, Reid, Tucker, Cummings, and tender Whitney; the officer of the deck sounded general quarters, set condition affirm, and 'directed the engineering department to light off boilers and make preparations to get underway'; .50-caliber machine guns were firing on Japanese planes by about 0758 followed by the 1.1-inch battery; the ship claimed fire on four enemy aircraft and was underway by about 1300 with a mixed crew from various ships.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1941
- Population
- Wartime crew, 7 December 1941
- Limitations
- Combat action report; documents boiler/fireroom engineering operation aboard this hull at a specific date but contains no materials, insulation, or asbestos information. Berth rendered as 'X-0' in the transcription vs. 'X-9' in DANFS - carried in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-selfridge-dd357-02
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[4]Bureau of Ships, War Damage Report No. 50: 'Destroyer Report - Torpedo and Mine Damage and Loss in Action, 17 October 1941 to 7 December 1944,' NAVSHIPS 50(374), 1 May 1945, Section III-9 (USS Selfridge DD357), pp. 39-43 [other_primary]
- Locator
- WDR-50 Section III-9, pp. 39-43 incl. Plate VII and Photos 49-56; Selfridge chapter of the HyperWar transcription
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Dedicated official BuShips damage narrative for this hull: torpedo hit(s) at 2306-1/2 on 6 October 1943 off Vella Lavella at about frame 40 starboard (probable second hit frame 30 port); bow severed completely forward of the bridge and floated aft, bending the starboard propeller and shaft; engineering plant intact and operable in split configuration; narrative references 'the forward bulkhead of the forward fireroom' shored 'between the bulkhead and No. 1 boiler'; ship proceeded ~10 knots to Purvis Bay (arrived 1352, 8 October). Repair chain: temporary stub bow by Aristaeus (ARB-1) at Purvis Bay; Noumea ARD-2 drydock 1-29 December extending the temporary bow to the keel; Navy Yard, Mare Island arrival 24 January 1944; during the availability the ship received 'alterations amounting practically to modernization' - a dual-purpose 5-inch/38 battery (two twins, one single), Mark 37 director with updated fire-control radar, modern open bridge; returned to service 20 April 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1943-1945 (report published 1945)
- Population
- Wartime crew (survivors of 49 lost); Aristaeus repair crew; ARD-2 and Mare Island Navy Yard shipyard workers 1943-44
- Limitations
- Documents combat damage and the repair/modernization chain aboard this hull - the type of yard work that disturbs machinery-space and structural materials - but identifies no insulation materials, fiber content, or asbestos. Machinery-space detail (fireroom, No. 1 boiler) documents plant layout, not asbestos presence.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-selfridge-dd357-03
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[5]Bureau of Ships, 'Structural Repairs in Forward Areas During World War II,' Navy Department, December 1949, Selfridge (DD357) chapter pp. 69-75 (approved by Rear Adm. F. E. Haeberle, Asst. Chief of Bureau) [other_primary]
- Locator
- 1949 BuShips publication, Selfridge chapter pp. 69-75 incl. Plate 32 and Photos 57-65
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official BuShips repair manual presents this hull as its exemplar case for temporary bow structure: at Purvis Bay (no drydock) Aristaeus (ARB-1) removed all structure forward of frame 51 (keel to second platform), forward of frame 55 (main deck to second platform), and forward of frame 52-1/2 (above main deck); replaced/repaired transverse bulkhead frame 59, web frame 55, shell plating and longitudinals frames 55-59; reinforced bulkheads in compartments A-2F through A-11F; fabricated a temporary bow above the first platform and a temporary deckhouse bulkhead at frame 53; and conducted an inclining experiment. At Noumea in ARD-2 the temporary bow was carried below the waterline with straight shapes and flat plate and bulkhead 55 was stiffened.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1943-1944 (publication 1949)
- Population
- Aristaeus (ARB-1) repair personnel; ARD-2 drydock crews at Noumea, Oct-Dec 1943
- Limitations
- Documents the scale of forward-area structural reconstruction aboard this hull, not materials content; no asbestos or insulation reference. The chapter narrative dates the action 'night of 7-8 October 1943' while the chapter's own data block, DANFS, and WDR-50 all give 6 October - transcription/editing discrepancy carried in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-selfridge-dd357-04
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[6]WDR-50 Section III-9 reference list, five serial-numbered hull-specific primary documents; plus NARA RG 19 General Information Books (class-archival lead) [other_primary]
- Locator
- WDR-50 III-9 'References' block; NARA RG 19 GIB lead (not retrieved)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The BuShips report's own reference list cites retrievable-on-request hull-specific primary documents: (a) C.O. Selfridge action report DD357/A16-3 Serial 004 (14 Oct 1943); (b) C.O. Selfridge war damage report DD357/A9/L11-1 Serial 006 (17 Oct 1943); (c) C.O. Aristaeus report of temporary repairs ARB-1/L11 (25 Nov 1943); (d) Comdt. Navy Yard Mare Island supplementary war damage report DD357/L11-1 Serial 12503 (20 Mar 1944); (e) same, Serial 13866 (5 Jun 1944). Separately, NARA RG 19 General Information Books hold per-vessel material specifications as a hull-level archival lead (same lead carried on other Atlas records).
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1943-1944 (documents); unretrieved
- Limitations
- Archival leads only - none retrieved; the serial-numbered documents likely describe structure, damage, and repair work rather than insulation content, but hull-level material detail (including any insulation notes) cannot be excluded without retrieval.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-selfridge-dd357-05
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[7]DANFS specifications block (Porter class; 1,850 tons; 37 kt) + Atlas shipyards.json record 'new-york-shipbuilding' (documented ACM products and cohort studies at the builder yard) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS spec block; shipyards.json yard_id 'new-york-shipbuilding'
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/yard inference: a 1,850-ton Porter-class steam destroyer leader built 1933-36 would have carried period-standard thermal insulation, steam-line lagging, gaskets, packing, and fireproofing typical of Navy steam construction of the era. Builder New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J., is documented at yard level in the Atlas shipyard dataset (evidence_tier 1): named products include Pabco Six-Ply Super Caltemp block (15% chrysotile), Ehret 85% magnesia insulation, Johns-Manville Transite panels, asbestos gaskets and packing, asbestos-coated welding rods, and Bakelite panels, alongside cohort findings of elevated mesothelioma and asbestosis risk among yard workers.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1933-1945
- Population
- New York Shipbuilding construction trades 1933-36; crew 1936-45
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - establishes the construction environment and era material norms, not asbestos presence aboard this specific hull. No ship-specific insulation specification, survey, or abatement record was located. The yard dataset's product identifications derive from litigation and hygiene records covering the yard generally, not the DD-357 build contract.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-selfridge-dd357-06
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[8]CourtListener API v4 sweep, 2026-09-27 (authenticated via fleet helper): "USS Selfridge" type=o opinion search [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener /api/rest/v4/search/ type=o response (count 0); type=r attempts blocked (helper exit 2)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener opinion-index search for the exact phrase "USS Selfridge" returned zero results (count 0, authenticated API v4 response, 2026-09-27). The RECAP docket-layer queries for "USS Selfridge" / "DD-357" could not be completed in this session - the fleet-wide request pacer returned stand-down responses on each docket attempt; web pre-screening surfaced only law-firm listicle pages (banned sources) and name collisions with Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Michigan. No qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull was located, but the docket layer is unverified rather than clear.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- Partial sweep: opinion index clear; RECAP docket layer unverified due to pacer stand-down (see search_ledger sl-07/-08). 'Selfridge' collides with Selfridge ANGB (former Selfridge AFB), Michigan, which has its own asbestos-litigation footprint - any future hits require hull-attribution screening. Absence of located litigation is not evidence that exposure did not occur or that no claim was ever filed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-selfridge-dd357-07