Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet ek-packet.md (8 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: USS SHARKEY DD-281 → VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-sharkey-dd281-pkt-ek-packet-md
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[2]Naval History and Heritage Command, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, 'Sharkey (Destroyer No. 281)' [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS specifications block; opening construction paragraph; final service paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC DANFS identifies Sharkey (Destroyer No. 281; DD-281) as Clemson class with complement 122. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation at Squantum, Massachusetts laid her down on 14 April 1919; she was launched on 12 August 1919 and commissioned on 28 November 1919. She entered Norfolk Navy Yard on 22 July 1929 for overhaul but was ordered decommissioned, was towed to Philadelphia Navy Yard on 2 October 1929, decommissioned there on 1 May 1930, struck on 22 October 1930, and sold for scrapping on 17 January 1931.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1919-1931
- Population
- Ship's complement (122 per DANFS); construction and yard personnel not enumerated
- Limitations
- The official history establishes identity and service events, not asbestos composition, asbestos disturbance during yard periods, individual exposure, disease causation, or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sharkey-dd281-01
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[3]Naval History and Heritage Command, DANFS, 'Sharkey (Destroyer No. 281)' [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS chronological service narrative, 1920-1928
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS records Boston repairs in 1920, Boston Navy Yard repairs beginning 2 December 1922, Philadelphia Navy Yard periods in 1923-24, Boston overhaul from 3 March to 14 June 1924, Norfolk Navy Yard turbine repair in 1925, Norfolk overhaul in early 1926, and Norfolk overhaul from 29 July to 2 October 1928. These are ship-specific research windows for yard records.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1920-1928
- Population
- Ship's crew and yard workers; identities and tasks unverified
- Limitations
- Yard dates and turbine repair do not establish use, removal, or exposure to asbestos. The cited history does not identify insulation or gasket composition, and no yard work package was reviewed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sharkey-dd281-02
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[4]National Archives, Special List 44, Named Vessels: Navy Logbooks Available Online [other_primary]
- Locator
- Named-vessels table, Sharkey (DD-281) row
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA Special List 44 lists Sharkey (DD-281) naval deck logs for 28 November 1919 through 1 May 1930, matching her commissioned service interval. The listing identifies an archival path to check dates of 1920s yard activity.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1919-11-28 through 1930-05-01
- Limitations
- The index confirms a logbook listing, not that individual logs were opened here. NARA states deck logs do not directly document asbestos; they may narrow dates for material-record research.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sharkey-dd281-05
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[5]National Archives, 'Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961' [other_primary]
- Locator
- General Information Books section, RG 19 Entry P 9; expanding research and engineering-drawings sections
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's naval asbestos research guide identifies RG 19, Entry P 9, destroyer, destroyer escort and frigate General Information Books and related documentation (1907-1961), and describes ship engineering drawings and specifications as possible routes to material-level documentation. The guide states that GIB holdings are incomplete by hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1907-1961 (series coverage); Sharkey served 1919-1930
- Limitations
- This is a finding aid, not a retrieved Sharkey GIB or drawing. Much of the guide discusses Navy records from 1941 onward, after Sharkey's disposal. No series entry establishes that this hull's book survives or that asbestos was aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sharkey-dd281-03
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[6]Batch 3276 documented source search, cross-referenced to search_ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger sl-uss-sharkey-dd281-01 through sl-uss-sharkey-dd281-04
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, original material schedule, or verified asbestos exposure account for DD-281 was located in the public Navy and NARA sources searched in this batch.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 2026-09-27 search
- Limitations
- A negative search result is limited to the public material checked; it does not prove asbestos was absent aboard or that no private or undigitized records exist. No individual exposure or legal conclusion follows.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sharkey-dd281-04
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[7]CourtListener authenticated API v4 search, exact-name and hull-number opinion and RECAP docket indexes, 2026-09-27 [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger sl-uss-sharkey-dd281-05, -06, -08, -09; hull docket IDs 4342715, 4331793, 4614259
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Authenticated CourtListener API v4 opinion and RECAP docket searches for the exact name "USS Sharkey" and hull number "DD-281" returned zero opinion hits and zero exact-name docket hits. The hull-number docket search returned three index hits in two marine-contract matters and one bankruptcy matter; none identifies Sharkey or asbestos in returned metadata/snippets. The three hits are classified as name/numeric collisions in the index, not qualifying asbestos litigation for this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 2026-09-27 search; returned dockets filed 2007-2015
- Limitations
- This is a negative result within four public CourtListener index searches, not proof that no lawsuit exists. The three hull-number docket hits were classified from returned index metadata and snippets only; underlying documents were not opened, so any buried numerical reference remains unverified. No exposure finding, causation, or legal eligibility is established.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-sharkey-dd281-06