Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]DANFS, Shubrick III (DD-268) - verbatim transcription (live NHHC DANFS page not located) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry 'Shubrick III (DD-268)', specification block + full service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: laid down 3 June 1918 by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., Squantum, Mass.; launched 31 December 1918, sponsored by Mrs. Thomas A. Bayard, granddaughter of Rear Admiral Shubrick; commissioned 3 July 1919, Lt. Comdr. C. H. Boucher in command. After shakedown out of Newport, departed New York 27 October 1919 carrying currency and diplomatic representatives to Port au Prince, Haiti (completed 31 October); arrived west coast 27 November; joined a reserve destroyer division at San Diego; decommissioned 8 June 1922. Recommissioned 18 December 1939 at San Diego; refitted at Mare Island 26 February-16 March 1940; departed for the Atlantic 22 March; Caribbean station until 29 June; West Gulf Patrol 13-22 May; trained Naval Reservists from Miami, Boston, and New York 2 July-30 August; repairs at New York and Norfolk; departed Norfolk 6 November for Halifax, Nova Scotia; arrived 21 November; decommissioned 26 November 1940 and simultaneously commissioned in the British Navy as HMS Ripley. Struck from the Navy list 8 January 1941. HMS Ripley served on North Atlantic convoy routes until placed in reserve January 1944; scrapped 20 March 1945 at Sunderland, England. Specification line: displacement 1,215; length 314'2"; beam 30'11.5"; draft 9'4"; speed 34.7 k.; complement 122; armament 4x4", 1x3", 12x21" torpedo tubes; class Clemson.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1918-1945
- Population
- Bethlehem Squantum construction trades 1918-19; Navy crew (design complement 122) across commission periods 1919-22 and 1939-40; Royal Navy crew as HMS Ripley 1940-45
- Limitations
- DANFS documents construction, service history, and design specifications - it contains no materials or asbestos information. The transcription's length figure (314'2") differs slightly from NavSource's 314'5" overall. Cited via the hazegray mirror (losthistory.net) because a live NHHC DANFS page for DD-268 was not located on 2026-09-27.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-shubrick-dd268-01
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[2]Naval Historical Center / NHHC Online Library of Selected Images, picture-data pages NH 105315 and NH 82138 (ibiblio/HyperWar mirror) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Online Library picture-data pages for NH 105315 and NH 82138
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official photo records for this hull: NH 105315 - USS Shubrick (Destroyer # 268) at Boston, Massachusetts, 11 August 1919 (Crosby panoramic; Naval Historical Foundation, Crosby Collection). NH 82138 - USS Shubrick (DD-268) alongside USS Leary (DD-158) at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, 3 September 1940, both then employed on the Neutrality Patrol; caption confirms she 'was transferred to the British in November 1940 and became HMS Ripley.' The September 1940 Navy Yard presence corroborates the 'repairs at New York' line in the DANFS narrative.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1919; 1940
- Population
- Crew during the September-November 1940 New York/Norfolk repair period
- Limitations
- Photo captions document location and dates, not materials or asbestos content. A Navy Yard yard period is a plausible material-disturbance interval, but no work scope is documented. No dedicated Online Library ship page for DD-268 was located - only per-image data pages.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-shubrick-dd268-02
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[3]National Archives, Special List 44 (Named Vessels deck-log index) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Special List 44 alphabetical named-vessels table, 'Shubrick' rows and Swasey (DD-273) cross-reference
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's Special List 44 lists three deck-log runs for Shubrick (DD-268): 7/3/1919-6/8/1922 (matching her first commission 1919-07-03 to decommission 1922-06-08 exactly); 12/18/1939-11/28/1940 (matching her recommission 1939-12-18 and closing two days after the 11/26 Halifax transfer); and an anomalous run 4/1/1917-12/31/1917 that predates her 6/3/1918 keel-laying - likely misindexed. The same index carries separate 'Shubrick' runs (1901-1902, 1909) for torpedo boat TB-31 and a DD-639 run (2/7/1943-11/18/1945), plus a Swasey (DD-273) entry 1/1/1922-6/10/1922 noted 'see Shubrick, 1922' - the sister ship's reserve-period log was kept in Shubrick's books.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1919-1940
- Population
- Crew across both commission periods
- Limitations
- Collection coverage index only - the deck logs themselves were not inspected, and NARA states deck logs provide no direct evidence of shipboard asbestos. The 1917 run predating keel-laying is reported as indexed rather than resolved; the 11/28/1940 closing date vs. the 11/26 transfer is a two-day variance consistent with log-handover paperwork.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-shubrick-dd268-03
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[4]National Archives, Ship Plan Index, SHUBRICK DD-268 entries (RG 19 Alphabetical Ship Drawings NAID 53486888; RG 19 Microfilm NAID 175670710) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Ship Plan Index table, SHUBRICK DD-268 rows (NAIDs 53486888, 175670710)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's Ship Plan Index lists SHUBRICK DD-268 under RG 19 Alphabetical Ship Drawings (NAID 53486888) and RG 19 Microfilm of Ship Engineering Drawings (NAID 175670710) - hull-level engineering drawings for this ship exist in NARA custody. NARA's asbestos research guide identifies S39 (Insulation and Lagging) and S48 (Piping) as the drawing codes relevant to asbestos research. Whether DD-268's drawing set includes S39/S48 sheets is unknown; drawings not retrieved.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- index current as of access
- Limitations
- Index entries prove holdings, not content - no drawing was reviewed, and no insulation/lagging schedule is confirmed present for this hull. SHUBRICK TB-31 (NAIDs 53486887, 175670711, 182788149), SHUBRICK DD-639 (NAID 153714635), and SHUBRICK RC (the 19th-century revenue cutter, NAIDs 2825329, 175671366, 182788148) entries in the same index are different ships and are not associated with this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-shubrick-dd268-04
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[5]National Archives, 'Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961' (research guide) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Guide sections: Beginning Research; Bureau of Ships correspondence; General Information Books; Cartographic Branch drawings (S39/S48); Board of Inspection and Survey Reports
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's shipboard-asbestos research guide states that documenting asbestos in U.S. Navy materiel from 1941-1961 requires vessel-specific research, and maps the relevant record series: RG 19 Bureau of Ships correspondence filed by hull designation (this hull: 'DD268'); destroyer General Information Books (RG 19 Entry P 9); hull-arranged ship engineering drawings including S39 Insulation/Lagging and S48 Piping codes; and RG 38 Board of Inspection and Survey destroyer material-inspection reports (Entry P 1-D).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1941-1961 (stated scope)
- Limitations
- A research method and record-series map, not a DD-268 material record. The guide's stated scope (1941-1961) postdates this hull's 1918-19 construction and covers only marginally her 1939-40 recommissioned service; the hull was Royal Navy property after November 1940. No DD-268 item was retrieved from any listed series.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-shubrick-dd268-05
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[6]NavSource Destroyer Photo Index, USS Shubrick (DD-268) building/operational data + Atlas shipyard dataset, Bethlehem Shipbuilding record (yard tier 3, documented asbestos products) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource DD-268 page, class data and 'Operational and Building Data' block; shipyards.json record 'bethlehem-shipbuilding'
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/yard inference: DD-268's documented plant (NavSource: 26,500 shp geared turbines, 2 screws; Clemson-class standard fit of four oil-fired water-tube boilers) is exactly the steam plant type for which period Navy practice specified asbestos boiler and steam-line lagging, gaskets, packing, and fireproofing. The Atlas shipyard dataset independently documents asbestos products at the builder's corporate record (Bethlehem Shipbuilding, tier 3: 85% magnesia block, Marinite, Transite, Aircell, Limpet spray, Unibestos, Raybestos, lagging, gaskets and packing). No DHF-excerpted General Information Book covers DD-268's hull group (excerpts span DD-231-250 and later classes), so the machinery detail is class-level.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1918-1945
- Population
- Bethlehem Squantum construction trades 1918-19; crew 1919-22, 1939-40; RN crew 1940-45
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - not a hull-specific finding. The Atlas yard record aggregates Bethlehem operations (Quincy/Fore River, Sparrows Point, Union Iron Works); it does not separately document the Squantum satellite yard where this hull was built, and documents the yard's asbestos environment rather than installation aboard DD-268. Nothing here establishes asbestos content aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-shubrick-dd268-06
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[7]CourtListener API v4 search (type=o), query "USS Shubrick" [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-shubrick-dd268-09 through sl-uss-shubrick-dd268-11
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener sweep via the authenticated fleet helper, 2026-09-27: exact-phrase opinion search "USS Shubrick" returned zero results - no published opinion names this vessel. Hull-number and RECAP/docket queries ("DD-268", "USS Shubrick" type=r) were attempted but could not be completed within the shared fleet pacing budget; see search_ledger.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- A search-index sweep, not an exhaustive PACER review, and only the exact-name opinion query completed before the shared fleet pacing budget closed. Asbestos-era litigation references to 'USS Shubrick' are expected to mean DD-639 (Gleaves class, in commission 1943-45) rather than this hull - DD-268 was in U.S. service only 1919-22 and 1939-40 and was Royal Navy property thereafter. Absence of a located record does not prove no litigation exists - only that none was found in the query actually run.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-shubrick-dd268-07
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[8]Batch-3265 search ledger (this record): DANFS (hazegray verbatim transcription); NHHC Online Library photo records (ibiblio mirror); NavSource building data; NARA Special List 44 and Ship Plan Index; NARA asbestos research guide; CourtListener name and hull-number sweeps [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-shubrick-dd268-01 through sl-uss-shubrick-dd268-11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement or shipbreaking disclosure, materials inventory, or museum hazmat record for DD-268 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The outcome is consistent with the record environment - the hull was built before federal asbestos record-keeping, transferred to the Royal Navy in 1940, and scrapped at Sunderland in 1945, a generation before shipbreaking disclosure regimes; no hull survives to survey.
- 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-standard construction makes asbestos content likely at class level, but it is not ship-proven. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility. CourtListener sweep status per ledger.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-shubrick-dd268-08