Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet fk-packet.md (2 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: Queue: USS SMALLEY DD-565 → VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-smalley-dd565-pkt-fk-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Smalley (DD-565) (namesake, specifications block, service narrative, striking and sale; verbatim HyperWar/ibiblio transcription - live NHHC page serves 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications block + service narrative (DD-565 page)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: named for Anthony A. Smalley, Civil War Acting Ensign commended for the Fort Fisher assault; laid down 14 February 1943 by the Tacoma [Seattle-Tacoma] Shipbuilding Corp., Seattle, Wash.; launched 27 October 1943, sponsored by Miss Lina A. Mayo; commissioned 31 March 1944, Comdr. P. H. Horn in command. Spec block: dp. 2,060; 376'6" x 39'8"; dr. 17'9"; 37 k.; cpl. 319; cl. Fletcher. Service: shakedown, Hawaii escort, then Aleutians from August 1944 - bombardment of Matsuwa Island 21 November 1944 (466 rounds) plus three more bombardment missions; May 1945 screened Ticonderoga (CV-14) to Ulithi with Rowe (DD-564) and Stoddard (DD-566); Okinawa from 4 June 1945 on close-support radar picket duty; final-assault carrier operations including Chichi Jima bombardment 23 July 1945. Returned to the U.S. October 1945; decommissioned January 1947 into the Atlantic Reserve Fleet at Charleston (S.C.) Naval Shipyard. Recommissioned 3 July 1951; Newport, R.I., homeport from 10 December 1951; Boston yard period spring 1953; Korean combat zone from 2 July 1953 as plane guard for Princeton (CVA-37), TF 77 'Cherokee' strikes through the 27 July 1953 armistice. Returned to Newport 15 January 1954; northern Europe/Mediterranean cruise 1955; Caribbean 1956; final deployment 1957 Mideast Force (East Africa/Persian Gulf incl. Karachi and Bahrain). Drydocked at Charleston Naval Shipyard 12 June 1957; departed Newport 23 August 1957 for Philadelphia Naval Shipyard; decommissioned there into the Atlantic Reserve Fleet. Struck from the Navy list 1 April 1965 and 'sold to the Norfolk Shipbuilding and Drydock Corporation.' Three WWII battle stars and one for Korea.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1943-1965
- Population
- Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding construction trades 1943-44; wartime and postwar crew (DANFS design complement 319)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. No exact date given for the final 1957 decommissioning (only the 23 August 1957 departure for Philadelphia); 'January 1947' first decommissioning conflicts with NavSource's '18 July 1946'; buyer name 'Norfolk Shipbuilding and Drydock Corporation' reconciles with NavSource's combined 'Portsmouth Salvage, Norfolk Shipbuilding & Drydock Corp.' - see gaps. Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC page returns 404.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-smalley-dd565-01
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[3]NavSource Naval History destroyer photo index, USS Smalley (DD-565) - operational/building data, machinery, decommissioning dates, stricken date and fate (live navsource.org fetch failed; Wayback capture 2025-01-20 used) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource DD-565 page, class/data block, 'Operational and Building Data', 'Fate' line (Wayback capture 20250120035401)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource data block for this hull: class Fletcher as built; displacement 2,924 tons full; 376'5" oa x 39'7" x 13'9" max; machinery '60,000 SHP; General Electric Geared Turbines, 2 screws' - hull-level confirmation of the class-standard GE turbine fit; speed 38 knots; crew 273. Operational data: laid down by Seattle Tacoma Shipbuilding 9 February 1943; launched 27 October 1943; commissioned 31 March 1944; decommissioned 18 July 1946; recommissioned 3 July 1951; decommissioned 1 August 1957; stricken 1 April 1965. Fate: 'Sold January 4 1966 to Portsmouth Salvage, Norfolk Shipbuilding & Drydock Corp. and broken up for scrap' - listing both buyer names from the DANFS/Tin Can Sailors accounts in a single transaction, reconciling the apparent conflict.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1943-1966
- Population
- Crew 1944-57; reserve-fleet maintenance staff 1947-51 and 1957-65; scrapping-yard workforce 1966
- Limitations
- Secondary photographic-history compilation, not an official record - carried for the turbine maker (GE at hull level), the fate line reconciling Portsmouth Salvage with Norfolk Shipbuilding & Drydock Corp., and the precise 4 January 1966 sale date. Its laid-down date (9 February 1943) conflicts with DANFS (14 February) and its decommissioning dates (1946-07-18, 1957-08-01) conflict with DANFS/Tin Can Sailors - conflicts documented in gaps, DANFS carried where sources diverge. Does not address materials or asbestos.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-smalley-dd565-02
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[4]Tin Can Sailors (The National Association of Destroyer Veterans), USS Smalley DD-565 ship page - ship data block, disposition line, TCS destroyer history [other_primary]
- Locator
- destroyers.org DD-565 page - data block ('Decommissioned Date', 'Disposition') and TCS ship history
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Tin Can Sailors ship page for this hull: launch 10/27/1943; commissioned 03/31/1944; decommissioned 09/30/1957; call sign NAMK. Disposition line: 'Stricken 4/1/1965. Sold 01/1966 for $73,698.99 to Portsmouth Salvage Co., Portsmouth, VA. Scrapped.' Supplies the final decommissioning date (30 September 1957) DANFS omits and a precise sale price suggesting a disposal-record source; the Portsmouth Salvage buyer name reconciles with NavSource's combined 'Portsmouth Salvage, Norfolk Shipbuilding & Drydock Corp.' fate line.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1957; 1965-1966
- Population
- Crew at 1957 decommissioning; scrapping-yard workers 1966
- Limitations
- Veterans-association secondary source, not an official record; the sale price is unverified against a primary disposal document. 'Portsmouth Salvage Co., Portsmouth, VA' and NavSource's 'Portsmouth Salvage, Norfolk Shipbuilding & Drydock Corp.' are consistent with an affiliated-entity transaction, but which legal entity contracted with the Navy is unverified. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-smalley-dd565-03
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[5]NARA, National Archives at College Park - 'Smalley (DD-565) - August 1957' deck log, Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations (catalog.archives.gov/id/215174866, via DPLA); plus 'DD-565 Smalley' still photographs, Records of the Bureau of Ships Photographs of U.S. and Foreign Naval Vessels 1947-1966 (catalog.archives.gov/id/24742309, via DPLA) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DPLA item records (https://dp.la/item/c6ddf1662c14131449a87ae578ac939a and https://dp.la/item/d7cb758d47e4a7915649748625290eb7); NARA catalog ids 215174866 and 24742309
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA holds ship-specific records for this hull: deck logs in the Bureau of Naval Personnel logbooks collection (a 'Smalley (DD-565) - August 1957' log unit confirmed via DPLA, part of the standard per-hull deck-log series) and Bureau of Ships still photographs covering 1947-1966 (catalog id 24742309). Deck logs and BuShips photographs are the surviving archival record classes for a hull scrapped before the asbestos regulatory era; NARA RG19 'General Information Books' per-vessel material specifications are a further unretrieved lead. None was retrieved.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1943-1966 (record coverage)
- Population
- Crew recorded in deck logs; BuShips photo subjects
- Limitations
- Archival lead only - catalog entries confirm the records exist and are attributed to DD-565, but contents were not reviewed; deck logs document operations and personnel, not materials content. catalog.archives.gov returns a JS SPA shell to automated fetch; metadata captured via DPLA item records.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-smalley-dd565-04
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[6]DANFS specifications block (Fletcher class; 37 kt) + Fletcher class profile (class-c/fletcher-class.class.json): 4 Babcock & Wilcox boilers, 2-shaft GE geared steam turbines, 60,000 shp + builder-yard lineage (Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp., Todd subsidiary, Harbor Island, Seattle; renamed Todd Pacific Shipyards June 1944; not an Atlas shipyards.json entry) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS specifications block; class-c/fletcher-class.class.json propulsion block and class_notes; shipyards.json (absence of Seattle-Tacoma entry)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/yard inference: a WWII Fletcher-class destroyer with a four-boiler steam plant (class standard: 4 Babcock & Wilcox boilers, geared steam turbines, 60,000 shp - NavSource confirms GE turbines for this hull) would have carried period-standard asbestos insulation, lagging, gaskets, packing, fireproofing, and deck coverings. The builder yard - Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp., the expanded Todd-subsidiary Harbor Island plant and the West Coast's largest destroyer producer - is not an Atlas shipyards.json entry; its parent corporate line is covered by the aggregate 'todd-shipyards' dataset record, and its successor entity appears as a premises defendant in federal asbestos litigation (ev-07).
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1943-1965
- Population
- Seattle-Tacoma construction trades 1943-44; crew 1944-57
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding. No class-level insulation specification or BuShips material schedule was located for the Fletcher class, and no yard-level asbestos documentation specific to Seattle-Tacoma's 1943-44 destroyer construction was located in public sources. Does not quantify material or establish any individual's exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-smalley-dd565-05
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[7]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 construction (1943-44), entire commissioned service (1944-47, 1951-57), reserve-fleet custody, and 1965-66 commercial scrapping entirely inside the documented asbestos-use era and before the substitution program.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1979 (report); applies to this hull's 1943-1966 life cycle
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; Navy 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 batch-01 and class-c handling.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-smalley-dd565-06
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[8]Kelly et al. v. CBS Corporation et al., No. 3:11-cv-03240-VC (N.D. Cal.), Order granting dismissal with prejudice of asbestos-exposure claims on or after Dec. 5, 1980 as to defendant Puget Sound Commerce Center, Inc., f/k/a Todd Shipyards Corporation (filed 2015-05-19) + EPA Harbor Island (Lead) NPL site profile (EPA id 1000949), OU-09 'Todd Shipyard Sediments' [court_record]
- Locator
- Justia PDF of the 2015-05-19 order, ECF No. 182, No. 3:11-cv-03240-VC (N.D. Cal.); cumulis.epa.gov site profile, Harbor Island (Lead), contaminants and OUs views
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Builder-yard context: the corporate successor line of this hull's builder (Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. -> Todd Pacific Shipyards -> Todd Shipyards Corporation -> Puget Sound Commerce Center, now Vigor Shipyards at Harbor Island) appears as a named premises defendant in federal asbestos litigation; the cited 2015 order resolves a stipulated dismissal of post-December-5-1980 exposure claims against the entity, implying pre-1980 asbestos-exposure claims against the yard remained pled. At the same yard site, EPA lists OU-09 'Todd Shipyard Sediments' under the Harbor Island (Lead) NPL - the named COCs are lead, PCBs, arsenic, PAHs, mercury, TBT, copper, zinc and related compounds; asbestos is not a named COC in the site contaminant list.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 2015 (order); 1983-present (NPL)
- Population
- Todd/Harbor Island yard workforce (context); plaintiffs in Kelly MDL-remand action
- Limitations
- Yard-corporate and environmental context only - neither record concerns materials aboard DD-565 or any hull. The Kelly order is a stipulated partial dismissal of late-period claims, not a finding about conditions during this hull's 1943-44 construction. The NPL contaminant list's silence on asbestos reflects sediment COC scope, not an absence determination for the wartime yard. Citation verified via sibling record batch-3534 (uss-ross-dd563) and the EPA site profile.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-smalley-dd565-07
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[9]CourtListener API v4 litigation sweep (authenticated via cl-auth-search.py): exact-name and hull-number queries across opinion and RECAP docket indexes [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-smalley-dd565-03, -04, -05
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener sweep for this hull returned zero qualifying results on completed queries: "USS Smalley" returned 0 opinions (type=o) and 0 RECAP dockets (type=r). The hull-number sweeps "DD-565" (type=o and type=r) were attempted on multiple spaced occasions and blocked by the fleet-wide pacing budget each time - logged as blocked in the search_ledger, not counted as a negative result. 'Smalley' is a common surname - bare-name hits would be name collisions, not vessel references, and were not pursued without a vessel qualifier.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- CourtListener indexes federal and many state opinions and RECAP dockets but is not exhaustive - state trial-court filings, MDL-875 complaint vessel lists not indexed in searchable text, and pre-digital-era dockets may be missed; the hull was scrapped in 1966, well before the asbestos-litigation wave, so the litigation channel was never likely to produce ship-specific records for this hull. The exact-name zero results are clean (only one USS Smalley has existed), but the unrun hull-number sweeps leave residual docket-text risk - carried in gaps. A zero result means no indexed litigation naming the hull was located, not that none exists.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-smalley-dd565-08
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[10]Batch-3536 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS (live 404; ibiblio transcription used); NavSource via Wayback (live fetch failed); Tin Can Sailors ship page; destroyerhistory.org (photo page only); NARA catalog via DPLA; NVR; GAO HRD-80-2; EPA Harbor Island NPL profile; Kelly v. CBS yard-successor order; CourtListener authenticated API; general web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-smalley-dd565-01 through -12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for DD-565: no hull ACM survey, no abatement record, no materials inventory, no museum hazmat disclosure (the hull was stricken 1965 and scrapped 1966, so no museum-stewardship or modern-disposal documentation channel exists), and no asbestos case naming this hull in located records. Independent web searches returned only marketing/class-pattern pages (navyshipexposure.com dedicated DD-565 page; shepardlawfirm.com dedicated page; mesolawcenter.com and elslaw.com destroyer lists) - excluded per sourcing rules.
- 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 applications are documented at class/era level (ev-05, ev-06), and the hull no longer exists (scrapped 1966), so present-day ACM status is moot. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-smalley-dd565-09