Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet gb-packet.md (8 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-stockham-dd683-pkt-gb-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Stockham (DD-683) (verbatim transcription - live NHHC page serves 404; canonical DANFS-online mirror at hazegray.org/danfs/destroy/dd683txt.htm was unreachable from this session) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications block + service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: laid down 19 December 1942 by the Bethlehem Steel Co. at San Francisco, Calif.; launched 25 June 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Melba Mattingly; commissioned 11 February 1944, Comdr. E. P. Holmes in command. Fletcher-class specs: dp. 2,050; l. 376'5"; b. 39'7"; dr. 17'9"; s. 35.2 kt (trial); cpl. 329; a. 5 5", 10 40mm, 10 21" tt. WWII service: Saipan pre-invasion bombardment (14-17 June 1944); TG 58.7 in the Battle of the Philippine Sea (18 June, at least three planes splashed); Saipan/Tinian/Guam support to mid-August; 33-day Philippines carrier sweep; typhoon at Ulithi 1 October; Okinawa/Formosa strikes; Leyte Gulf landing 20 October; Cape Engano phase of the Battle for Leyte Gulf (25-26 October); January 1945 Indochina/Formosa/Hainan/Hong Kong sweeps; Tokyo strikes 16-17 February; Iwo Jima support 19 February; sank an enemy patrol craft off Tori Shima 26 February; off Okinawa 1-29 April (two 'Zekes' 6 April; Daito Shima bombardment 21 April); escorted crippled ships incl. the bowless USS Pittsburgh to Guam June 1945; TF 38 final strikes on Japan July-August; bombarded Cape Shiono 24 July; Yokosuka occupation force (Sagami Wan 27 August; Tokyo Bay and Tateyama landings; Sendai Bay minesweeping support); departed Yokosuka 31 October 1945; decommissioned and berthed at San Diego after more than a year on the west coast. Recommissioned 14 November 1951 (Comdr. A. P. Zavadil); Atlantic Fleet out of Newport, R.I. to 1953; United Nations Fleet, Far East, December 1953-summer 1954; circumnavigation; overhaul at Boston Naval Shipyard November 1954-February 1955; 6th Fleet Mediterranean tours 1956; returned to Newport 23 February 1957; decommissioned seven months later and placed in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet at Philadelphia; stricken 1 December 1974; sunk as a target off Puerto Rico 17 February 1977. Eight WWII battle stars.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1942-1977
- Population
- Bethlehem San Francisco construction trades 1942-44; wartime and postwar crew (design complement 329)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content - no asbestos-relevant statement exists in the entry. Decommission dates (1946-08-30, 1957-09-02) are carried from NavSource's transcription of official records; the DANFS narrative dates them only loosely ('after more than a year on the west coast'; 'seven months later'). Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC page returns 404 and hazegray was unreachable from this session.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-stockham-dd683-01
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[3]HyperWar Ships of the U.S. Navy DD-683 spec block (Fletcher class; high-pressure super-heated boilers, geared turbines twin screws, 60,000 hp) + NavSource Destroyer Photo Index DD-683 (build/decommission dates, Westinghouse turbines, call signs, NHHC photo refs) + Atlas shipyard dataset record 'bethlehem-shipbuilding' (yard-family documented asbestos product list incl. Union Iron Works alias) [other_primary]
- Locator
- ibiblio DD-683 spec block; NavSource page 05/683.htm (wayback 20250117153053); shipyards.json record 'bethlehem-shipbuilding'
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/yard inference: a WWII Fletcher-class destroyer built 1942-44 with a four-boiler/60,000-shp steam plant would have carried period-standard asbestos insulation, lagging, gaskets, packing, fireproofing, and deck coverings; builder Bethlehem Steel's San Francisco yard (former Union Iron Works, Potrero Point) is documented at yard-family level in the Atlas dataset ('bethlehem-shipbuilding', which aggregates the Bethlehem shipbuilding family incl. Fore River, Sparrows Point, and Union Iron Works) with documented asbestos products at yard level.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1942-1977
- Population
- Bethlehem San Francisco construction trades 1942-44; crew 1944-57
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding. The Atlas yard record aggregates multiple Bethlehem yards; its documented product list and cohort findings are yard-level, and no San Francisco-yard-specific survey tied to this hull's build period was located. Does not quantify material or establish any individual's exposure aboard DD-683.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-stockham-dd683-02
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[4]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2 (full text blocked, HTTP 403)
- 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 DD-683's construction (1942-44) and entire service life (through 1957) inside the documented asbestos-use era.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; 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.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-stockham-dd683-03
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[5]Batch-3658 search ledger (this record): DANFS transcription; NavSource index; NPS/HAER/NHL index check; CourtListener name + hull sweeps; NARA catalog; Atlas yard dataset [other_primary]
- Locator
- this record, search_ledger sl-01 through sl-09
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for DD-683: no hull ACM survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, museum documentation, or NRHP/NHL/HAER record exists - the hull was stricken 1 December 1974 and sunk as a target off Puerto Rico 17 February 1977, ending any museum or survey phase - and no qualifying asbestos litigation names this vessel.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- Absence of a located ship-specific record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - era-standard applications are documented at class/era level (ev-02, ev-03). BuShips hull material specifications (NARA RG 19) remain an unretrieved archival lead.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-stockham-dd683-04
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[6]NARA catalog (catalog.archives.gov API): digitized monthly deck logs for Stockham (DD-683), e.g., naId 216114379 'Stockham (DD-683) - September 1956' (1956-57 commissioned months surfaced; full span not enumerated); still-picture item naId 24742875 'DD-683 Stockham' (negative, Box 1587 Folder 386, NARA College Park Still Pictures); NHHC photographic holdings per NavSource (photo nos. NH 107186 and BuShips 19-N-61489) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA catalog items naId 216114379 (deck log Sept 1956) and naId 24742875 (still picture); NavSource photo catalog listing
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Hull-specific primary records exist in the National Archives: monthly deck-log items for DD-683 (1956-1957 months surfaced in catalog search) and a still-picture negative; NHHC holds period photographs including a 1944 Bureau of Ships photo (19-N-61489) and NH 107186. BuShips hull material specifications (NARA RG 19 'General Information Books') are an unretrieved archival lead for hull-level material specs.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1944-1957 (logs); cataloged 2026
- Population
- Crew of record in deck logs (1956-57 surfaced months)
- Limitations
- Catalog-level verification only - deck logs and photographs document operations, movements, and personnel, not materials content; not retrieved or reviewed. Whether NARA holds deck logs for the full commissioned span (1944-46, 1951-57) was not enumerated. RG 19 General Information Books were not retrieved; no spend authorized.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-stockham-dd683-05
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[7]CourtListener API v4 sweeps (authenticated, fleet-paced): "USS Stockham" opinions=0, RECAP dockets=0; "DD-683" opinions=0, dockets=0; "DD 683" opinions=0; "Stockham" opinions=1,099 [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener /api/rest/v4/search type=o and type=r, 2026-09-27
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation located for this hull. Exact-name ('USS Stockham') and hull-number ('DD-683', 'DD 683') sweeps returned zero opinions and zero RECAP dockets. The unqualified term 'Stockham' returns 1,099 opinions dominated by name collisions - sampled top results are all non-vessel: personal-name litigation (e.g., Ladd v. Stockham, Ala. 2016, trust/fiduciary; Stockham v. Farmers Ins., N.M. 2006-07) and Stockham Valves & Fittings Co. industrial litigation (e.g., Stockham Valves & Fittings v. Arthur J. Schmitt Foundation, 5th Cir. 1968, patent; Consol. Pipe & Supply v. Stockham Valves & Fittings, Ala. 1978, product liability).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1959-2016 (collision corpus date range)
- Limitations
- The 1,099-opinion surname corpus was not exhaustively reviewed; classification rests on the top-ranked sample plus the clean exact-name and hull-number sweeps, which are the discriminating queries for this vessel. A docket could reference the ship without the 'USS' prefix or hull number; no such reference was located in the sampled surname hits.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-stockham-dd683-06