Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]Naval History and Heritage Command, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Stoddert (Destroyer No. 302) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Specifications block and ship history, especially final three paragraphs
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC DANFS identifies Stoddert as Clemson class, built by Bethlehem Shipbuilding at San Francisco; laid down 4 July 1918, launched 8 January 1919, commissioned 30 June 1920, and lists complement 122. It records decommissioning on 20 May 1930 for conversion at Mare Island to radio-controlled Light Target No. 1; recommissioning 6 April 1931; AG-18 designation 30 June 1931; restoration of DD-302 on 16 April 1932; final decommissioning 10 January 1933; striking 5 June 1935; and sale for scrapping 30 August 1935.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- This is a service history, not a material specification, asbestos survey, or crew exposure record. Listed complement is a published ship figure, not a verified count for each period of service. Sale for scrapping does not establish the physical date or place of dismantling.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-stoddert-dd302-01
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[2]Naval History and Heritage Command, photograph NH 43773, USS Stoddert (DD-302) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Catalog description and date
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NHHC photograph NH 43773 identifies DD-302 steaming at high speed circa 1931 while serving as a radio-controlled target ship.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- The photograph corroborates target-ship use and approximate date only; it cannot identify machinery materials, asbestos, or exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-stoddert-dd302-02
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[3]Lt. Cmdr. Valentine N. Bieg, USN, 'War and Naval Engineering,' U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings 46/4/206 (April 1920) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Discussion of air leakage through boiler casings, paragraph beginning 'There is at present no satisfactory material'
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A Navy engineering officer writing in 1920 discussed powdered asbestos applied wet to boiler casings in destroyer engineering practice and reported that it cracked away; he described experimenting with an asbestos mixture. The article does not identify Stoddert or any Clemson-class hull as receiving the material.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- Contemporaneous destroyer-era practice only. The author describes unsuccessful application and experimentation, not a fleet specification or lasting installation. No inference that Stoddert carried asbestos, that her crew contacted it, or that any particular product was aboard follows from this source.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-stoddert-dd302-03
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[4]National Archives, 'Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961' [other_primary]
- Locator
- General Information Books; Specification Files; Cartographic Branch/Hull Series (S39, S48), RG 19
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's Navy asbestos research guide identifies RG 19 ship engineering drawings by hull number, including S39 insulation and lagging and S48 piping codes; it also identifies RG 19 specification series covering 1887-1940. DD-302 hull drawings, material lists, and Mare Island conversion work files are targeted archival leads for testing the ship-specific materials question.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- NARA describes possible record series, not a located DD-302 drawing or specification; holdings and survival for this hull require archival verification. The guide's main correspondence coverage is 1940-1961, after this ship's service, so earlier RG 19 drawings/specifications are the relevant lead.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-stoddert-dd302-04
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[5]Batch 3294 search ledger: NHHC DANFS and photo catalog; NARA Navy asbestos research guide and public catalog search [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger sl-uss-stoddert-dd302-01 through -04
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No ship-specific asbestos specification, survey, abatement record, or material identification for DD-302 was located in the reviewed public NHHC and NARA sources. Asbestos status aboard this hull remains unknown.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- A negative search result is not evidence that asbestos was absent. The original DD-302 plans, ship information book, conversion work orders, and dismantling files were not examined. No product, fiber content, quantity, individual exposure, or causation can be concluded.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-stoddert-dd302-05
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[6]CourtListener API v4 authenticated search, exact-name opinion and docket result counts; Batch 3294 search ledger [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger sl-uss-stoddert-dd302-06 through -09
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Authenticated CourtListener API v4 exact-name searches for "USS Stoddert" returned zero opinion hits and zero RECAP docket hits. A hull-number "DD-302" opinion request did not execute because the fleet pacing helper reported its request budget momentarily spent; the hull-number docket request was not run. No qualifying asbestos litigation involving this hull was identified in the completed searches.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- Only the exact-name searches completed. Zero indexed hits do not establish absence of litigation, and the hull-number portion of the required sweep remains incomplete due to shared pacing. This row is a search result only, not proof of absence of asbestos or exposure. No case-stage classification was possible because no hit was returned.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-stoddert-dd302-06