Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]research packet is-packet.md (3 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS Tattnall (first of that name); hull Destroyer No. 125 / DD-125; type destroyer, Wickes class
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-tattnall-dd125-pkt-is-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Tattnall I (DD-125/APD-19) (specifications block + service narrative; verbatim transcription - live NHHC page serves 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications block + service narrative (hazegray/losthistory.net mirror transcription)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: (DD-125: dp. 1,090; l. 314'4"; b. 30'11"; dr. 9'4" mean; s. 35.11 k. trial; cpl. 122; a. 4 4", 2 3", 12 21" tt.; cl. Wickes). First Tattnall laid down at Camden, N.J., 1 December 1917 by New York Shipbuilding Corp.; launched 5 September 1918, sponsored by Miss Sarah Campbell Kollock; commissioned 26 June 1919, Comdr. Gordon Wayne Haines in command. Eastern Mediterranean 1919-20 (Constantinople; ports in Egypt, Greece, Russia, Syria); designated DD-125 17 July 1920 on the adoption of alphanumeric hull designations; San Diego 17 December 1920; decommissioned in reserve at San Diego 15 June 1922. Recommissioned 1 May 1930, Comdr. A. M. R. Allen; Battle Force west coast to 1931; Scouting Force Destroyers, Destroyer Division 7; rotating reserve and Scouting Force Training Squadron duty 1932-38; relieved Dallas and Babbitt in the Special Service Squadron 17 November 1938, based in the Canal Zone until the squadron disbanded 17 September 1940; Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean operations out of Panama; WWII coastwise convoy escort through the Windward Passage during the Caribbean U-boat campaign, no confirmed kills. Last Caribbean convoy to Charleston July 1943 (arrived 10th); conversion to high-speed transport at the navy yard; redesignated APD-19 24 July 1943; conversion completed 6 September 1943; amphibious training Cove Point, Md. and Fort Pierce, Fla. Flagship of Transport Division 13 April 1944 (only APD division in the Atlantic); departed 13 April 1944 for Oran with Roper, Barry, Greene, Osmond Ingram; feigned landing near Civitavecchia; Elba and Pianosa landings 17 June 1944; Hyeres Islands operation with 1st Special Service Force and southern France landings 15 August 1944 (1,600 troops ashore, islands secured in three days); Mediterranean convoy escort through end of 1944; Norfolk 21 December 1944, month-long availability; departed Hampton Roads 31 January 1945; via Panama Canal, San Diego, Pearl Harbor, Eniwetok, Ulithi to Okinawa 19 April 1945; anti-kamikaze screen; night of 29-30 April shot down one attacker and evaded a kamikaze that splashed close aboard the starboard bow (debris pierced hull above waterline, no casualties or serious damage); Philippine Sea Frontier from June 1945 (Leyte 17 June); departed 13 September 1945 via Eniwetok and Pearl Harbor, San Francisco 30 October; Puget Sound Navy Yard; decommissioned 17 December 1945; struck from the Navy list 8 January 1946; sold 17 October 1946 to Pacific Metal & Salvage Co., Seattle, Wash., and subsequently scrapped. Three battle stars for World War II service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1917-1946
- Population
- New York Shipbuilding construction trades 1917-19; crews 1919-22 and 1930-45 (design complement 122; APD complement 149); embarked troops incl. American-Canadian 1st Special Service Force 1944
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC DANFS page returns 404 (URL variants tested 2026-09-26). The memoir detail of the late-August 1945 starboard-turbine casualty (via Destroyer History Foundation/Dickey) is not in DANFS - carried in prose with its source noted and logged in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-tattnall-dd125-01
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[3]Pollack, James & Delgado (eds.), 'A Reconnaissance Survey of the Ships of the Royston Breakwater, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada' (joint UASBC/INA project report, 2011-08-31), section 5.8 'USS Tattnall DD-125' (author Sean Adams), pp. 29-32 [other_primary]
- Locator
- RCND1681 survey report, section 5.8 (pp. 29-32) + abstract/introduction (site history, Heritage Conservation Act status)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archaeological survey record for this hull's surviving structure: cataloged as Borden site DjSf-55 within the Royston breakwater, Comox Harbour, Vancouver Island, B.C. Survey records: steel hull, 314.3' x 30.1' x 9.1', gross tonnage 1,247; machinery twin-shaft Parsons turbines with four White-Forster boilers; built Camden NJ 1918; sold as scrap to Pacific Metal Salvage Company 1946; used as breakwater ship at Royston (chronology entry '1947 ... August 21' carries an ambiguous 'HMCS Tattnall or Gatineau' attribution). Status March 2011: remains buried under a rip-rap breakwater except a 7.4-meter bow section protruding shoreward adjacent to HMCS Prince Rupert; discontinuous port-side structure (gunnel with bollard, three further bollards/fairlead) visible only at low tide; three-quarters of the ship's length accounted for; >85% buried and unavailable for study. Basic Shipwreck Recording Form prepared March 2011 (Young, Marc, Pollack, James, Adams) and submitted April 2011 to the B.C. Archaeology Branch. The Royston hulks are protected as a registered archaeological site under the B.C. Heritage Conservation Act.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1946-1947 (disposal/placement); 2003-2011 (surveys)
- Population
- None (hulk stripped before placement); present-day archaeological/heritage interest
- Limitations
- Archaeological/structural record only - the survey documents hull presence, configuration, and machinery type; it performs no hazardous-materials assessment and does not address asbestos. Placement date is ambiguous in the survey's own chronology ('Tattnall or Gatineau', 21 August 1947) and a secondary account reads 1948 - logged in gaps. Gross tonnage (1,247) is a merchant measure distinct from DANFS displacement (1,090).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-tattnall-dd125-02
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[4]'Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945' - APD-19 USS Tattnall (ex DD-125) specifications block (HyperWar/ibiblio compilation, P. Clancey) [other_primary]
- Locator
- ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/APD/APD-19_Tattnall.html specification block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- APD-19 configuration record for this hull: displacement 1,060-1,090 tons; 314'4" x 30'6" x 8'8"; 35 kt; armament 4x 4"/50 + 1x 3"/23 + 6x3 21" tt, or 6x 3"/50 + 1x 3"/23 + 6x3 tt; complement 149; geared turbines with twin screws, 26,000 h.p.; built at New York Ship Building Corp., commissioned (DD-125) 1919.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1943-1945 (APD configuration)
- Population
- APD crew 149 + embarked troops (configuration record)
- Limitations
- Secondary compilation of official data; its 'Converted to High-Speed Transport, 1942' line conflicts with DANFS (conversion begun July 1943, redesignated 24 July 1943, completed 6 September 1943) - DANFS carried and the conflict logged in gaps. No asbestos or materials information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-tattnall-dd125-03
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[5]NHHC Online Library of Selected Images: NH 94195 (USS Tattnall, Destroyer #125/DD-125, photographed circa 1919-1922; Naval Historical Foundation print) and 19-N-50911 (USS Tattnall (APD-19) underway off the Charleston Navy Yard, S.C., circa September 1943; Bureau of Ships Collection, U.S. National Archives - received by BuShips in September 1943 with a letter from Charleston Navy Yard) [other_primary]
- Locator
- ibiblio.org/hyperwar/OnlineLibrary/photos/images/h94000/h94195c.htm and .../n50000/n50911c.htm (NHHC Online Library picture-data records)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads for this hull: NHHC holds photographs NH 94195 (DD-125, c.1919-22) and 19-N-50911 (APD-19 off Charleston Navy Yard, c. September 1943). The 19-N-50911 caption independently corroborates the Charleston Navy Yard conversion period and documents that BuShips-Charleston Navy Yard correspondence on this hull exists in the Bureau of Ships Collection at NARA (September 1943 letter transmitting the photo) - a concrete lead into conversion-period yard records. NARA RG19 'General Information Books' hold per-vessel material specifications that could document this hull's as-built insulation fit - not retrieved.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1919-1943 (photo subjects)
- Limitations
- Photo/archival leads only - neither source is stated to contain asbestos or materials data; the RG19 General Information Books and the BuShips yard correspondence are the standard archival paths for hull-level material specifications and were not pulled. Live NHHC photo pages are only partially available; ibiblio mirror cited.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-tattnall-dd125-04
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[6]Rushworth, 'The Navy and Asbestos Thermal Insulation,' Naval Engineers Journal (2005); Franke et al., 'Government and Navy knowledge regarding health hazards of asbestos: a state of the science evaluation (1900-1970)' (2011); Atlas shipyard dataset, new-york-shipbuilding record (tier 1) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Naval Engineers Journal 2005 (abstract via doi.org/10.1111/j.1559-3584.2005.tb00336.x); Franke 2011 state-of-science review; shipyards.json record 'new-york-shipbuilding'
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era inference: peer-reviewed reviews of U.S. Navy asbestos practice document shipboard asbestos thermal insulation in use from the 1880s through the 1950s - spanning this hull's 1917-19 construction and her 1943 APD conversion at Charleston Navy Yard - with the Navy approving and then requiring asbestos in insulation applications beginning in the mid-1930s. A flush-deck destroyer built 1917-19 with a saturated-steam plant (four White-Forster boilers, Parsons geared turbines per the 2011 Royston survey machinery record) would have carried period-standard asbestos-containing boiler and steam-line insulation, turbine lagging, gaskets, packing, and fireproofing. Builder New York Shipbuilding Corp. (Camden) is documented in the Atlas yard dataset as a tier-1 yard with named asbestos products: Pabco Six-Ply Super Caltemp block (15% chrysotile), Ehret 85% magnesia insulation, Bakelite panels (30-40% asbestos), Johns Manville Transite asbestos cement panels (10-30%), asbestos gaskets, packing materials, asbestos-coated welding rods (5-15%), ebonized asbestos lumber, wire insulation (75-85% chrysotile), and felt insulation (5-50%).
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 1917-1946 (vessel); 2005-2011 (era reviews)
- Population
- New York Shipbuilding construction trades 1917-19; crews 1919-22 and 1930-45; Charleston Navy Yard conversion workforce 1943
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding. The cited reviews cover 1900-1970 era practice and do not name this hull; the yard-level product list is documented for the yard as a whole and part of its supporting litigation record postdates this hull's 1917-19 construction. No insulation specification, survey, or material test for this hull was located; nothing quantifies material or establishes any individual's exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-tattnall-dd125-05
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[7]CourtListener API v4 sweeps, 2026-09-26: opinion index 'USS Tattnall' = 2 hits, both DDG-19 name collisions; 'DD-125' (o) = 9 hits, all identifier collisions [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-tattnall-dd125-08 through sl-uss-tattnall-dd125-11
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener litigation sweep for this hull: exact-name 'USS Tattnall' returns 2 opinion hits, both name collisions with the second USS Tattnall (DDG-19, in commission 1963-1999) - Richards v. Deuterman, 13 M.J. 990 (U.S. Navy-Marine Corps Court of Military Review, 1982), a habeas petition addressed to the commanding officer of USS Tattnall (DDG-19), and United States v. Turk, 22 M.J. 740 (N-M.C.M.R. 1986), a speedy-trial appeal involving a sailor who missed movement of that ship. Hull-designator query 'DD-125' returns 9 opinion hits, all identifier collisions (New York appellate family-court matters carrying anonymized 'DD' docket designators). No qualifying asbestos litigation names DD-125/APD-19. Supplemental queries ('APD-19' opinions; 'USS Tattnall' docket index; 'Tattnall' asbestos sweeps) could not be run - the shared fleet pacing budget was exhausted and remained spent across five spaced retries over ~35 minutes (see search_ledger sl-10).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- CourtListener coverage is not exhaustive of all courts/eras; absence of a hit does not prove no claim was ever filed. Both exact-name hits are classified down as collisions with DDG-19 (the only commissioned USS Tattnall during 1982-86) rather than read upward as exposure evidence. The sweep is partial: the docket (RECAP) index and 'APD-19'/'Tattnall'+asbestos queries were budget-limited and remain unrun - residual risk is low because the essential sweeps (exact name + hull designator) returned only collisions, but the limitation is recorded rather than papered over. The bare 'Tattnall' term is heavily polluted by Tattnall County, Georgia litigation (county-named suits and prisoner cases arising from facilities in that county).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-tattnall-dd125-06
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[8]Batch-3132 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS (via hazegray mirror); NHHC Online Library photo catalog (ibiblio mirror); UASBC/INA Royston Breakwater reconnaissance survey RCND1681; HyperWar 'Ships of the U.S. Navy 1940-45' APD-19 page; Destroyer History Foundation; NavSource (search-index snippet only - direct fetch failed); Atlas shipyards.json builder check; CourtListener name + hull-designator sweeps; Naval Vessel Register (not applicable - struck 1946) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-tattnall-dd125-01 through sl-uss-tattnall-dd125-13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no hull materials survey, no abatement record, no hazmat disclosure, and no qualifying asbestos case names DD-125/APD-19. The hull left Navy custody in 1946 - before the asbestos-litigation era - and survives only as a largely buried archaeological hulk in the Royston, B.C. breakwater, which has been assessed archaeologically but never for hazardous materials. The usual exposure-record pathways (yard abatement records, museum hazmat disclosures, veteran litigation) do not produce a ship-specific hit for this hull.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Study period
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1918-built steam destroyer retains whatever era materials were installed and not removed in stripping/scrapping. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-tattnall-dd125-07