Evidence
10 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-10).
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[1]research packet jn-packet.md (3 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-trippe-dd403-pkt-jn-packet-md
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[2]Naval History and Heritage Command, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, 'Trippe III (DD-403)' (verbatim transcription; live NHHC page serves 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry: namesake biography, specification block, construction paragraph, service narrative, disposal paragraph (ibiblio/HyperWar transcription; live NHHC page 404s at multiple URL variants)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: Benham-class destroyer (displacement 1,850; length 341'0"; beam 35'5"; draft 9'10" mean; speed 38.5 knots; complement 230; armament 4 5-inch, 4 .50-cal MG, 16 21-inch torpedo tubes, 3 depth charge tracks). Laid down 15 April 1937 at Boston Navy Yard; launched 14 May 1938, sponsored by Miss Betty S. Trippe; commissioned 1 November 1939, Lt. Comdr. Robert L. Campbell in command. Service: Caribbean Neutrality Patrol 1940-41 (escorted USS Tuscaloosa with President Roosevelt embarked); Boston overhaul March-May 1941; North Atlantic screening with Texas (BB-35), New York (BB-34), Mississippi (BB-41); convoy escort Atlantic/Mediterranean; collision with USS Benson (DD-421) 19 October 1942 (four killed, three injured; repaired at New York to 13 November 1942); Sicily operations (Gela, Palermo, Brolo, Spadafora) July-August 1943; accepted surrender of Lipari and Stromboli; Salerno September 1943; rescued Bristol (DD-453) survivors after U-571 attack 13 October 1943; with Woolsey (DD-437) and Edison (DD-439) sank a German submarine off Oran 16 December 1943 (transcribed text reads 'U-78' - see ev-uss-trippe-dd403-06); Anzio gunfire support January-February 1944; Central Pacific convoy escort (Iwo Jima, Saipan, Ulithi, Okinawa) June-August 1945; Operation Crossroads 1946; decommissioned 28 August 1946; towed to deep water off Kwajalein and sunk by gunfire 3 February 1948; struck from the Navy list 19 February 1948; six battle stars for WWII service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1937-1948
- Population
- Boston Navy Yard construction trades 1937-1939; wartime and postwar crew (design complement 230)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents identity, construction, specifications, service history, and disposal - not materials or asbestos content. Design complement 230 is not a verified per-voyage crew count. Transcription mirrors disagree on the Baker shot date (ibiblio 'the 26th' vs destroyers.org 'the 25th' - DNA-6032F confirms 25 July 1946) and the December 1943 submarine kill reads 'U-78' where wartime records identify U-73; both conflicts documented in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-trippe-dd403-01
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[3]Defense Nuclear Agency, 'Operation Crossroads - 1946,' DNA 6032F (L. Berkhouse, J.H. Hallowell, F.W. McMullan, S.E. Davis, C.B. Jones, M.J. Osborne, F.R. Gladeck, E.J. Martin; Kaman Tempo, 1 May 1984), DTIC ADA146562 [other_primary]
- Locator
- DNA 6032F USS TRIPPE (DD-403) unit history (report p. ~428 in scan; ship section 'USS TRIPPE (DD-403)') + Table 32 dose row + support-ship log excerpts (1/6/8 August decontamination; 20-22 August tow)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- DNA-6032F 'Operation Crossroads - 1946' (Kaman Tempo for the Defense Nuclear Agency, 1 May 1984; DTIC accession ADA146562; approved for public release) reconstructs this hull's Crossroads participation from deck-log data: crew size 135; Bikini arrival 1 June 1946; member of Task Unit 1.2.3 (Destroyer Unit, DesDiv 4); steaming independently in area Hudson with USS Laffey (DD-724) and USS Walke (DD-723) during Shot Able (1 July 0900); anchored as a non-remanned target vessel 1,320 yards (1.2 km) north-northwest of the Shot Baker detonation point (25 July 0835, 23 KT, 90 feet underwater); all personnel evacuated to USS Bayfield (APA-33) by 24 July. Post-shot Geiger readings: 0.6 R/24hr at 250 feet on 28 July; 1.5 R/24hr at 100 feet on 30 July; topside average 4.0 R/24hr (maximum 16.0) and below-deck average 1.0 R/24hr (maximum 6.0) on 7 August; inside No. 1 gun mount 80.0 R/24hr on 10 August. Washed down and sprayed with decontamination solution by ATA-192 (1 and 6 August) and USS Achomawi ATF-148 (8 August). Crew transferred to USS Bexar (APA-237) 1 August; unit to USS Dixie (AD-14) 12 August; staff inspection completed 15 August and made available for disposition by CTG 1.2; towed Bikini to Kwajalein by ATR-87, 20-22 August; '1100 Trippe decommissioned' 28 August 1946; 'Sunk 3 February 1948 near Kwajalein.' Table 32 dose reconstruction: support-ship dose 0.224 rem gamma, post-Baker boarding dose 0.118 rem, total 0.380 rem.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1946-1948 (vessel); 1984 (report)
- Population
- Trippe Crossroads crew (135); JTF-1 boarding/decontamination teams (ATA-192, Achomawi crews; DSM boarding teams)
- Limitations
- Official radiological-safety reconstruction - documents radioactive contamination and personnel dose for this hull, NOT asbestos content or any non-radiological material. Doses are modeled reconstructions (1984), not measurements. Decommissioning location per the log-derived timeline is Kwajalein (arrived 22 August; decommissioned 28 August); DANFS narrative implies Bikini - carried in gaps. Text reviewed via full-text OCR of the DTIC scan; table 14 cell-level detail for this hull not OCR-legible.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-trippe-dd403-02
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[4]Weitz, R., Thomas, C., Klemm, J., Stuart, J., Knowles, M., et al., 'Analysis of Radiation Exposure for Naval Units of Operation Crossroads. Volume II (Appendix A) Target Ships,' DNA-TR-82-05-V2 / SAI-84-1567-VOL-2, 3 March 1982 (OSTI ID 6354996) [other_primary]
- Locator
- OSTI record + report front matter/TOC (served PDF): Appendix A-2 'USS TRIPPE (DD-403)' at p. 102, Figure A-38 at p. 103; section text as indexed in full-text copy
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- DNA-TR-82-05-V2 'Analysis of Radiation Exposure for Naval Units of Operation Crossroads, Volume II (Appendix A) Target Ships' (Weitz, Thomas, Klemm, Stuart, Knowles, et al.; Science Applications Inc. for the Defense Nuclear Agency, 3 March 1982; contract DNA 001-82-C-0012; OSTI ID 6354996) devotes a dedicated section to USS TRIPPE (DD-403) at pp. 102-103 with Figure A-38 'Shipboard Gamma Intensity vs. Time - USS TRIPPE (DD-403)': a non-remanned target ship, Bikini-era crew 135, reconstructed average crew-member dose at Bikini 0.224 rem, and final disposition recorded as towed to Kwajalein after Crossroads and retained for radiological tests.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1946 (exposure period); 1982 (report)
- Population
- Trippe Crossroads crew (135)
- Limitations
- Dose-reconstruction report - radiological documentation, not asbestos. OSTI serves front matter only; section-level figures are taken from the report's indexed full text (page images not individually inspected). Originally limited-distribution (1983 statement); publicly available via OSTI record.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-trippe-dd403-03
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[5]U.S. Naval Historical Center, Online Library of Selected Images, photo 19-N-21332 'USS Trippe (DD-403) Ship's Historical Data Plaque, Boston Navy Yard, 11 December 1939' (Bureau of Ships Collection, U.S. National Archives) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NHC Online Library picture-data page for 19-N-21332
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- U.S. Naval Historical Center Online Library record for this hull (ibiblio/HyperWar mirror): NARA Bureau of Ships Collection photograph 19-N-21332 documents the USS Trippe (DD-403) ship's historical data plaque photographed at the Boston Navy Yard, Massachusetts, on 11 December 1939 - contemporaneous official record tying this hull to its builder yard during fitting-out.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1939
- Population
- Boston Navy Yard fitting-out workforce, December 1939
- Limitations
- Photo-caption-level documentation of builder yard and fitting-out date; contains no asbestos or materials information (the plaque image itself was not transcribed).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-trippe-dd403-04
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[6]DANFS DD-403 specification block; NavSource Destroyer Photo Index DD-403 / Tin Can Sailors Benham class card (3 boilers, 2 Westinghouse turbines, 50,000 shp - secondary compilations); Atlas shipyards.json 'boston-naval-shipyard' record; NARA 'Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961' (RG 19 filing practice) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS spec block (cl. Benham; 38.5 k.); NavSource archives/05/403.htm as-built block; shipyards.json boston-naval-shipyard; NARA guide RG 19 / DD-hull filing-code instructions
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/class inference: DD-403 was a Benham-class destroyer built 1937-39 at the Boston Navy Yard with a three-boiler, twin-Westinghouse-geared-turbine, 50,000-shp plant (secondary class-data compilations; DANFS confirms 38.5-knot design speed). Steam vessels of this construction era carried thermal insulation on boilers, machinery, and steam lines plus gaskets, packing, and fireproofing, and insulation products of the period commonly contained asbestos fiber. The builder yard is documented at yard level in the Atlas shipyard dataset (boston-naval-shipyard, evidence tier 3; documented John Crane gasket/sealing-material litigation). NARA RG 19 Bureau of Ships records filed under hull designation 'DD403' (including Entry P 9 General Information Books and NY/Boston Navy Yard correspondence) hold per-vessel material specifications and are the archival leads for hull-level materials data.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1937-1948
- Population
- Boston Navy Yard construction trades 1937-1939; crew 1939-1946 (design complement 230; Crossroads crew 135)
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - NO ship-specific asbestos finding; no surveyed material, specification sheet, or removal record for this hull was located, and none is obtainable from the hull itself (sunk 1948). NavSource/Tin Can Sailors are secondary compilations used as leads; their machinery figures are not official documents. NARA GIB and yard-correspondence retrieval not performed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-trippe-dd403-05
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[7]Royal Navy/ONI, 'Report on the Interrogation of Survivors from U 73, a 500-ton U-boat, sunk by U.S.S. Wolsey and U.S.S. Trippe on 16th December 1943' (C.B. 04051 series; uboatarchive.net mirror) [other_primary]
- Locator
- U-73 interrogation report cover/header (sunk by 'Trippe', 16 Dec 1943, 36-09N 00-50W); DANFS DD-403 service narrative ('U-78' passage)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Correction: the DANFS transcription for this hull states that on 16 December 1943 Trippe, Woolsey (DD-437), and Edison (DD-439) sank 'U-78' off Oran. The wartime British Admiralty/ONI interrogation report of the survivors identifies the submarine as U-73, 'sunk by U.S.S. "WOLSEY" [sic] and U.S.S. "TRIPPE" on 16th December, 1943, in position 36 degrees 09' N., 00 degrees 50' W.' U-78 was a Baltic training boat sunk 16 April 1945 - DANFS's 'U-78' is an editing error. U-73 is the hull this record carries.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- correction
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1943
- Population
- Trippe/Woolsey/Edison crews; U-73 survivors (23 rescued per destroyerhistory.org transcription of Woolsey DANFS)
- Limitations
- Corrects a DANFS identifier error only; no asbestos or materials content implied. The interrogation report is a genuine wartime document consulted via a volunteer-archive mirror; its text names Trippe without hull number, but the only commissioned USS Trippe in December 1943 was DD-403.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-trippe-dd403-06
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[8]National Archives and Records Administration (College Park), RG 38 WWII War Diaries - 'USS TRIPPE - War Diary, 6/1-30/42' (micro serial 41714, via DPLA record); NARA asbestos research guide (RG 19 DD403 filing lead) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DPLA item record 'USS TRIPPE - War Diary, 6/1-30/42' (NARA College Park); NARA guide RG 19/NY-file instructions
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA archival leads for this hull: a USS Trippe war diary for June 1942 survives in the Records of the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations WWII War Diaries series (RG 38, National Archives at College Park; micro serial 41714 per the DPLA aggregation record). RG 24 deck logs (1939-1946) and RG 19 BuShips correspondence filed under 'DD403' (per the NARA Navy-asbestos research guide's filing-code instructions) are additional unretrieved leads for machinery repairs and material specifications.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1939-1946 (records coverage)
- Population
- Crew, 1942 (war diary period)
- Limitations
- Inventory-level confirmation only - the June 1942 war diary is confirmed; deck-log runs and RG 19 DD403 correspondence were not itemized or retrieved. NARA states deck logs do not directly document asbestos materials; they could help date yard periods and machinery work if examined.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-trippe-dd403-07
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[9]CourtListener API v4 opinion and RECAP docket searches via authenticated fleet helper, 27 September 2026; Marcus v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp., 4:22-cv-09058-HSG (N.D. Cal.), ECF No. 537 order full text [court_record]
- Locator
- type=o "USS Trippe" count=1 (usnmcmilrev, collision); type=r "USS Trippe" count=1 (cand 4:22-cv-09058, collision - asbestos docket re FF-1075); type=o "DD-403"/"DD 403" count=1 (fladistctapp, docket-number collision); type=r "DD-403" count=6 (all docket/document-number collisions)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying asbestos litigation naming USS Trippe (DD-403) located on CourtListener. Authenticated v4 searches (2026-09-27): '"USS Trippe"' opinions returned 1 hit - United States v. Martinez, 12 M.J. 801 (N.-M. Court of Military Review, 1981), a court-martial; DD-403 was sunk in 1948, so any commissioned USS Trippe in 1981 was the Knox-class frigate FF-1075 (1970-1992) - name collision and non-asbestos regardless. '"USS Trippe"' RECAP dockets returned 1 hit - Marcus v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp., No. 4:22-cv-09058-HSG (N.D. Cal., 'P.I.: Asbestos'); full-text review of its Daubert/summary-judgment order (ECF No. 537, filed 2024-06-24) shows the plaintiff served aboard 'the USS Trippe' May 1970-January 1972 - unambiguously FF-1075, not DD-403 (the order itself discusses Buffalo pump gaskets supplied 'to the USS Trippe' and Cleaver Brooks vs Combustion Engineering boilers on 'the USS Trippe', all referring to the frigate). '"DD-403" OR "DD 403"' opinions returned 1 hit - Foster v. State (Fla. App. 1977), in which 'DD-403' is a Florida appellate docket number - name collision. '"DD-403"' RECAP dockets returned 6 hits, all document/docket-number collisions in non-maritime, non-asbestos matters (Andrews v. D'Souza N.D. Ga. voting rights; Turner-El v. Walker N.D. Ill. prisoner; U.S. v. Pizarro S.D.N.Y. criminal; In re Zetia E.D. Va. antitrust; Galardi M.D. Ga. bankruptcy; Lyondell S.D.N.Y. bankruptcy).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- Sweep covers CourtListener's opinion and RECAP indexes only - unindexed state-court filings, MDL-875 attachments, and non-digitized records are not captured. All asbestos-litigation hits resolve to the later namesake hull USS Trippe (FF-1075); no hit alleges exposure aboard DD-403. A hull sunk in 1948 predates the asbestos-litigation era, so absence of qualifying hits is expected rather than exculpatory.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-trippe-dd403-08
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[10]Scoped negative review of DANFS/NHHC, NHC Online Library, DNA-6032F, DNA-TR-82-05-V2, NARA inventories and asbestos guide, NavSource/TCS, CourtListener; see search_ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- scoped source review and search_ledger sl-uss-trippe-dd403-01 through sl-uss-trippe-dd403-13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Scoped review of the DANFS/NHHC entry (transcription mirrors), the NHC Online Library photo record, DNA-6032F and DNA-TR-82-05-V2 (Operation Crossroads documentation), NARA inventories and the NARA Navy-asbestos research guide, NavSource/Tin Can Sailors secondary compilations, and the CourtListener sweep yielded no verified ship-specific asbestos document for DD-403: no survey, no abatement record, no materials list, no hazard disclosure, no qualifying litigation naming this hull. Asbestos material and crew exposure aboard this hull remain unknown; the hull's documented contamination was radiological.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1937-1948 (vessel); 2026 (review)
- Limitations
- Negative finding is limited to the named public sources and searches; it is not proof that the vessel lacked asbestos. NARA RG 19/24 archival files (General Information Books, deck logs, yard correspondence) have not been inspected. No post-sinking survey of the wreck is possible or located.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-trippe-dd403-09