Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet jo-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-wainwright-dd419-pkt-jo-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Wainwright II (DD-419) - live NHHC page (specifications block + service narrative; retrieved 2026-09-27 with browser user-agent; the page returns 404 to default fetchers) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry Wainwright II (DD-419), specifications block + service narrative (page footer: Published Fri Oct 23 2015)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull (specs block: displacement 1,570; length 347'8"; beam 35'6"; draft 13'6"; speed 36 kt; complement 192; 4 x 5-inch guns, 8 x 21-inch torpedo tubes, 4 x .50-cal mg, 2 depth-charge tracks; class Sims): laid down 7 June 1938 at the Norfolk Navy Yard; launched 1 June 1939, sponsored by Mrs. Henry Meiggs; commissioned 15 April 1940, Lt. Comdr. Thomas L. Lewis in command. Atlantic Fleet Neutrality Patrol; convoy WS-12X screen Halifax-Capetown Nov-Dec 1941; joined British Home Fleet force at Scapa Flow 3 April 1942 (DesRon 8, ComDesRon 8 embarked); Iceland-Orkneys-north Russia convoy escort; covering force for PQ-17, repelled Luftwaffe torpedo-plane raids 4 July 1942; TG 34.1 Covering Group off Casablanca for Operation Torch 8 November 1942; transatlantic convoy escort incl. UGS-6; Sicily escort July 1943 (TG 80.2), escorted damaged Mayrant (DD-402) 26 July, Naples bombardment late October; U-593 sunk 13 December 1943 north of Algiers with Niblack (DD-424), Benson (DD-421), HMS Calpe - boarding party took survivors; Anzio/Nettuno support early 1944; navy-yard overhaul at New York completed 6 March 1944; 13 months east-coast escort/training; Pacific from 27 April 1945 (Ulithi, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Saipan, Guam, Eniwetok); TF 49 Aleutians; occupation duty Ominato Ko, Honshu 12 Sep-30 Oct 1945; San Diego 16 December 1945; Crossroads target ship 1946, survived both shots; decommissioned 29 August 1946; towed out and sunk as target 5 July 1948; struck from the Navy list 13 July 1948. Seven battle stars for WWII service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1938-1948
- Population
- Norfolk Navy Yard construction trades 1938-40; wartime crew (design complement 192)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. DANFS reads 'remained at Bikini almost two years' while the DNA-TR-82-05-V2 participation summary reads 'towed to Kwajalein on August 23, 1946 and retained for radiological study' - the more specific contemporaneous-record-based account is carried; difference logged in gaps. Live NHHC page verified 2026-09-27 (browser UA required; default fetchers get 404); verbatim hazegray/Wayback transcription cross-checked.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-wainwright-dd419-01
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[3]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, 1943 edition (SHIPS-8; Navy Department 1 April 1943; declassified 5 January 1946) - DD-419 row, serial 346; Navy Department Library scan hosted by shipscribe.com [other_primary]
- Locator
- SDB 1943 vol. 1, destroyer tabulated data, book pp. 156-161 (serial 346 WAINWRIGHT DD419 - contract, dimensions, machinery, armament columns)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Official BuShips data-book rows for this hull (serial 346): contract row reads 'Navy Yard, Nor[fo]lk' as builder, act authorizing building 27 March 1934, contract signed 12 February 1937, keel laid 7 June 1938, ship launched 1 June 1939, contract date of completion 12 December 1939, date of first commission 15 April 1940; machinery row reads 2 propellers, 'Westgh. turb. red. gr.' (Westinghouse turbines with reduction gearing), 3 boilers, 2 turbo generating sets; dimensions row reads 347'8" overall length, 341'0" waterline, ~35'6" beam, 1,570-ton standard / 1,770-ton waterline displacement; armament row reads 5-inch/38-cal dual-purpose guns and 21-inch torpedo mounts.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1934-1943
- Population
- Norfolk Navy Yard construction trades 1938-40; wartime crew
- Limitations
- Official government data book naming this hull; documents machinery fit, build dates, and berthing - not materials or asbestos content. Table cells read from the scanned page image by OCR; boiler count '3' and 'Westgh. turb. red. gr.' are explicit cells, boiler make resolves to B&W via the class GI block (ditto-mark cells not independently asserted); the 5-inch mount count cell is garbled at OCR resolution (class fit: 4 in service per class GI). The quarters row cells were unreadable at OCR resolution - complement carried from DANFS (192).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-wainwright-dd419-02
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[4]Weitz, R., C. Thomas, J. Klemm, J. Stuart, M. Knowles, et al., 'Analysis of Radiation Exposure for Naval Units of Operation Crossroads, Volume II (Appendix A) Target Ships,' DNA-TR-82-05-V2 (Science Applications, Inc., for Defense Nuclear Agency, 3 March 1982) - USS Wainwright (DD-419) Target Ship Participation Summary p. 104 and Shipboard Gamma Intensity curve p. 105; OSTI 6354996, DOI 10.2172/6354996 [other_primary]
- Locator
- DNA-TR-82-05-V2, Appendix A section A-2, USS WAINWRIGHT (DD-419) participation summary p. 104 + figure A-39 gamma curve p. 105
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- Federal NTPR dose-reconstruction data sheet for this hull: Wainwright was a CROSSROADS target ship (non-remanned category), crew size 148, arrived at Bikini prior to 30 June 1946 and rode out both detonations - Able 1 July (23 kt air burst, crew evacuated aboard Bayfield APA-33 at 22 miles) and Baker 25 July (23 kt shallow underwater, crew aboard Bayfield at 15 miles); crew back aboard Wainwright 2-17 July and 19-23 July 1946, then aboard Bexar (APA-237) 1-20 August; total reconstructed average crew dose 0.218 rem up to crew splintering. Final disposition per this report: 'WAINWRIGHT was towed to Kwajalein on August 23, 1946 and retained for radiological study. Subsequently, it was towed to sea and sunk by Destroyer Division 172 on July 5, 1948.'
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1946-06 to 1948-07
- Population
- Target-ship crew (148) and post-shot boarding/inspection personnel, 1946-1948
- Limitations
- Documents IONIZING-RADIATION dose reconstruction and post-service custody only - contains no asbestos or materials information whatsoever; does not establish what materials were aboard. Establishes that the hull was instrumented and intermittently reboarded for ~2 years post-decommissioning (a documented occupancy period for boarding/inspection personnel), then sunk. Reconstruction excludes post-detonation damage-control/decontamination/inspection time except when the whole crew lived aboard.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-wainwright-dd419-03
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[5]NHHC, 'Operation Crossroads - Disposition of Target Vessels' (live NHHC page, retrieved 2026-09-27 with browser user-agent) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NHHC Operation Crossroads online reading room, 'Disposition of Target Vessels' page, destroyers paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NHHC disposition list names this hull: 'USS Wainwright (DD-419) sunk as target off Kwajalein, 5 July 1948' - corroborates the DNA-TR-82-05-V2 final-disposition line (sunk by Destroyer Division 172 off Kwajalein) and fixes the wreck locale in Kwajalein Atoll waters rather than Bikini.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1948-07-05
- Population
- n/a (unmanned at sinking)
- Limitations
- Official disposition line only - no survey, condition, or materials information. Consistent with the DNA report; DANFS's 'towed out to sea ... sunk as a target' phrasing omits the Kwajalein locale - difference logged in gaps.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-wainwright-dd419-04
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[6]Sims-class design data (destroyerhistory.org general-information block, sourced to the Bureau of Construction and Repair General Information Book for USS Sims and USS Hughes; Friedman; Bauer & Roberts) + Atlas shipyard dataset, Norfolk Naval Shipyard record (EPA Superfund VA1170024813; NAVFAC site descriptions naming asbestos as disposed material) [other_primary]
- Locator
- destroyerhistory.org Sims-class general-information block; shipyards.json record 'norfolk-naval-shipyard'
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/yard inference: a Sims-class destroyer built 1938-40 with a high-pressure oil-fired steam plant (this hull's SDB-documented fit: 3 boilers - class GI: Babcock & Wilcox, 665 psi/715 deg. F - Westinghouse geared turbines, 2 shafts, 50,000 shp) would have carried period-standard asbestos insulation, lagging, gaskets, packing, and fireproofing, plus deck coverings. The builder yard (Norfolk Navy Yard / Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth) is documented at yard level in the Atlas dataset (tier 2): EPA Superfund listing VA1170024813 and NAVFAC environmental site descriptions name asbestos among disposed materials, and the yard record carries period asbestos product lines (Thermobestos, Marinite, Transite, Kaylo, Unibestos, pipe insulation and lagging, boiler and turbine insulation, gaskets, packing). The BuC&R General Information Books (NARA RG19) are the archival lead for hull-level material specifications.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1938-1948
- Population
- Norfolk Navy Yard construction trades 1938-40; New York navy-yard overhaul period Feb-Mar 1944 (facility not named in DANFS); crew 1940-46
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding. Yard-level asbestos documentation attests to materials in use and disposed at the builder yard, not to materials installed aboard DD-419. The Sims-class GI block derives from the USS Sims/USS Hughes GIB volume (sister hulls, not this one). Does not quantify material or establish any individual's exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-wainwright-dd419-05
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[7]NARA History Hub staff response locating USS Wainwright (DD-419) logbooks in RG 24 + NHHC Online Library photo NH 107276 caption [other_primary]
- Locator
- historyhub.history.gov NARA staff reply (thread 22599); archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy; NHHC Online Library NH 107276 caption (ibiblio mirror i07276c.htm)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA staff response locates this hull's records: deck logs in 'Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships, 1801-1940' (RG 24, covering 1940 and prior years, Washington DC - Textual Reference RDT1) and 'Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations, 1941-1983' (RG 24, covering January 1941 through 26 August 1946, College Park - RDT2); muster rolls in RG 24 (1939-1949). None digitized. NHHC Online Library holds official photos incl. NH 107276 (underway off the U.S. East Coast 5 May 1944, from a ZP-11 blimp). These are the archival leads for hull-level material/work details.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1940-1946 (holdings)
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- Archival leads only - holdings identified, contents not reviewed; deck logs and muster rolls do not typically itemize construction materials but document yard periods, underway status, and work details relevant to exposure reconstruction. No retrieval performed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-wainwright-dd419-06
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[8]CourtListener API v4 exact-name and hull-number litigation sweep (queries: "USS Wainwright", "U.S.S. Wainwright", "aboard the Wainwright", "Wainwright (DD-419)", "DD-419" across opinion and RECAP docket indexes) via cl-auth-search.py [court_record]
- Locator
- cl-auth-search.py queries run 2026-09-27; type=o counts 0/0/0/0 + 'DD-419' count 2 (collisions); type=r count 3 (Sink, Redman, Jennings)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Litigation sweep results: opinion index returned ZERO hits for "USS Wainwright", "U.S.S. Wainwright", "aboard the Wainwright", and "Wainwright (DD-419)"; "DD-419" returned 2 opinions - both identifier collisions (Indian River Construction Co. v. City of Jacksonville, Fla. DCA 1977; Title/Ballot Title v. Hamilton, Colo. 2012 - 'DD-419' appears as an exhibit/form identifier, not the vessel). RECAP returned 3 dockets on exact name: Sink v. Air & Liquid Systems Corp. 2:22-cv-01316 (D.S.C., asbestos litigation - 'USS Wainwright' in indexed complaint text; matching doc ECF 1; hull attribution unresolved - DD-419 vs. CG-28 not determinable from index); Redman v. A.W. Chesterton 3:08-cv-03013 (N.D. Cal., asbestos removal docket - 'USS Wainwright' in indexed removal-paper text; hull attribution unresolved); Jennings v. Hendrix 2:22-cv-00047 (E.D. Ark., prisoner civil rights - name collision). NO qualifying asbestos case naming DD-419 was located. Collision analysis: three Navy ships bear the name - DD-62 (1913-34), DD-419 (1940-48, sunk), DLG/CG-28 (1966-93, Charleston-homeported) - CG-28 is the statistically likely referent for late-filed asbestos claims, and law-firm ship-lists name 'USS Wainwright CG-28' explicitly; the 2022 Sink and 2008 Redman filings post-date DD-419's 1948 sinking by 60+ years.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 2026-09-27
- Population
- n/a
- Limitations
- A negative sweep does not exclude unindexed dockets, unreported settlements, state-court matters, or PACER-only filings. Sink and Redman references are unresolvable as to hull from indexed text - they are NOT counted as qualifying findings for this hull; full-text RECAP review not completed this session (fleet pacing budget interruptions). Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-wainwright-dd419-07
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[9]Batch-3405 search ledger (this record): live NHHC DANFS page; hazegray/Wayback DANFS transcription cross-check; BuShips Ships' Data 1943 (DD-419 serial-346 rows read from page images via OCR); DNA-TR-82-05-V2 Appendix A data sheet; NHHC Crossroads disposition page; NARA History Hub deck-log staff response; Atlas shipyard dataset; NavSource corroboration; open-web sweep; CourtListener exact-name and hull-number queries [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-wainwright-dd419-01 through sl-uss-wainwright-dd419-10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for DD-419: the hull was sunk as a target off Kwajalein on 5 July 1948 and was never salvaged or scrapped, so no hull ACM survey, abatement contract, or museum hazmat disclosure can exist; no qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull was located (the two asbestos-docket 'USS Wainwright' references are unresolvable as to hull and are more likely CG-28-era references); the hull-level material-specification leads (BuC&R GIB, NARA RG19; RG24 deck logs) were identified but not retrieved.
- 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 - a 1938-40 steam destroyer of this class would be expected to carry era-standard insulated fit (ev-05), but that expectation is class/era inference, not a ship-specific documentation finding. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-wainwright-dd419-08