Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]research packet gd-packet.md (1 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-waldron-dd699-pkt-gd-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Waldron (DD-699) (builder, dates, service narrative, disposal; verbatim transcription - live NHHC page serves 404; hazegray DNS unresolvable this session, concordant via 2024-12 Wayback capture of the hazegray mirror) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, construction paragraph + service narrative + closing disposal paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: laid down 16 November 1943 at Kearny, N.J., by Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.; launched 26 March 1944 (sponsor Miss Nancy Waldron); commissioned at the New York Navy Yard 7 June 1944, Comdr. George E. Peckham in command. WWII Pacific service entirely with the fast carriers (TF 38/58): Luzon/Formosa strikes and the January 1945 South China Sea raid; rammed and sank a Japanese picket boat 18 February 1945 (bow repairs Saipan); covered the crippled Franklin (CV-13) 18-22 March; Okinawa campaign through late May; Tokyo Bay 10 September 1945. Postwar: extended repair at Boston Naval Shipyard May-late 1946; reserve-training platform out of New Orleans 1947-49; European/Mediterranean deployment September 1949-January 1950; decommissioned at Charleston 17 May 1950 following preinactivation overhaul; recommissioned at Charleston 20 November 1950; post-shakedown availability at Charleston 1951; Charleston Naval Shipyard overhaul March-June 1953; Far East UN-patrol tour November 1953-April 1954, circumnavigating home to Norfolk 4 June 1954; fleet rehabilitation and modernization (FRAM) overhaul at Norfolk Naval Shipyard beginning June 1962; Vietnam deployment 1967 (three gunline periods off the I/II Corps zones, TF 77 planeguard); Naval Reserve training, 6th Naval District, home port Mayport from 1 April 1970; decommissioned at Mayport 30 October 1973 and simultaneously transferred by sale to the Colombian Navy as ARC Santander (DD-03); stricken from the Navy list 31 October 1973; Santander still active at the beginning of 1980. Four WWII and one Vietnam battle stars.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1943-1980
- Population
- Federal Shipbuilding construction trades 1943-44; wartime and Cold War crew (design complement 336); reserve-training cadre 1970-73
- Limitations
- DANFS documents identity, service history, documented yard periods, and disposal - not materials or asbestos content. Commissioning date reads 7 June 1944; NavSource and NavalCoverMuseum read 8 June 1944 - carried in gaps. Live NHHC page 404; verbatim transcriptions cited (ibiblio HyperWar; Wayback capture of hazegray mirror).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-waldron-dd699-01
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[3]U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Board of Veterans' Appeals, Citation Nr. 1043980, Docket No. 08-30 766 (decided 22 November 2010; appeal from VA RO Wilmington, Delaware; VLJ Michael D. Lyon) [court_record]
- Locator
- BVA decision 1043980 - Reasons and Bases (service-record vessel list naming 'the U.S.S. Waldron'; September 1983 Occupational Hazard Exposure form; pre-1974 direct-exposure statement); Finding of Fact; Order (grant)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Merits-level VA adjudication naming this hull: service connection for a respiratory disorder, claimed as asbestosis, GRANTED. The veteran (USN February 1955-February 1985; teletype repairman at retirement, previously radioman) served aboard nine named vessels between January 1957 and July 1982, including 'the U.S.S. Waldron' - during that window the only commissioned USS Waldron was DD-699 (USN through October 1973). A Navy 'Occupational Hazard Exposure' form dated September 1983 listed asbestos among his potential service hazards; he credibly testified to shipboard asbestos exposure, including lagging/insulating pipes and torn asbestos insulation in crew quarters. He stated all direct asbestos exposure took place before 1974 - a window consistent with Waldron's USN service. VA examiners found the clinical picture compatible with asbestosis and at least as likely as not related to in-service exposure; the claim was granted on reasonable doubt.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- Service 1957-1982 (vessels); claim history 2005-2010; decision 2010-11-22
- Population
- One Navy veteran claimant, radioman/teletype repairman, service 1955-1985 including USS Waldron
- Limitations
- Stage/scope discipline: a VA benefits adjudication decided under the benefit-of-the-doubt standard, not a tort finding. The exposure finding is career-wide across nine named vessels and is NOT allocated to any one ship - the veteran's described hands-on lagging work was aboard USS Union in 1957 (his first assignment), with deteriorated insulation described generally on 'other ships upon which he subsequently served.' Establishes that a credited veteran's service record includes this hull and that VA found in-service asbestos exposure; does not establish asbestos content, location, quantity, or any exposure event specific to DD-699.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-waldron-dd699-02
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[4]In re: Asbestos Litigation (Hoofman v. Air & Liquid Corp. et al.), Del. Super. Ct., C.A. No. N12C-04-243 ASB, Opinion upon Defendants FMC Corporation's and Goulds Pumps, Inc.'s Motions for Summary Judgment (decided 14 February 2014) [court_record]
- Locator
- Opinion footnote 1 (p.3, naval work-history recital naming 'the USS Waldron'); Factual Background pp.2-3; Discussion pp.4-7 (product-nexus failure; summary judgment granted)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Delaware asbestos action naming this hull: plaintiff Allen T. Hoofman (U.S. Navy 1963-1982, fireman and machinist mate) alleged asbestos-related lung cancer from removal of insulation materials on lines running to pumps and from flange-gasket and packing replacement 'both on shore and aboard various Navy ships.' Footnote 1 of the opinion recites his naval work history from the plaintiffs' answering brief: preventative maintenance on USS Raleigh; work in proximity to mud and lagging materials on USS Sierra; 'maintenance work on pumps on the USS Waldron'; machinist mate duties including main feed pump repair on USS Plymouth Rock; compensate pump work and pump rebuilding on USS Davis. The court GRANTED defendants' motions for summary judgment under either maritime or Arkansas law: Hoofman could not identify any Chicago Pump (FMC), Northern Pump, or Goulds pump he worked on, nor any ship or location for such work - the product-nexus standard was unmet.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- Alleged exposure 1963-1982; litigation 2012-2014; opinion 2014-02-14
- Population
- One Navy plaintiff, fireman/machinist mate 1963-1982; alleged asbestos-related lung cancer
- Limitations
- Merits-stage disposition per the less-final-stage rule: summary judgment was granted to defendants on product nexus - a merits-level negative for that plaintiff, NOT an exposure adjudication. The Waldron reference is recited allegation/work-history content (Pltfs' Ans. Brf.), not a finding; the court did not evaluate whether exposure occurred aboard this hull. Hull attribution is reasonable (only USS Waldron in commission during his window was DD-699; USN through 1973, within his 1963-82 service) but the opinion supplies no aboard-dates or products for the Waldron reference.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-waldron-dd699-03
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[5]Navypedia, Allen M. Sumner-class technical block (4 Babcock & Wilcox boilers, 2 GE geared steam turbines, 60,000 shp, 2 shafts; complement 336 as commissioned, 302 after FRAM II) + DANFS-documented yard periods for this hull + GAO HRD-80-2 era context [other_primary]
- Locator
- navypedia us_dd_a_m_sumner.htm class block and member table (DD-699 row: yard no. 384); DANFS yard-period narrative; GAO HRD-80-2 product page; allen-m-sumner-class.class.json (class-c worktree)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/class inference: a Sumner-class destroyer built 1943-44 with a four-boiler geared-turbine steam plant would have carried period-standard asbestos insulation, lagging, gaskets, packing, and fireproofing, and this hull's documented yard periods - commissioning/post-shakedown availability at the New York Navy Yard (1944), extended repair at Boston Naval Shipyard (May-late 1946), preinactivation overhaul and post-shakedown availability at Charleston (1950-51), Charleston Naval Shipyard overhaul (March-June 1953), and the Norfolk Naval Shipyard FRAM overhaul (begun June 1962; NavSource completes it December 1962 as FRAM II) - all fall in the Navy's pre-substitution era (GAO HRD-80-2: substitution not begun until the early 1970s) and would have disturbed original insulation.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1943-1973
- Population
- Federal Shipbuilding construction trades 1943-44; yard workforces 1944-1962; crew 1944-73
- Limitations
- Class/era and yard-period inference only - no hull-specific insulation specification, material schedule, survey, or abatement record located; does not establish asbestos content, quantity, location, or individual exposure aboard DD-699. GAO HRD-80-2 full text not retrievable (HTTP 403); program-level era context per product page. FRAM asbestos scope undocumented.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-waldron-dd699-04
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[6]Owens-Illinois, Inc., Industrial Health Survey of Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Kearny, NJ (Aug. 30-Sep. 2, 1944); introduced as Owens-Illinois interrogatory exhibit #20 in Heathman v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp., Brazoria County TX (1990) - as indexed in the Atlas shipyard record 'federal-shipbuilding-kearny' [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipyards.json record 'federal-shipbuilding-kearny', ev-federal-kearny-ihs-1944; toxicdocs.org scan of the survey
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- The builder yard is documented at yard level: an Owens-Illinois industrial-health survey of Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock, Kearny (30 August-2 September 1944), recorded insulators cutting and fitting asbestos pipe covering (Johns-Manville Superex) and boiler insulation in confined shipyard spaces, with dust counts measured - conducted during the same wartime production program that built this hull (laid down 16 November 1943, launched 26 March 1944, commissioned 7 June 1944; the survey postdates her commissioning by about three months).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1944 (survey Aug 30-Sep 2); hull construction Nov 1943-Jun 1944
- Population
- Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock insulators and pipefitters, Kearny NJ, wartime peak
- Limitations
- Yard-level documentation, not hull-specific: the survey names no vessel, postdates this hull's commissioning, and does not establish which products were installed aboard DD-699. Survey conducted by a manufacturer with commercial interest in the findings; dust counts in mppcf (pre-fiber-count era). Documents yard practice, not a worker health outcome study.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-waldron-dd699-05
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[7]NavSource Online Destroyer Archive, USS Waldron (DD-699) page (operational and building data block; specs; photo archive incl. Colombian-service Santander images) - via 2025-01 Wayback capture [reputable_press]
- Locator
- navsource.org/archives/05/699.htm via Wayback 2025-01-08 - 'Operational and Building Data' block and Fate line
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Secondary-archive data completing the hull's disposition: class Allen M. Sumner; crew 336; General Electric geared turbines, 60,000 shp, 2 screws; commissioned June 8, 1944 (conflicts with DANFS 7 June - logged in gaps); FRAM upgrade completed December 1962 (page imagery captions it FRAM II); Gemini V recovery-team duty 29 August 1965; decommissioned October 30, 1973; stricken October 31, 1973; 'To Colombia October 30 1973, renamed Santander'; fate line 'Stricken and scrapped in 1986.'
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1944-1986
- Population
- Colombian Navy crew/custody 1973-1986; scrapping workforce 1986
- Limitations
- Volunteer-compiled secondary archive, not an official source - carried for the Colombian-disposal endpoint (1986 scrapping) and machinery/operational detail; DANFS controls where they conflict (commissioning date carried as 7 June). The 1986 scrapping is uncorroborated by an official source; Wikipedia concurs (secondary). No materials or asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-waldron-dd699-06
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[8]Batch-3673 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS via ibiblio HyperWar + Wayback hazegray; NavSource via Wayback; USS Waldron Alumni Association (usswaldron.org); navypedia class page; Atlas shipyard record (federal-shipbuilding-kearny); VA BVA indexed decisions; Delaware Superior Court opinion (courts.delaware.gov); CourtListener API v4 (paced - fleet budget); web litigation-lead searches [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-waldron-dd699-01 through -12
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No hull-specific asbestos material record located: no insulation survey, abatement contract, disposal-condition hazmat disclosure, or hull material specification naming DD-699 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). CourtListener API v4 returned zero opinions and zero dockets for the exact name "USS Waldron" (2026-09-27); the hull-number queries were fleet-budget paced at research time. The ship-named litigation surface is thin: one granted BVA asbestosis claim with the hull in a nine-vessel service record (unallocated exposure) and one Delaware opinion reciting pump-maintenance work aboard (summary judgment to defendants on product nexus). The hull was sold to Colombia in 1973 and scrapped in 1986 - foreign custody undocumented and no present-day survey possible.
- 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 1943-44 steam-plant destroyer sits squarely in the Navy's documented asbestos-specification era, and class/era inference applies (ev-04). CourtListener coverage is partial: "USS Waldron" returned count 0 on both opinion and docket search (verified 2026-09-27); the "DD-699" hull-number queries were fleet-budget paced at research time - logged as blocked, not completed; supplemental indexed coverage (site:courtlistener.com) surfaced only surname name-collisions (United States v. Waldron criminal matters; James Phil Waldron Georgia special-grand-jury records) - no hit naming the ship. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-waldron-dd699-07