Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]research packet jl-packet.md (7 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-warrington-dd383-pkt-jl-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Warrington II (DD-383) - builder, dates, full service narrative, loss narrative, striking; verbatim transcription via hazegray DANFS mirror (live NHHC DANFS page returns 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications block + full service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: laid down 10 October 1935 at Kearny, N.J., by the Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.; launched 15 May 1937; sponsored by Miss Katherine Taft Chubb; commissioned at the New York Navy Yard 9 February 1938, Comdr. Leighton Wood in command. DesDiv 17/DesRon 9 (Dec 1938); Fleet Problem XX; escorted Houston (CA-30) during FDR's 1939 fleet-exercise observation; embarked the British sovereigns at Fort Hancock for passage to Manhattan 9 June 1939; Battle Force, San Diego/Pearl Harbor 1939-41; Neutrality Patrol Caribbean/western Atlantic from April 1941; Charleston Navy Yard repairs from 9 November 1941. Southeast Pacific Force (Balboa) January 1942 - June 1943: Panama-Society Islands convoy escort, patrol to Callao. Southwestern Pacific June 1943 - June 1944: Noumea convoy duty; Bougainville reinforcement escort and air action at Empress Augusta Bay 8 November 1943 (one aircraft claimed, one shared); Kavieng-strike screen March 1944; Seventh Fleet New Guinea duty - Humboldt Bay, Wakde bombardment 26-27 May, Biak 30 May - 5 June. New York Navy Yard repairs July-August 1944, then Norfolk Navy Yard alterations. Departed Norfolk 10 September 1944 with Hyades (AF-28) for Trinidad; hove to in hurricane 12-13 September; flooding through vents into engineering spaces killed electrical power, propulsion, and steering; abandoned at ~1250 and sank 13 September 1944. 5 officers and 68 men rescued of 20 officers and 301 men (248 lost). Struck from the Navy list 23 September 1944. Two battle stars.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1935-1944
- Population
- Federal Shipbuilding construction trades 1935-38; commissioning crew New York Navy Yard; wartime crew (321 aboard at loss); Norfolk Navy Yard and Charleston Navy Yard availability crews; New York Navy Yard repair crews July-August 1944
- Limitations
- DANFS documents construction, service, and loss - not materials or asbestos content. The transcription is via the hazegray mirror (live NHHC page 404). Casualty arithmetic: 321 aboard, 73 rescued, 248 lost. The transcription reads 'Queen Mary' for the 9 June 1939 royal embarkation; the 1939 royal couple was George VI and Elizabeth - flagged in gaps, not silently corrected.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-warrington-dd383-01
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[3]Destroyer History Foundation, Somers-class general information page (specifications sourced to the Bureau of Construction and Repair General Information Book for USS Somers, Bauer & Roberts, and Friedman) + DANFS specifications block [other_primary]
- Locator
- destroyerhistory.org/goldplater/somersclass/ General Information block and class narrative; DANFS spec block (hazegray mirror)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/class inference: the Somers class (five 1,850-ton leaders; Warrington built 1935-38) introduced the first U.S. destroyer high-pressure, high-temperature air-encased boiler plant (Gibbs & Cox design, roughly 600 psi / 850 deg F per class references; Babcock & Wilcox boilers feeding General Electric geared turbines, 52,000 shp, 2 shafts). A steam destroyer of this build era would have carried period-standard asbestos insulation, steam-line lagging, gaskets, packing, fireproofing, and deck coverings throughout the engineering spaces and hull fittings.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1935-1944
- Population
- Federal Shipbuilding construction trades 1935-38; crew 1938-44
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - no document names this hull's materials. Secondary references conflict on boiler count (three in the destroyerhistory.org spec block vs four in most class references) - flagged in gaps. Establishes likelihood, not presence; establishes nothing about quantity, products, or exposure of individuals.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-warrington-dd383-02
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[4]Owens-Illinois, Inc., Supplemental Answers to Second Interrogatories, Heathman v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp., No. 87-C-1934 (23rd Jud. Dist., Brazoria Cty., Tex., filed 1990), exhibit list item 20: 'Industrial Health Survey of the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Kearny, New Jersey' (August 30-31, September 1-2, 1944), among documents admitted in Dube v. Eagle-Picher Indus., No. 83-0224-P (D. Me.); Atlas shipyards.json record 'federal-shipbuilding-kearny' (tier 2) [court_record]
- Locator
- toxicdocs.org scan of Heathman interrogatory answers, exhibit list item 20; shipyards.json 'federal-shipbuilding-kearny'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Builder-yard-level documentation: an Owens-Illinois Industrial Health Survey of Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Kearny, N.J. - the yard that built this hull in 1935-37 - was conducted 30 August - 2 September 1944 and was admitted as an exhibit in asbestos litigation (Dube v. Eagle-Picher, D. Me.). Per the Atlas yard record, the survey documented insulators working asbestos pipe covering (Johns-Manville Superex) and boiler insulation with dust counts taken during cutting and fitting in confined shipyard spaces - establishing asbestos insulation work in standard practice at this hull's builder in the same decade she was built.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1944 (survey); 1935-38 (hull construction era)
- Population
- Shipyard insulators and pipefitters, Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Kearny N.J. (1944 survey period; hull built there 1935-38)
- Limitations
- Yard-level evidence, not hull-level: the survey postdates this hull's construction by ~7 years and documents 1944 wartime-yard conditions, not this ship's bill of materials. The interrogatory answer is a filed discovery document (exhibit list), not an adjudicated finding, and the survey text itself is not carried here. Does not establish asbestos aboard DD-383.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-warrington-dd383-03
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[5]uboat.net Allied Warships entry, USS Warrington (DD 383) - loss position 27 deg 00' N, 73 deg 00' W, about 175 nautical miles ESE of Great Abaco Island + NavSource DD-383 photo index (fate entry: foundered in hurricane off the Bahamas, 248 lost); storm documented contemporaneously as the North Atlantic hurricane of 8-16 September 1944 (U.S. Weather Bureau, Monthly Weather Review 72(9):187-189) and by NOAA Monitor NMS for the same storm's cutter losses [other_primary]
- Locator
- uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/1854.html; navsource.org/archives/05/383.htm; Sumner, Mon. Wea. Rev. 72:187-189 (Sept. 1944); monitor.noaa.gov/shipwrecks/uscgc-bedloe.html
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Wreck status: the hull foundered in commission on 13 September 1944 and lies in deep water east-southeast of Great Abaco Island, Bahamas, at approximately 27 deg N, 73 deg W; secondary research puts the depth near 4,500 m. The wreck has never been salvaged, surveyed, or made a museum - there is no post-service life for this hull, so no abatement, conversion, or hazmat-disclosure record exists or can exist. Consequence for this dataset: ship-specific asbestos documentation for this hull is not merely absent - it is unattainable by survey; only construction-era records (builder specs, plans, inquiry record) could ever have documented her materials.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1944-present
- Population
- None - wreck uninhabitable (321 aboard at loss; 248 dead)
- Limitations
- Position and depth are secondary-reference figures (uboat.net/hmscavalier/ericwiberg.com), not a located official sinking position; distances given vary by source (see gaps). 'Never salvaged' is inferred from the extreme depth and absence of any salvage record - not a documented negative. The Weather Bureau article documents the storm, not this hull's loss position.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-warrington-dd383-04
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[6]CourtListener API v4 search, 2026-09-27: opinions "USS Warrington" (1 hit - name collision), RECAP dockets "USS Warrington" (1 hit - non-qualifying), opinions "DD-383" (0 hits), dockets "DD-383" (1 hit - patent-document fragment, non-qualifying) [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener API v4 /search/?q=... type=o and type=r, queries of record in search_ledger sl-05 through sl-08
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener ship-name sweep produced no qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull. "USS Warrington" opinions: one hit, John Warrington v. Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Ry., 901 F.2d 88 (7th Cir. 1990) - a personal name collision (plaintiff injured at U.S. Steel Gary Works; 'USS' in snippet is U.S. Steel, not the ship). "USS Warrington" RECAP dockets: one hit, United States v. QTC Medical Services, Inc., No. 2:14-cv-08961 (C.D. Cal., False Claims Act qui tam) - not asbestos and not the vessel. "DD-383" opinions: no results. "DD-383" RECAP dockets: one hit, Monsanto Co. v. Syngenta Seeds Inc., No. 1:04-cv-00305 (D. Del., patent case) - the string appears in patent-document numbering inside an exhibit, not a vessel reference; not asbestos, not qualifying.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 2026-09-27 (sweep); indexed case law
- Limitations
- CourtListener coverage is not PACER-complete; a negative result narrows, but does not eliminate, the possibility of litigation naming this hull. All three hits are classified down (non-qualifying): a personal name collision, an FCA qui tam, and a patent-exhibit string collision.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-warrington-dd383-05
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[7]Batch-3368 search ledger (this record): DANFS (via hazegray/Wayback); NavSource photo index; destroyerhistory.org class pages; uboat.net/Wiberg loss references; shipyards.json builder record; CourtListener name + hull-number sweeps [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-warrington-dd383-01 through sl-uss-warrington-dd383-11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no hull survey, no abatement or hazmat record, no museum disclosure, and no qualifying litigation naming USS Warrington or DD-383 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). Given the loss profile - sunk in commission 1944 in ~4,500 m of water - no such record is expected to exist.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- Absence of a located record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard; it establishes that the public record for this hull contains no asbestos documentation and that none is reasonably producible short of construction-era archival material (see ev-07). Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-warrington-dd383-06
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[8]NHHC Online Library of Selected Images (photo NH 63124: Warrington escorting FDR's Houston cruise, Feb-Mar 1939) + NavSource DD-383 index listing NHHC photos NH 63123, NH 81257, NH 81258, NH 101666 and NARA 19-N series imagery (19-N-43686, -43690, -43692, -43695, Perles Bay C.Z., 23 April 1943) [other_primary]
- Locator
- ibiblio.org HyperWar Online Library, photo NH 63124 picture-data page; navsource.org/archives/05/383.htm photo captions
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads for this hull: NHHC holds at least five cataloged photographs (NH 63123/63124/81257/81258/101666) and NARA holds 19-N series construction/in-service imagery (Perles Bay, Canal Zone, 23 April 1943). Construction-era material records plausibly extant but unretrieved: NARA RG 19 Bureau of Construction and Repair / Bureau of Ships General Information Books and plans for the Somers class, wartime alteration and repair files for DD-383 (New York Navy Yard 1944, Norfolk Navy Yard 1944), and the Navy's post-sinking court/board of inquiry record for the 13 September 1944 loss.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1935-1944 (records); 2026 (search)
- Limitations
- Leads only - no retrieval performed; the existence of photographs confirms official imagery coverage, not that material specifications are digitized or contain asbestos-relevant detail. The inquiry record is presumed from standard practice for a major peacetime-operational loss; it has not been located.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-warrington-dd383-07