Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]research packet em-packet.md (8 sources cited) [nhhc_danfs]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-wood-dd317-pkt-em-packet-md
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[2]NHHC, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, 'Wood (Destroyer No. 317)' [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Full Wood I history and specifications; compare search ledger
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The reviewed DANFS history does not identify asbestos, an asbestos-containing product, or an abatement event for DD-317. No ship-specific asbestos finding can be made from that history or the fleet-level sources reviewed here.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- A negative finding about the reviewed text only. It does not prove the ship was asbestos-free; unexamined construction, overhaul, and scrap records could change the assessment.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-wood-dd317-06
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[3]U.S. GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2, enclosure I (1979 Navy response) [gao]
- Locator
- Enclosure I, PDF pp. 11-12, Navy response dated 5 January 1979
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A 1979 Navy response reproduced in GAO report HRD-80-2 describes asbestos use in Navy ships for machinery and piping thermal insulation, gaskets, packing, deck materials, and other applications. This is fleet-level historical context only; the report does not name DD-317 or document materials installed in 1919-1930.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- Published almost five decades after Wood was scrapped; the Navy response discusses ships then in service or under construction and general Navy applications. It cannot establish any asbestos product, amount, location, or exposure aboard Wood.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-wood-dd317-03
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[4]NHHC, H-064-2, 'Close Quarters Antisubmarine Warfare (Part 2)' [other_primary]
- Locator
- Clemson-class design paragraph
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NHHC describes Clemson-class destroyers as twin-screw, geared-turbine ships. DANFS assigns Wood to that class, but the class description is not an individual DD-317 machinery record.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- The class description does not itemize Wood's engines or boilers and makes no claim about asbestos aboard DD-317. Its class complement of about 122 is not used because DANFS gives Wood's individual listed complement as 95.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-wood-dd317-04
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[5]National Archives, 'Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961' [other_primary]
- Locator
- General Information Books; Ship Engineering Drawings; Deck Logs and Muster Rolls sections
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's Navy asbestos research guide identifies RG 19 Entry P 9 (destroyer General Information Books) and S39 insulation-and-lagging engineering drawings as possible paths to vessel-level material evidence. The guide also says deck logs and muster rolls provide no direct asbestos evidence.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- NARA does not state that a DD-317 General Information Book or S39 drawing survives or has been examined. The series description is a retrieval lead, not evidence of material installed on Wood.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-wood-dd317-05
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[6]Fleet CourtListener authenticated helper diagnostic, cl-auth-search.py (two DD-317 batch attempts, 27 September 2026) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Helper stderr: COURTLISTENER PACING: the fleet-wide request budget is momentarily spent; no HTTP response
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- Authenticated CourtListener API v4 exact-name opinion queries through the fleet helper were attempted twice. Neither returned an API result because the helper could not obtain a fleet pacing token within its 60-second wait. Exact-name and DD-317 hull-number opinion and docket searches therefore remain incomplete; no litigation classification can be made.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- context_only
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- This is an access-status record, not a search result or a finding about asbestos litigation. No CourtListener hit can be classified until authenticated queries succeed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-wood-dd317-07
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[7]NHHC, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, 'Wood (Destroyer No. 317)' [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Wood I, specifications and opening construction paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS identifies Wood as DD-317, a Clemson-class destroyer laid down on 23 January 1919 at San Francisco by the Union Iron Works plant of Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, launched 28 May 1919, reclassified DD-317 on 17 July 1920, and commissioned at Mare Island on 28 January 1921. Its specifications list a complement of 95 and a speed of 35 knots.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- This is a vessel history, not a materials list, asbestos survey, or proof of any individual's exposure. The 95 figure is the DANFS listed complement, not a count of all people who served.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-wood-dd317-01
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[8]NHHC, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, 'Wood (Destroyer No. 317)' [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Wood I, service narrative, September 1922 paragraph through final paragraph
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS reports West Coast operations and Fleet Problems I-IX, a 1925 fleet cruise to Australia, support of American forces in Nicaragua from 27 June to 16 July 1927, decommissioning at San Diego on 31 March 1930, removal from the Navy list on 22 July 1930, and sale of the hulk for scrap on 14 November 1930. It also records a machinery overhaul after Wood reached Mare Island in September 1922, without identifying materials used or removed.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- The history names a machinery overhaul but provides no work package, material specification, asbestos identification, or worker-exposure information. Sale for scrap does not document the material condition of the hulk.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-wood-dd317-02