USS WORDEN (DD-352)

Evidence

14 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-14).

1. [1]research packet ji-packet.md (1 sources cited) [other_primary]

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Identity packet verdict: VERDICT: VERIFIED — real identity: USS Worden (DD-352) — "the third USS Worden" [SECONDARY: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Worden_(DD-352)]

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Evidence ID

   uss-worden-dd352-pkt-ji-packet-md

2. [2]Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, 'Worden III (DD-352)' entry (live NHHC page returns HTTP 404; text via Wayback capture 2025-02-02 of the official NHHC page, corroborated by the hazegray.org DANFS transcription snippets) [nhhc_danfs]

   Locator

   DANFS 'Worden III' entry incl. spec block; canonical NHHC page https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/w/worden-iii.html returned HTTP 404 (standing NHHC link-rot per Batch-01 report); mirror https://hazegray.org/danfs/destroy/dd352txt.htm

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   DANFS entry 'Worden III (DD-352)': Farragut-class destroyer (spec block: dp. 1,726; l. 341'3"; b. 34'2"; dr. 8'10"; s. 36.5 k.; cpl. 186; a. 5 5", 4 .30-cal. mg., 8 21" tt., 2 dct.). Laid down 29 December 1932 at the Puget Sound Navy Yard; launched 27 October 1934, sponsored by Mrs. Katrina L. Halligan, wife of Rear Admiral John Halligan, Commander, Aircraft, Battle Force; commissioned 15 January 1935, Comdr. Robert E. Kerr in command. Shakedown to Central America via San Diego; Panama Canal transit 6 May 1935; embarked Rear Admiral Joseph K. Taussig and congressional party at Washington 17 May; guns disassembled for alterations at the Washington Navy Yard; voyage repairs at Norfolk Navy Yard May-July 1935; returned to Puget Sound 3 August; post-shakedown refit; San Diego base from 19 September 1935 (Destroyer Squadrons, Scouting Force; Fleet Sound School training ship; operations Seward, Alaska to Callao, Peru). Shifted to Pearl Harbor with the Hawaiian Detachment October 1939. On 7 December 1941 lay nested alongside destroyer tender Dobbin (AD-3); no damage; QM3 Raymond H. Brubaker downed a low-flying bomber with a .50-caliber Browning; underway within two hours. Wake Island relief expedition (recalled 22 December); escorted seaplane tender Curtiss (AV-4) and oiler Platte (AO-24) to Noumea February-March 1942 (towed mined SS Snark clear of Bulari Passage); screened Enterprise and Hornet at Midway 4-6 June; screened Saratoga in the Guadalcanal-Tulagi landings (7 August) and the Battle of the Eastern Solomons; escorted torpedoed Saratoga home via Tongatabu, arriving Pearl Harbor 23 September; west-coast screening October-November. Sailed San Francisco 27 December 1942 for the Amchitka occupation; Dutch Harbor 1 January 1943. On 12 January, guarding transport Arthur Middleton (AP-55) landing the preliminary Army security unit at Constantine Harbor, Amchitka, a strong current swept Worden onto a pinnacle that tore into her hull beneath the engine room with complete loss of power; Dewey's towline parted; the ship broached and broke up in the surf; Comdr. William G. Pogue ordered abandon ship and was swept overboard (rescued unconscious); fourteen of the crew drowned; Worden a total loss. Name struck from the Navy list 22 December 1944. Four battle stars for World War II service.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-27

   Study period

   1932-1944

   Population

   Puget Sound Navy Yard construction workforce 1932-35; ship's company (design complement 186, DANFS spec block); embarked Army security unit and Alaska Scouts at Amchitka 12 January 1943

   Limitations

   DANFS establishes identity, construction, service history, loss, striking, and awards; it contains no asbestos, insulation, or materials information and supports no asbestos claim. Spec block reads '4 .30-cal. mg.' while the same entry's narrative and the ship's own after-action report describe .50-caliber machine guns - flagged in the correction row.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-worden-dd352-01

3. [3]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, 1938 edition, Destroyers (DD) tables, per-hull rows for WORDEN DD352, index line 240 (shipscribe.com scan of the official publication, Google Books digitization) [other_primary]

   Locator

   SDB 1938 Destroyers (DD) tables: characteristics p.96, service conditions p.97, propelling machinery p.98, armament/quarters p.99, construction p.100, dates p.101; WORDEN index no. 240 throughout; name-index and register-index entries corroborate

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Contemporaneous official BuShips Ships' Data (NAVSHIPS 250-012 series), 1938 edition, carries per-hull table rows for WORDEN DD352 (entry index 240): characteristics (p.96) - 341'3" overall, 331'0" on waterline, 34'2" beam, 8'10" mean draft, 1,410 tons standard displacement; service conditions (p.97) - 1,726 tons (footnote 4: 'Designed normal displacement'), designed speed 36.5 knots, 20 tons per inch immersion, 15'6" maximum draft, 2 smoke pipes, 2 masts; propelling machinery (p.98) - '2 Parsons geared turb.', 4 Yarrow boilers (oil burning), 2 propellers, 2 turbogenerator sets, A.C.; armament/quarters (p.99, row read directly from the scanned page) - guns '5 5", 38 cal. A.A.', torpedo tubes (deck) '2 21" quad.', quarters available: cabin 2, wardroom officers 9, junior officers and warrant officers blank, chief petty officers 14, other enlisted men 161 (sums to 186, matching the DANFS complement); construction (p.100) - 'Navy Yard, Puget Sound', contract price of hull and machinery $3,325,000 (footnote 5: 'Total appropriation cost'), act authorizing building dated July 11, 1919 (footnote 6: 'Together with acts of Aug. 29, 1916, and July 1, 1918'), assigned to yard Oct. 1, 1931 (footnote 1), construction period beginning Sept. 29, 1932 (footnote 7), keel laid Dec. 29, 1932; dates table - launched Oct. 27, 1934, commissioned Jan. 15, 1935.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-27

   Study period

   1931-1938 (publication 1938)

   Population

   Ship's company (quarters available: 2 cabin, 9 wardroom officers, 14 CPO, 161 enlisted); construction workforce at Puget Sound Navy Yard

   Limitations

   Contemporaneous official Navy tabulation naming this hull - the strongest specification source in the file. It documents machinery plant, dimensions, armament, berthing, and cost only; it contains no asbestos or insulation-material statements and supports no asbestos claim beyond establishing the steam-plant type to which era inference applies. Tables text-extracted by pdftotext and the p.99 quarters row additionally read directly from the rendered page image; the 2+9+14+161 quarter breakdowns are 'quarters available' (berths and hammock swings per footnote 1), which the book distinguishes from complement.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-worden-dd352-02

4. [4]USS Worden (DD-352) Pearl Harbor action report, DD352/A16-3 Serial 13, 9 January 1942, signed W. C. Pogue (official ship correspondence; transcription hosted on HyperWar/ibiblio) [other_primary]

   Locator

   Full transcription read directly: heading DD352/A16-3 Serial 13; paragraphs 1-8; enclosure D is Lt. Anderson's executive officer report

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   Ship-generated primary record: the commanding officer's after-action report for the Pearl Harbor attack, letterhead 'U.S.S. Worden DD352', serial DD352/A16-3 Serial 13, dated January 9, 1942, from the Commanding Officer to Commander-in-Chief U.S. Pacific Fleet and subordinate commanders, signed W. C. Pogue. Documents that when the Japanese attack began the ship 'was undergoing routine upkeep alongside portside of the U.S.S. Dobbin at Berth X-2, Pearl Harbor', nested with Hull, Phelps, Dewey, and MacDonough; that the ship operated in pointer fire because the tender could not supply electric load to the nest; that QM3 Raymond Harvey Brubaker (401-43-35) shot down a low-flying enemy dive bomber firing ~150 rounds; that the ship was undamaged ('a near miss by a bomb about fifty yards astern jarred the ship'); and that Worden got underway at 1040 via South Channel. An attached Executive Officer's report (Lt. Samuel C. Anderson) follows.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-27

   Study period

   1941-12-07 to 1942-01-09

   Population

   Ship's company at Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941

   Limitations

   Ship-generated official record confirming identity, berth, and action on 7 December 1941; operational content only - contains no asbestos, insulation, or materials statements. Confirms the ship was at Pearl Harbor (nested with Dobbin), correcting occasional secondary-source confusion with TF 12/Lexington ferry operations.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-worden-dd352-03

5. [5]NHHC Online Library of Selected Images, 'USN Ships - USS Worden (DD-352), 1935-1943' and 'Loss, 12 January 1943' pages (official Navy photo captions, NARA 80-G series; transcriptions hosted on HyperWar/ibiblio; live NHHC photography pages return 404) [other_primary]

   Locator

   ibiblio transcriptions usnsh-w/dd352.htm (service summary) and dd352-k.htm (loss); photo numbers 80-G-75577, -75586, -75591, -75594, -75598, -75600

   Finding type

   vessel_history

   Finding

   NHHC Online Library photo-caption pages (transcribed on HyperWar): 'USS Worden (DD-352), 1935-1943' and the loss page record that the destroyer 'was a 1410-ton Farragut class destroyer built at the Puget Sound Navy Yard... commissioned in January 1935', summarize prewar operations and the Pearl Harbor/Wake/Midway/Guadalcanal chronology, and state for 12 January 1943 that 'the strong current in Constantine Harbor swept USS Worden onto a pinnacle rock', that sister ship Dewey's tow attempt failed when the line broke, that the commanding officer ordered abandonment, and that 'fourteen were lost. Worden gradually capsized to starboard, broke in two and sank.' Captions carry official U.S. Navy photo numbers in the National Archives 80-G series documenting the loss sequence: 80-G-75586 (abandonment), 80-G-75577 (capsized and broken in two), 80-G-75598 and 80-G-75600 (aground with Dewey standing by), 80-G-75591 (boats removing crew), 80-G-75594 (sinking, oil spreading).

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-27

   Study period

   1943-01

   Population

   Ship's company during abandonment 12 January 1943; rescue crews from Dewey and Arthur Middleton

   Limitations

   Official Navy photographic captions documenting the loss event and the physical breakup of the hull; no asbestos or materials content. '1410-ton' in the caption matches the SDB 1938 standard-displacement figure, reconciling the DANFS 'dp. 1,726' (designed normal displacement per SDB footnote 4). Live NHHC pages 404; transcription cited.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-worden-dd352-04

6. [6]U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge, shipwreck inventory (amnwr.com ShipwreckList.htm, January 2005; accessed via Wayback capture 2005-06-02; live amnwr.com page no longer serves) [other_primary]

   Locator

   Amchitka Is. entry, second listed wreck paragraph (citing Morison, History of U.S. Naval Operations in WWII, vol. VII)

   Finding type

   historical_record

   Finding

   Federal wreck-site documentation: the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge shipwreck inventory ('Shipwrecks and Groundings in the Aleutian Islands, Islands off the Alaska Peninsula, and Pribilof Islands', compiled by M/V Tiglax engineer Eric Nelson, January 2005) lists: 'Amchitka Is., 1943, Jan. 12th, U.S. Navy destroyer USS Worden (DD-352) struck a rock at the entrance of Constantine Harbor, Amchitka Is. and sank, 14 of the crew were lost, vessel became a total loss.' The refuge-administered listing places the wreck inside the Alaska Maritime NWR.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   ship_specific

   Accessed

   2026-09-27

   Study period

   1943 loss; inventory 2005

   Limitations

   Wreck-inventory listing naming this hull - confirms the wreck exists within the federal refuge and the total-loss/14-casualty figures; compiled from secondary sources (Morison) rather than a physical survey; contains no asbestos, condition, or materials statement, and lists no removal or abatement action.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-worden-dd352-05

7. [7]U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Legacy Management, 'Amchitka, Alaska, Site Fact Sheet' (energy.gov/lm); Alaska DEC Contaminated Sites Program site report 'Amchitka - DOE - Mud Pits' (File 2512.38.002.01, Hazard ID 1584) [other_primary]

   Locator

   DOE LM fact sheet 'DOE Responsibilities' section (seven-locale scope; USFWS/DOI jurisdiction); ADEC PublicMVC SiteReport/1584 (mud pits at base camp, unrelated to the wreck)

   Finding type

   environmental_record

   Finding

   Amchitka Island - the wreck's resting place - is administered as part of the Aleutian Island Unit of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge (USFWS/Department of the Interior). The island hosted three underground nuclear tests (Long Shot 1965, Milrow 1969, Cannikin 1971); under an April 2001 Letter of Agreement the Department of Energy accepted long-term stewardship responsibility for seven specific locales on Amchitka (three drilling locations, three test locations, and a former asphalt plant) - not the island generally, and not Constantine Harbor. The island has been closed to the public since the military era; no survey, salvage, removal, or hazardous-materials inventory record for the Worden wreck was located in DOE, ADEC, or USFWS materials searched.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   context

   Documentation level

   context_only

   Accessed

   2026-09-27

   Study period

   1965-2001 (test/stewardship era); wreck in place since 1943

   Limitations

   Jurisdictional context only - explains why no wreck-condition or materials survey exists in public environmental records (closed federal refuge; DOE scope excludes the harbor). Nothing in this row documents asbestos aboard the wreck or its absence.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-worden-dd352-06

8. [8]Consolidated era/design inference - BuShips Ships' Data 1938 machinery row for DD-352 ('2 Parsons geared turb. / 4 Yarrow / 2 turbogenerator sets, A.C.') + Atlas shipyards.json yard record puget-sound-naval-shipyard (documented asbestos products; DTIC AD0715808; PMID 1065583) + DD-348 class General Information Book (Bethlehem-Yarrow boilers, 400 psi working pressure) [other_primary]

   Locator

   SDB 1938 p.98 machinery row WORDEN; shipyards.json yard_id puget-sound-naval-shipyard; destroyerhistory.org DD-348 GIB Section 4-1 propelling machinery

   Finding type

   asbestos_application

   Finding

   Era/design inference: this hull carried a twin-screw high-pressure steam plant - two Parsons geared turbines fed by four Yarrow oil-burning boilers plus two turbogenerator sets (BuShips Ships' Data 1938 machinery row for DD-352) - built December 1932-January 1935 at the Puget Sound Navy Yard, a Navy yard where Atlas shipyards.json independently documents asbestos products (thermal insulation, gaskets, electrical systems, deck tiles, fireproofing materials, asbestos refractory materials; DTIC AD0715808 1970 industrial-hygiene study and peer-reviewed follow-up PMID 1065583 document amosite and chrysotile exposure in insulation trades there, with the caveat that the documented study window is 1962-1972, roughly three decades after this hull's construction). Interwar-era Navy steam-plant construction used asbestos-containing boiler insulation, steam-line lagging, turbine lagging, valve/flange gaskets, machinery packing, and fireproofing as standard materials; no hull-specific material schedule, insulation specification, or survey naming DD-352 was located.

   Verification

   inferred

   Role

   supporting

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-27

   Study period

   1932-1943

   Population

   Puget Sound Navy Yard construction trades 1932-34; ship's company 1935-43 (design complement 186); crews of Dewey and Arthur Middleton during the 1943 abandonment (boarding proximity only)

   Limitations

   Inference from the documented machinery plant, construction era, and builder yard - NOT a hull record. Establishes no asbestos content aboard DD-352, no quantity, no location, no individual exposure, no causation. The Puget Sound yard's documented asbestos studies postdate construction by ~30 years (1962-1972 window) and are yard-level evidence, applied here only as builder context; this hull predates the WWII asbestos-construction peak that most era scholarship describes.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-worden-dd352-07

9. [9]General Information Book, USS Farragut (DD-348), Office of the Superintending Constructor U.S.N., Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., Fore River, Quincy MA, 1934 (BuC&R cognizance; excerpt scan hosted by the Destroyer History Foundation, destroyerhistory.org) [other_primary]

   Locator

   GIB excerpt pp.1-11 (OCR'd locally): Section A-1 hull data; Section 4-1 Propelling Machinery boiler/turbine tables

   Finding type

   asbestos_application

   Finding

   Class primary document (lead ship only): the 1934 General Information Book for USS Farragut (DD-348), produced by the Office of the Superintending Constructor U.S.N. at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Fore River plant, under Bureau of Construction and Repair cognizance, documents the class machinery plant - four Bethlehem-Yarrow type boilers at 400 psi working pressure (two end-fired 3-drum with superheaters/desuperheaters/air heaters, two side-fired 2-drum) and Curtis-Parsons turbine sets - but the published excerpt (11 pages: hull measurements, capacities, propelling machinery summary) contains no insulation, lagging, or material-schedule section.

   Verification

   verified

   Role

   archival_lead

   Documentation level

   class_or_era

   Accessed

   2026-09-27

   Study period

   1934

   Population

   Farragut-class design/construction reference population (class context)

   Limitations

   Class-lead document, not this hull's book - Worden (DD-352) was built at Puget Sound Navy Yard, not Bethlehem, and would have its own GIB (not located online; NARA RG 19 series is the lead). The excerpt contains no asbestos or insulation statement, so it neither supports nor denies asbestos content; it documents the class machinery type to which era inference attaches. Scan is image-only; local OCR read.

   Atlas source

   true

   Evidence ID

   ev-uss-worden-dd352-08

10. [10]U.S. General Accounting Office, 'Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure,' HRD-80-2 (published 18 October 1979) [gao]

    Locator

    GAO product page description + report PDF https://www.gao.gov/assets/hrd-80-2.pdf (Navy response attachment, shipboard-asbestos paragraph; fieldwork yards were Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards)

    Finding type

    gov_survey

    Finding

    Program-level documentation that asbestos use was pervasive in Navy ships: the GAO's 1979 report on Navy asbestos protection reviewed the use of asbestos in Navy ships and conveys the Navy's statement that 'thermal insulation for machinery, equipment and piping systems has been the major application of asbestos' and that 'all ships presently in service contain some quantity of asbestos' (attachment quoting Navy response on shipboard applications). Context for the general era of Navy shipboard asbestos use; DD-352 (lost 1943) predates the report scope but the finding documents the longstanding Navy-wide practice this hull's construction era belonged to.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    context

    Documentation level

    context_only

    Accessed

    2026-09-27

    Study period

    1975-1979 (report); practices described span earlier decades

    Population

    Navy shipyard workers and ship crews (program context)

    Limitations

    Program-level finding about the modern (1970s) fleet, not about this 1932-35 hull - quoted language describes ships delivered since 1973 and in-service practice; establishes nothing about DD-352's materials. Included only as Navy-wide era context consistent with Batch-01 usage.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-worden-dd352-09

11. [11]CourtListener API v4 searches: 'USS Worden' type=o (2 hits, both McIndoe v. Huntington Ingalls Inc., 817 F.3d 1170, 9th Cir. 2016 - CG-18 collision); 'DD-352' type=o (0 hits); 'Worden' asbestos type=o (26 hits, 0 qualifying - McIndoe clusters plus surname/other collisions); 'USS Worden' type=r (4 docket hits, hull unresolvable in-document; none DD-352-identified) [court_record]

    Locator

    Opinion 8442643, Part I (service dates/hull identification: Coral Sea 1961-63 and guided-missile cruiser Worden 1966-67 built by Bath, commissioned 1963); docket hits: MDL-875, 2:21-cv-09612 Cochran (asbestos PI), 3:15-cv-01877 Van Dorn, 2:06-cv-00290 Johnson

    Finding type

    litigation_documented

    Finding

    CourtListener sweep (authenticated API v4, 2026-09-27): 'USS Worden' (type=o) returned 2 hits, both the same case - McIndoe v. Huntington Ingalls Inc., 817 F.3d 1170 (9th Cir. 2016), affirming summary judgment for shipbuilders - a NAME COLLISION: the opinion identifies the vessel as 'the USS Worden, a guided missile cruiser built by Bath Iron Works Corporation and commissioned in 1963', i.e., DLG/CG-18, with the decedent aboard 1966-1967; nothing in the case concerns DD-352. 'DD-352' (type=o) returned zero hits. 'Worden' + asbestos (type=o) returned 26 hits - the two McIndoe clusters plus surname/other collisions (Asarco bankruptcy counsel Mark Allan Worden; Kennedy v. Mobay; unrelated civil/appellate matters) with no qualifying hit naming this hull. Docket-level sweep 'USS Worden' (type=r) returned 4 dockets carrying the phrase in indexed document content - MDL-875 asbestos MDL, Grant Cochran v. Air and Liquid Systems Corp. 2:21-cv-09612 (asbestos PI, suitNature 368), Van Dorn v. Sikorsky 3:15-cv-01877, Johnson v. Bridgestone 2:06-cv-00290 - none resolvable to DD-352 from returned payloads, and none produced a published opinion naming the hull. Classification: no qualifying asbestos litigation for DD-352 located; every vessel-relevant hit is a confirmed or unresolvable-later-hull collision (CG-18).

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    correction

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-27

    Study period

    2012-2016 (litigation); sweep 2026-09-27

    Population

    James McIndoe service aboard USS Worden CG-18 1966-1967 (different hull); DD-352 crew window would be 1935-1943

    Limitations

    Sweep result, not a merits finding: opinion-index coverage supports 'no published opinion names DD-352', but pleadings naming the hull without a published opinion would not surface at type=o, and the four type=r docket hits could not be document-level verified for hull identity this session (phrase sits in indexed filing text; the CG-18-disambiguation query was pacing-blocked). Cochran is an asbestos PI docket in which 'USS Worden' appears somewhere in filings - most plausibly the CG-18 cruiser given its service era, but not proven; logged as an unresolvable collision, not a qualifying hit. McIndoe is classified NON-qualifying for DD-352 on the opinion's own text (shipbuilder Bath Iron Works, commissioned 1963 = DLG-18/CG-18).

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-worden-dd352-10

12. [12]Cross-source reconciliation: NHHC DANFS (Wayback capture) vs. BuShips SDB 1938 rows vs. NHHC photo captions vs. NavSource compiled data vs. hazegray transcription vs. private memorial site [other_primary]

    Locator

    DANFS spec block and narrative; SDB 1938 pp.96-101 rows and footnotes; NavSource DD-352 spec block and CO table; NHHC caption '1410-ton'; dd352.us spec box

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Source discrepancies resolved or logged: (a) Complement - DANFS spec block reads 186 and SDB 1938 'quarters available' columns sum to 186 (2+9+14+161); secondary compilations diverge (NavSource 'Crew 160'; HyperWar ships-of-the-Navy page 'Complement: 251'; private memorial 'war cruise 220') - 186 carried per the official sources, others in gaps. (b) Displacement - DANFS spec 'dp. 1,726' vs. SDB 1938 standard displacement 1,410 tons and NHHC photo caption '1410-ton': SDB footnote 4 identifies 1,726 as designed normal displacement - reconciled, not a conflict. (c) Turbine description - NavSource compiled spec reads 'Curtis Geared Turbines', SDB 1938 machinery row reads 'Parsons geared turb.', and the DD-348 GIB describes Curtis-Parsons compound sets for the lead ship - builder-era mixed descriptions logged. (d) Machine guns - DANFS spec block '4 .30-cal. mg.' vs. the same entry's narrative and the ship's own report describing .50-caliber Brownings and NavSource '4 x 0.5" MG' - .50-caliber treated as correct, .30-cal logged as a DANFS spec-block typo. (e) First CO - DANFS 'Comdr. Robert E. Kerr' and NavSource 'CDR Robert Earle Kerr Jan 15 1935 - Dec 10 1935' vs. private memorial site 'Raymond Earle Kerr' - Robert Earle Kerr controls; memorial reading logged as error. (f) Loss date/process and casualty count (14) are consistent across DANFS, NHHC captions, USFWS inventory, and secondary compilations. (g) Transport hull number - DANFS reads 'Arthur Middleton (AP-55)' in the archived text (the hazegray transcription garbles it 'AP65'); the ship later became APA-25 - AP-55 correct. (h) Rank of CO - DANFS 'Comdr.' Pogue vs. private site's 'Lt. Cdr.' - DANFS controls.

    Verification

    verified

    Role

    correction

    Documentation level

    ship_specific

    Accessed

    2026-09-27

    Study period

    1932-1944

    Limitations

    Reconciles publication-level discrepancies among authoritative and secondary sources; none of the underlying sources contains asbestos information, and none of the variances affects identity or the loss timeline.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-worden-dd352-11

13. [13]Batch-3337 search ledger (this record): DANFS/NHHC via Wayback capture + hazegray mirror; BuShips SDB 1938 per-hull rows; ship's Pearl Harbor after-action report (HyperWar); NHHC Online Library photo captions (ibiblio transcription); NavSource DD-352 page (Wayback capture); DD-348 class General Information Book; USFWS AMNWR wreck inventory; DOE LM Amchitka fact sheet + ADEC site report; CourtListener name/hull/asbestos searches; general-web asbestos-mention check [other_primary]

    Locator

    search_ledger rows sl-uss-worden-dd352-01 through sl-uss-worden-dd352-13

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, materials schedule, court finding, or docketed asbestos case naming USS Worden DD-352 was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The configuration of the loss record itself limits what could exist: the hull was a total loss on 12 January 1943, capsized and sank in place inside what is now a closed federal wildlife refuge; there was no postwar disposal, mothballing, overhaul, or scrapping program under which asbestos documentation would typically be generated for this hull.

    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 1932-34 Navy-yard-built steam destroyer is era-consistent with asbestos-containing insulation, lagging, gaskets, packing, and fireproofing, and the wreck has never been surveyed. This row records that no ship-specific documentation was located; it does not establish presence or absence, exposure, or legal eligibility.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-worden-dd352-12

14. [14]NARA Guide to Federal Records: RG 24 (Navy ship/station logs incl. Special List 44 finding aid), RG 19 (BuShips/BuC&R); NARA still-picture 80-G series; report-of-loss/court-of-inquiry file (record group unverified) [other_primary]

    Locator

    https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/024.html (24.2.2 Logs, 'Logs of U.S. naval ships and stations, 1801-1946'); https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/019.html

    Finding type

    historical_record

    Finding

    Archival leads (not retrieved - research-room or reproduction order; no spend authorized): (a) NARA RG 24 'Logbooks of U.S. Navy ships and stations, 1801-1946' (72,500 vols.) - DD-352 deck logs for the full commissioned period 1935-01-15 to 1943-01-12, including the final entries before loss; Special List 44 is the finding aid; (b) the command report of loss / any court of inquiry into the 12 January 1943 grounding - the private memorial site reproduces what it describes as the official report with a hand-drawn wreck chart, consistent with RG 38/RG 153 or CNO records holdings; (c) NARA RG 19 (Bureau of Construction and Repair / BuShips) records incl. the DD-352 General Information Book and Puget Sound Navy Yard construction correspondence (the DD-348 class GIB excerpt is the located surrogate); (d) NARA still-picture holdings for the loss photographs (80-G-75577, -75586, -75591, -75594, -75598, -75600 et seq.) and pre-loss ship photography (NH 68450 DesRon 20); (e) Naval Vessel Register - not applicable: struck 22 December 1944, predating NVR coverage.

    Verification

    unverified

    Role

    archival_lead

    Documentation level

    context_only

    Accessed

    2026-09-27

    Study period

    1932-1943 records

    Limitations

    Record-group/collection mapping only - no box-level retrieval performed; existence of asbestos-specific documents for DD-352 is unknown until surveyed. Nothing in this row is an asbestos finding.

    Atlas source

    true

    Evidence ID

    ev-uss-worden-dd352-13