Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]NHHC, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, 'Yarnall I (Destroyer No. 143)' (published 2016-10-31) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- Specifications block; construction and U.S.-service paragraphs
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: (Destroyer No. 143: dp. 1,154 (n.); l. 314'4-1/2"; b. 30'11-1/4"; dr. 9'10-1/4" (aft); s. 35.12 k. (tl.); cpl. 122; a. 4 4", 2 3", 12 21" tt., 2 .30-cal. mg., 2 dct.; cl. Wickes). Laid down 12 February 1918 at Philadelphia, Pa., by William Cramp & Sons Ship & Engine Building Co.; launched 19 June 1918; sponsored by Mrs. Marie H. Bagley; commissioned 29 November 1918, Cmdr. William F. Halsey, Jr., in command. Division 15, Destroyer Force; U.S. naval forces France 1919; Flotilla 5, Destroyer Squadron 4, Pacific Fleet (San Diego) from 1 January 1920; Division 13 redesignation; Asiatic station assignment from late 1920; repairs at Puget Sound summer 1921; Division 11 out of San Diego; decommissioned 29 May 1922. Recommissioned 19 April 1930, Cmdr. John F. McClain; Division 11, Squadron 10, Battle Fleet Destroyer Squadrons; Charleston, S.C. home port from New Year's Day 1931; Scouting Force Destroyer Division 3 from March 1931; San Diego from summer 1934; decommissioned at Philadelphia 30 December 1936 and berthed with the reserve fleet. Recommissioned 4 October 1939, Lt. Cmdr. John G. Winn; Destroyer Squadron 11, Atlantic Squadron; Neutrality Patrol out of Norfolk until fall 1940.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- Ship identity, specifications, and service history only. DANFS does not identify asbestos aboard, itemize materials, or quantify any individual exposure. The live NHHC page serves HTTP 200 to a browser user-agent fetch but returned 404 to automated webfetch clients this session - verified via direct fetch.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yarnall-dd143-01
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[2]NHHC, DANFS, 'Yarnall I (Destroyer No. 143)' (transfer/foreign-service paragraphs); Tin Can Sailors (destroyers.org) DD-143 disposition record for post-1944 detail [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS transfer and foreign-service paragraphs; destroyers.org/ships/dd-143 disposition block ('Transferred to Russia 08/26/1944 as DRUZHNY... Scrapped in Rosyth... 09/1952')
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Transfer and foreign-service chain: one of the 50 overage destroyers turned over to the Royal Navy under the destroyers-for-bases agreement; decommissioned by the U.S. Navy at St. John's, Newfoundland, on 23 October 1940 and commissioned into the Royal Navy the same day as HMS Lincoln (G.42), Cmdr. G. B. Sayer, RN. Belfast arrival 9 November 1940; Londonderry; First Escort Group, Western Approaches Command - convoy escort for about a year. Refitted at Woolwich, England, September 1941-February 1942; then Norwegian-crewed in the Western Local Escort Force between Halifax and St. John's. July 1942: HMS Lincoln became HMCS Lincoln under the Royal Canadian Navy flag, still Norwegian-manned; Canadian waters until end of 1943; reserve in the River Tyne early 1944; transferred to the Soviet Navy 26 August 1944 for cannibalization to provide spare parts for eight sister ships already in Soviet service. Struck from the U.S. Navy list 8 January 1941. The Tin Can Sailors disposition record adds: named Druzhny; hulk returned to England 23 August 1952; scrapped at Rosyth September 1952.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- Documents flag transfers and the Woolwich refit window - work events of the type that disturb machinery materials - but identifies no materials and no asbestos. The Soviet-era name (Druzhny), the 23 August 1952 return, and the September 1952 Rosyth breaking come from the Tin Can Sailors disposition block, not DANFS; a Russian-language source claims active Soviet service through the war's end (per secondary summaries), a disagreement carried in gaps rather than resolved.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yarnall-dd143-02
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[3]National Archives, 'Special List 44 - Named Vessels,' Yarnall (DD-143) entries [other_primary]
- Locator
- Named-vessel table, Yarnall (DD-143) rows (three spans) and adjacent Yarnall (DD-541) row
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's Special List 44 (Named Vessels) lists three deck-log spans for Yarnall (DD-143): 29 November 1918-29 May 1922, 19 April 1930-1 December 1936, and 4 October 1939-23 October 1940 - aligning with the hull's three commissioned periods, each span ending on or near its decommissioning date. A fourth 'Yarnall' span in the same table (30 December 1943-30 June 1945) is the Fletcher-class DD-541, not this hull. The log holdings could narrow dates of work performed aboard; the underlying pages were not reviewed.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- The table lists inclusive dates of deck-log coverage, not asbestos findings. Its 1 December 1936 endpoint for the second span precedes DANFS's 30 December 1936 decommissioning date; the dates describe different record types and are not treated as a contradiction.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yarnall-dd143-03
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[4]Rushworth, 'The Navy and Asbestos Thermal Insulation,' Naval Engineers Journal (2005); Franke et al., 'Government and Navy knowledge regarding health hazards of asbestos: a state of the science evaluation (1900-1970)' (2011); Wickes-class machinery table per standard references [other_primary]
- Locator
- Naval Engineers Journal 2005 (doi.org/10.1111/j.1559-3584.2005.tb00336.x); Franke 2011 state-of-science review
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era inference: peer-reviewed reviews of U.S. Navy asbestos practice document shipboard asbestos thermal insulation in use from the 1880s through the 1950s - spanning this hull's 1918 construction and every subsequent commission and refit, including the September 1941-February 1942 Woolwich refit under the Royal Navy. A Wickes-class destroyer built at William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, in 1918 with the Bath-design machinery plant (four water-tube boilers and Parsons geared turbines per class machinery tables for the non-Bethlehem build groups) would have carried period-standard asbestos-containing boiler and steam-line insulation, turbine lagging, gaskets, packing, and fireproofing. Builder William Cramp & Sons is not an Atlas shipyards.json entry, so no yard-level asbestos documentation is linked for the construction site.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding. The cited reviews are state-of-the-science literature covering era practice and do not name this hull; class machinery tables are secondary references. No insulation specification, survey, or material test for this hull was located; nothing quantifies material or establishes any individual's exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yarnall-dd143-04
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[5]National Archives, 'Researching Asbestos aboard US Naval Vessel up through 1961' [other_primary]
- Locator
- Introduction; 'Beginning Research'; 'Bureau of Ships General, Confidential, and Secret Correspondence'; 'General Information Books'; 'Cartographic Branch'
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NARA's Navy asbestos research guide identifies asbestos use in U.S. Navy materiel during 1941-1961 and directs hull research to RG 19 Bureau of Ships correspondence (arranged by Navy Filing Manual hull designations - this hull would file under DD143), General Information Books, and engineering drawings including S39 insulation/lagging sheets; ship-class correspondence files under the class namesake's hull number (DD75 for Wickes) and private-yard correspondence under QM/Cramp. These are the record series where hull-level material specifications for a 1918-built Cramp destroyer would sit.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- NARA's guide describes Navy-wide material use and research methods, not a Yarnall inventory. Its stated materiel window (1941-1961) largely postdates this hull's U.S. service (ended 23 October 1940); the relevant holdings are the earlier construction-era series and the 1940-1945 RG 19 general correspondence that do cover the hull's final commission. RG 19 ship files, GIBs, and drawings were not retrieved.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yarnall-dd143-05
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[6]CourtListener API v4 sweeps, 2026-09-26: 'USS Yarnall' opinions = 0; 'USS Yarnall' dockets = 1 (Seigfried v. Allegheny Ludlum, 2:09-cv-00125 W.D. Pa. - resolved collision, plaintiff's 1951-1954 service dates fix the reference to DD-541); 'DD-143' opinions = 1 collision (Electronic Showcase, Fla. 1977); 'DD-143' dockets = 7 collisions [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-yarnall-dd143-05 through sl-uss-yarnall-dd143-07; Seigfried R&R doc 183, p.5-6 (deposition and interrogatory recitals)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener litigation sweep for this hull (2026-09-26): the exact-name opinion query 'USS Yarnall' returned 0 hits - no opinion names the ship. The 'DD-143' designator queries returned only collisions: 1 opinion (Electronic Showcase v. KPF Enterprises, Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1977 - appellate docket numbers 'Nos. DD-142, DD-143', not the vessel) and 7 non-asbestos, non-maritime dockets. The docket query 'USS Yarnall' returned 1 hit: Seigfried v. Allegheny Ludlum Corp., No. 2:09-cv-00125 (W.D. Pa.), suitNature 'P.I. : Asbestos', filed 2009-02-02, terminated 2012-07-16. Document-level review of its indexed Report & Recommendation (doc 183, on a motion to remand) resolves the collision: the R&R recites that plaintiff William Seigfried 'testified that he served on the USS Yarnall and the USS Cockrell between 1951 and 1954' as a boiler tender around asbestos-containing 'pipe covering,' and interrogatory answers give 'USS Yarnall from 1951 to 1953.' A USS Yarnall in U.S. Navy commission 1951-1954 is the Fletcher-class DD-541 - this hull (DD-143) was the Norwegian-crewed HMCS Lincoln in Canadian waters at that date - so the hit is a same-name collision against DD-541 and is NOT qualifying litigation for DD-143.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- Completed sweep: no opinion names either Yarnall hull, and the single asbestos docket hit is resolved to DD-541 by the plaintiff's own 1951-1954 service dates (a recital in a remand-posture R&R, not an adjudicated exposure finding even for DD-541). CourtListener coverage is not exhaustive of all courts and eras; state-court and unindexed filings are outside this sweep.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yarnall-dd143-06
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[7]Batch-3149 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS live page; Tin Can Sailors (destroyers.org) transcription and disposition; NARA Special List 44; NARA Navy asbestos research guide; Atlas shipyards.json builder check; NavSource and mirror availability checks; CourtListener (pacing-blocked) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-yarnall-dd143-01 through sl-uss-yarnall-dd143-13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no hull survey exists or was generated (the hull was cannibalized as a Soviet parts hulk from 1944 and broken up at Rosyth in September 1952, decades before shipbreaking asbestos documentation), no abatement contract or hazmat disclosure exists, and no primary record naming asbestos aboard this hull was found in the sources searched. The hull left U.S. custody in October 1940 - before the era that produced asbestos documentation or litigation - so the usual exposure-record pathways (postwar yard abatement records, museum disclosures, veteran litigation naming this hull) are largely absent for it.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-26
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1918-built steam destroyer consistent with era practice would have carried insulated steam-plant materials, and her documented refit and foreign-service periods are the type of events that disturb such material. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility. The completed CourtListener sweeps returned no opinion naming the ship, one same-name docket hit resolved to DD-541 (Seigfried, plaintiff served 1951-1954), and only collisions on the 'DD-143' designator.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-yarnall-dd143-07