Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet jf-packet.md (4 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-zeilin-dd313-pkt-jf-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Zeilin I (DD-313) (specifications block + service narrative; verbatim hazegray.org transcription via Wayback capture 2019-12-31 - live NHHC page not located, hazegray.org itself now unresolvable) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS Zeilin I (DD-313) entry, specifications block + full service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: laid down 20 February 1919 at the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. yard in San Francisco, Calif.; launched 28 May 1919, sponsored by Mrs. William P. Lindley; commissioned 10 December 1920 at the Mare Island Navy Yard, Lt. Comdr. James D. Moore in command. Served nine years with Division 33, Squadron 11, Destroyers, Battle Force, out of San Diego. Damaged in collision with Henderson (AP-1) in Puget Sound in July 1923; after repairs resumed duty. Decommissioned at San Diego 22 January 1930; struck from the Navy list 8 July 1930; 'subsequently scrapped by the Navy.' Spec block: 1,215 t (normal), 314'4" x 30'1" x 9'9" aft, 33 kt, complement 96, 4x4", 1x3", 12x21" torpedo tubes, Clemson class.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1919-1930
- Population
- Bethlehem/Union Iron Works construction trades 1919-20; peacetime crew ~96 (design complement), 1920-1930
- Limitations
- DANFS documents identity, service history, and disposal, not materials or asbestos content. Does not identify the collision-repair yard, the scrapping contractor/location, or the namesake. 'Scrapped by the Navy' conflicts in mechanism (not outcome) with NavSource 'sold and broken up for scrap' - logged in gaps. Mirror transcription cited because no live NHHC page was located and hazegray.org no longer resolves.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-zeilin-dd313-01
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[3]NavSource Naval History, Destroyer Photo Index DD-313 USS Zeilin (as-built specification line, commanding-officer roster, contributor photograph captions incl. Mare Island drydocking; Wayback capture) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource DD-313 index: specification block, 'Operational and Building Data,' photo captions (Mare Island Dry Dock No. 1, 13 Jan 1928; namesake bio), CO roster
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource index for this hull: class Clemson (as built); displacement 1,215 t; 314'5" (oa) x 31'8" x 9'10"; armament 4x4"/50, 1x3"/23AA, 12x21" tt.; machinery 26,500 shp geared turbines, 2 screws; speed 35 kt; crew 114. Building data matches DANFS (laid down by Bethlehem Steel, San Francisco, 20 Feb 1919; launched 28 May 1919; commissioned 10 Dec 1920; decommissioned 22 Jan 1930; stricken 8 Jul 1930; 'sold and broken up for scrap in 1930'). A dated contributor photograph places this hull in Mare Island Dry Dock No. 1 alongside submarine S-14 on 13 January 1928. Namesake caption (photo credited to USMC History Division): Brig. Gen. Jacob Zeilin, appointed Commandant of the Marine Corps in June 1864 and the Corps' first general officer (1874). Commanding officer roster, six officers, 1920-1930.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1919-1930
- Population
- Crew (NavSource figure 114); Mare Island drydock workforce, January 1928
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer photographic archive, not an official record - dates are consistent with DANFS but the machinery/crew figures (26,500 shp, 35 kt, crew 114) differ from the DANFS spec block (33 kt, cpl. 96) and are the standard as-built/design variance; carried with the variance logged, not merged. The January 1928 Mare Island drydocking is photo-caption documentation only - no work scope, duration, or yard record retrieved.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-zeilin-dd313-02
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[4]Destroyer History Foundation, 'Wickes- and Clemson-class flush-deck destroyers' (class construction/design history; Yarrow-boiler mass retirement; sources cited: Bauer & Roberts, Friedman, Alden, Reilly) + Atlas shipyards.json records 'bethlehem-shipbuilding' (tier 3), 'mare-island-naval-shipyard' (tier 2) [other_primary]
- Locator
- destroyerhistory.org flushdeck class page (construction shortcomings + Yarrow boiler paragraph); shipyards.json 'bethlehem-shipbuilding', 'mare-island-naval-shipyard'
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/yard inference: this hull is a 1919-1920 Bethlehem San Francisco (Union Iron Works) Clemson-class flush-deck destroyer with a four water-tube boiler, geared-turbine, two-screw steam plant. The Destroyer History Foundation documents that the Yarrow water-tube boilers on the 60 Bethlehem-built flush-deckers 'wore out' in service and those ships were 'set aside for scrapping en masse in 1930' - consistent with this hull's January 1930 decommissioning and 1930 disposal. A steam destroyer of this era would have carried period-standard asbestos boiler/drum insulation, steam-line lagging, gaskets, packing, and fireproofing; boiler renewals/retubing during service are a disturbance pathway on original insulation. Builder Bethlehem Shipbuilding and overhaul site Mare Island Naval Shipyard are both asbestos-documented yards in the Atlas dataset (tiers 3 and 2). NARA RG 19 General Information Books and ship's plans are the archival lead for hull-level material specifications.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1919-1930
- Population
- Union Iron Works construction trades 1919-20; crew 1920-1930; Mare Island yard workers (Jan 1928 drydocking); collision-repair workforce 1923 (yard unidentified)
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - no hull-level material list exists in the located record; the Destroyer History Foundation page is a secondary compilation (citing Friedman, Bauer & Roberts et al.), not an official record, and the Yarrow-boiler retirement is asserted at class level, not documented for DD-313 individually. The yard dataset's Bethlehem product documentation derives primarily from Sparrows Point/Quincy, not the San Francisco Union Iron Works plant. NARA GIB/plans retrieval not performed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-zeilin-dd313-03
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[5]CourtListener API v4 sweep, 2026-09-27: "Zeilin" type=o (20 opinions) and type=r (5 dockets); "DD-313" type=o and type=r [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-zeilin-dd313-05, sl-uss-zeilin-dd313-06; result files reviewed 2026-09-27
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- No qualifying litigation located naming this hull. All 20 "Zeilin" opinion hits are surname collisions - predominantly the 19th-century J.H. Zeilin & Co./Chattanooga Medicine/Thedford patent-medicine litigation line (1871-1897) plus unrelated surname cases; none mentions a ship, Navy service, or asbestos. All 5 "Zeilin" docket hits are incidental full-text mentions (a surname appearing inside documents in unrelated Social Security, bankruptcy, and civil cases). The single "DD-313" opinion hit is a pure docket-number collision - Riggs v. Saltmarsh, Cleaveland and Gund, 341 So. 2d 818 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1977), an attorney-lien dispute whose appellate docket number literally reads 'No. DD-313'; the 7 "DD-313" docket hits are incidental in-document string matches (Bates/exhibit-style strings) with no naval reference. No opinion or docket names USS Zeilin, DD-313, or a naval vessel of this name.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- Litigation record through 2026-09-27
- Population
- Crew 1920-1930 (would-be claimants); no plaintiffs identified
- Limitations
- CourtListener indexes are not exhaustive of state-court or PACER-only filings, and a ship scrapped in 1930 has a pre-asbestos-litigation-era crew (1920-1930 service) - absence of located litigation is expected rather than surprising. Any future 'USS Zeilin' hit must be attributed carefully: the second USS Zeilin (AP-9/APA-3), a WWII attack transport, is the likelier referent for litigation. Sweep is point-in-time (2026-09-27) and was executed under fleet-wide pacing constraints.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-zeilin-dd313-04
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[6]NHHC Online Library of Selected Images, photo NH 45222 'USS Zeilin (DD-313) underway in heavy seas during the 1920s' (ibiblio/HyperWar mirror of NHHC picture data); NH 67809 also indexed for this hull per secondary image indexes [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- NHHC Online Library picture-data page NH 45222 (HyperWar mirror); NavSource DD-313 index
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- NHHC holds cataloged photographs of this hull (NH 45222 verified via the HyperWar mirror of the NHHC Online Library picture-data page; NH 67809 indexed in secondary image databases). NHHC photo archives, NARA RG 24 deck logs (1920-1930), and RG 19 General Information Books / Bureau of Ships plans are the archival path to hull-level construction and maintenance detail for this ship.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1920s (imagery); archival holdings undated
- Limitations
- Photo cataloging confirms imagery exists for this hull but contains no material or asbestos information; NH 67809 verified only via secondary image indexes, not directly on an NHHC page. NARA holdings are leads - no retrieval performed; deck-log and GIB coverage for a 1919-1930 hull is expected but unconfirmed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-zeilin-dd313-05
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[7]Seattle Star, 'Vessels Collide in Fog!', No. 131, Vol. 25, 27 July 1923, p. 1 (via Library of Congress newspaper collection) - contemporaneous press account of the Henderson (AP-1) collision [reputable_press]
- Locator
- Seattle Star 27 Jul 1923 p.1; citation verified via scholarly references to the LOC-housed issue
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- A contemporaneous page-1 newspaper account of the 27 July 1923 fog collision between this hull and Henderson (AP-1) exists in the Library of Congress digitized newspaper collection (Seattle Star, 27 July 1923). The article likely contains damage detail and possibly the repair disposition - a documented event corroboration beyond DANFS.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1923-07
- Population
- Crew at time of collision; Puget Sound-area repair workforce (if identified in article)
- Limitations
- Located by citation, not content - loc.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches, so the article text was not reviewed this session. The collision itself is already established by DANFS (ev-01); this citation adds only corroboration and possible repair detail. Full-text pull remains an open lead.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-zeilin-dd313-06