Evidence
11 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-11).
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[1]research packet ii-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-acree-de167-pkt-ii-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Acree (DE-167), NHHC (namesake biography, builder, launch/commissioning, Pacific service narrative, reserve and disposal; DANFS Vol. IA p.42 text via NHHC Wayback capture 2025-02-02 and hazegray/losthistory.net mirror) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry 'Acree', specifications block + service narrative (NHHC DANFS/a/acree.html via Wayback; losthistory.net/hazegray/danfs/escorts/de167.htm)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: namesake Lt. (jg.) John White Acree, USNR (b. 23 Apr 1918, Lynchburg, Va.; Enterprise CV-6 damage-control officer; KIA Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands 26 Oct 1942); laid down 30 November 1942 by Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Kearney, N.J.; launched 9 May 1943, sponsored by Mrs. John W. Acree; commissioned New York Navy Yard 19 July 1943, Lt. Comdr. William H. Siegmund. Shakedown Bermuda; South Pacific from 28 Sep 1943; Escort Division 11 convoy/ASW operations six months (Espiritu Santo, Lautoka, Guadalcanal, Noumea, Russell Islands); TG 50.17 screen refueling TF 58 (28 Apr-3 May 1944); TG 53.19 Marianas - illuminating/harassing fire on Tinian Town 7 Jul 1944, Saipan ASW screen; overhaul at United Engineering Co. Ltd., Alameda, Calif., Dec 1944-Jan 1945; remainder of war on convoy escort and barrier patrol off Guam, Eniwetok, Ulithi, Saipan, Kwajalein; New York pre-inactivation availability Oct-Nov 1945; decommissioned Green Cove Springs 1 April 1946; struck 1 July 1972; sold 19 July 1973 to Boston Metals Co., Baltimore, Md., for scrapping. Five battle stars WWII. Specs block: dp. 1,240; 306' x 36'10" x 14'; 19.5 kt; cpl. 215; 3x3", 2x40mm, 8x20mm, 3x21" tt., hedgehog and depth-charge outfit; cl. Cannon.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1942-1973
- Population
- Federal Shipbuilding construction trades 1942-43; wartime crew (design complement 215); New York Navy Yard and United Engineering Co. yard workers during documented availabilities
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. Live NHHC page returned HTTP 404 in-session; cited via NHHC Wayback capture (2025-02-02) and hazegray verbatim transcription (DANFS Vol. IA p.42). DANFS draft figure (14 ft) conflicts with NavSource draft limit (10 ft 6 in) - carried in gaps. 'Kearney, N.J.' spelling per DANFS.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-acree-de167-01
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[3]NavSource Online Destroyer Escort Photo Archive, USS Acree (DE-167) building/operational data + specifications block (Wayback capture 2025-02-15; live navsource.org .net/.org mirrors consulted) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource DE-167 page, 'Building and Operational Data' + 'Specifications' + commanding-officer table
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Secondary archival compilation corroborating this hull's milestones: keel laid 30 November 1942 by Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Port Newark, N.J.; launched/christened 9 May 1943 (sponsor Mrs. John W. Acree); commissioned New York Navy Yard 19 July 1943 (Lcdr William H. Siegmund); decommissioned Green Cove Springs, Fla., 1 April 1946 after 2 years 8-1/3 months service; struck from the NVR 1 July 1972; sold for scrapping 19 July 1973 to Boston Metals Co., Baltimore, Md. Specs: Cannon class, DET diesel-electric tandem, 4 GM Mod. 16-278A diesels with electric drive, 6,000 shp, 2 screws, 21 kt, range 10,800 nm @ 12 kt; complement 15 officers / 201 enlisted; call sign NFDQ. Commanding-officer roster (Siegmund, Davidson, Wolfe, Egan, Whitney) compiled by Hechler & Reeves.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1942-1973
- Population
- Federal Shipbuilding construction trades 1942-43; crew 1943-46
- Limitations
- Volunteer-maintained archival compilation, not an official record - used to corroborate DANFS dates and supplies the Port Newark builder siting, NVR strike date phrasing, and 15/201 complement that conflicts with DANFS 215 (carried in gaps). Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-acree-de167-02
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[4]DANFS specifications block (Cannon class; DET diesel-electric) + Atlas class profile cannon-class.class.json (DET design set) + shipyards.json federal-shipbuilding-kearny record [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS specifications block; class-c cannon-class.class.json (DET propulsion summary, navypedia + BuShips Ships Data 1945)
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/design inference: a Cannon-class (DET - diesel-electric tandem) destroyer escort built 1942-43 carried a materially different asbestos-application set than steam ships - with no boilers or steam plant, the heavy categories (boiler and steam-line lagging) do not apply; the era-standard set for a diesel-electric escort is exhaust insulation, gaskets and packing, electrical insulation, brake linings, and deck coverings. All 72 completed DET hulls were built 1943-45 inside the documented Navy asbestos-use era; this hull was laid down November 1942.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1942-1973
- Population
- Federal Shipbuilding construction trades 1942-43; crew 1943-46
- Limitations
- Class/era inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding. No class-level insulation specification or material schedule was located for the DET design; does not quantify material aboard this hull or establish any individual's exposure.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-acree-de167-03
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[5]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2 (full text blocked, HTTP 403)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented the Navy's extensive shipboard asbestos insulation use with substitution not beginning until the early 1970s - all DET-design hulls (built 1942-45), including this 1942-43 Federal-built hull, fall inside the documented asbestos-use era.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1940s-1970s
- Population
- Navy ship construction and repair workforce, era-wide
- Limitations
- Program-level era context only; does not name this hull or any specific vessel. Full text not retrieved (HTTP 403); content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-acree-de167-04
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[6]Owens-Illinois, Inc., Industrial Health Survey of Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Kearny, NJ (Aug. 30-Sep. 2, 1944); introduced as Owens-Illinois interrogatory exhibit #20 in Heathman v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp., Brazoria County TX (1990); Atlas shipyards.json federal-shipbuilding-kearny record (tier 2) [other_primary]
- Locator
- shipyards.json record 'federal-shipbuilding-kearny', evidence ev-federal-kearny-ihs-1944; ToxicDocs exhibit copy
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- Builder-yard asbestos record: an Owens-Illinois Industrial Health Survey of Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Kearny, NJ, conducted 30 August-2 September 1944, documented insulator work with asbestos pipe covering (Johns-Manville Superex) and boiler insulation in confined shipyard spaces, with dust counts measured during cutting and fitting operations. The Atlas dataset lists the yard's documented asbestos products as Superex pipe covering, Kaylo pipe/boiler insulation, Monokote fireproofing, and Garlock gaskets. This hull was completed at that yard in July 1943, ~13 months before the survey.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1944 (survey period); hull construction 1942-43
- Population
- Shipyard insulators and pipefitters at Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Kearny, NJ, 1944
- Limitations
- Yard-level documentation, not a hull finding - the survey postdates this hull's July 1943 completion by ~13 months and addresses yard work practices during wartime production generally, not DE-167's material content. Conducted by an asbestos manufacturer (Owens-Illinois) with commercial interest; dust counts in pre-fiber-count mppcf units. Establishes asbestos product use at the builder yard in the same era, not aboard this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-acree-de167-05
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[7]HAER No. CA-295-A, United Engineering Company Shipyard, Inspection & Repair Shops (Alameda, Calif.), Library of Congress [haer]
- Locator
- HAER CA-295-A Part I Historical Information (loc.gov HAER data pages)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Ship-specific yard event with documented site identity: DANFS records this hull's overhaul at the United Engineering Co. Ltd. shipyard, Alameda, Calif., from 4 December 1944 (sea trials 31 January 1945). HAER CA-295 documents that yard as the United Engineering Company Shipyard (2900 Main St., Alameda), established 1941 to build and repair Navy ships - it repaired hundreds of vessels during the war - sold to Matson Navigation 1946, leased to Todd Shipyards 1948, sold to Todd 1959. The overhaul yard is therefore the site later operated as Todd Shipyards Alameda (dataset slug todd-shipyards-alameda).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1944-1945
- Population
- United Engineering Co. yard workers, Alameda, Dec 1944-Jan 1945 (this hull's overhaul)
- Limitations
- Documents the yard's identity and wartime repair role only - HAER CA-295 contains no asbestos survey or material disclosure, and no asbestos record for the 1944-45 overhaul of this hull was located. Yard-site succession to Todd is documented; the wartime operator name at overhaul was United Engineering Co. Ltd.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-acree-de167-06
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[8]Destroyer Escort Historical Museum (USS Slater, Albany NY) online collections - dedicated USS Acree (DE-167) folder; PastPerfect accession series 1999.31.x (photographs taken aboard this hull, incl. items 1999.31.1-.22: motor whaleboat, flying bridge, rough seas, DE Division Eleven formation) [museum_official]
- Locator
- hub.catalogit.app/uss-slater folder 'USS ACREE (DE-167)'; ussslater.pastperfectonline.com accession 1999.31.x items
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Museum archival holding for this hull: the Destroyer Escort Historical Museum maintains a dedicated USS Acree (DE-167) collection - a wartime photograph series shot aboard the ship (accession 1999.31.x in the museum's PastPerfect/CatalogIt catalog) plus a folder of related material. Confirms surviving hull-level primary imagery; contents are operational/personal photographs, not material or maintenance records.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Limitations
- Archival lead only - the collection is photographs (visual record), not documents; no asbestos, material-schedule, or maintenance content is indicated in catalog descriptions. Item-level retrieval not performed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-acree-de167-07
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[9]NARA U.S. Navy deck logs / logbooks holdings (RG 24 Entry 118 and Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations 1941-1978, NAID 594258); WWII-era logs partially digitized [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA deck-log guidance page (archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy-online)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads for hull-level records: DE-167 deck logs (1943-46 active service plus reserve-period entries) and WWII war-diary reports sit in NARA holdings (RG 24/RG 38; deck-log series NAID 594258). Digitization status for this hull's logs unconfirmed; retrieval not performed.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1943-1946
- Limitations
- Archival lead only - confirms repository/series for hull-level records, not that any material or asbestos notation exists in them. NARA deck logs would document locations and maintenance events, not asbestos content per se.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-acree-de167-08
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[10]CourtListener API v4 opinion/RECAP search via authenticated fleet helper (cl-auth-search.py) [court_record]
- Locator
- search_ledger row sl-uss-acree-de167-10
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener litigation sweep for this hull could not be completed: the authenticated helper returned the fleet-wide pacing stand-down (shared ~114/hr request budget spent) on each of three spaced attempts across the session, before any query executed. No opinion or docket result was obtained for 'USS Acree', 'U.S.S. Acree', or 'DE-167'; the sweep is recorded as blocked, not as a clean negative.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2026-09-28
- Limitations
- Blocked, not negative - no CourtListener result exists for this hull in either direction. A name-match search cannot prove no filing exists in any case, but here no query even ran; litigation status is unverified and a retry is owed (see search_ledger sl-10 and gaps).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-acree-de167-09
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[11]Batch-4079 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS (live + Wayback + hazegray mirror), NavSource, NVR, LOC HAER CA-295, shipyards.json dataset, Slater-museum catalogs, GAO product page, general web sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-acree-de167-01 through -10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for DE-167: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, disposal asbestos record, or adjudicated claim naming USS Acree (DE-167) was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). The only name-bearing asbestos content located is marketing list pages (law-firm 'Navy ships' lists and the builder yard's marketing list entries that enumerate DE-167 among hundreds of hulls: shepardlawfirm.com, mesotheliomahelp.org, bellucklaw.com), excluded as non-authoritative and never cited.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 2026-09-28
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1942-43 DET diesel-electric escort is era-consistent with asbestos in exhaust insulation, gaskets, packing, electrical insulation, brake linings, and deck coverings. Does not establish or defeat any individual exposure or eligibility claim.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-acree-de167-10