Evidence
6 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-6).
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[1]research packet ks-packet.md (2 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED — real identity: USS Andres
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-andres-de45-pkt-ks-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Andres (DE-45), Vol. IA pp. 290-91 (namesake, builder, dates, Atlantic training/convoy-escort narrative, sale; verbatim transcription - live NHHC page serves 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications block + service narrative
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: namesake Ensign Eric Theodore Andres, USNR (b. 12 May 1915, Flint, Mich.; Valparaiso University 1937; commissioned 15 May 1942; killed in Astoria (CA-34) at Savo Island 9 August 1942). The destroyer escort Capel, allocated to the Royal Navy under Lend-Lease and given classification BDE-45, was laid down 12 February 1942 by the Philadelphia Navy Yard; launched 24 July 1942, sponsored by Miss Mary Elizabeth Schumacher; reclassified DE-45 on 25 January 1943 when reallocated to the U.S. Navy; renamed Andres 4 March 1943; commissioned 15 March 1943, Lt. Comdr. Clayton R. Simmers in command. Shakedown from Bermuda 12 April-3 May 1943; on 4 May rescued the 31 survivors (28 merchant seamen, 3 Navy armed guard) of USAT Oneida, foundered ~70 miles NE of Cape Charles. Further training off Rockland, Maine, and out of New London; arrived Miami 10 June 1943 for Operational Training Command, Atlantic Fleet - school ship at the Submarine Chaser Training School (SCTS), Miami, Florida Straits area, with three periodic overhauls at Charleston (S.C.) Navy Yard (19-29 March, 25 June-1 July, 16-26 October 1944). Detached 28 November 1944 to CortDiv 80; refresher training Casco Bay; assigned to Task Force 64 at Norfolk; five months escorting convoys to Gibraltar and back; ASW exercises off Mers-El-Kebir with Edgar G. Chase (DE-16), John M. Bermingham (DE-530), and the French submarine Doris; returned to the U.S. 28 May 1945; upkeep at New York; resumed training-ship duty with Naval Training Center Miami 20 July; detached 8 September 1945 to Charleston Naval Shipyard for inactivation; decommissioned 18 October 1945; struck from the Naval Vessel Register 1 November 1945; scrapped February 1946. Specifications block: Evarts class, 1,140 tons, 289'5" x 35'2" x 11', 21.5 kt, complement 156, three 3" guns.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- Philadelphia Navy Yard construction trades 1942-43; wartime crew (DANFS design complement 156); Charleston Navy Yard overhaul trades 1944-45
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. Mirror transcription (hazegray/losthistory.net) cited because the live NHHC page returns 404. DANFS does not name the New York facility used for the May-July 1945 upkeep or the buyer/scrapping contractor of February 1946.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-andres-de45-01
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[3]NavSource Online Destroyer Escort Photo Archive, USS Andres (DE 45) page - building/operational data compiled from official records (keel date as Capel, NVR strike date, disposal month), photo captions incl. NHHC photos NH 92285 and NH 107305 and a February 1942 Life magazine shipways photograph by George Strock, commanding-officer table, GMT class type [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource DE-45 page, 'Building and Operational Data' block + specifications + CO table + photo captions (NH 92285, NH 107305; Life/Strock shipways photo Feb 1942)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource building and operational data for this hull: keel laid 12 February 1942 as Capel 'BDE-15' by the Philadelphia Navy Yard (DANFS reads BDE-45 - conflict carried in gaps); launched and christened 24 July 1942, sponsored by Miss Mary Elizabeth Schumacher; reclassified DE 45 on 25 January 1943 when reallocated to the U.S. Navy; renamed Andres 4 March 1943; commissioned 15 March 1943, Lcdr. Clayton R. Simmers; decommissioned 18 October 1945 at Charleston, S.C., after 2 years and 7 months of service; struck from the NVR 1 November 1945; sold for scrapping February 1946. Class type listed as GMT (diesel-electric tandem motor drive, short hull, 3-inch guns); propulsion 4 GM Model 16-278A diesels with electric drive, 6,000 shp, 2 screws; speed 19 kt; complement 15 officers / 183 enlisted. Awards: American Campaign Medal, Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal, WWII Victory Medal. Commanding officers: Simmers (15 Mar-1 Jun 1943), Jasper Newton McDonald (1 Jun-1 Sep 1943), Carroll W. Brigham (1 Sep 1943-4 Jul 1944), Harold E. Waller (4 Jul 1944-18 Oct 1945, decommissioning CO).
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- Wartime crew 1943-45 (per class complement)
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer-compiled archive citing official records; used for building/operational dates DANFS corroborates and for the strike/disposal entries. Its 'BDE-15' keel line conflicts with DANFS's 'BDE-45' and is treated as a documented conflict, not silently reconciled. The contributor-supplied namesake biography internally misdates the namesake's degree ('June 1933' vs. enrollment 1933 and DANFS's 1937); the DANFS 1937 date is carried. Specifications are class-level, not hull-surveyed.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-andres-de45-02
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[4]DANFS specifications block (Evarts class; GMT diesel-electric plant per NavSource class type and the NavSource-hosted Evarts class article) + Atlas shipyard dataset records 'philadelphia-naval-shipyard' (tier 3; named asbestos product identifications in published appellate opinions incl. Taylor, Junge, Gross, Taliferro; OSHA 1989 inspection) and 'charleston-naval-shipyard' (tier 2; documented product list, fiber measurement up to 70 f/cc, OSHA 1988 citation) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS specifications block; NavSource class type (GMT designation) and 'Fighting DEs' Evarts class article (navsource.net/archives/06/005a.htm); shipyards.json records 'philadelphia-naval-shipyard' and 'charleston-naval-shipyard'
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/yard inference: an Evarts-class (GMT) destroyer escort built February 1942-March 1943 would have carried era-standard asbestos applications appropriate to a diesel-electric ship - exhaust insulation, gaskets and packing, electrical insulation, brake linings on winches and windlass, fireproofing, and deck coverings - but, having no boilers or steam propulsion, not boiler or steam-line lagging. Builder Philadelphia Navy Yard is documented at yard level in the Atlas dataset (tier 3 - the strongest yard tier, including named asbestos product identifications by workers in published appellate opinions and a 1989 OSHA asbestos-standard inspection); the hull was built, fitted out, and commissioned at that yard and moored there for post-shakedown work 5 May 1943. Charleston (S.C.) Navy Yard (Atlas dataset tier 2) handled three documented overhauls (19-29 March, 25 June-1 July, 16-26 October 1944) and the September-October 1945 inactivation.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1942-1946
- Population
- Philadelphia Navy Yard construction trades 1942-43; Charleston Navy Yard overhaul/inactivation trades 1944-45; crew 1943-45; shipbreakers 1946
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding. The diesel-electric plant means the largest asbestos categories of steam ships (boiler and steam-line insulation) do not apply; nothing here quantifies material aboard or establishes any individual's exposure. Yard-level documentation characterizes the workplace, not materials installed on this hull.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-andres-de45-03
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[5]Batch-4341 search ledger (this record): NHHC/DANFS transcription; NavSource DE-45 archive page; CourtListener exact-name and hull-number queries; web sweep for asbestos/mesothelioma claims naming the ship [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-andres-de45-01 through sl-uss-andres-de45-08
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for DE-45: no hull ACM survey, no abatement contract, no museum hazmat disclosure (the hull was scrapped in February 1946 and no museum custody ever existed), and no adjudicated asbestos finding naming the vessel. CourtListener 'USS Andres' returned zero opinions and zero dockets - a clean exact-name sweep. The bare 'DE-45' hull-number string is high-collision noise on both indexes (~335 opinion hits, Delaware route numbers and docket prefixes; ~5,114 docket hits, all 'DE 45' docket-entry-number references); the narrowed '"DE-45" asbestos' opinion query returned a single hit that is a docket-entry-number collision (Sparks v. Oxy-Health, LLC, E.D.N.C. 2015), not the vessel. Web results naming 'USS Andres DE-45' are law-firm marketing list pages (asbestos-ships.com, shepardlawfirm.com, mesotheliomahelp.org), excluded under the sourcing rules.
- 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 - 1942-43 naval construction is era-consistent with asbestos use, and the documented tier-3 builder yard is consistent with it. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-andres-de45-04
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[6]Archival leads: NARA RG 24 deck logs for DE-45 (1943-1945); NHHC-held photography incl. photos NH 92285 and NH 107305 (ship at Philadelphia Navy Yard, 25 March 1943); February 1942 Life magazine shipways photograph by George Strock showing the keels of the future Andres and HMS Drury (BDE-46) forming at Philadelphia Navy Yard; NHHC RG-19-LCM provenance on NH 92285 [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource DE-45 page photo-credit block (NH 92285, NH 107305; Life/Strock); NARA Logbooks of U.S. Navy Ships and Stations (RG 24)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Undigitized or unretrieved primary material exists for this hull: NARA RG 24 holds the ship's deck logs (1943-1945); NHHC holds construction-period photography (NavSource captions NH 92285, printed in DANFS, sourced from RG-19-LCM, and NH 107305); Life magazine photographed the keel work at Philadelphia Navy Yard in February 1942. WWII-era deck logs for this hull are not in the digitized public batches reviewed (NARA's digitization program has prioritized Vietnam-era logs under the VA/Blue Water Navy agreement).
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-28
- Study period
- 1942-1945
- Population
- Wartime crew 1943-45
- Limitations
- Archival leads only - deck logs and photo records were not retrieved, and none is expected to address asbestos or materials content. Deck logs record operations, not hull materials.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-andres-de45-05