Evidence
8 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-8).
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[1]DANFS, Anthony II (DD-515) (namesake biography, specifications block, service narrative, German transfer and disposal; verbatim HyperWar/ibiblio transcription - live NHHC page serves 404) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications block + service narrative + bracketed German-transfer/disposal note
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: second Anthony; laid down 17 August 1942 at Bath, Maine, by Bath Iron Works Corp.; launched 20 December 1942, sponsored by Miss Alice Anthony and Miss Frances Anthony (granddaughters of Sgt. Maj. William Anthony, USMC, of USS Maine fame); commissioned at Boston Navy Yard 26 February 1943, Lt. Comdr. Blinn Van Nater. WWII service: shakedown Guantanamo; Pacific from May 1943; Bougainville (Empress Augusta Bay 1 Nov 1943); destroyed a Japanese gunboat and barges off Bougainville Strait 20 Jan 1944; Green Island (15 Feb), Rabaul bombardment (23 Feb), Emirau (Mar); screened BB-40/BB-42/BB-38 to Sydney; Marianas - Saipan (14 Jun), Guam (16 Jun), TF 58 screening and aviator rescue, Guam harassing fire and ASW patrol Jul-Aug; briefly drydocked at Pearl Harbor for repairs (Aug); overhaul at Mare Island Navy Yard late Oct-13 Dec 1944; Iwo Jima (Jan-6 Mar 1945); Okinawa 1 Apr-late Jun (fire support, screening, radar picket; took aboard all Braine DD-630 survivors and towed her to Kerama Retto 27 May; kamikaze splash alongside port side 7 Jun holed the hull); anti-shipping sweeps off the China coast (Foochow-Wenchow; Yangtze mouth) Jul-Aug; occupation minesweeping off Nagasaki and Sasebo; home via San Diego to Charleston. Out of commission in reserve 17 April 1946. 'On 17 January 1958, the destroyer was loaned to the Federal Republic of Germany. She was returned to United States custody and simultaneously struck from the Navy list on 15 April 1972. The ship was then sold to West Germany on 27 June 1972 for cannibalization and scrapping.' Seven battle stars WWII. Spec block: dp. 2,050; 376'5" x 39'7" x 13'9"; s. 35.2 k.; cpl. 329; a. 5 5", 60 40mm, 7 20mm, 2 dct., 6 dcp., 8 21" tt.; cl. Fletcher.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1942-1972
- Population
- Bath Iron Works construction trades 1942-43; wartime crew (spec complement 329); Charleston inactivation work crew 1945-46
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC page returns 404 (checked 2026-09-27). DANFS does not record the Bundesmarine pennant/name (Z 1 / D 170), the German decommissioning date, or the 1979 target sinking; those rest on secondary sources (ev-02, ev-03).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-anthony-dd515-01
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[2]NavSource Naval History, USS Anthony (DD-515) page (operational/building data, Navy Unit Commendation transcription, photo captions incl. transfer ceremony and German-service images, commanding-officer list; Wayback capture 2025-02-21 - live site unreachable during session) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource DD-515 page: Operational and Building Data block; SECNAV commendation transcription; photo captions (transfer ceremony, Mare Island 1944, German service); German commanding-officer list
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource record for this hull: laid down Bath Iron Works 17 Aug 1942; launched 20 Dec 1942; commissioned 26 Feb 1943; decommissioned 17 Apr 1946; stricken 15 Apr 1972; 'To Federal Republic of Germany January 17 1958, renamed Z-1. Stricken in 1976. Fate Sunk as Torpedo target in the Mediterranean on May 16 1979.' Transcribes the SECNAV Navy Unit Commendation (Forrestal) for Okinawa service as fire-support vessel and radar picket, 1-19 April and 19-24 June 1945 (eleven hostile planes downed). Photo captions place the transfer ceremony at Charleston 17 Jan 1958 (RADM G. C. Crawford, Sixth Naval District) and document the 1944 Mare Island overhaul; Bundesmarine commanding-officer list runs FK Trummer 17 Jan 1958 to KL Döring ending 17 Mar 1972.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1942-1979
- Population
- Wartime crew; Bundesmarine crew 1958-1972
- Limitations
- NavSource is a volunteer photographic-history transcription - secondary host, not an official publication; the NUC text is a transcription of an official document not independently located on NHHC. The 1976 German stricken date and 1979 sinking are secondary-source statements consistent with other secondary sources but unverified against Bundesmarine records.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-anthony-dd515-02
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[3]Navypedia, 'Z1 destroyers (1942-1943 / 1958-1960)' - Bundesmarine Klasse 119 page (six ex-Fletcher hulls; Z1 ex-Anthony D170 entry; class technical block) [other_primary]
- Locator
- ger_dd_z1.htm member table row 'Z1 (ex-Anthony)' + class technical-data block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Navypedia German-service record for this hull: 'Z1 (ex-Anthony)', pennant D170, builder Bath Iron Wks, laid 8.1942, launched 20.12.1942, commissioned 2/1943 // 17.1.1958 (Bundesmarine), fate 'stricken 3.1972'. Class block for the six Klasse 119 ships: all modernized before transfer under MDAP with new weapons, electronics, and German command systems; machinery retained as built - 2 sets General Electric geared steam turbines, 4 Babcock & Wilcox boilers, 60,000 shp, 2 shafts; German-fit armament listed (4 x 127/38, 3 x 2 76/50, torpedo tubes, Hedgehog, depth-charge rack, mines).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1958-1972
- Population
- Bundesmarine crew 1958-1972; refit/yard workers during MDAP modernization (yard undocumented)
- Limitations
- Secondary reference work, not an official Bundesmarine publication. 'Stricken 3.1972' here denotes the German decommissioning (17 Mar 1972 per NavSource's CO list), not the final German-list strike - secondary sources give 1976 for the latter; the ship remained in US ownership on loan until April 1972. Modernization 'under MDAP' is a class-level statement; hull-specific refit scope and yard (Howaldtswerke Kiel is reported on veterans' sites, unverified) are not documented here.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-anthony-dd515-03
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[4]DANFS spec block (Fletcher class, steam plant) + Atlas shipyard dataset, bath-iron-works record incl. Fleischer WE & Viles FJ Jr, 'A health survey of pipe covering operations in constructing naval vessels,' J. Ind. Hyg. Toxicol. (Jan 1946), PMID 21016030 (1942 survey at Bath Iron Works per yard record); NARA RG19 General Information Books archival lead [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS spec block; shipyards.json record 'bath-iron-works' (ev-bath-iron-works-02, PMID 21016030; ev-bath-iron-works-07, NARA RG19); PubMed esummary PMID 21016030
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/yard inference: a WWII Fletcher-class destroyer built 1942-43 with a four-boiler/60,000-shp steam plant would have carried period-standard asbestos boiler and steam-line insulation, turbine lagging, gaskets, packing, fireproofing, and deck coverings. Builder Bath Iron Works is documented at yard level in the Atlas dataset (tier 2), including the 1942 USPHS/Harvard health survey of pipe-covering operations at the yard (Fleischer & Viles, published Jan 1946, PMID 21016030) - contemporaneous with this hull's Aug-Dec 1942 construction and Feb 1943 commissioning; yard record lists Kaylo pipe covering, Foster Wheeler gaskets, asbestos felt, loose packing, deck tiles, and adhesives as documented products at the yard. NARA RG19 'General Information Books' per-vessel material specifications are an unretrieved archival lead for hull-level specs.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1942-1972
- Population
- Bath Iron Works construction trades 1942-43; USN crew 1943-46; Bundesmarine crew 1958-72
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - NOT a hull-specific finding. The 1942 yard survey documents yard-shop conditions and pipe-coverer exposures, not materials installed aboard DD-515; it does not name the vessel. Does not quantify material or establish any individual's exposure. No hull-specific insulation schedule was located.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-anthony-dd515-04
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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
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented that the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships and did not begin substituting alternative insulation materials until the early 1970s - placing DD-515's construction (1942-43), USN commissioned service (1943-46), and the bulk of its Bundesmarine service (1958-72) inside the documented asbestos-use era.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. Full report text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403 - same standing limitation as batches 01/100); content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-anthony-dd515-05
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[6]Bundesarchiv holdings via Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek: BArch BM 21 'Einzelschiffe der Marine' file 'ZERSTÖRER 1 (D 170, Fletcher-Klasse)' and BArch B 132/1398 'Zerstörer "Z 1" (früherer Name: "Anthony") - Baujahr 1942' (Bundesamt für Schiffsvermessung Schiffsmessbriefe, 1959-1978) [other_primary]
- Locator
- deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de items 537VSOLP65EEPQCRTNASENKTFDCMAVFA (BM 21) and GT5C55GZGHJDIACLMC4TEYWYQ7LW375L (B 132/1398)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official German federal archival catalog entries confirm hull-specific records exist for this hull's Bundesmarine era: the BM 21 individual-ship file for Zerstörer 1 (D 170, Fletcher class) and the Bundesamt für Schiffsvermessung ship-measurement certificates for 'Z 1' (ex-Anthony), covering 1959-1978 - i.e., through the post-decommissioning hulk/target period. These files are cataloged but not digitized; contents (refit scope, material condition, disposal documentation) unexamined.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1959-1978
- Population
- Bundesmarine crew and German yard/arsenal personnel 1958-1978
- Limitations
- Catalog-level confirmation only - file contents not retrieved or reviewed; no statement about asbestos content can be drawn from catalog entries. The B 132 measurement-certificate series is a registry/survey artifact; whether it contains material or insulation data is unknown.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-anthony-dd515-06
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[7]CourtListener API v4 sweep (authenticated, fleet-paced helper): "USS Anthony"/"U.S.S. Anthony" type=o; "DD-515" type=o; "USS Anthony" type=r; "DD-515" type=r [court_record]
- Locator
- cl-auth-search.py results, 2026-09-27 (see search_ledger sl-03/04/05)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener sweep completed with no qualifying results for this hull: "USS Anthony" OR "U.S.S. Anthony" in opinions (count 0), "DD-515" in opinions (count 0), "USS Anthony" in RECAP dockets (count 0), "DD-515" in RECAP dockets (count 4 - all name collisions: N.D. Fla. 5:04-cv-00235 RICO, E.D. Mo. bankruptcy 16-40120, S.D.N.Y. 1:23-cv-11195 copyright, D. Del. 1:04-cv-01332 AstraZeneca/TAP trademark - in each, 'DD-515' is an internal document/Bates identifier inside RECAP attachments, not the vessel). No qualifying asbestos litigation and no other litigation naming this ship located in the opinion or docket indexes searched. (The only other USN 'USS Anthony' is DD-172/DM-12, in commission 1919-1922 and sunk as a target 1937 - a real but low-probability collision source had any bare 'USS Anthony' hit appeared.)
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- Absence of indexed hits is not proof no suit was ever filed - unindexed state-court and settled matters do not appear. 'USS Anthony' is also a person-name component - phrase-quoted exact-name queries bound that collision risk but could still miss references written differently (e.g., 'aboard the Anthony', 'DD 515' without hyphen). The four 'DD-515' docket hits were classified at case/document level from index metadata (suit nature, parties); individual attachment full text was not re-read.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-anthony-dd515-07
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[8]Batch-3493 search ledger (this record): DANFS mirror; NavSource (Wayback); navypedia Fletcher + Klasse 119 pages; destroyerhistory.org; Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek/Bundesarchiv; GAO HRD-80-2; CourtListener sweep; PubMed PMID 21016030; law-firm/aggregator ship pages (excluded per sourcing rules) [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-anthony-dd515-01 through sl-uss-anthony-dd515-11
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No hull-specific asbestos survey, abatement record, materials inventory, hazmat disclosure, or adjudicated exposure finding located for DD-515 in the sources searched (see search_ledger). The disclosure channels that produced ship-specific records for preserved hulls do not exist here: the ship spent 1946-58 in the reserve fleet, then its entire post-1958 material history sat under German custody; it was sold for cannibalization/scrapping in 1972 and, per secondary consensus, expended as a target in 1979. No museum, no surviving hull, no US-custody abatement phase.
- 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 - era-standard applications are documented at class/era level and the hull's construction predates the Navy's documented asbestos substitution by ~30 years. Whether German-era modernization removed or added ACM, and whether any abatement documentation exists in Bundesarchiv files, is unexamined. The 1979 sinking date rests on secondary sources only.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-anthony-dd515-08